THE TIMES 1995 SPRING ALL-COUNTY TEAMS : ALL-COUNTY GIRLS’ SWIMMING AND DIVING

WENDY O’BRIEN

50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle

Irvine, Jr.

Although her 50- and 100-yard freestyle times at the Southern Section Division I finals in May were not as fast as her Division II winning times of last year, she still won the two events she dominated throughout the season.

* NANCY JO

200 Freestyle

El Dorado, Jr.

Came on strong late in the season to post county’s fastest time of 1:49.71. Finished second at the Southern Section Division I finals.

* CHERYL MURPHY

200 Individual Medley

Mission Viejo, Sr.

Seeded first after the Southern Section preliminaries, she finished fourth at the Division I finals. Her time of 2:05.82 was the best in the county.

* CATHY CARONE

100 Butterfly

Capistrano Valley, Sr.

Dominated the event and posted the fastest time in the county at 58.07 seconds. However, stumbled in section Division I finals and finished fifth.

* ALISON MIJARES

500 Freestyle

Marina, Sr.

No county swimmer in any division reached the section finals in this event, but Mijares had the county’s fastest time of the year at 5:03.92.

* GIANA JOHNSON

100 Backstroke

Laguna Hills, Sr.

Her county-best time of 57.77 was achieved at the section Division II finals, where she finished second. She also won the Division II 200 free.

* AMBER WINES

100 Breaststroke

Santa Ana Valley, Jr.

Set records at the Foothill Swim Games and the Division I finals, where her first-place finish in 1:03.20 broke an 11-year-old section mark.

* VINESSA TJOA (Jr.), KRISTY TJOA (Fr.), SHELLY OLIVADOTI (Sr.), CHRISSY MOTSCHMAN (So.).

200 Medley Relay

Fountain Valley

Throughout the year they held off the best in the county. At the Division I finals, they proved they were the best in the Southern Section by finishing first in 1:50.79.

* JEANNINE POVEY (Sr.), CARLY COX (So.), CATHY CARONE (Sr.), TRACEY McCALLEY (Sr.)

400 Freestyle Relay

Capistrano Valley

Their county-best time of 3:36.00 helped the Cougars finish third--the highest place achieved by any county team--at the Southern Section Division I finals.

* JAMIE BENSON (Sr.), STACY ROSENBERG (Jr.), NANCY JO (Jr.), GRACE JO (Sr.)

200 Freestyle Relay

El Dorado

With the Jo sisters as their foundation, the Hawks posted the county’s fastest 200 freestyle relay time. They finished in 1:40.07 at the Division I finals for third place.

* SUMMER BROWN

Diving

Capistrano Valley, Sr.

Defeated rival Sandy Zubrin of Corona del Mar by a slim 13 points to win the Southern Section Division I diving championship with 527 points.

* DEBBI KELLY

Coach of the Year

Fountain Valley

Her first year’s highlights were Barons’ second place in Division I finals and firsts at Southern Section Relays and Foothill Swim Games.

SECOND TEAM

50 freestyle

Melissa Schutz

Newport Harbor, Sr.

Time: 24.12. Defeated Irvine’s Wendy O’Brien to finish first at Sea View League finals; finished fourth at Division I finals.

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100 freestyle

Katie Lowes

El Toro, Jr.

Time: 51.54. Though the 200 free is her best event, she was third at the Division I finals and second at Sea View League finals. *

200 freestyle

Giana Johnson

Laguna Hills, Sr.

Time: 1:52.46. Finished first at Division II finals and had county’s second-fastest time of season. Led Laguna Hills to fifth place. *

500 freestyle

Katie Cramm

Santa Margarita, So.

Time: 5:04.35. One of the county’s fastest, she took first at the Sea View League finals and is expected to dominate next year.

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100 backstroke

Laura Tucker

Huntington Beach, So.

Time: 58.13. Posted her season’s best mark with third-place finish at Division I finals; finished first at Sunset League finals.

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100 breaststroke

Jessamyn Miller

Mater Dei, Fr.

Time: 1:03.58. Will continue to present a challenge to Amber Wines, to whom she finished runner-up at the Division I finals.

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100 butterfly

Chrissy Motschman

Fountain Valley, So.

Time: 58.59. One of the Barons’ key relay swimmers, her season’s best was good for sixth place at the Section Division I finals.

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200 ind. medley

Teresa Mauck

San Clemente, Sr.

Time: 2:07.97. Was sixth at Division I finals with her fastest swim of the year; second to Murphy at South Coast League finals.

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200 freestyle relay

Mission Viejo

Time: 1:40.93. Cheryl Murphy (Sr.), Christina Murphy (Fr.), Christina Rhee (Sr.), Katie Feeney (Sr.). Came on strong to post their best time of the season at the section Division I finals, where they finished fifth; took first place at South Coast League finals.

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400 freestyle relay

Fountain Valley

Time: 3:37.82. Vinessa Tjoa (Jr.), Chrissy Motschman (So.), Nicole Dotts (So.), Jennifer McCoy (Fr.). Edged El Dorado for fifth place at the section Division I finals, where they posted their best time of the year; finished first at the Sunset League finals.

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200 medley relay

El Toro

Time: 1:51.48. Summir Case (So.), Katie Simmons (Jr.), Keri Wilson (Jr.) and Katie Lowes (Jr.). Probably would have finished first at the section Division I finals if they hadn’t been disqualified for a false start; took first place at Sea View League finals.

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Diving

Sandy Zubrin

Corona del Mar, Sr.

Score: 513. Was Division II champion last year and finished second in Division I this year. Dominated Sea View League finals.