"Granada Hills swept the boys' and girls' City Section swimming championships Friday, with the girls scoring 458 points and boys posting 512 points in dominant performances. The pool dynasty continues at Granada Hills. The venue was different, but the result was the same as the Highlanders swept the boys' and girls' titles Friday in the City Section swim championships at East Los Angeles College. It was the girls' fourth title in a row (two short of the school-record six straight they won from 1995-2000) and their 10th overall. They finished with 458 points, comfortably ahead of runner-up Cleveland (226) and third-place Palisades (222)."
""We've won City every year since I was a freshman so I'm pretty happy," said co-captain Elaina Brier, a senior committed to UC Santa Cruz. "I got second in both of my individual events and won my relays (200-meter medley and 200-meter freestyle). We turned into such a dominant team and this is the strongest one." GALA's Jordyn Hale defended her crown in the 50 freestyle in 24.14 seconds (she won in 24 flat last year), followed by Brier (24.67). Hale also won the 100 freestyle in 53.06 after placing second last year to Iris Paek of LACES in 52.93. Brier was the runner-up this time in 54.24."
"Elise Kao of Venice repeated as 200 freestyle champion with a time of 1:54.98 and Granada Hills' Meygen Flores was second in 1:57.90. Kao (59.63) was second to Flores (58.21) in the 100 butterfly and Flores' teammate Sahasi Mahat was third. Granada Hills' Isabella San Jose won both the 200 individual medley (2:08.64) and 100 breaststroke (1:04.66), Mahat was second in the 100 backstroke and Abigail Sirichalermchai was second to San Jose in the 100 breaststroke. The Highlander girls took third, fourth and fifth in the 500 freestyle and closed strong with a winning 3:42.78 effort in the 400 freestyle relay."
Granada Hills swept the boys’ and girls’ City Section swimming championships at East Los Angeles College, continuing a pool dynasty despite a different venue. The girls won their fourth consecutive title and 10th overall, scoring 458 points and finishing well ahead of Cleveland and Palisades. Elaina Brier, a senior committed to UC Santa Cruz, contributed with relay victories and strong individual finishes. Jordyn Hale defended the 50 freestyle title and won the 100 freestyle, while Elise Kao repeated as 200 freestyle champion and Granada Hills swimmers placed prominently in other events. Isabella San Jose won the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke, and the girls added depth across multiple freestyle and relay races. The boys posted 512 points to complete the sweep.
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