2009 Activities and News

MICHAEL HANEY AND NOELLE TARAZONA 2010 C.I.F. CHAMPIONS

"What a SUPER C.I.F. We had lots of lifetime best times and almost everyone moved up in finals. Sometimes it is easier to swim fast in prelims when you are leading the heat. It’s a great sign when you are tougher in finals and TCC was TOUGHER in finals," said excited Head Coach John Ries.

Michael Haney is the 2010 Division 4 Champion in both the 100 free (46.59) and 200 free (1:42.00).
Noelle Tarazona is the 2010 Division 2 Champion in the 100 butterfly (54.80).

Top 3 finishes included:
Dylan Gabel – 3rd, 500 free (Division 2)
Jason Haney – 2nd, 100 free (Division 2)
Brandon Porter – 3rd, 100 fly (Division 2)
Kate Santilena – 3rd, 100 free (Division 2)
Noelle Tarazona – 2nd, 200 I.M. (Division 2)
Oriana Wang – 2nd, 200 free, 3rd, 500 free (Division 2)

Top 8 finalists were:
Jacob Altree – 8th, 100 breast (Division 3)
Rebecca Coan – 6th, 100 fly (Division 2)
Dylan Gabel – 6th, 100 back
Jason Haney – 8th, 100 back
Monique Haney – 4th, 200 I.M., 6th, 500 free (Division 4)
Brandon Porter – 6th, 200 I.M.
Kate Santilena – 4th, 200 I.M.

Scoring in the Top 16:
Rebecca Coan – 10th, 200 I.M.
Kellie Erkel – 10th, 500 free, 15th, 100 fly (Division 4)
Melina Joseph – 15th, 100 back (Division 2)
Lau Ortiz – 14th, 200 I.M. (Division 2)
Dylan Tarazona – 11th, 100 fly (Division 2)
Tana Wilson – 12th, 500 free (Division 2)

CONGRATS TO TCC C.I.F. QUALIFIERS

Jacob Altree
Jade Berniard - Senior
Tara Bletcher
Rebecca Coan
Kellie Erkel
Karla Fuertez
Dylan Gabel - Senior
Joy Gao
William Granberry
Jason Haney
Michael Haney
Monique Haney - Senior
Thomas Harper
Alexandra Hong
Melina Joseph
Samantha Keehn
Luke Keough-Miller
Megan Lambert - Senior
Serena Lee
Jon Mendoza - Senior
Lau Ortiz
Brandon Porter
Kate Santilena
New Sa-Nguansap - Senior
Dylan Tarazona
Noelle Tarazona
Oriana Wang
Heidi Zuniga
Tana Wilson

"It should be lots of fun. The kids look great and we have had some of our most positive workouts in a long time. We even crowned our first CIF "Cheer" Champs," said Coach John. C.I.F. is held at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach the week of May 11-15.

GOOD LUCK TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS

A Big Have Fun and Swim Fast to all of our high school swimmers at their respective high school league prelims and finals. We hope all of you have best times and get your C.I.F swim cuts. Good luck to everyone who will compete at the C.I.F Swim Division Championships.

MEET SCHEDULE

TCC has been assigned to the Ventura June Age Group Championship meet. This is a prelim and final meet for the older age groups (13 and up). Youngers will swim between the older age group prelims and finals. Sign up on DirectAthletics for the June Champs.

TCC will compete at Mission Viejo for the 2010 Summer Junior Olympics.

MICHAEL HANEY AND SONIA WANG SELECTED TO USA SWIMMING WESTERN ZONE CAMP

Congratulations to Sonia Wang, 13 and Michael Haney, 15 for their selection to the 2010 USA Swimming Western Zone Select Camp. The camp is designed for the up-and-coming young swimmers in each zone of the U.S.A. The camp will be held at Arizona State University on May 27-30, 2010. Sonia’s selection was based on her sizzling summer times and her IMX challenge score. Michael was chosen because of his super fast long course 13-14 200 meter fly this past summer.

In addition, USA Swimming has asked Noelle Tarazona to be the guest speaker at the Zone Camp. Noelle will represent the National Youth Team and will participate with the Zone Camp athletes.

This is a huge accomplishment for these three young swimmers, and we hope they enjoy the experience!

FUN PHOTOS!

Thanks to Mrs. Campbell for her awesome Younger JO photo board! It was so much fun to revisit such a successful meet for our swimmers.

SCS NAMES EIGHT TO ALL-STAR FESTIVAL TEAM

Southern California Swimming selected eight TCC swimmers to the 2010 All-Star Swim Festival:

Ethan Trieu, 10
Samantha Duran, 11
Madeline Budds, 12
Olga Ortiz, 12
Samantha Keehn, 14
Heidi Zuniga, 14
Kevin Coan, 14
Dylan Tarazona, 14

These eight will compete on February 28, at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach.
Congrats to our super eight TCC swimmers!!

13-14 BOYS AND WANG PROVIDE THRILLS AT OLDER JO’S

On the last night of the 2010 Older Junior Olympics, the TCC 13-14 boys provided one last thrill by winning the 400 free relay. Leading off with a 50.7 split in the 100 free was Kevin Coan, followed by Dylan Tarazona with a fast 49.5. Ben Jardine came next with a lifetime best of 53.1 and the anchor man, Kyle Coan, clocked an awesome 48.4 (this time is currently the 5th fastest time for this age-group in the country).

This relay was indicative of how all four boys performed at JO’s:

Kyle Coan, 14 – JO champ in the 100 free, 2nd in the 50 free, 6th in the 500 free, 9th in the 100 back and 200 free, 11th in the 200 back
Dylan Tarazona, 14 – 3rd in the 200 fly, 4th in the 100 fly, 6th in the 50 free, 9th in the 500 free, 10th in the 100 free and 200 free
Kevin Coan, 14 – JO champ in the 50 free, 7th in the 100 back
Ben Jardine, 14 – Lifetime bests in all events

An outstanding performance was turned in by 13 year-old, Sonia Wang. Sonia was JO champion in all six events she competed in:

100 back
200 back
100 fly
200 fly
200 IM
400 IM

Others scoring points for the team were:

Jon Appleberry, 16 – 16th in the 1000 free
Dylan Gable, 17 – 9th in the 200 back
Jason Haney, 16 – 6th in the 200 back
Michael Haney, 15 – 2nd in the 100 free and 200 free, 5th in the 50 free
Sam Jardine, 17 – 7th in the 500 free
Monique Haney, 17 – 12th in the 200 fly
Lau Ortiz, 16 – 13th in the 200 breast
Kate Santilena, 15 – 10th in the 200 IM and 50 free
Noelle Tarazona, 17 – 2nd in the 200 back, 3rd in the 1000 free and 200 fly, 7th in the 200 breast
Oriana Wang, 15 – 6th in the 1000 free, 10th in the 100 free, 14th in the 200 free

Lifetime bests were turned in by Maryzyl Garcera, Melina Joseph, Hunter Sa-Nguansap, Dillon Nobbs, Tara Bletcher, and Tom Harper.

