NADADORES NEWS Fall 2015

Nadadores Championship Meets

Team Records Broken

Nadadores in USAS All-Time Top 100 McLaughlin Golden at Worlds Forker and Epps Qual- Gold and Records for Nada- Swim-a-Thon ify for Olympic Trials dores at World Junior Champs Standouts Photo courtesy of Vanessa Powers Photo courtesy of Adrian Seetho Photo courtesy of OC Register

Shane Forker after the 1500. Shane Forker and Jessica Epps Top Swim-a-Thon fundraisers: qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olym- Grant Shouts after the 400 freestyle. Samantha Shelton is ready to race. (From left) Maaddie Tourtlotte, pic Trials in Omaha, NE. Both Mission Viejo Nadadores where the USA team of Lauren Sheridan Nove, and Zoe Le. swimmers competed at the inaugu- Samantha Shelton, Grant Shoults, Case, Melissa Pish, Tatum Wade, In May, the Mission Viejo ral USA Swimming Futures Cham- and Coach Rose represented Team and Hannah Cox bettered the time Nadadores held their annual Swim- pionships July 30 through August USA at the FINA World Junior from prelims, but finished fourth in a-Thon fundraiser. This year the (From left) , Katie McLaughlin and cheer for Ka- 2, where they earned their Trials Championships held August 25-30 7:57.84. Nadadores used the money raised tie Ledecky to hold the lead in the women’s 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay. berths. in Singapore. After qualifying two On the second day of the toward the purchase of new lane Katie McLaughlin, helped Record for 17-18 year-old women. Forker qualified for the swimmers to the USA World Junior meet, Shoults earned a silver medal lines for the 50-meter pool. the U.S. Team earn medals in the In the women’s 800-meter Olympic Trials by winning the Team, Coach Rose was named as in the men’s 200-meter freestyle, Prizes were awarded to the 2015 FINA World Championships freestyle relay, Missy Franklin, men’s 1500-meter freestyle in one of the coaches of the World completing the USA sweep of the swimmers who raised the most held July 24 to August 9 in Kazan, Leah Smith, McLaughlin, and 15:44.65. The Olympic Trial Junior Team. Shoults, a return- event. Rooney Maxime won in money during the Swim-a-Thon. Russia. joined forces to win qualifying standard in that event is ing USA Junior Team member 1:47.78 and Shoults was second in First prize went to Maddie Tourt- McLaughlin teamed up the gold. Their time was 7:45.37 15:49.99. from 2014, was named one of the 1:48.42. Maxime went out faster lotte who raised $1025. She won with , , just 3.29 seconds short of the world Epps earned her Olympic team captains. As captain, he led than Shoults in the first 100 meters. a Sony Playstation. Zoe Le raised and Margo Geer in the mixed record. Trials qualifying time by winning by example, earning a silver, two Shoults was faster than Maxime in $920 and won the second prize, 400-meter medley relay to win the the women’s 400-meter individual golds, and one World Junior Re- the second half of the race, but did which was a pair of Bose noise silver in 3:43.27. Great Britain set a medley in 4:54.59. The Olympic cord. Shoults was World Junior not have enough speed to over- cancelling headphones.Third prize, world record as they won the event Follow Nadadores Trial qualifying standard in that Champion, winning the gold in his come the 1.01 second lead Maxime was four tickets to Universal Stu- in 3:41.71. The previous record of event is 4:54.99. first individual event, the men’s had at the 100. dios, Hollywood, went to Sheridan 3:42.33 was held by the U.S. Swimming 400-meter freestyle in 3:48.91. He In the men’s 4 x 200-meter Nove, who raised $605.

McLaughlin was leading Photo courtesy of Harold Epps finished more than a second ahead freestyle relay, Shoults led-off with All swimmers who raised at the final of the women’s 200-me- on Twitter of the closest competitor, Jintong a 1:48.10 to give the U.S. team the least $300 were treated to a spe- ter butterfly after 150 meters, but @MVNSwim Yang from China who finished in lead, and Rooney, Sean Grieshop, cial day. Swimmers who were 12 faded during the last 50 meters to 3:50.05. Shoults just missed the and Grant House extended that lead and younger had a sleepover at the pool record of 3:47.12 set in 2013 to finish in 7:13.36, four seconds finish sixth in 2:06.95, a personal on Instagram pool, and those who were 13 and by Australia’s Mack Horton. ahead of the Australians, who fin- best time. Although her time was @MVNSwim older had a beach day and pot luck under the previous World Junior Shelton swam the prelims ished second. The U.S. relay team’s on the shore instead of practice one Record, Yufel Zhang, who is also of the women’s 4 x 200-meter free- time was a new World Junior afternoon. on Facebook under 19 years old, finished in style relay, where the USA team Record and a new pool record. The Congratulations and thank 2:06.51 and captured the World Ju- @Mission Viejo Nadadores finished first in 8:01.43. Shelton’s previous mark of 7:15.36 was set you to everyone who participated nior Record in that event. However, Swimming lead-off split was 2:01.24. Shelton by Great Britain in 2013. and volunteered in the 2015 Swim- McLaughlin set the U.S. National Jessica Epps earns 400 IM gold. did not swim the relay in finals, a-thon. 1 2 Nadadores Drop Time at Nationals Nadadores Excel at Inaugural Futures Meet The Mission Viejo Nada- 12th in 1:06.18, fourth in the dores took 10 swimmers to the B-final heat. Only 0.48 seconds Phillips 66 U.S. National Champi- separated first through sixth place onships held in San Antonio, TX in that heat. August 6-10. Grant Shoults and Daniel Kim finished sixth in Samantha Shelton were named to the men’s 100-meter butterfly. His the U.S. World Junior Champion- time was 56.10. Kim finished only ship Team as a result of their out- 0.16 behind Jacob Huerta (CBA- standing performances. The World ST). Junior Championships in Singapore Epps was the Futures cham- will be held August 25-30. All of Photo courtesy of Harold Epps pion in the women’s 400-meter the Nadadores swam very well, individual medley. She finished in with many swimmers earning per- 4:54.59, earning her first Olympic sonal best times in their events. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Powers Trial qualifying time. For the men, Spencer DeShon competed Forker finished 11th in 4:35.38. in the men’s 100-meter freestyle. Barnes was the Futures He dropped 0.16 seconds from his champion in the women’s 200-me- best time to earn an Olympic Trial ter butterfly with a time of 2:16.39, qualifying time of 50.54. He also just missing qualifying for the time trialed the 50-meter freestyle Olympic Trials. Kaiqi Wang fin- and earned an Olympic Trial quali- ished fifth in 2:17.32, and Epps was fying time of 23.01. 12th in 2:19.14. For the men, Kim Yawen Hou scored 14 Jessica Epps awarded the gold in the 400 IM. finished 9th with a time of 2:05.73 points for the Nadadores. She Fourteen Mission Viejo Shane Forker became the first male and Morizono was 17th with a finished eighth in the women’s Nadadores swimmers traveled to champion of the first-ever Futures 2:04.93. 400-meter freestyle in 4:10.15, a Gresham, OR to compete in the meet with a time of 15:44.65, Erik Hunter went 59.61 in Samantha Shelton poses with Dan O’Connor (left) and Stephanie Peacock 4.19 second drop from her previous (right) at Nationals. inaugural USA Swimming Futures blowing away the field by nearly the men’s 100-meter to best time. Hou also finaled in the Championships July 30 through 12 seconds, and earning his first earn 13th place. This was Hunter’s women’s 200-meter freestyle drop- 200-meter breaststroke, O’Connor Grant Shoults finished 17th August 2. Those fourteen swim- Olympic Trials qualifying time. first time under 1:00 in the 100-me- ping 0.77 seconds to finish 14th in went 2:21.95. in the men’s 400-meter freestyle, mers competed with rising stars Matt Hales finished seventh in ter backstroke. 2:00.90. In Hou’s final event, the Stephanie Peacock dropped dropping 0.07 seconds from his from across the U.S. and shone 16:11.57. In the 400-meter freestyle, women’s 800-meter freestyle, she 3.50 seconds from her previous previous best time to go 3:52.71. brightly in the process. The Nada- In the 800-meter freestyle relays, for the women, Franzen earned the finished 15th in 8:44.63. best time to finish fourth in the Shoults finished 10th in the men’s dores men won the overall champi- the women’s team of Jessica Epps, silver, going 4:19.29. Xie won the Nick Norman finaled in the women’s 400-meter freestyle in 200-meter freestyle, dropping 0.77 onship, the women finished third. DuPuis, Xie, and Franzen earned bronze with a 4:21.01, and Barnes men’s 400-meter freestyle, finish- 4:08.50. In the women’s 800-meter seconds from his best to finish in The Nadadores combined men’s the bronze in 8:27.88. The men’s finished fifth in 4:24.41. For the ing 22nd in 3:57.17, his second freestyle, Peacock beat her previ- 1:49.33. This swim earned him and women’s team finished sec- team of Min Zhi Chua, Hales, men, Forker earned the bronze with best time. Norman’s preliminary ous best time by 9.65 seconds to a spot on the U.S. World Junior ond overall. Shane Forker was the Forker, and Marc Morizono fin- a 4:01.98. Hales earned ninth with swim was a personal best of win the silver in 8:28.25. Championship Team in both the men’s high point award winner. ished seventh in 7:48.25. a 4:04.42. 