Boys swim hard, make valiant effort to defend League Championships

The Palo Alto boys swimming team were hoping for a strong finish in League Championships. They came close and it was a valiant effort, but came up short. Monta Vista prevailed by a score of 414-354. The boys came in seeded down 113 points, they made 80 of that up in the prelim day, combined with diving and they had a chance on Fridays finals day. The Paly boys swam hard, yet Monta Vista showed a determined focus and were able to hold the Paly boys off, to break Paly's League Championship streak at 5.

Byron Sanborn lead the way with a second place finish in the 200 IM at a personal best, 1:55.70. He also recorded a victory in a very close 100 Breaststroke at 59.92. Corso Rosati was the surprise swimmer of the meet with eye dropping time drops on his swims. He finaled in both the 100 Butterfly and the 500 Freestyle. His 100 Butterfly time of 55.18 was good for 5th, while his time of 5:03.15 placed him 7th in the 500 Freestyle. DJ Fotsch also finaled in two events, placing 8th in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 56.04, and 8th in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:54.56. Rollin Lau was also a 2 time finalist for the Viking placing 7th in the 200 IM at 2:03.65, and placing 4th in the 500 with a time personal best time of 4:57.73. Freshman Alex Francis was the final swimmer to place in two finals showing his versatility with a 5th place finish in diving at 283.90 and an 8th placing finish in the 200 IM at 2:06.24. Charles Zhang also had a great meet, he narrowly missed two finals, being just touched out by 1/100 of a second in the 100 Breast. He finished 6th in the 200 IM at 2:03.34, and 9th in the 100 Breast at 1:04.07.

The boys swam hard with a young team, and in finishing second they set themselves up with some great swims and a positive outlook for CCS, and for starting a new League Championship winning streak next year.