Monte Vista swimming: Boys Team Finishes Second at NCS

Monte Vista senior Spencer Peugh knew all year Saturday's 200 yard freestyle relay was probably his best chance at claiming a North Coast Section swimming title in his high school career. 

"Coming off of last year, (when the Mustangs finished fourth at NCS in the event) we knew this was going to be our race," Peugh said.

Not only did Monte Vista take the race, but nearly set the NCS record with a time of 1:25.09 — eight-hundredths of a second behind Clayton Valley's record-setting team from 2008.

Peugh led off, junior Michael Harris swam second, junior Patrick Scott third and junior Ted Beebe was the anchor. Beebe out-touched Campolindo's Robert Ashby by four-hundredths of a second to secure the victory in school-record time.

"I didn't swim the time I wanted, but the other guys stepped it up," Peugh said. "They've got a good shot to set the NCS record next year."

The Monte Vista boys finished the meet in second place with 210 points, 55 behind Campolindo, which won its sixth-straight title.

"Shooting from sixth (in 2009) to second this year — that's impressive," Monte Vista coach Dow Stewart said.

The boys 200 yard medley relay team of Vince Kaaret, Beebe, Scott and Harris also set the Monte Vista record with a time of 1:35.15, but finished third behind Campolindo and Miramonte.

The Monte Vista girls team finished fifth and had several outstanding performances as well.

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Monte Vista highlights:

Girls

200 medley relay

Lauren Damian, Linda Lu, Callie Klein and Kelly Mendoza win consolation final in 1:49.97 an All American consideration time.

50 free

Senior Sydney Saunders finished sixth in 24.07, an All American consideration time.

Diving

Lauren Jesse finished fifth with 344.30 points.

500 free

Sophomore Lexy Troup finished fifth in 4:57.01, an All American time and Karley Troup finished 12th with an All Amercan consideration time of 5:01.70.

200 free relay

Sloan Saunders, Malia Malin, Kelly Mendoza and Sydney Saunders finished fifth with an All American time of 1:37.52.

100 back

Lauren Damian finished fourth with an All American time of 56.25. Sydney Cooke finished sixth with an All American time of 56.94.

400 free relay

Sloan and Sydney Sauders, Lauren Damiand and Kelly Mendoza teamed up for a seventh place finish with an All American consideration time of 3:34.63.

Boys

200 medley relay

Beebe, Kaaret, Scott and Harris finish third in an All American time of 1:35.15

50 free

Beebe got seventh (21.75) and Scott eighth (21.82)

100 fly

Scott finished seventh in 51.75.

500 free

Junior Andrew Yee finished fourth in 4:40.49.

200 free relay

See above, school record.

100 back

Harris won the consolation final with an All American consideration time of 52.84; Beebe finished eighth in the 'A' final in 53.32.

100 breast

Kaaret finished sixth with an All American consideration time of 59.24.

400 free relay

Dillon Williams, Andrew Yee, Alan Roberson and Spencer Peugh finished eighth with an All American consideration time of 3:13.26.

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