3:56.70. Norman finished the men’s Samantha Shelton swam men’s 200-meter freestyle and the The meet began well for the In the 200-meter freestyle, The women’s 1500 was 200-meter freestyle with a time the women’s 400-meter freestyle men’s 800-meter freestyle relay. Nadadores with several top finishes Franzen finished fourth in 2:05.06 another strong event for the Nada- of 1:54.84. Noman finished 14th in 4:22.68. She finished 21st in the In the men’s 200-meter butterfly, in the women’s 800-meter free- for the women. Morizono was the dores. Barnes earned the bronze, in the men’s 1500-meter freestyle women’s 200-meter freestyle with Shoults went 1:59.23 to finish 18th. style. Yuging Xie won the silver in Futures champion for the men in dropping over 20 seconds to finish with a 15:29.60. a personal best time of 2:01.19, a In the men’s 100-meter butterfly, 8:54.18, Sydney Franzen earned the 1:52.20. Forker finished ninth in in 17:12.62. Franzen finished fifth Dan O’Connor swam the 0.73 second drop from her previ- Shoults went 55.48. In the men’s bronze in 8:56.46, Mandy Barnes 1:53.97, Matt Chalcarz was 12th in 17:16.29 and DuPuis was 14th in men’s 400-meter individual medley ous best time, and just missing a 100-meter freestyle, he dropped finished fifth in 8:57.82, Savannah in 1:55.02, and Hales was 19th in 17:40.56. with a time of 4:30.55. In the men’s spot on the U.S. junior women’s 0.33 seconds to go a personal best DuPuis, was 18th in 9:11.31. 1:55.24. 1500-meter freestyle, O’Connor 400-meter freestyle relay team by time of 51.86. The men’s 1500-meter free- In the men’s 100-meter finished in 15:42.86. In the men’s 0.01. (Nationals continued on page 15) style was just as spectacular as breaststroke, Trent Pelini finished (Futures continued on p. 19) 3 4 Nadadores Beat the Heat in Clovis Small Nadadores’ Squad Competes at JOs The Mission Viejo Nada- to finals in the 13-14 girls’ division, dores took 15 swimmers (4 women with Mia Ristic taking fourth in and 11 men) to compete in the 1:07.74, Ella Ristic sixth in 1:09.23, Western Zone Senior Champion- Tyler Johnson (MVN) 11th in ships held in Clovis, CA, July 29 1:10.76, Stewart 14th in 1:12.27, through August 2. With tempera- and Tran 15th finishing in 1:12.36. tures in the 100s and a large wild- Borjal finished 11th in 1:07.45 for fire burning nearby, the Nadadores the 13-14 boys. held their own. Despite the small In the 13 and over 200 me- squad, the Nadadores men man- ter backstroke, Mia Ristic (MVN)

aged to place ninth overall with 111 Photo courtesy of Yin Xia edged out Team Rebel’s Brynn points. The four Nadadores women Sproul 2:27.41 to 2:27.90 to take finished seventh as a team with third in the 13-14 girls division. 113 points. No combined (men Junie Carlos (MVN) also made it and women scored together) team to the championship final, finish- scores were kept at this meet. ing eighth in 2:36.11. Teammate, Wednesday was all dis- Ivy Tran finished in the middle tance, with the women swimming of a very pack in the consolation the 800-meter freestyle and the Photo courtesy of MVN parent final with a time of 2:36.74. In the men swimming the 1500-meter men’s 15 & over division, Hales had Nadadores 13-14 girls relays. freestyle. In the 800, Sami Nas- (From top left) Jenni Griffin, El Yellin, Coach Abbey, Mackinsey Goldman, another third place finish, this time sif finished 14th in 9:22.32 and El Andrea Felix, Steven Derman, Evan Czaja, (from bottom left) Kendal Stew- The Mission Viejo Nada- an outstanding time drop of more dropping over a second and a half art, Sami Nassif, and Vicky Gong take a break between events. Yellin finished 16th in 9:25.18 for dores hosted 1,144 swimmers from than 45 seconds. Marybeth John- from prelims, finishing in 2:16.50. the women. In the 1500, Keyan women. Gong used a strong fin- The Nadadores men’s Southern California and Nevada at son (MVN) dropped just under 16 In the 13 and over 200-me- Boniadi dropped almost 10 seconds ish to out-touch Stephanie Bartel 800-meter freestyle relay team of the Southern California Swimming seconds and finished seventh in ter butterfly, the Nadadores women to finish eighth in 16:31.81. (CLOV-CA) by 0.41 seconds. McElroy, Ryan Ascencio, Boniadi, Junior Olympic Championships 9:47.53. Rounding out the top 16 once again made a strong showing. Thursday had five events Gong was also a finalist in the and Jones finished 11th. Their time held at the Marguerite Aquatics for the Nadadores were Hannah In the 13-14 girls division, Devon and started with the 200-meter but- 100-meter freestyle, finishing 15th was 8:07.48. Complex July 29 through August Erickson, 11th in 9:59.63; Caitlin Forker finished second in 2:24.43, terfly. For the Nadadores women, in 1:00.53. Saturday, the women started 2. Despite having a squad that was Caruso, 13th in 10:06.11, and Ash- just over a second behind Shayla Nassif finished seventh in 2:24.01 Felix, Nassif, Yellin, and the meet with the 200-meter indi- split between championship meets ley Bergen, 16th in 10:16.31. Erickson (NOVA). Forker was fol- and Andrea Felix finished 20th in Gong teamed up to earn silver in vidual medley. Gong went 2:26.82 in Mission Viejo; Clovis, CA; Mt. In the 15 and over division lowed by Tran (MVN) who tied for 2:25.51. For the men, Boniadi fin- the women’s 800-meter freestyle to finish 25th. Hood, OR; and San Antonio, TX, of the 800-meter freestyle, Solaire third with Bella Patino (GSC) in ished 16th in 2:12.81, just behind relay, finishing in 8:46.83. In the men’s 200-meter the Nadadores still managed to Nazarenus-Olson comfortably 2:28.00. Hanna Erickson (MVN) San Clemente Aquatics’ Mitchel Friday’s events began with freestyle, Boniadi finished 23rd in capture many places in the evening finished third of seven qualifiers in finished right behind in 2:28.69 for Hawley. the men’s 400-meter freestyle 2:00.12. Jones was 27th in 1:59.95. finals. 10:02.70 in the girls event. Mean- fifth. Marybeth Johnson finished The men’s 200-meter where Jones finished seventh in In the women’s 50-meter The Nadadores started the while, Chris Hales (MVN) also eighth in 2:30.70 rounding out the breaststroke was a tight race with, 4:09.74, just 0.73 behind Michael freestyle, the C Final appeared to meet strong with many top fin- finished third for the men’s division championship final. Bergen fin- Chris McElroy earning the silver in Lee (RMDA-CA). Boniadi finished be anyone’s race for the top five ishes in the 13-14 Girls 800 meter in 9:04.69. Hales was followed ished 15th in 2:40.14 in what was 2:23.77, just behind winner, Blake 15th in 4:14.64. spots. Felix went 27.78 to finish freestyle. Nadadores’(MVN) Ellie by teammates, Andrew Choi, who also a very tight consolation final Howell (IE-IE) by 0.06 and out- Gong finished 11th in the 27th, third in her heat. Whitney dropped over 16 seconds finished fifth in 9:20.56, John Lee race. In the 15 and over women’s touching Sam Harqual (PAC_OR) women’s 200-meter freestyle In the women’s 400-meter to out-touch Nova’s (NOVA) Shayla in 10th with a time of 9:30.73 division, Emily Baker (MVN) fin- by 0.10. Austin Jones finished in with a 2:08.70. Yellin was 19th in freestyle, Nassif went 4:35.72 to Erickson (9:29.91) to finish second In the 11-12 100-meter ished fourth in 2:25.45. Nazarenus- 11th with a time of 2:26.95 and 2:10.36. finish 14th. Nassif edged out Jen- in 9:29.70. However, Whitney didn’t backstroke, Maya Pinedo (MVN) Olson finished sixth in 2:30.56, and Steven Derman finished 32nd in Jones followed his strong nifer Lathrop (AQUA-SN) by 0.16 have enough to top first place fin- finished 15th for the girls in Kyra Bernhard (MVN) finished 2:35.00. 400 freestyle with a 16th place seconds. Yellin finished 17th in isher, Stephanie Su (9:05.88) from 1:17.82 in a very tight consolation 11th in 2:32.71. In the 13-14 boys In the 200-meter back- finish in the 200-meter individual 4:32.74. Anaheim Aquatics (AAA). Ella final. Lucas Morales-Ostergaard division, Noah Brune (UN-MVN) stroke, 14-year-old Vicky Gong medley. His time was 2:14.42. Ristic (MVN) finished close behind (MVN) finished third in 1:12.01 for took the silver in 2:15.29. Brian finished seventh in 2:21.58 for the McElroy finished 20th in 2:14.19. (Zones continued on p. 19) Erickson for fourth in 9:30.24 with the boys. Many Nadadores made it Cantin (MVN) edged out teammate 5 6 Quinn Neamand (MVN) 2:18.41 to (MVN) finished in 13th with a time In the 100-meter breast- can place is ninth. Amber Henmi silver in the 13-14 girls’ division in took the bronze in the 13-14 girls 2:19.21 to take the third spot, while of 2:20.51. Ella Ristic finished sec- stroke, Hess earned the silver in (MVN) finished 15th in 4:46.81. 18:18.33. Hanna Erickson finished event with a 27.43. Mia Ristic was Neamand was fourth. Meanwhile, ond for the 13-14 girls in 2:27.24, 1:27.32. For the 11-12 girls, Pinedo For the 13-14 boys, Brune earned fourth in 18:50.86, and Anasta- close behind, finishing fourth in Davis Taylor (MVN) finished in the with Stewart in fifth with a time of finished 13th in 1:23.68. In the 11-2 the bronze in 4:19.41 and Neamand sia Barrera (MVN) finished 14th 27.59. Stewart was 11th in 28.73. 16th spot with a time of 2:33.40. 