Wendell \u201cWoWo\u201d Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins.<\/a><\/p>\nLong Beach Poly senior Lucas Jue won the CIF State championship in the 500 yard freestyle last weekend, taking the crown in more than a full second with a swim of 4:22.04.<\/p>\n
Jue joins the recent ranks of young Long Beach swim legends like Wilson\u2019s Samantha Hamilton (500 free) and Poly\u2019s Colin Geer (200 IM) in claiming a rare individual swim championship. For all of the Olympians Long Beach has produced, individual swim championships had been rare until the last five years.<\/p>\n
Jue, a Louisville signee, is an All-American swimmer who rewrote the Moore League record books over the last several years. After winning the CIF State meet, he got changed and wore his first-place medal over his suit when he went to Poly\u2019s prom.<\/p>\n
Jue also made it to the State finals in the 100 yard backstroke, where he finished ninth in 53.06.<\/p>\n
Jue wasn\u2019t the only Long Beach athlete competing\u2013Millikan junior Sienna Ramirez raced in the 100 yard backstroke and finished in 22nd place with a time of 1:04.56.<\/p>\n
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