Burkhardt, Birkhold, And Su Impress At CIF Central Coast Girls’ Prelims In San Jose

2025 CIF Central Coast Championships – Women’ Prelims

Could 6-11, 2025
Independence Excessive College – San Jose, California
SCY (25 Yards)
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The 2025 Central Coast Swimming and Diving Championships are taking place this weekend. Finals, scheduled for Could tenth, are co-ed, whereas prelims are cut up by gender. The ladies’ prelims session took place on Friday, Could ninth, with the boys competing a day earlier.

You may learn the boys’ prelim recap by clicking right here.

Order of Occasions:

200 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
100 Freestyle
500 Freestyle
200 Freestyle Relay
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
400 Freestyle Relay

The 200 medley relay was the first occasion of the day, and Mountain View secured the high seed with a time of 1:45.31, thanks to a sturdy efficiency from their quartet: Karina Conover Hui (26.44), Erin Griffis (29.51), Allison Liu (24.15), and Kammie Conover Hui (25.21).

Saratoga’s crew of Lauren Fanucchi (28.25), Aimee Solar (29.10), Kelsey Zhang (24.06), and Emma Geng (25.01) clocked in at 1:46.42, incomes them the 2nd seed. Archbishop Mitty additionally posted a aggressive time of 1:46.94, securing the third seed, and will virtually actually be a contender within the last.

The 200 free noticed St. Ignatius teammates Elizabeth Burkhardt and Elaine Birkhold take management, posting a 1-2 end to safe the high two spots heading into the last. Each juniors have been the solely athletes to break the 1:50 barrier, with occasions of 1:49.72 and 1:49.97, respectively.

Burkhardt’s time marks a new lifetime finest, eclipsing her earlier mark of 1:50.68 from this meet final yr, the place she positioned third. Birkhold’s private finest of 1:49.77 was notched simply final week at the WCAL Championships.

Castilleja senior Ella Detter sits third with a time of 1:50.17. The Stanford commit, final yr’s runner-up, owns a private finest of 1:50.10. She later returned to the water for the 100 fly, the place she touched 2nd general in 53.83. Saratoga’s Kelsey Zhang—a Cal commit who helped her crew qualify 1st in the medley relay to open the session—posted a swift 52.69 to lead the 100 fly area. Zhang, the defending champion, has been as quick as 51.93 in the occasion.

Burkhardt later returned to motion in the 100 free, claiming the high seed with a 50.64. Sobrato junior Ciara Looney was the solely different swimmer to dip below the 51-seconds, logging 50.92.

Woodside freshman Clara Younger threw down a lifetime–finest 23.52 to high the 50 free prelims. Mountain View junior Allison Liu was simply a hundredth behind in 23.53, whereas Alex Murphy (23.89), Alyssa Cutforth (23.91), and Ciara Looney (23.97) additionally dipped below the 24-second threshold.

Within the longest occasion on this system, the five hundred freestyle, three swimmers ventured into sub-5-minute territory. Leigh sophomore Malia Groen led the approach with a time of 4:54.22. Menlo-Atherton junior Hailey Preuss clocked 4:57.57 to advance as the 2nd seed, with Archbishop Mitty freshman Violet Rutter rounding out the trio with a 4:58.84.

All three swimmers have been sooner in their younger careers, with Groen proudly owning a time of 4:52.78, Preuss a 4:56.21, and Rutter a 4:55.42. Maintain an eye on these benchmarks for the last.

An thrilling battle is shaping up in the 100 again, with the high two separated by simply a tenth and the high six all inside a second of every different heading into the last. Homestead senior Rinka Yoshida grabbed the high seed in 55.81, dipping below her earlier finest of 56.08. Burlingame sophomore Alexa Chang sits shut behind after hitting a time of 55.91, shattering her prior finest of 56.69. The aforementioned Birkhold holds third going into the last with a 56.39.

Archbishop Mitty sophomore Mia Su appears to be in the driver’s seat in the 100 breast, clocking 1:01.39 to lead the area by 1.3 seconds. With a lifetime finest of 1:00.86, she’ll doubtless have that mark in her sights heading into the last. Palo Alto’s Hannah Oh cracked the 1:03 barrier for the first time, touching in 1:02.69 to take a seat in 2nd, whereas Harker’s Kyra Cui shaved a tenth off her private finest of 1:03.46, posting a 1:03.36.

In the free relays, Palo Alto claimed the high spot in the 200, whereas St. Ignatius excelled in the 400. Palo Alto’s squad of Llew Ladomirak (23.76), Katie Spitzer (24.36), Oh (23.62), and Sabrina Meyers (23.69) logged a time of 1:35.43. St. Ignatius (1:37.44) and Mountain View (1:37.48) adopted intently behind.

In the 400, St. Ignatius’ foursome of Burkhardt (50.83), Sydney Slakoff (55.65), Madison Kwok (53.36), and Birkhold (51.34) posted a 3:31.18 to qualify forward of Palo Alto (3:33.10) and Archbishop Mitty (3:33.49).

The St. Ignatius ladies are aiming for their fourth straight part title this yr after successful final yr’s championship by 63 factors over Palo Alto, with Archbishop Mitty ending simply two factors behind them. It’s shaping up to be an thrilling finals session, scheduled for 1:30 PM Pacific Time at present.