ROYAL PREP SWIMMING INVITATIONAL: HART BOYS WORK IT OUT, WIN ROYAL MEET HIGHLANDERS GIRLS CLAIM OWN INVITATIONAL TITLE.Byline: Nevin Barich Nevin Barich (born August 6, 1979) is a former American sports journalist now working as the Senior Editor of The National Notary, a trade magazine based in Los Angeles with a circulation of more than 300,000 nationwide. Staff Writer The Hart High boys' swim team won 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. on Saturday with the help of a couple of guys who weren't even supposed to be there. The Indians of Newhall won their second consecutive title at the 23rd annual invitational 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. Park. Thirty-nine teams and more than 1,200 swimmers competed. Hart finished with 417 points, nearly 200 more than second-place Quartz Hill. However, many thought the Indians would struggle because they were supposed to be without two of their best swimmers: seniors Igor Bistric and David Deloria. Both were taking recruiting trips to UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . However, the day before, Deloria got his trip pushed back to the afternoon. So he spent the morning helping the Indians win the 200 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 relay, finishing second in the 200 freestyle and winning the 200 individual medley. ``David was David Was (born David Weiss, 26 October 1952, Detroit) is, with his stage-brother Don Was, the founder of the influential 1980s pop group, Was (Not Was). Reviewed by The New York Times tremendous,'' Hart coach Steve Neale said. ``It looked like we weren't going to have him, but he kept telling me that he was negotiating with the UCSB UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara UCSB University of Casual Sex and Beer coach to get his trip pushed back a few hours. He finally told me on Friday that he would compete for sure. I had to scramble to get him in the events. There's nothing like waiting until the last minute'' When Deloria left in the afternoon, Bistric came back from his trip in time to win the 100 backstroke, and helped Hart get some additional points by placing ninth in the 100 breaststroke and being a part of the 400 freestyle relay tandem that finished third. ``Having those two guys there made things much easier and made me much happier,'' Neale said. ``They've been stars all four years they've been here. They like the races and it really helps the team all the way around, in both the relays and individual events.'' Mike Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] cruised to victory in the 50 freestyle for Hart with a time of 21.50 seconds. Quartz Hill hung on for second place when it won the 400 freestyle relay to hold off third-place Granada Hills. However, the Rebels were disappointed overall since they were hoping this would be their year to win it all. ``It is pretty tough,'' Quartz Hill boys' coach Mark Thibault said. ``These kids are swimming hard, but it's the middle of the season and sometimes you get tired and break down. ``But Hart is really good. They've got a lot of numbers and a lot of quality swimmers. This is good, though, because we need to be exposed to competition like this. It pushed our guys who are fast, and kind of gets the others going for improvement a little push as well. It shows us what we need to do to compete with the big boys." Granada Hills' third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the is surprising when you consider the team brought just eight swimmers to the meet. However, the Highlanders got some impressive victories from Tyler Clark and Steve Park There are several well-known men named Steve Park.
On the girls' side, Royal of 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. won the title with 276 points, pulling away from Hart, which finished with 234 points, at the end. Royal was aided by the fact its divers won the Royal Diving Invitational last weekend with 40 points. Points earned at that event carried over to Saturday. ``We've definitely established our diving program over the years,'' Royal coach Steve Snyder said. ``Our coach, Judy Wederman, has built up that program nicely over the last 22 years. She's always really good at working with the divers she's given.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Granada Hills' Tyler Clark swims the 200 individual medley Saturday. (2 -- Ran in Valley edition only) Jennifer Modglin of the winning Royal girls' team swims the 100 butterfly. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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