Woodbridge Tritons Swim Team

Thank you all for all of your help in preparing your swimmers for fantastic meet against one of the league's top teams, the Woodbury Waves! Our meet against the Woodbury Waves was incredibly fast, fun, and filled with exceptional swims from everyone! The Woodbridge Tritons combined to win 41 first places out of 68 events, achieved 141 time improvements, broke a team record from 2012, and we had several new swimmers achieved Irvine Swim League Championships qualifying times! All of these incredible achievements helped us accomplish a TEAM VICTORY (4-0!!). We continue to make significant improvements every week- both in speed and in team spirit, and I am incredibly proud of everything we've achieved so far. We are a mere three weeks away from the Irvine Swim League Championships and we are going to continue focusing on the little things in practice that are going to make us a force to be reckoned with on August 12th...

Breaking the first team record of the year for the Woodbridge Tritons was the Mixed 15-18 Freestyle Relay Team of Robin Koehler, Makati Pham, Jake Tsai, and Rin Hoshina. These four lowered our previous team record of 1:34.30 from way back in 2012 with a time of 1:33.66. I believe this may be the top time in the league this year... Get ready for some fireworks at Championships.

Woodbridge swimmers winning all three of their individual events were:

Rin Hoshina (15-18 Girls 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle)
Lucien Huang (9-10 Boys 50 Backstroke, 100 IM, 50 Freestyle)
Isabelle Parker (13-14 Girls 50 Backstroke, 100 IM, 50 Freestyle)
Addison Pearson (11-12 Girls 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle)

Woodbridge swimmers winning two individual events were:

Thomas Ahn (13-14 Boys 50 Butterfly, 100 IM)
Holly Fishburn (13-14 Girls 50 Butterfly, 50 Breaststroke)
Josephine Ikkanda (5-6 Girls 25 Butterfly, 25 Freestyle)
Albert Li (7-8 Boys 25 Backstroke, 25 Freestyle)
Maya Nishizaka (13-14 Girls 100 IM, 50 Breaststroke)
Makati Pham (15-18 Boys 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke)
Kate Watanabe (5-6 Girls 25 Backstroke, 25 Breaststroke)

Woodbridge swimmers adding a single first place were:

Jayden Cho (9-10 Boys 50 Breaststroke)
Robin Koehler (15-18 Boys 50 Freestyle)
Ella Lee (9-10 Girls 50 Backstroke)
Everett Muzzarelli (5-6 Boys 25 Breaststroke)
William Watanabe (7-8 Boys 25 Butterfly)

We continue to focus on improving our skills in practice and it's always amazing to see the swimmers implementing these new skills in the pool at competition and dropping time while doing so. We had the most time improvements of any meet this season which is amazing for a meet this late in the season where we already have entry times. Something about the "Battle of the Woods" always brings out the best in us. I was amazed at how many swimmers were dropping time AND focusing on the skills that we worked on in practice this week. This week we put a huge emphasis on tight streamlines and dolphin kicking and I was amazed at how many 5-8 year olds dove in and blasted their dolphin kicks underwater! 15-18 Year olds... we have some work to do. You could stand to gain some valuable insight from watching the youngers (especially Elena Gonzalez) flying through the pool. Woodbridge swimmers looking good in the water and dropping time in all of their individual events were Thomas Ahn, Jo Lee Burkhartsmeyer, Kate Carroll, Kyla Chien, Holly Fishburn, Joji Freger, Elena Gonzalez, Lainey Gramlich, Rin Hoshina, Lucien Huang, Jason Ko, Ella Lee, Ivan Lee, Sayiid Martinez Gutierrez, Maya McBreyer, Dylan Oh, Ashley Park, Isabelle Parker, Addison Pearson, Brady Pearson, Makati Pham, Jake Tsai, Chloe Watson, and Noa Weber.

We had many significant time improvements this meet, so narrowing down this sea of huge improvements into just two Goldent Trident awards was challenging. For the girls, we have awarded the Goldent Trident to Maya McBrayer! Maya continued to make tremendous improvements at her second ever swim meet and dropped 7 seconds in the 25 Backstroke and 7 seconds in the 25 Freestyle! Keep working hard and we'll try to get those qualifying times! On the boys side, our Goldent Trident award goes to Sayiid Martinez Gutierrez! This young man is already an incredibly fast swimmer- so dropping massive amounts of time is challenge... but that didn't stop Sayiid from dropping over 2 seconds in the 50 Butterfly, almost 1 second in the 50 Freestyle and nearly 5 seconds in the 100 IM! Fantastic job Sayiid!

