O.C. surfers dominate event at Upper Trestles

Surfers from San Clemente, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana and Newport Beach powered their way to victory Sunday in a Surfing America Prime contest at Upper Trestles, just south of San Clemente.

Four of five divisions produced Orange County winners: Kulia Doherty of San Clemente for girls under 16; Colin Moran of Costa Mesa for boys under 16; Taylor Thorne of Newport Beach for boys under 18; and Courtney Conlogue of Santa Ana for girls under 18.

Colin Moran of Costa Mesa is shown en route to victory Sunday in the boys under 16 division of the Surfing America Prime contest at Upper Trestles.

This was the fourth of six West Coast Surfing America Prime events helping to qualify surfers for the USA Nationals in June at Lower Trestles.

Some highlights:

Boys under 18: Three of four finalists were from O.C.: winner Taylor Thorne of Newport Beach, third-place Luke Davis of Capistrano Beach and fourth-place Tanner Rozunko of San Clemente.

Girls under 16: Three of four finalists were from O.C.: winner Kulia Doherty of San Clemente, third-place Shelby Detmers of Newport Beach and fourth-place Lulu Erkeneff of Dana Point.

Girls under 18:Two of four finalists were from O.C.: winner Courtney Conlogue of Santa Ana and runner-up Taylor Pitz of Laguna Beach .

Boys under 16: Two of four finalists were from O.C.: winter Colin Moran of Costa Mesa and third-place Scott Weinhardt of Dana Point.

Boys under 14:Two of four finalists were from O.C.: second-place Griffin Colapinto of San Clemente and third-place Jacob Davis of Capistrano Beach. The winner was Nic Hernandez of Santa Cruz.

On the West Coast, the remaining Surfing America Prime qualifying events are March 20-21 at Oceanside and April 17-18 at Malibu.

To learn more, visit www.surfingamerica.org. See more photos at ocregister.com/sanclemente.

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