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WEB ARCHIVES 2008

SIX CANYONS SWIMMERS MAKE NAC TEAM
Congratulations to Megan Schultz, Bryana Waage, Matt Johnson, Sarah Pino, Nui Harris and Riley Mita for making the Southern California 2008 North American Challenge Cup team. The six swimmers will leave for Edmonton, Canada a few days after the JO meet ends. To see all the swimmers on the NAC team click HERE.

	SECTIONAL SWIMS Canyons Senior Blue and Gold swimmers returned from Bakersfield after participating in the California/Nevada summer sectionals. The meet saw Gold and silver medal swims from Jordan Danny, a Junior National cut from KT livingstone and team records from Konrad Antoniuk, Riley Mita and KT. For sectionals results and details, click HERE.
	NEWS YOU CAN USE Canyons has e-mail attached our semi-monthly news bulletin (Canyons News You Can Use) chocked full of club information and special requests. If you did not receive our e-mail attachment then you probably are not getting important club e-mails including updates from your coaches. Please contact the office to make sure your e-mail is current. office@canyons.org. To download the current NEWS YOU CAN USE bulletin, click HERE.
	MIKE AND VICKY TO COACH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS The William S. Hart School District recently named two Canyons coaches to lead two local high school programs. Sr. Blue coach Mike Bechtholdt will become head coach for Valencia High School while Sr. Development/Varsity coach Vicky Donnelly will lead her alma mater, Saugus. Canyons is especially proud of our coaches being selected to run two potentially great swim programs. Perhaps even better news is that both Mike and Vicky will remain at their posts here at Canyons. With the local high school playing field getting more balanced each year, expect these two experienced coaches to make a run at the Foothill titles in their first year.
	UNA MAS JOINS CANYONS AS A SPONSOR UNA MAS, now open near the Santa Clarita Aquatics Center, has joined Canyons as a team sponsor and all you have to do is eat. Try their popular Foghead Burrito or their Veracruz Shrimp Tacos. Drop in to Una Mas any time of day, any day between now and the end of the Junior Olympics (August 3rd) and Canyons will get 20% of your total as a donation. The food at Una Mas is fresh and the taste is the best around. All you have to do is tell them you are from Canyons. Send your neighbors, your friends, send everyone. 26515 Golden Valley Road Santa Clarita, next to the new Rattlers (across from Sams Club). 259 1900. Click HERE for their menu.
	CANYONS CONQUERS THE SEA Four Canyons swimmers took to the Pacific Ocean at the Semana Nautica Open Water swim in Santa Barbara this weekend with great results. For the boys, Konrad Antoniuk was the second place finisher overall winning the 17 & under age group and Riley Mita was right behind him in 3rd (taking 2nd in the 17 & under age group). Allison Morales was the first female finisher (winning the 17 & under age group) exiting the water as the 5th person overall. Sam Asencio was right behind her finishing as the 2nd female, 2nd in her age group and the 8th finisher overall.
	CANYONS TEAM VIDEO DVD ON SALE NOW! Canyons has just received a shipment of the 2006 - 2007 team video (seen at the team banquet). In addition this disk has the 2005 - 2006 team video as well as a 2008 preview reel. Team videos (available in DVD format only) are $10 and can be purchased at the COC pool office during normal office hours. Cash or check only please. Supply is limited.
	JORDAN DANNY WRAPS UP HER FIRST OLYMPIC TRIALS Jordan Danny swam her second event at the Olympic Trials, the 200 breaststroke to finish 19th, just a few one hundredths from qualifying for the semi-finals and a little off her best. All of Canyons is proud of Jordan who has carried the Canyons name back to the Olympic trials for the 5th consecutive time. Earlier in the week Jordan swam the preliminary heat of the 100 breaststroke marking her first ever race at the Olympic Trials. Jordan swam a 1:11.26, a bit off her best to finish in a tie for 39th. Jordan still has the Junior National and Senior National championships to train for later in the summer. To see a clip of Jordan's 200, click HERE. To see a clip of Jordan's 100, click HERE To see a video tribute from Jordan's teammates click HERE.
