SWIMMING: TOP TALENT ON HAND AT MEET.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News The meet's record holders are a who's who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame of the world's best swimmers, both past and present. The facility, USC's McDonald's Swim Stadium, has hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics, as well as the Phillips 66 National Championships in 1989 and the U.S. Olympic Festival. And the individual for which the event is named after is considered to be the best female swimmer in U.S. history. For those reasons and many others, the Janet Evans Janet Elizabeth Evans (born August 28, 1971) is a record-breaking American competitive swimmer. Born in Placentia, California, Evans started competitive swimming as a child. By the age of 11 she was setting National Age Group records in the longer events. Invitational is one of the premier long-course meets of the summer schedule. For many local high school and college swimmers, it might be the most important, especially for those who are still attempting to qualify for the Conoco Phillips Senior National Championships and Speedo An earlier scalable font technology from Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA (www.bitstream.com). Speedo fonts used the .SPD extension. See FaceLift. Junior Nationals in August in Irvine. ``This meet comes around so quick, the same way nationals does,'' said Saugus High standout John Criste, who leads a list of more than 40 area swimmers into the four-day meet, which began Thursday night with the 800-meter freestyle. ``After the TYR/Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. a month ago, you think you have a lot of time to prepare for JEI JEI Jeune Entreprise Innovante JEI Journal of Electronic Imaging JEI Joint Education Initiative , but then pretty soon you realize, it's right around the corner. This meet is so important to get you ready for nationals.'' Criste, representing Canyons Aquatic Club, is one of the few area athletes who already has senior national times secured. But after a fourth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke and a fifth-place effort in the 100 at the TYR/Swim Meet of Champions, the 16-year-old is seeking victories in both events, as he is the top seed in Saturday's 200 and the third seed in Sunday's 100. Prelims are scheduled for 9 a.m. each day, with the finals starting at 5 p.m. ``Just racing against (members of the Japanese national team in Mission Viejo) has helped me prepare for my next race, as well as nationals,'' Criste said. ``Now it's all about being able to perform under pressure.'' Gabe Woodward, a teammate of Criste's at Canyons Aquatic Club, is one of four Olympic medalists scheduled to compete at the invitational. The 26-year-old, a former All-American at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , is the top seed in today's 100 freestyle and the third seed in Saturday's 50 free. Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. of La Crescenta's Sara Sun, the Daily News All-Area Swimmer of the Year, is one area female who should qualify for the championship heat - the fastest eight swimmers from the prelims - in at least one event. Sun, competing for Swim Pasadena, finished 10th in Thursday's 800 free. Renee Viveros, an Alemany of Mission Hills graduate who finished her freshman season at USC, is also a strong contender in the 100 and 200 backstroke for Trojan Swim Club. Lisa Andrade, a 25-year-old teammate of Criste and Woodward, is seeded 10th in the 100 breaststroke and 13th in the 200. Jeremy Blankenship, Sarah Colvin and Ian Mirisola are local swimmers competing in JEI following their selection Wednesday to the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Swimming Western Zone team. They'll join 77 other Southern California swimmers ranging from ages 10 to 18 in competing the Western Zone meet Aug. 9-13 in Kearns, Utah Kearns was named after Utah's U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns 1862-1918. It is a census-designated place (CDP) and township in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 33,659, at the 2000 census. . Blankenship, a Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks graduate, is representing the San Fernando Valley-based CCAT CCAT Campus Center for Appropriate Technology (Humboldt State University; Arcata, CA) CCAT Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope CCAT Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test CCAT Competition Commission Appeals Tribunal swim team. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: JANET EVANS INVITATIONAL |
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