Race Videos: Watch Alex Valente and Abbey Weitzeil At The CIF-SS Div 1 Championships

Bryant Lum was on hand at the CIF-SS Division 1 State Championships over the weekend and was able to capture race footage of Dos Pueblos’ Alex Valtente and Saugus’ Abbey Weitzeil. To view his youtube channel with other race videos from over the weekend, click here. 

Valente is SwimSwam’s #10 recruit in the high school class of 2015 and has committed to swim for USC. Over the weekend he won the men’s 100 freestyle with a time of 46.00.

Weitzeil won the girls 50 freestyle, breaking her own National High School record in the 50 freestyle. She broke the public HS record in prelims with a time of 21.83, and then lowered it again tonight with a 21.64. The public high school record is now more than a half second faster than the private school record.

Not long after breaking her record in the 50 freestyle, she was back up on the blocks for the 100 freestyle. She ran away with the girl’s 100 freestyle, winning the race with a new national record time of 47.33. She broke her own national HS record from prelims of 47.53. Watch her 100 freestyle below:

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ERVINFORTHEWIN
8 years ago

Abbey has such a speed !!! Damn ! her turns are very good , her leg kicks seem very efficient and her arm spin is impressive . The day she translates this on long course will be amazing .

Pvk
8 years ago

Incredible 100 fly for Alex Valente in 46.00, .13 fast than Seliskar. Hopefully he will go under Caeleb Dressel’s public school record of 45.89

bobo gigi
8 years ago
SwimFan
8 years ago

Can you post the D1 boy’s 500 free final?

Admin
Reply to  SwimFan
8 years ago

Hi SwimFan – we haven’t seen that one yet, but will look around for it.

Danjohnrob
8 years ago

Wow, watching these races is a whole lot more impressive than just reading about them! Thanks for posting these videos!

coacherik
Reply to  Danjohnrob
8 years ago

Who down votes an innocuous comment? Trolls…

Danjohnrob
Reply to  coacherik
8 years ago

Apparently I’ve expressed too many opinions on SwimSwam, so I’ve got “haters” here who downvote everything I write, CoachErik, but thanks for your comment! 🙂

Rafael
Reply to  Danjohnrob
8 years ago

I think there are people who downvote everything.. maybe just for trolling or just some emotional attachment.. I imagine people like. Damn, the guy 1 won, and people posted complimenting the winner, but My favorite is guy 2 who lost!! How dare anyone celebrate the victory of guy 1? I will downvote!!!!

bobo gigi
Reply to  Danjohnrob
8 years ago

Danjohnrob, I beat you easily at that game. And it’s an honor for me. 😆
Anyway, that’s the limit of that useless kind of tools.
The haters ruin everything.
But not important. Let them have fun! They’ve found a hobby to spend their days.

bobo gigi
Reply to  bobo gigi
8 years ago

You have a great example below! 😆

Danjohnrob
Reply to  Danjohnrob
8 years ago

Thanks for your replies, Rafael and Bobo! I know you’re both right, but I must admit it bothers me more than it should. Thanks also for posting all those links, Bobo, I enjoyed wathing the races. California high schools have some amazing swimmers!

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Tony Carroll

The writer formerly known as "Troy Gennaro", better known as Tony Carroll, has been working with SwimSwam since April of 2013. Tony grew up in northern Indiana and started swimming in 2003 when his dad forced him to join the local swim team. Reluctantly, he joined on the condition that …

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