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Swim: Crean’s Eastin dominates 400 IM at U.S. juniors

December 8th, 2012, 10:06 am by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com

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

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Swim: Crean’s Engel blazes to junior national title in 50 free!

December 6th, 2012, 5:55 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.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.

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Swim: University’s Burton commits to Pac-12 school

October 1st, 2012, 7:46 pm by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com

University High and Orange County Waves club swimmer Maggie Burton, the two-time defending CIF-SS Division 1 champion in the 100-yard breaststroke, has committed to UCLA, she said in a text message Monday night.

“I chose to be a Bruin because of the rich athletic tradition and great academics,” the senior said. “Coach Cyndi (Gallagher) and Coach Naya (Higashijima ) are really building a strong program that I want to be part of.”

Burton was a key member of the Trojans’ Division 1 team championship squads in 2011 and 2010. The All-County swimmer also is a strong sprint-freestyler (high school-best 23.72 seconds), individual medley racer and relay performer.

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