Komisarz swims to relay bronze

Kentucky is making a splash at the FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships in Shanghai.

Mike DeBoor, who has been the head coach of the Lakeside Seahawks in Louisville for 12 years, is the women’s coach for Team USA in the five-day event.

And Lakeside’s most prominent swimmer, 2004 Olympian Rachel Komisarz, won a bronze medal in the women’s 800-meter freestyle relay on the first day of competition on Wednesday. Komisarz, Kate Ziegler, Amanda Weir and Kaitlin Sandeno finished third in 7:49.16. Australia won the race in 7:46.96, and China was second in 7:47.07.

Lexington, Ky., resident Elaine Breeden, a Trinity Christian Academy senior who swims with Wildcat Aquatics, placed fifth in the women’s 200-meter butterfly. She finished in 2:08.70, nearly four seconds behind winner Jessicah Schipper of Australia.

Full results can be found here.