La Mirada~La Mirada senior Evan Klansek broke a school record during the Suburban League swimming preliminaries this past Tuesday at Splash!

The Berkley-bound Klansek had a time of 1:52.50 in the 200-yard freestyle competition, with many Matadores setting personal best times as well.

The schools competing are La Mirada, Cerritos, Bellflower, Artesia and Mayfair.

The swimmers are trying to qualify for the CIF-SS Division 4 Championships next week, May 6^th-10^th at the Riverside Aquatics Complex.

Some swimmers have qualified for CIF at other meets, some have or will with automatic-in times today, and still some will be considered, and they will find out Saturday if they are in or out.

Here is a list of La Mirada swimmers who have qualified or have been considered:

Evan Klansek: automatic in 50yd free, 100yd free, 200yd free, consideration in 200yd IM; Shane Chambers: consideration in 200yd free, 500yd free and Trent Beauchamp-Sanchez: automatic in 100yd back, consideration in 500yd free.

Also, Sean Lundin: automatic in 500 free, consideration in 200yd free, 100yd fly; Ryan Poff: consideration in 100yd fly; Anthony Melero: consideration in 200yd free; Ross Jasso: consideration in 100yd breast

Also, all three boys’ relays and all three girls’ relays for La Mirada have qualified for CIF.

The Suburban League Finals are today at 3:00 p.m. at Splash! with free admission.