Team Scores (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\nThe Bakersfield High School girls and Orcutt Academy boys were victorious on Friday at the CIF Central Section Division II Championships in Bakersfield, earning a pair of tightly contested titles over Highland High School.<\/p>\n
The Bakersfield girls scored 205 points to top runner-up Highland (187.5) by 17.5 points, while the Orcutt boys outscored Highland by 10 points, 226-216. Last year, Bakersfield was competing in Division I, while the Orcutt boys placed 7th in Division II.<\/p>\n
GIRLS\u2019 RECAP<\/p>\n
The Bakersfield girls were led by junior\u00a0Katie Kaff, who swept the 100 breast (1:05.49) and 200 IM (2:09.44) titles after going faster in both events in the prelims (1:04.69\/2:08.37).<\/p>\n
Last year, Kaff placed 2nd in the 100 breast and 3rd in the 200 IM at the Central Section D1 Championships, setting respective best times of 1:03.55 and 2:05.75.<\/p>\n
Kaff also contributed to both of Bakersfield\u2019s winning relays, which kicked off in the 200 medley. The quartet of\u00a0Brooke Parks\u00a0(34.77), Kaff (29.79),\u00a0Allison Bye (29.06) and\u00a0Sophie Stallings (26.91) combined for a time of 2:00.53, edging out Highland, which placed 2nd in 2:00.94.<\/p>\n
At the end of the meet in the 400 free relay, Bakersfield rolled to a dominant victory by nearly five seconds in 3:59.24 behind the squad of Stallings (1:01.88), Bye (1:02.19), Amelia Wood\u00a0(1:01.16) and Kaff (54.01).<\/p>\n
Matching Kaff with 40 individual points was Shafter junior\u00a0Sarah-Jane Osborne, who went two-for-two with victories in the 100 back (58.96) and 100 fly (56.44). Her swim in the 100 back marked a new best time, while her 100 fly clocking matched her lifetime best from last year\u2019s\u00a0Central Section Division I Championships, where she placed 3rd.<\/p>\n
Other Event Winners<\/p>\n
200 free \u2013 Josie Martin, Shafter, 2:01.25
\n50 free \u2013 Alina Espinola, Chowchilla, 25.47
\n100 free \u2013 Kathryn Forbes, Dinuba, 55.39
\n500 free \u2013 Emma Taylor, Coalinga, 5:32.25
\n200 free relay \u2013 Highland High School (B. Briley, M. Fox, J. Ehret, D. Dotson), 1:46.57
\n1-meter diving \u2013 Rylie Pendergrass, Taft Union, 514.15<\/p>\n
Girls\u2019 Team Standings \u2013 Top 5<\/p>\n
Bakersfield High School, 205
\nHighland High School, 187.5
\nChowchilla Union High School, 149.5
\nTaft Union High School, 141
\nIndependence High School, 138<\/p>\n
BOYS\u2019 RECAP<\/p>\n
Headlining the boys\u2019 competition was Orcutt Academy senior\u00a0Ray Pettit, who led his team to the title after setting a pair of Central Section Division II records.<\/p>\n
Pettit kicked the meet off with a strong showing in the 200 free, firing off a time of 1:40.26 to take down a 23-year-old D2 record of 1:41.35 set by\u00a0Chris Nolan in 2003. Pettit came into the meet with a best time of 1:41.96, set in February 2025.<\/p>\n
Placing 2nd in the 200 free and nearly going under the old record was Yosemite sophomore\u00a0Kaiden Rockey, who put up a time of 1:41.63.<\/p>\n
Later in the meet, Pettit rolled to victory in the 500 free in 4:35.76, cracking the Central Section D2 record of 4:36.98 set by\u00a0Peter Kline in 2007. Pettit owns a lifetime best of 4:32.96, set last year.<\/p>\n
In addition to his runner-up finish in the 100 free, Rockey picked up a victory of his own in the 100 free, clocking 46.77 to fall just shy of the D2 record of 46.68 set by\u00a0Landon Lassahn in 2023.<\/p>\n
Rockey is coming off setting personal bests of 46.14 in the 100 free and 1:40.98 in the 200 free at the Speedo Sectionals in Oceanside at the end of February.<\/p>\n
In addition to his individual wins, Pettit also anchored in 21.71 to lead the Orcutt Academy boys to victory in the 200 free relay in a time of 1:31.71.<\/p>\n
Joining Pettit with two individual victories was San Joaquin Memorial junior\u00a0Ike Rodriguez, who set best times en route to wins in the 100 breast (1:00.94) and 200 IM (2:04.45).<\/p>\n
Highland High School won two of the three relays, dominating the field in the 200 medley relay by nearly seven seconds in 1:40.31, and then they followed up by claiming the 400 free relay by less than two-tenths in 3:19.71.<\/p>\n
Highland\u2019s 200 medley relay squad featured\u00a0Juan Pablo Melgoza (25.46),\u00a0Zane Rock (28.20),\u00a0Nick Gonzalez\u00a0(24.09) and\u00a0Ian Duarte. (22.56), and in the 400 free relay, it was the same quartet: Gonzalez (50.61), Melgoza (48.90), Rock (51.70) and Duarte (48.50).<\/p>\n
Orcutt Academy notably had a blistering 47.06 anchor from Pettit in the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n
Other Event Winners<\/p>\n
50 free \u2013 Kai Sharpe, Edison, 21.65
\n100 fly \u2013 Isaak Ensz, Immanuel Christian, 52.71
\n100 back \u2013 Jude Moore, Morro Bay, 53.79
\n1-meter diving \u2013 Mateo Sanchez, Golden West, 443.60<\/p>\n
Boys\u2019 Team Standings \u2013 Top 5<\/p>\n
Orcutt Academy, 226
\nHighland High School, 216
\nGolden West High School, 173
\nBakersfield High School, 165
\nMorro Bay High School, 137<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 CIF CENTRAL SECTION D2 CHAMPIONSHIPS May 6-10, 2026 Bakersfield, California Kern Aquatic Center SCY (25 yards) Results…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[130302,130303,130304,151,153,152,130305,130306,130307,130308,130309,130310,130311,130312,130313,130314,130315,130316,130317,130318,130319,130320,130321,130322,130323,130324,130325,130326],"class_list":["post-310541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-alina-espinola","tag-allison-bye","tag-amelia-wood","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-brooke-parks","tag-chris-nolan","tag-emma-taylor","tag-ian-duarte","tag-ike-rodriguez","tag-isaak-ensz","tag-josie-martin","tag-juan-pablo-melgoza","tag-jude-moore","tag-kai-sharpe","tag-kaiden-rockey","tag-kathryn-forbes","tag-katie-kaff","tag-landon-lassahn","tag-mateo-sanchez","tag-nick-gonzalez","tag-peter-kline","tag-ray-pettit","tag-rylie-pendergrass","tag-sarah-jane-osborne","tag-sophie-stallings","tag-zane-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}