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Sher steals the show in victory

Swimming: Freshman girls' athlete sets two school records in nonleague win.

March 15, 2007|By Charles Rich

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — For a freshman, Katalina Sher has fit it just fine on the Glendale High girls' swimming team. She's also done well at breaking school records just three meets into her high school career, and there might be more in store.

Sher set two school records and captured two individual events Wednesday to help visiting Glendale earn a 136-36 nonleague dual-meet win against Flintridge Prep.

In the boys' meet, Glendale held on for an 86-78 victory against Flintridge Prep.

Sher didn't waste any time proving she was the top girls' swimmer on a warm afternoon, as she clocked 5 minutes 15.39 seconds to capture the 500-yard freestyle event. She eclipsed the school record of 5:26.61, which was set by her sister, Christina, in 2002, and also was a CIF automatic qualifying time.

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She also teamed with Sara Wolff, Shaggy Abolian and Casey Sripramong to win the 200 freestyle relay with a CIF consideration time of 1:48.93. Sher swam her leading two laps in a school-record time of 25.10.

Sher, who also won the 200 individual medley (2:14.97) and helped the Nitros (3-0) win the 200 medley relay, keeps many of the school swimming records in a binder in her backpack.

She marveled at her mark in the 500.

"It feels really nice to break records," said Sher, who teamed with Ani Hovhannisyan, Sripramong and Wolff to take the 200 medley relay (2:00.97) and is a member of the Pasadena-based Rose Bowl Aquatics Club. "It's an honor and fun to race and have the speed to encourage people.

"It's exciting to break my sister's record because I respect her and she's encouraged me. I just go out there and do what I can."

Glendale swept all 11 events in the match to drop the Rebels to 0-2.

Sripramong, who helped the Glendale's girls' water polo team advance to the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division IV semifinals in February, won the 50 freestyle (26.79) and the 100 butterfly (1:06.14).

Other winners for the Nitros included Rachel Hahn in the 200 freestyle (2:14.86) and Wolff in the 100 freestyle (59.1). Lily Broussard captured the 100 backstroke (1:11.17) for the Nitros, who got a first-place effort from Hovhannisyan in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.90).

Wolff, Jade Wilia, Hahn and Broussard teamed up to win the 400 freestyle relay (4:10.75).

The boys' meet proved to be dramatic.

Glendale (1-1) raced out to a 56-36 lead midway through the meet before Flintridge Prep (0-2) made a late surge that fell just short.

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