SOUTHERN SECTION SWIMMING: NEW BUTTERFLIER TAKES WING.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 LONG BEACH - Pete McVey has friends who are great swimmers 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. . Wednesday Wednesday: see week. , that paid off. McVey, a senior from 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, swam swam v. Past tense of swim. swam Verb the past tense of swim swam swim the event in 52.16 and placed first in his heat at the Southern Section Division IV prelims prelims Noun, pl 1. the pages of a book, such as the title page and contents, which come before the main text 2. the first public examinations in some universities [a contraction of preliminaries] Noun 1. at Belmont Belmont (bĕl`mŏnt). 1 City (1990 pop. 24,127), San Mateo co., W Calif., a residential suburb midway between San Francisco and San Jose; laid out 1851, inc. 1926. There is light manufacturing, and the College of Notre Dame (est. Plaza. Before the season, McVey had barely even swam the butterfly, let alone get any competitive times in the event. However, he enlisted en·list·ed adj. Of, relating to, or being a member of a military rank below a commissioned officer or warrant officer. enlisted Adjective the help of friends Matt Jensen from Chaminade of West Hills and Tyler Clark of Granada Hills, two exceptional butterfly swimmers, to help train him. The results? A second-place seeding in today's final. ``I wasn't even a (butterfly swimmer) before this year,'' McVey said. ``But Matt and Tyler helped me a lot because they felt I would be a good 'flier. They helped me train the whole season and it showed.'' McVey will be seeded third in the 100 breaststroke final after placing with a time of 1:00.23. He also joined RJ Gruter, Chris Dauser and Matt Smith on Quartz Hill's 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 team, which earned a second seed in the final with a time of 1:44.35. ``We are right where we want them to be,'' Thibault said. ``Now they are in a real position to win it (today).'' The Quartz Hill boys also earned a second seed in the 400 freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. relay with a time of 3:22.44. Quartz Hill's girls' 200 medley relay team also qualified for today's final but didn't do as well as anticipated, earning a sixth seed with a time of 1:58.62. ``The energy was there, but because the event was early in the morning, we didn't swim that fast,'' said Thibault of his medley relay team, which is composed of Maia Paris, Jesica Neal, Ashley Frost-Morgan and Sarah Colvin. ``(Today) though, they're going to go all out. They'll be ready for it.'' Michele Kumaus of Highland of Palmdale is looking forward to stronger competition after earning a second-seed in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:12.89. In her heat, Kumaus was nearly four seconds faster than the next-fastest swimmer, Amanda Harshberger of South Hills. ``I swam strong considering there really was no one good in my heat to race,'' Kumaus said. ``I look forward to stronger competition in the finals. I'd rather be pushed and not win than win a walk against lesser competition.'' Kumaus is also seeded second in the 100 breaststroke after a time of 1:07.09. Brett Shiflett of the Oaks Christian of Westlake Village girls' team is seeded third in the 200 freestyle finals after a time of 1:56.21. Shiflett is seeded second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:10.15, ahead of third-seeded Christina Courtney of Calabasas (5:14.53). Loriann Mark of Malibu earned a third seed in the butterfly with a time of 1:01.03. --Division I prelims: Christine Creek of 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. , Nicole Shiflett of Oaks Christian of Westlake Village and Sarah Bultema of Westlake were the top local performers and will advance to Friday's finals. Creek got the highest place of any local performer, getting a fourth seed in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.20. Earlier in the meet, Creek got the fifth in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:07.76. Creek was especially proud of her performance in the individual medley. ``I think I did really well,'' Creek said. ``It was my best time ever. It helps when you're going against the best competition around. It really pushes you. ``I felt really good going in. I practiced in the morning and gave myself a little warmup. It really helped.'' Bultema will be seeded fifth in the 100 butterfly final after garnering a time of 58.50. The mark was nearly one and a half seconds better than her previous best in the event this season. Bultema also tied for 16th in the 200 freestyle at 58.12. ``I was really nervous about the meet earlier in the day,'' Bultema said, ``but there are so many great races and it's great to be a part of them.'' Shiflett finished sixth in the 100 freestyle in 53.69. She also was 10th in the 50 freestyle at 24.64. |
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