Bryant Lum was on hand at the CIF-SS Division 1 State Championships over the weekend and was able to capture race footage of Dos Pueblos’ Alex Valtente and Saugus’ Abbey Weitzeil. To view his youtube channel with other race videos from over the weekend, click here.
Valente is SwimSwam’s #10 recruit in the high school class of 2015 and has committed to swim for USC. Over the weekend he won the men’s 100 freestyle with a time of 46.00.
Weitzeil won the girls 50 freestyle, breaking her own National High School record in the 50 freestyle. She broke the public HS record in prelims with a time of 21.83, and then lowered it again tonight with a 21.64. The public high school record is now more than a half second faster than the private school record.
Not long after breaking her record in the 50 freestyle, she was back up on the blocks for the 100 freestyle. She ran away with the girl’s 100 freestyle, winning the race with a new national record time of 47.33. She broke her own national HS record from prelims of 47.53. Watch her 100 freestyle below:
Abbey has such a speed !!! Damn ! her turns are very good , her leg kicks seem very efficient and her arm spin is impressive . The day she translates this on long course will be amazing .
Incredible 100 fly for Alex Valente in 46.00, .13 fast than Seliskar. Hopefully he will go under Caeleb Dressel’s public school record of 45.89
CIF-SS DIV 1
Boys’ 4X50 free relay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdytaNBGnzI
Boys’ 4X100 free relay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmOo7UFFUSo
Boys’ 100 free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX0HdHFjyx0
Boys’ 50 free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CUNyFFDhZQ
Boys’ 100 back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1aIx4-Y9S0
Boys’ 100 fly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UYF43EsPQk
Girls’ 4X50 medley relay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTUJEjEw-t4
Girls’ 200 IM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuHorRRNkg
Girls’ 100 back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litltrsthXY
Girls’ 500 free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiuCQLhe5oI
Girls’ 100 free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjaLZLWacWo
CIF-SS DIV 2
Boys’ 500 free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LVNvZeXjT0
Girls’ 500 free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRnx6nvS734
Girls 200 IM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnxJgr57Qag
CIF-SS DIV 3
Boys’ 100 back final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBXd3mLMks
Sorry Swimfan, I didn’t find the D1 boys’ 500 free final.
Can you post the D1 boy’s 500 free final?
Hi SwimFan – we haven’t seen that one yet, but will look around for it.
Wow, watching these races is a whole lot more impressive than just reading about them! Thanks for posting these videos!
Who down votes an innocuous comment? Trolls…
Apparently I’ve expressed too many opinions on SwimSwam, so I’ve got “haters” here who downvote everything I write, CoachErik, but thanks for your comment! 🙂
I think there are people who downvote everything.. maybe just for trolling or just some emotional attachment.. I imagine people like. Damn, the guy 1 won, and people posted complimenting the winner, but My favorite is guy 2 who lost!! How dare anyone celebrate the victory of guy 1? I will downvote!!!!
Danjohnrob, I beat you easily at that game. And it’s an honor for me. 😆
Anyway, that’s the limit of that useless kind of tools.
The haters ruin everything.
But not important. Let them have fun! They’ve found a hobby to spend their days.
You have a great example below! 😆
Thanks for your replies, Rafael and Bobo! I know you’re both right, but I must admit it bothers me more than it should. Thanks also for posting all those links, Bobo, I enjoyed wathing the races. California high schools have some amazing swimmers!