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At their final home meet on April 10th, the Poly swim team’s hard work throughout the course of the season has been showcased in their spectacular performance against Wilson. The girls won the varsity and frosh/soph levels, with varsity crushing their competition 112 to 58. The frosh/soph team made Poly history as the second frosh/soph team to ever claim victory over Wilson. The boys team put up a fight, but unfortunately suffered a loss on all levels. The pressure is on as the long awaited Moore League finals draw closer and these two rivals face off once again.
Captain of the girls team, Allison DeYoung, expressed her triumph and hope about their victory. “Being part of such an amazing team and beating Wilson on such a large scale has us all pumped and ready to continue our winning streak at finals”, she said.
There were many stunning swims by the girls including Josie Liebzeit’s 1:57.00 200 freetsyle and 5:13.79 freestyle, Victoria Quach’s 1:00.92 100 butterfly and 101.94 backstroke, and Georgia Buffington’s 54.97 100 freestyle- just to name a few highlights. Overall, the varsity girls placed first in 10 out of 11 events- a clean sweep. They hope to retain their title as Moore League champions by continuing last year’s “threepeat” into “4 Moore”.
Captain of the boys team, Garrett Lundeen said “It’s sad that it was my last home meet, but I don’t think I would’ve wanted to spend it with any other team”, the loss clearly not diminishing the pride he has for his team. Garrett won the 100 freestyle sprint with a 50.11 and tied with Poly junior Chase McPherson in the 50 freestyle for second place with a 22.56. Chase had an impressive meet, beating his personal record in three events by swimming a 22.56 in the aforementioned 50 freestyle, 58.08 in the 100 butterfly, and 50.90 in the 100 freestyle. Another big contributor to Poly’s points was junior Casey Lait who placed first in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke with a 53.82 and 53.36 respectively.
Coach Kalani Caldwell has primed her girls to their peak performance level and she is ready to dominate the competition. On April 16th , the girls will compete at Moore League prelims at Cabrillo High School and hopefully qualify for finals on the 18th. “So proud of the girls!” she exclaimed. They have worked extremely hard this season and have stayed focus on their number one goal- to win Moore League!”.
The boys will have their prelims April 15th and their finals on the 17th.
After Moore League, swimmers who qualified will compete in CIF, an invitational meet determined by meeting a certain time at any point in the season.