First, the good news.
University’s Corey Okubo helped highlight League Finals Friday in Orange County by slicing two-tenths of a second off his 2013 Orange County record in the 200-yard individual medley with a winning time of 1 minute, 46.87 seconds at the Pacific Coast League meet at Woollett.
Okubo’s time also positions him well to go after the CIF Division 1 record next week in the 200 IM. The standard of 1:46.96 was set by Trevor Hoyt in 2009.
The Southern California Swimming record for 17-18s is a quick 1:44.10 by Nolan Koon in 2009.
Okubo’s best this year is short-course season is a 1:46.62 in December, which ranks him 10th in the nation for 18-year-old boys. A 1:45 would place the Princeton-bound senior in the class with some his national junior-level rivals.
And now for the police blotter.
Newport Beach police responded to the Sunset League swim finals at Newport Harbor earlier this evening after an altercation between a high school male and high school female and detained the male on suspicion of battery, Sgt. Brian Haas of the Newport Beach PD said late Friday night.
The female suffered a minor abrasion to her forehead and the male was later released, Haas said. The police department will be investigating the incident, Haas said.
More info. to come.
Please send swimming news to Dan Albano at dalbano@ocregister.coim