2:11.41. The consolation final was boys’ division, Romo finished 12th finished eighth in 4:28.30. In the in 20:49.69. In the 13-14 boys’ For the 15 and over women, Guy In the 15 and over men’s division, another tight heat with Marybeth in 1:25.02 and Fujimoto was 14th 15 and over men’s division, Chris division, Taylor finished 11th in finished 12th in 28.73. Choi finished seventh in 2:19.07, Johnson in 11th with a 2:12.44, and in 1:25.74 in a very close consola- Hales finished fifth in 4:19.89, 19:02.02 and Ryan Goh (MVN) Sunday was relay day. With Bryce Bernhardt (MVN) finished Whitney tied for 14th in 2:13.78. tion final heat. Caruso finished fifth Gavin Hollis (MVN) finished finished 13th in 19:26.60. Killian all of the individual events com- 13th in 2:21.01, and Daniel Fang In the 15 and over women, Kendal for the 13-14 girls, with Forker in 12th in 4:24.72, Choi was 15th in McShane (MVN) just missed the pleted, teams competed in relays (MVN) was 15th in 2:21.78. Guy finished 8th in 2:13.61. For the ninth in 1:19.19. In a tight race for 4:33.16, and teammate, John Lee, top 16 by 1.07 seconds to finish for the entire session, sometimes In the 100-meter freestyle, 13-14 boys, Brune finished fourth the win in the 15 and over women’s finished 16th in 4:34.60. 17th in 19:50.58. In the 15 and without much rest in between Donovan Hess (MVN) finished in 2:03.49. division, Kyra Bernhardt was In the 50-meter butterfly, over men’s division, Chris Hales events. fourth in 1:07.68 and Allen Cai In the 10 and under edged out by Nova’s Lauren Vitort Cai finished seventh in the 10 and took the silver in 17:10.52. Hol- In the 200-meter freestyle (MVN) was sixth in 1:08.12 for 100-meter backstroke, Emily 1:16.27 to 1:16.52. Baker finished under boys’ division with a time of lis finished fifth in 17:33.35, Lee relays, the 10 and under girls the 10 and under boys. Morales- Freitas (MVN) finished seventh for sixth in 1:18.93, no doubt still feel- 34.42. In the 11-12 boys’ division, was eighth in 17:50.61, with Choi relay finished ninth in 2:24.17 and Ostergaard finished 11th in 1:04.22 the girls, just 0.05 seconds ahead ing the 400 individual medley. For Romo also finished seventh, but in in ninth in 17:58.21, and Bryce the boys relay finished fourth in for the 11-12 boys. In a very tight of Annika Nie (JCCW). O’Sullivan the 13-14 boys, Neamand finished 32.29. Bernhardt in 15th with a time of 2:13.82, out-touching Nova by 0.16 championship final, Ella Ristic finished 16th in 1:29.08. In the fifth in 1:14.78 and Borjal was In the 200-meter individual 18:33.57. seconds. The 11-12 girls finished was the runner-up for the 13-14 boys’ division, Hess finished 10th in 1:15.84 shortly after their medley, Freitas broke the 3:00 In the 200-meter breast- fifth in 2:04.30. the 11-12 boys girls in 58.42. Twin sister, Mia fourth, just 0.02 seconds behind 400 individual medley races. Chris- mark to finish 10th for the 10 and stroke, Caruso earned the bronze finished sixth in 2:03.29. The 13- Ristic finished fifth in 59.86. Alicia Alex Jiang (SPS) in 1:19.34. Cai tian Monaghan (MVN) finished under girls in 2:59.00. For the 10 in 2:48.78 and Forker finished fifth 14 girls A relay won the silver in Stewart (MVN) finished ninth in finished 12th in 1:22.03. ninth in the 15 and over men’s divi- and under boys, Hess finished sixth in 2:50.22 for the 13-14 girls. In 1:52.13, the C relay finished 9th in 1:00.55, Taylor Lee (MVN) was In the 13 and over 400-me- sion. in a really tight race in 2:48.31. the 15 and over women’s division, 1:59.34, and the D relay finished 13th in 1:03.03, and Ellie Whitney ter individual medley, Forker The 400-meter freestyle Hess was just 0.04 behind Keanu Baker took the bronze in 2:46.17 14th in 2:01.65. The 13-14 boys A was 15th with a time of 1:03.39. In finished fourth with a time of was a strong event for the Nada- Lee (BCH) and just 0.27 ahead with Kyra Bernhardt close behind relay finished eighth in 1:51.70 and the 15 and over women’s division, 5:15.54. Ivy Tran finished sev- dores. Soroosh finished 12th for of Alex Johnson (SPS). For the in fourth with a 2:46.99. In the 13- the B relay tied for 18th with JCC Kendal Guy (MVN) was 10th in enth in 5:22.09, Hanna Erickson the 11-12 girls in 5:03.84, while 11-12 girls, Soroosh finished 15th 14 boys’ division, Neamand won Waves in 1:59.84. The women’s 1:01.33. Brune finished 9th for the was 11th in 5:24.42, and Caruso Hundeby finished 11th for the 11- in 2:46.24. Morales-Ostergaard the bronze in 2:40.40, followed 15 and over A relay finished sixth 13-14 boys in 58.40. was 16th in 5:29.75. For the 15 12 boys. In the 13-14 girls division, finished 12th for the 11-12 boys in by Borjal in fourth with a 2:41.54. in 1:58.42 and the B relay finished In the 100-meter butterfly, and over women, Baker took the Stewart won the bronze with a time 2:39.42. In the 13-14 girls’ divi- For the 15 and over men, Christian eighth in 2:00.46. The men’s 15 Abby O’Sullivan (MVN) finished bronze in 5:09.19. Kyra Bernhardt of 4:33.44, finishing just ahead of sion, Mia Ristic earned the silver in Monaghan was 10th in 2:38.91. and over relay finished 14th with a 11th in1:25.16 for the 10 and under finished 10th in 5:19.76, and Guy Ella Ristic, who finished fourth in 2:26.55, less than a second behind In the 50-meter backstroke, 1:50.73. girls. Mia Ristic was the JO cham- finished 12th in 5:23.86. For the 4:34.40. Marybeth Johnson fin- champion, Ayla Spitz (NOVA). Freitas finished 11th for the 10 and In the 400-meter freestyle pion in the 11-12 girls’ division 13-14 boys, Brune finished fourth ished sixth in 4:37.25, Whitney was Forker came back from her dis- under girls in 39.78. Cai finished relays, the 11-12 girls finished sixth with a time of 1:03.83. Ivy Tran in 4:3.56, followed by Neamand sevent in 4:40.86, Hanna Erickson qualification in the 100 butterfly 7th in 33.71 for the 10 and under in 4:34.25 and the 11-12 boys also was fifth in 1:06.43, and Mary- in 7th with a time of 5:01.53, finished 12th in 4:45.32, out-touch- to drop over four seconds and go boys. For the 11-12 boys, Morales- finished sixth, but in 4:33.81. The beth Johnson finished in 1:07.96 Alex Borjal (MVN) in eighth in ing teammate, Natalie Oien (MVN) 2:30.18 for 10th place. Baker was Ostergaard finished seventh in 13-14 girls A relay won the silver, for 12th place. In the 15 and over 5:13.08, and Brian Cantin in 11th who finished 13th in 4:45.99. For the JO champion for the 15 and 33.59. finishing in 4:02.11. The B relay women’s division, Kyra Bernhardt in 5:05.03. In the 15 and over the 15 and over women, Baker over women, finishing in 2:24.75, In the 50-meter freestyle, finished fifth in 4:14.22, the C relay finished 13th in 1:07.89. In the men’s division, Choi finished 16th finished eighth in 4:38.91 and Guy holding off a strong challenge O’Sullivan finished 12th for the finished 10th in 4:21.37, and the D 13-14 boys’ division, Brian Cantin in 5:16.85. finished 11th om 4:38.90 as several from Nova’s Whitney Chang who 10 and under girls. For the 10 and relay finished 11th in 4:23.06. The finished eighth in 1:03.96. In the 50-meter breast- swimmers from the consolation finished in 2:24.84. Kyra Berhardt under boys, Cai finished fourth in 13-14 boys A relay finished sixth In the 200-meter freestyle, stroke, Hess earned the silver in heat swam faster than their counter finished 12th in 2:32.70. For the 30.99 and Hess finished seventh in in 4:03.86 and the B relay finished O’Sullivan finished 11th in 2:41.80 39.78 in the 10 and under boys parts in the championship final. In 13-14 boys, Neamand finished 31.52. In the 11-12 boys’ division, 17th in 4:24.45. The 15 and over in the 10 and under girls division, division. In the 11-12 girls division, prelims if a swimmer qualifies for fifth in 2:21.54, Borjal was 13th in Romo finished eighth in 29.49 and women’s A relay finished fifth in while Cai touched the wall in ninth Pinedo finished fourth in 37.54. For the championship final and com- 2:25.26, and Brian Cantin finished Morales-Ostergaard finished 12th 4:15.54 and the B relay finished ninth in 2:32.38 for the 10 and the 11-12 boys, Jake Romo (MVN) pletes the race legally, the worst the 16th in 2:32.33. in 29.45 in another case of some seventh in 4:22.31. The 15 and under boys. Sahsa Soroosh (MVN) finished seventh with a time of swimmer can place is eighth. If a In the 1500-meter freestyle, of the swimmers in the consolation over men’s A relay finished 11th in finished 12th in 2:23.99. For the 37.78 and Miles Fujimoto (MVN) swimmer qualifies for the consola- Whitney dropped over 12 seconds final out-swimming those in the 3:58.89 and the B relay finished 11-12 boys, Anders Hundeby was 16th in 39.78. tion final, the highest that swimmer from her previous best to win the championship final. Ella Ristic (JOs continued on page 13) 7 8 100-Yard Free 200-Meter Fly 1500-Meter Free 56. Katie McLaughlin 49.52 (2013) 3. Katie McLaughlin 2:08.72 (2013) 8. 16:08.02 (1979) Nadadores in USAS AG All-Time Top 100 67. Samantha Shelton 49.67 (2015) 13. 16:11.97 (1983) 200-Yard Fly 14. 