2009 JO Results

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Central California Swimming Short Course Junior Olympics
Hillman Aquatics Center, Cal State Bakersfield, Bakersfield CA
19 - 22 February 2009

Seven athletes from the club made the trip - led again by Paola Hernandez. Paola, who qualified in 11 events only swam the 7 allowed. She also qualified in the 500 Free, 100 Brst, 200 Fly, & 400 IM.

Complete Results: www.centralcalswim.org/SwimMeets/Results.asp

Paola Hernandez [13-14 Year-old Girls]

Free
50 1st 25.09 (2nd Mia Schachter, 25.13) PR 25.36
100 2nd 54.32 (1st Mia Schachter, 53.63) PR 55.70
200 1st 1:57.95 (2nd Emily Swindle, 1:58.02) PR 2:02.64
500 DNS (1st Katelyn Rhodes, 5:14.02) PR 5:15.74 [would have been 2nd]

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Tsunami sweeps into Fresno

The Lompoc Tsunami Aquatics team will be competing in the 2009 Long Course Central California Swimming Junior Olympics held in Fresno at the Central Unified School District Aquatics Complex.

Jeff Storie, the team’s head coach,says this will be the largest number of swimmers ever to represent Lompoc in the club’s history.

The four-day format — running from Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, Aug 2, begins each day with prelims from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The top 16 swimmers in each event will then swim in the finals each evening from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Paola Hernandez, Sam Carroll, Eduardo Carenas, Jake Robinson, Ryan Dang and Nicole Zarinan are all returning Tsunami swimmers to the JO’s. The Tsunami team will also be represented by seven additional swimmers making their Junior Olympic debuts.

The returning competitors are as follows, with their age in parenthesis and events:

Paola Hernandez (14), 50, 100, 200 freestyle, 100, 200 backstroke, 100, 200 butterfly, 200, 400 Individual Medley

Samantha Carroll (12), 50, 100, 200 freestyle, 50, 100 backstroke, 50, 100 butterfly, 200 Individual Medley

Eduardo Carenas (12) 50, 100, 200 freestyle, 50, 100 breaststroke, 50, 100 butterfly, 200 Individual Medley

Jake Robinson (10) 50, 100, 200 freestyle, 50, 100 breaststroke, 200 Individual Medley

Ryan Dang (9) 50, 100, 200 freestyle, 50, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 50, 100 butterfly, 200 Individual Medley

Nicole Zarinan (9) 100, 200 freestyle, 50, 100 backstroke.

Competing at the Junior Olympics for the first time are:

Alfredo Navarro (14) 50, 100, 200 freestyle, Jamison Diep (12) 50, 100, 200 freestyle, Blake Espinoza (12) 50, 100 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, Abi Stangle (12) 100 breaststroke, Ciara Cardenas (9) 50, 100, 200 freestyle, Riqui Cardenas (10) 50, 100, 200 freestyle, Lia Zarinan (10) 50, 100, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 50, 100 backstroke, 200 Individual Medley.

We will post results as we get them !!

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TEAM RESULTS

Most of the clubs at the Central California JO's had dozens of competitors, the Tsunami Aquatics sent only a baker's dozen (6 girls & 7 boys), but they were able to finish exactly in the middle of the 23 teams present. They scored no relay points, and only on a few occasions had three swimmers in an event.

CCS Long Course Junior Olympics
7/30/2009 thru 8/2/2009
Combined Team Scores - Through Event 220

1. Clovis Swim Club 3312.5
2. Santa Maria Swim Club 3150
3. Tule Nation Tritons 2917
4. Bakersfield Swim Club 2697.5
5. Puma Aquatic Team 2094
6. Fresno Dolphins Swim Team 1502.5
7. San Luis Obispo Swim Club 1197
8. Sandpipers of Nevada 864.5
9. Merced Skimmers Swim Team 765
10. Bakersfield Aquatics Club 636.5
11. Lompoc Tsunami Swim Team 590
12. Unattached - Central Californi 548
13. Raisin Country Aquatics 396.5
14. West Coast Swimming 276
15. Indian Wells Valley Swim Team 168
16. Fig Garden Swim Team 167
17. Rip Tide Aquatics 133
18. Beach Swim Club 111
19. Buenaventura Swim Club 97
20. Madera Aquatic Team 74
21. North County Aquatics 50
22. Kings Swim Club 28
23. Team Rebel Aquatics 19
24. Unattached-Central California 1

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CCS Long Course JO's 7/30/2009 - 8/02/2009

NOTE: After morning Preliminaries, the top 8 advance to the 'A' Final, and the next 8 to the 'B' Final the evening of that same day.

THE WOMEN
Women 13-14

Paola Hernandez

The Amazing Paola had her average type meet - 5 1sts, a 2nd, & 3 3rds in 9 events. Although she didn't win any freestyle events she mostly swam well against tough competition, and dominated the backstroke & IM races.

In the 50 Free she was third behind Taylor Solorio (Bakersfield) & Hannah Giles (Tule Nation), despite posting a very respectable 28.97. How respectable ? It was only 2 tenths off her PB (which still would have been 3rd) and was the 14th best of any age posted in the contest (her other time was 25th). Older swimmers Mariah Tharp (1,3,4) & Megan Eppler (2nd) had the fastest times, and each posted US Open qualifying times -- the only 3 US Open qualifiers of the entire meet. Solorio was 5th/17th & Giles 10th/27th on that list of 268.

