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DYNAMO stars Melissa Klein, Mike Kauffman and North Carolinian Meredith Green were the big winners at this weekend&#39;s Southern Zone\/Eastern Section Speedo Challenge here.<\/p>\n<p>Klein is a troker-individual medley specialist who helped lead her high school team, Milton Academy, to fifth-place at the Georgia state championships last month and set state records in the 100 breast (1:02.75) and 200 IM (2:02.72)   In the Speedo Challenge she won the 100-200 troke and 200-400 IM in 1:02.64, 2:14+, 2:01.45 and 4:17.78.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the prelims she was considerably faster, racing to prs of 1:02.19, 2:12.67, 2:01.44 and 4:14.31 &#8212; all times that would get the 16-year-old budding star into this weekend&#39;s NCAA Division I Championships at the Goodwill Games Pool on Long Island were she in college.<\/p>\n<p>Klein&#39;s previous pr in the 100 breast was that 1:02.75 that set the Georgia prep record and she lowered her prs in the other events by several seconds in each.  <\/p>\n<p>It may be premature for her to think in terms of making this year&#39;s U.S. World Championship Team during the trials later this month in Austin, but certainly Athens in three years is not necessarily out of reach. <\/p>\n<p>Teammate Kauffman, 17, a distance freestyler-flyer, was a real workhorse during thr four-day comeptition, winning  the 500 free (4:23.30), 1000 (9:04.92), 1650 (15:09.80), 200 fly (1:49.60), 200 IM 1:52.78 with a 1:51.99 pr in the heats), and the 400 IM (3:56.09).<\/p>\n<p>To make sure he didn&#39;t get into any &quot;mischief&quot; during his &quot;down&quot; time the Dynamo coaching staff had him anchoring the winning 800 free relay and swimming third leg on the winning 400 sprint relay.<\/p>\n<p>NCAC&#39;s Green, a 17-year-old, fared well in the women&#39;s distances, winning the 1000 free (9:48.18) and 1650 (16:22.85).  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