Fountain Valley Girls Win Big in Prelims! Finals Are Friday

Patch couldn't be in Long Beach tonight, but results of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 swimming preliminaries, held at Belmont Plaza Pool, can be found by clicking here. Finals will be Friday at 6 p.m. at the same location.

Among the OC Patch teams and athletes who finished seeded No. 1 in their events headed to the finals:

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle -- 1. Melanie Klaren, Aliso Niguel  (1:46.40)

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle -- 1. Shelby Webber, Fountain Valley (52.85)

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay -- 1. Fountain Valley (Shelby Webber, Sr.; Jenn Schulman, So.; Jaime Dang, So.; Taylor Johnson, Jr.) (1:37.13)

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke -- 1. Melanie Klaren, Aliso Niguel (56.59)

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke -- 1. Casey Mims, JSerra (1:03.05)

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay -- 1. Corona del Mar (Jared Namba, Jr.; Garrett Larson, Sr.; Christian Garkani, So.; Ari Marks, Jr.) (1:36.24)

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay -- 1. Corona del Mar (Ari Marks, Jr.; Christian Garkani, So.; Blake Motal, So.; Matthew Berry, Sr.) (1:26.25)