EC Champs and Desert Meet Recap

If you haven’t heard by now, San Dimas Aquatics are the 2026 SCY Eastern Committee Champions!

Everyone demonstrated heart, team effort, and the competitive spirit to push through grueling twelve-hour days to deliver the win for SDA’s first of many Eastern Committee Championships. The coaches couldn’t be prouder of everything the team has achieved. We had numerous records broken and a lot of personal bests (at a non-tapered meet no less!) There isn’t too much more to say as Coach Courtney’s post says it all. But let’s keep carrying the momentum from this meet to all the big meets coming up soon.

While we had our Championship meet this weekend, we had a Desert C Meet the week before that deserves recognition as well.

Desert Highlights:

• Isabella Melendez and Clio Gao leading our team cheer. We love having our next generation of all stars find their voices!
• Ethan, after being sick all week, was adamant about racing and was able to push through and get a personal best in the 50 breaststroke.
• Andy Zhang, at his first meet ever, blew both of his heats out of the water, giving him a 100% rubber ducky rate.
• Rising Star Alert: Hagen Stettler is one to watch out for. Quote from Coach Tyler: “Not only was he out in front of all his heats, but his strokes were a thing of beauty.”

Onto the numbers for both the Eastern Committee Championship and the Desert C Meet.

New Team Records:

• Girls 13-14 50 Breast – Linda Ling, 32.20, 1/31/26
• Girls 13-14 200 Breast – Sienna Horneman, 2:29.41, 2/1/26
• Girls 13-14 100 Fly – Sienna Horneman, 1:00.45, 2/1/26
• Girls 13-14 200 IM – Sienna Horneman, 2:12.18, 2/1/26
• Girls 15-18 1000 Free – Avery Rose, 11:58.59, 2/1/26
• Girls 15-18 200 Breast – Olivia Savage, 2:24.63, 2/1/26
• Girls 15-18 50 Fly – Makenzie Powell, 29.04, 2/1/26
• Girls 15-18 200 IM – Olivia Savage, 2:13.56, 2/1/26
• Boys 11-12 200 Back – David Cedano, 2:06.18, 1/31/26
• Boys 11-12 50 Fly – David Cedano, 25.96, 1/31/26
• Boys 11-12 100 IM – David Cedano, 1:01.51, 2/1/26
• Boys 13-14 200 Breast – Collin Bonomo, 2:17.81, 2/1/26
• Boys 15-18 200 Back – Hudson Rosdil, 2:02.96, 1/31/26

Eastern Committee Championship MVP

• Amelia Kpaduwa

New Spring Age Group/Elite Championship Cuts

• Taylor Age – 100 Fly (Her first Spring Age Group/Elite cut!)
• Collin Bonomo – 100 Free
• Michael Cheng – 100 Back
• Jordan Daher – 500 Free
• Layla Daher – 50 Fly
• Ben Heppner – 50 Fly
• Jojo Heppner – 50 Fly
• Amelia Kpaduwa – 100 IM
• Lucas Lu – 200 Breast
• Olivia Yu – 50 Breast

New Summer Age Group Cuts

• Taylor Age – 200 Free, 50 Fly
• Charlie Brisley – 50 Fly
• Jack Brisley – 1000 Free, 1650 Free, 100 Back
• Lauryn Carramanzana – 100 Back (Her first cut right before she ages up!)
• Brayden Ku – 1650 Free
• Lucas Lu – 100 Breast, 200 IM
• Mackenzie Powell – 100 Breast
• Avery Rose – 1650 Free

New Winter Age Group/June Age Group Cuts

• Taylor Age – 50 Free (WAG), 100 Free (WAG)
• Lauryn Carramanzana – 50 Free (JAG), 50 Fly (WAG)
• Matthew Cedeno – 200 Free (JAG)
• Ben Heppner – 100 IM (WAG)
• Mackenzie Miranda – 100 Back (JAG)
• Avery Rose – 1000 Free (JAG)
• Nate Schneider – 100 Breast (WAG)

New Nat A Cuts

• Sofia Flororita – 50 Breast
• Lyndon Ling – 100 IM
• Lucas Lu – 50 Breast
• Mackenzie Miranda – 50 Free

New Nat BB Cuts

• Bradley Age – 100 Back
• Mindy Barrera – 50 Back
• Jack Brisley – 100 Free
• Elizabeth Flores – 200 Free
• Sofia Flororita – 50 Fly, 200 IM
• Johnny Kalayedjian – 50 Back, 50 Fly
• Brayden Ku – 100 Free
• Sean Nutong – 200 IM
• Jayden Phan – 100 Free
• Makenzie Powell – 100 Fly
• Jonah Romaine – 50 Back
• Nate Schneider – 100 Free
• Sophia Wang – 50 Fly
• Alex Zhang – 50 Back

New Nat B Cuts

• Francis Gately – 200 Free
• Owen Hur – 100 Breast
• Ellis Rizzo – 50 Breast, 100 IM
• AJ Sharp – 50 Back

Time Drops Highlights/100% Personal Bests:

• Taylor Age – 200 Free, 5.74 Seconds; 100 Fly, 8.99 Seconds
• Collin Bonomo – 200 Breast, 8.5 seconds
• Jack Brisley – 1000 Free, 54.41 seconds; 1650 Free, 1:15.96 Seconds (at a Championship meet no less)
• Lauryn Carramanzana – 500 Free, 11.24 Seconds
• Jordan Daher – 500 Free, 10.87 Seconds
• Sofia Flororita – 200 IM, 9.35 seconds, 100% Personal Bests (way to grind out of the plateau!)
• Francis Gately – 100% Personal Bests
• Clarke Harper – 100 IM, 23.43 Seconds; 50 Breast, 7.81 Seconds – 31.24 total seconds dropped
• Peyton Harper – 200 IM, 23.98 Seconds; 100 Breast, 5.87 Seconds – 100% Personal Bests, 34.29 total seconds dropped
• Ben Heppner – 100% Personal Bests
• Owen Hur – 100% Personal Bests
• Lucas Lu – 200 Breast, 11.03 Seconds; 100 Breast, 6.12 seconds; 200 IM, 15.78 seconds – 100% Personal Bests, 42.35 total seconds dropped
• Mackenzie Miranda – 100% Personal Bests
• Jayden Phan – 100 Fly
• Ellis Rizzo – 100 Free, 5.98 Seconds; 100 IM, 6.75 Seconds – 21.08 total seconds dropped
• Avery Rose – 1650 Free, 58.71 seconds
• Hagen Stettler – 100 Breast, 7.44 Seconds
• Andy Zhang – 100% Personal Bests (First meet!)

Once again, congratulations to the entire team. Every swimmer, whether they were in the meet or not, is integral to our success. We only got to this point because you all were here for each other on good days and bad, pushing each other to the next level.

Go SDA!!!