Swimming: Newport girls take second at Palm Springs Invitational

PALM SPRINGS - The Newport Harbor High girls and boys swim teams

finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Palm Springs

Invitational Saturday.

On the girls side, Carly Geehr took first in the 200-yard freestyle

with a 1:52.23. Mai Tajima, who took second in the 100 backstroke

(1:00.94), placed third with a 2:00.17.

In addition to her 200 free win, Geehr also took first in the 100

breaststroke with a 1:05.44, edging out runner-up teammate Jennifer Arrow

(1:08.93).

Geehr, along with Tajima, Arrow and Erin Ball teamed up to take third

in the 200 medley relay (1:55.42).

Arrow took fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:22.23), while Paige

Lansing came in eighth in the 100 butterfly (1:06.82).

Other top swimmers for the Sailors included Paige Lansing (500 free,

5:42.37)

On the boys side, Ryan Lean and Andrew Cole each pulled out individual

wins for the Sailors.

Lean won the 200 free with a 1:44.55, while Cole touched the wall

first in the 100 back (53.49).

The Sailors’ 200 free relay team of Cole, Peter Belden, Joey Snelgrove

and Steven Jendrusina won with a time of 1:31.08.

Belden took third in the 50 free with a 23.05, while Snelgrove placed

fourth (23.21).