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
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:
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:
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
Can’t make it to Riverside for tonight’s CIF Division 1 swim finals? Check out the live stream by foxsportwest
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
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
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.
Crean Lutheran sophomore swimmer Ella Eastin broke the U.S. national record for independent schools — or private schools — in the 200-yard individual medley Thursday night at the CIF-SS Division 3 finals in Riverside.
Eastin blazed a lifetime-best and Orange County record time of 1 minute, 55.15 seconds, which breaks the national independent high school record, according to Swimming World’s updated high school records. The previous record was a 1:56.31 set earlier this year by Kaitlyn Jones of Delaware.
The overall high school record — public or private — is a 1:53.82 set by Dagny Knutson in 2009 for public school Minot in North Dakota.
Here’s a video of Eastin’s 200 IM on Thursday night and her post-race interview:
Here’s some analysis on Eastin’s record by Swimming World
BOYS SWIMMING
CIF-SS Division 1 prelims
At Riverside City College
Top 9 advance to Saturday’s 5 p.m. championship finals
200-yard medley relay – 1. CdM 1:33.06; 2. Loy 1:33.10; 3. Uni 1:33.59; 4. DP 1:33.80; 5. CV 1:35.41; 6. Nor 1:35.50; 7. San Marino 1:35.60; 8. LC 1:35.61; 9. MD 1:35.62
200 free – 1. Garkani (CdM) 1:39.96; 2. Heron (MV) 1:40.90; 3. Marcin (Ser) 1:41.48; 4. Drum (LosAl) 1:41.65; 5. Norman (CV) 1:41.68; 6. Johnson (Hart) 1:41.73; 7. Taylor (LaHi) 1:41.91; 8. Gonzales (LosAl) 1:42.04; 9. DeVito (Loy) 1:42.06
200 IM – 1. Okubo (Uni) 1:48.14; 2. Karas (CdM) 1:49.38 3. Kropp (Loy) 1:50.83; 4. Takahashi (Uni) 1:51.27; 5. Nguyen (LC) 1:51.70; 6. Boval (Tes) 1:51.86; 7. Wen (Westlake) 1:51.95; 8. Chalcarz (CV) 1:52.31; 9. Dai (Val/V) 1:52.68; 9. Schiffer (Uni) 1:52.68
Swim-off: Dai def. Schiffer
50 free – 1. DesCombes (CV) 20.80; 2. John (Loy) 20.87; 3. DeShon (CV) 20.94; 4. Motal (CdM) 21.01; 5. Beck (CV) 21.10; 6. Camarda (LaHi) 21.11; 7. Puczkowski (Westlake) 21.23; 8. Ampe (ET) 21.29; 9. Jacobs (Yuc) 21.35
100 fly – 1. Valente (DP) 48.18; 2. Gornay (Red) 48.79; 3. Okubo (Uni) 49.17; 4. Payne (MD) 49.62; 5. Chang (Nor) 49.76; 6. Lopez (SanMarino) 49.87; 7. Kim (Westlake) 50.03; 8. Chalcarz (SM) 50.59; 9. Shoults (SM) 50.72
100 free – 1. DesCombes (CV) 44.97; Garkani (CdM) 45.64; 3. DeShon (CV) 45.84; 4. Karas (CdM) 45.85; 5. Motal (CdM) 46.05; 6. John (Loy) 46.20; 7. Beck (CV) 46.37; 8. Boval (Tes) 46.51; 9. Harrigan (Crespi) 46.68
BOYS SWIMMING
CIF-SS Prelims
At Riverside City College
Division 3
Top 9 advance to Thursday’s 5 p.m. championship finals
10-18 advance to consolation finals
200-yard medley relay – 1. Buckley 1:39.46; others: 6. LB 1:42.95
200 free – 1. Juliusson (LB) 1:43.06; others: 11. Dale (SVC) 1:50.05; 13. Morgan (LB) 1:50.77;
200 IM – 1. Perez (JW North) 1:59.16; others: 3. Karkoska (LB) 2:00.50; 8. Connors (CM) 2:03.11; 18. Gonzalez (CM) 2:08.73
50 free – 1. Richey-Luna (Adolfo Cam) 21.82; others: 4. Cooper (CM) 22.13; 6. Son (Crean) 22.21; 9. Jewell (SVC) 22.32; 15. Baldridge (LB) 22.63; 18. Del Toro (LB) 22.79
RIVERSIDE Crean Lutheran junior Lindsey Engel has smashed two O.C. records set by former Irvine standout Courtney Cashion here at the CIF-SS Division 3 swim prelims.
Here are Engel’s times: 22.56 in the 50 free; and 49.04 in the 100 free.
“What a beast,” one coach commented after Engel’s 100, the fastest in the nation this year according to All-America applications processed by NISCA.
Finals are Thursday night at 5 p.m. at Riverside City College.
Photo courtesy of Tami Engel
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