Amanda BeardIrvine, FreshmanSwimming/BreaststrokeBeard, who will swim for...

Amanda Beard

Irvine, Freshman

Swimming/Breaststroke

Beard, who will swim for the U.S. Olympic team this summer, got some tough competition in a high school meet Saturday. She battled with Santa Ana Valley’s Amber Wines in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Foothill Swim Games, coming from behind to win in a meet-record 1 minute 2.38 seconds. Beard also won the 200 individual medley in 2:06.37; 0.48 off Janet Evans’ meet record. “After all the pressure swimming she’s done in the last four or five months, this is a lot of fun for her,” Coach Scott Hinman said.

Gymnastics

Shaunna DeSimone

* Brea Olinda, sophomore. Won the individual all-around at the Los Angeles Marlborough Invitational, leading the Ladycats to the team title.

Softball

Carrie Jeffries

* El Dorado, junior. Pitched a three-hitter after taking a one-hitter into the seventh in a 1-0 victory over Kennedy that moved the Golden Hawks alone in first place in the Empire League.

Track and field

Erika Hoernig

* Foothill, senior. Set the county pole vault record, winning the event at the Orange County Championships with a mark of 10-9.

Kerry O’Bric

* Edison, senior. Won the long jump at the county championships in a meet-record 19-3 1/2, finished second in the 100-meter hurdles (15.25) and the triple jump (39-8), leading Chargers to team title.