November 2008
41
Buccaneer swimmers competed in the Nov. 8 + 9
Buc
Swimmers set 4 new records at the 2 day invitational. Freshman Kelly Moodie
broke his own 13 + 14 OPEN + AREA record on way to winning the 100 meter
Freestyle with a 52.31 swim. Kelly also bettered the OPEN + AREA mark winning
the 50 meter Free with a 24.41 effort (Kelly + Sang Woo Cheung shared the old
record at 24.81). Junior Ryutaro Kamiya set an OPEN + AREA standard for the 15
– 18 in the 100 meter Backstroke taking 2nd overall with a swift
dorsal swim of 56.84. Miguel Ortiz also was under the old mark with a 57.02
swim. The 4th record set was the 50 meter split time for K. Moodie
going out in the 100 meter Butterfly to better the AREA record for the boys 13
+ 14 in 27.96.
4 Buccaneer
swimmers turned in qualifying times for Japan’s Age Group National
Championships. It was good to see people making their “cuts” so early in the
season and without tapering. The Age Group Nationals will be held at the
Tatsumi complex from March 27 – 30. Age Group National qualifiers so far this
season are; Ryutaro Kamiya (100 Free + 100 Back), Miguel Ortiz (100 Back),
Kelly Moodie (50, 100, + 200 Free), and Bruno Ortiz (100 Free).
Swimmers finishing in the top 10 in
individual events were; Kelly Moodie 13 + 14 (100 Free – 1st + 50
Free – 1st + 100 Fly – 5th), Ryu Kamiya 15 – 18 yrs. (50 Free – 4th +
100 Free – 2nd + Back – 2nd), Miguel Ortiz (50 Free – 3rd
+ 100 Back - 4th + 100 Fly – 5th), Bruno Ortiz (100 IM – 3rd + 100
Free – 6th), Mamoru Kanazawa 15 – 18 yrs. (50 Free – 9th), Emiko Mason 15 – 18 yrs. (100 IM – 4th),
Kana Moodie 11 + 12 yrs. (100 IM – 3rd),
Toshiki Takahashi 9 + 10 (50 Breast – 4th + 100 IM - 7th),
and Yutaro Sahara 8 + Under (50 Back – 6th).
Next week
the Buccaneers will venture to
Buccaneer Invitational Meet
The Swim Team played host
to 12 teams throughout the Kanto Plains on Saturday and Sunday. There was a lot
of activity around the pool with 369 athletes attending with 1,597 individual entries
and 85 relays. Once again the coaches would like to thank all the volunteers
who helped make the weekend a success.
The Bucs do not count
themselves in the team trophy race for the Invitational but, amassed 841.5 points over the 2 days of competition.
Taiyo Kyoiku Sports Center of Setagaya-Ku took 1st place with 1,406.5 points,
followed by Setagaya-Ku’s Mishuku Sakura Swim Team (685.5) and Nerima-Ku’s
There were a lot of best
times and 3 OPEN + 1 AREA record set. 5th grader Toshiki Takahashi
broke his own AREA record in the 9 + 10 Boys 100 meter Breaststroke (1:24.24).
Buccaneers bettering Age Group National qualifying times were Kelly Moodie (100
+ 200 Free) and Toshiki Takahashi (50 Breast).
This years’ Invitational
featured 6 elite athletes from Nittaidai (
High Point trophies are
awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers in each age group based on six events over 2 days.
15 – 18 - Ryutaro Kamiya finished with 51 points ahead of Nittai Ebara’s
Chikara Serizawa (38 points). Bruno Ortiz took the 3rd
13 + 14 - Kelly Moodie finished with a perfect score of 54 points with 6
individual wins to take the
9 + 10 - Toshiki Takahashi
finished with 50 points overall to tie for the
8 +
Under - 3rd grader Yutaro Sahara scored 40
points overall to take the 2nd
Swimmers bettering USS
AAAA standards were Ryutaro Kamiya, Miguel Ortiz, Kelly Moodie, and Toshiki
Takahashi. Swimmers producing AAA standards were Bruno Ortiz and Mamoru
Kanazawa. Mario Schwaller, Josef Budde,
Kana Moodie, Lisa Torio, and Ryoya Wakamatsu put in AA times. Shawma Chun,
Masaya Takeda, Emiko Mason, Keila Mitchell, Nicolas Flint, Megumi Minaki,
Kazuki Martin, and Yutaro Sahara all bettered A times.
