Athletes of the Week: Shannon Slaught and Chris Grant

Bishop Diego's Shannon Slaught
Santa Barbara High's Chris Grant

Athletes of the Week: Shannon Slaught of Bishop Diego is the female winner. She was a runner-up in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke at the CIF Division 4 swimming finals at Belmont Plaza. In one of the races, she finished .19 seconds out of first.

The male award winner is Chris “Booie” Grant of Santa Barbara High tennis. He sparked the Dons to a 10-8 win over Marina in the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoffs, coming from behind to beat a highly ranked Southern California junior player in the first round of play. He won all three sets in that match and went 2-1 in the playoff opener against Loyola.