Ayla Spitz, Ivan Nghi shine at Surf League swimming finals
LA TimesThe Surf League swimming finals may have lacked suspense on Friday at Golden West College, but fast times were certainly on the agenda. Newport Harbor High senior Ayla Spitz and Fountain Valley sophomore Ivan Nghi hope that a strong league finals is a precursor to a strong CIF Southern Section Division 1 meet, which takes place Thursday and May 4 at Riverside City College. Spitz was the girls’ Swimmer of the Meet for the Surf League, while Nghi shared the boys’ honor with Sullivan Moore of Los Alamitos. You leave it all in the pool, and I’m happy with that result.” Fountain Valley senior Hannah Farrow defended her league titles in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley. Having to push yourself to your limit just to get that first place, it’s a lot of fun.” On the boys’ side, Nghi also set meet records in his individual events, winning the IM in 1:48.99 and the butterfly in 52.94.