Seahawks at the Terrapins/SRVLA C/B/A+ Meet

The Pleasanton Seahawks had an outstanding showing at the SRVLA C/B/A+ Meet May 1 & 2.  Included were many new cuts, team records, best times and impressive performances.  Special recognition goes to the younger PLS swimmers who splashed on to the scene with many fine swims.      
From the Senior Group: Bernie Martin swam 6 out of 8 best times, Emily Saccullo swam 6 out of 7 best times, Jason Yu swam 5 out of 6 best times, and Maya Gilchrist earned a New Junior Olympic (JO)  time in the 400 free with the time of 5:06.93.
Twenty-five Pre Senior swimmers competed at the SRVLA meet with outstanding results: Maxime Rooney set a new Team Record in the 11-12 boys 200 fly.  Fourteen Pre Senior swimmers swam 100% Life Time Best (LTB) times: Madi Burson, Samantha Howell, Maggie Kauffeld, Lekya Mukkamala, Moriah Simonds, Alex Gilchrist, Regis LaChance, Kyle Oslund, Maxime Rooney, RJ Scott, Jeff Tang, Bridget Booe, Perry Jia, Jon Ong.  The Pre Senior Group combined for 17 New Pacific Reportable Times (PRT), 24 New Far Western Times (FW), 15 New Junior Olympic Times (JO), 47 New "A" Times, 27 New PLS All Time Top Ten Swims and 1 New Team Record.
From the Junior/Pre Junior Groups:  Aaron Li - 3 new Junior Olympic (JO) times and Shawn Kim -  new Far Western (FW) time in 50 back.  “A” Cuts: Sofia Barrera - first Long course meet with 3 new A times, Julia Wang - 6 new A times, Kevin Gao - A time in 50 free, Olivier Rooney – 100% A times, Tim Yao - A time in 50 free,  Cody Chang - A time in 100 free,  Matt Huo – 100% A times, Mike Yao - 5 A times.  
Intermediate I Group: 8 & Unders: Vickie Luo (50 free & 50 back), Alex Luo (50 back & 50 fly), Justin Tsai (50 back & 50 fly) -- 9-10's: Nja Zuniga (50 free).  New B-Times: 9-10's: Sanika Kulkarni (100 breast), Nja Zuniga (100 back & 100 breast), Calvin Chui (50/100 free, 50 back, 50/100 breast, & 50 fly), and Alex Kuang (50 breast).  New Best Times: 9-10's: Kyle Kenny (3 Best Times out of 6 swims) -- 11-12's: Lily Hu (2 out of 3 Best Times).  
Intermediate II Group: New A times - Grace Kim (8) - 50 Fly, Resha Panda (9) - 100 Breast, Tanaya Gondhalekar (10) - 50/200 Free, 100 Breast and New “B” times: Grace Kim 50 fly & Sam Huo.   
Novices: New “A” time: Amber Miller and New “B” times: Duhita Gondhalekar & Vrushali Wagh, Rachana Mukkamala, Samantha Snow, and Ian Venzon.  Congratulations to our hard-working PLS swimmers!