

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:
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
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
Academy League Finals
Boys
At Kennedy
Team results – 1. Whitney 133; 2. Saddleback Valley Christian 121; 3. Sage Hill 82; 4. Oxford Academy 76; 5. Crean Luthran 57; 6. St. Margaret’s 19
200-yard medley relay – 1. Whitney 1:48.83; 2. SH 1:53.46; 3. OA 1:54.27
200 free – 1. Dale (SVC) 1:50.82; 2. Reyes (CL) 1:58.60; 3. Dorne (SH) 2:01.46
200 IM – 1. Huang (Whit) 2:06.04; 2. Chen (Whit) 2:07.40; 3. Yang (Whit) 2:09.71
50 free – 1. Jewell (SVC) 22.26; 2. Son (CL) 22.56; 3. Davis (SVC ) 22.88
100 fly – 1. Yang (Whit) 58.79; 2. Leeong (OA) 59.83; 3. Dang (Whit) 1:00.38
100 free – 1. Jewell (SVC) 50.64; 2. Haverkamp (SVC) 52.47; 3. Boey (Whit) 53.78
500 free – 1. Dale (SVC) 4:57.99; 2. Wan (SH) 5:14.54; 3. Plourde (OA) 5:39.53
BOYS SWIMMING
Santiago Invite Finals
Team scores — Santiago/Corona 1048.5, Troy 966.0, Woodcrest Christian 795.5, South Hills 664.0, Covina 352.0
Mission Viejo Invitational
At Marguerite Recreational Center
Team scores –1. Campolindo 621.5; Las Lomas 393; 3. Murrieta Valley 313; other: 7. Mission Viejo 193
Savanna Invitational
At Savanna
Team scores – 1. Cypress 477.5; 2. La Habra 362; 3. Garden Grove 344
Villanova Invite
200 medley relay – 1:46.80 – Troy (1:43.94); MVC 1:44.50
200 free – 1:50.20 – Juliusson (LB) 1:57.78; Heron (MV) 1:59.41;
Diving – 1. M. Anderson (ET) 614.15; 2. Abdelghany (CV) 533.60; 3. Loschiavo (HB) 478.60; 4. Russi (VistaMur) 452.05; 5. Dixon (SC) 450.90
100 fly – 55.80 – Phan (Troy) 52.08; Ho (Troy) 54.10;
500 free – 5:00.5 – Heron (MV) 4:30.87; Juliusson (LB) 4:43.19
Rising Crean Lutheran sophomore and SOCAL club swimmer Ella Eastin captured the 400-yard individual medley at the Speedo Winter Junior Nationals by an impressive four seconds Friday at the University of Tennessee.
Eastin, 15, won the race in 4 minutes, 9.66 seconds to tie the 2010 meet-record. The sec0nd-place finisher touched almost 4 1/2 seconds behind Eastin.
Crean and O.C. Waves swimmer Lindsey Engel placed third in the 100 fly (53.34) and fourth in the 100 back (53.59). The junior’s fly time is faster than Tara Thomas’ 2007 O.C. high school record of 53.54.
Please send swimming news to Dan Albano at dalbano@ocregister.com
Swimmer Lindsey Engel of the Orange County Waves club and Crean Lutheran captured the 50-yard freestyle in a sizzling 22.24 seconds at the Speedo Winter Junior National Championships at the University of Tennessee on Thursday.
Engel, 16, shattered the 2010 meet-record of 22.63 held by Faith Johnson of STAR Aquatics of North Carolina.
The junior’s time is about half-a-second faster than Courtney Cashion’s Orange County high school record of 22.75 for Irvine in 2004.
One of the side-stories at the CIF-SS Division 3 swim finals Thursday night was the fate of Lindsey Engel’s sizzling leadoff leg to Crean Lutheran’s disqualified 200-yard freestyle relay.
Engel led off the race with an Orange County-leading time of 23.04 seconds. The Saints’ relay was disqualified after their No. 2 swimmer jumped early off her block.
But since the jump didn’t affect Engel’s time, the sophomore’s time will stand, Southern Section meet director Doug Glaeser confirmed Friday night.
“Her time is solid,” Glaeser said of Engel’s 23.04 – which tied her for fourth in county history.
Crean Lutheran’s Lindsey Engel has blazed to the first record of the CIF-SS swimming championships at Riverside City College.
The super-sophomore rocketed to a time of 53.60 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke at the Division 3 prelims moments ago.
The O.C. Waves club swimmer edged her own section record by four one-hundredths of a second.
It will intriguing to see what Engel delivers for Thursday’s finals. She is shaved and tapered, and it is showing. She needs to break 53.23 to move past Melanie Klaren for No. 2 in the county list.
More girls swimming news from the OCVarsity blog:

BOYS SWIMMING
CIF-SS Division 3 prelims
At Riverside City College
Top 10 advance to Thursday’s 5 p.m. championship finals
200-yard medley relay – 1. Mark Keppel 1:39.87; 2. Laguna Beach 1:40.35; 3. Kennedy 1:41.65; 4. Pacifica 1:41.73
200 free – 1. Haney (Bloom) 1:38.70; others: 4. Martinez (Ken) 1:49.09; 5. Lewis (CM) 1:49.92; 6. Wang (Cyp) 1:50.57; 7. Joppru (Val) 1:50.70;
200 IM — 1. Hanson (ImmChr) 1:52.31; others: 5. Doran (LB) 2:04.77; 5t. Umpornpuckdi (ken) 2:04.77; 10. Connors (CM) 2:06.69
50 free –1. Alba (Pac) 21.16; 2. Privett (OA) 21.36; others: 7. Polman (Sav) 22.06
2012 Academy League Swimming Championships – 5/2/2012 to 5/4/2012
Results – Finals Friday
Event 1 Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay Junior Varsity
Meet Record: 2:27.32 # 5/5/2011 Saddleback Valley Christian SVCS
A Varela, L Woodson, L French, A Thuang
Team Relay Finals Time
1 Whitney High School A 2:23.28#
1) Grovind, Tushara 2) Warner, Heather 3) Lopez, Madeline 4) Zhao, Kellie
36.10
2 Saddleback Valley Christian A 2:26.32#
1) Viloria, Mia 2) Thuang, Audrey 3) Hokanson, Haley 4) Brent, Emily
37.00
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