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Armour, Hovey lead Homestead to third
By Eric Fontes
The Homestead swim teams made quite a splash in the Central Coast Section swimming and diving championships.

The girls notched 178 points to finish third out of 36 schools competing at the Santa Clara Swim Center on May 17.

Catherine Kung, Jessica Lee, Amber Hovey, Abra Armour and Jackie Laird starred for the Mustangs. Kung, Lee, Hovey and Armour won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:46.96.

Laird teamed with Kung, Hovey and Armour to grab fourth in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:35.60.

Armour capped off her senior season with a first-place showing in the 100 free in 52.44. She swam 23.90 in the 50 free to finish second behind CCS record-breaker Brooke Bishop of Mountain View.

Hovey matched Armour's efforts as she nailed first in the 100 butterfly in 55.33 and second in the 200 individual medley in 2:04.58.

Kung provided some depth by placing seventh in 100 fly (59.30) and ninth in the 100 backstroke (59.69).

The Mustang swimmers also held their own in the boys' competition by finishing ninth as a team.

Mat Schmidt placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke in 59.20 and fifth in the 200 IM in 1:57.45.

Karta Khalsa contributed with a fifth-place finish in the 100 fly in 52.70.

Other local standouts included Lynbrook's Cole Robinson, who grabbed third in the 100 fly in 51.67, and Michael Wang, who swam to sixth place in the 200 free in 1:46.20.

Viking freshman Nilasha Ghosh doubled in the women's competition, placing second in the 100 fly (57.62) and fifth in the 100 backstroke (59.45).

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