Results from Saturday’s CIF Division 2 swim finals – which feature a title defense by Sonora’s Brennan Jacobsen in the 500 free:

BOYS SWIMMING
CIF-SS Division 2 Swim Finals
At Belmont Plaza
Team results – 1. El Segundo 236; 2. Murrieta Valley 218; 3. Crescenta Valley 217; 4. Damien 175.5; 5. Palos Verdes 107; 6. Los Osos 104; 7. Peninsula 100; 8. Oaks Chr 93; 9. LB Wilson 87; 10. Troy 86; others: 12t. Sonora 61; 17. Villa Park 42.5

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Here are the top eight results from Saturday’s Division 3 swim finals in Long Beach — which include runner-up finishers by the Kennedy boys and Laguna Beach girls

BOYS SWIMMING

CIF-SS Division 3 Swim Finals

At Belmont Plaza

Team results – 1. Mark Keppel 258; 2 Kennedy 208; 3. La Serna 195; 4. Maranatha 170; 5. Laguna Beach 158; 6 Pacifica 122; 7. Littlerock 118; 8. Quartz Hill 117

200-yard medley relay – 1. Mark Keppel 1:37.13; 2. Kennedy 1:39.03; 3. La Serna 1:39.87; 4. Cerritos 1:41.47; 5. Laguna Beach 1:42.13; 6. Pacifica 1:44.10; 7. Quartz Hill 1:45.00; 8. Patriot 1:45.50

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Here are the top-eight results from Friday nigth’s Division 1 swim finals – which on the girls side, was highlighted by University’s second title, left

BOYS SWIMMING

CIF-SS Division 1 Swim Finals

At Belmont Plaza, Long Beach

Team results – 1. Loy 287; 2. CV 218; 3. CdM 192.5; 4 Uni 162; 5. LC 128; 6 Edi 116; 7. Irv 95.5; 8. Redlands 93

200-yard medley relay – 1. CdM (Namba, Larson, Garkani, Marks) 1:34.28; 2. Loyola 1:34.72; 3. Irvine 1:35.48; 4. Uni 1:36.04; 5. Dana Hills 1:36.58; 6. CV 1:37.34; 7. Crespi 1:37.50; 8. Agoura 1:38.18

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Here are the results from Friday’s Division 2 swim prelims — including some quick times from Sonora’s Nikki Chang:

BOYS SWIMMING

CIF Division 2 Swim Prelims

At Belmont Plaza, Long Beach

Top 8 advance to Saturday’s 4 p.m. finals

200-yard medley relay – 1. CresVly 1:34.23; 2. MurrVly 1:36.48; 3. PV 1:36.71; 4. LBW 1:37.08; 5. ElSeg 1:37.26; 6. AG 1:37.98; 7. Pen 1:38.10; 8. Clare 1:38.96

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Dan Albano’s updates from the CIF-SS Division 1 swim finals Friday night in Long Beach (refresh this page to get new updates)

400 FREE – Uni sweeps the relays with a 3:26.00 to cap the girls title for the second year in a row. Loy takes the boys 400 relay and title.

100 BREAST – Uni super-soph Maggie Burton claims the Div. 1 title  with a 1:01.69. Loyola sophomore Peter Kropp takes boys 56.63

100 BACK - Aliso’s Melanie Klaren takes dorsal event in a nice drop – 53.23 – Redlands’ Nolan Brown break 50 in boys with a first-place 49.16.

200 FREE RELAY – University girls pull a small surprise and beat FV and Laguna Hills with a 1:35.61. Loyola clear winner in boys with a 1;23.69.

500 FREE – Celebrity sightings — Kaitlin Sandeno, Tom Shields, Cindy Tran, Cynthia Fascella – and Katy Campbell of La Canada takes distance event in 4:43;04 – Rankin of Uni second 4:45.37. Capo Valley’s Logan Redondo wins a close boys race 4:27.15.

100 FREE – Fountain Valley’s Shelby Webber crashed the 50–second barrier with a first-place 49.90. Oregon State cheering wildly someplace. And Marina’s Nick Soedel takes the 100 for second consecutive season — 45.05.

100 FLY – Irvine freshman Emily Jiang touches first in 55.36. Thousand Oaks senior David Armstrong puts a scare into Tom Shields mark – takes fly in 47.86. Chris Wong of Uni second in 49.25.

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