Swim club goes big at Junior Olympics
Athletes from the Golden West Swim Club posted winning results at the
2004 Southern California Swimming Summer Junior Olympics “Blue”
competition held at the Janet Evans Swim Complex in Fullerton.
Cindy Tran led the Golden West contingent by winning three gold
medals.
Tran, 12, competing in the girls 11-12 division, won the 50-meter
long course freestyle, 50-meter long course backstroke and 50-meter
long course butterfly.
Tran also was fifth in the 200-meter long course individual medley
relay.
She also swam the fourth leg on Golden West’s 11-12 200-meter long
course free relay team, which finished second in the event. Also on
the team were Jennifer Lai, Shelby Paul and Harley Owens.
Tran also was the lead leg and joined Lai, Owens and Paul in
leading Golden West to a third-place finish in the 11-12 400-meter
free relay.
Golden West’s Allison Gillespie had a big meet in the girls
10-and-under division.
The 10-year-old won the gold in the 50-meter long course free, was
second in both the 100-meter free and 50-meter breaststroke and
placed third in the 200-meter free, 100-meter breaststroke and
200-meter individual medley.
In the boys competition, Golden West’s Josh Roe , competing in the
11-12 division, placed third in the 50-meter free, 100-meter free and
50-meter butterfly, fifth in the 50-meter backstroke and ninth in the
100-meter backstroke.
Teammate Christopher Huynh placed fourth in the 50-meter free and
fifth in the 100-meter free.
Roe swam the final leg on a Golden West free relay team composed
of Gabriel Rodriquez, Clark Pitti and Huynh that finished second in
the 200-meter free relay.
He also swam the fourth leg on Golden West’s third-place 400-meter
free relay team composed of Rodriquez, Pitti and Christopher Huynh.
That same foursome placed third in the 200-meter medley relay and
fifth in the 400-meter medley relay.
In the boys’ 10-and-under 200-meter free relay, Golden West’s team
of Alex Tran, Pitti, Thomas Gillespie and John Lovat finished sixth
and the same foursome placed sixth in the 200-meter medley relay.
In the boys 13-14 division 200-meter free relay, Golden West’s
team of Chris Esguerra, Kenny Bray, Henry Huynh and Julian Bonse
placed seventh.
In other youth sports action:
Local soccer club girls’ team wins cup title
The California Futbol Club Black girls under-19 team of Huntington
Beach won its division title at the Long Beach Pyramid Cup held at
Cal State Long Beach.
Keeper Diana Eskander didn’t allow any goals and with the aid of a
solid defense in front of her, shut out each of its four tournament
opponents.
The Black met Corona United Liberty in its first game and won by a
decisive, 3-0 score.
In its second game against the Poway Vaqueros, defense paved the
way in a 1-0 victory. The third win was a 2-0 blanking of the South
Bay SC Blues.
In the championship game that featured a rematch, the Black
emerged with its second 1-0 victory over the Poway Vaqueros.
Scoring goals for the Black were Julie Fleener, who scored the
team’s first goal of the tournament, Nikki Freiborg, Sami Rodden and
Allison Baumann.
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