Buenaventura Swim Club : Jr Olympics

Day two of the 2009 Summer JO’s is in the books. It was a long hot day, but Buena swimmers persevered and continued to improve their times. After day one, Buenaventura Swim Club was in 12^th place in the combined team scores, and we have our work cut out for us to maintain that ranking.

Following are some highlights from Day 2:

Jessie Ball improved her time and got another Sectionals time standard in the 200 Freestyle, placing 6^th in the consolation final with a time of 2:13.77. She also placed 19^th in the 100 Breast with a slight improvement over her entry time, swimming a 1:21.46.
Nine year old Meghan King swam in her first Junior Olympic competition had a busy day, swimming three events. Meghan swam a 1:33.12 in the 100 fly, good enough for a 21^st place finish. She also got a 24^th in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:29.71 and a 31^st place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:55.10.
Nick Vargas earned a spot in the Championship final of the 200 freestyle, finishing in 6^th place with a time of 2:09.63. He also improved his 400 I.M. time, finishing in 18^th place with a time of 5:22.60.
Austin Takeda had a light day, competing in the 200 freestyle, improving his time down to a 2:12.84, earning 19^th place.
Ten year old Lindsay Clark, swimming in her first Junior Olympic competition, made the championship final in the 200 freestyle with an impressive 2:31.96, good enough for a 6^th place finish. She also swam the 100 backstroke, making the consolation final and getting 10^th place overall, with a time of 1:24.87.
Eleven year old Niles Biolley finished in 29^th place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:27.77 and had a 34^th place finish in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 41.46.
Chesna Biolley made the championship final in the 400 IM, with a time of 5:25.45, earning an 8^th place finish overall. Shortly after, she had a big drop in the 100 breaststroke in the consolation final, earning a 10^th overall finish and a time of 1:21.19.
Jordan Capper swam also swam both the 400 I.M. and the 100 breast. In the 400 I.M., he placed 12^th with a time of 5:06.81 and in the 100 breast, he had a 15^th place finish and a time of 1:15.99.
Delani Clark improved her time in the 50 breast to a 40.44, earning a 22^nd place finish.
Macy Sutter, competing in her first Junior Olympics competition, improved her 100 breaststroke to a 1:23.09, earning a 27^th place finish.

These are good results and the future “Buena Greats” are beginning to display their talents! I look forward to another great day tomorrow.