2009 September - Golf Fusion
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2009 September - Golf Fusion
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County Swimmers 09<br />
CONGRATULATIONS<br />
TO ALL SWIMMING,<br />
COACHING AND PARENTING WAVES FOR OUR<br />
3RD PLACE FINISH IN THE OMPA!!!!<br />
I am not sure if the coaches let on that to finish 3rd<br />
today was going to take incredible achievement on the<br />
part of all of the swimmers, the enduring energy and<br />
skills of the coaches, and the unyielding enthusiasm of<br />
the parents. And lo and behold (do people even say<br />
that anymore??), from the goosebump-inducing performances<br />
by our swimmers, to the spirit fingers in the<br />
stands - WE DID IT!!! You have to love how being the<br />
underdog brought out the most amazing “Swim<br />
Ups” both in the Trials and in the Finals.<br />
Thank you, thank you to every swimmer, coach and<br />
parent for giving it your all this weekend. You can see<br />
what determination and teamwork can achieve. Remember<br />
that lesson and apply it as often as possible!<br />
Whether you are getting ready for the County Meet,<br />
relaxing for 2 weeks at home before school (I know,<br />
can you believe it is that SOON!), or on a great, much<br />
needed vacation, I am sure you will love hearing more<br />
stats from our inspiring OMPA performance.<br />
Sometimes it seems hard to build up so much enthusiasam<br />
and energy for the OMPA and then it all ends<br />
and most of us are on to soccer, football, dance, etc.,<br />
when it would be really cool to keep on swimming. But<br />
this finish should be our beginning! Not to overuse the<br />
phrase, but let’s ride this wave all the way into fall<br />
(yes, fall swimming starts 9/15 http://<br />
www.mccwaves.com/?p=1188), through spring and<br />
right back into another phenomenal summer.<br />
Enough cheerleading, on to the highlights - keep in<br />
mind again, our kids were so amazing, there are too<br />
many to mention, so these are the highlights of the<br />
highlights…<br />
Since you didn’t get Sunday stats, we will go with<br />
those.<br />
In the Sunday trials our waves were popping their<br />
times not just by fractions but by multiple whole seconds.<br />
In Backstroke, Nick Bishop, Danielle Brown, and<br />
Michael Carson had HUGE pops in the their trials<br />
swims, while Peter Jones, Katie Dendinger, Lauren<br />
Rodriguez, Emma Scanlan, and Greg Wenning had<br />
equally as important and impressive performances in<br />
the Butterfly.<br />
-A critical contribution to our come-from-behind third<br />
place finish was the collective performances of those<br />
kids who finished SO much better than how they were<br />
seeded (and therefore scored more points for the<br />
team than what was expected - which was exactly<br />
what the team needed for a comeback!). The most<br />
amazing Swim Up was that of Jayson Fernbacher who<br />
jumped from an 88th seed in backstroke to finish<br />
From The Pool Deck<br />
11th! Other notable performances were by:<br />
-Hanna Westphal winning her swim off in backstroke<br />
to make it into the Consols<br />
-Alex Rochlin dropping 4 seconds to go from the<br />
32nd seed to the 12 seed in Consols<br />
-Emma Scanlan dropping 3.5 seconds to go from the<br />
37th seed into the top 20<br />
-Anya Nugent dropping 3.5 seconds to jump from<br />
17th seed to the top 10!<br />
-Allanna Karstetter moving from the 27th seed into<br />
the top 20<br />
THEN CAME FINALS!!<br />
First Back -<br />
-Sam Heyman, Shane Nelson, Brady Huchingson,<br />
and Luke McCurdy finished 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th respectively<br />
in the 6 & Under Boys Backstroke.<br />
-Cole Stevens, Noah Baldwin and Patrick Ratchford<br />
finished, 1st, 3rd, and 5th respectively in the 11/12<br />
Boys Backstroke.<br />
-Sam Flower and Allison Stevens took 1st and 3rd in<br />
the 13/14 Girls Backstroke<br />
-For the 13/14 Boys and the 15-18 Girls, there were<br />
5 swimmers in the top 20<br />
-Kate Miles WON the consol heat of her Backstroke<br />
after being seeded 5th<br />
Then Fly -<br />
-After fighting it out in a swim off, Kellen Clancy wins<br />
his consol heat in Fly and gets a County Time!<br />
Emma Scanlan (ON FIRE ALL WEEKEND!) dropped<br />
3.7 seconds in her trials, and then drops another second<br />
to WIN the consol finals<br />
-For the 13/14 Fly we had 6 Boys in the top<br />
20!! Way to go JD Ratchford, CJ Toohey, James<br />
Coleman, Rodrigo Diaz-Valdes, Bradley and Alex<br />
Rochlin!<br />
-And who could forget the 13/14 and 15-18 Girls<br />
Free Relay Teams — these girls’ splits were<br />
unbelievable!<br />
Please give a wiggle to those Spirit Fingers for everyone<br />
who made it to the County Meet as well.<br />
Thank you for giving your time to read about all of<br />
these wonderful achievements and thank you again<br />
for a fantastic ending to our season. As I mentioned ,<br />
I am already looking forward to next year and<br />
guarantee it will be even better!<br />
Shanette Westphal, Swim Team Co-Chair<br />
3 Moraga Country Club<br />
Moraga Country Club 12
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