The preliminary boys heats of the Channel League Swimming Championships took place on Wednesday at Santa Barbara High.
The fastest race was the 100 backstroke as Dos Pueblos’ Alex Valente and Ventura’s Niles Biolley both recorded automatic CIF times. Valente won in 50.81 and Biolley trailed at 52.24.
Valente placed second in the event that he’s the defending CIF champion in, edged by Ventura’s Brandon Lum in the 100 butterfly.
Find complete results HERE.
The league finals for both boys and girls is on Thursday at Santa Barbara High. The top six in each event at prelims qualified for finals. The girls preliminaries were held on Tuesday.
