Briefs: Otte shines at meet

Jakob Otte of Huntington Beach turned in strong individual performances for the Costa Mesa-based Splash Aquatics swim team at the winter Junior Olympics last month in Palm Springs.

Otte, 14, was fourth in the 13-14 division 100-yard breaststroke with a team-record time of 1 minute, 8.53 seconds. He also set a team record in the 200 breaststroke (2:37.75) in prelims.

Splash Aquatics finished 19th among 29 scoring teams in the men’s competition.

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Marlow earns honor

Freshman goalkeeper Alison Marlow (Fountain Valley High) of the William Jessup University (Rocklin, Calif.) women’s soccer team was named to the National Soccer Coaches Assn. of America (NSCAA) All-Southwest Region Second Team.

Marlow, who also was named to the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) All-Conference Team, had 49 saves and recorded six shutouts in her inaugural season, a record for most shutouts in a single season by a Warriors goalkeeper.

Marlow was one of only two freshmen voted to the All-Region team. Other region selections came from schools throughout California, Texas and Oklahoma.

— From staff reports