Exciting relay performances were Heidi Zuniga’s 100 and 200 free; Monique Haney’s 200 free; Lau Ortiz’ 100 free; Jade Berniard’s 100 free; and Tara Bletcher’s 100 back.

Overall, in the combined (younger and older JO’s) team scores, TCC finished in 6th place!

BUDDS, CHEN, DURAN AND ORTIZ AWESOME FOURSOME
ETHAN TRIEU EXTRA SPECIAL AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS

TCC finished in 7th place (5th in the women’s) in the overall team score at the 2010 Spring Junior Olympic meet held in Long Beach. “It was such a fun meet – parents cheering, best times and kite flying on the beach,” said an impressed coach Tressa. “Every swimmer had super races and best times. I can’t believe how great they all did.”

JO finalists included:
Ethan Trieu, 10 – Top 8 in all 6 events with all best times!
5th in 50 fly, 100 fly, 100 free, 6th in 100 IM, 7th in 50 breast and 200 free
Cody Liske, 10 – first time JO finalist in 50 free!
Samantha Duran, 11 – Consolation finalist in 3 events with all best times!
12th in 200 free, 13th in 500 free, and 15th in 200 free!
Mad Dawg Budds, 12 – Top 16 in 4 events with lifetime bests!
6th in 50 breast, 10th in 200 IM, 11th in 100 breast, 14th in 50 fly
Athena Chen, 12 – Finalist in 4 events and consolation finalist in 2 events with all best times!
3rd in 100 IM and 50 breast, 4th in 200 IM and 100 breast, 12th in 50 fly, 14th in 100 fly
Olga Ortiz, 12 – Top 16 in all her events and lifetime bests!
5th in 200 free and 100 fly, 6th in 500 free, 10th in 100 free, 12th in 200 IM, 13th in 100 IM

Other highlights included:
Richelle Campbell, Kiara Fontanilla, Isa Spaczai, and Emily Trieu were the cutest 10 and under girls relay at the meet. Great job girls!
Emily Trieu, 8 – lifetime best in 50 fly
Mark Jareankitja, 9 – best time in 100 back
Sanjar Junisbai, 9 – super swims in 50 and 100 back
Matthew Waddell, 10 – lifetime best in 100 fly
Richie Campbell, 11 – best time in 50 breast, 100 breast, and 200 I.M.
Zach Harrison, 12 – lifetime bests in 500 free, 100 back
Julian Verdon, 12 – wins heat in 500 free with best time
Brian Whittington, 12 – lifetime bests in 200 I.M. , 50 back, 100 back, and 100 free
WOW! WOW! WOW!

BANQUET IS AWESOME

What a super duper evening for the TCC Swim Team - good food and lots of fun. The seniors were great and made us laugh and cry - we will miss them! Twenty-one splashes to Janice Whittington for putting on a first-class affair. Thanks to John Haney and Kyle De Haas for their help on the video.

JON APPLEBERRY, KATE SANTILENA, AND DYLAN TARAZONA ARE
"Q" CHAMPIONS

"Q" meant QUICK for our TCC swimmers at the 2010 Senior "Q" meet held in Long Beach. Three swimmers were crowned "Q" champions:

Jon Appleberry, 16 500 free (4:46.43)
Kate Santilena, 15 500 free (5:07.06)
Dylan Tarazona, 14 200 fly (2:00.73)

"It was such fun to see everyone swim so fast. Almost every race was a lifetime best, and it was great to see our swimmers cheering for each other," said a proud coach Tressa Ries.

Other highlights included:

Jon Appleberry, 16 - 2nd in 100 free, 8th in 100 fly
Ben Jardine, 14 - 3 lifetime bests in 100 fly, 200 IM, 200 breast
Samantha Keehn, 14 - 7th in 100 free, 9th in 200 IM
Lau Ortiz, 16 - 3rd in 200 back, 200 fly
Olga Ortiz, 12 - 10th in 200 fly, lifetime bests in 100 free, 200 free
Kate Santilena, 15 - 2nd in 100 breast, 200 free, 200 IM, 1000 free, 3rd in 200 fly
Dylan Tarazona, 14 - 2nd in 100 fly, 16th in 50 free
Tana Wilson, 15 - 6th in 200 breast, 11th in 400 IM, 13th in 100 breast
Heidi Zuniga, 14 - 2nd in 200 fly, 11th in 100 fly, 14th in 500 free

WINTER WONDER PANCAKES

Santa elves didn't disappoint — cooking up some winter wonderful pancakes and sizzling sausages for our hungry TCC swimmers. Thanks to all that helped cook, serve orange juice and bubbly cider and who helped with clean-up. Thanks Janice for making our Christmas breakfast so much fun!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE

CHEN, COAN AND WANG ARE ALL-STARS

TCC placed three swimmers on the Southern California Pacific Quad All-Star Team:

Athena Chen, 12
Sonia Wang, 13
Kyle Coan, 14

These three will compete on January 9 & 10 at the Cerritos Swim Complex against all-star teams from British Columbia, Oregon, Pacific Northwest and Pacific Swimming. Their selection was based on fast swimming at the Winter Age Group Champs and Senior Sectionals. Coach Jennifer Tarazona will be the SCS 11-12 girls coach.
Great job and have lots of fun Athena, Sonia, Kyle and Jennifer.

TCC ANNUAL SWIM BANQUET

DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR BANQUET FORM IN THE SWIM OFFICE BEGINNING JANUARY 4TH, 2010.
THE SWIM BANQUET IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 AT "IMAGINE THAT" IN UPLAND.
THE PARTY IS FROM 6 TO 11 P.M. - YOU MUST TURN YOUR FORM IN BY JANUARY 15TH.

SANTA'S ELVES HELP OUT
ADOPT-A-FAMILY

Thank you to all who contributed to our Adopt-a-Family. We had lots of great donations - canned goods, cereals, mac-n-cheese, towels, toys, and jackets. Thanks also to our swimmers who helped wash cars on a rainy day. Your generous efforts will help make our family's Christmas much brighter.

SONIA BREAKS FIRST NATIONAL RECORD FOR THE CLAREMONT CLUB

At the 2009 short course Junior Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, Sonia Wang broke the national age-group record for the 11-12 girls 200 yard butterfly. Her time of 2:01.97 smashed the previous mark of 2:03.29 (from 2003). This was the fastest 200 yard butterfly ever swum in our country by an 11-12 year-old and is the first time a TCC swimmer has achieved this accomplishment. Congratulations Sonia!

