ROYAL NEWCOMER PERFORMS SWIMMINGLY TRANSFER FROM PERU WINS 200 FREESTYLE, BUT HIGHLANDERS FALL.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. - The story of how Jeremy Sotomayor came to the Royal High of Simi Valley swim team starts, strangely enough, with Sotomayor riding his bicycle around town one afternoon in early February. Two weeks after moving to the 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. to live with his cousins, Sotomayor was heading to a health club. But the former Peruvian junior national swimmer stopped when he saw the Conejo 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 Aquatics club team working out 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. ``I asked (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. coach Paul Davidson) if it was a team and he said, 'Yes,' '' Sotomayor said Friday. ``I asked him if I could swim here and he said, 'Sure.' '' One thing quickly led to another for the 18-year-old. Royal sophomore Juan Camero, born in Colombia, encouraged Sotomayor to enroll at the school and join the Highlanders team after swimming with him at CSA. And only two months after he left behind his family in Lima, Peru, Sotomayor - who has aspirations of becoming a commercial pilot - won the 200-yard freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. during Friday's dual meet against Hart of Newhall. The final yards of a 4,100-mile journey for your typical transcontinental transfer student. ``He just showed up,'' Royal coach Steve Snyder said. ``That's all I know. He was just there.'' Little wonder that Sotomayor, who wants to parlay An open programming interface (API) to a service provider's network (the network operator), developed by the Parlay Group (www.parlay.org). By enabling the customer's application to talk directly to the network, it allows the end user to have greater access to network information as well swimming into a scholarship at one of the service academies, has only one complaint about life in the United States. ``It's more fast,'' he said. ``All the time you are occupied. I am studying, practicing and now applying for a job.'' He also wants to swim at next month's Southern Section Div. II championships 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 100 butterfly. And Sotomayor's arrival further strengthened a Royal squad featuring two talented newcomers in freshmen Robert Lubell and Tyler McClure. The Highlanders suffered their first loss of the season Friday to Hart, 93-77, despite winning five races. McClure completed a difficult double by winning the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly back-to-back. Sotomayor took the 200 freestyle in 1 minute, 51.33 seconds. Sotomayor later was edged out in the 100 backstroke by Hart's Goran Bistric. But he finished the meet by swimming the third leg on Royal's victorious 400 freestyle relay. In only two months, Sotomayor has become conversant CONVERSANT. One who is in the habit of being in a particular place, is said to be conversant there. Barnes, 162. in English and, in the words of Camero, is ``a pretty funny guy.'' ``This is his first time (in the U.S.),'' Camero said. ``But he learns really, really, really quickly, especially English. He's always asking me what this is, what that is. He really wants to learn.'' Hart, meanwhile, got a victory by Jeffrey Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] in the 50 freestyle (23.25) as well as two strong anchor legs by Linn in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. Senior Kent Klawer notched wins in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke. On the girls' side, Hart won seven of 11 races en route to a 104-66 victory. Hayley Calams took first in the 50 and 100 freestyle and Shannon McCarthy - swimming against several CSA teammates on Royal - outdueled Jenny Modglin in the 100 backstroke, winning in 1:05.75. Ross Siler, (818)713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Hart senior Kent Klawer, facing camera, is congratulated after his win in the 200 individual medley by Royal's Juan Camero. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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