The Bucs
will be at the International Swimming Complex in Tastumi for the
October 2008
Seibu
– Nanbu Tatsumi Meet
The International Buccaneers
had strong early season performances at the International Swimming Complex on
Sunday. The swim team had 32 swimmers compete at Tatsumi’s
Buccaneer Swimmers set 4 new
records; 9th grader Kelly Moodie set 3 new records in the Boys 13 – 14 age group. Kelly’s 1:54.28 effort
bettered his own OPEN record and was also under Japan’s Age Group National
qualifying standard for 15 – 16 yr. olds. Kelly matched Sang Woo Cheung’s 2004
OPEN mark to the hundredth of a second with a 24.81 performance in the 50 meter
Free. Kelly also broke the AREA record in the 100 meter Butterfly with a
1:00.11. 5th grader Toshiki Takahashi set a new AREA mark for 9 – 10
Boys with a swift 1:25.20 in his specialty the 100 meter Breaststroke.
10th grader
Bruno Ortiz had a great meet producing 3 personal bests swimming a grueling one
day schedule competing in the 200 meter Butterfly (2:18.34), 400 Individual
Medley (4:42.51), and the 400 Free
(4:09.98). Senior Miguel Ortiz qualified for the March Age Group Nationals capturing
1st place in the 15 – 18 100 meter Free with a 51.49 swim.
Swimmers turning in US Swimming Allstar Standards standards or better were Mamoru Kanazawa, Mario Schwaller, Kana Moodie, Ryoya Wakamatsu, Nicolas Flint, Shascha Hirlinger, Shawma Chun, Shunichi Ichimura, Josef Budde, Amelia Abe, and Yutaro Sahara.
The team is
looking forward to training with no meets scheduled before hosting the
annual Buccaneer Invitational on Nov. 1
+ 2.
Fall
Swim Meet @
The International
Buccaneers Swim Team hosted 8 teams at their annual October Swim Meet on
Sunday. Bucs posting the maximum 4 individual wins were Kelly Moodie, Toshiki
Takahashi, and Kana Moodie. Ryutaro Kamiya, Ryoya Wakamatsu, Miki Kamei, and
Tamako Kiyonaga each won 3 individual events. Other Multiple winners were
Miguel Ortiz, Bruno Ortiz, Paige Delany, Nicolas Flint, Kazuki Martin, and
Patrick Self.
The Bucs had 96 swimmers compete and it was a good
training meet for all before the competitive Buccaneer Invitational on November
1st + 2nd. Bucs with individual wins were;
Lisa Torio, Josef Budde, Masaya Takeda, Keila
Mitchell, Shawma Chun, Shunichi Ichimura,
Yutaro Sahara, and Kai Strawn.
The Swim Team will be at the International Swimming
Complex at Tatsumi on Oct. 12th for the annual
September 2008
Seahawk Swim Meet @ Yokosuka’s 50 meter Natatorium
The International Buccaneers
Swim Team took 3 buses filled with 76 swimmers + lots of parents for the Seahawks Fall meet at
Bucs swimmers with 4 individual
wins were; Ryutaro Kamiya (15 – 18), Kelly Moodie (13 + 14), Lisa Tori (15 –
18), Anna Saber (13 + 14), and Kana Moodie (11 + 12). Keila Mitchell won 3
events for the girls 13 + 14. Double event wins went to Adam Mason, Ryoya
Wakamatsu, Toshiki Takahashi, and Emiko Mason.
Others capturing individual 1st
place wins were Miguel Ortiz, Bruno Ortiz, Shawma Chun, and Nicolette McGuire.
Kelly Moodie and Toshiki Takahashi posted US Swimming
AAAA standards. AAA times were produced by Ryutaro Kamiya and Miguel Ortiz. The
Swim Team will be in action again this weekend at St. Mary’s on Sunday. The
Bucs will play host to 7 teams - the meet starts at 9:00 am.
The International Buccaneers Swim Team had
17 swimmers compete at the
5 Buc Swimmers placed in the top 8 in their age
groups. Senior Miguel Ortiz won 2 events taking the the 15–18 100 meter
Backstroke + 100 meter Freestyle. 10th grader Bruno Ortiz placed 4th
twice in the 200 + 400 Individual Medley. 9th Grader Kelly Moodie
took 3rd place in the 13 + 14 200 Freestyle and 7th in
the 100 meter Butterfly. Senior Mamoru Kanazawa placed 7th in both
the 50 + 100 meter Free and Nicolas McCoy also finished the 100 Butterfly.
