Malia Fernandez, 8, beat the old record in the 7-and-8-year-old girls 25-meter freestyle. She finished with a time of 17.10 seconds, beating the record of 17.34 seconds. That put her in second place in the event after Jadyn Shinn of the Ceres Dolphins, who had a time of 16.75 seconds to set the new record.
Malia and teammates Megan Gee, Caitlin O’Neill and Emma Ronquillo also set a meet record with their first-place finish in the 7-8 girls 100-meter freestyle relay, where they logged a time of 1:15.72.
Setting a meet record in the 9-10 girls 200-meter freestyle relay were Tritons swimmers Madeline Loggins, Maddie Wittkowske, Kamryn Lucero and Keiana Fountain. They took first place in their event with a time of 2:24.61.
The Tritons finished in second place in the team points, with the Ripon Sea Lions, the Mid-Valley Swim League leaders, taking first with a team score of 904½. The Tritons scored 578 team points, the Ceres Dolphins 381½, the Sea Dogs 322, the Manteca Dolphins 186 and the Oakdale Gators 186. Top contributors to the team score
• Justin Phelps (38 team points), boys 15-16, first, 100 IM, 1:09.73; first, 50 free, 26.26; first, 100 breast, 1:17.83; first, 100 free, 58.89; second, 100 fly, 1:12.92; second, 100 back, 1:12.09.
• Ian Hutton (32 team points), boys 13-14, first, 100 IM, 1:15.85; first, 50 free, 27.69; first, 100 free, 1:03.10; second, 50 fly, 33.74; third, 50 breast, 41.05.
• Alec Fairfield (27 team points), boys 11-12, second, 100 IM, 1:23.24; second, 50 fly, 35.71; second, 50 free, 31.77; second, 50 back, 37.31; third, 100 free, 1:15.17.
• Jenika Tanjuakio (22 team points), girls 6 and under, first, 25 breast, 37.01; second, 25 free, 23.21; third, 25 back, 29.65.
• Liahla Fernandez (21 team points), girls 6 and under, first, 25 fly, 31.30; first, 25 free, 21.67; first, 50 free, 54.12. Other Tritons in the top three
Emily Wittkowske, girls 11-12, first, 100 free, 1:12.31; second, 50 free, 33.06. Jennifer Porter, girls 17-18, second, 100 IM, 1:20.09; second, 50 back, 35.98; second, 100 free, 1:08.68; third, 50 free, 31.64.
Kamryn Lucero, girls 9-10, second, 50 fly, 43.47; second, 100 free, 1:18.96; third, 50 free, 35.53. Lindsey Phelps, girls 17-18, second, 50 free, 31.51; second, 50 breast, 40.17. Caitlin O’Neill, girls 7-8, second, 25 breast, 25.99; third, 25 free, 17.69; third, 50 free, 42.23.
Malia Fernandez, girls 7-8, second, 25 free, 17.10; third, 25 fly, 20.79. Emma Ronquillio, girls 7-8, second, 50 free, 41.87; third, 25 back, 23.15. Meredith Hagler, girls 7-8, second, 25 back, 22.63. Cameron Higgins, boys 7-8, second, 50 free, 46.03. Keiana Fountaine, girls 9-10, third, 100 free, 1:19.82. Jonathan Gallaher, boys 11-12, third, 50 free, 31.85.


