Pirates Record 12 New National Qualifying Times at Sectional Championships

Congratulations to our twenty Sectional qualifiers and their fine showing at the California Nevada Winter Sectional Championships held December 18-22 in Long Beach !  Seven team members scored points in finals:
 
Julia Alvarez 6^th 100 Breast, 1:04.56
Liliana Alvarez  3^rd 200 Breast, 2:14.35; 4^th 100 Breast, 1:02.84
Sabrina Cochrane 16^th 50 Free, :24.40; 19^th 200 IM, 2:06.65
Kathryn Murphy 3^rd 50 Free, :23.33; 6^th, 100 Free :51.07
Shintaro Noguchi 15^th 100 Fly, :50.73; 17^th 50 Free, :21.34; 17^th 100 Free, :46.86; 22^nd 200 IM, 1:56.45
Ashley Williams 20^th 50 Free, :24.30; 22^nd 100 Free, :52.31
Taylor Yamagata 16^th 100 Breast, 1:05.68
 
 
 

Team members recorded 12 new National qualifying times:

Liliana Alvarez                          Senior Nationals            100 Breast (1:02.84), 200 Breast (2:14.35)

Kenneth Castro Abrams            Junior Nationals             200 Back (1:54.64), 100 Back (bonus) (:53.45)

Melissa Fineman                       Junior Nationals             100 Fly (:57.95)

Shintaro Noguchi                       Junior Nationals             50 Free (:21.34), 100 Free (:46.86), 200 Free (bonus) (1:43.30), 100 Fly (:50.73), 200 IM (bonus) (1:56.45)

Ashley Williams                        Junior Nationals             100 Free (:52.31), 200 Free (bonus) (1:55.17)

The Pirates finished 8^th in the Medium Team Division (teams with 17-21 qualifiers) with 331 points.  The Pirates were 17^th overall, over out of 150 teams.  Team scores