COOKIN' IN COLUMBUS

TCC's Short Course Junior National team of Sonia Wang, Oriana Wang, Dylan Gabel, and Sam Jardine had hot swims in cold, snowy Columbus. "It was a great experience and the kids did a super job, especially for the newcomers to this level of competition" said head coach, John Ries. The following were the highlights:

Sonia Wang, 12; 22nd in the 200 fly (2:01.97), best times in the 200 IM and 100 fly
Oriana Wang, 15; Best times in the 100 fly, 200 back, and 200 free
Dylan Gabel, 17; good swim in the 1650 free
Sam Jardine, 17; great job in the 500 and the 1650 free

TCC SECOND AT
WINTER AGE-GROUP CHAMPS

At the Winter Age-Group Championship meet, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, the TCC Swim Team placed an impressive second place in the combined team scores (2nd in women's and 3rd in men's). The team buffet, snowy weather, and bright lights weren't the only highlights in Vegas:

Champions included:

Heidi Zuniga, 14 - 1000 free
Kate Santilena, 14 - 200 IM and 100 fly
Kyle Coan, 14 - 50 free
Rebecca Coan, 16 - 200 fly
Jason Haney, 15 - 100 back, 200 back, and 200 IM
Lau Ortiz, 16 - 200 breast

Other highlights:

10 & under girls and boys
Emily Trieu, 8 - youngest swimmer in the meet, good swims in 50/100/200 free, 50 fly
Naseem Nazari, 10 - best time 50 breast
Jessica Gribble, 10 - great job in 200 free in first championship meet
Kiara Fontanilla, 9- super swim in relay
Ethan Trieu, 10 - 4th in 100 IM, 5th in 100 free, 6th in 100 breast, 100 fly, 50 fly
Cody Liske, 10 - 10th in 100 breast, 12th in 50 breast, 16th in 100 IM
Sanjar Junisbai, 9 - 11th in 100 back, 16th in 50 back, best time in 100 IM
Matthew Waddell, 10 - good swims in 200 free, 50/100 fly, 200 IM
Greg Yakovlev, 9 - great effort in 200 IM, 50/100 fly

11-12 girls and boys
Athena Chen, 12 - 2nd in 50/100 breast, 4th in 100 IM, 6th in 50 fly
Mad Dawg Budds, 12 - 9th in 100 breast, 11th in 50 fly, 50 breast
Samantha Duran, 11 - 10th in 500 free, 15th in 100 free, 50 fly
Olga Ortiz, 12 - 2nd in 100 fly, 5th in 200 free, 6th in 100 free, 8th in 200 IM
Alexis Margett, 11 - 16th in 50 fly, best times in 50 breast, 100 IM
Katie Yakovlev, 11 - great job in 50 free, 50 fly, 100 back
Ana Yakovlev, 12 - best times in 50/100 fly
Shania Fontanilla, 12 - good job in 50 fly, 100 breast
Brian Whittington, 11 - 9th in 50 back, 14th in 100 breast, 16th in 100 back
Zachary Harrison, 12 - best times in 50/100 free, 100 IM
David Harper, 12 - best times in 100 free, 50 fly, 100 IM
Julian Verdon, 11 - great job in 50/100 fly

13-14 girls and boys
Heidi Zuniga, 14 - 4th in 500 free, 200 fly
Kate Santilena, 14 - 2nd in 50/100/200 free, 100 back
Tiana Wilson, 13 - good job in 100 breast
Maryzyl Garcera, 13 - 3rd in 100 fly, 8th in 200 fly, best times in 100 back, 200 IM
Melina Joseph, 14 - good job in 100/200 back, good lead-off in relays
Kyle Coan, 14 - 2nd in 100 free, 200 back, 200 free
Dylan Tarazona, 14 - 2nd in 500 free, 3rd in 50 free, 100 fly, 4th in 200 free
Ben Jardine, 14 - 8th in 200 breast, 9th in 400 IM, best time in 500 free
Zeph Handley, 14 - 16th in 1000 free, best time in 200 free
Dillon Nobbs, 14 - best time in 100 back, Spring JO cut in 200 back

15-18 girls and boys
Jade Berniard, 17 - 3rd in 200 fly, 6th in 100 fly
Tara Bletcher, 16 - 13th in 100 back, 12th in 200 back
Rebecca Coan, 16 - 2nd in 200 IM, 5th in 100 fly, 400IM
Kellie Erkel, 15 - good streamlines in 100/200 fly
Megan Lambert, 17 - best time in 100 breast
Tana Wilson, 15 - 2nd in 400 IM, 500 free, 5th in 200 fly, 200 breast
Jon Appleberry, 16 - 2nd in 1000 free, 8th in 200 fly, 9th in 500 free
Tom Harper, 15 - 7th in 200 fly, best times in 500 free, 100 fly, 400 IM
Jason Haney, 15 - 2nd in 50/100/200 free
Lau Ortiz, 15 - 3rd in 400 IM, 4th in 200 IM, 8th in 100 breast, 1650 free

Top 3 Relays were:
10 & Under Boys - 3rd in 200 Medley
11 & 12 Girls - 2nd in both 200 and 400 Medley
13 & 14 Girls - 1st in 200 Medley, 2nd in 400 Free, 3rd in 200 Free and 400 Medley
13 & 14 Boys - 1st in 200 Free, 2nd in 200 Medley, 3rd in 400 Medley
15 - 18 Girls - 1st in 200 Free, 800 Free, 200 Medley, 400 Medley, 3rd in 400 Free
15 - 18 Boys - 3rd in 200 Medley and 400 Medley

GOOD LUCK IN COLUMBUS!

Best of luck to our Short Course Junior National Team -
Sonia Wang, Oriana Wang, Dylan Gabel, and Sam Jardine!

They will compete in Columbus, Ohio on Dec 10-12.
This will be the first Junior competition for Sonia, Oriana, and Sam. Dylan competed at Long Course Junior Nationals in August.

Have fun and swim fast! We're proud of you!

PANCAKES ARE COMING!
PANCAKES ARE COMING!

Santa's elves will be making a special delivery on December 29th to all our "good" boys and girls on the TCC Swim Team! Yummy Christmas pancakes will be served on deck beginning at 9:00 am.

7:00 groups eat at 10:00
8:00 groups eat at 9:30
10:00 groups eat at 9:00

Mark your calendar -- don't miss out on the Christmas fun!

SONIA WANG FLYS TO ANOTHER
SCS RECORD

Congratulations to Sonia Wang for a fantastic record-breaking swim in the 200 yard fly at the SCS Senior Meet held in Fullerton. Sonia's time of 2:03.95 smashed the previous mark by over 3 seconds!

TCC SWIMMERS GO NATIONAL

USA Swimming announced the 2008-2009 National Top 10 List where four TCC swimmers were named in individual events: Sonia Wang, Oriana Wang, Michael Haney, and Noelle Tarazona.

In a first for the club, two swimmers were ranked the fastest in their event in the country: Sonia Wang ranked first in the 12 year-old 100 meter butterfly and the 400 meter individual medley; and Noelle Tarazona ranked first in the 15 year-old 200 yard butterfly and the 16 year-old 200 meter butterfly.

For the first time in his successful swimming career, Michael Haney ranked 10th in the 14 year-old 200 meter freestyle.

Oriana Wang placed 8th in the 13-year-old girl's 100 yard free.

In addition to her first place rankings, Sonia Wang placed the following in the 11 year-old age group: 5th in 100 yard free, 4th in the 200 yard free, 6th in the 50 yard backstroke, 6th in the 100 yard backstroke, 3rd in the 200 yard backstroke, 5th in the 100 yard butterfly, 4th in the 200 yard butterfly, 3rd in the 100 yard I.M. and 2nd in the 200 yard I.M. Her rankings for the 12 year-old age group were: 10th in the 400 meter freestyle, 4th in the 100 meter backstroke, 6th in the 200 meter backstroke, 4th in the 200 meter butterfly and 5th in the 200 meter I.M.