In the 100 Free, Paola was seeded 2nd, won the Prelims, but was nipped by Solario in the finals. She did lower her PB by about a third of a second. She also took a quarter second off her 200 Free time, but finished behind #1 seed Jenna Corbin [Santa Maria] & Solario.

She then cruised through the Backstroke events, winning the 100 by 2.5 seconds (2 sec. off her PB), and the 200 by 8 seconds while approaching her Personal Best [PB]. Her two 200 Back swims were the 2nd & 3rd fastest of the meet.

She won the 100 Butterfly in similar fashion - 2 seconds faster than 2nd place, 2 seconds off her PB, and the second fastest swim of the meet. The 200 was a different matter, however. Lindsey Hiltner [6.4] & Hailey Mastrup [1.68] (both of Santa Maria SC) joined Hernandez [4.12] in taking considerable time off their PB's for the 3rd, 4th, & 5th fastest swims in the meet.

The IM events were a repeat of the Backstroke. Paola won the 200 by half a second (1.5 off her PB), and the 400 by half a second (3 sec off her PB). In the 400 prelims, the 2nd seed time was 12 seconds behind, and she won by 3 seconds (10 seconds off her PB). She posted the 5th (200) and 4th (400) fastest swims of the meet.

Women 11-12

Samantha 'Sam' Carroll

Sam swam in 8 events and mostly did better in the morning prelims than in the evening finals, but she did qualify for the 'B' finals or better in all events.

Results: Race [Prelim finish/ Final Finish]

50 Free - [9th/ DQ] Just missed the 'A' final by 0.08 sec. .
100 Free - [10th/ 16th] Struggled in the finals.
200 Free - [9th/ 9th] Swam PB in Prelim, but was 0.35 short .
50 Back - [15th/ 14th] PB (40.17) in Prelim.
100 Back - [11th/ 12th] PB (1:24.42) again in Prelim.
50 Fly - [14th/ 16th] Another Prelim PB (37.27).
100 Fly - [7th/ 8th] PB (by 1.03) in Prelim (1:23.95).
200 IM - [16th/ 16th] Guess what ? Prelim PB (3:02.85).

Abigail 'Abi' Stangl

Meanwhile, Abi Stangl, making her initial JO appearance, just missed (0.48 sec) making the 'B' final in her sole event - the 100 M breaststroke.

Women 10 & Under

Lia Zarinan (10), Nicole Zarinan (9), and Ciara Cardenas (9), represented the Tsunami in this division. They had numerous 'B' Final appearances, and several trips to the 'A' finals. The top finish was Lia's 5th in the 200 IM.


Results (P= Prelim, F = Finals)

50 Free: Lia [18th P]
100 Free: Lia [10th F, 9th P], Nicole [14th F, 16th P], Ciara [17th P (0.15 back)]
200 Free: Lia [8th F, 8th P], Ciara [11th F,12th P], Nicole [11th F, 12th P]
50 Back: Nicole [10th F, 11th P], Lia [12th F, 12th P]
100 Back: Nicole [9th F, 12th P], Lia [DQ F, 9th P]
100 Brst: Lia [15th F, 9th P]
100 Fly: Lia [7th F, 6th P]
200 IM: Lia [5th F, 6th P]

THE MEN

Men 13-14

Alfredo Navarro
27th in the 50 Free, 26th in the 100 Free, & 24 th in the 200 Free. He had PB's in both the 50 and 200.

Men 11-12

Three swimmers represented the club in the 11-12 year-old races - returner Eduardo Cardenas and newcomers Jamison Diep & Blake Espinosa. The highlights were two 2nd place finishes in the breaststroke by Eduardo Cardenas.

Results (P= Prelim, F = Finals)

50 Free: Eduardo [4th F, 4th P], Jamison [11th F, 11th P]
100 Free: Jamison [11th F, 14th P], Eduardo[14th F, 12th P]
200 Free: Eduardo [9th F, 9th P], Jamison [13th F,10th P]
50 Brst: Eduardo [2nd F, 2nd P], Blake [7th F, 8th P]
100 Brst: Eduardo [2nd F, 2nd P], Blake [7th F, 7th P]
50 Fly: Eduardo [4th F, 5th P], Blake [13th F, 13th P]
100 Fly: Eduardo [5th F, 6th P]
200 IM: Eduardo [6th F, 4th P]

Men 10 & Under

Three swimmers also represented the club in this group - returners Jacob "Jake" Robinson (10) & Ryan Dang (9), along with newcomer Riqui Cardenas. Although none reached the podium, they were frequent visitors to the 'A' Finals.


Results (P= Prelim, F = Finals)

50 Free: Riqui [9th F, 10th P], Jake [11th F, 13th P], Ryan [12th F, 11th P]
100 Free: Riqui [6th F, 8th P], Jake [9th F, 11th P], Ryan [11th F, 10th P]
200 Free: Jake [9th F, 11th P], Riqui [10th F, 10th P], Ryan [11th F, 9th P]
100 Back: Ryan [7th F, 7th P]
50 Brst: Jake [8th F, 7th P], Ryan [10th F, 9th P]
100 Brst: Ryan [7th F, 6th P], Jake [9th F, 9th P]
50 Fly: Ryan [7th F, 6th P]
100 Fly: Ryan [7th F, 5th P]
200 IM: Ryan [6th F, 6th P], Jake [8th F, 8th P]

Complete Results: www.centralcalswim.org/SwimMeets/Results.asp