Boys swimming: All in a day’s work

Joseph Boo

IRVINE - Maybe it was fatigue, or the fact that Corona del Mar

High’s boys swim team was rarely challenged Wednesday. Whatever the case,

CdM turned in an solid, if unspectacular performance, and still managed a

hardy 104-66 Pacific Coast League victory over the host Trojans.

“We worked out pretty hard all week, and we had a two-hour practice this

morning,” CdM Coach Jon Moore said. “They raced fairly well for being

tired.”

The Sea Kings, ranked No. 7 in the Orange County Coaches’ Poll, got a

bevy of strong performances in their second-to-last Pacific Coast League

dual meet. There were no personal records or CIF Southern Section

qualifying times, and the Sea Kings didn’t sweep a single event, but CdM

still dominated from start to finish.

“Nobody really surprised me,” Moore said. “I’m pleased with the way

everybody swam today. They stepped up and did the job.”

CdM (5-1, 4-0 in league) did take two out of the top three spots in eight

events, and it got six CIF consideration times Wednesday.

“They should all qualify by season’s end,” Moore said.

Senior John Graass and sophomore Sherwin Kim were both two-time winners

with one consideration time each. Graass was victorious in the 200-yard

freestyle (1:53.18) and got the consideration time in the 100 freestyle

(50.51).

Kim’s consideration time was in the 200 individual medley (2:06.73), and

he also won the 100 breaststroke (1:05.72).

Graass and Kim also took part in one of two CdM relay teams that got

consideration time. Kim, Morgen Johnston, Chriss Street and Garrett

Gentry turned in a winning consideration time of 1:46.16 in the 200

medley relay.

Graass, Street, Omar Kattan and Garrett Bowlus won the 400 free relay

with a consideration time of 3:27.10. Johnston, Graass, Gentry and Kim

also won the 200 free relay (1:31.83).

Gentry triumphed in the 100 backstroke (1:02.17) and was edged out by

Graass in the 100 free (51.38).

Street won the 100 butterfly with a consideration time of 56.91 and was

the runner-up in the 100 backstroke (1:02.67). Johnston was victorious in

the 50 free with a consideration time of 22.81, barely past Uni’s

second-place finisher.

After a week of long practices and an easy dual meet, the Sea Kings get a

full week off from spring break before a showdown with Back Bay rival

Newport Harbor, ranked No. 3 in Orange County, on April 27.

“They’re a good squad, and they have some studs over there,” Moore said,

“but we can take them.”

And he is counting on CdM’s hard work to pay off at the most opportune

time.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Boys

Corona del Mar 104, University 66

200 medley relay - 1. Corona del Mar (Kim, Johnston, Street, Gentry),

146.16; 2. University, 149.87; 3. Corona del Mar, 152:30.

200 free - 1. Graass (CdM), 153:18; 2. Meyer (CdM), 157:89; 3. Aigner

(U), 158:43.

200 IM - 1. Kim (CdM), 2:06.73; 2. Kattan (CdM), 2:12.22; 3. Yeung (U),

2:15.87.

50 free - 1. Johnston (CdM), 22.81; 2. Chukiat (U), 23.09; 3. Chow (U),

23.30.

100 fly - 1. Street (CdM), 56.91; 2. Aigner (U), 59.01; 3. Fabian (CdM),

59.55.

100 free - 1. Graass (CdM), 50.51; 2. Gentry (CdM), 51.38; 3. Chukiat (U), 52.19.

500 free - 1. M. Graessli (U), 5:16.43; 2. Beisman (U), 5:17.13; 3. Meyer

(CdM), 5:18.19.

200 free relay - 1. Corona del Mar (Johnston, Graass, Gentry, Kim),

1:31.83; 2. University, 1:32.68; 3. Corona del Mar, 1:35.90.

100 back - 1. Gentry (CdM), 1:02.17; 2. Street (CdM), 1:02.67; 3. Beisman

(U), 1:04.93.

100 breast - 1. Kim (CdM), 1:05.72; 2. Pham (U), 1:06.84; 3. Johnston

(CdM), 1:07.27.

400 free relay - 1. Corona del Mar (Graass, Kattan, Street, Bowlus),

3:27.10; 2. University, 3:28.78; 3. University, 3:37.56.