	CANYONS WINS SUMMER AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS Without even stopping for a rest, Canyons Aquatic Club swimmers took the Women's, Men's and Combined team titles at the Southern California June Age Group Championships. The meet, which is a precursor to the Summer Junior Olympics and Summer Sectionals, saw strong competition from clubs such as Mission Viejo, Swim Pasadena, Clovis Swim Club, Nellie Gale and 40 more teams including several from Northern California and Arizona but it was all yellow and blue as the Canyons swimmers set several team records as well as won numerous events. For more details and results, click HERE.
	CANYONS WILL HOST 2009 JO MEET! Once again, Canyons Aquatic Club has won the bid to host the Summer Junior Olympics. The 2009 JO Championships will mark the 4th year where Canyons and the City of Santa Clarita will work together bring the best age group swimmers to our valley. This is an honor for our us as very few clubs in Southern California are even considered for this opportunity. When you add up the numbers, the JO meet brings over 800 swimmers to town, fills several hotels and keeps local merchants busy. Each August, Santa Clarita is the place to be when it comes to swimming.
	SUMMIT SEALS WIN SWIMFEST 2008 The Northbridge Piranhas have been chewing apart the competition for the past two years at Swimfest, but that changed this season as perennial HOA powerhouse the Summit Seals reclaimed the team title off a strong performance from all age groups. For more info and results, click HERE.
	HUNDREDS OF NEW CANYONS PHOTOS ON LINE! Canyons has just uploaded stacks of new photos from the Memorial Day meet as well as Swimfest. Swimfest photos are broken into two categories : Canyons and Guest. To go to our photo page click HERE.
	CANYONS SWIMMERS RIP UP RECORD BOOK AT JEI Canyons Senior swimmers are down at USC competing in the Janet Evans Invitational, one of the last big meets prior to the US Olympic Trials. Four team records fell and Canyons added yet another swimmer to our growing National Team. To read more click HERE.
	IS YOUR SWIMMER CLEARED TO REGISTER FOR SESSION VI? New to swimming? Confused? You're not alone. Pleas attend our New Swimmer Information Session for September. We have two sessions scheduled. Tuesday, September 9th at 5:00 p.m.�or Friday, Sept. 12th at 4:30 pm. Questions? Contact Alice Smith at alices@canyons.org and we'll send you a new re-registration link.
	SUMMER OFFICE HOURS The Canyons Office will shift to our summer hours starting June 9th. New hours will be 3:30 - 5:30 Monday - Friday. Office staff can be reached anytime by e-mail at: office@canyons.org.
	KT LIVINGSTONE FEATURED ON SCV TV Senior Gold swimmer, KT Livingstone was recently featured on SCV TV. KT is the second Canyons Aquatic swimmer featured this year. To see the story on-line, click HERE. KT's segment begins at 11:30.
	SUMMER SCHEDULE Canyons will change over on Monday the 9th to our summer schedule. For most groups there will be no change in their practice schedule: Dolphin, Bronze, Silver, Gold - No change JO: 6:30 to 8:30am Mon - Fri, 6 to 8 pm Tue/Thur @ SCAC Sr. Development: 6 to 8pm at COC Varsity: 6 to 7:30pm at COC Senior Blue 6:30 to 8:30am Monday - Friday, 6 to 8 pm Mon/Wed/Fri at SCAC Senior Gold 6:30 to 8:30am monday - Friday, 4 to 6 pm Mon - Thur at SCAC SATURDAY PRACTICE: JO, Sr. Blue, Sr. Gold 6 - 8 AM @ SCAC
	HAMI LEADS LOS ANGELES CITY CIF SWIMMERS Canyons LA City swimmers capped of their swim season at the city CIF meet where Ashkaun Hami came out a double winner taking both the 100 fly (51.7) and 100 back (55.4), Joining Ashkaun were Adriana Silva and Tessa Chiu who finaled in the 200 and 500 (Adriana) and the 100 back and 200 IM (Tessa).
