2023 Polar Plunge

Andrew Nguyen

Polar Plunge Meet at Torrance

January 28-29

 

The Polar Plunge, in many ways, was a great test for our age group athletes. It was the first travel meet of the new year. It was the first ever travel meet for many of the newest members of our team. It was everyone’s first opportunity to compete against athletes from other teams since our return from the holiday break. The weather constantly tested us on both days of the meet: warm and sunny one minute, then cold and cloudy the next. Through it all, we swam with classic Rose Bowl grit and energy, and many of us exceeded our performances from last year’s championship meets.

 

A big thank you to everyone who took the time to cheer for their friends, especially those who cheered for a teammate they didn’t already know! As always, thank you to our team parents for getting our team set up.

 

Rose Bowl on 3, Family on 6!

GO ROSE BOWL!

 

Polar Plunge Meet Recap

 

 

 

 

 

100% Best Times:

Congratulations to these swimmers who swam their full schedules and achieved personal best times across the board!

Aslan Lee

Grant O'Mara

 

 

 

Audrey Romo

Henry Huang

 

 

 

Casey Gmelich

Lucia Mancera

 

 

 

Chloe Kim

Marlo Cronin

 

 

 

Chris Wong

Noah Kim

 

 

 

Crosby Grigg

Qier Wang

 

 

 

David Dean

Quinn Cannon

 

 

 

David Song

Rima Menon

 

 

 

Elise Montanez

Rowan Ghosh

 

 

 

Ethan DePies

Ulziikhutag Odser

 

 

 

Finn Slattery

Vahagn Melkumyants

 

 

 

Gabby Ocampo

Vladimir Doguzov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New event swims:

Congratulations to these swimmers who achieved NEW times in events they’ve never swum before!

Aariv Trivedi

200fr

 

 

 

Amandine Galama

100br, 100fr, 200IM

 

 

 

Areny Mankerian

100Bk, 100br, 200IM, 50fr

 

 

 

Aria Conroy

100fl

 

 

 

Asher MacMillian

100fr

 

 

 

Audrey Romo

100br

 

 

 

Ava Allen

100IM, 200IM

 

 

 

Avantika Natraj

100IM, 50fl, 50br

 

 

 

Brie Lefebvre

100fl

 

 

 

Catalina Wilson

200fr, 100IM, 100fr, 100bk, 100br

 

 

 

Ceci Walker

100br

 

 

 

Celina Wang

100IM, 100bk, 100fr, 50fl

 

 

 

Christian Kim

200fr,50fl, 100fr, 50fr, 50bk.

 

 

 

Colin Quek

100bk, 50fl

 

 

 

Connor Kim

100bk 100br

 

 

 

Darren Wong

200fr

 

 

 

David Dean

200IM

 

 

 

Dean Omar

100IM, 50br,

 

 

 

Elise Montanez

100br, 100IM, 50fl, 50fr

 

 

 

Ella Kang

200fr, 100br, 100bk,100IM

 

 

 

Ethan Jung

100fl

 

 

 

Goldie Gardner

100IM, 200IM

 

 

 

Henry Huang

200IM

 

 

 

Jacob lee

100bk

 

 

 

Jay O'Mara

200fr, 100br,

 

 

 

Josehp Jeong

25fr,25fl, 100IM

 

 

 

Kate Lee

100br

 

 

 

Leon Markarian

100fl

 

 

 

Lilian Boyle

200fr, 200IM

 

 

 

Lucia Mancera

100br, 100fr, 100IM, 50br, 50fl, 50fr

 

 

 

Marcus Soetanto

100IM, 50fr,

 

 

 

Marlo Cronin

200IM

 

 

 

Mia Shibata

100fr, 50fr, 50bk

 

 

 

Nicholas Bandari

200fr, 100IM

 

 

 

Nicolas Lee

100IM

 

 

 

Oliver Landry

200bk, 100fl

 

 

 

Quinn Cannon

100fl

 

 

 

Ryan Leung

100br, 100fr

 

 

 

Sebastian Velez

100IM, 100fr, 50fr, 50bk,50br.

 

 

 

Sierra Mercer

100bk

 

 

 

Sin Rong (Bella) Lee

100bk

 

 

 

Suri Trivedi

200fr

 

 

 

Wylnslow Grigg

100br

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B:

BB:

A:

SumAG:

SprAG:

Ethan DePies (200fr, 50fr,)

Ava Descallar (100bk)

Sophie Badie (200fr)

Finn Slattery (200bk)

Grant O'Mara (100fr)

David Dean (100br, 100fr, 200IM)

Vincent Liao (100IM)

 

James Bonaccorso (100fr, 100bk)

Hailey Cervantes (100bk, 50bk)

Henry Huang (100bk, 100fl, 100IM, 200IM)

Kate Menjivar (100bk,100br)

 

Oskar Kosloff (50br)

Noah Kim (100br, 200IM)

Evan Kim (100bk, 100IM, 50fl)

Rima Menon (100br)

 

Nolan Yokoyama (200bk)

Craig O'Mara (200fr)

Elise Montanez (100br, 100IM, 50bk, 50fl)

David Dean (50fl)

 

 

 

Christian Kim (100fr, 50bk, 50fl)

Elise Montanez (50fr)

 

 

 

Jay O'Mara (100fr)

Sarah Chung (100bk)

 

 

 

Aariv Trivedi (200fr)

Zara Groves (100bk)

 

 

 

Nicholas Bandari (200fr, 1IM)

Brie Lefebvre (100bk, 100fl)

 

 

 

Lillian Boyle (200fr, 200IM)

Keisari Penman (100fl)

 

 

 

 

Mason Ho (200IM)

 

 

 

 

Oskar Kosloff (100bk)

 

 

 

 

Nicolas Lee (200IM)

 

 

 

 

Marcus Lee (100fr)

 

 

 

 

Jared Lin (50fr, 100br)

 

 

 

 

Leon Markarian (200fr)

 

 

 

 

Vahagn Melkumyants (100fl)

 

 

 

 

Jack Walker (50fr, 100fr)

 

 

 

 

Nolan Yokoyama (100fr, 100bk)