16:12.56 (2009) 800-Meter Free On August 15, 2015, USA Swimming named its Age Group All-Time Top 200-Meter Free 4. Katie McLaughlin 1:54.48 (2013) 21. Kim Brown 16:19.59 (1987) 2. Sippy Woodhead 8:29.35 (1978) 11. Katie McLaughlin 1:59.20 (2013) 33. Debbie Babashoff 16:27.40 (1988) 100 swimmers. USA Swimming has recognized the fastest swimmers in 6. Florence Barker 8:35.07 (1981) 36. Tiffany Cohen 2:00.77 (1982) 400-Meter IM 34. Florence Barker 16:28.02 (1984) 8. Kim Brown 8:36.87 (1984) each age group since 1965. The Mission Viejo Nadadores were founded 49. Samantha Shelton 2:01.19 (2015) 56. Amy Collins 4:48.39 (1987) 84. Brooke Lorentzen 16:41.32 (2013) 26. Chloe Sutton 8:43.52 (2006) 61. Kim Brown 2:01.61 (1986) in 1968. Since that time, the Nadadores have placed several swimmers 52. Debbie Babashoff 8:48.88 (1984) 76. Debbie Babashoff 2:01.86 (1986) 1650-Yard Free 91. 8:52.62 (1981) 17-18 Girls on either the USA Swimming top 16 (1965-1999) or the top 10 (2000+) 77. Tammi Bruce 2:01.87 (1983) 50-Meter Free 8. Chole Sutton 15:42.95 (2010) 99. Vera Barker 8:53.39 (1980) list. In 2000, USA Swimming limited the list to the fastest 10, rather than 18. Katie McLaughlin 25.56 (2014) 15. Marybeth Linzmeier 15:53.29 (1979) 200-Yard Free 16. Tiffany Cohen 15:53.85 (1985) 1000-Yard Free the fastest 16 swimmers each year. Each of the Nadadores listed below 4. Sippy Woodhead 1:44.10 (1979) 50-Yard Free 28. Sachiko Yamada 16:00.83 (2001) 5. Tiffany Cohen 9:39.17 (1981) 9. Katie McLaughlin 1:44.66 (2014) 60. Katie McLaughlin 22.62 (2014) 33. Debbie Babashoff 16:03.57 (1987) was on either the top 16 or top 10 list for their year, and remain one of the 10. Kim Brown 9:42.16 (1985) 43. Samantha Shelton 1:46.39 (2015) 45. Sippy Woodhead 16:07.98 (1979) fastest 100 swimmers to ever make the top 16/10 list. Additionally, USA 92. Kim Brown 1:47.42 (1985) 100-Meter Free 47. Kim Brown 16:08.08 (1987) 1500-Meter Free 11. Katie McLaughlin 55.05 (2015) Swimming only began to recognize the 800-meter freestyle; 1000-yard 8. Florence Barker 16:27.37 (1981) 400-Meter Free 29. Sippy Woodhead 55.63 (1979) 100-Meter Fly 14. Kim Brown 16:36.21 (1984) freestyle; 1500-meter freestyle; 1650-yard freestyle; and the 200 back- 9. Tiffany Cohen 4:09.61 (1982) 1. Katie McLaughlin 57.87 (2015) 22. Sippy Woodhead 16:39.12 (1978) 11. Debbie Babashoff 4:09.97 (1986) 100-Yard Free 2. Janel Jorgensen 1:00.17 (1988) stroke, breaststroke, and butterfly, and 400 individual medley in yards and 62. Tiffany Cohen 16:53.24 (1980) 20. Tammi Bruce 4:10.88 (1984) 17. Katie McLaughlin 48.32 (2014) 71. Vera Barker 16:55.59 (1980) meters for the 11-12 age group in 2000. 23. Chloe Sutton 4:10.99 (2008) 100-Yard Fly 27. Kim Brown 4:11.18 (1986) 200-Meter Free 6. Katie McLaughlin 51.53 (2015) 1650-Yard Free 11-12 Girls 200-Yard IM 78. Samantha Shelton 4:14.72 (2015) 5. Katie McLaughlin 1:57.55 (2015) 2. Tiffany Cohen 15:54.86 (1981) 100-Meter Free 58. Stephanie Rosenthal 2:08.20 (1986) 13. Sippy Woodhead 1:58.65 (1981) 200-Meter Fly 3. Sippy Woodhead 15:55.15 (1978) 13. Sippy Woodhead 59.08 (1976) 400-Meter IM 500-Yard Free 29. Chloe Sutton 1:59.52 (2010) 1. Katie McLaughlin 2:06.95 (2015) 8. Marybeth Linzmeier 16:07.01 (1978) 43. Jessica Epps 59.63 (2013) 28. Jessica Epps 5:09.68 (2013) 7. Tiffany Cohen 4:37.84 (1983) 41. Marybeth Linzmeier 2:00.05 (1981) 99. Tami Bruce 2:13.52 (1984) 9. Kim Brown 16:08.30 (1985) 19. Kim Brown 4:40.40 (1985) 64. Tiffany Cohen 2:00.83 (1984) 15. Florence Baker 16:12.89 (1981) 100-Yard Free 400-Yard IM 25. Sippy Woodhead 4:41.59 (1981) 200-Yard Fly 54. Ella Ristic 52.69 (2015) 70. Jessica Epps 4:33.78 (2012) 26. Chloe Sutton 4:41.69 (2009) 200-Yard Free 7. Katie McLaughlin 1:54.18 (2014) 200-Meter Back 7. Katie McLaughlin 1:43.01 (2015) 38. Amy Ballidis 2:15.56 (1983) 200-Meter Free 13-14 Girls 800-Meter Free 41. Sippy Woodhead 1:45.46 (1982) 200-Meter IM 6. Sippy Woodhead 2:05.80 (1976) 50-Meter Free 10. Tiffany Cohen 8:29.48 (1982) 79. Melanie Klaren 1:46.32 (2011) 80. Katie McLaughlin 2:16.50 (2014) 200-Yard Breast 23. Tami Bruce 2:08.05 (1979) 66. Kaitlyn Abertoli 26.53 (2011) 12. Chloe Sutton 8:31.23 (2008) 97. Chloe Sutton 1:46.53 (2009) 63. Amy Collins 2:16.31 (1986) 16. Debbie Babashoff 8:34.04 (1986) 400-Meter IM 200-Yard Free 50-Yard Free 23. Kim Brown 8:34.94 (1985) 400-Meter Free 81. Jamie Cail 4:48.40 (1999) 100-Meter Fly 15. Sippy Woodhead 1:52.01 (1977) 83. Samantha Shelton 23.34 (2014) 46. Tammi Bruce 8:40.32 (1983) 6. Chloe Sutton 4:05.19 (2010) 83. Vera Barker 4:48.43 (1982) 10. Katie McLaughlin 1:00.39 (2012) 37. Ella Ristic 1:53.07 (2015) 64. Florence Barker 8:42.48 (1983) 10. Tiffany Cohen 4:07.10 (1984) 96. Channon MacEachem 4:49.03 (1984) 76. Kim Brown 1:54.04 (1983) 100-Meter Free 81. Brooke Lorentzen 8:43.92 (2012) 15. Sippy Woodhead 4:08.17 (1980) 100-Yard Fly 9. Katie McLaughlin 56.57 (2012) 25. Marybeth Linzmeier 4:09.82 (1982) 8. Katie McLaughlin 53.70 (2012) 11-12 Boys 400-Meter Free 14. Sippy Woodhead 56.73 (1978) 1000-Yard Free 33. Tami Bruce 4:10.88 (1984) 400-Meter Free 66. Samantha Shelton 55.02 (2015) 5. Sippy Woodhead 4:22.86 (1976) 25. Samantha Shelton 57.04 (2014) 5. Tiffany Cohen 9:30.65 (1983) 58. Kim Brown 4:12.23 (1987) 41. Matt Hales 4:24.63 (2011) 81. Jessica Epps 55.23 (2015) 6. Kim Brown 9:31.71 (1985) 500-Yard Free 100-Yard Free 10. Chloe Sutton 9:33.11 (2008) 500-Yard Free 500-Yard Free 200-Meter Fly 1. Sippy Woodhead 4:49.51 (1977) 26. Samantha Shelton 50.02 (2014) 23. Debbie Babashoff 9:40.22 (1986) 15. Chloe Sutton 4:36.76 (2010) 49. Matt Hales 4:54.41 (2012) 18. Sippy Woodhead 2:13.45 (1978) 25. Kim Brown 4:58.94 (1983) 32. Florence Barker 9:42.58 (1983) 21. Tiffany Cohen 4:37.90 (1985) 29. Katie McLaughlin 2:14.86 (2012) 31. Tami Bruce 4:59.35 (1980) 200-Meter Free 33. Tami Bruce 9:42.68 (1983) 26. Sippy Woodhead 4:38.93 (1979) 800-Meter Free 82. Jessica Epps 2:17.16 (2015) 1. Sippy Woodhead 1:58.53 (1978) 90. Joycelyn Thomas 9:48.33 (1988) 30. Sachiko Yamada 4:39.07 (2001) 34. Matt Hales 9:14.66 (2011) 1000-Yard Free 15. Katie McLaughlin 2:01.91 (2012) 36. Marybeth Linzmeier 4:40.18 (1982) 94. Nick Divan 9:24.90 (2000) 200-Yard Fly 80. Samantha Shelton 10:31.94 (2013) 43. Marybeth Linzmeier 2:03.78 (1978) 1500-Meter Free 52. Tami Bruce 4:41.63 (1985) 33. Katie McLaughlin 1:59.97 (2011) 65. Kim Brown 2:04.18 (1984) 8. Tiffany Cohen 16:18.24 (1981) 54. Kim Brown 4:41.77 (1988) 1000-Yard Free 100. Sippy Woodhead 2:01.64 (1978) 1650-Yard Free 12. Kim Brown 16:20.75 (1985) 56. Lisa Meyers 4:41.81 (1987) 31. Matt Hales 10:09.68 (2012) 60. Jessica Epps 17:38.22 (2012) 200-Yard Free 22. Debbie Babashoff 16:22.97 (1986) 49. Logan Redondo 10:16.48 (2007) 200-Meter IM 8. Sippy Woodhead 1:46.40 (1978) 30. Florence Barker 16:32.77 (1982) 800-Meter Free 87. Jessica Epps 2:20.92 (2015) 50-Yard Fly 17. Samantha Shelton 1:47.38 (2014) 45. Chloe Sutton 16:37.15 (2008) 7. Chloe Sutton 8:24.51 (2010) 1500-Meter Free 64. Mia Ristic 26.22 (2015) 18. Katie McLaughlin 1:47.52 (2012) 99. Tami Bruce 16:49.64 (1983) 9. Tiffany Cohen 8:24.95 (1984) 37. Matt Hales 17:44.17 (2011) 200-Yard IM 39. Tiffany Cohen 1:48.45 (1981) 13. Marybeth Linzmeier 8:27.00 (1981) 53. Nick Divan 17:52.33 (2000) 25. Jessica Epps 2:01.20 100-Meter Fly 1650-Yard Free 20. Sippy Woodhead 8:30.35 (1980) 65. Stephanie Rosenthal 2:02.46 (1988) 46. Jessica Epps 1:05.60 (2013) 400-Meter Free 4. Tiffany Cohen 15:46.54 (1983) 24. Tami Bruce 8:30.97 (1984) 1650-Yard Free 1. Sippy Woodhead 4:07.15 (1978) 8. Chloe Sutton 15:56.97 (2009) 28. Kim Brown 8:31.98 (1987) 13. Matt Hales 16:51.45 (2012) 400-Meter IM 100-Yard Fly 29. Florence Barker 4:16.31 (1981) 14. Kim Brown 16:02.41 (1985) 45. Debbie Babashoff 8:36.86 (1987) 25. Logan Redondo 17:01.50 (2007) 73. Amy Ballidis 4:55.05 (1983) 68. Mia Ristic 57.78 (2015) 49. Vera Barker 4:18.11 (1980) 31. Florence Barker 16:10.72 (1983) 51. Florence Barker 8:37.39 (1984) 54. Nick Divan 17:15.92 (2000) 92. Katie McLaughlin 4:19.76 (2012) 56. Debbie Babashoff 16:17.50 (1985) 15-16 Girls 200-Meter Fly 58. Tami Bruce 16:17.99 (1983) 1000-Yard Free 50-Meter Breast 50-Meter Free 25. Jessica Epps 2:25.97 (2013) 500-Yard Free 80. Jocelyn Thomas 16:22.21 (1981) 7. Chloe Sutton 9:26.58 (2009) 19. David Katz 32.74 (1989) 9. Katie McLaughlin 25.52 (2013) 3. Sippy Woodhead 4:39.94 (1978) 9. Tiffany Cohen 9:28.32 (1985) 200-Yard Fly 7. Tiffany Cohen 4:42.08 (1981) 200-Meter Back 12. Sippy Woodhead 9:32.55 (1981) 50-Yard Breast 50-Yard Free 58. Jessica Epps 2:08.06 (2012) 14. Kim Brown 4:43.80 (1985) 34. Amy Ballidis 2:13.04 (1984) 21. Kim Brown 9:36.55 (1987) 54. David Katz 29.27 (1989) 35. Katie McLaughlin 22.70 (2013) 18. Florence Baker 4:44.73 (1981) 29. Debbie Babashoff 9:39.43 (1987) 200-Meter IM 39. Marybeth Linzmeier 4:47.44 (1978) 100-Meter Fly 33. Sachiko Yamada 9:40.04 (2001) 100-Meter Fly 100-Meter Free 63. Jessica Epps 2:26.31 (2013) 7. Katie McLaughlin 59.07 (2013) 72. Brooke Lorentzen 9:45.10 (2013) 56. Matt Chalcarz 1:02.88 (2009) 17. Sippy Woodhead 55.63 (1979) 78. Stephanie Rosenthal 2:26.85 (1985) 98. Jamie Cail 9:47.44 (1999) 35. Samantha Shelton 56.07 (2015) 100-Yard Fly 200-Meter Fly 36. Katie McLaughlin 56.12 (2013) 3. Katie McLaughlin 51.78 (2014) 63. Matt Chalcarz 2:22.02 (2009) 9 10 400-Yard IM 800-Meter Free 200-Yard Free 41. Matt Hales 4:23.97 (2012) 11. 8:04.38 (1984) 4. 1:33.83 (2009) 31. Mike O’Brien 8:10.45 (1982) 9. Grant Shoults 1:34.54 (2015) New Qualifying Times Earned at JO Max 13-14 Boys 32. Nick Norman 8:10.47 (2013) 29. Rich Saeger 1:35.44 (1983) breast, 200 IM), Savanna Turpin 200-Meter Free 42. Chad LaTourette 8:12.40 (2005) 78. Janardan Burns 1:57.21 (2010) 74. Janardan Burns 8:14.92 (2011) 400-Meter Free (100 free), Taylor Love (200 free), 100. Filberto Colon 1:57.64 (1980) 90. Charlie Rimkus 8:15.99 (2007) 1. 