Tom Crowther
BURROUGHS HIGH -- It's tough to imagine just how dominate the
Burroughs High swim teams might be with a couple more weeks of practice
under their belts.
The Indians routed visiting San Gabriel High in a nonleague meet at
Burroughs Tuesday. While the girls' team cruised to a 95-59 win, the boy
won by an even greater margin, 134-22.
"It was a pretty convincing victory for both teams, and on both the
varsity and junior varsity level," Indian Coach Rey Rivera said.
"Considering how limited our pool time has been (because of the weather),
I was really happy with the way we swam."
The boys' team won all of its relay events, including the 400
freestyle relay, as teammates Kenny Livas, Billy Cordon, Justin Frank and
Bart Baghdasarian finished first in 3, minutes 55.72 seconds.
The Indians also won most of the individual events as well. Frank
finished first in the 50 freestyle with a 34.39 and the and 100 freestyle
with a 56.37.
Cordon won the 200 freestyle with a 2:09.73, while Livas added an easy
win in the 50 fly with a mark of 1:05.22.
Sophomore Curtis Hyman, one of the young swimmers Rivera is high on,
took first place in the 100 individual medley with a 1:35.49 and the 50
backstroke with a 1:10.58.
The girls also dominated the meet in the majority of events.
Despite not feeling well, senior standout Julie Olson helped the 200
redley relay team capture a first place with a 3:10.69. The team also
included Valentina Alberti, Erica Bonetti and Ana Bolotnikova.
Olson also won the 50 freestyle with a time of :37.72.
"Julie won the events she entered, even though she was feeling sick,"
Rivera said. "She'll obviously swim in other events when she's feeling
better and when we see some tougher competition."
The Indians figure to get a taste of better competition, Monday, after
adding a meet against Monrovia High to their schedule.
Against San Gabriel, Alberti also did well individually. The freshmen
won the 500 freestlye with a 6:07.20.
Wendy Inman added a first-place finish in the 50 butterfly with a
1:22.55.
