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Poolside - Gators Post Solid Times In Swim Championships
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Normal 0 0 1 38 220 oakdale leader 1 1 270 11.1287 0 0 0 Oakdale Gator Emily Bennett put in a strong showing at the Mid Valley Swim League Championships in the 11-12 girls backstroke event, taking first overall with a time of 32.67.10. The championship event was held in Turlock at Pitman High School on Saturday, July 24. - photo by COURTESY OF DANIELLE JONES

More than a dozen Oakdale Gators youth swim team standouts improved times in all three of their events at the Mid Valley Swim League championships in Turlock on Saturday, July 24. It was a satisfying way for the 15 members of the team to culminate the summer campaign.

The sharp times also led Oakdale to a sixth place finish out of eight highly competitive league programs. In all, four Gator swimmers earned recognition as top-five high point swimmers in the all-day extravaganza.

“The best stat is the list of 15 swimmers who improved times in all three of their events,” Oakdale coach Brian Fogarty said. “This is a very rare occasion and very impressive. Awesome meet to end the season.”

Emily Bennett was the lone Gator to snare top high point honors after big wins in the 11-12 division. She was the highest scoring swimmer with 23 points in that division.

Brandon Terwilliger snared 25 points to take second in the 15-16 division while Haley Rivera was third among 7-8 girls at 20 points. Jack Kjeldgaard also nabbed 15 points to finish fifth among six-and-under boys.

Fogarty noted that the Gators’ strongest improvement came from a 13.27-second upgrade to Maya Lyda’s 50-meter breaststroke. Kendal Houck also brought her 25 breaststroke time down 10.24 seconds.

Bennett, Houck, Kjeldgaard, Rivera and Lyda all saw big improvements in their marks, and were joined by new personal bests from Madison Blanc, Cameron Elswick, Sienna Gonzales, Haley Hayes, Juliette Leibenson, Kinsey Ollis, Alyssa Redd, Hanna Rivera, AJ Torres and Bianca Varela.

 

 

GATOR SWIM STATS

Swim Meet Results

2010 Championships At Turlock

 

Mixed 6 & Under 100 Yard Medley Relay

5, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'A' (Blanc, Victoria W5, Kjeldgaard, Jack M6, Yeaman, Colin M6, Stueve, Carson M6), 2:02.75.

 

Girls 7-8 100 Yard Medley Relay

2, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'A' (Blanc, Madison 8, Torres, Olivia 8, Rivera, Hayley 8, Semone, Mara K 8), 1:20.40. --, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'B' (Gibson, Brittany 8, Hardy, Lacey K 8, Grivette, Jaiden 7, Houck, Kendal 7), DQ.

 

Boys 7-8 100 Yard Medley Relay

3, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'A' (Klump, Evan 8, Kjeldgaard, Christopher 7, Allan, Garrett 8, Terwilliger, David 7), 1:35.42.

 

Girls 9-10 200 Yard Medley Relay

14, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'A' (Houck, Kassidy F 9, Leibenson, Juliette 9, Lyda, Maya 9, Gonzales, Sabrinna R 10), 3:11.46. --, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'B' (Ollis, Kinsey 10, Hatfield, Jessica 10, Shepherd, Rebekah 10, Dillard, Brooke 10), DQ.

 

Boys 9-10 200 Yard Medley Relay

--, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'A' (Debow, Jacob 9, VandenBosch, Dustin 9, Kjeldgaard, Matthew 10, Conrad, Evan 9), DQ.

 

Girls 11-12 200 Yard Medley Relay

6, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'A' (Bennett, Emily B 11, Allan, Kate 11, Hurst, Cece 11, Gonzales, Sienna M 12), 2:26.59. 11, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'B' (Elswick, Cayley A 11, Hayes, Haley 12, McKeon, Alida M 12, Robinette, Elizabeth G 12), 2:40.67.

 

Boys 11-12 200 Yard Medley Relay

3, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'A' (Van Cleave, Nate 12, Kjeldgaard, Stephen 12, Winders, Michael 11, Smith, Brad M 11), 2:21.98. 6, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'B' (Harrison, Rhett 11, Yeaman, Ethan 12, Guerrero, Joseph 12, Klump, Emerson 11), 2:40.16.

 

Girls 15-18 200 Yard Medley Relay

6, Oakdale Swim Team-PC 'A' (Cook, Arielle N 16, Varela, Bianca 13, Kjeldgaard, Kate 14, Bennett, Sara L 16), 2:32.04.

 

Girls 9-10 100 Yard IM

33, Gonzales, Sabrinna R, Gators-PC, 1:40.98. 38, Shepherd, Rebekah, Gators-PC, 1:45.09. 47, Leibenson, Juliette, Gators-PC, 1:50.41.

