AREA'S BEST PREP SWIMMERS SQUARE OFF IN SANTA CLARITA.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News Swim enthusiasts take notice. The Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Aquatic Center is the place to be this weekend. Starting today, and running through Sunday, the area's best high school swimmers will be competing at the SCAC SCAC Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference SCAC Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle (Cooperation and Cultural Action Section) SCAC Standard Carrier Alpha Code SCAC South Carolina Association of Counties in a meet that has arguably as much talent as last month's Southern Section finals. The meet, which features swimmers from the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley-based CCAT CCAT Campus Center for Appropriate Technology (Humboldt State University; Arcata, CA) CCAT Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope CCAT Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test CCAT Competition Commission Appeals Tribunal club team, as well as the Conejo Valley-based Class Aquatics, will be conducted under a prelims and finals format, with the prelims beginning each day at 9 a.m. The finals will start at 4:30 p.m. today and Sunday and at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Many of the region's top high school swimmers will be representing Canyons Aquatics, notably Saugus High's John Criste, who made his summer long-course debut last weekend at the TYR Tyr: see Tiw. Tyr god of victory in war. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 1147] See : War Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. . Criste - the reigning Southern Section Div. I champion in the 100-yard breaststroke - placed fourth in the 200-meter breaststroke and fifth in the 100 breaststroke last week, but he is not scheduled to compete in either event this week. Instead, he will focus on the 100 and 200 freestyles and the 200 individual medley in an attempt to better his entry times in those events. Criste's decision to not swim in either breaststroke event gives Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. of La Crescenta's James Martin James Martin or Jim Martin may refer to: Politicians:
Canyons Aquatics also will be well represented in the girls' meet, with recent Saugus graduate and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State-bound Lizette Patterson, her former Centurions' teammate Melissa Bowers, Canyon's Roxy Camuso, Hart's Rachael Krager and Molly Rogers, Valencia's Michelle Kroll, Jasmine Henderson and Stephanie Henderson, and Quartz Hill's Sarah Colvin scheduled to compete. Camuso, who finished seventh in the 100- and 200-yard freestyles at the Southern Section Div. I final, is expected to contend for the titles in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter freestyles, and the 100 and 200 backstrokes. Patterson qualified for the Div. I finals in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200 individual medley for the third consecutive year. She has a shot at winning the 200-meter breaststroke and the 200 and 400 individual medleys. Patterson's primary competition in the 100 breaststroke figures to be 25-year-old Canyons Aquatics teammate Lisa Andrade. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com SWIM MEET SCHEDULE Today: Prelims, 9 a.m.; Finals, 4:30 p.m. Friday: Prelims, 9 a.m.; Finals, 5:30 p.m. Saturday: Prelims, 9 a.m.; Finals, 5:30 p.m. Sunday: Prelims, 9 a.m.; Finals, 4:30 p.m. Where: Santa Clarita Aquatic Center, 20850 Centre Pointe Parkway. On the Web: www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/parks/facilities/aquatic.asp CAPTION(S): box Box: SWIM MEET SCHEDULE (see text) |
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