HART PAIR MAKING SPLASH : INDIANS FOLLOWING LEAD TO POSSIBLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Hart High School's boys' swim team's league championship drought has lasted seven years. It might end next week. If the Indians win next Friday's Foothill League final meet, it will be largely because of sophomores Ryan Parmenter and Anthony Ervin Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981 in Burbank, California) to a white mother and a black father, is an American swimmer who won the gold medal in the Men’s 50m Freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing with the same winning time as Gary Hall Jr. . They have led the Indians all season, especially in the important meets. ``They're on track for a Division I scholarship, an NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship and Olympic trials,'' Hart coach Steve Neale said. Both have taken different paths to their success. Ervin, the sprinter, has followed in the tradition of his brother, Jackie, who swam at Saugus a few years ago and now competes for UC Irvine. Anthony said his brother inspired him to take up swimming, which he did eight years ago. He immediately liked it and started improving. ``I used to watch him in high school meets,'' Anthony Ervin said. ``I got to know what it would be like.'' So far, it hasn't been difficult. Take Wednesday's meet against Valencia. Ervin won the 50 freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. in 22.14 and the 100 butterfly in 57.34. Neither were close to his fastest times. The butterfly isn't even his primary event. No problem. ``I don't get nervous before races,'' Ervin said. ``If you think positively, you can do it.'' Said Neale: ``When he hits the water, he just lights up. He swims like a shark.'' Parmenter, recently selected as one of six Americans aged 13-16 to participate in the quadrennial quad·ren·ni·al adj. 1. Happening once in four years. 2. Lasting for four years. quad·ren  ni·al n. World Maccabi Games in July in Israel, earned the nickname ``Mr. Workhorse'' from Neale because of his long workouts. His endurance paid off against Valencia, when he swam and won three consecutive events. He started by swimming a leg on the winning 200 freestyle relay then finished first in the 100 backstroke and 100 breaststroke, setting personal bests each time. ``His 200 IM is going to be scary,'' Neale said. ``We might try to qualify him for CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). finals unshaven.'' At the recent Royal 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. , Parmenter took 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 in 1:56.85 and the 500 freestyle in 4:40.88. Ervin won the 100 freestyle in 46.9 seconds. Both swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay team (3:23.09). Against Saugus, Hart's toughest league challenge, Ervin won the 50 freestyle in 21.88 and the 100 freestyle in 50.41. Parmenter won the 200 freestyle in 1:45.9 and the 500 freestyle in 4:44.91. They teamed to help win the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. All of these times come before they have shaved and tapered ta·per n. 1. A small or very slender candle. 2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps. 3. A source of feeble light. 4. a. . By the end of the season, Neale said, they could break several school records and swim fast enough to qualify as United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Swimming Federation All-Americans.Both are ranked nationally in the 13-14 age group, although both have since turned 15. Ervin and Parmenter said the key to winning league is the team's depth. To help with that, the two, who usually swim with their club team, have appeared at Hart practices and helped non-elite swimmers with their strokes and turns. They also cheer and encourage their teammates. Parmenter recently congratulated a teammate for beating out a Saugus swimmer for fifth place and earning the point that comes with it. ``I try to pump everyone up in the races,'' Parmenter said. ``The relays are really big.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Anthony Ervin, left, and Ryan Parmenter are ``on track for . . . an NCAA championship and Olympic trials,'' Hart coach Steve Neale said. Tom Mendoza Tom Mendoza joined Network Appliance, Inc. in 1994 and has served as its President since 2000. Mr. Mendoza has more than 31 years as a high technology executive and has served in an advisory capacity on the board of directors of Netscreen (acquired by Juniper), Rhapsody (acquired by / Daily News |
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