Improved times across the board and 13 points in the Central
Coast Section Swimming Championships held at Avery Aquatics Center
at Stanford University last weekend was more than enough to satisfy
Gilroy High swimming coach Tom Clark.
Improved times across the board and 13 points in the Central Coast Section Swimming Championships held at Avery Aquatics Center at Stanford University last weekend was more than enough to satisfy Gilroy High swimming coach Tom Clark.
“I was very, very impressed with all of their swims,” Clark said.
“We just wanted to score a point in CCS again and have all the kids improve times, and that was almost [accomplished] 100 percent. I couldn’t be more proud of them.”
All five relay teams, three boys and two girls, improved their times, and David Pribyl and Eddie Malick finished 10th and 11th, respectively, in the 100 breast stroke finals on Saturday. Trials were held on Friday.
Overall, Gilroy finished in 29th place, first among all Tri-County Athletic League schools at the prestigious sectional tournament, which featured several Olympic-caliber swimmers despite still being a high school event.
“That’s exactly why we outscored [other TCAL schools] at CCS,” Clark said. “We just don’t have the depth for TCALs even though we won [half] the events.”
Other top finishers for Gilroy included Eddie Malick, who took 21st in the 200 IM, Daniel Shields, who took 35th in the 50 free, and Meagan Collett, who dropped a second off her best 100 backstroke mark and placed 24th overall.
BOYS
200 medley relay boys
28th Gilroy High School 1:45.05
1) Abruzzini, Jacob 10 2) Malick, Eddie 10 3) Pribyl, David 11 4) Shields, Daniel 12 29.04 28.51 25.16 22.34
200 IM
21st Malick, Eddie 10 Gilroy High School 2:01.73 26.89 31.53 34.21 29.10 ]
50 free
*35 Shields, Daniel 12 Gilroy High School 22.92
100 butterfly
36th Pribyl, David 11 Gilroy High School 56.00
42 Shields, Daniel 12 Gilroy High School 50.77
200 free relay
28 Gilroy High School 1:33.21 1) Kendrick, Zack 10 2) Pribyl, David 11 3) Malick, Eddie 10 4) Shields, Daniel 12 24.42 23.63 22.76 22.40
100 Breast B Final
10th Pribyl, David 11 Gilroy High School 1:02.33 1:01.70 CCS 7 28.89 32.81
11th Malick, Eddie 10 Gilroy High School 1:02.30 1:01.79 CCS 6 29.02 32.77
400 relay
39th Gilroy High School 3:39.98 1) Kendrick, Zack 10 2) Cresswell, Brandon 11 3) Apolonio, Aaron 11 4) Abruzzini, Jacob 10 26.34 54.39 25.70 53.64 26.11 57.16 25.47 54.79
GIRLS
42nd Gilroy High School 2:02.20 1) Collett, Meagan 11 2) Davis, Mellissa 11 3) Comin, Isabella 10 4) Osaki, Alana 10 29.98 36.85 28.61 26.76
100 fly prelim
39 Collett, Meagan 11 Gilroy High School 1:03.30 29.42 33.88
200 free relay B
34th Gilroy High School 1:48.50 1) Osaki, Alana 10 2) Davis, Mellissa 11 3) Collett, Meagan 11 4) Comin, Isabella 10 26.80 28.78 26.66 26.26
100 Back prelim
25 Collett, Meagan 11 Gilroy High School 1:02.73 30.47 32.26