	CANYONS CONGRATULATES OUR GRADUATES Canyons congratulates our high school seniors and wish them well as they prepare for college. We've been proud to be a part of their lives and look forward to seeing them succeed at the next level. Our seniors are: Adriana Silva - UNLV, Ashkaun Hami - UC Irvine, Brent Stevenson - BYU, Chrysta McMahon - Grand Canyon University,Curren Bates - Cal Baptist, Danny Colvin - Ventura, Nolan Koon- Cal, Tim Van Name - UC Irvine, Gilbert Casequin - UC Riverside, Matt Leon - University of Arizona, KC Linn - Naval Academy, Nick Anguetta - UC San Deigo.
	CANYONS RECORDS BREAKING AT RECORD PACE Just when you think they can't swim faster...the Canyons kids do. Tanner Olson broke Jeremiah Lee's 8 & under 25 Breaststroke this past weekend bringing the number of Canyons team records broken this year (starting September 1) to thirty-two. With the long course season just starting, several Canyons swimmers are closing in on numerous team records. Click HERE to see the records we've broken. To see our record book, click HERE.
	LIL' CANYONS KIDS DO IT FOR MOM Canyons first ever Mother's Day Blue and Gold meet was an overwhelming success as more than 80 of our younger swimmers competed at our COC pool. With a few guest swimmers from Porter Valley in attendance, the atmosphere was fun and festive as numerous Canyons swimmers and their families got a taste of what competitive swimming is all about. Photos can be found HERE and results are posted HERE.
	CANYONS SWIMMERS MASTER THE COMPETITION After an outstanding CIF Championships, Canyons swimmers took to the Belmont waters one more time at the Toyota Masters Meet. As they had done in the weeks leading up to the event, the results were nothing short if impressive... To see more details and results click HERE.
	CANYONS KIDS CRUSH CIF CONTENDERS No matter where you looked at the CIF divisional championships there were Canyons kids on the blocks, in the water, winning races and scoring points for their high schools. With swimmers in Division II, III and IV competition Canyons swimmers came away with 5 individual CIF championships swims, 2 CIF meet records, 3 Canyons team records, helped two teams earn CIF Championship titles... To see more details and results click HERE.
	CANYONS SWIMMERS INVADE BUENAVENTURA Summer isn't even here yet but Canyons kids are making their plans to attend the Summer Age Group Championships and Junior Olympics. To achieve that goal a large group of seasoned and new swimmers hit the water at Bueanventura this week and turned the water blue and gold... READ ABOUT IT HERE.
	COC TO TICKET CARS IN LOT #5 College Of The Canyons has started to ticket cars parked in lot #5. Lot #5 is the parking lot behind the theater. Please be sure to park in lot #8 located near the football field. Remember at no time should you park in a staff parking lot. Click HERE for a parking map
	SUMMER SWIM SCHOOL NOW ENROLLING Canyons Aquatics Swim School, the best place to teach your non-swimmer or beginner how to be water safe and learn to swim, is now accepting enrollment for our summer programs. This year Canyons will offer over 65 different classes at a variety of times and dates. Club membership is not required. For more information please contact our swim school instructors at: swimschool@canyons.org. To learn more, see where your swimmer fits into our program and to register, click HERE.
	CANYONS REFERRAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM Looking for a way to save a few dollars while helping Canyons grow? Just talk about us! Tell your friends about our award swimming program. Tell them about our outstanding swim school. For every person you bring into our swim school program, Canyons will credit your account $5. For every swimmer you bring into our club program (Dolphin and above) we'll credit you 10% of one session's tuition. To make things better, there's no limit (but there are a few rules). To learn more click HERE.
	JORDAN DANNY PICKS UP ANOTHER OLYMPICS TRIALS EVENT! Jordan Danny earned her second Olympic Trials cut, this time in the 100 Breaststroke as she stroked her way to a 6th place finish at the Swim Meet of Champions at Mission Viejo. Jordan's time of 1:12.34. was just enough to extend her stay this July in Omaha as she competes with the best of the best for a chance to join the US Olympic team.
