We want to thank everyone who helped at our 2011 BR/W Long Course Meet on May 21 & 22.  Once again, the kids did a super job in the pool and the parents did a great job on the deck.  We hope our swimmers enjoyed their “Go TCC” goodie bags and we hope the entire summer runs as smoothly as our meet did.  Thanks to our department chairs:
John Haney
Patrick Altree
Gary Garcia
Agnes Cristobal
Joy Ortiz
Irma Fuertez
Natasha Yakovlev
Marcela Antuna
Janice Whittington
Amy Budds
Sean Liske
Fabiola Fontanilla
Greg Vermillion
We could not have run the meet without your special efforts.
A special thanks to Patrick Altree for early set-up and organizing the shed after the meet.and to Amy Budds for all the volunteer paperwork.

TCC swimmer Sonia Wang achieved her first USA Olympic Trial time at the Memorial Day 2011 Speedo Grand Challenge held in Irvine.  Sonia’s time in the 100 meter butterfly of 1:01.98 qualified her for the 2012 USA Swimming Olympic Trials, held in Omaha, Nebraska, next June.  “WOW.  This is a huge accomplishment for Sonia.  The Olympic Trials is the highest level of competition in this country and Sonia will be there,” said a happy Coach John. This is the second TCC swimmer (Noelle Tarazona & Sonia) to qualify for the 2012 trials.

We are very proud of you and congrats Sonia

Michael Haney set a new “Masters” CIF record in the 200 freestyle at the 2011 CIF Southern Section Masters Championships.  Michael’s sizzling time of 1:37.70 broke the old record by 1.5 seconds.  Michael also won the 100 freestyle in a 44.84.
Congratulations Mike!!

At the Division 2 Swimming C.I.F. Championships, held in Long Beach, Noelle Tarazona, concluded her high school swimming career, by defending her 100 yard butterfly title.  Noelle won the event, for the second consecutive year, in a lifetime best of 54.54.  Noelle also placed 2^nd in the 200 I.M. with a personal best of 2:01.13.
Michael Haney captured the Division 3 swim titles in both the 100 and 200 yard freestyle.  Michael’s time of 44.67 in the 100 and 1:38.00 in the 200 free were both lifetime bests.  This is the 2^nd year Michael has won both the 100 and 200 freestyle (he was in Division 4 last year).
Noelle’s 100 butterfly time and Michael’s 100 and 200 freestyle times were the fastest times for all four divisions in C.I.F.

Other TCC swimmers placing in the top 8 were:

Oriana Wang (D2) – 2^nd in the 200 free, 3^rd in the 500 free
Kyle Coan (D2) – 5^th in the 200 free, 7^th in the 500 free
Jason Haney (D2) – 2^nd in the 100 free, 7^th in the 200 free
Kate Santilena (D2) – 4^th in the 200 I.M. and 100 free
Rebecca Coan (D2) – 7^th in the 200 I.M. and 100 butterfly
Brandon Porter (D2) – 3^rd in the 100 butterfly
Kevin Coan (D2) – 8^th in the 50 free and 100 back

Placing in the consolation finals were:

Brandon Porter (D2) – 9^th in the 200 I.M.
Lau Ortiz (D2) – 13^th in the 200 I.M.
Tara Bletcher (D2) – 13^th in the 50 free
Quinn Brewton (D2) – 10^th in the 50 free
Dylan Tarazona (D2) – 10^th in the 100 butterfly
Tana Wilson (D2) – 14^th in the 100 breast
Kellie Erkel (D3) – 9^th in the 500 free
William Granberry (D4) – 13^th in the 500 free

TCC swimmer Kyle Coan is headed to the 2011 USA Swimming Western Zone Camp on May 19 -22.
Kyle will join 55 other young swimmers at Arizona State University for discussions on meet preparation, stroke technique and race strategy.
Invitation to the camp included 28 male athletes – 15 that were selected based on the 2010 Long Course IMX scores and the remaining 13 based on the fastest long course times of the season.  “This is a great opportunity for Kyle. He had a super long course season and this camp will only help him going forward,” said Head Coach John.  Have Fun Kyle!!

GO – Swim Fast – Have Fun at your respective C.I.F.Division Championships

Jacob Altree                                                    Jason Haney
Tara Bletcher                                                  Tom Harper
Quinn Brewton                                                 Melina Joseph
Kevin Coan                                                      Tiffanie Perez
Kyle Coan                                                        Brandon Porter
Rebecca Coan                                                 Hunter Sa-Nguansap
Kellie Erkel                                                       Kate Santilena
Karla Fuertez                                                   Dylan Tarazona
Maryzyl Garcera                                               Noelle Tarazona
William Granberry                                             Oriana Wang
Michael Haney                                                  Tana Wilson
Heidi Zuniga                                                      Brandon Whittington