277:. She attended Fountain Valley High School near Huntington Beach, California. Prior to college, she was coached by Flip Dar with the Irvine Novaquatics which she switched to around June 1987. She had previously swum for the Mission Viejo Nadadores under head coach Mark Schubert, but moved to the Novaquatics to improve her times. While swimming at the meet to qualify for the Olympic Trials in 1986, Deborah qualified in the 400 and 800 freestyle when she was a High School Senior. At the trials in Austin in August 1988, she did not qualify for the final heat to make the U.S. Olympic Team.
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in the same event, and in 1989 a national title in the 1500-meter freestyle.
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