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Girls water polo: Gilchrist, Fattal earn first-team all-tourney honors at NCAAs

May 18th, 2013, 3:19 pm by

USC’s Kaleigh Gilchrist (Newport Harbor) and Rachel Fattal (Los Alamitos) each earned first-team all-tournament honors at the recent NCAA women’s water polo championships.

Gilchrist and Fattal also were among the 27 players invited to a U.S. training camp this weekend.

Here are the all-tournament teams, which includes a trio of former county players on second team:

All-Tournament Team
MVP –
Flora Bolonyai (USC)
First Team
Melissa Seidemann (Stanford)
Kaleigh Gilchrist (USC/Newport)
Maggie Steffens (Stanford)

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Water polo recruiting: Troy goalie commits to CWPA school

May 16th, 2013, 3:17 pm by

Troy senior water polo goalie Danny Schneider has committed to Gannon University in Erie, Pa. of the College Water Polo Association, his father, Doug, reports.

Schneider earned Gannon’s Scholar Award and the Schuster Patron of the Arts scholarship. He is planning to major in biomedical engineering with a minor in biology.

Schneider plays club for FLO.

Please send water polo recruiting news to Dan Albano at dalbano@ocregister.com

Swim poll: Pick your male swimmer of the year? (updated)

May 15th, 2013, 8:36 pm by

The All-County picks in swimming won’t be easy. Have you checked out the competition for girls swimmer of the year?

Well, the boys competition looks pretty tough, too.

University’s Corey Okubo and Kennedy’s Ryan Kao might be the front-runners but how about Capistrano Valley’s Spencer DeShon and Jack DesCombes?

See if you can pick one, or you can check out a co-swimmer of the year option that has been added:

Who should be the 2013 male swimmer of the year?
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Boys water polo: Northwood’s Simmons commits to Rams

May 14th, 2013, 2:38 pm by

Northwood water polo player RJ Simmons has committed to Fordham, his father, Rick, confirmed.

The senior has been a captain for the Timberwolves in swimming and water polo the past two seasons.

In 2012, Simmons was a first-team All-Pacific Coast League selection in water polo. He netted 75 goals and racked up 43 steals.

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Swim video: JSerra’s McLaughlin breaks legendary O.C. record

May 14th, 2013, 1:56 pm by

One of the best individual swims of the CIF Division 1 finals was turned in by JSerra’s Katie McLaughlin in the 200-yard freestyle. The sophomore broke Olympian Sippy Woodhead’s legendary 1982 O.C. and Division 1 record for Mission Viejo.

Here’s some video of McLaughlin, who mentions how her mother, Mary, swam during the same time as Woodhead

This week’s AOWs and top 10s

May 14th, 2013, 8:44 am by

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:

Baseball: Jake Bauers, Marina

Sofball: Kira Griswold, Beckman

Boys scholar-athlete: Nick Burakoff, Capistrano Valley, golf

Girls scholar-athlete: Madison Young, Crean Lutheran, diving

Boys swimming: Dylan Payne, Mater Dei

Girls swimming: Karli Thuen, JSerra

Boys track and field: Kelsey Benoit, San Clemente

Girls track and field: Tara Radan, Mater Dei

Boys volleyball: Jason Weedon, Foothill

Boys golf: Robert Deng, St. Margaret’s

Boys lacrosse: Hunter Eddington, St. Margaret’s

Girls lacrosse: Grace Schmidt-Beck, Los Alamitos

Boys tennis: Stefan Doehler, Foothill

O.C. TOP 10 RANKINGS:

Baseball

Softball

Boys tennis

Boys golf

Boys lacrosse

Girls lacrosse

Swim poll: Pick your female swimmer of the year

May 13th, 2013, 10:57 pm by

Orange County’s record-setting swim season is in the books but now comes the difficult part:

Picking an Orange County female swimmer of the year.