	CANYONS SWIMMERS PREP FOR LONG COURSE AT CSA A contingent of Canyons swimmers attended the CSA Long Course opener and came away with impressive results. Aside from three team records broken by Tanner Olson (see below) the club saw numerous time drops and new standards achieved. To read more click HERE.
	TANNER OLSON BREAKS 3 RECORDS 8 year old Tanner Olson continued to make his mark on the 8 & under record books recording 3 records this weekend at the CSA Long Course meet. Tanner captured the 50 Breaststroke record with a 44.91 swim breaking Alex Ngan's 2002 record of 46.08. Tanner then took out the 100 fly record with a 1:32.63 swim eclipsing Riley Mita's 2002 record of 1:36.59. Tanner's final victim was himself as he broke his own team record in the 100 breaststroke (set at last summer's JO meet) with a 1:32.63 effort.
	CANYONSVISION SHORT COURSE VIDEO With the swim season at the half way point, Canyons Studios brings you the short course highlight reel! Viewable in both quicktime or Windows Media Player. Click HERE to see it in glorious Canyonsvision.
	CANYONS EARNS SILVER MEDAL STATUS Once again, Canyons Aquatic Club has been awarded Silver Medal status from USA Swimming and their Club Excellence Program. Canyons was one of only four teams in the Southern California Swimming to earn this silver medal honor. The focus of this program is to identify and reward USA Swimming clubs that have attained a high level of athlete performance as well as organizational success. For more information and to see what other teams were honored, click HERE.
	TEAM RECORDS FALL AT SECTIONALS The California/Nevada Sectionals came to a conclusion, Sunday at Mission Viejo with several impressive Canyons swims including 3 team records. Due to the Olympic year, the meet was a long course event (this is normally the end of the short course season) and several Canyons swimmers resumed right where they left off in August. Breaking records at this meet where Jordan Danny who took out Renee Viveros's 2004, 15 & older, 200 IM record (2:26.48) with her 2:24.61 effort. KT Livingstone also took out a Viveros record as she flew to the 100 butterfly record of 1:04.78 breaking Renee's record 2003 of 1:04.87 set in 2003. Riley Mita broke his own 13-14 800 free record with an 8:52.95 effort. Read all the meet details HERE.
	CANYONS SWIMMERS TAKE BRONZE AT BAKERSFIELD Several Canyons swimmers headed north to Bakersfield to compete in the Central California Junior Olympics at the beginning of the March. The results were impressive as always. Swimming with less than 50% of our qualified swimmers, Canyons placed 3rd with 3275.5 points, behind only Bakersfield (4016) and Clovis (3803). Read all the meet details HERE.
	POOL ACCESS AND SAFTEY CONCERNS Canyons Aquatic Club has enjoyed a successful 30-year relationship with The College Of The Canyons. Contrary to popular belief, we are not associated with the college beyond our rental of their aquatic facility. As a tenant of the college, Canyons Aquatics strives to be the best tenant we can be. To achieve that goal we need help from all our swimmers and their parents. Lately, our staff has noticed an increase in unattended children, children wandering out of the pool facility, parents and children cutting through the construction site and a general lack of respect for the premises... Read all the details HERE. Download a campus map with parking information HERE.
	57 CANYONS SWIMMERS MAKE A SPLASH FOR THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS Canyons Aquatic Club is proud to be training 57 high school swimmers competing on 13 different CIF High School programs in 4 different communities. Locally, all six Santa Clarita high schools have Canyons swimmers. Beyond our valley, Canyons swimmers are competing in the San Fernando Valley, Thousand Oaks and The Antelope Valley. The 57 swimmers are all current choosing to train with Canyons and their high school programs to reap the benefits of intensive club workouts and less crowded lanes. Historically, Canyons swimmers have led their teams and this year we expect no less. Read all the details HERE.