 

Boys 9-10 100 Yard IM

7, VandenBosch, Dustin, Gators-PC, 1:39.24. 12, Kjeldgaard, Matthew, Gators-PC, 1:46.87. --, Gregg, Joshua, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Girls 11-12 100 Yard IM

1, Bennett, Emily B, Gators-PC, 1:15.17. 6, Gonzales, Sienna M, Gators-PC, 1:18.93. 27, McKeon, Alida M, Gators-PC, 1:29.27. 36, Allan, Kate, Gators-PC, 1:36.02.

 

Boys 11-12 100 Yard IM

4, Guerrero, Joseph, Gators-PC, 1:19.06. 5, Van Cleave, Nate, Gators-PC, 1:20.53. 6, Winders, Michael, Gators-PC, 1:24.03. 7, Harrison, Rhett, Gators-PC, 1:24.82. 9, Smith, Brad M, Gators-PC, 1:25.45. 13, Yeaman, Ethan, Gators-PC, 1:31.36.

 

Girls 13-14 100 Yard IM

3, Varela, Bianca, Gators-PC, 1:16.08. 16, Kjeldgaard, Kate, Gators-PC, 1:28.46.

 

Girls 15-16 100 Yard IM

5, Cook, Arielle N, Gators-PC, 1:22.05.

 

Boys 15-16 100 Yard IM

2, Terwilliger, Brandon, Gators-PC, 1:02.19.

 

Girls 6 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle

11, Redd, Alyssa, Gators-PC, 56.13. 20, Conrad, Lauren, Gators-PC, 1:05.13.

 

Boys 6 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle

4, Kjeldgaard, Jack, Gators-PC, 48.16. 11, Yeaman, Colin, Gators-PC, 1:03.83. 12, Stueve, Carson, Gators-PC, 1:06.78. 21, Hardy, Lucas, Gators-PC, 1:29.86.

 

Girls 7-8 50 Yard Freestyle

4, Rivera, Hayley, Gators-PC, 36.77. 6, Semone, Mara K, Gators-PC, 38.41. 14, Blanc, Madison, Gators-PC, 41.61. 16, Torres, Olivia, Gators-PC, 41.94. 42, Gibson, Brittany, Gators-PC, 53.11. 50, Hardy, Lacey K, Gators-PC, 56.84. 53, Grivette, Jaiden, Gators-PC, 57.96.

 

Boys 7-8 50 Yard Freestyle

7, Klump, Evan, Gators-PC, 40.61. 14, Terwilliger, David, Gators-PC, 45.49. 15, Allan, Garrett, Gators-PC, 46.60. 36, Rodriguez, Roye, Gators-PC, 1:11.51.

 

Girls 9-10 100 Yard Freestyle

19, Gonzales, Sabrinna R, Gators-PC, 1:30.00. 34, Lyda, Maya, Gators-PC, 1:39.07. 45, Ollis, Kinsey, Gators-PC, 1:57.37. 46, Hatfield, Jessica, Gators-PC, 1:59.22.

 

Boys 9-10 100 Yard Freestyle

12, Debow, Jacob, Gators-PC, 1:28.88. 14, Kjeldgaard, Matthew, Gators-PC, 1:29.50.

 

Girls 11-12 100 Yard Freestyle

5, Gonzales, Sienna M, Gators-PC, 1:07.07. 18, Elswick, Cayley A, Gators-PC, 1:16.83. 22, Hurst, Cece, Gators-PC, 1:17.81. 25, Maciel, Jasmine, Gators-PC, 1:19.21. 33, Robinette, Elizabeth G, Gators-PC, 1:22.09.

 

Boys 11-12 100 Yard Freestyle

3, Kjeldgaard, Stephen, Gators-PC, 1:07.11. 9, Guerrero, Joseph, Gators-PC, 1:11.27. 10, Harrison, Rhett, Gators-PC, 1:11.70. 12, Smith, Brad M, Gators-PC, 1:17.11. 16, Klump, Emerson, Gators-PC, 1:22.01. 18, Torres, Tommy, Gators-PC, 1:27.81.

 

Boys 13-14 100 Yard Freestyle

12, Torres, AJ, Gators-PC, 1:35.31.

 

Girls 15-16 100 Yard Freestyle

15, Bennett, Sara L, Gators-PC, 1:21.45.

 

Boys 6 & Under 25 Yard Butterfly

5, Yeaman, Colin, Gators-PC, 32.43.

 

Girls 7-8 25 Yard Butterfly

1, Rivera, Hayley, Gators-PC, 18.00. 18, Torres, Olivia, Gators-PC, 23.47. --, Grivette, Jaiden, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Boys 7-8 25 Yard Butterfly

9, Allan, Garrett, Gators-PC, 25.18. 14, Terwilliger, David, Gators-PC, 27.89.

 

Girls 9-10 50 Yard Butterfly

20, Houck, Kassidy F, Gators-PC, 47.61. 24, Lyda, Maya, Gators-PC, 49.33. 32, Shepherd, Rebekah, Gators-PC, 51.45.

 

Boys 9-10 50 Yard Butterfly

12, Gregg, Joshua, Gators-PC, 58.75. --, Conrad, Evan, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Girls 11-12 50 Yard Butterfly

12, Hurst, Cece, Gators-PC, 37.48.

 

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Butterfly

5, Winders, Michael, Gators-PC, 34.40. 6, Guerrero, Joseph, Gators-PC, 36.15.

 

Girls 13-14 50 Yard Butterfly

9, Varela, Bianca, Gators-PC, 34.46. 11, Kjeldgaard, Kate, Gators-PC, 35.59.

 

Boys 13-14 50 Yard Butterfly

7, Elswick, Cameron J, Gators-PC, 31.41.

 

Girls 15-16 50 Yard Butterfly

10, Cook, Arielle N, Gators-PC, 37.51.

 

Boys 15-16 100 Yard Butterfly

1, Terwilliger, Brandon, Gators-PC, 1:01.91.

 

Girls 6 & Under 25 Yard Backstroke

8, Blanc, Victoria, Gators-PC, 27.88. 15, Redd, Alyssa, Gators-PC, 30.26.

 

Boys 6 & Under 25 Yard Backstroke

3, Kjeldgaard, Jack, Gators-PC, 25.58. 13, Stueve, Carson, Gators-PC, 37.21. 19, Hardy, Lucas, Gators-PC, 44.01. 20, Cooley, Tyler, Gators-PC, 50.45.

 

Girls 7-8 25 Yard Backstroke

12, Blanc, Madison, Gators-PC, 23.53. 49, Hardy, Lacey K, Gators-PC, 29.23. 52, Gibson, Brittany, Gators-PC, 30.25. 53, Houck, Kendal, Gators-PC, 30.60. 58, Grivette, Jaiden, Gators-PC, 31.97.

 

Boys 7-8 25 Yard Backstroke

6, Klump, Evan, Gators-PC, 22.44. 16, Kjeldgaard, Christopher, Gators-PC, 27.60. --, Zuk, Aaron, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Girls 9-10 50 Yard Backstroke

25, Shepherd, Rebekah, Gators-PC, 48.97. 30, Houck, Kassidy F, Gators-PC, 49.73. 44, Dillard, Brooke, Gators-PC, 57.63. 48, Ollis, Kinsey, Gators-PC, 1:00.41. 57, Hatfield, Jessica, Gators-PC, 1:10.12.

 

Boys 9-10 50 Yard Backstroke

12, Debow, Jacob, Gators-PC, 46.45. 16, VandenBosch, Dustin, Gators-PC, 48.09. 36, Conrad, Evan, Gators-PC, 59.78.

 

Girls 11-12 50 Yard Backstroke

1, Bennett, Emily B, Gators-PC, 32.67. 10, McKeon, Alida M, Gators-PC, 39.35. 17, Maciel, Jasmine, Gators-PC, 42.19. 19, Elswick, Cayley A, Gators-PC, 42.82. 22, Hayes, Haley, Gators-PC, 44.21. 25, Hurst, Cece, Gators-PC, 45.09. 28, Allan, Kate, Gators-PC, 46.04. 29, Rivera, Hanna, Gators-PC, 46.08. 41, Zuk, Bailey, Gators-PC, 55.08.

 

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Backstroke

7, Harrison, Rhett, Gators-PC, 40.15. 10, Klump, Emerson, Gators-PC, 42.98. 21, Torres, Tommy, Gators-PC, 50.78.

 

Boys 13-14 50 Yard Backstroke

3, Elswick, Cameron J, Gators-PC, 32.53.

 

Girls 15-16 50 Yard Backstroke

10, Bennett, Sara L, Gators-PC, 44.54.

 

Boys 15-16 100 Yard Backstroke

1, Terwilliger, Brandon, Gators-PC, 1:02.18.

 

Girls 6 & Under 25 Yard Breaststroke

--, Conrad, Lauren, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Girls 7-8 25 Yard Breaststroke

3, Semone, Mara K, Gators-PC, 21.76. 11, Torres, Olivia, Gators-PC, 25.26. 23, Blanc, Madison, Gators-PC, 27.20. 38, Houck, Kendal, Gators-PC, 34.63.

