CITY SECTION SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: CLEVELAND GIRLS RULE IN POOL, END PALISADES' THREE-YEAR REIGN.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer Ten years later, the Cleveland High of Reseda swim team no longer has to claim a natural disaster as the No. 1 moment in program history. But the Cavaliers' performance Wednesday at the City Section championships could have been measured by Richter scale Richter scale (rĭk`tər), measure of the magnitude of seismic waves from an earthquake, devised in 1935 by the American seismologist Charles F. Richter (1900–1985). standards. The school whose on-campus pool was severely damaged by the 1994 Northridge earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. added a new chapter to its history as the Cleveland girls won their first-ever City title over three-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre 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). at 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. It was a performance that left the Cavaliers stunned after the final score of 249-230 was announced. It also placed the school alongside the likes of El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
``I'm so in shock right now - it's amazing,'' said senior Avital Aboody, who has seen the team grow from 25 to 80 swimmers in her four years. ``We worked really hard, and I knew we were up there, but this is really surreal.'' On the boys' side, Palisades won its third team title, defeating San Pedro 227.5-218. Senior Deborah Hefter was the only individual event winner for the Cleveland girls, taking first in the 100-yard freestyle in 57.44 seconds. Sophomore Chungah Rhee took second in the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle, and the Cavaliers used their superior depth to prevail. Cleveland had the edge going into Wednesday's meet after placing three divers in the top six last week, including Aboody in fifth. The Cavaliers also got big points in the 100 backstroke as Hefter, Caroline Sheehan, Robin Broder and Ellen Nagami all finished ninth or better. As hard as it might be to believe now, however, Cleveland's pool was not operational again after the earthquake until 2000, when current coach Teresa Frias took over. The pool at first closed for a year, then was plagued by electrical problems for five years after that. Along with her seniors, Frias said Wednesday she never could have imagined winning a City title when she started with the team five seasons ago. Cleveland's girls had not even beaten El Camino Real until just last year. ``I was like, 'OK, this is the team I have, let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each what we can do,' '' Frias said. ``The bigger it got, the faster they got, I thought, 'Hey, this might be a possibility.' '' Even amid the celebration for Cleveland, nobody enjoyed bigger cheers than Granada Hills senior Steven Park, who had several classmates Classmates can refer to either:
But Park came up a second shy of the 1980 record set by Chatsworth's Eric Wennerstrom, taking first in 59.22 seconds. It was a personal best for Park, though he could not help leaving the water frustrated. Ross Siler, (818) 713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com |
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