The Sharks were on fire at the 2011 SC Far Western Championships March 31-April 3 in Morgan Hill, CA. Taking advantage of the beautiful sunny weather, the Sharks made their own history with their best team performance ever at this meet coming in a close second place to NOVA from SoCal. The Sharks were only down by 4pts going into the last set of relays on the final day! Leading the way were the 11-12 girls, 13-14 girls, 18 yr old Alex Madsen and 12 yr old Hank Poppe. 

The 11-12 girls (Gianna Garcia, Tori Kaleta, Sarah Wang, and Madelyn Murphy) set a new Pacific Record in the 200 MR (breaking our own previous record) and the 13-14 girls (Brittany Usinger, Danielle Taylor, Ana Henderson, and Ariana Saghafi) broke the Far Western Record in the 400FR. AND Ariana Saghafi, Aileen Lee, Brittany Usinger and Danielle Taylor also broke the Pacific Record and Far Western record in the 200MR. Finally, 12 yr old Maddie Murphy had an incredible performance in the 50 fly breaking the Pacific Record!! The coaches were fired up and very proud of all that participated.


Below are the highlights:
11-12 Girls Relays 
         (200MR-1st, 200 FR-1st, 400MR-2nd, 400FR-2nd)
13-14 Girls Relays 
         (200MR A-1st, B-7th, 400MR A-1st, B-6th, 200FR A-1st, B-8th,
          400FR A-1st, B-8th, 800FR A-2nd, B-8th)


11-12 Girls Individual Best Times:
Madelyn Murphy - 50FL(1st), 100FL(1st), 100IM(5th), 50FR(1st), 100FR(2nd), 200IM(5th)
Gianna Garcia - 50BK(2nd), 100BK(2nd), 200BK (2nd-New Sectional Cut),
                          50FL(2nd), 100FL(2nd), 100IM(7th)
Tori Kaleta - 200BR
Sarah Wang - 50FL(3rd), 100FL(Top 8), 50BR(Top8), 100BR(Top8), 200BR(Top8)

11-12 Boys Individual Best Times:
Hank Poppe - 50BR(2nd), 100BR(1st), 200BR(2nd), 100IM(3rd),
                       200IM(Top5), 100BK(Top8)
Corban Rawls - 50FR(5th), 100FR, 100IM

13-14 Girls individual Best Times:
Ariana Saghafi - 100FL(2nd), 200FL(1st), 200IM(1st), 400IM(1st)
Brittany Usinger - 100FL(1st), 200FL(2nd), 50FR(2nd), 100FR(5th), 200FR(6th),
                               100BK(top8), 200BK(top8)
Aileen Lee - 100BR(2nd)
Danielle Taylor - 100FL(top5)
Ana Henderson - 50FR (new Sectional Cut), 100FR(new Sectional Cut), 100FL, 100BK
Natalie Doan - 50Fr(new Sectional Cut), 100FR(new Sectional Cut),
Kaya Philapil - 100BR(8th)
Abby Miller - 200FR, 200IM, 400IM
Sara Nicolosi - 100BK, 200BK(top8), 200IM, 400IM(top8), 200FL
Marina Smith - 200FR(new Sectional Cut), 100BK, 200BK, 200IM

13-14 Boys individual Best Times:
Connor Doyle - 100FL, 200FL
Arjun Sharma - 100FL, 100BK, 100FR
AJ Silva - 200FL

15-16 Girls individual Best Times:
Heidi Poppe - 100BR(1st), 200BR(1st, new Senior National cut), 200IM
Amanda Miller - 100BR (Top 5)

15-16 Boys Individual Best Times:
Rolland Lee - 100BR(2nd), 200BR(1st) 

17-18 Girls Individual
Alex Madsen - 50Fr(top8),100FR(top5), 200Fr(top5), 100BK(3rd), 200BK(3rd),
                        100FL(top8), 200IM(top8)

17-18 Boys Individual Best Times:
Piankhi Gibson - 50FR(1st), 100FR(1st), 100FL(1st)


Way to go Sharks!! 
You should be VERY proud of yourselves!! 

Keep up the HARD WORK!!

 

Your Coaches

Dan, Josh, and Annie