Janardan Burns
Aliso Niguel
The junior captured the 500-yard freestyle at the CIF-SS Division 1 finals in an Orange County-leading 4:23.55, placing him 15th in county history. He also finished fourth in the 200 freestyle in 1:40.17.... Full story
BJ Churnside
Villa Park High School
The senior captured the 50-yard freestyle in an Orange County-leading and meet-record 20.57 seconds – moving him to eighth in county history – at the Century League finals. He also captured the 100 fr... Full story
Nolan Rogers
Brea Olinda
The senior captured the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.73) and 100 breaststroke (1:00.22) to help the Wildcats defeat host Villa Park, 102-68, to go 6-0 in Century League dual meets.... Full story
Corey Okubo
University
The rising sophomore captured the 200-yard individual medley in an Orange County-leading 1 minute, 53.46 seconds and placed a narrow-second in the 100 butterfly in a third-ranked 51.01 in a 91.5-78.5 loss against Corona del M... Full story
Paul Li
Troy
The senior captured the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 42.29 seconds, third-fastest in Orange County, and the 500 free in 4:38.14, sixth fastest in the county, en route to being selected swimmer of the meet at the Mt. SAC Spring High ... Full story
Josh Smith
Edison
The UC Santa Barbara-bound senior blazed to Orange County-leading times in the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.75) and 100 backstroke (50.51) in first and second-place finishes, respectively, at the Klaus Barth Rock’n Roll Invitati... Full story
Jared Namba
Corona del Mar High School
The Columbia-bound senior blasted Orange County-leading times in winning the 200-yard individual medley (1 minute, 53.62 seconds) and 100 backstroke (51.48) in a double-dual meet against Loyola of Los Angeles ... Full story
Michael Chang
Northwood
The junior blasted a county-leading time in the 100-butterfly (51.30 seconds), finished second in the 100 backstroke (54.52) and raced on two winning relays to help the Timberwolves defeat then-No. 2 Corona del Mar, 106-64, ... Full story
Jack DesCombes
Capistrano Valley, Jr.
DesCombes anchored the Cougars' three winning relays to help lead Orange County's top-ranked team to a fourth consecutive title at the Millikan Southern Section relays Saturday night at Capistrano ... Full story
Fletcher Norseen
Irvine High School
The senior led off the Vaqueros’ 400-yard freestyle relay in a county-leading and All-America consideration 45.67 seconds for the 100 at the Capistrano Valley Relays. He also anchored the 300 free relay... Full story
BJ Churnside
Villa Park water polo/swimming
G.P.A. 4.67
Interested in attending Stanford (been accepted), Harvard, Princeton or Air Force … Taking AP economics, honors physiology, AP calculus, AP physics … President of Spartans for C... Full story
Mark Anderson
El Toro
The sophomore captured the CIF-SS Division 1 diving title by scoring 646.70 points on his 11-dive list at Riverside City College. His score was the highest in all four of the section’s divisions.... Full story
Nick Soedel
Marina
The Utah-bound senior moved to No. 7 in county history in the 50-yard freestyle by blazing a Sunset League-record time 20.57 seconds at league finals. He also won the 100 freestyle in a county-leading 44.87 seconds, which als... Full story
B.J. Churnside
Villa Park
The junior won the 100-yard breaststroke (school-record 59.72) and the 50 free (21.22) in the second and third fastest times in the county this season to help lead the Spartans past Brea Olinda, 91-79, in a Century Lea... Full story
Jared Namba
Corona del Mar
The junior captured the 100-yard butterfly (51.06 seconds) and 100 backstroke (county-leading 51.72) to help the then-No. 2 Sea Kings defeat top-ranked Capistrano Valley, 90-80. Namba also won the 200 IM (1:59.93) and... Full story
Michael Hauss
Edison
The Princeton-bound senior clocked a county-leading 1:41.55 in a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle and finished third in the 100 free (season-best 47.42) to help the Chargers finish third at the Mt. SAC Spring Meet... Full story
Corey Okubo
University
The freshman captured the 200-yard individual medley in a county-leading 1 minute, 54.39 seconds and placed second in the 100 backstroke in 53.36 - fourth in the county - in the Trojans’ 99-71 loss at No. 2 Corona del... Full story
Chris Wong
University
The uncommitted senior clocked county-leading times in the 100-yard backstroke (52.13) and 100 butterfly (50.90) in leadoff swims to help the Trojans capture the Irvine City Relay Championships.
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Nick Soedel
Marina
The junior lowered his county-leading time in the 50-yard freestyle by blazing an All-America consideration 21.24 in the 50-yard freestyle against Newport Harbor last week. Soedel also led off the 400 free relay in a swift 47.... Full story