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AILING WARRIOR LEAVES GIRLS TEAM A LITTLE BEHIND.


Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News

The Westlake High girls swim team's hopes for its first league championship since 1987 were high after going undefeated in Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule.  dual meets.

But the Warriors are hardly an overwhelming favorite in this afternoon's Marmonte League finals at Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish.  Park.

On Monday, Erika Zimmerman, who had been scheduled to compete in the 100-yard freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition.  and backstroke in Wednesday's preliminaries, was hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy Appendectomy Definition

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. Her season bests of 58.96 seconds and 1:06.03 would have seeded her second and third in today's league finals. The junior was also a member of Westlake's 400 freestyle relay team which qualified for the Southern Section Division I championships next Thursday at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach.

``You never know when disasters like this are going to happen,'' said Kurt White, the Westlake co-coach along with Ian McFarland. ``It happened so suddenly. Erika was a definite top three finisher in both races if she were able to swim. We were a little ahead of everybody with her points. Now, we're a little behind without her.''

In Zimmerman's absence, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown.  (6-1) and Camarillo (5-2), which Westlake defeated 109-77 and 96-89 in dual meets, are expected to challenge the Warriors for the team title.

Even if Westlake finishes third today, the Warriors, though, have a chance to win a share of the league championship. The league title is determined by a combination of league record and point totals at league finals.

``It would be nice to share the title, even if it is a three-way tie, after all of this,'' White said. ``We're still in the chase. Hopefully, we can pick up a lot of top spots.''

In Wednesday's preliminaries, seniors Courtney Cronin and Jennifer Vanderbrook turned in the top qualifying times in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.72) and 500 freestyle (5:21.67). Vanderbrook, the defending league champion who swam swam  
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 a Southern Section qualifying mark of 5:17.24 in the 500 freestyle earlier this season, also posted the No. 2 mark in the 200 freestyle with a season best of 1:59.09.

Junior Tessa Millman and freshman Ale Lanza have the third-fastest marks in the 200 individual medley med·ley  
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 (2:19.69) and 500 freestyle (5:41.43).

The Westlake boys (7-0), who also went undefeated in Marmonte League dual meets, will be looking for Looking for

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 their second league title in a row today.

Senior Nick Leclerc is the defending league champion in the 200 and 500 freestyle and has posted Southern Section qualifying marks of 1:47.56 and 4:46.69. He was the top qualifier in both events in the boys' preliminaries Tuesday.

Senior Patrick Nygren and freshman Elliot Myhre have attained Southern Section qualifying marks.

Nygren has qualified in the 200 individual medley (2:02.78) and 100 butterfly (54.73). Myhre swam a lifetime best 54.56 in the 100 butterfly in the league preliminaries for the top qualifying time. Nygren was the top qualifier in the 200 individual medley in league preliminaries and had the No. 2 time in the 100 butterfly behind Myhre.

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 senior Nick Leclerc will attempt to defend last season's Marmonte League championship today in Rancho Simi Park.

(2) Warrior Patrick Nygren will compete in two races in the league finals.

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