Sports Digest Sports Digest (March 04, 2005)

Seahawks excel at Alameda Seahawks excel at Alameda (March 04, 2005)

The Pleasanton Seahawks converged on Alameda Island last Saturday to tally some pretty impressive results in the Alameda C/B/A+ meet. Melissa Bonnell, 14, was on fire with a first-place win and new Far Western time of 5:24.38 in the 500 Free, first place and a new Far Western time in the 200 Fly (2:19.79), and finally, came in first with a new A time in the 100 Back (1:07.03).

Rachel Knowles, 8, took first, second, or third in all eight of her events: first place in the 50 Fly (49.49), first place and a new A time in the 50 Back (49.93), second place in the 100 Free (1:28.23), 25 Back (22.63), 25 Free (17.50), 25 Fly (19.83), and 50 Free (39.23). Rachel also took third place in the 100 IM with a 3-second improvement (1:45.00).

Gymnasts shine Gymnasts shine (March 04, 2005)

West Coast Olympic Gymnastics Academy of Pleasanton results in the Spirit of the Flame event in San Jose over the weekend were:

Level 7; ages 9-11; finished in third place Vault: Christina Lee - 6th place (9.0); Emma Kettering and Melanie Pacheco (8.65) Bars: Christina Lee - 8th place (8.15); Emma Kettering (7.3) Bean: Christina Lee - 8th place (8.425); Emma Kettering - 10th place (8.15) Floor: Emma Kettering - 8th (8.925); Christina Lee - 10th place (8.675) All around: Christina Lee - 9th place (34.25); Emma Kettering (33.025)

Level 8, ages 14-15, finished in third place Vault: Allison Dillon - 7th place (8.7) Bars: Allison Dillon - 6th place (9.0) Bean: Allison Dillon (8.05) Floor: Allison Dillon (8.75) All-around: Allison Dillon - 9th place (34.5)

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