3:46.08 (2004) Maddy Gorey (200 free, 200 IM), 6. Dan Jorgensen 3:49.41 (1986) 400-Meter Free 1000-Yard Free 9. Janardan Burns 3:50.99 (2014) Shreya Chitoori (200 free, 50 fly, 17. 4:03.20 (1976) 4. Dan Jorgensen 8:52.08 (1985) 15. 3:51.56 (1977) 200 IM), Alexa Corrao (200 free, 24. Janardan Burns 4:03.83 (2010) 7. Nick Norman 8:57.68 (2013) 17. Mike O’Brien 3:51.66 (1984) 41. Filberto Colon 4:05.35 (1980) 9. Luis Morell 8:57.89 (1987) 24. Grant Shoults 3:52.71 (2015) 500 free, 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 fly, 80. Nick Norman 4:07.78 (2012) 18. Chad LaTourette 9:10.37 (2005) 46. Chad LaTourette 3:54.21 (2007) 200 IM), Sarah Abdelrahim (50 88. Jan Daniec 4:08.02 (2007) 43. Ryan Cox 9:06.83 (1990) 60. Kane Radford 3:54.96 (2009) 90. Charlie Rimkus 9:11.08 (2007) 76. Eric Diehl 3:55.78 (1991) back), Isa Helton (100 back, 200 500-Yard Free 91. Shane Forker 9:11.25 (2014) IM), Olivia Barnet (50 breast), 48. Janardan Burns 4:33.72 (2010) 94. Brock Redondo 9:11.60 (2008) 500-Yard Free 65. Connor Dobbs 4:34.64 (2011) 7. Grant Shoults 4:15.56 (2015) Rory Donohue (50 free, 200 IM), 79. Todd Hickman 4:35.58 (1981) 1500-Meter Free 10. Dan Jorgensen 4:16.25 (1987) Katie Martin (200 free), Gracie 5. Dan Jorgensen 15:16.10 (1984) 23. Nick Norman 4:17.00 (2015) 800-Meter Free 23. Nick Norman 15:31.41 (2013) 34. Artur Wojdat 4:18.27 (1986) Barnes (1000 free), Keri Kruger 9. Janardan Burns 8:20.00 (2010) 28. Janardan Burns 15:33.59 (2012) 83. Logan Redondo 4:20.88 (2013) (200 breast), Gian Santos (50 24. Nick Norman 8:25.45 (2012) 29. Mike O’Brien 15:33.64 (1982) 87. Chad LaTourette 4:21.02 (2007) 33. Jon Daniec 8:26.53 (2007) 34. Chad LaTourette 15:34.69 (2005) 90. Chad Carvin 4:21.10 (1992) back, 100 back), Victor Nguyen 79. James Bodine 8:33.65 (1982) 38. David Heron 15:35.63 (2011) (50 back), Timothy McElroy (100 86. Filberto Colon 8:34.06 (1980) 63. Chad Carvin 15:41.85 (1991) 800-Meter Free 89. Deni Cullom 15:46.49 (2008) 1. Larsen Jensen 7:48.09 (2003) back), Diego Dilao (50 breast, 100 1000-Yard Free 2. Chad LaTourette 7:49.90 (2007) breast), Jack Nugent (100 breast), 15. Luis Morell 9:15.63 (1985) 1650-Yard Free 9. Dan Jorgensen 7:58.71 (1985) 18. Connor Dobbs 9:17.45 (2011) 6. Nick Norman 14:58.76 (2013) 14. Janardan Burns 8:01.43 (2014) Photo courtesy of Cyndi Love Hagan Li (50 back), Troy Coulson 44. Nick Norman 9:24.01 (2011) 11. Dan Jorgensen 15:04.64 (1985) 33. Nick Norman 8:05.29 (2014) (50 back, 50 breast, 100 breast), 88. Brock Redondo 9:29.84 (2007) 45. Charlie Rimkus 15:18.26 (2007) 56. Chad Carvin 8:08.04 (1992) Nadadores 8 and Under girls relay in action. 59. Shane Forker 15:21.35 (2014) 66. David Heron 8:09.23 (2013) Noah Taylor (100 back), Jordon 1500-Meter Free 84. Logan Redondo 15:23.54 (2008) 74. Kane Radford 8:09.59 (2009) Chong (50 breast), Ivan Wang (50 1. Jesse Vassallo 15:31.03 (1976) 89. Eric Diehl 15:24.34 (1990) The Mission Viejo Nada- Barrosa (500 free, 100 back), Noah 16. Nick Norman 15:59.69 (2012) 93. Mike O’Brien 15:25.00 (1982) 1000-Yard Free dores competed in the JO Max Taylor (50 back), Hagan Li (50 breast, 100 breast), Justin Wang 20. Janardan Burns 16:02.35 (2010) 99. Chad Carvin 15:25.65 (1991) 3. Dan Jorgensen 8:48.68 (1986) (100 breast), Andy Ceja (50 free, 42. Filberto Colon 16:10.17 (1980) 6. Mike O’Brien 8:53.29 (1983) meet at El Modena High School in breast, 100 breast), Gavin Tran 49. Connor Dobbs 16:12.77 (2011) 200-Meter Fly 9. Nick Norman 8:54.28 (2014) Orange July 24-26, and came away (200 IM), Ryan Goh (500 free), 100 free), Michael Garza (100 86. Luis Morell 16:21.72 (1985) 19. Juan Veloz 2:00.39 (1999) 22. Chad LaTourette 8:57.93 (2007) free), Ben Johnson (200 free), Matt 87. Jim Bodine 16:21.80 (1982) 30. Grant Shoults 2:01.35 (2013) 26. Artur Wodjat 8:58.48 (1986) with many personal best times and Killian McShane (1650 free), Daw- 33. 2:01.49 (1981) 90. Shaun Sethsothom 9:06.57 (1999) new Red, Blue, and Junior Olym- son Chute (200 back), Andy Ceja Sorenson (100 breast, 200 breast), 1650-Yard Free 57. Phil Demers 2:02.52 (1996) 99. Larsen Jensen 9:07.23 (2003) Dawson Chute (100 fly), Phillip 10. Jesse Vassallo 15:30.66 (1976) 77. Rafael Szukala 2:02.96 (1988) pic qualifying times as well. Swim- (200 back), Michael Garza (200 34. Connor Dobbs 15:44.39 (2011) 1500-Meter Free mers who achieved Junior Olympic back), Justin Loo (100 breast), and Xiang (50 free), Justin Loo (200 63. Nick Norman 15:50.41 (2011) 200-Yard Fly 1. Larsen Jensen 14:45.29 (2004) free, 200 breast), Robbie Savedra 99. Luis Morell 15:55.17 (1985) 81. Ricardo Prado 1:48.42 (1981) 2. Chad LaTourette 15:00.26 (2007) qualifying times at this meet were Bryce Bernhardt (100 fly). 87. Filberto Colon 1:48.54 (1981) 4. Brian Goodell 15:02.40 (1976) allowed to compete at the Junior Swimmers who earned new (200 free), Arman Ardestani (100 100-Yard Fly 5. Mike O’Brien 15:04.49 (1984) fly, 200 IM), and Matthew Farfan 36. Daniel Kim 50.39 (2015) 400-Meter IM 10. Janardan Burns 15:11.35 (2014) Olympic Championships held at Blue qualifying times included: 55. Peter Florczyk 4:28.07 (1995) 18. Dan Jorgensen 15:16.23 (1986) the Marguerite Aquatic Center in Sheridan Nove (25 free, 100 free, (200 fly). 15-16 Boys 62. Charlie Rimkus 4:28.47 (2008) 36. David Heron 15:22.81 (2013) Swimmers who earned new 200-Meter Free 44. Jesse Vassallo 15:25.56 (1978) Mission Viejo the following week. 50 back, 100 IM), Nicole Chris- 67. Mike O’Brien 1:52.54 (1982) 400-Yard IM 56. Nick Norman 15:29.39 (2015) Swimmers who earned new tensen (25 free), Lauren Hasslett Red qualifying times included: 70. Dan Jorgensen 1:52.64 (1984) 23. Ricardo Prado 3:51.87 (1981) 60. Kane Radford 15:30.74 (2009) Tien Huynh (25 free, 25 back, 100 69. Charlie Rimkus 3:54.31 (2007) 63. Vic Riggs 15:31.05 (1985) JO qualifying times included: Ava (50 free), Izzy Rodriguez (25 back, 200-Yard Free 83. Chad Carvin 15:34.51 (1992) Helton (50 back, 50 breast), Irene 50 back), Samantha Corliss (25 IM), Nora Lee (50 free, 50 back, 8. Grant Shoults 1:35.99 (2014) 17-18 Boys 25 breast), Danielle Gorrell (100 96. Logan Redondo 1:38.29 (2010) 100-Meter Free 1650-Yard Free Tran (50 back, 100 back), Dena back), Payton Grubb (50 back), 72. Tom Shields 50.79 (2009) 14. Dan Jorgensen 14:49.54 (1987) Zemani (50 back), Payton Love (50 Nicole Christensen (25 breast, 50 free, 100 IM), Sydnie Massucco 400-Meter Free 90. Rich Saeger 50.94 (1982) 15. Chad LaTourette 14:50.48 (2007) (100 free, 100 IM), Payton Grubb 14. Dan Jorgensen 3:54.71 (1984) 17. Nick Norman 14:50.78 (2014) breast, 100 breast), Emma Borjal breast), Jordan Lausten-Anderson 20. Janardan Burns 3:55.47 (2012) 100-Yard Free 32. Mike O’Brien 14:57.61 (1983) (50 breast, 100 fly), Ava Hash- (50 breast), Chloe Stinson (100 (25 breast), Sophie Lee (25 breast, 24. Luis Morell 3:55.90 (1987) 39. Tom Shields 43.56 (2009) 71. Dan O’Connor 15:05.98 (2011) 50 breast, 100 IM), Lauren Hasslett 84. Rich Saeger 43.98 (1983) 76. Jesse Vassallo 15:06.72 (1979) emi (50 breast, 100 breast), Sonia IM), Emma Borjal (50 free, 100 500-Yard Free 86. Artur Wojdat 15:08.38 (1986) Soroosh (100 breast), Sofia Massa breast), Payton Love (50 free, 100 (25 fly), Samantha Corliss (25fly), 12. Dan Jorgensen 4:19.47 (1985) 200-Meter Free Tess Valenta (25 fly), Andrea Bin- 25. Nick Norman 4:23.01 (2013) 14. Grant Shoults 1:49.33 (2015) 100-Meter Back (100 breast), Rebecca Kolorav (100 free), Dena Zemani (100 free, 200 33. Janardan Burns 4:23.55 (2012) 38. Dan Jorgensen 1:50.24 (1986) 96. Bart Kizierowski 56.83 (1995) breast), Ashley Egerton-Rueter free), Ava Helton (100 free), Sonia tinan (100 IM), Zoe Huddleston 67. Logan Redondo 4:25.52 (2010) 48. Rich Saeger 1:50.53 (1982) (50 free), Ava Chamkhaleh (100 82. Ryan Cox 4:26.04 (1990) 55. Larsen Jensen 1:50.62 (2004) 200-Meter Back (200 IM), Savanna Turpin (100 Soroosh (200 free), Sydney Baker 75. Artur Wojdat 1:51.05 (1986) 59. Bart Sikora 2:01.70 (1994) breast), Rory Donohue (200 back), (50 breast, 100 breast), Zoe Hud- free), Regan Legg (100 free), Re- Gracie Barnes (200 breast), Timo- dleston (100 breast), Lizzie Dilao becca Kolarov (200 free), Sophia (Top 10 continued on p. 17) thy McElroy (100 breast), Lucas (100 free, 200 free, 50 back, 50 (JO Max continued on p. 15) 11 12 (JOs continued from page 8) Nadadores Welcome Special close behind in 12th in 3:59.23. Summer Satellite and Novice/ Raine Takes on In the 200-meter medley Olympic Swimmers relays, the 10 an under girls A relay Transition Champs a Success Junior Guards finished fifth in 2:39.20 and the B relay was 11th in 2:49.56. The 10 and under boys finished fourth in 2:30.61. The 11-12 boys A relay finished seventh in 2:19.35 and the B relay was 11th in 2:27.06. The 13-14 girls A relay won the bronze in 2:07.88, the B relay finished fifth in 2:10.82, the C relay was ninth in 2:13.72, and the 0d relay was 14th in 2:18.20. The 13-14 boys finished fourth in 2:03.12. The women’s 15 and over A relay earned the bronze in 2:11.57 and the B relay was ninth in 2:16.28. The men’s 15 Analise Raine. and over A relay finished 10th in Analise Raine who trained 2:03.01. with the Transition Gold Group In the 400-meter medley during the summer, participated in Nadadores in the 9-10 