By Town Crier Staff Report

Los Altos resident Brook Bishop placed 18th in the 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. National Swimming Championships, held Aug. 14-18 in Clovis.

The Mountain View High sophomore is a member of Stanford Covington Racing Aquatics, a swim club based in Los Altos coached by Scott Shea.

A week earlier, four other SCRA swimmers represented the Pacific Swimming All-Star Team at the Western Zone championship meet in Maui, Hawaii. SCRA teammates Courtney Beyer, Taylor Wells, Lauren Bailey and Danielle Hildebrandt helped the Pacific All-Stars win the meet over rival Southern California.

Teams from all the western states competed in the Western Zone meet, including those from Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico and Alaska.

The 80-member Pacific team consisted of swimmers from clubs in Northern California, plus Reno and Carson City, Nevada.