Other Bucs producing US Swimming allstar standards were Kana Moodie,
Ryoya Wakamatsu, Toshiki Takahashi, Shunichi Ichimura, Josef Budde, Masaya
Takeda, and Shawma Chun.
The Bucs will travel to
Fall
Swim Season Kickoff @
The Swim Team held a very casual time trial
meet at St. Mary’s on September 13th. The Bucs had 78 swimmers in
attendance and it was good for the coaches to see new team members as well as
to have veteran swimmers racing again.
US Swimming AAA standards
were swum by Miguel Ortiz, Bruno Ortiz, Kelly Moodie, and Toshiki Takahashi. AA
times were produced by Adam Mason, Kana Moodie, and Ryoya Wakamatsu. Other A
times were turned in by Mario Schwaller, Emiko Mason, Lisa Torio, Josef Budde,
Masaya Takeda, Nicolas Flint, Kacey Ries, Shunichi Ichimura, Kazuki Martin, and
Yutaro Sahara.
Annual
Setagaya-Ku meet @ Kinuta
St. Mary’s Swim Team is “back in the swing” as practices
started the first day of school and the Bucs competed in their first meet this
past Sunday. The annual Setagaya-Ku meet at Kinuta is always “low key” and a
fun way to start the season.
Senior Miguel Ortiz posted 2 new meet records on his way
to winning High School Boys 50 meter Free and 50 meter Backstroke.
The Buccaneers 200 meter Free Relay (Miguel, Bruno
Ortiz, Mario Schwaller, and Mamoru Kanazawa) bettered Toritsu Sakuramachi’s
2001 mark for a new meet record (1:43.24). The Bucs also won the boys 200
medley relay (Miguel, Bruno, Nicolas McCoy, and Mamoru).
Mokhtar Al-Yamani won his 2 events for Elementary boys
taking the 50 Free and 50 Butterfly events. The Bucs other win came from Mamoru
Kanazawa in the 100 Free.
In the Masters division (50 – 59 age division), Coach
Moodie won his 2 races, the 50 Back and 50 Butterfly, breaking his own meet
record in the Back and finishing just off his own Fly mark.
Also placing in the top 3 to earn individual medals
were; Bruno Ortiz (High School - 50
Free) 2nd, Nicolas McCoy (HS -
50 Fly) 3rd,
Lisa Torio (HS girls - 50 Fly) 3rd, and Kana Moodie (Middle
School girls - 50 Back) 3rd.
Others Buccaneers placing in the top 8 individually
were; Mario Schwaller (4th -
50 Breast), Kana Moodie (4th - 50 Back), Josef Budde (4th-100
Free) Nic McCoy (5th- 50 Free), Sascha Hirlinger (5th
- 50 Back), Dylan McGuire (5th -100 Free), Shinto Mogi (6th
- 50 Breast), Bruno
Ortiz (6th - 50 Fly), unichi Ichimura (6th - 50 Free + 6th - 50 Breast), Hiroyuki
Crockett (6th - 50 Back),
Nicolette McGuire (7th - 50 Free), Kazuki Martin (7th- 50
Back), Keila Mitchell (7th - 50 Back ), Junu Moon (7th -
50 Free), Coach Ichikawa (8th – 50 Free 20 – 29 yrs.), Toshiki
Takahashi (8th- 50 Breast + 8th- 50 Fly), and Andrew Xia
(8th -50 Back).
The Bucs next meet will be the Fall
Kickoff at St. Mary’s on Sept. 13th.
J.O.C. Cup (Age Group Nationals) Summer Meet @ Tatsumi
Buccaneer Swimmers Shine at Age Group Nationals –
3 Buccaneer Swimmers qualified for Japan’s Summer
Age Group National Championships; Senior Miguel Ortiz, Junior Ryutaro Kamiya,
and Freshman Kelly Moodie all qualified to compete in the maximum allowed 3 individual
events.
The August Nationals are always held in the
Olympic size 50 meter (long course) pool while the March Nationals are in the
short course (25 meter) format.
On the 3rd day of the
competition, Freshman Kelly Moodie placed 5th overall in the finals
of the boys 13 – 14 200 meter Freestyle (1:57.25). Kelly’s preliminary swim of
1:56.84 broke the
The 4th day of the meet,
featured Bucs Senior Miguel Ortiz (15 – 18) and Kelly Moodie (13 –14) in the
boys 100 meter Free. Miguel swam a 53.13 for 19th place overall and
.95 seconds off reaching the top 8 for finals. Moodie swam a personal best
54.93 for 9th place overall and jusat missed finals by .08 seconds.
