SWIMMING
Shipp 7th at State
Chase Shipp finished 7th this year at the State Diving Championships with a 525.10 score this year on May 9th at Clovis West High School. Last year he was 6th with a 566.95 score and his school record mark of 592.55 was set at the Sunset League finals this season.
TRACK & FIELD
Kollock and Sydney are CIF Champions
Jackson Kollock tossed the shot 50-06.5 to capture the D4 SSCIF Shot title, while Sydney Sydney bounced back from a disappointing second in the 1600 Meter Run to capture the Girls D4 3200 Meter Run with a 11:26.15 mark. Hayden Joseph was 9th in that race with an 11:57.51 time. The Southern Section Championships were held on May 11 at Moorpark High School in Ventura County.
Track and field, along with cross country, are still organized into divisions based on school size. In track, there are four divisions, with Laguna in D4 for schools 1,000 or fewer students. From 2017 to 2023, the Breakers competed in D3 (1001-1789 enrollments). The two individual titles won by the Breakers this year in track were the 28th and 29th individual crowns won by a Laguna athlete in six sports (track, swimming, diving, cross country, badminton, and tennis) Laguna has also won three doubles titles and nine relay titles in the 90 seasons of competition. Overall, 11 event winners have been the top titles for that sport in the Southern Section.
Season WRAP UP
This wraps the sports season for 2023-24 for the Breakers and the final run as a six-season member of the Sunset League. Next year, Laguna returns to the Pacific Coast League (now a conference), which will be an 8-team league for Boys and 9-teams for girls. Laguna was a charter member of the league from 1986 through 2006. Football will be part of the Orange County Conference, which is organized into 11 leagues and administered separately from the traditional high school sports leagues.
2024-25 Pacific Coast Conference with enrollments)
Portola (2519)
Northwood (2341)
University (2310)
Woodbridge (2218)
Irvine (1863)
Laguna Beach (930)
Sage Hill (559)
Margaret’s (472)
Rosary Academy (444 – Girls only)
Next week, we will review the six-year Sunset run, detail the 2024 football schedule and examine the upcoming fall sports league setup. Spring honors and team awards will also be published over the next few weeks as they become available.
Have a note/question on Laguna Beach sports/correction/update? E-mail Frank at [email protected]. Looking for the 2023-24 high school schedules and scores? Check Laguna Beach High School on the Max Preps website.
