Dublin too fast for FAST
The Dublin Green Gators swam past the Foothill Area Swim Team (FAST) Dolphins 580 to 347 last Saturday.
Dublin was led by top performances from Makenna Toney (5), Sofia Gluck (7), Kristen Warren (10), Matty Banks (14), Crystal Hung (17), Reece Toney (8), Sean Coakley (9), Steffen Dillon (10), Jason Van Dorn (14) and Benjamin Young (15).
Top swimmers for FAST included Addie Sciammas (6), Laura Belichak (8), Paige Heacox (9), Emily Barrett (11), Audrey Wagner (14), Scott Drummond (6), Danny Caraballo (7), Sammy Gee (10), Anthony Ottati (10), and William Clark (14).
NorCal Volleyball goes for the gold at Junior Olympics
NorCal Volleyball Club, based out of Pleasanton, had two teams that earned medals at the 2008 Junior Olympics held from June 26 to July 5 in Dallas, Texas.
Junior Olympics is the highest level of junior volleyball in the U.S. This also marks the first medal in NorCal Volleyball Club’s history. NorCal 18 Black took home a bronze medal in the 18-year-old American division and Betsy Sedlak was named to the all-tournament team. NorCal 16 Black took home a gold medal in the 16 National division. Nikki Baker (Pleasanton) earned MVP for the division and Rachel Eberhard (Moraga) and Devin Shaver (Livermore) earned spots on the all-tournament team.
Killer Whales edge out Sharks
For the second straight meet, the Pleasanton Meadows Sharks lost a close contest last weekend, falling to the Ruby Hill Killer Whales by 13 points, 488-475.
The Sharks made a late run in the free relay, but couldn’t quite get enough points to get over the top. The Sharks lost the previous Saturday by 30 points to Briar Hill.
Despite the loss, the Sharks had some great individual and team efforts. For example, in both the 11-12 and 15-18 age categories, boys went 1-2-3 in the 50 free. The 15-18 swimmer competition was a particularly close with Joey Silva winning in 25.14, Michael Corbin right behind at 25.26 and Curtis Wong posting a 25.38. Mason Mooney of Ruby Hill finished fourth with a 25.43 time, so the top four swimmers were separated by only .29 seconds. The 11-12-age boys weren’t quite so close, but Perry Cheney, Chris Azuma and Grant Miller took the top three spots just the same. In the 9-10-age boys 100 IM, the Sharks did one better, taking all the points with Nick Tucker, Jack Geasa, Noor Gill and Daniel Newman doing the honors. The 13-14 girls also stood out in the 100 IM with Kaala Cheney, Elsa Schwaninger and Katey Cloonan taking the top three spots.
Nick Tucker managed to take three 9-10 individual events, winning the Free, Fly and IM. Several Sharks took two individual events including Jessica Rhoads (U6 Free, Fly), Aaron Zheng (U6 Breast, Free), Blake Tucker (7-8 Breast, Back), and Chris Bush (11-12 IM, Breast).
Lady Hustle takes 3rd in U16 tournament
Pleasanton’s Lady Hustle 14 and under girls participated in a 16 and under tournament along with 13 other teams in Stockton at Arnaiz Fields July 5 and 6, taking third place.
Hustle played a total of five games over the weekend and gave away only five runs the entire tournament. Hustle started off the tournament playing a tough Sacramento Breeze team on Saturday morning. Niki Stark and Nicole Borchard earned the two RBI’s and ended the game in a tie with a 2-2 score. Lady Hustle then went on to score nine runs in the first inning against the Fremont Flyers. Jess McKeehan had a two-RBI double. Niki Stark went three-for-three with a double and Nicole Borchard went two-for-two. Montana Berg was winning pitcher as the Hustle won by a score of 11-1. Next, Lady Hustle shut out the Santa Cruz Extreme 2-0 behind strong pitching from Katie Mannion. Montana Berg went two-for-three and had both RBIs with two clutch singles, scoring both of Hustle’s runs. Lady Hustle earned a No. 2 seed for Sunday and were matched up against the Valley Stompers of San Ramon. Katie Keller was starting pitcher and limited the Stompers to just one run and five hits. Trailing 1-0 going into the bottom of the last inning, Lady Hustle pulled out a dramatic 2-1 victory with Jess McKeehan getting a bases loaded walk and RBI for the win as Lady Hustle scored the final two runs with two outs.
In the semi-final game, Lady Hustle fell 1-0 to the Concord Bears in a very well played defensive game. Katie Keller and Katie Mannion pitched for Hustle and held the Bears to only 2 hits. The Bears would go on to win the championship against the Santa Cruz Extreme. Lady Hustle will travel next to Park City, Utah on Sunday 13 to participate in the Triple Crown World Series along with 62 teams from all over the country.
Stingrays sting Barracudas
July 2 provided some early fireworks at the Del Prado Pool when the Briarhill Barracudas challenged the Del Prado Stingrays. The Barracudas swam hard, but the Stingrays eventually came out on top scoring 562 points to the Barracudas 414. There were outstanding races from both teams. The Barracudas top female performers were Kristin Horillo (12), Meghan Van Lar (6), Callan Jackman (8), Haley Lukas (12) and Fiona Somerville (10). The top male swimmers were Joey Grywczynski (7), Brandon Lind (16), Andrew Voit (8), Matthew Grywczynski (9) and Brent Reed (16).
The top female Stingray swimmers were the Doi’s–Megan (10), Stephanie (13) and Niki (16)–followed by Taylor Peterson (18), and Alyssa Bardakos. The top males were Cameron Kurotori (12), Jake Newman (10), Michael McMasters (6), Tommy Sabatini (10) and Eric Gates (15).
Tidal Waves drown Piranhas
On a beautiful Saturday morning, the determined ClubSport Tidal Waves defeated the spirited DBAC Piranhas 574-397 in the third week of the Tri-Valley Swim League season.
The top female swimmers for the Tidal Waves were Danielle Alvari (16), Gabrielle Stratiotis (12), Savannah Wieser (11), Chenoa Bodero (6), Tara Daly (6), Jana Gaytan (17), Cayla Jetter (13), Rachel Miller (15), Kelsey Ouyang (10), Elle Surber (13), Meagan Tang (10), Lexi Venema (10) and Julia Wood (8). The top male swimmers for the Tidal Waves were Conner Daly (10), Stephen Jacobe (18), Christopher Jhong (8), Kevin Romine (14), Kyle Surber (15), Sammy Chase (8), Cody Ellgas (14), Ryan Fornoles (15), Anthony Jhong (10), JR Ku (5), Justin Lee (10), Cole Reznick (7) and Jonathan Ye (6).
The top female swimmers for the Piranhas were Madison Fleshman (6), Katie Tsui (10), Iris Chang (14), Rachel Bench (12), Emily Tincher (7), Miara Pipe (8), Sofia Barrera (6), Hanna Lurie (6) and Anika Kilkenny (11). The top male swimmers for the Piranhas were Daniel Huang (12), Harshith Kaveri (6), Alec Grotegut (14), Kaleb Pedersen (12), Jax Pedersen (9), Mattias Lindell (12), Andy Lee (12), Nicholas Wee (15), Andrew Silva (9), Chris Mowry (14), Shelby Luth (14), Brian Li (7), Austin Kim (13), Timothy Huang (8), Paarsa Heidari (7), Jerry Gan (9) and Zachary Corbishley (9).
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