Sprint events were held at the final day of the
meet. Miguel swam both the 50 meter Free (24.63) and 50 meter Fly (26.21)
placing 21st and 25th, respectively. Kelly went a 25.68
for the 50 meter Free to place 10th overall and missed the afternoon
finals by a mere .11 seconds.
Unfortunately,
Junior Ryutaro Kamiya was unable to compete due to a shoulder injury. Kamiya, a
perennial national qualifier was scheduled to swim the 100, 200 Back and the 50
Free. The swim team competes at the annual Setagaya Kumin meet on Sunday Sept.
7th and seems poised for a
strong fall – winter season.
May 2008
Jolly
Roger Invitational Swim Meet @
The International Buccaneers Swim Team
played host to 9 teams for the Jolly Roger Invitational. The Bucs finished the day with 3,604 points – good enough for 1st
place. R
Ryutaro Kamiya (15-18), Kelly Moodie (13-14), Shawma Chun (11-12
tied), Toshiki Takahashi (9-10), Alexis McCoy (15-18 Girls), Anna Saber (13-14
Girls - tied).
Kelly
Moodie set a New Open and Area Record in the 800 meter Freestyle for 13 – 14
Boys with a time of 9:06.75.
Swimmers
turning in USS AA times or better were Ryutaro Kamiya, Miguel Ortiz, Bruno
Ortiz, Mamoru Kanazawa, Mario Schwaller, Kelly Moodie, Mokhtar Al-Yamani,
Nicolas McCoy, Alexis McCoy, Lisa Torio, Kana Moodie, Shawma Chun, and Toshiki
Takahashi.
The Bucs final meet of the year will be the
Summer Kanto Plains to be held at
April 2008
Kanto Shunki
Finals Swim Meet @ Sagamihara
16
swim team members qualified earlier in April for the finals of the 43rd annual Kanto Shunki Swim Meet. 1,389 swimmers and 135 teams from
Swimmers
needed to finish in the top 10 in the morning preliminary rounds to qualify for
afternoon finals.
Saturday
pm finals
4
Buccaneers made it to the Saturday afternoon finals; Kelly Moodie, Ryutaro
Kamiya, Miguel Ortiz, and Mokhtar Al-Yamani.
Kelly finished in 2nd place for the 13 – 14 200 meter Free (2:01.69) just .03 seconds
behind the winner, Kouhei Ishikawa of the
Sunday
pm finals
The
same 4 Bucs also qualified for Sundays finals. In the 100 meter Backstroke
Ryutaro (59.97) and Miguel (1:00.97)
finished in 2nd and 5th place respectively. Ryutaro was
just .01 seconds behind the winner Shunta Shitara of Tama ISC. Mokhtar finished
5th in the 100 meter Free (1:07.00) for 10 + Unders. Kelly came form
behind to nab 3rd place in the 100 Free with a 56.48 effort. Both
Ryutaro’s and Kelly’s swims were under the Age Group National qualifying times.
Preliminaries
swims for Buccaneers
Ryutaro Kamiya (16) - 100 Backstroke
(1:00.14)
Miguel Ortiz (17) - 50 Backstroke (28.13) +
100 Backstroke (1:00.89) US AAAA
Kelly Moodie (14) - 200 Free (2:03.85)
Mokhtar Al-Yamani (10) - 50 Free ( 30.87)
Mamoru Kanazawa (17) - 200 Free (2:01.57)
Bruno Ortiz
(15) - 200 Individual Medley
(2:20.00) US AAA + 100 Breaststroke
(1:13.20) US AAA Time
Nanbu Block Swim Meet @ Tatsumi
The
Swim Team had a lot of good performances in a long meet at the annual
Ryutaro makes Senior Nationals !
10th grader Ryutaro Kamiya qualified for
Junior Miguel Ortiz had 2 Age Group national qualifying times.
Miguel’s 52.29 in the 100 meter Free matched the national standard for 17 – 18
boys. Miguel set a new OPEN + AREA record in the 50 meter Butterfly with a
25.40 (just .31 off the Senior “Nats” cut).
