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May 10, 2010

Provided by: Mark Tierney

 

ORCA Swimmers Dominate at High School League Swimming Championships

 

With a League MVP, six 1^st Place finishes, one league record, three individual school records and a total of thirty top-8 finishes in individual events, the ORCA high school swimmers dominated their high school league finals which occurred this past Friday.

 

At the Century League swimming finals held at Villa Park High School, Lucas Spencer and Kristopher Tierney (left), both swimming for El Modena H.S., lead the charge, winning both of their individual events; each breaking school records.  Spencer started the meet winning the 200 yard Freestyle (1:45.49) and followed with a Century League record and El Modena High School record in the 100 breaststroke with the fastest CIF Division II time swum this year of 59.17.   Tierney was quick to follow, winning the very next event with an El Modena High School record in the 200 I.M., going a blistering 1:59.24.  He would also go on to win the 100 yard Backstroke with a CIF automatic qualifying time of 55.35.  With his dominating swims at finals and going undefeated in dual meets this season for ELMO, Spencer would go on to be named Co-MVP of the Century League with Jake Fletcher of Brea Olinda H.S. 

 

Leading the charge on the girls side of the meet, Madison Tedesco and Danica Lambert, both swimming for Villa Park H.S., each placed 1^st in individual events.  Tedesco placed 1^st in the 100 yard Butterfly with a personal best time of 59.68.  She also placed 2^nd in the 200 IM with a personal best time of 2:12.77; both were CIF qualifying times.  Lambert would win the 100 yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:12.86.  She also took 5^th in the 200 IM (2:19.22).  Lambert will be swimming the 100 Breaststroke at CIF with a qualifying time from a previous high school dual meet where she went a blazing 1:11.56.

 

Other top 8 finishes at the meet from ORCA swimmers included:

 

Maath Brodsky (ELMO) - 5^th place JV Boys 100 yard Breaststroke (1:12.76)

Dana Davis (VP) – 2^nd place Varsity Girls 100 yard Backstroke (1:05.99), 7^th place 200 IM (2:28.55)

Elle Gualt (ELMO) – 3^rd place Varsity Girls 100 yard Breaststroke (1:14.63), 6^th place 200 IM (2:23.83)

Alex Gonzalez (ELMO) – 3^rd place Varsity Boys 100 yard Butterfly (55.83), 5^th place 100 Back (59.47)

Brianna Hayes (ELMO) – 6^th place Varsity Girls 50 yard Freestyle (26.69), 7^th place 100 Free (59.17)

Erika Herrera (VP) – 2^nd place JV Girls 200 yard Freestyle (2:20.37), 2^nd place 50 Fly (32.60)

Amanda Hicks (VP) – 8^th place JV Girls 500 yard Freestyle (6:42.49)

Bryce Leiter (VP) – 2^nd place Varsity Boys 200 yard Freestyle (1:49.38), 4^th place 500 Free (5:06.92)

Courtney Nguyen (ELMO) – 4^th place Varsity Girls 100 yard Butterfly (1:06.74), 5^th place 100 Back (1:07.11)

Nathan Ortega (ELMO) – 4^th place Varsity Boys 200 IM (2:09.58), 6^th place 100 Free (51.63)

 

At the Trinity League swimming finals held at Santa Margarita H.S., first year freshmen Hailey Golden, swimming for Orange Lutheran High School, took 3^rd place in the 50 yard Freestyle with an Orange Lutheran school record time of 25.54.  She also placed 6^th in the 100 Free with a time of (57.68).

 

At the Freeway League swimming finals held at Sonora H.S., Connor Regan, swimming for Troy High School, placed 3^rd in the 100 yard Backstroke (59.16) and 4^th in the 100 Fly (57.).  With Regan’s help, Troy High School went undefeated this year and took 1^st place at the Freeway League finals.

 

Finishing up the high school swim season are the CIF Division II Championships which will be held this Friday at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, CA.  ORCA swimmers swimming for their respective high schools include from VP; Danica Lambert (100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay) and Madison Tedesco (200 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay), and from El Modena; Kevin Fermin (200 Medley and 400 Free Relays), Nathan Ortega (200 Medley and 400 Free Relays), Lucas Spencer (100 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay) and Kristopher Tierney (200 IM, 100 Back, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay).  Prelims will start at 10:00 AM on Friday; Finals will be on Saturday, starting at 4:00 PM.