SWIMMING NOTEBOOK: NEW SWIM COACH AT CANYONS AQUATICS CLUB.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News Jeff Conwell returned Sunday from Kearns, Utah Kearns was named after Utah's U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns 1862-1918. It is a census-designated place (CDP) and township in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 33,659, at the 2000 census. , after coaching the three-time defending Western Zone champions, leading the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, swim team to another victory over its Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern rival, Pacific Swim. A couple of days later, Conwell added another title to his resume: interim head coach of Canyons Aquatic Club. Conwell and the rest of the Canyons coaching staff and swimmers were informed earlier this week that Bruce Patmos, who coached at Canyons for 16 years, was leaving the club to take a position with Washington Township Washington Township may refer to a number of townships in the United States, listed here by state (with the number of "Washington Townships" in each state in parentheses):
``Due to my family's current situation back in Ohio, I have made the very tough decision to leave Canyons in favor of a coaching position closer to home,'' Patmos wrote in a letter to the Canyons' swimmers and their parents. ``This is one of the toughest decisions I have ever had to make, knowing that I will be leaving many friends and a program full of great swimmers and parents. After leading and building this club over the past 16 years, it is incredibly difficult to close this chapter of my coaching career.'' Patmos, who was born in Springfield, Ohio Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark CountyGR6. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River and Buck Creek, approximately 45 miles (72 km) west of Columbus and 25 miles (40 , took Canyons from a team of fewer than 100 swimmers to a nationally recognized club after his arrival in 1989. Along the way, he coached Hart High graduate Anthony Ervin Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981 in Burbank, California) to a white mother and a black father, is an American swimmer who won the gold medal in the Men’s 50m Freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing with the same winning time as Gary Hall Jr. , an Olympic gold Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega consoles, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear. medalist and former world-record holder in the 50-meter freestyle, and another U.S. Olympian, 2004 400 free relay bronze medalist Gabe Woodward. Patmos also instructed several other national-level swimmers, including Lisa Andrade, Maureen Farrell, Lindsay Gassner, Amy Jones, Jennifer Jones, Jennifer orig. Phyllis Isley (born March 2, 1919, Tulsa, Okla., U.S.) U.S. film actress. She played leads in minor films from 1939 before coming to the notice of David O. Selznick, who cast her in The Song of Bernadette (1943, Academy Award). Parmenter, and, most recently, Saugus High junior John Criste. In just four years, Patmos helped Criste develop from a promising age-group swimmer to a four-time 18-under national champion in the breaststroke. ``He had mentioned something to me about Indianapolis a month ago, but it did catch me by surprise that he decided to take the job,'' said Criste, who competed in his last meet under Patmos on Aug. 7 at the Junior Olympics in Fullerton. ``I have a lot of loyalty to Bruce, and I'm very grateful for everything he's done for me. He is one of the best aspects of the team, and I know him leaving is a big disappointment to a lot of people. ``My talent and my dedication can only take me so far (in the sport), and Bruce has carried me past that point. I will be forever grateful for his coaching.'' Patmos, who was selected Southern California Swimming's Senior Coach of the Year in 2002, enjoyed one of his most successful stints as a coach in 2005. Criste, 16, won the 18-under national titles in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes at the World Championship Trials in Indianapolis in April and the 200 title at the recent ConocoPhillips Summer National Championships in Irvine. Andrade, 25, secured berths to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb., in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. Woodward, 26, recently broke Ervin's club records in the 50 and 100 freestyles at the Senior Nationals, and Canyons placed third in the combined team competition at the Junior Olympics. Based on its summer success and reputation among the nation's most talented clubs, Canyons was selected to stage one of two Junior Olympics meets in Southern California next year. The other will take place in Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. . ``Canyons is definitely on its way to big accomplishments in the future, but not under my direction,'' Patmos wrote in his letter. ``I leave this team knowing that great things will still happen after I am gone.'' --In the Zone: Canyons swimmers Samantha Asencio, Sarah Colvin, Bob Hwang, Kearsten Livingstone, Riley Mita and Alex Ngan contributed to Southern California's 1,876-1,508 victory over Pacific Swim at the recent Western Zone Championships. Hwang won six individual gold medals gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize and contributed to four relay victories, two in zone-record times in the boys' 11- and 12-year-old division. Colvin, a Quartz Hill graduate who will swim at San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State, captured a gold medal in the girls' 100-meter backstroke in the 17-18 division and contributed to two relay victories. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com |
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