SWIMMING: MARMONTE TEAMS ARE ON THEIR MARKS : RACE FOR LEAGUE TITLES UNDER WAY.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer The next task for the nation's swimming elite is putting their teams atop the Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. . Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. junior Aron Gyuris and Royal senior Ingrid Salazar competed at the U.S. Junior Championships last week in Washington. Today, they lead their respective teams in a key Marmonte League matchup 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. Gyuris led the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. to a share of the Marmonte boys' title last season and is a big reason they are expected to contend again this season. He turned in the area's top finish at the Junior Championships when he placed eighth in the 50 freestyle (21.13). Salazar was a Southern Section finalist a year ago, but the Highlanders managed just a fourth-place finish in league. The versatile Boston-bound athlete is joined by several young club swimmers who hope to give Royal a chance for a title. ``I think we're going to be good,'' Salazar said. ``We've got some good freshman and we have strong relays.'' Today's meet is Salazar's first of the year with Royal. She competed in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 free and 100 and 200 backstroke at the Junior Championships. She plans to concentrate on the 500 and 200 free during the high-school season. Other Highlanders to watch include freshman Lindsay Palmberg and fellow water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. teammates Carrie Karamas, Jennifer Palmberg and Carly Huffman - all sophomores. ``She's just blazing away,'' Royal coach Steve Snyder said of Huffman. ``She's certainly one of the fastest in the league.'' The Highlanders returned from a two week layoff in which their pool was repaired to win both the girls' and boys' meets in last week's league opener against Newbury Park. Most of the boys' success is expected to come at the individual level this season. Sophomores Justin McClure and Omar DeArmas bring club experience to a young team loaded with water polo players This is a list of water polo players: Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
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