PREP SWIMMING ROUNDUP

In the Sea View League meet:

Corona del Mar boys, Irvine girls win--For Corona del Mar’s swimming Coach Mike Starkweather, the boys’ first-place finish was one of the sweetest victories in his coaching career.

“Since they (Woodbridge) beat us badly in a dual meet this year, our guys wanted revenge,” Starkweather said. “We were ready to swim today.”

And swim they did, chalking up 550 1/2 points to Woodbridge’s 488, with Irvine third at 334.

Corona del Mar’s James Palda won the 100 butterfly in the record time of 54.22, beating the old mark of 55.40. Teammates Steve Hamilton, Tom Norton, Crosby Grant and Rob Hoover also broke a meet record in the 200 freestyle relay (1:27.68).

Junior Derya Buyukuncu of Woodbridge, who represented Turkey at the 1992 Olympics, smashed league records in the 50 freestyle (20.97) and 100 freestyle (46.11). The Woodbridge boys’ 200 medley relay team of Andrew Lazenby, Mike Moore, Buyukuncu and Scott Jackson swam a 1:39.26 to break another league record.

For the girls, Irvine dominated with 504 points. Woodbridge was second with 354 and Newport Harbor was third with 307.5.

Sophomore Jaimee Lindstrom of Woodbridge swam a 2:09.71 to break a 10-year-old record in the 200 IM by .12 seconds.