HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING: LA CANADA STILL STRONG SPATANS BOYS' TEAM WINS AT ROYAL INVITATIONAL.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News 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. - The La Canada High boys' swim team knows it has to wait three more weeks for another opportunity to capture the program's first Southern Section Div. II title. Until then, the Spartans appear plenty content with knocking off last year's section champions on their way to winning invitationals. Behind victories from Andrew Nguyen in the 200- and 500-yard freestyles, Ian Mirisola's triumph 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 and a win in the 400 free relay, La Canada made its debut at the Josh Mkalar Royal of Simi Valley 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. a memorable one, holding off reigning Div. IV champ Oaks Christian of Westlake Village to win the title with 347points at Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Pool. "Physically, we may be beat up, but mentally we're always strong and that's something we really pride ourselves on," said Nguyen, who anchored the Spartans' 400 free relay (3 minutes, 16.32 seconds). "We just need to keep training and not lose our focus because we know we've got bigger fish to fry at 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). . We've got to keep our egos in check and not get too big-headed." The Spartans - the Daily News' top-ranked team - defeated No. 2 Oaks Christian for the second time in five days, benefiting from two strong efforts from Christian Lawrence and four swimmers finishing in the top five in the 500 free - led by Nguyen's victory in 4:45.63 - to hold off the Lions (303 points). 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. of La Crescenta was third (240). The Falcons were led by James Martin's victories in the 100 backstroke (53.71) and 100breaststroke (1:00.69), and a personal-best by Jinu Jung (52.75) en route to a win in the 100 butterfly. Oaks Christian atoned for losses in the 200 medley (1:40.18) and 200 free (1:31.96) relays Tuesday by defeating the Spartans in both events. But Nguyen recorded a four-second victory in the 200 free (1:43.13) - defeating 100 free champion Tyler McClure of Royal - and Mirisola held off a strong field to win the 200 IM (1:57.52). Although Northgate of Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. won the girls' title (299 points), the rest of the meet was dominated by local females, who won all eight individual events. Crescenta Valley's Sara Sun was the only girls' multiple-event winner, capturing the 100 backstroke (1:00.42) and 200 free (1:53.07), the latter good for the top mark this year 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, . Freshman teammate Yumi So won the 200 IM (2:09.83). "I was really happy with my 200 free. I did a lot better than I expected," said Sun, who defeated 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' Emily Bibb bibb n. 1. Nautical A bracket on the mast of a ship to support the trestletrees. 2. A bibcock. [Alteration of bib.] (1:54.91). "I was really looking forward to racing and I wanted to win both my events and I think that really drove me. But I didn't know I was going that fast." Bibb came back strong in the 100 free, winning in 53.02, the third-fastest mark in Southern California. "I felt myself going faster and faster off the walls," said Bibb, who helped La Reina to a fourth-place showing (216). "There was a lot of good competition and I'm glad I was able to improve my times." Valencia (253.5) and Hart of Newhall (218) took second and third. The Vikings received a victory from Kasey Hartsock in the 50 free (25.47) and Jordan Danny triumphed for the Indians in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.44). erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) La Canada's Andrew Nguyen won both the 200 and 500 freestyle races at the Royal Invitational on Saturday, part of an effort that helped the Spartans' boys' team to the title. (2) Cresenta Valley freshman Ymi So won the 200 IM at the Royal Invitational. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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