Costa boys, Redondo girls swim to South Bay Invitational titles
Mira Costa senior Alexandra Crisera (shown in the 200 Individual Medley) won all four of her individual events. Photos by Erik Anderson
Mira Costa High School hosted the South Bay Invitational Swim Meet last week with 11 teams competing for the boys and girls titles in the finals held Saturday.
Mira Costa captured the boys varsity title with 365 points, ahead of Peninsula (324) and El Segundo (281).
Redondo won the girls varsity competition with 414.5 points, defeating Santa Monica (341) and Palisades Charter (293.5).
On the frosh/soph level, Mira Costa won the boys title with 136.5 points, dominating Redondo (93) and Culver City (80-.5).
The top three girls frosh/soph teams were Palisades Charter (161), Redondo (81) and Santa Monica (66).
Mira Costa and Redondo return to Bay League action today at 3 p.m. with home meets. The Mustangs host Peninsula while the Sea Hawks go against Palos Verdes.
Helping Mira Costa win the boys team championship, Colin Le won the 100 Backstroke by more than two seconds.
El Segundo’s Dylan Chen smoked the competition in the 50 Freestyle. The junior had two first-place finishes and two runner-up performances.
Freshman Kai Albertson, of El Segundo, dropped more than two seconds off his time, putting many higher seeded swimmers behind in the 100 Breaststroke consolation final.
Mira Costa senior Kai Bathurst shaved 2.2 seconds off his best time to win the 100 Fly competition by almost four seconds.
Redondo senior Kiana Hamada, left, is congratulated by Mira Costa’s Riley Farrell after the Sea Hawks won the 200 Freestyle Relay and the girls team championship.