Noelle Tarazona also ranked 4th in the 15 year-old 400 yard I.M. and 8th in the 16 year-old 400 meter I.M.

TCC placed two relay teams on the National List. The 11-12 girls team of Sonia Wang, Athena Chen, Maryzyl Garcera and Olga Ortiz placed 4th in the 200 meter medley relay and 5th in the 400 meter medley relay.

The 13-14 girls relay team of Samantha Keehn, Kate Santilena, Oriana Wang, and Heidi Zuniga placed 6th in the 800 meter freestyle relay.

We are extremely proud of these young swimmers and their accomplishments on the National scene.

FUN FALL FESTIVAL

A heartfelt thanks goes out to all the parents who helped make this year's Fall Festival a huge success. Special appreciation to Kyle and Jennifer DeHaas who did a fantastic job setting up and organizing the festivities. The food was awesome (the best ever!), and the pumpkin carvings showed some unexpected talent outside of the water.

Top earners for the lap swim fundraiser included:
William Granberry
Dylan Tarazona
Jennifer Honeywell
Eric Bletcher
Zach Harrison

The costumes continue to get better and more creative each year. Winners were:
Emily Trieu
Connor Liske
Kiara Fontanilla
Shania Fontanilla
Aidan Corliss
Luke Obert

SAY HI TO MICHAEL PHELPS

Good luck to Noelle Tarazona as she travels to Stockholm, Sweden and Berlin, Germany, along with teammate Michael Phelps, to compete in two World Cup swim meets. Noelle will swim November 10th through 15th for Team U.S.A. against other world class competition. Have a great trip Noelle!

SONIA WANG SETS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SWIMMING RECORD IN 400 IM

TCC swimmer, Sonia Wang, 12, broke the 11-12 girls Southern California Swimming record in the 400 yard IM at the SCS Senior meet held in Simi Valley on October 24, 2009. Sonia's time of 4:30.19 broke the three year old record by almost a second. This is a huge accomplishment and Sonia is now the fastest swimmer in her age-group to swim this event in Southern California Swimming history. Congratulations Sonia!

TCC NAMED TO SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICAN

TCC is proud to announce that 3 swimmers have been named to the 2008-2009 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Team:
Noelle Tarazona, 10th grade
Dylan Gable, 11th grade
Sam Jardine, 10th grade
The Scholastic All-America program is open to all 10th, 11th, and 12th grade USA Swimming members who earn a 3.5 GPA or better and achieve a Junior National Bonus Time Standard. The Western Zone of the USA led the way with the most swimmers and Southern California and Pacific (Northern California) tied for the most members.
Congtrats to Noelle, Dylan, and Sam!!

TARAZONA'S "CUP" RUNNETH OVER

Posted September 5, 2009:  Noelle Tarazona has been selected to the 2009-2010 USA National Youth Team and has also been selected to attend 2 World Cup Meets in Europe this November as part of TEAM USA.

Noelle will compete in Stockholm, Sweden and Berlin, Germany in mid-November. Noelle's selection, to the 23-member Women's USA National Youth Team, was based on her performance at Junior Nationals, held in Federal Washington. Her time of 2:11.03 in the women's 200 butterfly placed her on this prestigious team.

Congratulations Noelle!!

WHAT DO THESE TCC SWIMMERS HAVE IN COMMON

Posted August 17, 2009: Can anyone guess what Dylan Gabel, Conner Luster, Noelle Tarazona and Aaron Woods have in common? They all established new Long Course Team Records this summer.

Check out our new team record section!

Congrats to Sonia Wang, Hunter Sa-Nguansap, Samantha Keehn, and Michael Haney - they all set new individual age group team records.

WOW - look who established new team relay records:

• Sonia Wang
• Athena Chen
• Maryzyl Garcera
• Olga Ortiz
• Brian Whittington
• Hunter Sa-Nguansap
• Aaron Lee
• Rich Campbell
• Melina Joseph
• Kate Santilena
• Samantha Keehn
• Oriana Wang
• Heidi Zuniga
• Kyle Coan
• Dylan Tarazona
• Ben Jardine; and
• Michael Haney!

TARAZONA BREAKS 29-YEAR-OLD SCS RECORD

Posted August 16, 2009: Noelle Tarazona established a new Southern California Swimming Record, in the 15-16 girl's 200 meter butterfly, while competing at the 2009 USA Junior Nationals, held in Federal Way, Washington. The previous mark was set in January 1980 by Mayumi Yokoyama (2:11,74). Noelle finished 2nd in the event, breaking the meet record as well as the SCS record. Her time of 2:11.03 is the fastest time ever swam in Southern California Swimming history for this age group. Noelle also finished 4th in the 400 I.M., in a 4:49.90, a new team record and had a personal best in the 200 back (2:18.21).

Conner Luster had best times in the 50 free (24.24), 100 free (52.56), and 200 free (1:55.54) - all new team records.

Jordan Harris set lifetime bests in the 50 free (23.03), 100 free (53.37), and 200 I.M. (2:15.61).

Dylan Gabel was the workhorse swimming the 400, 800 and 1,500 frees.

"It was a tremendous meet for TCC. Noelle set the tone by smashing her best time and breaking a very old SCS record in the 200 fly. It was an exciting swim and she had a super meet.

The three boys performed quite well for their first Junior National meet and gained needed experience at this level of competition. I can't wait to see what this foursome can do in the 2009-2010 swim season," said a proud Coach John.

CHRISTMAS WORKOUT SCHEDULE DEC 21-DEC 31

MORNINGS ONLY:
John and Reinhold 5:00 groups are at 7-10 am
Tressa and Jennifer 5:00 groups are at 8-9:30/10 am
John and Reinhold 4:00 groups are at 9:30 ? 11 am
Tona and Janet 4:00 groups are at 10-11 am

Dec 25   No swim practice - MERRY CHRISTMAS

Jan 1   No swim practice - HAPPY 2010

TCC SWIMS AT NACC

Posted August 7, 2009: Sonia Wang, 12, set her 4th 11-12 Long Course Southern California Swimming Record at the 2009 North American Challenge Cup, held at the La Mirada Aquatics Center.

The meet is a all-star competition between Southern California, Pacific, Pacific Northwest, Mexico and Canada. Sonia won the 100 fly, in a 1:04.14, establishing both the meet record and the SCS record. Sonia also won the 400 free (4:36.29) and the 200 fly (2:24.78), setting meet records in both those two events. Other highlights
included:

• Oriana Wang, 14 - 3rd in the 400 free (4:25.91), 3rd in the 100 fly (1:04.77), 3rd in the 200 free
• Samantha Keehn, 14 - 4th in the 200 fly (2:21.25), 7th in the 100 back
• Michael Haney,14 - 2nd in the 200 fly (2:10.66), 4th i the 100 fly (58.84), 4th in the 200 free (1:57.76)
• Sam Jardine, 16 - 6th in the 400 free (4:15.12), 10th in the 200 back

Great swimming TCC all-stars!!

