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Palo Alto junior Jasmine Tosky set a meet record by winning the 200 free in 1:49.72 and added a victory in the 500 free in addition to anchoring the 200 medley relay team to victory at the Section Challenge.
PREP SWIMMING
Section Challenge just sets the stage Palo Alto, Sacred Heart Prep look ready for even faster times after solid showing by Keith Peters
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hile the annual Section Challenge swim meet had its largest field ever with 14 teams entered from three Northern California sections, it was more about individual performances than team efforts as 11 meet records fell on Saturday at Palo Alto High. Palo Alto junior Jasmine Tosky and Sacred Heart Prep freshman Ally Howe were the individual standouts among local swimmers as each won a pair of events and accounted for all three of the meet records set in the girls’ competition. Tosky helped get the meet off well for the Vikings as she anchored the opening 200 medley relay to victory in 1:47.67, just off the meet record of 1:47.35 set in 2008. Howe swam the third leg on the Gators’ relay that finished fourth in 1:51.83. Tosky returned shortly thereafter and won the 200 free in 1:49.73, breaking her own meet record of 1:50.12 from last season. Somewhat surprising, Tosky swam faster (1:48.23) during a dual-meet win over Gunn last Wednesday. Howe was next up and raced to a meet and school record of 54.26 to win the 100 fly. She defeated defending champ and meet recordholder Marissa Neel of San Ramon Valley (55.54) in the process. Once again it was Tosky’s turn and she didn’t disappoint while swimming a season best of 4:51.40 to win the 500 free. She just missed the meet record of 4:49.40 while cruising to a nearly five-second victory, while setting herself up for a repeat performance at the CCS Championships next month. Howe finished off the individual efforts for the girls by winning the 100 back in 55.80, again breaking the meet record (58.21) and lowering her own school mark in the process. Howe’s time would have earned her second place at the 2010 CCS finals. Both Tosky and Howe had one more swim in them, legs in the 400 free relay. Tosky blistered a 49.25 anchor leg to bring Paly home in second place in a season best of 3:35.04. Howe went 51.41 on her second leg to help the Gators finished sixth in 3:41.76.
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Sacred Heart Prep junior Tom Kremer was faster than his meet record in the 100 back, but settled for second. Tosky packed her bag quickly and headed home to get ready for Paly’s prom that night. Neither Tosky nor Howe were tapered or shaved and swam the meet after a tiring week of training. “We didn’t taper or rest at all for that meet, and so Ally’s times are even more impressive,� said SHP coach Kevin Morris. “I can’t really say that I was surprised by her times; we sort of expect that she’ll be up there with the amazing other elite swimmers in the area. I am sure pleased, though, that her times continue to fall from earlier in the season, and I can’t wait to see what happens at CCS. A school record is nice, but the reality is she’ll break her own record over and over again in the next four years.� (continued on next page)