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Columnist

Travis Lazarczyk has covered sports for the Portland Press Herald since 2021. A Vermont native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1995 with a BA in English. After a few years working as a sports information director and in the ski industry, he began his journalism career at the Berlin (N.H.) Reporter in 1999. Prior to joining the Press Herald, Lazarczyk spent 20 years covering sports in central Maine at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. He's been twice honored as the Maine Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.

Swimming, Varsity Maine

Kennebec Journal Boys Swimmer of the Year: Nathaniel Berry, Cony

by Travis Lazarczyk March 29, 2019April 7, 2019

When he lifted his head out of the water and saw the time, Nathaniel Berry knew he had a state record. He could recite the old record as easily as his birthday. “I’d been staring at the program before,” Berry, a Cony High School senior, said. “I knew what I was shooting for.” Berry’s 20.70 […]

Swimming, Varsity Maine

Morning Sentinel Boys Swimmer of the Year: Edmund Couture, Messalonskee

by Travis Lazarczyk March 29, 2019April 7, 2019

As a junior, Messalonskee High School swimmer Edmund Couture could not have come closer to the school record in the 100 butterfly. He was .1 second off the mark. Throughout the offseason, Couture wondered if he could have touched the wall an eye blink faster or maybe could he have had at least one kick […]