age group served as ambassadors to the visiting relays, the 11-12 girls were seventh the Junior Lifeguards Program at Special Olympians. in 5:16.25. The 11-12 boys finished Salt Creek Beach last summer. In The City of Mission Viejo fifth in 5:06.59. The 13-14 girls A a beach competition, she took 11th hosted delegations from Spain and relay was the JO champion, win- place overall and was the second- Indonesia for the Special Olympics ning in 4:34.93. The C relay was fastest girl out of the water. Raine World Summer Games held in Los fourth in 4:48.40, the B relay fifth In the next now trains with the Barcelona Angeles July 25 through August in 4:51.86, and the D relay 13th group and hopes to be even faster 2. The Mission Viejo Nadadores in 4:57.70. The boys 13-14 relay issue... with Coach Emi and the rest of her were honored to share the Mar- won the bronze with a 4:27.37. The Nadadores go all out racing in their summer championship meet. Nadadores teammates. guerite Aquatics Complex with the women’s 15 and over relay won the On August 8, 2015 the sends a special thanks to all the remarkable swimmers from these silver in 4:41.84. The 15 and over Nadadores welcomed 200 swim- parents who helped to make this two countries as they conducted • MVN Pentathlon men’s B relay was 10th in 4:35.71. mers from the six different Sum- meet possible. their final preparations for competi- In the 800-meter freestyle mer Satellite teams to participate After the meet, swimmers tion. The Nadadores 9-10 year-old relays, the 13-14 girls A relay was in their final meet of the summer. from the Satellite Summer Program swimmers welcomed the Special • Marguerite the JO champion in 8:44.69. The The Novice and Transition Divi- were offered a chance to join the Olympic swimmers with towels Aquatic Center C relay was fifth in 9:12.94, the B sion welcomed the teams from Nadadores to see what it is like from the 2015 TYR Fran Crippen relay sixth in 9:20.37, and the D Lake Forest, Sierra, Rancho Santa on a year round program. These Memorial Swim Meet of Champi- renovation up- relay 10th in 9:39.08. The 13-14 Margarita, Canyon Crest, Dove swimmers will start in the Nov- ons. According to Nadadores Of- date boys earned the bronze in 8:58.56. Canyon, and Las Flores. Despite ice and Transition Division with fice Manager, Ruby Hunter, “The The 15 and over women’s A relay the heat, swimmers swam best Coach Jacqueline, Coach Rebekah, visiting athletes were thrilled with earned the silver with a 9:13.52 times and were able to compete in and Coach Brittany. Thirty swim- the towels.” SMOC towels are a • Turkey Classic and the B relay finished fourth relays for their home teams. Heat mers joined the Nadadores to help highly prized item in the swimming in 9:30.37. The 15 and over men winners got to choose between rub- advance their skills and continue community. Additionally, each of • Winter Champ- earned the silver with an 8:49.78. ber ducks or candy as their prize, in their swimming careers. They the young Nadadores swimmers and the top eight finishers were will participate in the Novice and wished each of the Olympians a ionship Meets awarded ribbons. Coach Sarah and Transition Meets and all the fun personal “good luck” as they pre- Coach Emi came out to cheer on activities that the Nadadores are a Stevie Newby displays his meet pared for their competition. the Nadadores. Coach Jacqueline part of. winnings. 13 14 Evan Czaja Earns Eagle Scout (JOs continued from page 12) Nadadores Accomplish Amazing Feats on World Stage By Coach Rose Evan Czaja, a swimmer in the Rio Group, earned his Eagle Every single Nadador is an important part of our team. Every Nadador, whether just starting a swimming Scout rank recently. Evan’s proj- career or world champion, began their journey the same way—blowing bubbles and floating. There are over 300,000 USA Swimming registered members and over a million competitive swimmers throughout the world started swimming ect was to restore and beautify the the same manner. Along the way, most of us master the four competitive strokes, listen, and train hard. As a result, we outdoor area of the Sunrise Senior experience success. Our level of success depends on talent, commitment to rigorous training and effective technique, Living Center in Mission Viejo. sound nutritional habits, time management skills, and mental toughness. Those who consistently work for the incre- Evan chose this project because mental changes that take them from bubble blowing and floating to greatness, tend to have higher levels of success. while volunteering at the Center, At the Mission Viejo Nadadores, we are immersed in a culture of success at a very high level. Because we are he noticed that the outdoor area immersed in that culture on a daily basis, we can become apathetic and take it for granted. The Nadadores have placed needed some care and attention. at least one athlete on every U.S. Olympic Team since 1972 (plus several others on foreign Olympic teams). We are the Through the Boy Scouts, only non-government-sponsored club to do that. Most clubs are lucky to have one, or maybe two Olympians, and that Evan has had the opportunity to is a great accomplishment. Most USA Swimming clubs have never produced even one Olympian. No other club in the engage in many community service world has even come close to the number of Olympians the Nadadores have produced. That is a remarkable achieve- projects, grow his leadership skills, ment, but many of us take it for granted. and experience multiple outdoor I have been blessed with the opportunity to coach multiple Olympic, World Championship, and World Junior Photo courtesy of Cyndi Love adventures as he earned 24 addi- Championship teams for the U.S. The swimmers who compete on those teams earn their way onto those teams by com- Evan Czaja. tional merit badges. Oliver Gray in the breaststroke leg peting with the best of the 300,000 plus swimmers in the U.S. and finishing in the top two (up to top six for freestyle of the 100 IM. Oliver dropped over relays). They earn their spots with the commitment and sacrifices they make on a daily basis for several years prior to six seconds in this race. the competition. We have been fortunate this summer to have placed three swimmers on U.S. teams—Katie McLaughlin on the Become a Meet Director Del Rosario (50 back, 50 breast), U.S. World Championship Team and Grant Shoults and Samantha Shelton on the U.S. World Junior Championship Jade McConathy (50 breast, 100 Team. These swimmers not only made the team, they excelled as they competed on the world stage. All short course service hours are satis- breast), Vanessa Li (100 breast), There were 184 countries that had athletes competing in the World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Katie Sofia Smith (50 free, 100 free), McLaughlin won a gold medal in the women’s 800 free relay, a silver medal in the mixed 400 medley relay, and fin- fied with the first meet worked, and a $300 Olivia Barnett (100 free, 100 back), ished sixth in the 200 fly. Out of over a million swimmers in the world, Katie was the best, second best, and sixth best. credit is applied to swim dues for each ad- Mia Mulhall (200 free), Adriana That accomplishment didn’t come for free. She earned it. ditional meet worked this season. Vargas (50 back, 100 breast), Mad- At World Junior Championships, 102 countries competed. Grant Shoults was one of the team captains for dy Gorey (50 breast), Sarah Ab- the U.S. Team. I saw first-hand as a coach of the U.S. World Junior Championship team that Grant was a great leader delrahim (100 fly), Amanda Tuttle of the group. Grant dropped four seconds from his best time to win the gold medal in the 400 free. He dropped two Contact Tracy Cantin at [email protected] if (100 fly), Melissa McElroy (50 seconds to win the silver in the 200 free. He lowered his 200 free time even more as he led off the gold-medal, World you are interested in learning more. free, 200 back), Nicole Vargas (200 Junior Record-setting 800 free relay. Those accolades weren’t a gift. Grant earned every one of them. free, 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM), At just 15-years old, Samantha Shelton earned her way onto two relay teams at the World Junior Champion- Nazanin Kakavand (100 back), ships—the 400 free relay and the 800 free relay. Samantha swam in the prelims on both relays, helping her team make (Nationals Continued from page 3) advance to finals, Sun went even Katrina Silva (200 back), Katie it to finals. Samantha also earned this accomplishment. She races to win every repeat in practice like it’s a race, and had done that for years. CJ Smith finished 12th faster, finishing in 25.53, a total of Martin (100 fly), Owen Raine (25 We have three people on our team right now who have shown this summer that they are among the best in the in the men’s 400-meter freestyle 0.57 faster than her previous best free), Jacob Courtney (50 breast, world. They have worked hard consistently and earned it. All three have qualifying times for the Olympic Trials in with a time of 3:52.98, 1.80 sec- time. However, Sun did not win the 25 fly, 100 IM), Andrew Douglas 2016. Look for them to continue to work hard for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team next year. onds faster than his previous best swim-off so she