Girls’ Swim Capsule
CRESCENTA VALLEY
CO-COACHES: Pete Loporchio and Peter Kim, second year, second stints.
LEAGUE: Pacific
SWIMMERS TO WATCH: Sabrina Hatzer, senior, breaststroke; Iva Icheva, sophomore, freestyle/backstroke; Shannon Hovanesian, sophomore, freestyle; Heather Abrams, sophomore, freestyle; Gabrielle Granados, junior, butterfly/backstroke; Nayiri Keshishyan, senior, freestyle.
LOPORCHIO’S QUOTE: “We’re going to rely on a core group of girls’ water polo players and a handful of club swimmers and rely on our depth a little bit more than the frontliners.”
FLINTRIDGE PREP
COACH: Ryan Goto, second year.
LEAGUE: Prep
SWIMMERS TO WATCH: Jennifer Langen, sophomore, butterfly, Suzanna Tan, senior, backstroke.
GOTO’S QUOTE: “We have a lot of new people, a lot of people left last year, so we’re definitely getting a fresh batch.”
FLINTRIDGE SACRED
HEART ACADEMY
COACH: Steve Bergen, third year, second stint.
LEAGUE: Mission
SWIMMERS TO WATCH: Katie Altmayer, sophomore, freestyle; Meg Ryan, junior, backstroke; Emily Balog, junior, breaststroke; Kirsten Vose, freshman, breaststroke, individual medley; Sarah Hughes, freshman, butterfly, freestlye; Katie Altman, freshman, butterfly, IM; Eva Dulcich, senior, freestyle; Hannah Wallech, junior, freestyle.
BERGEN’S QUOTE: “This is going to be a very good, solid, deep team that we have.”
GLENDALE
COACH: Forest Holbrook, third year.
LEAGUE: Pacific
SWIMMERS TO WATCH: Biyouregh Boghozian, junior, breaststroke; Maddie Corpuz, junior, freestyle; Melissa Gonzalez, senior, butterfly; Jacqueline Jones, senior, freestyle; Venus Payandeh, senior, breaststroke.
HOLBROOK’S QUOTE: “We’ve just got a very young team with a few solid senior swimmers and the story of the year is how those younger swimmers progress between now and the end of the season.”
HOOVER
COACH: Kevin Witt, first year.
LEAGUE: Pacific
SWIMMERS TO WATCH: Lianna Khachikyan, junior, butterfly; Maria Alcantar, junior, distance freestyle; Renee Pasion, utility; Soseh Didarloo, senior, breaststroke; Siouneh Didarloo, senior, freestyle.
WITT’S QUOTE: “We’re looking to qulaify a couple of relays [for CIF], if possible. Our relays should be fairly strong.”