2008-2009 A SUPER SEASON FOR TCC

Posted August 4, 2009: Thanks to our board members for another super swim season. President John Haney and new VP Andrew Jardine will be re-elected in a landslide for their great job this past year. Marcella Antuna's creations are awesome and fun and Martha Stewart has nothing on our Social Chairman Janice Whittington. We would like to thank all of our parents who helped at any of our fun and fabulous social functions and to those who ran our best meet ever this spring. Kudos to our cheering parents - you were the best cheerleaders by far at JO's and I know the swimmers really appreciate your support.

Have a fun-filled break and see you back at the pool on Tuesday, September 8th.

TCC Coaching Staff

TCC SWIMMERS FINISH 3RD AT 2009 SUMMER JUNIOR OLYMPICS

Posted August 4, 2009: Our TCC swimmers took on the heavyweights of Southern California Swimming, at the 2009 Summer Junior Olympics, and landed a knockout punch. TCC finished 3rd in the overall team standings (3rd in the women’s division, 4th in the men’s), placing only behind Mission Viejo and Irvine Nova. “It might be the best we have ever done at JO’s. It was a complete team effort with almost everyone swimming well,” said Head Coach John. “From Sam Duran to Alexis Margett to Mad Dog Budds to Aaron Lee to Heidi Zuniga to Kyle Coan. . .I could list the whole team. Dylan Gabel captured his 2nd Junior National cut in the 400 free and that was extremely exciting. It was a great way to end the swim year.”

2009 Junior Olympic Champions included:

• Sonia Wang, 12 – 100 free, 200 free
• Samantha Keehn, 14 – 100 back
• Oriana Wang, 14 – 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 200 back
• Michael Haney, 14 – 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 100 fly, 200 fly
• Dylan Gabel, 17 – 400 free, 1500 free

Top 3 Swimmers included:

• Samantha Duran, 10
• Alexis Margett, 10
• Athena Chen, 12
• Hunter Sa-Nguansap, 12
• Sam Jardine, 16
• Jason Haney, 15
• Aaron Woods, 17

Placing in Top 8 included:

• Katie Yakovlev, 10
• Ethan Trieu, 9
• Madeline Budds, 12
• Maryzyl Garcera, 12
• Aaron Lee, 12
• Olga Ortiz, 11
• Kate Santilena, 14
• Heidi Zuniga, 14
• Kyle Coan, 14
• Dylan Tarazona, 14
• Victoria Gibb, 17
• Rebecca Coan, 15
• Monique Haney, 17
• Conner Luster, 17
• Lau Ortiz, 15
• DJ Tarazona, 17
• Jordan Harris, 17

Congratulations to everyone that competed at the 2009 Junior Olympics!!

SIX SWIMMERS NAMED TO 2009 NACC

Posted August 4, 2009: Congratulations to our six TCC swimmers named to the Southern California Swimming squad that will compete at the 2009 North American Challenge Cup:

• Sonia Wang, 12
• Samantha Keehn, 14
• Oriana Wang, 14
• Michael Haney, 14
• Sam Jardine, 16
• Dylan Gabel, 17

The meet between Canada, Mexico, Southern California, Pacific, and Pacific Northwest will be held at the La Mirada Aquatics Center on August 5-7. The team was selected based on times achieved during the early months of this long course season. We hope you all have a great time and have super swims.

SHANIA SWIMS FOR TCC

Posted July 4, 2009: Thanks to Shania Fontanilla (and her parents) for helping TCC, and her 11-12 teammates, at the June Age Group Champs. Shania gave up her weekend, at the last minute, so our 11-12 girl's relay wouldn't be scratched.

Mad Dog Budds, Tiana Wilson, Ana Yakovlev joined with Shania to score lots of points as our 11-12 "B" relay. Great Team Effort to all of you!!

SONIA SETS 3RD SCS RECORD

Posted June 30, 2009: Sonia Wang broke her 3rd Southern California Swimming record in the 11-12 girls 400 I.M. at the 2009 June Age Group Invitational held in Ventura.

Sonia's time of 5:09.89, set in prelims Saturday morning, smashed the record by almost a second. This is the third SCS record Sonia has established during this long course season. Our caps and goggles off to you Sonia!!

TCC PLACES 2ND AT JUNE CHAMPS

Posted June 30, 2009: TCC traveled to Ventura with high hopes of swimming fast -- mission accomplished!! In the overall team score, TCC placed 2nd, outscoring the 3rd place team by over 1500 points.

Highlights included:

1st place Relays

• 10 & under girls 200 free and 200 medley
• 11 & 12 girls 200 and 400 free, 200 and 400 medley
• 13 & 14 girls 200, 400 and 800 free, 200 and 400 medley
• 13 & 14 boys 200, 400 and 800 free, 200 medley
• 15 & 18 boys 400 medley

Unbeatable:

• Michael Haney, 14, wins 6 events
• Oriana Wang, 14, wins 6 events
• Sonia Wang, 12, sets SCS record in 400 I.M. and wins 6 events
• Samantha Duran, 10, wins 6 events

Other individual champions:

• Hunter Sa-Nguansap, 12
• Samantha Keehn, 14
• Kate Santilena, 14

2nd place points;

• Katie Yakovlev, 10
• Alexis Margett, 10
• Athena Chen, 12
• Maryzyl Garcera, 12
• Kyle Coan, 14
• 11 & 12 boys 200 and 400 free, 200 medley relays
• 15 & 18 boys 200 free relay

Team Spirit was incredible - lots of cheering and yelling and fun!!

ORIGINAL OR GRILLED??

Posted June 30, 2009: A big "cock-a-doodle-do" to the parents who helped put together our team chicken dinner on deck at the June Invitational - Mildred Berniard, Lisa Lerg, Patricia Haney and Sherri Obert. It was awesome and lots of fun!! Thank You!

DYLAN GABEL - NEWEST MEMBER OF TCC JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM

Posted June 23, 2009: With the coaches screaming and cheering, Dylan Gabel hit the  wall, in a Junior National time of 8:30.00, in the 800 meter free at the 2009 Swim Meet of Champions.

This accomplishment makes Dylan the newest member of TCC's growing Junior National Team.  Dylan will join Jordan Harris, Conner Luster and Noelle Tarazona in
Federal Way, Washington as they compete in August at Juniors.

Congratulations  Dylan on a fantastic swim!!

WANG BREAKS SCS RECORD AT SMOC

Posted June 20, 2009: On the second day of a star-studded Swim Meet of Champions, TCC swimmer Sonia Wang, 12, broke the 11-12 girls Southern California Swimming record in the 200 meter butterfly. Sonia broke the record by over a second, finishing with a 2:24.67.

This is the second SCS record (200 meter back) by Sonia this long course season.

Congratulations Sonia on your awesome swim!!

WE SALUTE COACH JOHANNES

Posted June 13, 2009: We would like to wish the best for Coach Johannes as he leaves on an exciting new life adventure.  Our country is gaining one wonderful young man - TCC SALUTES COACH JOHANNES!!