	CANYONS FINISHES SECOND AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS! Canyons Aquatic Club's combined team finished in second place at the short course Junior Olympics in Belmont Plaza outscoring every Southern California team except Irvine Novaquatics. With gold medal performances in nearly every age group as well as numerous team records broken, Canyons once again has shown the rest of the swimming community what we do here in Santa Clarita...swim fast. Read the details HERE.
	NOLAN KOON TAKES OUT 200IM RECORD In reviewing results from the Toyota Grand Prix a few weeks ago, we noticed that Nolan Koon broke the team record in the short course 200IM. Nolan's time of 1:51.42 broke Ryan Parmenter's 1995 team record of 1:52.08. This brings a total of 21 records broken by 9 different swimmers since the start of this season in September

	CANYONS SWIMMERS HAVE LANE LINE FEVER IN VEGAS Canyons swimmers enjoyed a weekend in Las Vegas and a lot of fast swimming at the Winter Age Group championships this past weekend. The meet saw two team records broken and plenty of personal bests. Click HERE for more...
	TWO TEAM RECORDS FALL AT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS Two team records fell today at the Age Group championships some 350 miles apart. 8 year old Tanner Olson swam to 10th place in the 100 breast breaking the 8 & under team record in the event by more than 2 seconds. The record was set Alex Ngan in 2002 with a 1:31.60 until Tanner's 1:29.87 effort today. Meanwhile in Cerritos, Riley Mita was swimming the 200 backstroke making up an event that was canceled at the Sr. Invitational a week ago. Riley's 1:58.86 broke Konrad Antoniuk's 13-14 record of 1:59.78 set in 2006.
	KONRAD AND JORDAN RESET RECORDS Swimming on the opening night of the Winter Invitational, Konrad Antoniuk took his 15 & older team record in the 1000 free down to 9:36.30. Konrad broke his own record, set last spring. Jordan broke her team record in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:03.36, shaving a bit off her best of 1:03.81 in her preliminary swim.
	BOB HWANG BREAKS TWO SCS RECORDS (and some team records) Another day another SCS record for Bob Hwang as the Canyons kid turned in a blazing fast 200 fly breaking one of the oldest SCS records. The former record was 1:51.77 by Brian Alderman of the Santa Barbara Swim Club set in 1984, nine years before Bob was born. Bob's time 1:50.86 shaved almost a full second off the record. Bob also won the overall event where the average age of the 8 finalists was 18 years of age (Bob is 14). Bob also turned in two other strong swims finishing second in the 200 free with a 1:43.23 and breaking his team record set a few weeks ago...Click HERE for more... For results click HERE.
	SANTA DROPS IN AT THE DIVE IN Canyons younger swimmers had a Ho Ho Ho Holiday good time at our 3rd annual Dive In Movie night. Snacks and water fun, a movie and a visit by Santa Claus were just some of the fun for the evening. Thanks to all our volunteers for their time and help. Santa photos will be posted on Monday.
	CANYONS TRIO ATTENDS US NATIONALS Jordan Danny, KT Livingstone and Nolan Koon traveled with Coach Jeff to Atlanta to attend the US Short Course National Championship. In attendance were numerous Olympians and collegiate stars. The Canyons trio preformed very well finishing better than their seed times. KT Livingstone used the opportunity to break her own 200 fly record with a 2:03.57 swim. For more information including results of the meet click HERE.
	SENIOR SWIMMERS CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS IN STYLE Canyons second annual Senior Swimmer Holiday party was a huge success thanks to the planning and hard work of Canyons volunteers. Coordinated by Debbie Asencio, the bash featured swimmers from the Silver group up through the Senior Gold Group and everywhere in between. Food, fun and lots of dancing ruled the evening. Thank you to all our Canyons volunteers who made the party a success and to the swimmers who showed their spirit and style. Just another great reason to be part of the Canyons team. For photos, click HERE.
	CANYONS CARVES UP CRANBERRY CLASSIC Four Canyons swimmers broke 6 team records this past weekend at the 8th Cranberry Classic meet. As was the case for most of our 250 swimmers in the meet, fast swimming ruled the day. For more click HERE.

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