GHS boys swim squad stuns LO, Lady ‘Stangs fall
GILROY – Even with giving away the top three diving results, the Gilroy High boys swim team claimed nine first-place finishes out of 11 races to defeat neighboring rival Live Oak by a 96-82 margin in Wednesday’s league meet at home.
The Mustangs’ 200 medley relay team touched first with a time of 1:50.93 to edge two Acorns’ units as well as winning the 400 freestyle relay in 3:41.7, while sophomores Lee Walton in 2:04.68 and Nick Van Winkle in 2:06.01 were the top-two finishers in the 200 freestyle.
Sophomore sensation Santiago Maciel – whose already secured CCS qualifying times for a second straight season – won the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:06.87 and the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.75. Also picking up two first-place scores was freshman Scott Castruita – who bested the 100 freestyle race in 53.93 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.37.
Senior Eric Watkins – who also placed second in the butterfly – swam to a first-place time of 1:03.97 in the 100 backstroke, while Walton picked up his second top time in the 500 freestyle, touching in 5:41.62.
Live Oak, which picked up 13 diving points, did win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:43.28 – just ahead of Gilroy’s unit in 1:45.12 – and the 50 freestyle in 25.19 – barely beating sophomore Travis Gamble in 25.72.
In the girls varsity meet, the Lady Mustangs hung tough against the T-CAL’s top-ranked Acorns – but dropped a 108-75 decision.
Gilroy’s 200 medley relay squad touched first with a time of 2:04.28, while four Lady Mustangs won their individual events.
In the 200 freestyle, Kim Spaulding finished with a first-place time of 2:08.11 and teammate Lindsay Been scored first in both the 50 freestyle in 26.58 and the 100 freestyle in 58.35. In addition, junior Lorella Palao touched first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:06.26.
Similar to the boys, the Lady Mustangs gave 13 diving points away to Live Oak because they do not have any on the team.
In junior varsity action, the Mustang boys defeated Live Oak, 58-20, and the Lady Mustang swimmers lost 103-78.
