SANTA CLARA, California, May 13. CURTIS Ogren, a junior at St. Francis, set a national independent school record in the 200 IM at the CIF Central Coast Section Championships May 10-11 in Santa Clara. Ogren posted a 1:45.01, which betters Matt Thompson's 2009 time of 1:45.27. David Nolan still holds the overall mark at 1:41.39 from 2011. Ogren also set a Central Coast record of 53.90 in the 100 breast.<\/p>\n
Sacred Heart Prep junior Ally Howe missed out on a national independent mark by just 2-hundredths with her 52.32 in the 100 back. Missy Franklin keeps the record she set in 2011 of 52.30. Howe claimed a second victory with her 1:58.23 in the 200 IM. <\/p>\n
Alexa Cacuo, a Milpitas junior, set a record in the diving event with 515.60 points.
\nBellarmine College Prep swam away with the boys team title, scoring 375 points to runner-up Palo Alto's 227. Monta Vista finished one point ahead of St. Francis for third, 183-182, with St. Ignatius taking fifth (156). <\/p>\n
Bellarmine swimmers swept all three relays. The squad of senior Matt Webster, junior Timothy Kou, senior Christopher Schaeffer and sophomore Cooper Burrill combined for a 1:32.06 in the 200 medley relay. Senior Jackson Locke and sophomore Michael Messner joined Burrill and Burns for a first-place 1:23.78 in the 200 free relay. Locke, Kou, Schaeffer and Burns joined up for a 3:00.89 in the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n
Burns earned victories in both the 200 free (1:37.25) and 500 free (4:22.53), and Locke placed first in the 100 free (45.14). Palo Alto junior Andrew Liang also picked up a couple of wins courtesy of his 20.64 in the free and 47.19 in the 100 fly, missing a division record by 7-hundredths in the latter event. <\/p>\n
In his first year of high school swimming, Benjamin Ho from St. Francis grabbed a win in the 100 back with his 49.00 effort. Colin Zheng, a junior at The King's Academy, put together a winning round of dives and earning a final score of 650.25 points.<\/p>\n
Monta Vista's girls squad earned their team title with 223 points. In a tight battle for second through fifth places, Pioneer grabbed second with 185 points, followed closely by Archbishop Mitty (176), Menlo-Atherton (175) and Gunn (173). <\/p>\n
Monta Vista's quartet of junior Sarah Kaunitz, sophomore Sayeli Faridnia, freshman Lisa Kaunitz and junior Carly Reid joined forces to grab wins in both free relays (200 free, 1:34.85; 400 free, 3:27.05). Pioneer's 200 medley relay of sophomore Sandra Soe, junior Layna Auchard, senior Linnea Mack and sophomore Sierra Painter took charge of the 200 medley relay with their 1:44.32.<\/p>\n
Pioneer's Mack was triumphant in the 50 free (22.64), and teammate Soe came in first in the 500 free (4:48.95). Leah Goldman, a Burlingame junior, dueled Mack to a 53.69-53.88 finish in the 100 fly.<\/p>\n
Catherine Ladd, a junior at Willow Glen, claimed first in the 100 free (49.74), as did Jennifer Campbell, a junior at Gunn, in the 200 free (1:46.35). Castilleja sophomore Sarah Liang's 1:02.13 gave her the top spot on the podium after the 100 breast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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