CITY SECTION SWIMMING: TWO GOALS NOT MET IN PRELIMS.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer Granada Hills High senior Steven Park came to Wednesday afternoon's City Section swimming preliminaries fighting a head cold. And the Cleveland of Reseda girls left Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Swimming Stadium with plenty on their minds for next week. Park will have to wait in his quest to break the 24-year-old City record in the 100 breaststroke, and the Cavaliers will have to do likewise in their pursuit of the first City swimming title in school history. But both are well within reach. With his nose running, Park was unable to break the 1980 record of 58.22 seconds set by Chatsworth's Eric Wennerstrom in the 100 breaststroke, settling for the top seed at next Wednesday's finals with a time of 1 minute, 0.71 seconds. ``I knew that my performance wasn't going to be as good as I wanted,'' said Park, who also will be seeded first in the 200 individual 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 . ``My goal was just to come out and get a time, qualify for finals and next week go all out.'' For their part, the Cleveland girls learned that if they can swim up to seed at next Wednesday's finals, they could win their first City title. Cleveland would defeat Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). approximately 232-217 - not counting diving diving Sport of plunging into water, usually headfirst and often following the execution of one or more acrobatic maneuvers. It emerged as a competitive sport in the late 19th century and became part of the Olympic Games in 1904. - based off preliminary times. ``I think it always was a possibility in everybody's mind,'' senior Deborah Hefter said. ``If there was a year we could do it, it was this one. I just hope everything goes according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. plan.'' Cleveland will get big points in the 100 backstroke, placing four swimmers in the finals. Hefter will be seeded second with a time of 1:06.77, followed by Carolina Sheehan (fifth), Robin Broder (eighth) and Ellen Nagami (ninth). The Cavaliers also figure to be favored should the meet come down to the final 400 freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. relay. The team of Tracy Puretz, Avital Aboody, Hefter and Chungah Rhee will be seeded first in the relay with a time of 4:02.99. ``I really want to win that,'' said Hefter, whose team has grown into a City title contender in just four years with coach Teresa Frias. The 200 freestyle, meanwhile, will have a family feel to it thanks to William and Christopher Baier from Granada Hills. The brothers will be seeded second and third, respectively, in the event at next Wednesday's championships. Kennedy of Granada Hills junior Hanna Kim got a surprise when she showed up to the pool. Five-time City champion Cara Davidoff from Palisades had decided to enter the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly butterfly, any of a large group of insects found throughout most of the world; with the moths, they comprise the order Lepidoptera. There are about 12 families of butterflies. Most adult moths and butterflies feed on nectar sucked from flowers. instead of the 50 and 100 freestyle. That left Kim seeded second - by more than four seconds - in the event she has won the past two years. Davidoff blazed to the top seed in 1:55.35, and Kim followed in 1:59.81, a sizable siz·a·ble also size·a·ble adj. Of considerable size; fairly large. siz  a·ble·ness n. gap to close in one
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