Sunday, March 21, 2010

2010 Sierra Nevada 14 & Under Junior Olympics

Hosted by SASO
Solano College
Fairfield, Californa
March19-21

I would like to send a big congratulations to all of the swimmers, coaches and families of the SASO swim team. This weekend was one of the most successful championship meets that this team has ever had. We now have twelve swimmers qualified for Far Westerns which is one of the most prestigious age group championship meets in the country. They will be facing both national and international competition and we have four young swimmers who will be making their first appearance in this important meet. We should recognize Caleb and Tyler Dennis, Sophia Anderson, and Taylor Stephens on this great accomplishment.

The team also qualified it's youngest senior sectional meet qualifier when Christopher Wieser went 10:10 .8 in the 1000 Free on Friday. He will join the senior team and travel to Southern California in July to compete in this meet.

We had across the board best times and top 10 medalists including Olivia Salvador, Casey Samera, Camille Long and Grace Lapuz.

I would also like to thank the parents who worked hard this weekend and helped make this such a successful meet. It's successful weekends like this that keeps a coach like myself who has been doing this for over 25 years excited about the future of our sport and this team.

Coach Ray

Combined Team Scores
  1. Davis Aquadarts 
  2. Arden Hills Swimming
  3. Sierra Marlins Swim Team
  4. California Capital Aquatics
  5. Vacaville Swim Club
  6. Chico Aquajets
  7. Redding Swim TEam
  8. Sun Oaks Aquatics Redding
  9. Cosumnes River Aquatics
  10. Spare Time Aquatics Sacramento
  11. Solano Aquatic Sea Otters
  12. Truckee-Tahoe Swim Team
  13. Bear River Swimming
  14. Wolverine Aquatics
  15. Woodland Swim Team
  16. Willows Hydro Jets
  17. Lodi City Swim Club
  18. Feather River Aquatic Club
  19. Aquasol
  20. Tuolumne County Aquatics
  21. Penguin Swim Team
SASO Results

1st
Sophia Anderson [9] 500 free 6:35.35 A

2nd
Chris Wieser [14] 500 free 4:57.94 AAA

3rd
Tyler Dennis [12] 200 back 2:33.65  BB
Tyler Dennis 100 breast 1:17.46 / 1:16.17 AA
Chris Wieser 1000 free 10:10.86 AAA
Chris Wieser 400 IM 4:32.06 AAA

4th
Sophia Anderson 200 free 2:28.31 / 2:25.95 AA
Sophia Anderson 100 free 1:09.16 / 1:07.20 AA
Tyler Dennis [12] 400 IM 5:23.39 A
Tyler Dennis 1000 free 12:13.75 A
Chris Wieser 1650 free 17:26.18 AAA

5th
Grace Lapuz [7] 100 IM 1:36.37 A
Casey Samera [10] 50 free 30.70 AA

6th
Grace Lapuz 25 fly 19.92 A
Chris Wieser 200 back 2:08.64 / 2:07.04 AA
Chris Wieser 200 free 1:54.13 / 1:54.93 AA

7th
Grace Lapuz 100 free 1:25.30 A
Taylor Stevens [10] 100 fly 1:21.38 / 1:17.60 AA

8th
Taylor Stevens 50 fly 35.27 / 35.39 AA

9th
Grace Lapuz 50 back 46.92 A
Camille Long [13] 100 breast 1:12.75 / 1:13.54 AA
Olivia Salvador [10] 500 free 7:03.34 BB
Casey Samera 50 fly 35.82 / 35.04 AA

10th
Taylor Stevens 100 free 1:09.12 / 1:11.05 BB

11th/1st Alternate
Caleb Dennis [14] 1000 free 10:54.13 AA
Tyler Dennis 500 free 5:58.85 A

12th/2nd Alternate
Caleb Dennis 1650 free 18:45.13 A