Northwood boys, Santa Margarita ladies aiming to defend CIF State swimming titles – Orange County Register

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Northwood’s boys, together with Santa Margarita’s girls and boys, are contenders for crew titles on the CIF State swimming championships based mostly on the scoring of entry instances.

The Northwood boys and Santa Margarita ladies are the defending crew champions coming into the two-day meet, which begins with prelims on Friday at Clovis West High at 1 p.m.

The swimming finals are Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

Northwood’s boys are anticipated to duel towards two-time state champion Santa Margarita, Archbishop Mitty of San Jose, De La Salle of Concord, Amador Valley of Pleasanton and Valley Christian of San Jose for the crew championship.

Northwood positioned second to Santa Margarita on the CIF-SS Division 1 remaining on May 9.

“We’re ready to put our best foot forward and to rise to the unique challenge that is in front of us,” stated Northwood coach Alex Nieto, who additionally guided the Timberwolves to a state title in 2018. “We have a diverse group of kids from all grades led by Andrew Maksymowski and some boys that were here last year when we won.”

“We also have a lot of fresh, new blood excited to make their mark,” the coach added.

Northwood and Santa Margarita seem set to once more conflict within the boys 200 and 400-yard freestyle relays. The groups are seeded first and second, respectively, in each occasions.

Maksymowski, a senior dedicated to USC, is seeded first within the 500-yard freestyle (4 minutes, 22.85 seconds) and second within the 200 free (1:34.70).

Santa Margarita’s ladies are anticipated to be challenged by Campolindo of Moraga as they search a seventh consecutive state title.

Calvary Chapel’s Bianca Nwaizu is the county’s different No. 1 seed in swimming. The junior dedicated to the University of Texas tops the entries within the ladies 100 breaststroke together with her Orange County-record time of 59.44 from CIF-SS Division 2 finals on May 8.

Other O.C. groups racing within the relays embrace: Woodbridge (girls and boys), San Clemente ladies, Mater Dei ladies, Tesoro ladies, Edison boys, University boys, Portola boys and Crean Lutheran boys.

Diving kicks off the competitors on Thursday at Clovis West. Mater Dei senior Gianna Kenrick, who’s dedicated to Kentucky, is seeded first within the 11-dive ladies meet.