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.
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