There’s isn’t  a bad pick between these three leading candidates but see if you can pick one:

Who should be the 2013 female swimmer of the year?
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Swim: CIF Division 1 results (JSerra girls, Capo Valley boys win titles)

May 11th, 2013, 11:15 pm by

BOYS SWIMMING

CIF-SS Division 1 Finals

At Riverside City College

Team results – 1. Capistrano Valley 327; 2. Corona del Mar 264; 3. Loyola 249.5; 4. University 229; 5. Westlake 173; 6. Dos Pueblos 149; 7. Mater Dei 122; 8. Tesoro 110; 9. Los Alamitos 104

200-yard medley relay – 1. Loy 1:31.16 – new Div. 1 record, old record 1:32.88 CdM 2012; 2. CdM 1:32.00 – O.C. record; 3. DP 1:32.04; 4. Uni 1:32.97; 5. Nor 1:33.76; 6. CV 1:34.83; 7. MD 1:35.08; 8. La Canada 1:35.17; 9. San Marino 1:35.74

200 free – 1. Garkani (CdM) 1:39.05; 2. Johnson (Hart) 1:39.60; 3. Heron (MV) 1:39.82; 4. Norman (CV) 1:40.60; 5. Marcin (Ser) 1:41.59; 6. DeVito (Loy) 1:41.90; 7. Taylor (LaHi) 1:42.13; 8. Drum (LosAl) 1:42.17; 9. Gonzales (LosAl) 1:44.64

200 IM – 1. Okubo (Uni) 1:47.07 – new O.C. record, old record Okubo (Uni) 1:48.02 2013 Pacific Coast Lg finals; 2. Karas (CdM)1:47.33; 3. Kropp (Loy) 1:50.58; 4. Wen (Westlake) 1:51.06; 5. Chalcarz (CV) 1:51.30; 6. Nguyen (LC) 1:51.35; 7. Takahashi (Uni) 1:51.52; 8. Dai (Val/V) 1:51.95; 9. Boval (Tes) 1:52.05

50 free – 1. DeShon (CV) 20.37; 2. DesCombes (CV) 20.66; 3. Motal (CdM) 20.78; 4. John (Loy) 20.89; 5. Camarda (LaHi) 20.91; 6. Beck (CV) 20.92; 7. Puczkowski (Westlake) 20.94; 8. Ampe (ET) 21.07; 9. Jacobs (Yuc) 21.30

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Swim: CIF Division 1 live streaming tonight

May 11th, 2013, 2:23 pm by

Can’t make it to Riverside for tonight’s CIF Division 1 swim finals? Check out the live stream by foxsportwest

Swim: Updated O.C. leading girls times, records

May 11th, 2013, 11:40 am by

GIRLS SWIMMING
(Updated May 11)

 200 medley relay (O.C. record 1:43.34) – Uni 1:45.39

200 free (O.C. record 1:45.89) –McLaughlin (JS) 1:47.72, pictured, McLaughlin’s HS best 1:47.52

200 IM (O.C. record 1:55.15) – El. Eastin (CL) 1:55.15, O.C. record

50 free (O.C. record 22.53) – Engel (CL) 22.53 O.C. record

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Swim: Updated O.C. leading boys times, including Kao’s breakout day

May 11th, 2013, 11:05 am by

LEADING O.C. BOYS SWIM TIMES, RECORDS, RANKINGS

(updated May 11)

 BOYS SWIMMING
200 medley relay (O.C. record 1:32.88) – CdM 1:33.06 #2 all-time

200 free (O.C. record 1:33.83) – Kao (Ken) 1:36.76 (pictured, left) #4 all-time

200 IM  (O.C. record 1:48.02) – Okubo (Uni) 1:48.02 O.C. record

50 free (O.C. record 19.69) – DeShon (CV) 20.72

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Girls water polo: Corona del Mar hires Sinclair as coach

May 10th, 2013, 10:40 pm by

Corona del Mar announced Friday that it has hired former Newport Harbor All-County attacker Ross Sinclair as its girls water polo coach.

Sinclair replaces Sam Bailey, who left the CIF Division 1 champions for full-time teaching and coaching positions at Beckman.

Sinclair played for Jason Lynch at Newport Harbor and went on to play at UC Santa Barbara. At UC Santa Barbara, he was a three-time captain and two-time All-American.  Sinclair also played abroad in Europe, Australia and South America.

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