8th grader Kelly Moodie swam a 28.93 in the 50 meter
Backstroke to set a new OPEN + AREA record – just missing the Age Group
national standard by .24. Kelly’s 1:01.56 missed Sang Woo’s 2004 record by a
mere .03 seconds with a
9th grader Bruno Ortiz had a breakthrough meet
blasting a 24.89 swim in the 50 meter
Free just .20 seconds off the Age Group national cut. Bruno also had a personal
bests in the 200 meter Free (1:58.64) and the 100 meter Butterfly (59.92).
5th grader Mokhtar Al-Yamani was Age Group national
time with his 30.24 swim in the 10 + Under 50 meter Free. Mokhtar also had a
Swimmers
turning in USS AAA times or better were Ryutaro Kamiya, Miguel Ortiz, Bruno
Ortiz, Mamoru Kanazawa, Kelly Moodie, Mokhtar Al-Yamani, Nicolas McCoy, Shawma
Chun, and Toshiki Takahashi. US AA standards were swum by Alexis McCoy, Maho
Sakuma, and Kana Moodie. Arun Janssens, Josef Budde, Anna Saber, Lisa Torio,
Masaya Takeda, and Michael Liu all bettered A time standards.
Buc swimmers were pleased to hear that 2002 graduate Miguel Molina
placed 16th in the 100 meter Individual Medley at the World Short
Course Championships in Manchester, Great Britan.
This will be a big week in swimming as
Kanto Shunki +
It was another busy weekend at the International
Swimming Complex in Tatsumi. A total of
3,871 swimmers from 157 teams within the Kanto Plains participated in
the annual Kanto Shunki/Kirokukai Swim
Meet. Two separate meets were
run simultaneously; the Kanto Shunki Yosen Meet and the
Swimmers competing in the Kanto Shunki
needed to finish in the top 6 to qualify for the Kanto Shunki Finals to be held
at
Buccaneers qualify 6 swimmers for the
Shunki Finals meet !
Ryutaro Kamiya (16) - 200 Individual Medley
1st place (2:06.79)
Age Group National Qualifying Time
Miguel Ortiz (17) - 100
Backstroke 1st place
(57.18) Age Group National
Qualifying Time
Kelly Moodie (14) - 200
Freestyle 2nd
place (55.12) Age Group National Qualifying Time
Mokhtar Al-Yamani (10) - 50 Freestyle 1st place
(30.01) Age Group National
Qualifying Time
Mamoru Kanazawa (17) - 100 Freestyle 1st place
(54.05) US AAA Time
Bruno Ortiz
(15) - 100
Breaststroke 4th
place (1:08.11) US AAA Time
Results from other Bucs at the Shunki Yosen
meet
Maho Sakuma (14 yrs.) - 100 Breaststroke 11th place (1:20.57) US AA Time
Shawma Chun (12 yrs.) - 100 Breaststroke 11th place (1:19.56) US AAA Time
Mario Schwaller (17 yrs.) - 100 Freestyle 11th place (56.20) US AA Time
Kana Moodie (16 yrs.) - 100 Backstroke 13th place (1:15.87) US AA Time
Nicolas McCoy (16 yrs.) - 100 Buttefly 13th place (1:02.24) US AA Time
Toshiki Takahashi (10 yrs.)- 50 Breaststroke 16th place (41.41) US AAA Time
Alexis McCoy (18 yrs.)
- 100 Freestyle 20th place (1:04.86) US AA Time
It is clearly evident that student/athlete behavior continues to be an area of concern with several team members. Card playing and general disregard to the spirit of the competition by our student/athletes continues to be an embarrassment to the team with more than a handful of coaches, officials, and athletes from other teams left bewildered as to the level of commitment from St. Mary’s students.
Buccaneer Swimmers posting All star times
at the Kirokukai meet were Josef Budde, Emiko Mason, Adam Mason, Arun Janssens,
Masaya Takeda, Megumi Minaki, and Michael Liu.
The Swim Team will be back at Tatsumi on
April 13th for the
March 2008
Japanese Age Group National Swimming Championships @ Tatsumi
This year marked the 1st time the Bucs
qualified 4 swimmers in individual events for Japan’s Age Group National
Championships. 5,265 swimmers from 1,002 clubs packed into the International Swimming Complex at Tatsumi for the March 27th
– 30th classic.
The assault on the record books continues - Buc
swimmers have established 19 new records this season. Three new OPEN + AREA
records were set over the 4 day competition; Ryutaro Kamiya improved his 100
meter Backstroke mark with a 57.17 effort. Miguel Ortiz bettered his 50 meter
Back twice with preliminary and final swims of
26.01 and 25.85. 10 year old Mokhtar Al-Yamani had a breakthrough swim
blazing a 29.55 in the 50 meter Free to better Ryutaro Kamiya’s 30.04 2002 mark.