did not advance to (50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 50 Although the Nadadores have things we can improve on and are continuously working to improve on to help time. Smith also finished 12th in finals. Sun finished the women’s breast), Trent Coulson (100 back, all of our swimmers succeed, the world sees the Mission Viejo Nadadores by our consistent presence on the world the men’s 1500-meter freestyle in 100-meter freestyle in 56.46, 0.10 50 breast), Victor Nguyen (100 swimming stage. People from around the world know about Mission Viejo, California and the Nadadores because of 15:27.74. faster than her previous best. back), Anderson Want (100 free), the accomplishments of these three swimmers and all of the world class Nadadores swimmers that have come before Shuyu Sun dropped 0.47 Ken Takahashi swam the Matt Sorenson (50 free, 100 free, them. We are all part of a truly special organization, and we shouldn’t take that experience for granted. seconds to go 2:01.64 to finish men’s 400-meter individual medley 200 free, 200 IM), Frankie Walker The good news for everyone is that there is no magic formula for being the best in the world. The formula is 22nd, right behind Shelton in the in 4:30.72. In the men’s 200-meter (100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 available to anyone and everyone who wants it. The reality is that we are all part of one very large swimming com- women’s 200-meter freestyle. Sun butterfly, he dropped 0.06 from breast, 100 fly, 200 fly), Nathan munity, and a very small percentage of those swimmers really want to put in the effort on a consistent daily basis over finished tied for 18th in the wom- his previous best time to finish in Buneta (200 free), Ben Johnson many years to achieve these types of results. However, you can make a choice right now to work for the incremental en’s 50-meter freestyle in 25.78. 2:03.89. Takahashi dropped 1.07 (100 fly), Michael Garza (100 fly), changes that lead to success to hone your on talent, commitment to rigorous training and effective technique, sound nu- During a swim-off to break the seconds to go 2:06.05 in the men’s Phillip Xiang (100 fly), and Arman tritional habits, time management skills, and mental toughness to become a world class swimmer just like Katie, Grant, three-way tie to see who would 200-meter individual medley. Ardestani (200 fly). and Samantha. The next generation of Nadadores to represent our team on the world stage can include you. 15 16 Daniel Kim February 13, 2015. Masters Swimming Outside the Box Team Records Broken 13-14 100 Fly: 49.90 set by Dan- iel Kim May 5, 2015. As we start our competi- Katie McLaughlin May 12, 2015. 13-14 200 IM: 1:55.49 set by tion year, we update our team 15-18 200 Free: 1:43.01 set by Daniel Kim February 13, 2015. records. Over the past year, many Katie McLaughlin May 12, 2015. 15-18 200 Free: 1:34.54 set by of the Mission Viejo Nadadores 15-18 100 Fly: 51.53 set by Katie Grant Shoults May 12, 2015. team records have been bro- McLaughlin May 12, 2015. 15-18 500 Free: 4:15.56 set by 15-18 200 Fly: 1:54.18 set by ken. Here’s a look at those new Grant Shoults May 12, 2015. Katie McLaughlin December 18, 2014. records. For a complete list of 15-18 200 IM: 1:47.98 set by Ken 15-18 200 Free Relay: 1:33.94 Takahashi May 12, 2015. records, visit the team records set by Andrea Felix, Samantha Shelton, section of our website at https:// Sydney Franzen, and Katie McLaughlin Long Course Meters—Women www.teamunify.com/SubTabGe- December 18, 2014. 13-14 200 Free Relay: 1:52.13 neric.jsp?team=scmvn&_stab- 15-18 200 Medley Relay: 1:44.51 set by Mia Ristic, Ivy Tran, Alicia Stewart, id_=119889. set by Andrea Felix, Rachel Taylor, Katie and Ella Ristic August 1, 2015. McLaughlin, and Samantha Shelton De- 15-18 100 Free: 55.05 set by Short Course Yards—Women cember 18, 2014. Katie McLaughlin June 25, 2015. Alex Arrow getting ready for a train- 6 & Under 50 Breast: 52.05 set by 15-18 400 Medley Relay: 3:44.70 15-18 200 Free: 1:57.55 set by ing ride. Andrea Bintintan May 16, 2015. set by Andrea Felix, Rachel Taylor, Katie Katie McLaughlin June 25, 2015. 11-12 50 Free: 24.57 set by Ella McLaughlin, and Samantha Shelton De- 15-18 100 Back: 1:03.04 set by Nadadores masters celebrate their escape from Alcatraz. Ristic April 9, 2015. cember 18, 2014. Katie McLaughlin June 25, 2015. (Top 10 continued from p. 11) Open 50 Free: 22.62 set by Katie You probably know the Nadadores also competed 11-12 100 Free: 52.69 set by Ella 15-18 100 Fly: 57.87 set by Katie Ristic April 9, 2015. McLaughlin December 18, 2014. Mission Viejo Nadadores as an in triathlons. Kelly Cavliari com- 100-Meter Breast McLaughlin June 25, 2015. 29. John Criste 1:02.64 (2007) 11-12 200 Free: 1:53.07 set by Open 100 Free: 48.69 set by awesome swim team that domi- peted in several triathlons over the 15-18 200 Fly: 2:06.95 set by Ella Ristic April 9, 2015. Katie McLaughlin May 12, 2015. Katie McLaughlin August 5, 2015. nates the pool. Although that is summer and is currently training 200-Meter Breast Open 200 Free: 1:43.01 set by 17. John Criste 2:14.37 (2007) 11-12 50 Fly: 26.22 set by Mia Open 100 Free: 55.05 set by true, the Nadadores also compete for the Lake Tahoe Ironman Sep- Ristic April 9, 2015. Katie McLaughlin May 12, 2015. Katie McLaughlin June 25, 2015. outside of the pool. Nadadores tember 20. Ed Evans and Scott 100-Meter Fly 11-12 100 Fly: 57.78 set by Mia Open 100 Fly: 51.53 set by Katie 75. Grant Shoults 54.49 (2015) Open 200 Free: 1:57.55 set by masters swimmers compete in Kolka have competed in the Iron- Ristic April 9, 2015. McLaughlin May 12, 2015. Katie McLaughlin June 25, 2015. open water events and triathlons man Arizona, athe the 70.3 in St. 100-Yard Fly 11-12 200 Medley Relay: 1:55.50 Open 200 Fly: 1:54.18 set by 1. Tom Shields 44.91 (2010) Open 100 Fly: 57.87 set by Katie in addition to or instead of pool George, UT among their many set by Junie Carlos, Maya Pinedo, Mia Katie McLaughlin December 18, 2014. McLaughlin June 25, 2015. swimming. Here’s a sampling of accomplishments. Katy Buckley 200-Meter Fly Ristic, and Ella Ristic February 13, 2015. Open 200 Free Relay: 1:33.94 20. Grant Shoults 1:59.15 (2015) what our athletes have done over is training for her first Ironman in 11-12 400 Medley Relay: 4:09.18 set by Andrea Felix, Samantha Shelton, Long Course Meters—Men 22. Juan Veloz 1:59.16 (2000) Sydney Franzen, and Katie McLaughlin the summer outside of the pool. Oceanside. Chris Willson has com- 35. Ricardo Prado 1:59.76 (1983) set by Junie Carlos, Maya Pinedo, Mia 15-18 100 Fly: 54.49 set by Grant 42. Filberto Colon 2:00.01 (1983) Ristic, and Ella Ristic February 13, 2015. December 18, 2014. To view the Mission Viejo Nada- pleted three Vineman full triathlons Shoults June 25, 2015. 49. Konrad Galka 2:00.42 (1991) 13-14 50 Free: 23.34 set by Open 200 Medley Relay: 1:44.51 dores Masters Newsletter, go to and will also compete in the Lake 69. Alex Cisneros 2:00.78 (2011) 15-18 200 Fly: 1:59.15 set by 83. Rafael Szukala 2:01.03 (1988) Samantha Shelton December 18, 2014. set by Andrea Felix, Rachel Taylor, Katie http://www.mastersmvnswim.org/ Tahoe Ironman soon. Alex Arrow Grant Shoults June 25, 2015. 13-14 100 Free: 50.02 set by McLaughlin, and Samantha Shelton De- 15-18 200 IM: 2:03.83 set by scmvnm/UserFiles/File/NADS%20 competed in the Wildflower long 200-Yard Fly cember 18, 2014. 2. Tom Shields 1:41.52 (2010) Samantha Shelton December 18, 2014. Grant Shoults June 25, 2015. newsletter_no52015_sm(1).pdf. course triathlon three times and the 35. Ricardo Prado 1:44.96 (1983) 13-14 200 Free: 1:47.38 set by Open 400 Medley Relay: 3:44.70 Wendy Theders and Au- Pacitfic Coast Triathlon with Katy 46. Grant Shoults 1:45.32 (2014) Samantha Shelton December 18, 2014. set by Andrea Felix, Rachel Taylor, Katie 60. Filberto Colon 1:45.74 (1983) drey Viers were part of a team that Buckley September 13. 13-14 200 IM: 2:01.20 set by Jes- McLaughlin, and Samantha Shelton De- Follow Nadadores crossed the Catalina Channel, a 200-Meter IM sica Epps May 12, 2015. cember 18, 2014. Swimming 45. Jesse Vassallo 2:03.29 (1979) 13-14 200 Medley Relay: 1:47.01 20-mile open water course, on July 65. Grant Shoults 2:03.83 (2015) 20th. Their swim began at midnight 71. Ricardo Prado 2:04.10 (1983) set by Vicky Gong, Emily Baker, Jessica Short Course Yards—Men on Twitter 9-10 50 Fly: 31.94 set by Dono- and lasted about 12 hours. Epps, and Samantha Shelton February 13, @MVNSwim 400-Meter IM 2015. van Hess October 18, 2014. There were several open 23. Jesse Vassallo 4:20.05 (1978) 38. Ricardo Prado 4:21.26 (1983) 13-14 400 Medley Relay: 3:53.94 13-14 50 Free: 21.86 set by on Instagram water races over the summer, 56. Tonwai Sethothom 4:22.61 (2000) set by Vicky Gong, Rachel Taylor, Jessica Daniel Kim December 12, 2014. @MVNSwim including the Escape from Alcatraz 62. Piotr Florczyk 4:23.33 (1996) 13-14 100 Free: 47.72 set by 63. Mike O’Brien 4:23.46 (1984) Epps, and Samantha Shelton February 14, on Facebook Sharkfest swim where seven Nada- 73. Charlie Rimkus 4:23.87 (2009) 2015. Daniel Kim February 13, 2015. @Mission Viejo Nadadores dores competed. Miguel Ramirez, 15-18 50 Free: 22.62 set by Katie 13-14 100 Back: 52.51 set by 400-Yard IM Swimming Suzi Fitzpatric, and Dan Forster all 59. Jesse Vassallo 3:48.24 (1979) McLaughlin December 18, 2014. Daniel Kim May 5, 2015. won their age groups. 