FV’s Cynthia Fascella took the 50 in 23.08 — Bates touched second in 23.53. Edison’s Cindy Tran won the consolation in 23.47.

In arguably the fastest 50-yard freestyle race in high school history, Redlands Joey Hale touched out Yucaipa’s Karl Krug by three one-hundredths of a second with a blistering 19.95. Krug touched in an amazing 19.98. The pool was electric with energy — as much as I can remember since my first here at this meet: 1994. The crowd really loved that race.

Shields touched in 1:36.52 — missing the 15-16 national age-group record by about two-tenths of a second. Still a great time for the junior. Interestingly, Shields did not don a full-body suit. Maybe he’ll have it for the fly.

From Division I prelims:

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Jason Wilson, Orange County’s reigning county coach of the year in girls water polo, has resigned his post at Sonora to pursue a Masters degree and collegiate coaching opportunities, he said late Thursday night at the CIF-SS swim meet. Wilson guided Sonora to the CIF-SS Division VI title. This is a huge blow the Raiders. Wilson brought a lot of enthusiasm and smarts to the pool deck. And he also developed some very good players — he did a great job with Sara Olguin.

Golden West College has hired U.S. national women’s water polo assistant coach Kyle Kopp as its women’s water polo and swimming coach, according to Golden West men’s water polo coach Scott Taylor. This is a great get for the Rustler.

Here’s the list of qualifiers for Friday night’s DI swim final, which should be an epic display of speed — so don’t miss it SoCal swim fans!

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LONG BEACH Tom Shields of Edison broke the CIF-SS Division I record in the 100 butterfly with a swift 48.00. I think Tom wanted to be faster but the record must be nice.

LONG BEACH In back-t0-back heats of the boys 50-yard freestyle, Yucaipa’s Karl Krug (Auburn) and Redlands’ Joey Hale (Arizona State) each touched first in Division I-record times of 20.05 seconds. Click to see the video of Hale’s race:

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Northwood All-County water polo player Jon Colton has committed to reigning NCAA champion Cal, he said Tuesday in an e-mail.
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