SWIMMING NOTEBOOK: LA CANADA SHOWS OAKS WHO'S NO. 1.Byline: Erik Boal BOAL Basic Organization of Associated Labor (Yugoslavia, socialism) Special to the Daily News WESTLAKE Westlake, city (1990 pop. 27,018), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1956. A growing city, its various manufactures include ink and plastics. VILLAGE - La Canada High left no doubt Tuesday about the area's top boys' swim team, winning 11 of 12 events, including 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. competition, to cruise to a 126-60 nonleague win at Oaks Christian of Westlake Village. Top-ranked La Canada (3-0) clocked an area-leading 1 minute, 39.52 seconds in the 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. Andrew Nguyen won the 100 freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. in an area-best 47.47 and also triumphed in the 200 free (1:44.6). Jerrold Lee and Ian Mirisola also were multiple-event winners for La Canada. Second-ranked Oaks Christian (5-1) recorded several season-best times, but the Lions' lone victory came from Michael Blanchard in the 50 free (22.37). Natasha Nguyen doubled in the 200 and 500 frees for the seventh-ranked La Canada girls in a 111-67 victory. --Bouncing back: Camarillo's Alexandra Nalevanko last season was the first Scorpions' female swimmer to win a Southern Section championship, capturing the Div. III 100-yard backstroke, then enjoyed a productive summer long-course season. Shoulder injuries and illness forced the UCLA-bound Nalevanko out of the water. ``All of that swimming finally caught up to me,'' Nalevanko said. ``It was a combination of backstroke and freestyle that did me in.'' She was back in time for the winter 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. season, then came down with flu. ``It was the worst winter season of my life,'' she said. ``I'm not happy that I missed almost the entire winter season, but I guess it was better to happen then than (during high school season).'' Navalenko, finally swimming without shoulder pain and with her legs at full strength, also is beginning to focus on defending her backstroke title. ``I love hearing that,'' Nalevanko said. ``It never gets old when people say, `Defending CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). champion.''' erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): box Box: DAILY NEWS TOP 10 |
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