We will miss you at the pool!!

Attention Parents/Swimmers -
Summer JO information

Posted June 9, 2009: TCC has been assigned to the 2009 Summer Junior Olympics at Mission Viejo.  It is designated as the "RED" JO's at Mission.  Relays will be swum on Sunday.

SIX NAMED ALL-AMERICAN

Posted June 5, 2009: Congrats to six TCC swimmers named to the 2008-2009 High School All-American List:

• Noelle Tarazona - 100 fly & 200 I.M.
• Dylan Gabel - 500 free
• Jordan Harris - 100 free & 200 I.M.
• Conner Luster - 100 free & 200 free
• Sam Jardine - 500 free
• Aaron Woods - 100 back

This is a super achievement and we are proud of you!!

TARAZONA LOVES CANADIAN WATER

May 25, 2009: "I love the blue and green of TCC, but it is awesome to see our young athletes in red, white and blue," said proud mom Jennifer after attending 2009 Mel Zajac International Meet in Vancouver, Canada where daughter Noelle Tarazona competed. Noelle represented the USA for the second time and had a super swim meet. Competing in five events, Noelle had lifetime bests in all five and finaled (top 24) in all of them as well. Noelle finished 4th overall in the 200 butterfly (2:13.50), 7th in the 400 I.M. (4:51.03), 8th in the 100 fly (1:02.70), 14th in the 200 I.M. (2:20.69), and 19th in the 50 fly (29.05). "What a great experience to compete on the road, against our best and Canadian Olympians, and have her best times. She swam well both in the prelim and finals. TCC is very proud of her," said Head Coach John.

NEW TEAM RECORDS

May 25, 2009: WOW- lots of new TEAM and AGE GROUP records!! Congrats to our new record holders:

• Ethan Trieu - both short course and long course
• Cody De Haas - short course
• Julian Verdon - short course
• Hunter Sa-Nguansap - both short and long
• Sonia Wang - both short and long plus an SCS record in 11-12 200 meter back
• Oriana Wang - both short and long
• Jason Haney - both short and long
• Michael Haney - both short and long
• Noelle Tarazona - both short and long plus team and an SCS record in the 15-16 200 yard fly
• Connor Luster - short course and team
• Jordan Harris - short course and team
• Aaron Woods - short course and team
• Sam Jardine - short course and team

HARRIS, OBERT AND TARAZONA CAPTURE CIF CROWNS

May 19, 2009: Everyone thought that swimming the C.I.F finals at the Mt. Sac pool (instead of Belmont) might slow down our TCC high school swimmers, but everyone was wrong. “I can’t imagine swimming any faster. The TCC kids had great times and were outstanding. It was awesome to have 3 swimmers win individual events,” said an excited Head Coach John Ries. TCC swimmers capturing C.I.F. titles were:

• JORDAN HARRIS (Division 2) – 100 free, 45.56
• LUKE OBERT (Division 4) – 100 fly, 52.96
• NOELLE TARAZONA (Division 2) – 200 I.M., 2:01.32

Jordan was also 2nd in the 200 I.M. with a sizzling 1:52.35. Both of Jordan’s times were Junior National cuts. Luke placed 2nd in the 100 back with a lifetime best of 55.46. Noelle finished 3rd in the 100 fly with a fast 54.98. Both of Noelle’s times were Senior National cuts.

Other outstanding swims in finals included:

• Connor Luster – 2nd in the 100 free (45,77) and 4th in the 200 free (1:39.46) – both swims were Junior National cuts
• Dylan Gabel – 5th in the 500 free (4:35.33) and 11th in the 100 back (54,94) – lifetime bests
• Sam Jardine – 7th in the 200 free (1:42.34) and 8th in the 500 free (4:35.28)- both personal bests
• Aaron Woods – 3rd in the 100 back (51.56) and 8th in the 200 I.M. – broke his own team record in the back
• Michael Haney (Division 4) – 3rd in both the 200 free and 100 fly – lifetime best times
• Rebecca Coan – best time in the 200 I.M. (8th) and 13th in the 100 fly
• Kellie Erkel (Division 4) – 12th in the 500 free
• Tink Gibb – 11th in the 100 free and 15th in the 50 free
• Monique Haney – (Division 4) – 6th in both the 200 and 500 free
• Keonni Obert (Division 4) – 5th in the 200 I.M. and 13th in the 200 back – both were personal bests
• New Sa-Nguansap – 7th in the 200 I.M. and 14th in the 100 breast
• Oriana Wang – 3rd in the 500 free and 5th in the 200 free

CONGRATS ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL SEASON!!

CIF - HERE COMES TCC!!

May 10, 2009: Congrats to our high school TCC swimmers who have qualified in individual events for the C.I.F. Division Championships:

• Jon Appleberry
• Jade Berniard
• Rebecca Coan
• Kellie Erkel
• Karla Fuertez
• Dylan Gabel
• Joy Gao
• Tink Gibb
• Michael Haney
• Monique Haney
• Jason Haney
• Jordan Harris
• Sam Jardine
• Katie Johnson
• Katie Lerg
• Connor Luster
• Marissa McDowell
• John Mendoza
• Luke Obert
• Keonni Obert
• Lau Ortiz
• New Sa-Nguansap
• D.J. Tarazona
• Noelle Tarazona
• Oriana Wang
• Aaron Woods
• Tana Wilson

C.I.F. will take place at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach, beginning May 12th. Have FUN and Swim FAST!

MEMORIAL DAY SWIM PRACTICE

May 1, 2009: There will be no workout for any 4:00 group or Jennifer's 5:00 group on Monday, May 25th, Memorial Day.

Tressa's, Christine's and John's 5:00 groups will swim from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

MAY FLOWERS BRING TCC POWER

May 1, 2009: The month of May should bring lots of excitement for the TCC swim team:

1. Noelle Tarazona will compete in Canada for the 2009 USA National Junior Team. Noelle will race against some of swimming's youngest stars from around the world. This is the second time Noelle will represent her country (she traveled to Australia last year). The meet is May 21-23 in Vancouver. Have fun Noelle!!

2. Our high school swimmers will compete in their league prelim and finals with the hope of attaining their C.I.F times. Good luck to everyone!!

3. C.I.F Prelims and Finals - many of our swimmers will compete for C.I.F crowns in Division 2 and 4, beginning May 12th. Anyone interested in cheering on our high school swimmers is welcome to attend (Belmont Plaza in Long Beach).

GO TCC!!

SONIA SMASHES RECORD

Apr. 29, 2009: TCC swimmer, Sonia Wang, 12, broke the 11-12 girl's Southern California Swimming record in the 200 meter backstroke at the 2009 Speedo Grand Challenge held at the Irvine Swim Complex. Sonia smashed the record, swimming a 2:27.89, breaking the old record by 7 tenths. Sonia placed 15th overall in the women's 200 back. Sonia's swim is the fastest time by an 11-12 girl in Southern California history.

CONGRATULATIONS SONIA!!

