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THE 7th ANNUAL CRANBERRY CLASSIC
Over 800 of Canyons Aquatics closest friends dropped by The Santa Clarita Aquatics center to attend Canyons 7th Annual Cranberry Classic. This was our third year at SCAC and the second to feature perfect weather. Teams from all over Los Angeles County, far south as Palm Springs as well as from the North (Bakersfield) helped Canyons set the perfect table.
Canyons set a team record with 235 swimmers attending the meet with an excellent showing from every group in the club. Canyons coaches report 259 new swims, four team records broken and two established.
The meet was fun, efficient and the best volunteer effort from Canyons families in club history. There is a reason why Canyons is considered one of the best and fastest growing aquatics programs around, 235 of them were in the water and double that amount were on deck working and cheering.
RECORDS FALL
   
For the 7th straight meet, Canyons swimmers set team records and, as usual, the records come from more than one swimmer. Over recent months Canyons has emerged as one of the top distance programs and this weekend's results were proof of that. Cole Cogswell started it off breaking the 10 & under 500 freestyle record set by Jonathon Hwang in 2002, with time of 6:20.37. Cole remains in this age group until spring of '08 and should take the record down even more.
Bob Hwang rewrote his 13-14 1000 free record taking it down to a strong 9:51.00. Konrad Antoniuk, also took out his own record, this time in the 13-14 1650, lowering his team record to 16:38.70. Both boys were just of National Reportable times in their events.
8 year old Sasha Kumar established two new records. The first was the 200 IM which she completed in 3:12.42 and then the 100 fly in 1:31.80. Sasha also took another chunk off her 100 back record (set a few weeks ago), lowering it to 1:27.63.
HIGH POINT WINNERS
   
Canyons swimmers taking High Point were:
Bryana Waage 9 - 10 girls
Guilbert Casequin 15- 16 boys
Michael Chui 17 & older boys
Nui Harris 13 - 14 boys
NEW TIME STANDARDS ACHIEVED
While everyone likes to win their heat or the race, Canyons is most proud of our swimmers who are able to make it to the next level. Canyon salutes the 90 swimmers who achieved a new time standard at the Cranberry. Swimmers who competed in an event for the first time are not on this list.
David Aguero,
Michelle Ahlberg,
Kelly Ames,
Nicholas Anguetta,
Asia Antoniuk,
Nicole Antoniuk,
Naomi Asplund,
Austin Barreiro,
Nicolette Barreiro,
Curren Bates,
Jaryd Borja,
Becca Bovert,
Chelsea Campbell,
Gilbert Casequin,
Derek Chang,
Tessa Chiu,
Sarah Coblentz,
Christopher Cogswell,
Cole Cogswell,
Andrew Cselenyak,
Kevin Dai,
Aaron Danny,
Jordan Danny,
Brittany Donowho,
Brooke Donowho,
Michelle Duraj,
Christian Farfan,
Riley Ferguson,
Drew Frerichs,
Michael Gannon,
Ethan Goldberg,
Hayley Good,
Zachery Gray,
Maliah Grim,
Shayne Hanpanit,
Augustina Hansen,
Maggie Hanson,
Nui Harris,
Sarah Hartenstein,
Stephen Haw,
Caitlin Hecker,
Cameron Helm,
Jasmine Henderson,
Hyunsun Hwang,
Jonathan Hwang,
Ashlee Jaco,
Alex Johnson,
Matthew Johnson,
Mitch Johnson,
Steven Jollota,
Kirsten Justice,
Bryan Kitchener,
Jason Kitchener,
Liza Kuznetsova,
Jeremiah Lee,
Hannah Loporchio,
Raffi Mangassarian,
Kevin Martinez,
Chrysta McMahon,
Connor Mita,
Riley Mita,
Rory Mita,
Adria Morales,
Allison Morales,
Nina Morrison,
Tanner Olson,
Tara Olson,
Emma Osowski,
Blake Owens,
Jenna Powell,
Mik Ranslem,
Rebecca Ravitz,
Marissa Rodgers,
Madeline Sage,
Tamara Santoyo,
Adriana Silva,
Chandler Smith,
Jonathan So,
Megan Spoon,
Hannah Stanley,
Peter Szymanski,
Morgan Thibault,
Carolyn Thio,
Ryan Tokeshi,
Sean Tucker,
Tim Van Name,
David Van Name,
Esther Vogler,
Bryana Waage and Nicholas Wells
Click HERE to see all the new time standards achieved on our GOLD REPORT.
TIME DROPS
Canyons swimmers are know for their speed and for dropping time. Leading the pack this weekend were David Van Name and Tara Olson who dropped time in 10 events. Dropping time in 9 events were: Matthew Johnson, Jeremiah Lee, and Morgan Thibault. Dropping 8 times were: Brittany Donowho, Mitch Johnson, Liza Kuznetsova, Katie Lee and Connor Mita. Recording 7 drops were: Asia Antoniuk, Cole Cogswell, Maliah Grim, Augustina Hansen, Hyunsun Hwang, Emma Osowski and Bryana Waage. 6 drops came from Konrad Antoniuk, Naomi Asplund Curren Bates, Jaryd Borja, Becca Bovert, Derek Chang, Justin Farr and Maggie Hanson. Swimmers dropping the big 5 times were: David Aguero, Nicholas Anguetta Austin Barreiro, Gilbert Casequin, TessaChiu, Jordan Danny, Jeremy Dietrich, Brooke Donowho, Drew Frerichs, Nui Harris, Andrew Hwang, Kirsten Justice, Sasha Kumar, Jenna Powell, Karina Rodgers, Kathryn Roen, Tamara Santoyo, Peter Szymanski and Kian Taylor.
Click HERE to see all the time drops on our GREEN REPORT.
THANK YOU
The Coaches, Board and Meet Committee wish to thank all the parents who help out at the meet. This event set a new record for volunteerism. It is through the help of our parents that Canyons has grown into one of the top programs in Soutern California. Successful swim meets are the reason that Canyons Aquatics is one of the only teams in Southern California that does not ask our swimmers to fundraise. As long as Canyons has the support of our wonderful families, we will continue to be the top Aquatics program not only in Santa Clarita, but in all of Southern California. Thank you parents (and grandparents) for all you do. Canyons also wishes to thank the staff of the Santa Clarita Aquatics complex who have always come through for our club.
To see photos of the meet, click HERE
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