Archive for January, 2010

Banquet is Awesome

Posted on January 28th, 2010

What a super duper evening for the TCC Swim Team – good food and lots of fun. The seniors were great and made us laugh and cry – we will miss them! Twenty-one splashes to Janice Whittington for putting on a first-class affair. Thanks to John Haney and Kyle De Haas for their help on the video.

Jon Appleberry, Kate Santilena, and Dylan Tarazona are “Q” Champions

Posted on January 13th, 2010

“Q” meant QUICK for our TCC swimmers at the 2010 Senior “Q” meet held in Long Beach.  Three swimmers were crowned “Q” champions:

Jon Appleberry, 16 500 free (4:46.43)
Kate Santilena, 15 500 free (5:07.06)
Dylan Tarazona, 14 200 fly (2:00.73)

“It was such fun to see everyone swim so fast.  Almost every race was a lifetime best, and it was great to see our swimmers cheering for each other,” said a proud coach Tressa Ries.

Other highlights included:

Jon Appleberry, 16 – 2nd in 100 free, 8th in 100 fly
Ben Jardine, 14 – 3 lifetime bests in 100 fly, 200 IM, 200 breast
Samantha Keehn, 14 – 7th in 100 free, 9th in 200 IM
Lau Ortiz, 16 – 3rd in 200 back, 200 fly
Olga Ortiz, 12 – 10th in 200 fly, lifetime bests in 100 free, 200 free
Kate Santilena, 15 – 2nd in 100 breast, 200 free, 200 IM, 1000 free, 3rd in 200 fly
Dylan Tarazona, 14 – 2nd in 100 fly, 16th in 50 free
Tana Wilson, 15 – 6th in 200 breast, 11th in 400 IM, 13th in 100 breast
Heidi Zuniga, 14 – 2nd in 200 fly, 11th in 100 fly, 14th in 500 free

Winter Wonder Pancakes

Posted on January 2nd, 2010

Santa elves didn’t disappoint — cooking up some winter wonderful pancakes and sizzling sausages for our hungry TCC swimmers. Thanks to all that helped cook, serve orange juice and bubbly cider and who helped with clean-up. Thanks Janice for making our Christmas breakfast so much fun!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE