Swimmers qualify for CCS

Several swimmers will compete in the CCS meet May 15-16 at the International Swim Center in Santa Clara as a result of recent qualifying times.

The swim team competed at their final dual meet of the season at home against Los Gatos on May 1.

Senior Alexander Samoilov qualified for CCS in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:04:85. Also qualifying in the individual medley were freshman Stefanie Ting with a time of 2:16:42, freshman Jane Oberhauser with a time of 2:18:91 and senior Janey Heyman with a time of 2:19:42.

In the 100-yard freestyle, Samoilov qualified for CCS with a time of 49:99, senior Cameron Borch qualified with a time of 48:59 and sophomore Bradley Newton qualified with a time of 50:39. Junior Winston Vo qualified for CCS in the 100-yard butterfly with a time  of 55:40.

Also, freshman Gillian Grant and junior Yayla Sezginer made CCS cuts in the 500-yard freestyle with times of 5:24:77 and 5:32:56.

In the 100-yard backstroke, Ting qualified for CCS with a time of 1:03:16, Sezginer with a time of 1:04:18 and freshman Anna Zhou with a time of 1:04:65. In the 100-yard breaststroke, Vo made CCS with a time of 1:03:34. Grant and Oberhauser also qualified for CCS in the same event with times of 1:11:57 and 1:12:14.  

Although the meet ended in a loss for the Falcons, it was also the team’s Senior Day. Seniors were dressed in togas and celebrated for their commitment to the team.

“Senior Day was amazing!” senior Emily Nguyen said.  “Everyone felt appreciated and special and that's what Senior Day is all about. The posters were beautiful too.” 

The team also swam at Homestead on April 29. On April 25, the team defeated Los Altos for their first win.

Both Borch and Newton made CCS cuts in the 200-yard freestyle (1:46:21 and 1:50:95) and the 500-yard freestyle events (4:58:76 and 5:00:97). Heyman qualified for CCS in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:02:12. Ting got a top time of 1:06.06 in the 100-yard breaststroke event while Sezginer and Zhao both qualified for CCS in the 100-yard backstroke with times of 1:03.86 and 1:02.99.

League preliminaries was held on May 7-8, for boys and girls, respectively. Qualifying swimmers will swim during finals on May 9.

“I do know that we will have an extremely good showing at Leagues and CCS,” junior Randy Tsai said. “Most of us have not started tapering [decrease in intensity of sets to allow for muscle buildup] yet, so we're still sore. Once we fit that two week taper in, I expect many of our CCS qualifiers to final.”