Boys swimming: Larsen new CdM boys swim coach

Barry Faulkner

CORONA DEL MAR - Todd Larsen, a former Western Athletic Conference

breaststroke champion who is an age-group coach at Irvine-based

Novaquatics, has been named boys swim coach at Corona del Mar High, Sea

Kings’ Boys Athletic Director Jerry Jelnick said Tuesday.

Larsen, a 35-year-old walk-on, replaced Tim Chaix, who resigned after

one season.

Larsen, who competed in swimming and track and field at BYU and

Arizona State, said he is anxious to elevate the Sea Kings’ boys swimming

reputation to the level of the boys water polo program, which last week

won its third straight CIF Southern Section Division II title.

“With the talent here at this school, there’s no reason the swim team

can’t be known for its success, too” said Larsen, who began his coaching

career in 1991 at Grand Canyon Aquatics in Arizona. He also coaches the

Heritage Park Seals and is looking forward to his first prep coaching

experience.

“Working with high school athletes at the crux of their developmental

years and helping them come into their own as swimmers is an awesome

opportunity,” the Irvine resident said.

CdM finished second in the Pacific Coast League last spring, after

winning the league title in 1999 under then-coach Jon Moore, a colleague

of Larsen at Novaquatics.