Geehr signs with Cardinal

NEWPORT BEACH - Carly Geehr, a two-time CIF swimming champion in

the 500-yard freestyle and 200 individual medley at Mayfield High before

transferring to Newport Harbor, who has been plagued by a shoulder

injury, has signed a national letter of intent to attend Stanford

University.

The 16-year-old senior, a silver medalist at 14 at the Pan-Am Games,

is still undergoing intensive physical therapy after shoulder surgery

this past summer in hopes of tightening up a rotator interval. She has

hopes of competing in the Senior Nationals in March, and anticipates

participation with Newport Harbor’s swim team in the spring.

Other options were Princeton and California, but Stanford, and U.S.

Olympics swim coach Richard Quick won out.