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CANYONS KICKS OFF SHORT COURSE SEASON AT RIO MESA
The water was cloudy and was reported to "taste like burned steak" but none of that mattered to the 140 Canyons swimmers who swarmed Rio Mesa High School for the Rio Mesa Invitational, this past weekend (October 7 & 8).
Although early in the season, Canyons swimmers gave Southern California a sneak peek at what we do best here in the Santa Clarita Valley...lots of fast swimming.
Of the 140 Canyons swimmers, more than 130 set personal records (a team record in itself). In addition to personal records, 8 year old Sasha Kumar added 3 more records to her collection (she holds two long course records). No longer Suman's little sister, Sasha broke Lindsay Taylor's 12 year old 8 & under 100 back record (1:28.96) with a 1:28.15 victory. She then broke Ashley Dickenson's 13 year old 50 Breast record (42.56) with a strong 42.40. Sasha finished by knocking 12 seconds off Andrea Kropp's 100 breast record set in 2002 (1:44.85) by swimming a very strong 1:32.85. 2005-2006 was a banner year for team records and if Sasha is any indication, Canyons record book will be rewritten again this year.
With so many great early season swims Canyon first salutes the 69 athletes who achieved new time standards with their swims this weekend. Each of the following saw at least one new time standard achieve this weekend (in most cases several). To see the list of achievements, take a look at a new feature for this year, THE GOLD REPORT. To view the Rio Mesa Gold Report, CLICK HERE.
NEW TIME STANDARDS WERE ACHIEVED BY:
Nicholas Anguetta,
Asia Antoniuk,
Konrad Antoniuk,
Yassamin Azadani,
Austin Barreiro,
Nicolette Barreiro,
Curren Bates,
Jaryd Borja,
Derek Chang,
Tessa Chiu,
Christopher Cogswell,
Cole Cogswell,
Jordan Danny,
Asher Garcia,
Hayley Good,
Lexy Graham,
Zachery Gray,
Maliah Grim,
Augustina Hansen,
Maggie Hanson,
Nui Harris,
Rebekah Haw,
Stephen Haw,
Matthew Howard,
Katie Huntington,
Bob Hwang,
Hyunsun Hwang,
Jonathan Hwang,
Ashlee Jaco,
Matthew Johnson,
Mitch Johnson,
Steven Jollota,
Kirsten Justice,
Bryan Kitchener,
Jason Kitchener,
Sasha Kumar,
Liza Kuznetsova,
Jeremiah Lee,
Matthew Leon,
K.T. Livingstone,
Milena Lopez,
Kevin Martinez,
Chrysta McMahon,
Connor Mita,
Riley Mita,
John Moon,
Adria Morales,
Allison Morales,
Nina Morrison,
Alex Ngan,
Charles Norris,
Tara Olson,
Emma Osowski,
Stephanie Poleman,
Mik Ranslem,
Rebecca Ravitz,
Karina Rodgers,
Marissa Rodgers,
Kaitlyn Salovich,
Megan Schultz,
Andrew Skvarna,
Vanessa Smith,
Sean Tucker,
Tim Van Name,
David Van Name,
Sydney Vogl,
Bryana Waage,
Alvina Wong,
Phillip Wong
TIME DROPS
Canyons continues to monitor drops in time in our GREEN REPORT. Leading the club this weekend with an incredible 8 drops in 8 swims were:
Nicholas Anguetta,
Nui Harris,
Rebekah Haw,
Stephen Haw,
Matthew Howard,
Connor Mita,
Nina Morrison,
Stephanie Poleman,
Karina Rodgers,
Marissa Rodgers and
Bryana Waage!
Swimming to 7 time drops were:
Hyunsun Hwang,
Sasha Kumar,
Liza Kuznetsova,
Kevin Martinez,
Tara Olson,
Mik Ranslem and
Megan Schultz.
Turning in 6 personal records were:
Curren Bates,
Jaryd Borja,
Bryan Kitchener,
Tim Van Name,
David Van Name and
Sydney Vogl.
Showing 5 time drops were:
Asia Antoniuk,
Konrad Antoniuk,
Derek Chang,
Christopher Cogswell,
Asher Garcia,
Jonathan Hwang,
Mitch Johnson,
Riley Mita,
Charles Norris,
Emma Osowski and
Sean Tucker.
Canyons coaches arevery pleased with these early season results and will continue a steady build toward the winter and spring championship meets.
For pictures of the meet, CLICK HERE.
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