CITY SWIMMING : Palisades Boys, Girls Win Again
The Palisades High girls and boys successfully defended their City Section swimming titles Wednesday night at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach.
The girls scored a record 342 points to win their 10th title in 11 seasons. The boys totaled 316 points to win their seventh consecutive title.
Venice (246), Granada Hills (164) and Birmingham (151) were second, third and fourth in the girls’ division.
The Birmingham boys finished second with 232 and Venice was third with 155.
Heather Ballard of Birmingham set City records in winning the 200- and 500-yard freestyle races in 1:53.10 and 4:56.46.
Kristine Quance of Granada Hills, who finished third in the 200 breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic trials in March, broke her City record of 1:03.39 in the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.86 and came within .03 seconds of her record in the 200 individual medley in 2:02.24.
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