Neither the girls nor boy swim teams were able to claim the Moore League championship title this year at the Cabrillo Aquatic Center, both coming in second to the Wilson Bruins.
Victory seemed to be in reach for the girls swim team going into Moore League finals on Friday, May 8, having gone undefeated for the entire season. However, suffering from an unfortante turn of events, the girls lost their chance to reclaim their Moore League title. One of their key swimmers, freshman Fion Quach, suffered from an i
njury where she twisted both her ankles, preventing her from particpating in finals.
“We made a game plan for Friday, but when Fion told me about her injury one hour before start time, my heart sank,” said head coach Kalani Caldwell. “She was a guarnteed forty points. However, the girls still swam according to the gameplan. For me, we did win.” Even though the girls entered with a higher score from consolation, and won seven out of eleven events, they were unable overcome the Bruins.
The day before, May 7, the boys had their final meet were they were they were defeated by the 43 year reigning champions. “We have a very young team. Ninty percent of them are freshmans and sophomores,”
said head coach Eddie Kim. Beside their loss, both the boys and girls had exceptional swims. sophomore, Jack Neaton was the first person in ten years to go under a minute for the 100-yard breaststroke, with a time of 59.93. In addition, the girls 200- Medly relay time broke the meet record at Moore Leaue finals with a time of 1:49.47.
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