WEST VALLEY SWIMMING LEAGUE FINALS: THINGS GO SWIMMINGLY FOR CAVS GIRLS.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News Last week, Cleveland High of Reseda was the only noncharter, nonmagnet high school in the City Section to be honored as a California Distinguished School. At the West Valley League swimming finals Thursday at Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. , Cleveland took another step toward distinguishing itself as the section's best aquatics program. With the City preliminaries less than three weeks away, the Cavaliers girls' team showcased why it is the favorite to repeat as section champion, while its boys' team led a group of three schools - 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). 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:
``I know there's plenty of (talent) over the hill and my kids know it too,'' Cleveland coach Teresa Frias said, referring to the challenges from 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, San Pedro and Venice that await the Cavaliers at the prelims May 18. ``I would rather overestimate o·ver·es·ti·mate tr.v. o·ver·es·ti·mat·ed, o·ver·es·ti·mat·ing, o·ver·es·ti·mates 1. To estimate too highly. 2. To esteem too greatly. everyone else and underestimate my team. The kids know we need to keep working and that's why we didn't rest for this meet. And until we do, I'll still be kicking their butts (in training).'' Although the meet was a nonscoring competition, the unofficial total for the Cleveland girls' team would have been more than 200 points better than El Camino Real, which won six events, including the 200-yard 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 and 400 freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. relays. Chungah Rhee was Cleveland's only individual girls' champion, winning the 100 butterfly (1 minute, 2.57 seconds) and 500 freestyle (5:23.92). But the Cavaliers had four girls finish in the top eight in six of the eight individual events, demonstrating the same depth that was instrumental in them winning their first City title last season. El Camino Real's Meghan Brown (200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke) and Jessica Chen (50 and 100 freestyle) each won two events, as did Kennedy of Granada Hills' Hanna Kim (100 backstroke, 200 free). In the boys' competition, Cleveland's Michael Chiu was the only double winner, capturing the 100 backstroke (57.64) and 200 IM (2:08.11). His teammates, Ashkaun Hami and Albert Han, were victorious in the 500 freestyle and 100 butterfly, respectively. The Cavaliers also won the 200 medley (1:47.95) and 400 freestyle (3:29.58) relays, and El Camino Real was victorious in the 200 freestyle relay (1:36.25). ``Birmingham, Cleveland and us are all going to be contenders,'' El Camino Real coach Steve Kalan said. ``Our (league) is the fastest (league) in the City, by far.'' Reseda's Alex Kelly This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. (100 breaststroke), Jacob Krol (100 freestyle) and Tomasz Krol (50 freestyle), and Birmingham's Victor Vento (200 freestyle) were the other individual winners. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com |
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