Sailors finish off unbeaten season

The Newport Harbor High junior varsity boys swim team completed an

undefeated season by winning the Sea View League championships at

Irvine High Thursday to claim the league title outright.

Newport sophomore Nick Yeager won both the 100-yard freestyle

(51.91 seconds) and the 200 free (1:54.26), while sophomore Brock

Hill (1:55.52) and freshman Brandon Parole (1:56.00) completed a

Sailors’ sweep of the 200 freestyle.

The Sailors’ 400 free relay team of sophomore Breck Wight, Hill,

Parole and Yeager set a new Sea View League record with a time of

3:27.60, shattering the old record previously set by El Toro in 1998

by more than 2.5 seconds.

The Newport team of freshmen Kyle Fultz and Collin McKibbin,

together with Parole and Yeager, also placed first in the 200 free

relay.

Jonathan Sanglerat was another winner for Newport in the 500

freestyle.

Second-place finishes were posted by sophomores Aaron Blei, Bryce

McClain, Steven Taylor and Wight in the 200 medley relay; Fultz in

the 50 free (23.77); Blei in both the 200 individual medley (2:12.69)

and 100 breaststroke (1:08.83); and Taylor in the 100 butterfly

(1:00.62).

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Girls swimming

Junior varsity

The Newport Harbor High junior varsity girls swim team won a Sea

View League title following a tie for first with Aliso Niguel at

league finals Thursday at Irvine High.

With the 400-yard freestyle relay remaining and Newport down by 10

points, Sailors’ relay teams of Devon Shaw, Ali Carter, Calli

Manderino and Kelly Morrison, as well as Allysa Peterson, Danielle

Mayer, Heather Taylor and Hailey Sandberg, both claimed victories to

push Newport into a tie atop the team standings.

The Sailors’ better record in league dual meets gave them their

second straight league championship.

Girls swimming

Open division

The Newport Harbor open division girls team also brought home a

first-place finish, scoring 517 points, well ahead of second-place

Laguna Hills’ 344.

Newport had victories in eight of the 10 events, including wins by

Mimi Bury, Heather Thomson, Rosie Hope, Kimmy Morrison and Christine

Wood.

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Boys swimming

Junior varsity

The Costa Mesa High junior varsity boys swim team cruised to a

first-place finish at the Golden West League finals Thursday at

Orange High.

The Mustangs amassed 347 points, 33 ahead of second-place

Saddleback.

Jon Ochoa and Zach Fisk each won two events while Sam Edmon,

Skylar Twohig and Scott Neslage all topped the field in one event.

Ernie Carbajal and Jesse Ahern each had a second-place finish.

The Estancia boys finished seventh, with Jeff Crosson finishing

second in the 500-yard freestyle and 50 backstroke.

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Girls swimming

Junior varsity

Sarah Limongelli, Brittany Mucha, Courtney Lindberg, Michelle

Payne and Abbie Dyvig all won their events to lead the Costa Mesa

High junior varsity girls swim team to first place in the team

standings at the Golden West League finals Thursday at Orange High.

Boy swimming

Junior varsity

All three relay teams were victorious to help the Corona del Mar

High junior varsity boys swim team finish fifth at the Pacific Coast

League championships Friday at Northwood.

The 200-yard relay team of Nick Jones, Ryan Hultman, Michael Berry

and Omar Mubarek won in 1:52;12.

The 200 free relay team of Berry, Hultman, Ryan Kent and a fourth

swimmer not reported, won in 1:35.48.

The 400 free team of Berry, Jones, Kent and Gregg Sanford won in

3:32.23.

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Girls swimming

Junior varsity

Tamara De La Loza finished second in the 100-yard freestyle and

200 free while Camille Hewko was third in the 200 free and Katherine

Kaczmarek was third in the 50 free to lead the Corona del Mar High

junior varsity girls swim team to a fourth-place finish at the

Pacific Coast League finals Friday at Northwood.

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Boys volleyball

Junior varsity

The Corona del Mar High junior varsity boys volleyball team

defeated Newport Harbor, 22-25, 25-20, 22-20, in their Back Bay

showdown Friday.

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Boys volleyball

Fosh/soph

The Corona del Mar High frosh/soph boys volleyball team swept

Newport Harbor in two games Friday.

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* Note to coaches: To report junior varsity or frosh/soph results,

call (714) 966-4613, e-mail [email protected] or send faxes to

(714) 966-4668.