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| Friday, May 16 2008 10:43 PM
Last Updated: Friday, May 16 2008 10:45 PM
Stockdale led Kern County into the finals of the Central Section Swimming Championships during Friday's preliminaries at Clovis West in Fresno.
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On the girls side, Emily Irvin and Sara Ramos each qualified in four events -- they're both part of the Mustangs' 200-yard medley and 200 freestyle relay teams, and Irvin qualified in the 200 individual medley and with the best time in the 100 breaststroke. Ramos had the second-best time in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.
The Mustangs qualified for the finals in 26 events.
Swimmers or relay teams had to finish in the top 16 on Friday to advance to today's finals, which begin at 10:30 a.m.
Brian Collier pulled the four-event qualification for Stockdale on the boys side. He was part of the Mustangs' 200 medley relay, which had the day's best time, and the 400 freestyle relay, plus qualified in the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke.
Besides Irvin and Stockdale's boys medley relay, Kern County athletes who enter the finals with the best preliminary time are Halaska in the 200 IM (who was second in the 100 breaststroke), and Shafter's Jay Daniel in the 100 breaststroke.
Also qualifying in four events: Tehachapi's Michael Halaska, Dylan Patton and Wesley Schultz; Bakersfield's Erica Becker, Chris Reddick and Michael Newby; Frontier's Stevie Hughey and Randy Aakhus; Liberty's Michael Rowe, Mark Silvius and Karina Nafarrate; Garces' Mike Szwczyk; and Centennial's Logan Peeples and Vance Elmore.
Former Foothill standout named Concordia women's coach
Jenny Hansen, a star for the Foothill High girls basketball program in the mid-1990s, has been hired as the head coach at Concordia University of Irvine, the school announced.
Hansen was an All-South Yosemite League selection in 1995 and 1996 at Foothill High School, where she played for coach Doug Thompson. She also played four years for Concordia, concluding her career in 2001.
Concordia competes in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) and is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
She has earned a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in coaching and athletic administration. She was an assistant women's basketball coach for the last seven years and has also been the school's assistant sports information director.
-- Californian staff report