SANTA CLARITA, California, July 25. LILIAN Alvarez gave the Santa Clarita long course sectional championships a fine send-off with a meet record in the women's 100 breaststroke.<\/p>\n
Alvarez, representing Marin Pirates, swam a 1:10.24 to win the event and break Keri Hehn's five-year-old record of 1:10.48. Not far behind in second place was Gretchen Jacques with a 1:11.05. Finishing third in the event was Casey Mims with a 1:11.51.<\/p>\n
In other finals on Sunday, Megan Rankin of Aquazots swept the distance events with a victory in the women's 800 freestyle, touching the wall in 8:50.75. Lynette Lim was second in 8:56.49 and Nicole Chang dipped under the nine-minute barrier for third place with an 8:59.18.<\/p>\n
Ally Howe won the women's 100 back with a superb final 50 meters, touching in 1:04.74. She overtook Cheyenne Coffman, who was second in 1:04.88, and Andrea Reigel, who took third in 1:04.96.<\/p>\n
The men's 100 back saw Chris Gibson use a similar tactic as Howe to win, taking the title in 57.68 over Chris Riley's 57.79. Peter Kline was third in 58.28.<\/p>\n
The men's 1500 freestyle was won by John Mendoza with a 15:50.79. Zane Grothe battled Mendoza for the entire race, touching second in 15:51.00. Well back in third place was Alejandro Cisneros with a 16:14.81.<\/p>\n
Takeshi Yamada swept the breaststroke events, winning the 100 breast in 1:03.37 over Keisuke Yagi, who finished second in 1:04.58. Azad Al-barazi was third with a 1:05.45.<\/p>\n
Stephanie Christofferson took the women's 100 fly in 1:02.01, with Kate Davey finishing second in 1:02.33. Ally Howe made her second trip to the podium with a third-place finish time of 1:02.42.<\/p>\n
Chris Gibson took the men's 100 fly in 55.70 over Chase Bloch's second-place time of 55.94. Erich Peske was third with a 56.16.<\/p>\n
The 400 medley relay concluded the meet, with the Aquazots winning the women's event in 4:21.33. San Luis Obispo took the men's relay with a 3:57.09.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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