SWIMMING: SUN, VANDENBERGE HAVE AMUSING TIME PAIR LEADS SWIM PASADENA TO THIRD.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News IRVINE - Only a trip north on the Santa Ana Freeway The Santa Ana Freeway is one of the principal freeways in Southern California, connecting Los Angeles, California and its southeastern suburbs. The freeway begins at the four level Bill Keene Memorial Interchange complex in downtown Los Angeles, signed as U.S. Route 101. to nearby Disneyland might have provided more happiness Saturday night for Sara Sun and Samantha VandenBerge. The best friends and Swim Pasadena teammates capped their five-day run at the Speedo An earlier scalable font technology from Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA (www.bitstream.com). Speedo fonts used the .SPD extension. See FaceLift. Junior National Championships in grand fashion, swimming to a 1-2 finish in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the William Woollett William Woollett (August 15, 1735 - May 23, 1785), English engraver, was born at Maidstone, of a family which came originally from the Netherlands. He was apprenticed to John Tinney, an engraver in Fleet Street, London, and studied in the St Martin's Lane academy. Jr. Aquatic Complex. Sun, a junior at Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. High of La Crescenta, recorded a lifetime-best time of 16 minutes, 51.58 seconds to take second behind VandenBerge (La Serna La Serna may refer to: People
The 37 points earned in the event by the U.S. Junior National team members helped Swim Pasadena solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. third place in the women's team competition with 221 points. Arizona Desert Fox won the event with 263 points, and Long Island Aquatics, on the strength of a sixth-place finish in the 400 medley med·ley n. pl. med·leys 1. An often jumbled assortment; a mixture: "That night he dreamed he was traveling in a foreign country, only it seemed to be a medley of all the countries he'd ever been to and relay, surpassed Swim Pasadena - which didn't finish among the top 16 teams in the final event - for second with 235. ``The team thing is what I'm going to remember the most,'' said Sun, 16, who finished fifth in the individual standings with 68 points, leading all female swimmers from California. ``This is a truly amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. group of girls.'' The group was carried by Sun, who was one of only two female swimmers to place among the top 10 in six events. Elizabeth Beisel, 12, from Magnus Aquatic Group (Maryland) - who finished second (77) to Samantha Woodward (80) of Oklahoma's Kerr-McGee Swim Club in the individual standings - was the only other individual to match Sun's accomplishment. ``(Sun) amazes me,'' said VandenBerge, 17, who recorded her fourth top-eight finish Saturday to place seventh in the high-point race with 63 points. ``She's such a talented swimmer, and I'm so proud of her. It's just cool, because we finished 1-2, and we placed third as a team, and we're having the most fun while doing it.'' Swim Pasadena coach Terry Stoddard watched from the deck with a big smile as his swimmers battled throughout the 1,500, with VandenBerge leading wire to wire, and Sun passing Long Island Aquatic Club's Elizabeth Goldson at the 800 mark to take over second place for good. ``The whole time in the ready room, we kept saying `1-2,' '' said Sun, who logged 4,700 meters over 16 swims at the Junior Nationals, contributing to a total of 7,900 meters over 22 races in an 11-day period, including Senior Nationals. ``It was definitely good motivation for me to try to catch up with her and race her.'' Said Stoddard, whose team placed 10th at last year's Junior Nationals in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. : ``That was special. For Sara to go a best time after swimming the 50, and for Sam to have the great race she did, it was really fun to watch.'' Sun's performance in the 1,500 - in which she dropped almost 20 seconds from her time Aug. 7 at the ConocoPhillips Senior National Championships - came less than 30 minutes after her eighth-place finish in the 50 free (26.99). Those 11 points proved critical to Swim Pasadena in holding off San Diego's North Coast Aquatics (215) in the race for third. Swim Pasadena also benefited from the efforts of Bianca Marquez (Flintridge Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. of La Canada Flintridge), Natasha Nguyen (La Canada) and Ann Tsuchiya (Mayfield of Pasadena), who helped contribute to the team's 90-point relay total. David Mosko was the men's high-point winner with 91 points, leading the way for the Cincinnati Marlins, who also captured the team title (278). Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com |
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