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Palo Alto, Gunn look forward to CCS after Vikings sweep Both teams looking for even faster times in section finals; M-A freshman Van Linge sets school record at the PAL trials by Keith Peters legendary Mark Spitz in 1968. Hinhe Palo Alto and Gunn girls shaw swam 1:40.40 to erase the 43staged another stirring battle year-old mark. while the Palo Alto boys Palo Alto junior Jasmine Tosky atoned for last season’s stumble also broke a meet record, but it from the top. All in all, the 2011 wasn’t quite as old. She clocked a SCVAL De Anza Division swim- sizzling 1:45.98 to win the girls’ ming and diving champi200 free and lower her onships turned out well for 1:47.86 time from 2010. It the local teams last Friday was Tosky’s second-fastest at Saratoga High. time ever in the event and The Paly girls won their it earned her automatic ninth straight league title All-American status. She with 585 points with Gunn also won the 500 free eassecond with 442. Both ily in 4:46.18, fastest time teams set a handful of rein the CCS this season. cords and produced qualMore importantly, Tosky ity times that will only go anchored two trailing relower once the top athletes Jasmine Tosky lays to victory. shave and taper for the The 200 free relay squad Central Coast Section champion- was trailing until Tosky hit the waships on May 21. ter and overhauled Gunn’s Casey The Paly boys, upended in last Lincoln with a sizzling 22.83 anchor season’s league finals, made up for as Paly won in 1:37.74. In the meetthat by scoring 434 points to hold ending 400 free relay, Gunn held an off defending champ Monta Vista even bigger lead when Tosky began (366) and win their sixth division her stirring 48.83 anchor and passed crown in coach Danny Dye’s seven Gunn’s Christine Prior in the final years at the school. yards. Paly clocked 3:32.84 for first “It’s been a fun week and a great and Gunn went 3:33.65 for second, day,� Dye said, “and I’m real proud both extremely fast times. of my teams. Gunn junior Rachael Acker was “The girls, I wasn’t as concerned. on both relays, but made up for Gunn is a good team and swam a those defeats with a pair of school great meet. Mark (Hernandez) al- records. While finishing second to ways gets them ready. But, the (Paly) Tosky in the 200 free, Acker went girls were just ready. As for the boys, 1:51.00 to break Jane Abraham’s I had no idea what to expect. But, 1:51.71 mark from 1979. In the 100 with the two new freshmen (Andrew free, Acker held off teammate Julia Liang and Willie Lee), the team re- Ama and broke her school mark of ally came together.� 50.66 with an automatic All-AmerWhile Dye and his assistant ican time of 50.47. Ama won the 50 coaches earned a ritual dunking free in 23.50. after the meet, Friday’s title sweep Gunn also got a victory from was just another big step toward the senior Emily Watkins in the 100 section finals in two weeks. That’s breaststroke, her non-taper personwhen things get really exciting when al best of 1:06.85 just missing the times drop like leaves on a windy school record. day. “Our girls did well, and we can Friday’s finals, however, pro- still clean up a number of things,� duced some great times nonetheless. said Gunn coach Mark Hernandez. The best effort came, appropriately “We’re ready to do even better at enough, from Saratoga senior Adam CCS.� Hinshaw. He used his home pool to Palo Alto also had its share of break the oldest league record —a (continued on page 38) 1:40.50 time in the 200 free by the
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