SWIMMING: CLEVELAND SEEKING REPEAT BOYS QUALIFY 11 FOR CITY FINALS.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News It was only a qualifying meet for the City Section finals, but that didn't seem to matter much to the Cleveland of Reseda boys' swim team. A year after rallying to defeat Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). of Pacific Palisades for the City title, the Cavaliers sent a message at Wednesday's prelims that they don't plan on falling victim to a similar comeback this season. Led by senior Michael Chiu and junior Ashkaun Hami, 11 Cleveland swimmers qualified for the finals at AAF/John C. Argue Swim Stadium, making the Cavaliers the favorite to repeat as champions Wednesday. "They still have the one meet (remaining)," said Cleveland coach Teresa Frias, who has won three consecutive City titles, capturing girls' crowns in 2004 and '05, followed by a boys' championship last year. "That was the speech (Tuesday). You win a championship meet in the prelims, not in the finals. If you don't get in (at the prelims), then you don't score points in the finals." Even with their performance, which included the fastest qualifying time in all three relays, the Cavaliers aren't overlooking o·ver·look tr.v. o·ver·looked, o·ver·look·ing, o·ver·looks 1. a. To look over or at from a higher place. b. anyone, especially rival Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). . Although the Patriots didn't post the top qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. in any event in the prelims, their depth in the 500-yard freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. -- four swimmers among the top 16 entries -- and strength in the diving diving Sport of plunging into water, usually headfirst and often following the execution of one or more acrobatic maneuvers. It emerged as a competitive sport in the late 19th century and became part of the Olympic Games in 1904. finals could help close the gap on Cleveland. "It would be good to go 1-2, but we want to win the whole thing," Birmingham coach Andrew Jones said. "At the Olympics, who are you going to talk about, the gold medalist or the silver medalist? I think the diving is going to separate us. But anything can happen." Granada Hills senior Chris Baier, the top qualifier in the 500 free, took a step toward repeating in the 200 free by posting the top qualifying mark (1 minute, 47.74 seconds). Reseda's Jacob Krol was the fastest qualifier in the 50 (22.81) and 100 frees (49.58), Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (also Sherman Oaks CES or SOCES) is a (magnet) public school in the San Fernando Valley, Southern California, United States. of Reseda's Phillip Chu led the pack in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.28) and Granada Hills' Garrett Hubbard qualified first 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 (2:06.14). Van Nuys junior Claudia Ochotorena and El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Ochotorena recorded the top time in the 100 backstroke (1:01.26), but was second (1:01.88) to Venice's Andi Murez (59.64) in the 100 fly. Brown was the top qualifier in the 100 breaststroke (1:13.00), but was third (2:22.98) in the 200 IM behind Palisades' Hayley Lemoine (2:21.23) and Cleveland's Tessa Chiu (2:22.07). Taft's Chelsea Lim is in position to win titles in the 50 and 100 frees after clocking 24.90 and 54.86. Granada Hills had the fastest qualifying time in the 400 free relay (3:53.67). erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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