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Don Walsh (15 years, Healdsburg) and Colin Andrews-Gibson (12 years, Santa Rosa), competed and placed in this years 9th Annual Napa Valley Sprint Triathlon which took place Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Pukah Creek Resort in Napa, California. The event consisted of a half mile swim, 15 mile bike, and 4 mile run at Lake Berryessa. Don Walsh (who has done this event previously with his father Mark Walsh) finished 2nd in his age division (13-15) with a final time of 2:02:10.3. Colin D. Andrews-Gibson (who was competing in his...
From top to bottom the Neptune athletes continue to display an exciting showcase of talent. This weekend at the Pacific Swimming 10 and Under Short Course Championships held in Sunnyvale was a clear example of the strength of our age group program. 14 Neptunes competed in this BB+ qualifying meet and 100 percent of the athletes had time improvements. 8-under Hank Poppe set fire to the water for the second weekend in a row setting two new short course team records 50 free (31.44) old record 1981 and 100 IM...
54 Neptunes braved the weather and traveled to 3 different meets this past weekend setting many personal best times on the way. With two of the meets long course Cabrillo & Terrapins, swimmers, coaches & parents could gauge the improvement over the past short course season when you compare last years long course times with the times achieved this past weekend. The improvement from our 12-under swimmers is quite impressive and sheds a little light on the strength of the Neptune program for the future, exciting!!! Great job to all...
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
