High schools: Clovis West shines in state meet, plus track and field championship preview
Clovis West has a lot to be proud of after competing at the CIF state swimming and diving championships.
A state title for one of the Golden Eagles’ relay teams would make it even better.
The Clovis West girls 200 medley relay team swam to a state title, posting a time of 1:41.50, beating out Campolindo, which finished with a time of 1:42.01.
It was a dominating performance for the Golden Eagles that was quickly started by Hailey Marinovich that was finished by Sophia Oka-Fedder.
“About two months ago I knew we were going to go 1:41,” Clovis West coach Adam Reid said. “So 1:41 is what we were going to go after and we did it.”
Also contributing on the state-title relay team after Hailey Marinovich was Hannah Marinovich and Audrey Hill.
While Reid’s relay team won a state title, it was equally impressive how his team fared in the team standings.
The Golden Eagles finished third (151) behind Santa Margarita (210) and Carondelt (158).
“It’s incredible,” Clovis West coach Adam Reid said. “I’ve had phenomenal teams in the past year. I mean top three ... it’s the highest we’ve ever done and I’m super pumped for our girls to be able to do that.”
Other Fresno-area finishers
▪ Hannah Marinovich of Clovis West finished third in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.78).
▪ Clovis West fifth in the girls 200 freestyle (1:35.06).
▪ Clovis West girls’ 400 freestyle relay placed second (3:23.89).
▪ Clovis North placed sixth in the girls 200 medley relay (1:43.82).
▪ Ellie Fitzgerald of Clovis North fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.11).
▪ Lucas Huckabay of Kingsburg fifth in the 100 breaststroke (55.72).
▪ Alexa Wong of Coalinga 15th in the 200 freestyle (1:51.01). Wong placed 10th in the 500 freestyle (4:53.45).
▪ Ethan Linville of Clovis North 18th in the 200 freestyle (1:39.63). He placed sixth in the 500 freestyle (4:28.17).
▪ Sophia Oka-Fedder 16th in the 200 IM (2:04.42).
▪ Sydnee Wilson of Kingsburg 15th in the 50 freestyle (23.77).
▪ Jag Zwaschka of Clovis East seventh in the 50 freestyle (20.64).
▪ Audrey Hill of Clovis West seventh in the 100 butterfly (54.71).
▪ Sophia Oka-Fedder of Clovis West 17th in the 100 freestyle (51.34).
▪ Rowyn Wilber of Clovis North 11th in the 500 freestyle (4:53.46.). She was 12th in the 100 backstroke.
▪ Roman Dawson of Clovis East ninth in the 500 freestyle (4:29.89).
▪ Jake Salecdeo of Clovis West 10th in the 500 freestyle (4:28.92).
▪ Clovis West boys seventh in the 200 freestyle (1:24.45).
▪ Jaden Castillo of El Diamante, 21st in diving (298.50).
Central Section Masters
Buchanan will host the Central Section Masters on Saturday.
The track and field meet begins at 4 p.m. Saturday from Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The section meet is the prelude to the state championships that will also be held at Buchanan on May 24-25.
The Central High boys 800 relay team has the fastest time in the state that was set at the Tri-River Athletic Conference championships. The Grizzlies ran with a time of 3:15.01.
Others with top marks in the state: McKay Madsen of Clovis North in the discus at 197-05 set at the Arcadia Invitational in April.
Daniel Clairborne of Hoover in the shot put (64-06) at the North Yosemite League meet.
