Four Pleasanton Seahawks were honored as Outstanding Swimmers in their age groups at the annual Pacific Swimming Awards Banquet held last month in Milpitas.
The Seahawks award winners were: Erika Brown (15) for Outstanding Long Course Female Swimmer, Jonah Cooper (13) for Outstanding Short Course Male Swimmer, Maxime Rooney (16) for Outstanding Short Course and Long Course Male Swimmer, and Moriah Simonds (16) for Outstanding Short Course and Long Course Female Swimmer.
The Seahawks’ 400 freestyle relay team of Nathan Yates, Cooper, Chris Jhong and Tyler Lu took home Relay of the Year honors for their time of 3:44.32. The team earned another of the four Relay of the Year nominees, with the 400 medley relay quartet of Cooper, Timothy Yao, Jhong and Lu also being recognized.
In other awards, Rooney was a finalist for Swimmer of the Year, and Simonds was nominated for Race of the Year.
Pacific Swimming is the third largest of USA Swimming’s 59 regional associations. It is made up of 120 swim clubs and more than 16,000 swimmers.
