2019 CIF-SS DIVISION 4 – FINALS
- Prelims May 1st
- Finals May 3rd
- Riverside Aquatics Complex, Riverside, CA
- Short Course Yards
- Final Results
Finals of the CIF Division 4 Sectional concluded on Friday, May 3rd, seeing 5 Division 4 meet records fall during the session. The Diamond Bar boys 200 medley relay re-broke the meet record they set in the prelims session. Nathan Chow (24.67), Kevin Vargas (25.60), Vincent Cheng (22.97), and Timothy Jia (21.33) combined to swim a final time of 1:34.57, shedding nearly 1.5 seconds off their prelims time of 1:35.98. The group was dominant in the event, winning by roughly 7.5 seconds, and posting the fastest split in the field on all 4 legs.
Vargas went on to win the boys 200 IM, again in record fashion. Vargas swam a 1:49.26, touching the wall first by over 10 seconds. He had set the meet record with his prelims performance of 1:50.47, then took the record under the 1:50 mark in finals. Vargas also won the 100 breast, clocking a 56.44 to come in just off his prelims time of 56.26. Vargas also swam on the Diamond Bar 400 free relay, which won in a new meet record as well. Dylan Hou led the team off in 47.88, followed by Vargas (46.14), Chow (46.45), and Cheng (46.67) for a time of 3:07.14, crushing Diamond Bar’s prelims time of 3:14.43.
Cheng doubled up on event wins as well, taking the boys 100 fly and 100 back. He shredded his prelims time of 50.86 in the 100 fly, speeding to a 49.46 for the win and a new meet record. In the 100 back, he dropped from his prelims mark of 53.13, touching the wall in 52.41.
Hemet’s Mya Jackson was a double event winner, taking the girls 50 free and 100 free. Jackson took the 50 free by about a half second, clocking a 23.29. She brought herself within .18 seconds of breaking the meet record. Jackson then turned around and swam a 51.02 to win the 100 free, coming home ahead of Kate Li (51.38). Li was the winner of the girls 200 free (1:52.36). Ocean View’s Dominic Falcon won the boys 200 free and 500 free convincingly. Falcon swam a 1:38.79 to win the 200 by nearly 3 seconds. His time was just .57 seconds off the meet record of 1:38.22. Falcon went on to win the 500, touching in 4:29.54 to win by 5.6 seconds.
Diamond Bar broke another meet record, with the girls 400 free relay taking nearly 5 seconds off their prelims time. KaiMin Tsuei led the relay off in 52.55, followed by Melanie Wu (53.31), Alethea Gani (56.63), and Kate Li (51.90), finishing in 3:34.39. Elikai Crompton (West Valley) handled the boys free sprints. Crompton swam a 20.64 in the 50 free to win by half a second, just off his prelims performance of 20.45. He then went on to win the 100 free in 46.20, again just off his prelims performance of 46.08.
OTHER EVENT WINNERS:
- KaiMin Tsuei (Diamond Bar): girls 100 back – 57.08
- Sarah Isip (Whittier Christian)/Annika Arroyo (Foothill Technology): girls 100 breast – 1:07.53
- Rucker-Jenson, Hughes, Mora, Hotchkiss (Malibu): boys 200 free relay – 1:28.33
- Suelzle, Cait, Shin, Park (South Torrance): girls 200 free relay – 1:41.59
- Montana White (West Torrance): girls 500 free – 5:13.44
- Jasmine Luu (Garden Grove): girls 100 fly – 57.19
- Thea Leimone (Archer): girls 200 IM – 2:07.29
It was like Kramer in karate…
The decision to move DBHS to division 4 was not made with any input from either parents or swimmers. Honestly the move was not wanted or well received by DBHS coaches, parents, or swimmers … and other schools. Once the DBHS swimmers and parents knew the league change and subsequent division change they protested. CIF with their magical formula league change thought it was the right thing to do and stuck to the change. It’s quite clear that the CIF league assignments did not work in this instance. CIF is solely responsible for this change, so they are the ones people should be upset with not the kids. DBHS swim is competitive regardless of division and they should be congratulated… Read more »
Their placement in D4 is unfair to the other teams and have created lots of anger and frustration among coaches and fans. Lots of schools don’t want them in their leagues and ended up in the league that’s D4.
“Diamond Bar moved from Division 2 to 4” against the wishes of the swimmers and families. Despite the boys coming in 2nd last year in D2 Palomares League, DBHS was reassigned to D4 Mt Baldy League. No matter which division of CIF they compete in, they are going to swim as fast as possible to try to qualify for the CIF state meet.
Hard for me to see how the bitterness towards DBHS swimmers and parents we experienced from the other schools’ parents and coaches was deserved.
yall forgot the 200 medley relay winners foothill tech
Diamond Bar moved down from Division 2 to Division 4.
Can we even talk about how the placement of teams in each CIF division is a complete joke?
Diamond Bar moved from Division 2 to 4.