Western Zone Age Group Long Course Championships Recap

Five Wave swimmers represented Wave on the PNS Western Zone Team earlier this month at the Western Zone Champs in Elk Grove, CA. This was the final meet of the 2025 Long Course Season. There are four Zones in USA Swimming, and the 12 most western states all compete in our Zone. Swimmers must apply and be selected, so making the team is quite an honor! Congratulations to each of our swimmers at the meet!

• Sophia Gorveatt had five races and made the C Final in the 200 Fly. Her best race was her 800 Free where she was right on her best time.

• Elaina Jiang had six races, finaling in both the 50 Fly and the 50 Free to score 19 points for PNS. Her best race came in the 50 Fly in Finals. She’d added a bit to her best time in Prelims, but came back in Finals to swim almost a second faster, earn a best time, and finish 7^th.
• Jonathan Liu swam five races. His best race was his 100 Free, where he dropped another half-second to break the 1:03 mark for the first time.
• Alex Wang swam six races and made finals in four races to score 45 points for PNS. His best race was his 100 Fly where he shattered his previous best in Prelims by 2.59 seconds to pick up a AAAA time, then swam almost fast in finals for 8^th place.
• Kenshin Yokoyama swam six races and finaled in the 50 Breast to score 4 points for PNS. His highlight was both his 50 Breast swims. In Prelims, he destroyed his previous best by 2.37 seconds to get into Finals and earn a new A time, then dropped another 0.1 in Finals to earn 13^th place. He also earned a new A time in the 100 Breast and a new AA time in the 200 IM.

WAVE ON 3!!