Coupeville Sports

Lily Doyle (right), back in her high school days, when she aced classes at Coupeville and kicked butt in the water for Oak Harbor.

Lily Doyle is getting noticed by her coach.

The Coupeville High School grad, now a junior at Vassar College, was singled out for praise by the big boss, Lisl Prater-Lee, on the college’s athletic web site, after Doyle busted out a top personal performance Nov. 17 in the 200 backstroke in a meet against SUNY New Paltz. Her time of two minutes, 33.91 seconds was her best swim of the year.

“Lilian dropped two seconds off her season-best, which is a positive performance in a tough meet,” Prater-Lee was quoted.

That followed on the heels of a strong all-around afternoon in a meet against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (try saying that five times fast) Nov. 10.

In that meet, Doyle swam in four events, placing fourth in the 100 back (1:11.60), fifth in the 200 back (2:35.81) and sixth in the 500 free (6:25.70). She also swam a leg on a 400 free relay team that claimed fourth in 4:09.79.

Doyle and her Brewer teammates are now prepping for the Liberty League Championships Nov. 30-Dec. 1.