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRES TAKE OFFICE

Apr. 29, 2009: New President John Haney was sworn in as our new TCC president and immediately welcomed his running mate, Andrew Jardine. They are joined by Social Chair, Janice Whittington, Member-At-Large, Marcella Antuna and Treasurer Katherine Briggs.

If you have any questions, feel free to talk to them when they are on deck.

AWESOME TCC LONG COURSE MEET

Apr. 29, 2009: We want to thank everyone who helped at our 2009 TCC BRW Long Course meet. It was FANTASTIC!! We had lots of compliments and it was a huge success. New Presdient John Haney kept things running smoothly and the TCC swimmers had lots of best times.

A special thanks to the Gribble Family (snack bar) and the Fekete family (deck clean-up) - you were incredible!!

Great job everyone!

"CLEAN AS A SHED"

Apr. 15, 2009: We want thank Janet Mater and Eunice Smith for an awesome job cleaning out our swim team shed. John can actually locate things now!! Thanks for a super job!!

CAR WASH THANK YOU

Apr. 15, 2009: A big thanks to all that worked the car wash on Saturday, March 28th. It was a great day and a super effort by lots of swimmers and their parents. Overall, the TCC team washed approximately 300 cars -- INCREDIBLE!!

HANEY AND WANG WIN JO TITLES

Feb. 19, 2009: TCC swimmers, Oriana Wang and Michael Haney, captured Junior Olympic titles at the 2009 Spring Junior Olympic meet held at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. Oriana Wang, 14, won individual titles in the 50 free (24.56), 100 free (52.44), 200 free (1:52.18), 200 I.M. (2:07.04) and the 400 I.M. "It isn't easy winning one event at J.O.'s and Oriana won 5. She had an outstanding meet," said her happy coach Tressa.

Michael Haney, 14, won his J.O. crown in the 100 free (48.62). He also placed 3rd in the 200 free (1:46.66) and 1,000 free and 5th in the 50 free (23.30) and 500 free (4:46.93). "This was a breakout meet for Michael. He was awesome," said Head Coach John Ries.

Both Oriana and Michael competed on team relays that scored team points as well. The 13-14 girls (Oriana, Tana Wilson, Heidi Zuniga, Samantha Keehn, Kate Santilena) finished 2nd in the 400 free and 800 free relays and 3rd in the 200 and 400 medley relays.

The 13-14 boys (Michael, Kyle Coan, Dylan Tarazona, Ben Jardine) placed 7th in the 200 medley relay, 8th in the 400 free and 800 free relays, and 9th in the 200 free relay.
Others scoring for TCC were:

• Samantha Keehn, 14 - 3rd in the 100 back, 4th in the 200 back, 9th in the 200 fly
• Kate Santilena, 14 - 2nd in the 50 free, 6th in the 100 free, 7th in the 100 back
• Tana Wilson, 14 - 15th in the 200 breast
• Heidi Zuniga, 13 - 15th in the 200 fly
• Kyle Coan, 13 - 12th in the 200 free
• New Sa-Nguansap, 16 - 16th in the 100 breast, 12th in the 200 breast
• Noellle Tarazona, 16 - 2nd in the 100 breast, 4th in the 200 back, 4th in the 200 breast
• Dylan Gabel, 16 - 9th in the 1650 free, 10th in the 1000 free, 13th in the 200 back
• Sam Jardine, 16 - 9th in the 1000 free, 11th in the 200 back
• Jordan Harris, 17 - 13th in the 50 free, 14th in the 100 fly
• Conner Luster, 17 - 16th in the 50 free
• Aaron Woods, 17 - 11th in the 100 fly and 100 breast, 16th in the 100 back

TCC finished 6th in the combined team score. The women's team (both younger and older) placed 2nd in the girl's division. "What a great job out of everyone. The girls were 2nd behind only Nova. Our relays were super. Almost every relay moved up and scored us points. That is a fantastic effort out of our kids," said coach John.

SNACK BAR DONATION

Feb. 6, 2009: Please remember to bring in your $10.00, per family, snack bar donation by March 2nd. Drop it off in the swim office as soon as possible. The meet job sign-up board will be in the swim office beginning March 2nd.

YOUNGERS ROCK AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS

Feb. 6, 2009: The younger TCC swimmers set quite the standard for our older swimmers by finishing in 4th place, in the overall team score, at the 2009 SCS Spring Junior Olympics, held in Long Beach. Our TCC younger girls placed 2nd, in the women’s overall team score, only behind powerhouse Irvine Nova. “It was an awesome meet for everyone – to think that we finished ahead of 50 other teams is pretty amazing (only Nova, Mission Viejo and Azot outscored TCC). We are extremely proud of all that competed,” said younger coach Jennifer Tarazona. The three-day meet concluded with Sonia Wang capturing 2 individual titles (200 free, 1:57.09 and 50 back, 28.05) and with outstanding swims from:

10 & under

• Richard Campbell – 6th in the 100 breast, 8th in the 50 breast, 11th in the 100 free
• Cara Dealy – 4th in the 100 fly, 6th in the 200 free, 7th in the 200 I.M.
• Samantha Duran – 3rd in the 200 free, 5th in the 100 free, 5th in the 100 back
• Alexis Margett – 3rd in the 50 fly, 5th in the 200 I.M., 7th in the 100 free
• Lauren Ong – 15th in the 100 breast
• Ethan Trieu – 13th in the 100 fly
• Julia Spaczai – competed in the 50 and 100 fly
• Katie Yakovlev – 10th in the 200 free, 13th in the 100 back

11 & 12

• Athena Chen – 9th in the 50 breast
• Maryzyl Garcera – 6th in the 50 fly, 9th in the 100 fly, 9th in the 50 back
• Mari Johnson – 9th in the 50 fly
• Aaron Lee – competed in the 50 and 100 fly
• Olga Ortiz – 12th in the 200 free
• Hunter Sa-Nguansap – 6th in the 50 fly, 7th in the 100 breast, 10th in the 100 fly
• Sonia Wang - 2nd in the 100 fly, 2nd in the 100 back, 2nd in the 100 free

Helping with super scoring relays were:

• Cody DeHaas, 8
• Greg Yakovlev, 8
• Brian Whittington, 11
• Brandon Whittington, 12

Congratulations to all of our younger stars at J.O’s.

GOOD TIMES AT 2009 BANQUET

Jan. 26, 2009:  A BIG THANK YOU to Janice Whittington for her extra special effort in making this year's swim banquet a super success.  It was an awesome evening that was highlighted by our outstanding senior swimmers.  Thanks to DJ Tarazona for adding the music to the team video and thanks to our check-in people who gave of their time. We hope everyone had a GOOD TIME!!

TCC SWIMMERS STAR IN WASHINGTON

Jan. 20, 2009:  Five TCC swimmers recently competed at the Pacific Coast All-Star meet in Federal Way, Washington against all-star teams from British Columbia, Pacific Swimming, Oregon and Washington. Our TCC swimmers were selected to the Southern California Swimming squad based on their outstanding performances at the Winter Age Group Championships and the Senior Winter Invitational. Starring at the meet were:

Sonia Wang, 12 – 1st in the 200 free, 50 back, 100 back, and 200 I.M. Sonia had lifetime best times in the 200 free (1:57.78), 100 back (1:00.30) and 200 I.M. (2:10.90)

Samantha Keehn, 13 – 4th in the 100 fly, 6th in the 200 back, 10th in the 100 back. Samantha had best times in the 100 fly (58.74), 200 back (2:09.16) and 200 breast (2:36.92).

