CONEJO SIMI SWIMMERS FACE EACH OTHER.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News They race against each other nearly every day in club practice, but seldom square off in high school competition, unless they happen to face each other in a dual meet or invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . For several girls' swimmers at Conejo Simi Aquatics, that arrangement will change Tuesday at the inaugural Southern Section Masters meet at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. Emily Bibb bibb n. 1. Nautical A bracket on the mast of a ship to support the trestletrees. 2. A bibcock. [Alteration of bib.] will be competing against Camille Duckett and Alex Sullivan in the 100-yard freestyle, Alexandra Nalevanko could be matched up with Laura DeCesare or Megan Norling-Christensen on a relay leg. After a number of outstanding performances during the four division championship meets Thursday through Saturday, CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. will have a large contingent of girls' swimmers entered in the Masters prelims Tuesday morning, with the goal of qualifying for the top 16 and returning for the evening competition. ``It's going to be one big party,'' said Nalevanko, a senior at Camarillo, who took second Saturday in the 100-yard backstroke and fifth in the 100 butterfly in Div. III to make the Masters cut -- top 24 times from the championship heats in all four divisions -- in all four divisions. Bibb, a junior at La Reina La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. of 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. , stands the best chance of drawing the biggest reaction Tuesday following a dominant performance at Thursday's Div. IV finals. For the second year in a row, Bibb, a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident, was the only female swimmer in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, to win five titles -- both individual events, two relays and the team championship -- as she helped La Reina defend its championship. Bibb is among the top three qualifiers in the 100 and 200 freestyles and will also compete on La Reina's 200 medley and 400 free relay teams. ``To represent your school is very different than representing your club. There are different components,'' Bibb said. ``But I'm excited about the opportunity to compete and to have a lot of (CSA swimmers) there for support.'' Duckett (Thousand Oaks), Norling-Christensen (Westlake) and Sullivan (Newbury Park) had opportunities to improve upon their already impressive marks at Saturday's Div. II championships, along with Tyler McClure of Royal of Simi Valley. Duckett and Sullivan will both compete in the girls' 100 and 200, with McClure entered in the same events in the boys' meet. DeCesare qualified for the Masters meet in the 200 individual medley with her second-place time (2:10.42) Thursday, but will have to wait until today to see if she made the top 24 cut in the 100 backstroke. The junior also helped La Reina defend its Div. IV titles in the 200 medley and 400 free relays, giving the Regents another opportunity to compete Tuesday. erik.boal(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: La Reina High School's Emily Bibb swims her way to a first-place finish Noun 1. first-place finish - a finish in first place (as in a race) win - a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win" in the girls' 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:51:07 in the CIF Southern Section CIF Southern Section (commonly abbreviated as CIFSS) is the largest of the ten sections which comprise the California Interscholastic Federation. Its membership includes most public and private high schools in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Div. IV finals Thursday at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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