Palo Alto Swimming starts out the year with a 4 team Sweep of Los Altos and Menlo

The Palo Alto Swimming team started off the season in fine fashion with all 4 teams posting 2 victories in a double dual meet on Tuesday at Palo Alto. The team has been training hard, and they looked great in the water as they out paced both neighboring schools.

The Girls Varsity team beat Menlo by a score of 124-27, and they swam past Los Altos with a score of 116-45. The Girls team showed the depth that they hope will carry them to their 9th League Title in a row by winning every event, and this without some of their swimmers who are headed to a sectional meet in Texas. Senior Paige Devine led the charge with two individual wins in the 100 Butterfly and the 100 Backstroke. She was also on the winning 200 Medley Relay along with Laura Cui, Rachelle Holmgren and Jennifer Chang and the 200 Freestyle relay with Kristina Xiang, Shannon Scheel and Jennifer Chang. Kimberly Halsted was also a double winner in the 200 and 500 Freestyle. Laura Cui added to the victories posting wins in the 200 IM and the 100 Breaststroke. Also winning events were Jennifer Chang in the 50 Freestyle and Anna Glaves in the 100 Freestyle. The 400 Freestyle Relay with Rachelle Holmgren, Anna Glaves, Jennifer Chang and Laura Cui finished off the victory for the girls. The girls are now 2-0 and looking to repeat as champions at this weekends Spring Invite at Palo Alto High School.

The Varsity Boys team also started off the season at 2-0. There were lead by Rollin Lau who posted victories in the 200 and 100 Freestyles. Rollin also helped the 200 Freestyle Relay along with Arseny Kotov, DJ Fotsch and Corso Rosati post a victory plus the 400 Freestyle Relay along with Arseny Kotov, Charles Zhang and Derek Tam. The 200 Medley Relay of Alex Francis, Charles Zhang, DJ Fotsch and Derek Tam started off the meet with a victory. Charles Zhang was another double winner in the 200 IM and the 100 Breaststroke along with his help on the winning 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay. Other winners were DJ Fotsch in the 100 Butterfly, Derek Tam in the 500 Free, and Eren Kiris in the 100 Backstroke. The victory helps the Viking Boys prepare for their upcoming Spring Invite at Palo Alto this weekend.

The season is off to a great start as all 4 teams begin the year 2-0. You can help support and cheer on the Vikings this weekend as they host their annual Spring Invite. The meet will start on Friday at 4:15 with both the diving and 500 Freestyles, and then resume on Saturday at 9 am for the rest of the events. Come on out and cheer your Vikings to Victory!!!!