VACA Masters Make Waves in the Open Water in June

 We are only two weeks into June and already Vacaville Masters swimmers have stepped out and challenged themselves in a variety of events.

On Saturday, June 1^st, we had 15 people participate in the Lake Berryessa Open Water Swim in the 1 and 2 mile events. Congratulations to all of you who participated this year and kept the VACA spirit and tradition alive! See below for all of the people and their amazing efforts:

Veronica Frederick (25-29) – 9^thin 2 mile; 15^thin 1 mile; 4^thin 1 & 2 mile combined time

Jared Rondoni (25 – 29) – 6^thin 2 mile

Toni Batzer (30 – 34) – 5^thin 2 mile; 5^thin 1 mile; 4^thin 1 & 2 mile combined time

Peter Green (30 – 34) – 8^thin 2 mile

Jose Mangrobang (30 -34) – 10^thin 2 mile wetsuit division

Jason Breeden (40 – 44) – 13^thin 1 mile

Karen Sheehy (45 -49) – 11^thin 2 mile; 10^thin 1 mile; 5^thin 1 & 2 mile combined time

Mark Frazier (50 – 54) – 4^thin 2 mile; 4^thin 1 mile; 3^rdin 1 & 2 mile combined time

George Giles (50 – 54) – 13^thin 2 mile; 13^thin 1 mile; 9^thin 1 & 2 mile combined time

Kathy Morlan (50 – 54) – 5^thin 2 mile; 7^thin 1 mile; 4^thin 1 & 2 mile combined time

Dave Stewart (50 – 54) – 5^thin 2 mile; 5^thin 1 mile; 4^thin 1 & 2 mile combined time

Diane Walker (50 – 54) – 22^ndin 1 mile

Sid Hesz (55 -59) – 5^thin 1 mile

Sue Reimers (60 – 64) – 8^thin 1 mile

Jenna Breeden (Jason’s daughter; 11 -12) – 8^thin 1 mile

On Saturday, June 8^th, we had two people go to Lake del Valle for the longer distance events. Kathy Morlan placed 1^st in her division (F50-54) in the 10K event with a time of 2:56:46.15. George Giles participated in the 5K event in the Category 2 suits division so that he could try out his wetsuit. Congratulations to both swimmers on such terrific efforts!

On Sunday, June 9^th, our newest Masters swimmer, Tasheema Taylor, participated in her first sprint triathlon, the Mermaid Triathlon at Alameda. It involved a .25 mile swim, 12 mile bike, and 2.5 mile run. She finished 23^rdout of 80 in her wave, which is incredible enough, but most incredible is that 8 weeks ago she was a brand new beginning swimmer! Congratulations to Tasheema for her courage and focus to come such a long way in such a short time!