PREP SWIMMING: QUARTZ HILL SCORES KNOCKOUT OVER RIVAL GIRLS' TEAM WINS INVITATIONAL.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News LANCASTER - The battle for aquatics supremacy SUPREMACY. Sovereign dominion, authority, and preeminence; the highest state. In the United States, the supremacy resides in the people, and is exercises by their constitutional representatives, the president and congress. Vide Sovereignty. is being promoted within the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley like a prize fight, with the coaches and swimmers from Highland of Palmdale and Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill both prepared to go the distance in order to win the Golden League title. Following their performances Saturday at the Knight of Palmdale 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. , score round one for Quartz Hill. Relying on superior depth in the sprint freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. events, the Rebels' girls' team repeated as champion with a 443-354 victory over Burroughs of Ridgecrest at Eastside Pool. Although Quartz Hill's boys finished ahead of Highland by more than 100 points, the Rebels couldn't overcome seven Burroughs victories, taking runner-up honors for the second year in a row, 401-385. Highland finished third in both the boys' (249) and girls' (349) competitions. The Bulldogs' next opportunity to knock off to cease, as from work; to desist. - De Quincey. To force off by a blow or by beating. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. To leave off (work, etc.). See also: Knock Knock Knock Knock the Rebels will be in their April 26 dual meet at Eastside. "It's going to be boat race between us," said Quartz Hill boys' coach Mark Thibault, whose squad rallied from an 82-point deficit with four events remaining to pull within 10 entering the 400-yard freestyle relay. "But this is how it should be. It's good for the kids." It was a great day for freshmen, especially Palmdale's Mary Brown. After setting program records in the 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. and 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 Thursday's dual meet against Quartz Hill, Brown was victorious Saturday in the 50and 100 freestyles in 25.28 and 55.63. Quartz Hill's Brittany Blankenship led four Rebels placing among the top seven in the 100butterfly - good for 62points - winning in 1:03.91. Highland's Sara Pino captured the 100 breaststroke (1:10.51). "She's the best breaststroker I've seen in the Valley in a long time," said Highland coach Judy Remy, whose team won the 200 medley (2:01.27) and 200 free (1:50.38) relays. Highland's girls led Quartz Hill after three events, but the Rebels outscored the Bulldogs by 123 over the next four races, relying on eight individuals scoring in both the 50 and 100 freestyles. "There is a lot of good teams and a lot of good competition here, and right now that's what everybody needs," said Quartz Hill girls' coach Jennifer James Jennifer (Jenny) James, (born Jennifer Claire Reynolds) is an English actress born in 1978 in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Early life Her father left in 1980, when she was two years old, leaving her mother Shirley to bring up their child alone. , whose team won the 400 free relay (4:08.78). "This kind of thing is really good for them." Highland's Ashley Cecil and Burroughs' Jennifer Schwalb joined Brown as the multiple-event winners in the girls' meet. Cecil doubled in the 100backstroke (1:04.77) and 200 free (2:00.29), in addition to contributing to both of Highland's relay victories. Highland's Billy Bishop was the only individual to double in the boys' meet, capturing the 50 and 100frees in 22.66 and 49.51. The junior also anchored the Bulldogs' victorious 200free relay (1:36.46). Quartz Hill's Dan Tran turned in one of the day's most impressive performances, winning the 100 breaststroke (1:01.91). The Rebels had five swimmers place in the top nine in the event to cut Burroughs' lead to 361-351 - their closest margin since the opening race - but the Burros defeated Quartz Hill by more than five seconds in the 400 free relay to preserve the victory. "I'm surprised how fast we swam swam v. Past tense of swim. swam Verb the past tense of swim swam swim because they're beat up," Thibault said. "We worked them hard this week, so a lot of these times are very encouraging." Quartz Hill missed an opportunity to gain more ground on Burroughs in the 100 backstroke as Evan Lopez was edged by Arturo Ochoa O·cho·a , Severo 1905-1993. Spanish-born American biochemist. He shared a 1959 Nobel Prize for work on the biological synthesis of nucleic acids. 1:01.47 to 1:01.48. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Quartz Hill's Brittany Blankenship leads four Rebels placing among the top seven in the 100-yard butterfly. She won in 1:03.91. (2) Highland High's Billy Bishop finished first in the boys' 50-yard freestyle race Saturday. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News |
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