SF swimmers honored
The recently released 2010-2011 All-America swimmers list and records has Maddy Schaefer, a 2011 graduate of St. Francis High, as the fastest female high school swimmer in the nation for a fourth straight year. Schaefer, now at Stanford University, posted the top marks in the 50- (22.321 seconds) and 100-yard (48.64) freestyles. In addition, St. Francis girls picked up three All-American relay awards: the 200 medley (1:47.26) with Joyce Zhou (Class of 2013), Jacqui Levere (2011), Stephanie Scherp (2013) and Schaefer; the 200 freestyle (1:35.85) with Schaefer, Courtney Batcheller (2014), Scherp and Jessie Ho (2013); and 400 freestyle (3:27.07) with Schaefer, Ho, Zhou and Levere.
Snowshoeing tips
REI in Mountain View is scheduled to host a free presentation, “Snowshoeing Basics,”7-8:30 p.m. Thursday. REI snowshoe specialist Philip Watkins will demonstrate how to select appropriate gear and provide tips on where to go snowshoeing. REI is located at 2450 Charleston Road. For more information, call 969-1938 or visit www.rei.com/mountainview.
Lacrosse clinic
The U.S. women’s national lacrosse team is scheduled to lead a youth instructional clinic for girls in grades 3-12 Sunday at Stanford University. Hosted by the Northern California chapter of U.S. Lacrosse, the clinic runs 9-11:30 a.m. for grades 3-8 and 12:30-3 p.m. for grades 9-12. Cost is $55 for current U.S. Lacrosse members. For more information or to register, visit www.uslacrosse.org.
Soccer tryouts
Red Star Soccer Academy has scheduled tryouts for its under-8 and under-9 boys teams through Thursday at Grant Park and Montclaire Elementary in Los Altos. For tryout times and preregistration, call 380-0099 or visit www.redstarsoccer.com.