JOC Cup Results
Day 1 Ryutaro Kamiya (15–18) 200 meter Back 2:02.92 (22nd
place) / 67 entries
Kelly Moodie (13-14) 400
meter Free 4:12.51 (29th
place) / 69 entries
Day 2 Kelly
Moodie (13-14) 100 meter Free 55.29 (42nd place) / 83 entries
Ryutaro Kamiya (15–18) 100 meter Back
57.17
(22nd
place) / 60 entries
Miguel Ortiz
(15–18) 100 meter Back 57.66 (32nd place) / 60 entries
Day 3 Mokhtar
Al-Yamani (9 + 10) 50 meter Free 29.55 (20th place) / 153 entries
Miguel Ortiz (15–18) 50 meter Back 25.85 (6th
place) / 78 entries
Miguel makes finals !
Miguel Ortiz qualified in 8th
place after the morning preliminaries with a
26.01 in the 50 meter Back. Miguel
moved up 2 places in the finals with a
personal best 25.85.
Day 4 Kelly
Moodie (13-14) 200 meter Free 1:58.89
(40th place) / 79 entries
Ryutaro Kamiya (15–18) 200 meter Free 1:54.08
(46th place) / 88 entries
The Boys 4 x 100 meter Freestyle relay
is always a highlight of the meet. The Bucs team of Miguel Ortiz (17 yrs.) / Ryutaro Kamiya
(16 yrs.) / Bruno Ortiz (15 yrs.) / + Kelly Moodie (14 yrs.) came within .27
seconds of their 2007 OPEN and AREA record (3:31.68)
producing a swift 3:31.95 – good enough for a 22nd place finish out
of the 57 teams that qualified. The Bucs finished just 2.78 seconds out of a
top 8 finish with a very young team. It
will be interesting to see the US High School rankings to see if they can once
again finish with a top 50 ranking among high schools stateside.
2008 March Age Group
Swimming Champs @
The Swim Team played host
to 13 teams in their major event of the year on March 8th + 9th.
It was a huge meet with over 480 athletes competing with 2,321 individual entries
and 157 relay entries.
The coaches would like to thank all the volunteers that helped make the weekend a success – your hard work is greatly appreciated !
The Buccaneers finished the
two-day invitational in 2nd place with 3,072.5 points. Setagaya-Ku’s
High Point trophies are
awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers in each age group based on six
events individual events over two days. The tightest race for the
Miguel set a new OPEN +
AREA record in the 50 meter Butterfly (25.95). The Bucs 4 x 100 Free relay
(3:34.17) of Ryutaro, Miguel, Mamoru Kanazawa, and Bruno Ortiz was presented
the Top Performance of the Meet award finishing ahead of Nittai Ebara almost 2
full seconds faster than the National qualifying standard. Nittai Ebara won the
200 medley relay in a record time but, was disqualified after their lead-off
backstroker clearly stayed underwater past the 15 meter mark, a violation of
competition rules.
In the 13 + 14 Boys age
group, Kelly Moodie captured the 1st place
6th grader
Shawma Chun took the 11 – 12 Boys 3rd
Other Buccaneers finishing
in the top 8 in total scoring were; Bruno Ortiz (8th place - 15 –
18), Alexis McCoy (4th place - 15 – 18 girls), Kana Moodie (5th
– 11 + 12 girls), Keila Mitchell (8th place – 11 + 12 girls),
Toshiki Takahashi (6th place – 9 + 10), and Yutaro Sahara (7th
- 8 + Under Boys).
Another exciting race was
the Boys 200 meter Crescendo Medley relay. The Crescendo relay featured a 4
swimmers from the following age groups;
9 + 10, 11 + 12, 13 + 14, and 15 – 18. The Bucs team of Kelly Moodie (Back),
Shawma Chun (Breast) Miguel Ortiz (Butterfly), and Mohktar Al-Yamani (Free)
easily outswam the competition setting a new OPEN mark in with a time of
2:03.06.
Swimmers qualified for the
Age Group Nationals will compete at the International Swimming Complex from
March 27 – 30.
February 2008
2008
3,032 swimmers from 145 clubs packed into the International Swimming
Complex at Tatsumi for 2 full days of fantastic swimming. The meet featured