We
had a small but mighty team at Summer JO's - With only 14 athletes we took 5
golds, 2 silvers, 1 fifth, 3 sixths, 2 eights, 1 tenth, and seven more top
twenty swims. We came in 14th out of 36 teams. Considering we had 5 kids
out at Junior Nationals ... not so bad when you do the percentages!
Here's a breakdown of the swims that finished in the top 20:
10 and under - Sasha Kumar truly had an amazing JO performance with four first and two second place finishes! 50 back - 1st, 50 breast - 1st, 50 fly - 1st, 50 free - 2nd, 100 breast - 1st, 200 IM - 2nd. (We nicknamed her "The Beast.")
Lily Parks also took home the gold with a first place finish in the 13/14 girls 100 breaststroke!
Final results:
11/12 Boys - Garrett Chin - 100 back - 18th
13/14 Girls - Sarah Booth - 200 fly - 18th;
Sumar Kumar - 100 breast - 18th;
Lilly Parks - 100 breast - 1st;, 200 breast - 5th, 200 IM - 10th;
Lydia Tang - 100 back - 9th, 200 back - 12th;
200 Medley Relay and 400 Medly Relay - 6th
13/14 Boys - Patrick Yin - 50 free - 15th
15 and over Girls - Nicole Hau - 200 breast - 13th, 100 fly - 11th;
Milena Lopez - 200 fly - 20th
Megan Machynia - 100 fly - 8th
15 and over Boys - Avelino Enriquez - 200 back - 10th; 100 back - 5th in prelims;
Click here for a link to the Andrew Saeta interview as featured this week on swimmingworldmagazine.com. Click on the link below to read an article by Sue Pascoe that I believe to have a lot of truth. Over the years things have changed in sport and I believe we will be much more help to our swimmers if our parents understand how our coaches are thinking and making decisions here at CALI. As the article attests, it is our losses and failures that build our character and in the end make us all better student-athletes.Bringing Back Competition for Kids is a Winner - by Sue Pascoe
Congratulations to Andrew Saeta
for making his first Olympic Trials cut in the 100 Backstroke at the Stanford Grand Prix. Andrew posted a 57.65 a full
.33 under the standard. Next stop for Andrew ..... Omaha!!!
Local News Coverage
Saeta Not Thinking
too far ahead ...
Bring up
the possibilities of attending this summer's Beijing Olympics, and Andrew
Saeta gives a hearty laugh. Sure, the Pasadena Poly and Alhambra-based
California Aquatics club swimmer has the opportunity to go to Beijing, but
the 17-year-old junior said he knows what those chances are when he
competes in the Olympic Trials backstroke races June 29-July 6 in Omaha,
Neb. More ...
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