15-18 100 Free: 48.69 set by 13-14 100 Breast: 58.92 set by 17 18 (Zones continued from p. 5) (Futures continued from p. 4) AGE: 11 AGE: 8GROUP: Athens GROUP: Transition Blue ROLE MODELS: Mom McElroy won the bronze in the men’s 400-me- In addition to winning the men’s 1500-me- ROLE MODELS: Coach Roopa Menghani FAVORITE STROKE: ter individual medley with a time of 4:40.53. Jones ter freestyle, Forker also won the men’s 800-meter Jacqueline FreeFAVORITE was seventh in 4:44.68. freestyle as Forker and Morizono swept the top two FAVORITE STROKE: EVENTS: 100 IM In the 400-meter medley relays, the women’s spots in the event. Forker went 8:20.50 for the gold Breast FAVORITE SWIM- team of Gong, Jeni Griffin, Felix, and Nassif finished and Morizono earned the silver in 8:23.69. That time FAVORITE EVENTS: MERS: Missy Franklin 19th in 4:38.56. The men’s team of Derman, McElroy, was Morizono’s first Junior National qualifying time. Swim meets FUTURE GOAL: WBe a Boniadi, and Jones finished 25th in 4:12.20. Hales finished ninth in 8:31.96. Oliver Gray FAVORITE SWIM- world champion On the final day of the meet, the Nadadores In the 100-meter freestyle, Epps finished 20th MERS: HOBBIES: Playing with women were able to score some points. Gong went for the women in 59.01. Chalcarz finished 24th for the FUTURE GOAL: To be Legos, fishing & golfing 1:06.92 in the 100-meter backstroke to finish 11th. men in 53.34. an Olympic swimmer FAMOUS PERSON Nassif finished seventh in the women’s 1500-meter In the men’s 200-meter backstroke, Hunter HOBBIES: Reading and I WOULD LIKE TO freestyle in 18:03.52. Felix finished 13th in the wom- finished 15th. His time was 2:11.65. playing outside MEET: Missy Franklin en’s 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:05.50. In the 200-meter individual medley, Epps FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Sam Smith FAVORITE BOOK: Rainbow Magic The Nadadores me also helped add to the finished 11th for the women with a time of 2:23.43. FAVORITE BOOK: Nancy Drew FAVORITE MOVIE: Tom and Jerry, & Alpha and Omega team’s score on Sunday. In the men’s 100-meter Chalcarz finished 10th for the men with a 2:10.29. Pel- FAVORITE MOVIE: Mission Impossible 2 WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: An artist & scientist breaststroke, in a very close race across multiple heats, lini also finaled, finishing 16th in 2:13.71. McElroy finished 15th with a 1:09.39. Derman fin- WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A veterinarian IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: There ished 27th in 1:09.66. IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: To be would be more hours in the day & I wish I could fly In the men’s 800-meter freestyle, Jones earned sixth early for lessons or after school activities place with an 8:41.80. Boniadi finished 11th in 8:46.90. In the final event of the meet, the 400-meter freestyle Nadadores Focus Athletes relay, the women’s relay team of Felix, Gong, Nassif, and Griffin finished ninth in 4:05.62. The men’s relay USA Swimming Style team of Jones, Derman, Ascencio, and Boniadi fin- ished 21st in 3:46.58. AGE: 6 AGE: 11 AGE: 6 GROUP: Novice GROUP: Transition GROUP: Los Angeles ROLE MODELS: My Gold ROLE MODELS: My Mom and Babi (Grand- ROLE MODELS: Mi- Brandon Cho cousin, Thy Need to update your ma) chael Phelps FAVORITE FAVORITE STROKE: FAVORITE STROKE: STROKE: Free credit card Free & fly Fly FAVORITE EVENTS: 25 FAVORITE EVENTS: FAVORITE EVENTS: Back information? Sophia Gray 100 IM Swim meets FAVORITE SWIM- Sophie Nguyen FAVORITE SWIM- FAVORITE SWIM- MERS: Michael Phelps- MERS: Missy Franklin MERS: Claire (my FUTURE GOAL: To (New card, expiration FUTURE GOAL: Go to sister) earn a gold medal date, etc.) the Olympics FUTURE GOAL: To be HOBBIES: Art & piano HOBBIES: Reading, art & science a great swimmer FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: ? FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Prince Wil- HOBBIES: Watching TV, reading, and playing video games FAVORITE BOOK: ? • Log into Team Unify liam and Kate FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Michael FAVORITE MOVIE: The Hobbit • My Account FAVORITE BOOK: Pokemon Phelps WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A doctor • Setup Auto Pay FAVORITE MOVIE: How to Train Your Dragon FAVORITE BOOK: Blood of Olympus IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: There WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A veterinarian and an FAVORITE MOVIE: Pixels would be more hours in a day • Credit card on file Olympic swimmer WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A pediatrician • Edit IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: That IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: To • Save Changes every kid would have a home have millions of friends

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ROLE MODELS: Mom ROLE MODELS: Ryan ROLE MODELS: My Anders Hundeby ROLE MODELS: My FAVORITE STROKE: Annie Newby Lochte dad & dad Breast FAVORITE STROKE: FAVORITE STROKE: FAVORITE STROKE: FAVORITE EVENTS: 50 Breast Back Breast breast FAVORITE EVENTS: FAVORITE EVENTS: FAVORITE EVENTS: FAVORITE SWIM- 500 free 500 free, 200 back 100 breast & 200 IM MERS: None Jack Nugent FAVORITE SWIM- FAVORITE SWIM- FAVORITE SWIM- Quinn Neamand FUTURE GOAL: None MERS: Ryan Lochte MERS: Ryan Lochte & MMERS: Kosuke HOBBIES: Collecting FUTURE GOAL: To get Michael Phelps Kitojima rocks better at fly FUTURE GOAL: To be FUTURE GOAL: Make FAMOUS PERSON I HOBBIES: Playing violin an Olympic swimmer Olympic Trials WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Coach Emi (my coach singer) FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Ryan Lochte HOBBIES: Swimming, inventing fun little things, playing HOBBIES: Bodyboarding and surfing FAVORITE BOOK: Sherlock Holmes Series (first book) FAVORITE BOOK: Hatchet outdoors FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Will Ferrel FAVORITE MOVIE: Diary of a Wimpy Kid FAVORITE MOVIE: Jurrasic World FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Albert FAVORITE BOOK: The Dictionary WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A teacher WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A pilot Einstein FAVORITE MOVIE: Spy IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: To IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: My FAVORITE BOOK: Divergent Series WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A doctor make the world not have as much trash in the ocean breathing on my butterfly FAVORITE MOVIE: Jurassic World IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: Longer WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A radiologist weekends IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: To be able to fix all of my freestyle technique flaws

AGE: 9 AGE: 11GROUP: AGE: 13 AGE: 15 GROUP: Atlanta Montreal GROUP: London GROUP: Rio

ROLE MODELS: My ROLE MODELS: ROLE MODELS: Eric Riley Ballantyne ROLE MODELS: God brothers Eliza Taylor Missy Franklin, Michael Weddle from the San and my mom and dad FAVORITE STROKE: Phelps, my parents Diego Chargers FAVORITE STROKE: Fly FAVORITE STROKE: FAVORITE STROKE: Free FAVORITE EVENTS: 50 Back Breast FAVORITE EVENTS: & 25 Fly FAVORITE EVENTS: 50 FAVORITE EVENTS: 50 2100, 200, 400 free, 200 FAVORITE SWIM- Mia Mulhall & 100 Back & 200 IM & 100 Free IM & 100 fly

MERS: My Friends FAVORITE SWIM- FAVORITE SWIM- Samantha Shelton FAVORITE SWIM- Sofia, Jade, Sophia, MERS: Missy Franklin, MERS: Ryan Lochte MERS: & Lucy, Irene & Giselle Michael Phelps FUTURE GOAL: Be in Katie Ledecky FUTURE GOAL: To be FUTURE GOAL: Be a the Olympics FUTURE GOAL: To really good at swimming pro swimmer & marine biologist HOBBIES: Bike riding & playing with my dogs make the 2016 Olympic Team HOBBIES: Gymnastics HOBBIES: Swimming, writing, sports & drawing FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Will Farrell HOBBIES: Investing in stocks, collecting foreign money and FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Missy FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Missy FAVORITE BOOK: Wonder playing with my dogs Franklin Franklin FAVORITE MOVIE: Home Alone (all of them) FAMOUS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Mark Zuck- FAVORITE BOOK: Ramona the Brave FAVORITE BOOK: The One and Only Ivan WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A marine biologist erberg or Warren Buffet FAVORITE MOVIE: I don’t have one FAVORITE MOVIE: Avalon High IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: To get FAVORITE BOOK: The Magic of Thinking Big WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A police officer WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: A marine biologist or rid of all cigarettes FAVORITE MOVIE: The Breakfast Club and 16 Candles IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: I don’t pro swimmer WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE: Lawyer, investment know yet, but soon. IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: The banker or 1st female president world having peace IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE: There would be no bullying

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