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El Toro boys overcome Daniec's efforts, Mission girls roll (corrected)
El Toro boys overcome Daniec's efforts, Mission girls roll (corrected)
The Mission Viejo standout wins 200 IM and the butterfly, but the Chargers win, 108-62.
Note: The ranking of El Toro's boys is corrected to No. 5.
LAKE FOREST - It's called spring break but Jon Daniec knows the word "break" doesn't apply to his swimming.
The Mission Viejo standout rose early Thursday morning for a two-hour club workout. He then had breakfast before racing at the Diablos' traditional spring-break meet at El Toro later in the morning.
Daniec's pool-time didn't end there. The junior headed back for afternoon workout with the Mission Viejo Nadadores.
"That's what we do," he said, "every year."
While spring-break training left many swimmers tired for the meet, a few quick times were posted as the teams split the nonleague event.
El Toro's No. 5-ranked boys defeated Mission Viejo, 108-62. Mission Viejo's No. 3-ranked girls beat No. 10 El Toro, 105-65.
El Toro's Kelsey Engel captured the 50- and 100-yard freestyles in season-best times. The junior claimed the two-lap sprint in 25.02 seconds - two one-hundredths of a second off the automatic qualifying standard in Division I.
"I was hoping to break 25," she said.
Engel later won the 100 free in 53.59 - well under the Division I auto time. Engel's time also was a second faster than her time at this meet last season.
El Toro's Tyler Small produced a season-best in the boys 50 free. Racing in Lane 1, the 6-foot-4 senior touched in 21.97 - just off the Division I automatic standard.
"I didn't think I was going to break 22," he said. "It was good."
Daniec won the 200 individual medley (2:05.67) with a prolonged stretch for the wall and also claimed the butterfly in 55.30.
Mission Viejo junior Tyler Weissman, who also trains with the Nadadores, won the 500 free in 4:55.72 and was second in the backstroke to El Toro's Martin Vanek (Division I auto 54.07) with a 56.61.
Mission Viejo freshman Taylor Guy captured the 100 fly (1:02.10) and 500 free (5:29.02) to help pace Mission Viejo's girls.
UC San Diego-bound Casey Adams of Mission Viejo led a first-second-third sweep in the breaststroke with a 1:10.68. Adams also won the 200 IM in 2:15.77.
El Toro's Larissa Todisco won the 200 free in 2:00.01 and finished a strong-second to Engel in the 100 free with a season-best 54.36.
Contact the writer: dalbano@ocregister.com