Oriana Wang, 14 – 2nd in the 200 free, 500 free and 200 I.M. Oriana swam at her best in the 500 free (4:56.19), 50 free (24.62) and 400 I.M. (4:30.22)

Michael Haney, 14 – 3rd in the 200 free, 4th in the 500 free, 6th in the 100 fly. Michael had lifetime bests in the 50 free (22.92), 200 free (1:46.07) and 500 free (4:48.47).

Jason Haney, 14 – 3rd in the 50 free, 4th in the 200 back, 5th in the 100 free. Jason was at his best in the 50 free (22.14), 100 back (55.72) and the 100 breast (1:03.52).

Way to go Sonia, Samantha, Oriana, Michael and Jason!!

BREAKING NEWS

Jan. 20, 2009:   Noelle Tarazona established a new Southern California Swimming record, at the 2009 USA Grand Prix of Swimming, in the 15-16 girl's 200 yard butterfly. Noelle broke her own record that she previously set at the Winter Invitational in December. Noelle's sizzling time of 1:57.09 sets the record even lower.

Congrats Noelle!!

TCC SWIMMERS HAVE SUCCESS AT ALL-STAR SWIM FESTIVAL – SANTILENA AND WILSON WIN!!

Jan. 20, 2009:  Southern California Swimming (SCS) selected 10 of our TCC youngsters to compete at the 2009 SCS All-Star Swim Festival. The meet took place at the City Of Commerce Aquatorium and each swimmer competed in 3 individual events plus 2 team relays. The swimmers were selected on their performance at the Winter Age Group Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Competing in the 10 and Under division were:

• Cara Dealy, 10 – 4th in the 200 free, 7th in the 50 fly, and 5th in the 100 I.M.
• Samantha Duran, 10 – 6th in the 50 free, 4th in the 100 free and 3rd in the 200 free
• Katie Yakovlev, 10 – 12th in the 50 free, 10th in the 50 back and 7th in the 100 I.M.
• Rich Campbell, 10 – 10th in the 50 free, 7th in the 100 free and 9th in the 100 I.M.
• Ethan Trieu, 9 – 11th in the 50 free, 8th in the 50 fly, and 7th in the 100 I.M.

Competing in the 11-12 division were:

• Maryzyl Garcera, 12 – 12th in the 50 free, 9th in the 100 fly and 9th in the 200 I.M.
• Olga Ortiz, 11 – 8th in the 50 free, 6th in the 500 free and 5th in the 100 fly

Competing in the 13-14 division were:

• Melina Joseph, 13 – 9th in the 50 free, 13th in the 100 free and 10th in the 100 back
• Kate Santilena, 13 – 1st in the 50 free, 2nd in the 100 free and 3rd in the 100 back
• Tana Wilson, 14 – 1st in the 100 breast, 8th in the 100 fly and 5th in the 200 I.M.

Congratulations to all 10 All-Stars!!

NEW FOR 2009

Jan. 17, 2009:  New for 2009 - We will be conducting some new parent information meetings, in hopes of helping you become a well-informed swimming parent. This meeting will emphasize entering swim meets (DirectAthletics), swimming time standards, swim meet forms, timing at meets, and swim meet jobs. If you have any questions about the sport, this meeting is a great way to educate yourself. Everyone is welcome!!

The first meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009.

If you can't attend on January 27th, the next meeting will follow on Tuesday, April 7th.
The meeting will take place at the pool at 5:00 p.m.

TARAZONA HEATS UP AT WINTER INVITATIONAL BREAKS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SWIM RECORD

Posted Jan. 1, 2009: It was definitely chilly outside Belmont Plaza (in Long Beach), at the 2008 Winter Invitational, but inside TCC swimmer Noelle Tarazona was on fire. Noelle broke an eight-year-old Southern California Swimming record in the 15-16 girl's 200 yard butterfly. The former record (1:57.53) was held by Kaitlin Sandeno, a two-time USA Olympian. Noelle won the event establishing a new SCS record in a 1:57.23. "I knew Noelle was going to break the two minute mark but was surprised how far under she went. She looked like a million dollars," said a very happy coach John. " I don't think she could have had a better meet. Every swim was great."

Noelle also won the 400 I.M. in a lifetime best time of 4:13.92 and the 200 I.M. in a 2:02.38. Noelle finished 2nd in the 200 back (2:00.70). 4th in the 100 fly (55.55) and 9th in the 200 breast (2:18.15).

Congratulations Noelle on this super-duper achievement!!

Other outstanding performances were turned in by:

Sam Jardine winning the 1,000 freestyle, just missing his first Junior cut, in a sizzling 9:29.68. Sam had lifetime bests in the 200 free (1:43.16), placing 9th, and in the 500 free (4:40.34), placing 5th.

Winner Sa-Nguansap finished 7th in the 200 fly and 13th in the 200 breast (2:11.63).

Oriana Wang scored in the 400 I.M., placing 12th (4:30.49), 17th in the 100 free and 18th in the 200 free.

TEN NAMED TO SCS ALL-STAR SWIM FESTIVAL

Updated Jan. 9, 2009:  Congrats to nine of our TCC swimmers who have been named to the Southern California Swimming (SCS) All-Star Swim Festival -

10 & under

• Samantha Duran
• Katie Yakovlev
• Richard Campbell
• Ethan Trieu
• Cara Dealy

11-12

• Maryzyl Garcera
• Olga Ortiz

13 -14

• Melina Joseph
• Kate Santilena
• Tana Wilson

The swim festival will take place on January 10th at the City of El Monte Swim Complex. Their selection was based on their performances at either the Winter Age Championships or the Senior Winter Invitational. Great job and Have Fun!

HOLIDAY PANCAKES A HIT!

Posted Jan. 1, 2009:   Was it Dasher! Was it Vixen! Was it Comet! No, it was Janice Whittington and her TCC elves!! Yes, the yummiest holiday pancakes were served right on the TCC pool deck by Janice and her special cooks - Mr. Haney, Mr. Jardine, Mr. Whittington and Mr. Wang. To the swimmer's delight, chocolate chips were added to this year's menu along with a choice of apple cider or pomegranate juice for the parents. Mr. Gabel, Mrs. Fuertez and Mrs. Dominquez added additional help while John Haney and Mr. Dealy took pictures of our hungry swimmers. Thanks to all of you - it was awesome!!

TEAM SHIRTS HAVE ARRIVED

Posted Jan. 1, 2009:  If you have ordered a team shirt, they are available for pick-up beginning Monday, January 5th. Thanks to Mrs. De Haas, Mrs. Waddell, Mrs. Antuna, Janet Lambert and Mrs. Smith for assisting with early hand-outs.