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Based on the results of the United States Swimming, Virtual Club Championships, for this past short-course season, Orinda Aquatics finished 1^st in nation for teams with less than 150 swimmers! In terms of overall finish, our results placed us 4^th in Pacific Swimming, 13^th in the state, and 98^th in the nation – again, competing with teams under 150 swimmers, we would be first in each category.

2009 Sectional Team

National Level Qualifiers

	Men’s National Qualifiers
	Sean Haufler		Senior Nat’l – SC
	Steven Stumph		Olympic Trial-08
	Tommy Dowley		Junior Nat’l – SC
	Chris Chuck		Junior Nat’l–USA
	Women’s National Qualifiers
	Shelbi Luchini	Senior Nat’l – SC
	Andrew Ward	Senior Nat’l – SC
	Courtney Whyte	Senior Nat’l – SC
	Caroline Lukins	Senior Nat’l – SC
	Rachel Cleak	Junior Nat’l – SC
	Jill Jones	Jr. Nat–USA
09 NCSA Junior National Qualifiers				Brooke Woodard, Jeremy Chang,
Robbie Ashby, Jeffrey Strausser, Bret Lathrope, Shannon Herman,
Isa Guardalabene, Eva Erickson, Jordan Tomimatsu, Sam Swinton

All-Star Members:

Robby Ashby

Sven Campbell

Mary Allison Ashby

Orinda Aquatics - USS

Our Senior Group had an unprecedented 75% of the group qualify for Far Westerns, and had over 65% of the group qualify for Sectionals this summer. And with our college swimmers, we had over fifty Sectional qualifiers, again, more representative of a team of 500 swimmers. These percentages would be extremely competitive on a national level. We recently took twenty swimmers to the Santa Clara International Grand Prix having one of the largest non-collegiate representations in the entire meet and had twenty swimmers meet the NCSA Junior National standard.

Orinda Aquatics at North Coast

From a team perspective and an individual perspective, Orinda Aquatics was again as well represented as any USS team in Pacific Swimming. In the 100 school, North Coast Section, the top three men’s teams were coached by OA coaches, and Campolindo (with very strong OA presence) was again the best overall team in the meet. Orinda Aquatics had twenty top eight finishes, and additional seventeen consolation finishes, for a total a thirty-seven final swims. Additionally, Orinda Aquatics had over twenty swimmers qualify for the All-American automatic or consideration time standards.

Cal Women Win NCAA Championships

Three former OA swimmers a part of the program

Cal ’s recent win of the Women’s NCAA Division 1 Swimming Championships included three former Orinda Aquatics swimmers. Heather White, who swam for Orinda Aquatics for seven years and was an All American for Miramonte, competed in the 200 IM and 400 IM. Heather recently placed in the top eight in the 200 IM at the Santa Clara International Invitational. Kristen Lewis was local swimmer who went from Moraga Country Club to Campolindo to OA and was one of the most improved and inspirational swimmers at UCLA. After assisting UCLA on a voluntary basis, Kristen was asked to join Teri McKeever and the Cal women’s staff. According to Teri, Kristen has played an integral role in the success of the team. And John Dorr, who trained with OA for a year prior to competing in the last Olympic trials, is the Administrative Coordinator for all of Cal Aquatics.