Boys Improve to 4-0 while the girls go to 3-1 against Monta Vista

The Palo Alto Girls swimming team ran up against the defending CCS champion Monta Vista Matadors on Friday and saw why MV was the defending champ.  Palo Alto only managed to win two event on the day, the 200 Medley Relay, Kayleigh Svensson, Haley Chalmers, Jayna Wittenbrink and Grace Zhao won in a time of 1:52.57.  Jayna Wittenbrink won the 100 Butterfly in a time of 58.90.  The Lady Vikes swam tough, but Monta Vista was just to strong on this day.  The girls still feel positive about their meet and their chance to win the League Championship come the end of the year.  Next week the Lady Vikes will take on Saratoga High School at Saratoga on Friday, March 28th.

The boys also had a tough meet but came out on top with a score of 93-81.  The boys, William Lee, Scott Powell, Andrew Liang and Winston Wang won the opening relay in a time of 1:35.73.  Andrew Liang and his younger brother Alex Liang were both double winners as was William Lee.  Alex won the 200 Freestyle, 1:45.23, and the 500 Freestyle, 4:42.56, while Andrew won the 50 Free, 21.37, and the 100 Fly in 50.82, Lee won the 200 IM, 1:57.46, and the 100 Back, 53.38.  Other winners included Scott Hillen in diving and Scott Powell in the 100 Breaststroke in a time of 59.70, while the 200 Free Relay of Wang, Ryan Drover, Omri Newman and Andrew Cho won in a time of 1:29.15.  The Vikings enjoyed getting a win over Monta Vista in a dual meet for the first time in 3 years and look forward to their next meet against Saratoga High School at Saratoga on Friday, March 28th.