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By Jeff Commings<\/i><\/p>\n

The inaugural California high school swimming and diving state championships is finally here after many years of discussion about the feasibility of having one championship meet for the country\u2019s most-populated state. But the meet will likely be remembered more for who is not<\/i> there instead of the talent that will race at Clovis West High School.<\/p>\n

Of the four swimmers who set national high school records last weekend in sectional meets in Southern California, only Ella Eastin<\/strong> will attend the state championship. She\u2019ll go after her national independent high school record in the 200 IM<\/a>, and give Dagny Knutson<\/strong>\u2019s overall record a chase as well. With the major summer long course championships less than three months away, the others have already shifted their attention past high school competition.<\/p>\n

With the exception of Colorado (for boys only), California is the only major swimming state in the Union where swimming is a spring sport. Nearly every other state holds their swimming and diving championships in November (for the fall season) or February (for the winter season), thus giving those athletes the opportunity to ramp up training again for the crucial summer season. A late-May California high school swimming championships gives athletes a very short window to get back into the intense training before starting another taper for either junior nationals or senior nationals. This year, the junior national championships begins July 30 in San Antonio, while the senior national meet kicks off August 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those skipping the meet said they are happy that California finally has an official state championship and said it would be great to call themselves state champions. But the call of the summer is too loud to ignore.<\/p>\n

Grant Shoults<\/strong>, one of the national record setters at the CIF Southern Section meet with an independent mark in the 200 free<\/a>, is bypassing the state meet and getting back into training with the Mission Viejo Nadadores with the goal of having breakthrough swims at the USA Swimming nationals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started long course (at Mission Viejo Nadadores) in January, so we\u2019re pretty deep into the season,\u201d Shoults said. \u201cI felt it was in my best interest to put in an extra week of training. The extended period of taper (for the state championships) is too much going into the long course season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maxime Rooney<\/strong>, a junior at Granada High School, is participating in the state championships, but only on relays. Rooney had the opportunity to run away with state titles in practically any event he chose to swim. But, like Shoults, he wanted to return to hard training right after posting a near-lifetime best 1:34.58 in the 200 free at the North Coast Section championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to get a jump start on our training,\u201d Rooney said. \u201cI wanted to swim (individual events) at state, but I also understood that (Pleasanton coach) Steve Morsilli wanted me to get ready for this summer. This is a crucial week in terms of training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve Pickell<\/strong>, the head coach for the USA Swimming team SOCAL Aquatics, is allowing his athletes to participate in the state meet, including Eastin, because it\u2019s a unique experience that cannot be replicated anywhere else. He said he has to adjust this summer\u2019s training and racing plans to allow his swimmers to compete in the state meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a huge proponent of high school swimming,\u201d Pickell said. \u201cI left it up to the kids (to decide if they wanted to compete), and the kids really wanted to go. The timing\u2019s not good because it\u2019s late in the season, though. If it were in the fall, we wouldn\u2019t be having this conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Olympic swimming trials will force many to ponder this choice again for the 2016 state championships. Though no date has been set, the likelihood of it occurring in mid-May means there will be just six weeks between the California state meet and USA Olympic Trials<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pickell said the California Interscholastic Federation might have a difficult time filling the 2016 state meet because he believes a lot of athletes will choose to skip it to train for Trials. Shoults and Rooney said the immediate focus is on 2015, but both know it will be a tough decision to make next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously there isn\u2019t much time after state before Trials,\u201d Shoults said. \u201cWhen next year comes, I\u2019ll sit down with my coach (Bill Rose) about all the different options I have.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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