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TSM wrapped up an excellent Sectionals meet with strong swims in the 1500 Free, 100 Back, 100 Fly and 400 Medley Relays, not to mention their dominating performance in the Open Water 5K event on the last day of competition, this morning! Before we get to the individual highlights, though, we must acknowledge the incredible team effort put forth by the 17 young men and women representing TSM in Clovis. They were pleasantly surprised by their 14th place finish in the combined team race. TSM also took 3rd place...
On Day 4 in Clovis, TSM flexed its middle-distance muscles with some outstanding performances in a deep Men's 400 Free field. Jordan Wilimovsky knocked almost 5 seconds off his best time and finished 26th. Andy Lau dropped a little more than 2 seconds to finish 27th. Danny Fujinaka shaved nearly 4 seconds off his best time to claim 30th place. The most impressive race of the day, however, belonged to Eugene Tee in the 200 IM. After a disappointing preliminary race, Eugene destroyed the field in the "C" Final...
Day 3 saw more lifetime bests, medals, a new Senior National cut and a Sectionals record, with only 3 events offered! First, the finalists: Andy Lau and Eugene Tee made the championship final in the 400 IM. Andy went on to place 6th and achieve an in-season best time in the prelims. Eugene also achieved an in-season best time with a 4:28.15, finishing 1st and breaking the Sectionals record. Jordan Wilimovsky dropped over 3 seconds in his 400 IM, winning the consolation final and making a Senior National qualifying...
Day 2 at Sectionals was a lighter day for TSM, with several swimmers having a day off between events. The girls in the 100 Free shone brightest, with all 3 ladies (Payton Perrotta, Hannah Kogan and Angella Chen) swimming lifetime bests in the sprint. For Angella, it was her second personal best time of the morning, as she had dropped time in the 200 Breast, just minutes before. Finalists included Mun Hon Lee, Sam Ruddy, Eugene Tee, and Andy Lau, with Eugene swimming a best time and taking...
Day One of the 2011 Sectional Championships saw TSM fly to an amazing start in the Men's and Women's 800 Freestyle events. TSM ended the day in 3rd place with 97 points (9 points out of 1st) and the team leads the medium sized team category. Liliana Casso, Jordan Wilimovsky and Danny Fujinaka (who were on last year's Sectionals team) have amassed more points in one day than their 2010 team scored in 5 days. Liliana qualified for USA Swimming's Long Course Junior National Championships in the 800 Free...
T S M got off to a great start on Day 1 at SoCal Swimming's June Age Group Invitational in Ventura! The following swimmers achieved lifetime best times on Day 1! Brendan Casey Monica Castro Irene Chang Angella Chen Matthew Chen Jamie Dodd Cameron Kahn Kay Katada Dexter Keaton Alexander Landau Xander Lee James Mumma Payton Perrotta Gabe Schneider Bella Siering Scott Simmer Remy Solomon Sean Steele Adrian Tang Matt Woicik We are excited about the rest of the weekend and look forward to adding names to...
TSM athletes continue to take the international open water swimming scene by storm! Here are the results for TSMswimmers competing at the Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands on Saturday, June 18: Swimmer Time Age M/F Race Overall Men's Overall Age Group Eugene Tee 0:18:05 15-19 M 3 3 2 Mun Hon Lee 0:18:18 15-19 M 5 4 3 Max Halson 0:18:42 15-19 M 6 5 4 Kurtis Rossie 0:19:31 15-19 M 11 9 7 Nicholas DeVito 0:20:47 15-19 M 17 13 9 JP Mortenson 0:22:36 11-14 M 36...
The results are in and even better than we estimated from the beach. Amazing finishes from Team Santa Monica at the USA Open Water National 5K Championship. Out of 103 swimmers, Brendan Casey finished 28th in 57:49.63., behind him with 59:52.08 was Andrew Hacker in a top half finish at 45th place. Rounding out the field was Kurtis Rossie who finished in a respectable 77th with a time of 1:01:29.98. With an unbelievable 7th and 11th place finish Jordan Wilimovsky and Max Halson swam a world class 55:24.72 and 55:36.09 to come within seconds of the second...
The young men of Team Santa Monica had a great meet, but the bigger breakthroughs were had by the TSM women, as the team posted a strong showing at the Speedo Grand Challenge on May 27-29 at the William Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine. Among the top performers were: Liliana Casso - 800 Free 9:09.05 (-15.01) *NCSA Jr Nat Standard* 200 Fly 2:28.79 (-1.04) Monica Castro - 200 Fly 2:32.66 (-2.53) Angella Chen - 200 Free 2:13.99 (-1.22) *Summer Sectionals Standard* Hannah Kogan...
