JSerra Swimmers Heads for CIF Championships

swimmers put up some top times at Friday's Trinity League Swimming Championships at the Santa Margarita Aquatics Complex.

Lion swimmers broke seven varsity Trinity League records in the finals, won 10 league titles and qualified four All American automatic times, seven All American consideration times, 17 CIF Automatic Times, 13 CIF Consideration Times and 88 seasonal best times during the season’s dual meet and championship competitions.

Varsity freshmen KatieMcLaughlin (200 free, 100 fly) and Kaitlyn Albertoli (50 free, 100 free) earned the co-swimmers of the year following their performances on Friday, which included breaking two league records each in addition to helping smash two league relay records along with teammates Rebecca Millard and Karli Thuen in the 200 free and 400 free relays.

Brittany Kahn added to the record tally in the 500 free. The varsity girls placed second inthe league behind the much larger Santa Margarita team. This is the highest placing forthe Lions in their short seven-year history.

The JSerra Lions are seeded first in both the 200 free and 400 free relays going into CIF Division 1 prelims on Thursday at the Riverside Community College Aquatics Center.

McLaughlin is also seeded first in the 200 free and 100 fly. Six additional top 10 seedings include Albertoli (50, 100 free), Millard (50 free), Thuen(200 IM, 500 free) and Kahn (500 free). Other qualifiers include Millard (100 free),Kahn (200 IM), Sam Miller (100 back), the girls 200 medley relay team, including relay-only swimmers Haley Sherburne, Jessie Joyner and Maggie Beyer and boys 200 medley relay team including relay-only swimmers Troy Kaltenbach, Will Giovinazzo, and DanLopes.

The season summary going into CIF Championships includes the following:
League Titles and Records

• Garrett Kaltenbach – Frosh Soph 50 fly Championship Title
• Sam Slobodien – Frosh Soph 50 free Championship Title
• Adam Campbell – Frosh Soph 100 IM Championship Title
• Brittany Kahn – 500 free League Record and Title
• Katie McLaughlin – 200 free League Record and Title
• Katie McLaughlin - 100 fly League Record and Title
• Kaitlyn Albertoli – 50 free League Record and Title
• Kaitlyn Albertoli – 100 free League Record and Title
• Girls 200 Free Relay – (Albertoli, Millard, Thuen, McLaughlin) League Record and Title
• Girls 400 Free Relay – (Albertoli, Millard, Thuen, McLaughlin) League Record andTitle

All American Qualifiers Automatic:

• Katie McLaughlin – 100 fly, 200 free
• Girls 200 free relay – (Albertoli, Millard, Thuen, McLaughlin)Girls 400 free relay – (Albertoli, Millard, Thuen, McLaughlin)

All American Consideration:

• Katie McLaughlin – 50 free, 100 free, 200 IM
• Kaitlyn Albertoli – 50 free, 100 free
• Brittany Kahn – 500 free
• Karli Thuen – 500 free

CIF Times Automatic:

• Katie McLaughlin – 50, 100, 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 IM
• Karli Thuen – 200 IM, 500 free
• Rebecca Millard – 50 free, 100 free
• Kaitlyn Albertoli – 50 free, 100 free, 100 back
• Brittany Kahn – 500 free, 200 IM
• Girls 200 Free relay (Albertoli, Millard, Thuen, McLaughlin)
• Girls 400 free relay (Albertoli, Millard, Thuen, McLaughlin)

CIF Consideration:

• Sam Miller – 50 free, 100 back
• Will Giovinazzo – 100 fly
• Maggie Beyer – 50 free
• Kaitlyn Albertoli – 200 free, 100 fly
• Karli Thuen 200 free
• Brittany Kahn – 100 breast, 100 free
• Girls 200 Medley relay (Albertoli, Kahn, McLaughlin, Millard)
• Boys 200 Medley relay (Miller, T. Kaltenbach, Giovinazzo, Lopes)
• Boys 200 free relay (Miller, Lopes, Sherburne, Giovinazzo)
• Boys 400 free relay (Miller, Giovinazzo, Lopes, Sherburne)