Piranhas Score Big at High School State Champs!

Many Piranha swimmers competed in the CIF championships in Long Beach this past weekend.  It was a great weekend for the Piranhas in that all of our swimmers came away with best times and even performed to setting school records!

As you know, we encourage high school swimming when it fits within the vision of allowing athletes every opportunity to achieve their goals at the highest level.  It is a great environment to learn team dynamics and to race for your school pride.  Below are the athletes who went to the state meet for their respective schools:

Division IV

Shadow Hills

Perrine Gaertner          200 IM                        9^th        2:22.46            set Best Times at League Meet

                                    100 Br                         15^th      1:14.97            set Best Times at League Meet

Yucca Valley

Sarah Kennedy            200 IM                        3^rd        2:18.20            Best Time!

                                    100 Breast                   9^th        1:11.71            Best Time!

                                    200 Free Relay            13^th      1:50.62

Emily Kennedy            200 M. Relay 

Division II

Palm Springs Indians:

Faith Travis                 200 Medley Relay       12^th      1:54.84p         

                                    500 Freestyle              14th     5:04.78p          Best Time!

                                    100 Backstroke           5th       59.36               School Record/Best Time!

                                    400 Free Relay            6th       3:38.96            School Record!

Kat Wickham               200 Freestyle              7th       1:53.9p            Best Time!

                                    500 Free                      8^th        5:01.66            Best Time!

                                    400 Free Relay            6th       3:38.96            School Record!

PJ Redmon                  200 M. Relay              23^rd      1:40.11

                                    50 Free                        6^th        21.65p             Best Time!

                                    100 Free                      4^th        47.01               Best Time!

                                    400 Free Relay            20^th      3:19.66                       

Cathedral City Lions:

Christina Bruni            100 Back                     10^th      59.58               School Record! Best Time!

Palm Desert Aztecs:

Indira Ceranic            50 Free              2 ^nd       23.67p      set School/DVL Record at DVL 23.5

                                   100 Free           3rd       51.99       set School/DVL Record at DVL 51.7       

Adam Shaw                200 IM                        10^th      1:55.24            School Record! Best Time!

                                   100 Breast                   16^th      59.99p            

                                    200 M. Relay              20^th      1:41.66           

Matt Nevins                 200 M. Relay              20^th      1:41.66

Bryce Griffith              100 Breast                   24^th      1:01.31p          Best Time!

                                    200 M. Relay              20^th      1:41.66                       

As you can see, the improvement of our swimmers and the representation at the high schools is generated from our program.  It is very exciting to see the great swims and it is encouraging for the future growth of the Piranha swimming team. 

Congratulations to all the swimmers for their hard work and dedication!