Woodside’s Seth Collet wrapped up his high school career with a pair of top-eight finishes, including third-place in the boys’ 500-yard free, at the CIF State Swimming Championships Saturday at Clovis West High School.
Meanwhile, his freshman teammate, Clara Young, capped her first year as a high school swimmer with a top-8 finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Young, who swam a time of 23.38 seconds to qualify for the A final in eighth, ended her season with a fifth-place finish the state, posting a time of 23.25, a little more than second behind the winning time of 22.23.
Collet, who qualified for 200 free final qualified for the A final by finishing with a time of 1 minute, 37.99 seconds. In the final, Collet swam a 1:38.39 to finish seventh. The winning time was 1:33.52.
On the girls’ side, Menlo-Atherton’s Hailey Preuss and Mills’ Angelina Komashko both qualified for the 200 free B final. Preuss, a junior, finished 10th with a time of 1:50.57, while Komashko was 17th with a time of 1:51.49. The winning time was 1:46.89.
Collet came back later in the meet to compete in the 500 free A final. The Central Coast Section champ qualified sixth for the final, posting a time of 4:24.76. In the final, Collet shaved more than two seconds off his qualifying time to finish third with a time of 4:22.66. Foothill’s Luka Mijatovic dominate the field in winning the state title, swimming a 4:11.91.
Preuss and also advanced to the finals of 500 free. Swimming in the B final, Preuss finished 13th with a time of 4:55.87. The winning time was 4:49.15.
Others to qualify out of Friday’s preliminaries included Mills’ Dylan Yang and the Sacred Heart Prep boys’ 200 free relay. Yang made the A final in the 200 individual medley, finishing eighth in a time of 1:52.19. The winning time was 1:44.55.
In the boys’ 200 free relay, SHP made the A final and posted a time of 1:24.36, good for eighth place. Clovis West took the crown with a time of 1:21.39.
The following are those swimmers that made the state meet, but did not advance out of qualifying:
Boys’ 200 IM relay: 21st, Serra 1:33.61
Boys’ 200 free: 33rd, Vaughn Taner (Serra) 1:41.85
Boys’ 200 IM: 29th, Justin Ferrer (Westmoor) 1:53.45; 32nd, Kevin Raghunathan (Serra) 1:54.22
Boys’ 50 free: 22nd, Cameron Kazemipour (SHP) 19.55
Boys’ 100 free: 35th, Alexandre Louvel (Crystal) 46.74
Boys’ 500 free: 20th, Michael Powell (M-A) 4:31.62
Girls’ 500 free: 20th, Angelina Komashko (Mills) 5:00.03
Boys’ 200 free relay: Mills 1:26.23
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