High school athletes from the CIF Southern Section will jump into the pool throughout the week at Riverside City College for the 2016 swim finals.
On the Division 2 girls side, Ayala’s Kenisha Liu and Redlands’ Melissa Pepper return with the hope of capping off their high school careers on top.
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The Redlands East Valley and Redlands High girls 200 yard medley relay teams finished 24th and 25th respectively during the inaugural CIF State Swim prelims.
Redlands East Valley boys 200 medley relay team took 11th in CIF State swim prelims. REV will swim in consolation finals. Damien was 20th and did not qualify.
There is plenty to watch out for during the upcoming week from Riverside City College, where the CIF Swimming and Diving Championships will take place from May 11-16. 
Monday will feature divers from Division 2 and Division 3 schools.
Redlands East Valley’s Jacklyn Edwards and Yucaipa’s Victoria Rice will be among the participants.
There will be many storylines to consider going in to the meet such as how Redlands High will do without Kyle Gornay, who graduated last year and Eric Dahnke, who retired as the Redlands High swimming coach in December following a 19-year stint at the school. Tyler Harp has taken over the duties.
Familiar faces to watch out for include Melissa Pepper of Redlands along with Emily Longfellow and Emily Rigsby of Redlands East Valley.
Redlands East Valley girls swimming won its first Citrus Belt League title. (Ed Castro / Redlands Daily Facts)
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Diving:
Monday, May 11
Division 2 (Boys at 8:30 a.m., Girls at 1 p.m.)
Division 3 for Boys and Girls will be at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, May 12
Division 1 (Boys at 8:30 a.m., Girls at 1 p.m.)
Division 4 (Boys and Girls will be at 5 p.m.)
Swimming:
Wednesday, May 13
Division 4 Prelims at 9 a.m.
Division 3 Prelims at 4 p.m.
Thursday, May 14
Division 1 Prelims at 9 a.m.
Division 3 Finals at 5 p.m.
Friday, May 15
Division 2 Prelims at 9 a.m.
Division 4 Finals at 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 16
Division 2 Finals at 10 a.m.
Diving State Qualifications (Top 16 boys and Top 16 girls) at 1:30 p.m.
Division 1 Finals at 5 p.m.