San Marcos swimmers went 1-2-3 in the girls 500 freestyle on Friday, but couldn’t quite make it over the hump in a 94-84 setback to Camarillo. Sam Boysel and Jorge Flores won on the boys side in a 98-71 loss.
Parinda Sukavivatanachai won the girls 500 free in a time of 5 minutes and 50.06 seconds. Sophomore Zoe Kirker’s 5:55.00 bested her PR by five seconds, good for second, and Rose Koper placed third. The Royals outscored the Scorpions 13-3 in just that one event.
Jade Wentz-Fitzgerald was tops in the 100 free and the Royals had an early lead but head coach Brian Roth said they fell behind in the backstroke and breaststroke portions of the meet.
Boysel easily won the boys 200-free in under two minutes (1:57) and put forth his best effort in the 50, a 53.52 swim that put him in second place.
After recording personal bests in all his events on Wednesday, Flores shaved off another two seconds from his 100-butterfly mark, this time earning first place with a time of 1:04. 26. Kristian Sloan swam to two personal bests in the 200 free and 100 butterfly, continuing the signs of improvement on the boys side.
Roth noted a strong swim from Emilia Wakamatsu in the 100 butterfly, clocking in at 1:08.00 and in second place.
Next chance for more personal bests comes in a Channel League matchup on Tuesday at Santa Barbara.
