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50 New Team Records at Sectionals and Junior Nationals 135 Total Broken for 2014 Junior Records Women 13-14 500 Free Erica Sullivan takes over the Women’s 13-14 500 Free record with a swim of 4:52.22 at the 2014 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals 12/10/14. Erin Emery held the previous record of 4:56.84 from the 2011 Winter Sectionals (12/16/11) Women 13-14 1650 Free Erica Sullivan takes over her own record in the Women’s 13-14 1650 Free with a 16:29.31 time at the 2014 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals 12/10/14. Her previous time was...
Men 13-14 200 Free David Miller takes over the Men’s 13-14 200 Free record with a time of 2:01.04 at JAG 6/19/14 from Riley Molina's 2:02.53 swim at the 2012 JOs (7/25/12). Men 13-14 100 Fly David Miller takes over the Men's 13-14 100 Fly record with a time of 1:00.70 at JAG 6/19/14 from Jay Sirat's 1:02.00 swim at JAG 2006 (6/26/06) Women 11-12 400 Free Relay The combined team of Reese Hazan, Sydney Villanueava, Victoria Gutierrez and Chloe Freeman took over the Women’s 11-12 400 Free Relay with...
LAS VEGAS SWIMMERS RECOGNIZED AMONG NATIONAL TOP 10 AND TOP 3 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SWIMMING (Las Vegas, NV – April 25, 2014) Las Vegas’ Sandpipers of Nevada swim club announced today that 12 of its swimmers will be honored for high achievement at the Southern California Swimming Awards Banquet on May 18, 2014 in Garden Grove, CA. The banquet honors athletes that finished the 2012-2013 season ranked within the top 10 in the nation for ages 11 and over or within the top 3 in Southern California Swimming for swimmers...
First 70 Days of the 2014 and the Team has 29 New Team Records Our National Ranking is #42 up from last year #45 and record high score on VCC with 206,675 points #11 in the Western Zone, #6 in Southern California Swimming, #1 in Nevada Men 8 & Under 100 Breast Ilya Kharun swam a 1:33.92 in the Men’s 8 & Under 100 Breast at the Team Rebel Aquatics Mid Winter Invite (1/10/14) taking over the previous record of 1:37.16 by CJ Anderson at Desert Storm January Invitational (1/26/13)...
2013 The Year in Review 98 New Team Records in 2013 2013 Winter Age Group Champions 2013 Nevada State Virtual Club Champions Long Course and Short Course National Rankings Vs. 3000+ Clubs Long Course Progressions National Ranking 2008 150,138 Points 89th 2009 157,928 82nd 2010 161, 940 78th 2011 179,188 51st 2012 181,121 62nd 2013 197,784 45th Short Course Progressions National Ranking 2008 157,582 99th 2009 166,178 82nd 2010 166,608 94th 2011 177,991 76th 2012 178,150 78th 2013 198,301 55th 2013 Nevada State Champions 2013 USA Swimming Silver Medal Club...
Women 10 & Under 200 Free Sophia Ruppert swam a 2:15.76 in the Women 10 & Under 200 Free at Sand WAG (12/13/13). The previous record was held by Stephanie Jablon with a 2:16.56 swim at the 2004 SCS 14 & Under JOs (3/14/04) Women 15‑16 200 Back Isabella Green just inches under the record for the Women 15-16 200 Back with a 2:02.73 swim at Sand WAG (12/13/13). Olivia Barker held the previous record of 2:02.81 from the 2011 Nevada State Championships (2/18/11) Men 8 & Under 50 Free...
National Team Sets Three Team Records at Grand Prix Women Senior 400 Free Relay Marley Maluafiti, Izzy Goldsmith, Erin Emery and Catie Miller combined for a time of 3:30.30 in the Women’s Senior 400 Free Relay at the Minneapolis Arena Grand Prix (11/14/13) just besting the previous time from nine months earlier by the team of Olivia Barker, Marley Maluafiti, Catie Miller and Izzy Goldsmith with a time of 3:30.49 at the Nevada State SC Championships (2/21/13). Women 15‑16 100 Back Izzy Goldsmith takes over the record for Women’s 15-16...
9 Nevada State Championship Meet Records and One Tie Women 8 & Under 25 Free Kamika Francis swam a 14.33 at the 2013 Nevada State Championship (11/8/13) taking over the previous record of 14.89 set by Madison Hepner at the 2011 Nevada State Championship Meet. Women 8 & Under 50 Free Kamika Francis clocked in at 31.78 at the Nevada State Championship Meet (11/8/13) breaking a 10-year old record swim of 31.81 previously held by Olivia Barker (Indiana) from the Sandpiper Pumpkin Invitational (10/25/03) Women 8 & Under 100 Free...
BILL ROSE TO LEAD JUNIORS AT FINA WORLD CUP MEETS Assisted by Coach Ron Aitken Sandpipers of Nevada. Bill Rose, head coach of the Mission Viejo (Calif.) Nadadores, has been selected as the head coach for a group of 19 of the nation’s top 18-and-under swimmers who will represent USA Swimming next month at FINA World Cup events in Tokyo and Beijing. Twice named Developmental Coach of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee (2006, 2008), Rose has a wealth of international coaching experience with USA Swimming in addition...
9 Swimmers Score for Club Excellence! Olivia Barker, Erin Emery, Lindsey Englestead, Isabella Goldsmith, Adam Henley, Hailey Houck, Logan Houck, Marley Maluafiti, and Michael Mortenson all contributed to the 2014 Club Excellence Grant. We are getting closer to the Gold Medal each year, this is one of our best scores for the grant. Learn more about what this means below. CLUB EXCELLENCE PROGRAM The Club Excellence Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to performance excellence. This program strives to meet the...