Alex Valente placed third in the 100 butterfly at Saturday's CIF Finals in Riverside, giving the Dos Pueblos freshman the Charger boys team its best individual result.Valente entered the finals as the No. 4 seed but moved up one place with a time of 49.86.Classmate Blake Parrish finished eighth in the 100 breaststroke in 57.93.Valente and Parrish were the only freshmen to qualify for the finals in their respective events.Two Dos Pueblos relay teams clocked top-20 results. The … [Read more...]
DP’s Nguyen advances to CIF finals in 500 freestyle
Thursday, May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Janelle Nguyen qualified for the finals in the 500 free at the CIF Division 1 swimming prelims at the Riverside Community Swim Complex on Thursday.Nguyen clocked 4:56.23 to reach Saturday's finals. She'll also be swimming in three events in the consolation finals: the 100 butterfly, medley relay and 4x100 free relay. Nguyen finished 10th in the 100 fly prelims with a time of 57.31.The Dos Pueblos boys swim team received several impressive performances.Alex Valente finished fourth … [Read more...]
Depew takes 24th a CIF prelims
Thursday, May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
San Marcos' Dasha Depew swam the 200 yard freestyle in 1:56.61 at the CIF Division I prelims at Riverside Community College on Thursday. The time placed her 24th at the competition.The 400 yard freestyle relay team placed 34th as three of the four members swam the race in personal best times.The successful showing was a bittersweet moment for the Royals, as senior Ashely Wagner competed for the last time."She has been an inspiration to all her teammates. She has been a great leader … [Read more...]
Cate, Carpinteria split Frontier League swim titles
Friday, May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cate School not only hosted the Frontier League Swimming Championships for the first time in school history, but its girls team came through with the Rams' first-ever league title on Thursday.The Rams edged Carpinteria 364-346 by winning the final 4x400 freestyle relay. The team consisted of Lydia Stevens, Caroline Montgomery, Chloe King and Sophia Soriano in that order.Carpinteria is the champion in the boys competition, topping second-place Cate and five other schools with 270 … [Read more...]
Cate swimmers impress at Frontier League finals
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Cate School hosted the Frontier League swimming finals for the first time ever this year, and several Rams posted impressive finishes.Sophia Soriana hit a CIF automatic qualifying time of 1:15.38 in the 100 yard breaststroke and earned CIF consideration with a time of 2:27.6 in the 200 yard IM.Lydia Stevens chopped four seconds of her previous best time in the 500 yard freestyle and also earned CIF consideration for her time of 5:51.5. She earned the same honor with a time of 2:11.2 … [Read more...]
Sarkar-Frandsen moves on to finals in two events
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
San Marcos' Abhi Sarkar-Frandsen finished first in the 50 yard freestyle race and third in the 100 yard freestyle at the Channel League prelims on Wednesday.Sarkar-Frandsen's finishes will earn him a spot in the finals on Thursday at Buena."We are looking forward to a great day tomorrow," head coach Jeff Ashton said.Jason Phreaner also had an impressive day for the Royals, shattering his personal-best time in the 500 yard freestlye by eight seconds, which qualfied him for the … [Read more...]
Valente sets national record in the butterfly
Friday, April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Freshman Alex Valente swam the 100 yard butterfly in a time of 50.74 seconds, which makes him the fastest 14-and-under swimmer in that event nation-wide this year.His race was the highlight of the Dos Pueblos swim teams' dual meet against Buena, which the Chargers dominated.Dos Pueblos blew the competition out of the water in their Channel League seasons, and both the boys and girls completed 4-0 sweeps after victories over Buena.The girls won their meet 121-49 while the boys won … [Read more...]
