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Congratulations to all 27 Neptunes who competed in the 2007 Far Western Short Course Championships. With great weather and high spirits the Neptune athletes were able to achieve 9 new time standards and 2 new team records. New JO Times: Colin Andrews-Gibson (200 Medley Relay Lead Off), Allie Davis (400 Free Relay Lead Off), New Far Western Times: Sam Haley (200 Free Relay Lead Off) New PRT Times: Allie Davis (Female 11-12 200 Back ), Richard Liang (Male 11-12 100 Breast ) New AAA Times: Karissa DeRousseau (Female 13-14 200...
Madeline DiRado, Molly Hannis, Amanda Sims & Penelope Yamauchi traveled this past week to East Meadow, New York to compete in 2007 USA Swimming Spring Championships. Highlights included a boat trip to the Statue of Liberty and a tour of Ellis Island, dinner in Times Square and shopping in Manhattan. The swimming wasn't too shabby either. Olympic Trial Qualifying Swims: Maya DiRado - 200 IM 2:20.40, 12th place Molly Hannis - 100 Breast 1:12.32, 17th place Amanda Sims - 100 Fly 1:01.61, 4th place Top 5 Finishes: Amanda Sims -...
Great job to all 41 Neptune swimmers who competed in 2007 Spring JO Championships. The weather was awesome and the swimming was even better. A few highlights: Great job Nate Kuhn, Colin Andrews-Gibson and Richard Liang in qualifying for their first Far Westerns!! Jenna Bauer breaking 5 minutes in the 400 IM for the first time! Heidi Poppe winning 4 of 6 events in the 10-under age group. Heidi also broke the Neptune swimming team record in the 9-10 girls 50 Breast with a time of 35.53 (AAAA). Sophia Yamauchi...
The Peter Ruona Zone 3 Memorial Athletic/Academic Award is conferred annually to a top male and female swimmer within Zone 3. The Wallace Frank Memorial Athletic/Academic Award was created in 1994 as an additional award for a top runner-up male and female Zone 3 swimmer. FOUR awards will be conferred annually upon TWO male and TWO female graduating high school seniors who represent a USA Swimming member club within the geographic area of Zone 3 of Pacific Swimming. There is no limit on the number of applicants per club. Click...
A beautiful sunny day brought 46 athletes to the first annual Neptune Pentathlon. This was the first swim meet for 7 Neptunes and valuable race experience for many others. All participating athletes showed great effort making the event a great success. Go Neptunes !!! Clink Here for Results
The Scholastic All-America Team is comprised of high school student-athletes, who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, and have competed in an individual event in the 2006 National Disability Championships, 2006 Open Water National Championships, 2006 Summer Speedo Champions Series (summer sectionals), 2006 ConocoPhillips Nationals, 2006 Junior Championships, 2006 U.S. Open, 2007 Speedo Champions Series (spring sectionals), and 2007 Spring Championships. The following athletes are eligible based on there swimming performance in 2006-2007: Jessie Ampuero* Heather Cramer* Madaline DiRado Molly Hannis Neda Kazemini* Kelsey Louden* Amanda Sims...
Neptune seniors Maya DiRado, Molly Hannis, Amanda Sims, and Penelope Yamauchi traveled along with Coach Dan to the 2006 US Open held at the campus of Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. Besides having fun bumping elbows with "celebrity swimmers" (see photos) and braving the sub 20 degree weather, this group enjoyed some strong swims as well. Amanda placed 7th in the Championship Final of the 100 Fly and set a personal best in the 100 Back; Maya had a personal best 100 Back as leadoff in the 400 Med Relay;...
