The Claremont Club Swim Team ended the short course swim season at the BRW Eastern Championships with lots of best times.  The swim team finished an impressive 3^rd place (against 30 teams) in the overall team standings.  Highlights included:

Lola Fernsten, 6 – finished for the 1st time in all 4 strokes
Lorelei Hartman, 6 – her 1st swim meet
Genevieve Niko, 6 – placed 1^st in the 25 breast
Ellie Struve, 6 – her 1^st TCC relay
Asha McClain, 7 – her 1^st TCC meet
Marly Lough & Sydney Struve – dominated the 8 & under free relay along with Genevieve and Paige
Paige Woodard, 8 – 1^st place in the “W” 25 breast
Anna Cohee, 10 – 1^st place in the 100 back
Sophia Gonzalez, 9 – her 1^st swim meet
Jasmin Antuna, 11 – scored a 1^st in the “W” 50 breast
Joe Lewis, 11 – “smoked” in his 1^st championship meet
Nicklas Maidens, 11 – his 1^st TCC meet
Gaby Niko , 12 – finished 1^st in the “R” 50 free
Jessica Gribble, 12 – placed 1^st in the “B” 200 free
Iza Spaczai, 11 – 1^st place in the “B” 50 fly
Kevin Boymoushakian, 13 – his 1^st swim meet
Marissa Gaslan, 13 – finished 1^st in the “R” 200 free
Ronnie Kane, 13 – his 1^st TCC meet
Finnian McGillivray, 13 – his 1^st TCC meet
Naseem Nazari, 13 – placed 1^st in the “R” 100 breast
Lexi Rybacki, 14 – achieved her 1^st Junior Olympic time in the 400 I.M.
Lance Verhoven, 13 – his 1^st swim meet
Miriam Haney, 16 – scored a 1^st place in the “R” 200 back
Shania Fontanilla, 15 – 1^st place in the “B” 200 fly
Karissa Vermillion, 16 – won her 1^st medal and was 1^st in the “R” 200 breast
Ana Yakovlev, 15 – finished 1^st in the”R” 500 free
Mark Jareankitja, 11 – 1^st place in the”R” 100 free
Carlos Franco, 12 – 1^st in the “B” 100 fly
Greg Yakovlev – 1^st 11-12 Winter Age Group time in the 500 free
Aaron Lee, 15 – scored a 1^st place in the “B” 200 fly
Brandon Whittington, 15 – 1^st place in the “B” 400 I.M.
Congratulations to all of you and great job on all the best times!!

Congrats to our Masters swimmers who competed at the CalTech Pentathlon.  Each swimmer competed in a 50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 free and 100 I.M.   Masters Swimming is divided into different age group categories and all nine of our TCC swimmers scored in their individual age groups:

18-24 years Female
Morena Clavo – 1^st in the 50 breast, 4^th in the 50 free and 100 I.M., 6^th in the 50 fly and 50 back
18-24 years Male
Erik Peterson – 1^st in the 50 fly, 4^th in the 50 back, breast and free
Hunter Kittle – 6^th in the 50 fly, 7^th in the 50 back, breast, free, and 100 I.M.
25-29 years Female
Tracy Hawkins – 7^th in the 50 fly, back, breast, free, and 100 I.M.
30-34 years Female
Christine Elliot – 6^th in the 50 breast and 50 free, 7^th in the back
35-39 years Female
Monica McLean – 5^th in the 50 free and 100 I.M., 6^th in the 50 fly, back and breast
35-39 years Male
Ad Santell – 11^th in the 50 back, breast and free, 12^th in the 100 I.M., 14^th in the 50 fly
45-49 years Female
Jennifer Smith – 7^th in the 50 fly and 50 free, 8^th in the 100 I.M., and 9^th in the 50 back and 50 breast
50-59 years Female
Candace Jacobs – 6^th in the 50 fly and breast, 7^th in the 50 back and free.

Masters Swimming is an organized swim program for adults.  Everyone has his/her own reason for joining Masters – health, fitness, camaraderie, fun, travel, coaching, or the thrill of competition.  Anyone 18 years or older can join.  If you are interested in becoming a Masters Swimmer, please call the Aquatics Department.

Congrats to our new 2011-2012 short course record holders –

Team individual records:
Sonia Wang – 50 free, 100 fly, 200 I.M., 400 I.M.
Michael Haney – 50 free, 500 free, 1,000 free, 100 fly
Hunter Sa-Nguansap – 200 breast

Age group Individual and relay records:
Kevin Coan
Kyle Coan
Rebecca Coan
Jason Haney
Michael Haney
Hunter Sa-Nguansap
Dylan Tarazona
Oriana Wang
Sonia Wang
Tana Wilson

SCS Record  – 15 & 16 Boys 200 Medley Relay
Kevin Coan, Hunter Sa-Nguansap, Dylan Tarazona & Kyle Coan

We believe there is a swimmer in every child — TCC Group Swim Lessons
Do you have any siblings, relatives or friends that need to learn to swim?
Beginning March 5th, the club is offering swim lessons, twice a week for a three week session.  The goal of our swim lesson program  is to encourage children to have fun in the water while improving their water skills.  If you are interested, sign-up at the front desk NOW!!

TCC crowned 3 individual champions at the 2012 Spring Junior Olympics held at East L.A. College.  Sonia Wang, Kyle Coan and Michael Haney had outstanding performances as they swam to first place against Southern California’s best young swimmers.
Sonia Wang, 15, won the 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 I.M., and 400 I.M.
Kyle Coan, 16, captured the 200 freestyle title.
Michael Haney was victorious in the 500 freestyle and 1,000 freestyle.

In relay action, the 15 – 18 Boys dominated the pool.  Dylan Tarazona, Jason Haney, Kyle Coan, and Michael Haney opened the meet by winning the 800 Free relay in a new team record of 6:47.48.  Jason Haney, Hunter Sa-Nguansap, Michael Haney, and Kyle Coan won the 400 Medley relay while Kevin Coan, Jason Haney, Dylan Tarazona, and Kyle Coan. captured the 200 Free relay by over 2 seconds.  Right after the 200 free relay , Kevin, Hunter, Dylan and Kyle  topped that win with a new SCS 15-16 record in the 200 medley.  The 15 -16 boys – Kyle Coan, Kevin Coan, Dylan Tarazona and Jason Haney –  ended the meet with a sizzling win in the 400 Free relay with a time of 3:05.01.

TCC finished in 6th place in the overall combined team standings.  The men’s team was a very impressive 3rd while the women finished in 8th place.   Congratulations to Sonia, Kyle and Michael on their championship swimming and to all of our Junior Olympic athletes — you did great!!

TCC swimmers, Kevin Coan, Hunter Sa-Nguansap, Dylan Tarazona and Kyle Coan established a new Southern California Swimming Record in the 15 -16 Boys 200 Medley Relay at the 2012 Spring Junior Olympic Championships.  The new record (1:35.35) smashed the previous record by over .6 tenths.  This is the 4th SCS record that the TCC 15-16 boys have broken over the past year.  “What a huge achievement for these four young athletes.  The record means that they are the fastest 15-16 boys 200 Medley Relay ever swam in Southern California Swimming history.   It is extremely exciting,” explained Head Coach John.

Congrats to Kevin, Hunter, Dylan and Kyle!!