Vikings improve to 3-0 against Homestead

The Palo Alto Viking swimming teams both improved to 3-0 on this young season with strong performances against Homestead High School.

For the Lady Vikes it was a strong day.  They started with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay as the relay of Kayleigh Svensson, Haley Chambers, Elizabeth Wilkinson and Katie Franics finished first in a time of 1:56.46.  Jayna Wittenbrink contributed two victories in the 200 Freestyle and the 100 Butterfly with times of 2:00.89 and 58.12.  Grace Zhao also added two victories in the 50 and 100 Freestyles with times of 24.65 and 54.80.  Other winners were Caroline Moeser in the 500 Freestyle (5:35.85), Kayleigh Svensson in the 100 Backstroke (1:04.09), Haley Chalmers in the 100 Breaststroke (1:10.94).    The Lady Vikes also won both Freestyle relays as Zhao, Wittenbrink, Brittany Nguyen, and Svensson cruised to victory in the 200 FR with a time of 1:39.73, while Zhao, Wittenbrink, Nguyen and Katie Francis won the 400 FR in a time of 3:52.43.  It was a great start to the dual meet season for the girls as they look forward to a tough meet against defending CCS champion Monta Vista next week.

The boys also had a strong day as they won all of the events for the day.  The 200 Medley Relay of William Lee, Scott Powell, Andrew Liang and Winston Wang won in a time of 1:35.80.  The boys also won the Freestyle relays as Sam Kelley, Ryan Drover, Scott Powell and Omri Newman took the 200 FR in a time of 1:32.20 and Liang, Lee, Neman and Drover brought home the 400 FR in a time of 3:27.47.  Double winners for the day were Liang in both the 50 Free, 21.48, and the 100 Fly, 51.88 while  William Lee was also a double winner in the 200 IM, 2:03.46, and the 100 Back in a time of 52.87.Winston Wang won the 200 Freestyle in a time of 1:47.11, Sam Kelley won the 100 Freestyle in 50.94, Alex Lian in the 500 Free 4:47.42 and Scott Powell winning the 100 Breaststroke 1:01.12.  It was a good day for the Vikings as they prepare for their biggest test next week against Monta Vista.