ROYAL INVITATIONAL: NO SLEEP, NO PROBLEM ROYAL'S CREEK HELPS HOSTS WIN GIRLS' MEET; HART BOYS ROLL.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer 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. - By the end of her first race Saturday morning at the 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. , Christine Creek could barely stand. Royal of Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative Valley's standout senior swimmer had returned from the national championships in Indianapolis at 3 a.m., only to end up back in the water five hours later on no sleep. ``I'm so tired right now,'' Creek said. ``It's so hard. But I told my teammates I'd be back for this meet.'' Creek did more, though, than just show up. She won the 200-yard 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 the morning and then, after an hour-long nap on the grass 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, followed by breaking her own meet record by nearly two seconds in the afternoon 100 breaststroke. The victories left Creek with a perfect 8-for-8 record for her career in her school's host meet. It also helped Royal's girls in claiming the team title 284 to 215.5 over 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. And the poolside pool·side n. The area next to or around a swimming pool. crowd gave Creek an ovation after her final race of the day. ``I felt really, really bad in the morning,'' said Creek, who broke her record with a time of 1 minute, 5.01 seconds in the 100 breast. ``I just had to get over the shock of not sleeping. I felt pretty good out at the end.'' Creek competed in three races at the spring senior nationals this week, taking 27th in the 200 breast. She has signed with Arizona State and defeated Highland of Palmdale senior Michele Kumaus, a longtime rival, in both races Saturday. ``There's no question that she's dedicated to this team and her teammates,'' Royal coach Steve Snyder said. ``She knows how important this meet is.'' On the boys' side, Hart of Newhall captured the team title 302-214 over Rio Mesa of Oxnard behind senior Kent Klawer's victory in the 500 free. Klawer had postponed a trip to Hawaii with his family for a day to swim in the meet and was rewarded by clocking a season-best 4:49.27 in the race. In addition to Creek, the only other swimmers to win multiple races at the 24th annual event were Oaks Christian of Westlake Village junior Brett Shiflett, in the girls' 200 free and 100 fly, and Chaminade of West Hills senior Matthew Jensen, in the 100 fly and 100 back. Otherwise, it was an 11-hour day of comings and goings for the top swimmers in the field of nearly 1,200. While Creek arrived early in the morning, Oak Park's Genie Cheng was set to depart for junior nationals in Orlando, Fla., with her club team at 10 p.m. Saturday night. But first, Cheng won the 50 free in 25.02 despite swimming as a freelancer for the third consecutive year. Oak Park does not field a high school team, leaving the senior to compete on her own. ``I'm just trying to get in as many meets as possible,'' Cheng said. ``It's hard a lot of the time.'' Earlier, sophomore Brock brock n. Chiefly British A badger. [Middle English brok, from Old English broc, of Celtic origin.] Roverud showed a glimpse of the heralded future ahead for Crespi of Encino's boys' team. Roverud defeated Klawer in the 200 free as the top finisher among 12 underclassmen in the Celts' program. Roverud took first in 1:47.55. ``We have a lot of young talent,'' said Roverud, who also swam swam v. Past tense of swim. swam Verb the past tense of swim swam swim on Crespi's victorious 200 medley relay team. ``I think we're going to be talking about winning Mission League in a couple of years.'' Rio Mesa junior Justin Burdine-Ortega won the 50 free in 22.51 only three months after fracturing his right foot playing basketball. The injury cost Burdine-Ortega 1 1/2 months of training, but he showed Saturday how quickly he has recovered. ``It's making me work a little harder this year,'' Burdine-Ortega said. ``I have to build up to where I was faster.'' CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Oak Park's Genie Cheng is Zheng Yi (鄭一, pinyin: Zhèng Yī, Cantonese: Jihng Yāt; d. 1807, also romanised as Cheng I) was a pirate along the Chinese coast during the 18th century. Legend had it that he was a pederast. He captured Cheung Po Tsai at age 15 and made him his young lover. all smiles after winning the 50 freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. at the Royal Invitational on Saturday. (2) Highland of Palmdale's Michele Kumaus competes in the 200 individual medley at the Royal Invitational on Saturday. (3) Royal of Simi Valley's Christine Creek won two races Saturday to help her team win the Royal Invitational for the second consecutive year in a row. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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