Mitty's Shareef Elaydi and Leigh's Malia Groen set records and won championships in the Central Coast Section boys and girls swimming championships.
Mitty ’s Shareef Elaydi competes in the Boys 200 IM during the Central Coast Section boys and girls swimming championships held at Independence High School in San Jose, Calif.
, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Elaydi finished first with a time of 1:46.68. The Mitty boys scored 251 points to 204 for second-place Valley Christian. The Mitty girls won it with 255 points.
Palo Alto was second with 178.5.
“I’m very proud of them both,” longtime Mitty coach Tom Miller said. “They clutched up and did what they needed to do. We have top-end kids and also a lot of kids who scored points in consolation. ” Shareef Elaydi certainly falls into that top-end category.
He broke the CCS record in the 100 breaststroke in Friday’s preliminaries with a time of 52.20. He broke his own record in Saturday’s finals, clocking 52.01.
“I wanted to go 51,” said Elaydi, which is something that should be within his reach next week at the state meet. “My first breakout was not that good. On my kick both my legs were out of the water. My dive was kind of bad.
If I clean those up anything can happen. ” Elaydi was the state champion in the 200 individual medley as a freshman and placed second in the butterfly. Last year as a sophomore he won the 100 breast and took second in the IM. Miller has coached at Mitty since 1986 and served as head coach since 1988, in addition to teaching AP World History.
Leigh’s Malia Groen competes in the Girls 500-yard freestyle during the Central Coast Section boys and girls swimming championships held at Independence High School in San Jose, Calif. , on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Groen finished first with a time of 4:49.19.
The Monarchs also received first-place finishes from Enna O’Young in the girls 100 breast as well as from the girls 200 medley and 400 free relay teams and from the boys 200 free relay. The CCS meet was full of record-breaking performances. The top individual swimmer was Valley Christian senior Yuri Kuzmenko. He set a new CCS record in the prelims in the 50 free with a time of 19.36.
In the finals, he lowered his own record to 19.30. Kuzmenko, who is headed to Princeton for college, established a CCS record in the 100 free last year as a junior with a time of 43.42. Nathan Foucu of The King’s Academy broke it in the prelims at 42.94. Kuzmenko came back in the final to take first place in 42.77.
“I do believe that last 50 split for Yuri is the fastest all-time for a high school swimmer,” Valley Christian coach Kevin Parizi said. “Maybe we can tap into an 18-second 50 free for the first time in high school history next week. ” Foucu went into the meet as the CCS recordholder in the 200 free with the 1:35.40 he recorded at last year’s CCS meet.
He lowered it in the prelims to 1:35.39 and then again in the finals with a time of 1:34.55. Saratoga’s Kelsey Zhang holds up her first place medal after winning first place in the Girls 200-yard IM during the Central Coast Section Boys and Girls Swimming Championships held at Independence High School in San Jose, Calif. , on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
Another new CCS record time was turned in by Saratoga’s Kelsey Zhang, who was clocked in 1:57.59 in the 200 IM at Thursday’s prelims, breaking the record of 1:57.75 that had stood since 2014, when it was set by Sacred Heart Prep’s Ally Howe. Zhang came back in Saturday’s final and lowered it again to 1:57.12.
“Watching her races, there’s always small things for improvement,” Saratoga coach Christian Bonner said. “There’s a lot more potential we see in the future. ” Gunn’s Nate Yoon competes in the Boys 100 yard butterfly during the Central Coast Section boys and girls swimming championships held at Independence High School in San Jose, Calif. , on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
Yoon finished first with a time of 22.14. Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Sydney Salazar, Dublin softballWoodside freshman Clara Young was a double winner in the 50 free and 100 free . Leigh freshman Aya Gillis-Pade was another double winner in the 200 free and 100 backstroke . Teammate Malia Groen captured the 500 free in 4:49.19, her third consecutive championship in that event.
Gunn’s Nate Yoon also won two events, taking first place in the 100 fly and 100 back . Menlo-Atherton’s Michael Powell won the boys 500 free in 4:25.07, a race he also won in 2024. Woodside’s Clara Young smiles after finishing first in the Girls 100-yard freestyle during the Central Coast Section boys and girls swimming championships held at Independence High School in San Jose, Calif. , on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
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