 

Boys 7-8 25 Yard Breaststroke

6, Allan, Garrett, Gators-PC, 25.86. 12, Kjeldgaard, Christopher, Gators-PC, 28.81. 16, Terwilliger, David, Gators-PC, 34.11. --, Rodriguez, Roye, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Girls 9-10 50 Yard Breaststroke

38, Gonzales, Sabrinna R, Gators-PC, 53.58. 42, Leibenson, Juliette, Gators-PC, 54.73. 46, Houck, Kassidy F, Gators-PC, 57.60. 48, Lyda, Maya, Gators-PC, 58.32. --, Dillard, Brooke, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Boys 9-10 50 Yard Breaststroke

10, VandenBosch, Dustin, Gators-PC, 48.77. --, Gregg, Joshua, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Girls 11-12 50 Yard Breaststroke

6, Gonzales, Sienna M, Gators-PC, 39.79. 9, Allan, Kate, Gators-PC, 41.86. 20, Hayes, Haley, Gators-PC, 45.07. 34, Rivera, Hanna, Gators-PC, 50.10. 37, Zuk, Bailey, Gators-PC, 56.26.

 

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Breaststroke

4, Kjeldgaard, Stephen, Gators-PC, 37.83. 6, Van Cleave, Nate, Gators-PC, 40.03. 11, Winders, Michael, Gators-PC, 41.33. --, Yeaman, Ethan, Gators-PC, DQ.

 

Girls 13-14 50 Yard Breaststroke

18, Kjeldgaard, Kate, Gators-PC, 45.92.

 

Boys 13-14 50 Yard Breaststroke

10, Torres, AJ, Gators-PC, 58.55.

 

Girls 6 & Under 25 Yard Freestyle

10, Redd, Alyssa, Gators-PC, 24.57. 26, Conrad, Lauren, Gators-PC, 31.05. 27, Blanc, Victoria, Gators-PC, 31.82.

 

Boys 6 & Under 25 Yard Freestyle

5, Kjeldgaard, Jack, Gators-PC, 22.61. 11, Stueve, Carson, Gators-PC, 28.20. 13, Yeaman, Colin, Gators-PC, 29.79. 17, Hardy, Lucas, Gators-PC, 32.65. 25, Cooley, Tyler, Gators-PC, 56.44.

 

Girls 7-8 25 Yard Freestyle

3, Rivera, Hayley, Gators-PC, 16.96. 8, Semone, Mara K, Gators-PC, 17.42. 51, Gibson, Brittany, Gators-PC, 23.86. 61, Hardy, Lacey K, Gators-PC, 25.72. 68, Houck, Kendal, Gators-PC, 28.71.

 

Boys 7-8 25 Yard Freestyle

5, Klump, Evan, Gators-PC, 17.76. 34, Rodriguez, Roye, Gators-PC, 31.08. 36, Zuk, Aaron, Gators-PC, 33.26.

 

Girls 9-10 50 Yard Freestyle

59, Leibenson, Juliette, Gators-PC, 43.04. 66, Hatfield, Jessica, Gators-PC, 46.32. 68, Dillard, Brooke, Gators-PC, 47.04. 73, Ollis, Kinsey, Gators-PC, 49.52.

 

Boys 9-10 50 Yard Freestyle

17, Debow, Jacob, Gators-PC, 37.65. 20, Kjeldgaard, Matthew, Gators-PC, 38.07. 43, Conrad, Evan, Gators-PC, 44.75.

 

Girls 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle

4, Bennett, Emily B, Gators-PC, 29.30. 24, McKeon, Alida M, Gators-PC, 32.84. 26, Robinette, Elizabeth G, Gators-PC, 33.57. 32, Elswick, Cayley A, Gators-PC, 34.33. 39, Hayes, Haley, Gators-PC, 36.16. 40, Rivera, Hanna, Gators-PC, 36.19. 49, Maciel, Jasmine, Gators-PC, 37.32. 60, Zuk, Bailey, Gators-PC, 42.41.

 

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle

4, Kjeldgaard, Stephen, Gators-PC, 29.82. 11, Van Cleave, Nate, Gators-PC, 32.22. 19, Yeaman, Ethan, Gators-PC, 33.76. 22, Klump, Emerson, Gators-PC, 35.20. 28, Torres, Tommy, Gators-PC, 38.17.

 

Girls 13-14 50 Yard Freestyle

4, Varela, Bianca, Gators-PC, 29.08.

 

Boys 13-14 50 Yard Freestyle

9, Elswick, Cameron J, Gators-PC, 27.77. 18, Torres, AJ, Gators-PC, 36.33.

 

Girls 15-16 50 Yard Freestyle

9, Cook, Arielle N, Gators-PC, 31.40. 17, Bennett, Sara L, Gators-PC, 35.73.

 

Combined Team Scores - Through Event 102

1, Ripon Sea Lions, 976.5. 2, Tracy Tritons, 788. 3, Sea Dogs, 558. 4, Ceres Dolphins, 509. 5, Manteca Dolphins, 313.5. 6, Oakdale Swim Team, 251. 7, Modesto-Stanislaus Sharks, 125. 8, Turlock Marlins, 26.