SOBA Places First at 2013 SCAA Summer Championship-Congratulations!!

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Summer Championship Meet on Sunday!

SOBA earned the most points at Sunday’s Summer Championship Meet, coming in first in our division and winning the entire meet. We were so thrilled to share that big trophy with everyone at our awards celebration today at 5:00.

Each and every swimmer who participated Saturday scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! That means everyone earned at least one medal, and some of you even more.
  86% of you had at least one personal best time at Summer Champs – WOW!!
    27% had one best time
     37% had two best times, and
      21% had best time in ALL THREE EVENTS – that is FANTASTIC – so proud of you, swimmers!

Most Time Dropped – Charlie Rudy 26.64total
He gets to take the trophy home for the entire summerbreak. Way to go Charlie! Close runners-up are ChristianAmbrocio with a total drop of 24.03; Ryan Fuquawith 22.67; Andrea Maldonadowith 22.29

High point earners– THREE-Way Tie!!
Riley Pierce, Jude Robinson, and Kevin Zeballos Eachwith 143Points
Each of these teammates earned 1^st place in oneindividual event (21 points) + 2^nd place in two individual events (2x19 points)+ 1^st place in two relays (2 x 42 points)

Congratulations, Riley, Jude and Kevin! Each of yougets to take the trophy home one night this week.

The Big Trophy
After our ‘most time dropped’ achievers and our high point earner have had their time with the trophy, each swimmer will have the opportunity to take it home for a few days at a time. We’ll go in order of most time dropped (i.e. ‘best’ of the personal best times)

New Team Records
We had 4new team records set at Sunday’sSummer Champs meet. Congratulations to:
   Riley Pierce: B 7-8 25Y Breaststroke 22.21
   Kevin Zeballos: B 13-14 50Y Freestyle 25.37 (tie)
   Kevin Zeballos: B 13-14 100Y Freestyle 55.48
   Kevin Zeballos: B 13-14 100Y Backstroke 1:02.92

New Red/Blue/JO Club Members
The Red, Blue and JO Club represent the different ‘Time Standards’ by age groups outlined by Southern California Swimming. These represent the ‘top’ level of swimming in our region, with the Spring Junior Olympic (JO) being the toughest category, followed by Summer JO, then Blue Times, then Red. Coach Dede has created recognition stars for each level, and she tracks the progress (thank you Coach Dede!). Congratulations to new members of…
-The Red Club: Nicholas Carrozza, Delaney Jimenez, Rylee Nakayama, Justin Oliak, Charlie Rudy. Added events: Alyssa B., Allie C., Allie J., Eliette S.
-The Blue Club: Alex Fuqua, Daniel Genuth, Collin Gray, Jasmine Wu. Added events: Cade B.

-Summer JO: 15-18 boys 200 Free Relay: Austin, Gabe, Forrest and Jacob. Added events: Kevin Z
-Spring JO: 13-14 boys 200 Free Relay: Cade, Alex, Niko, Kevin (WOW!) < Kevin just missed by .2 or less in each of his events >

If you want to check out the Time Standards (and maybe set out a new goal for yourself), they are available Online at the Southern California Swimming website; the time standards are updated annually.
http://www.socalswim.org/timestandards/


Special SOBA Champs “Milestones”
-Congrats to our ‘first timers’ at a Championship Meet: Christian A, Gretchen D, Dalayah J, Delaney J, Lizzie L, Sophia L, Lucas P, Nick R, Isaac R, Charlie R, Aidan V, Connor V, Lucas V!
-Completing THREE championship Meets: David B, Lexi C, Giselle C, CJ C, Bridget D, Sean D, Sally G, Ruka G, Max J, Ashley L, Chris M, Austin M, Alexander M, Sergio M, Jude R, Lars S, Levi S, (and Coach Romi!)
-Honored for participating in FIVE championship meets: Raeann A, Vaughn D, Ina G, Collin G, Marisa H, Kate K, Lily K, Gavin P,
-Recognized for participating in SEVEN championship meets: Allie J, Jenna P
-Shout out for participating in TEN championship meets: Alexandra B, Daniel B, Seven C, Kaitlyn R, Kevin Z
-12 Champs: Alex F, Gabe H, Kaio M. 14Champs: Lexi T. 15Champs: Jacob V
-Most champs to date: Julianna Gomez and Gabi Tecunat 16champs!!
-YES, we do have swimmers with 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 champs to their credit (you know who you are!); the aforementioned swimmers hit certain ‘milestones’ which we recognized at Awards Day.

Relays at Champs
We don’t get to do relays often, so it’s really special when we have so many relay teams at champs meets! This year, we had a relay entered in every gender and age group. Relays are important to the team, because they earn DOUBLE points. Medals are awarded for teams who place 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd BUT points are awarded to all teams who place 1^stthru 6^th

Congratulations on Promotions!
At the conclusion of each season, we often promote swimmers who are ready for the next skill level group. Congratulations to the swimmers whom we are promoting!
-Promoted from C to C1: Gretchen, Theo, Jake(these swimmers now have the option of coming up to four days per week: M-Th)
-Promoted from C1 to B: Krista, Daliyah, Lily (these swimmers now have the option of coming up to fivedays per week: M-Fri)
-Promoted from B to B1: Alex, Sergio
-Promoted from B1 to A: Daniel, Tony, Kaio, Austin, Eliette, and Jasmine
Plus we know a couple more of you are really close to promotion to the next group, so work hard, and stay tuned for details!

Parents
THANK YOU for all your help with all the ‘jobs’ we were assigned by the league. We really appreciate you pitching in to help make this meet run as smoothly as possible. We are lucky to have so many fantastic team families with SOBA!

Way to go swimmers – we are so proud of you!

This was a FANTASTIC way to end the season! We are so thrilled for our team, and so excited for all of your successes at summer champs.

Don’t forget the Milk Carton Yacht Races on Wednesday. Then, let’s celebrate the conclusion of a fantastic summer season with our “Fun Day” Thursday at 5pm – parents,you are welcome to get in the water too! Then the SOBA kids will be treated to a pizza party right on deck at the pool. Come and enjoy!

Then… Summer break is FridayAugust 23-the following week of August 26; see you back to kick-off our fall/winter season on Tuesday September 3, after Labor Day.