C.V. BOYS, GIRLS TAKE PACIFIC LEAGUE TITLES.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer They already knew they were headed to the Southern Section prelims and the league title was theirs, but that didn't prevent Crescenta Valley's swimmers from turning in their best performances of the year. The Falcons had a record-setting day Thursday as they dominated both the boys' and girls' competitions at the Pacific League finals. ``It was great,'' said coach Pete LoPorchio. ``It really wrapped things up for us. It was a great performance as a team. It really shows the level we can attain.'' The 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. boys clinched their sixth straight league title and the girls won their first. Arcadia placed second in both meets, which were held at Arcadia High. ``The girls have been slowly creeping up on Arcadia,'' LoPorchio said. ``This is the year we overtook o·ver·took v. Past tense of overtake. them. Arcadia's a very formidable qualifier.'' Junior Kenny Carpenter led the Falcons with record-breaking times in the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly. His 50.77 performance in the 200 free topped the league mark he set last year at 51.34. Carpenter swam a 1:42.62 in the 100 butterfly to break the league record (1:44.55) that former teammate Steve Kim Steve Kim (born April 16 1977[1]) is a Korean-American hip hop artist who is a member of the Korean hip-hop group Uptown. He is also known by the alias Kwon. He was also one half of the now defunct hip-hop duo Uptown 3000. set last season. On the girls' side, the 200 medley med·ley n. pl. med·leys 1. An often jumbled assortment; a mixture: "That night he dreamed he was traveling in a foreign country, only it seemed to be a medley of all the countries he'd ever been to and relay team broke Arcadia's league mark when Kim Hitch, Shelley Stiles Stiles can refer to: People
Crescenta Valley saw the 10th member of its boys' team qualify for next week's section meet when senior Doug Burgener won the 50 free. Senior Brian Hasbrouck qualified for a second event with a victory in the 100 free. ``Ten's going to be hard to top,'' LoPorchio said of the number of his boys qualifying for the section meet. The undefeated Falcons also qualified three relay teams for next week's meet in Long Beach. Five Crescenta Valley girls qualified. Mike Pak, Kiyun Kim and Fishback were all multiple winners for the Falcons. Sophomore Travis Taylor Travis Taylor may refer to: People
runner-up finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the to Carpenter. |
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