With so many amazing swimmers achieving so many amazing swims... it was another tough week to determine our Swimmers of the Meet. We looked at time improvements, qualifying times, high finishes, and ultimately came to a decision. On the girls side, we had one swimmer who impressed me- not only with her three time improvements and qualifying time in the 25-Yard Butterfly, but also with her team spirit and impressive wielding of the trident. Our first Queen Triton award for Swimmer of the Meet goes to 6-Year old Kyla Chien! Kyla dropped nearly 9 seconds in the 25 Butterfly to achieve an Irvine Swim League qualifying time, and she dropped an additional second in the 25-Yard backstroke to edge ever closer to the qualifying time. In addition, she was observed to be holding the King's Triton, cheering for her teammates and being an amazing teammate. Congratulations Kyla! We also came together to award the season's first ever "Old Lady Queen Triton" award to Coach Rin Hoshina! Not only was she out there absolutely blasting her events with three time improvements, three first place, AND a Team Record... she was out there providing solid advice to all of the kids before their races and being an amazing coach and teammate. Congratulations Kyle and Rin! We will award you the coveted Golden Trident at practice on Monday.

On the Boys side, we have awarded the Golden Trident to a 7-8 Boys who went out there and demolished his best times and had several breakthrough swims. The King Triton award for our meet against Woodbury goes to Albert Li! Big Albert is a workhorse in practice, and pushes every lap to try and improve his skills and his speed. At this meet, he dropped close to a second in the 25 Breaststroke and almost a second in the 25 Freestyle to crack into the 15-second range for the first time. This is a huge milestone that not many 8 year olds achieve! In addition to his amazing swims, he is also an amazing teammate who brings a lot of energy to swim meets and to practice which motivates his teammates. Congratulations Albert!

Fantastic meet everyone! I want to commend all of the parents for rocking their RED Triton merch at the meets. We are a tough to miss and that red really pops! Thank you to the whole board for all of their help, thank you to all of the coaches who were out there helping the kids, and thank you to Woodbury for hosting a fantastic meet. I also want to thank Robbie Gourley for being an amazing teammate and cheering on his teammates with a level of enthusiasm that I rarely see! You are an awesome teammate and you left it all in the pool- Great job Gourley! I will bring you some Airheads to practice tomorrow for being the loudest Triton supporter!

NEXT WEEK:

It's a big week everyone!

MONDAY: Mooyah fundraiser from 6:30 - 8:00 PM! Bring your appetite and come hang out at Mooyah for some delicious cheeseburgers with your team.

WEDNESDAY: We are helping to run the ISL Pentathlon and are bringing an unpredented 72 swimmers! This is... I believe, the largest group of swimmers a team has ever brought to the Pentathlon. Let's make a statement! THERE WILL BE NO PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE PENTATHLON.

SATURDAY: Our final dual meet of the year against the College Park Splash. It's a home meet! Make sure you sign up and please leave a note if there are any specific evernts you want to swim (aim for those you are close to qualifying in!!).

GO TRITONS!!

-coach James

Woodbridge Tritons TEAM RECORDS
Records from the 2022 Championships Meet in BOLD.

LETS GO TRITONS! Break some more this year... especially those 15-18 boys records from the stone age...

MEET #1 WRITE-UP
Woodbridge Tritons vs Portola Springs Storm

Hello Triton Families,

Thank you for all your help yesterday! Our meet against the Portola Springs Storm was fast, fun, and filled with exceptional swims from everyone! The Woodbridge Tritons combined to win 40 first places out of 68 events, and over 50 kids achieved an Irvine Swim League Championships qualifying time! This is an amazing start to the season, and I am eager to see the continued improvements throughout the season.

Woodbridge Triton swimmers who won all three of their individual events were:

Peyton Ferrero (13-14 Girls 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle)
Lucien Huang (9-10 Boys 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle)
Josephine Ikkanda (5-6 Girls 25 Butterfly, 25 Backstroke, 25 Freestyle)
Everett Muzzarelli (5-6 Boys 25 Backstroke, 25 Breaststroke, 25 Freestyle)
Kellen Pizarro (11-12 Boys 50 Backstroke, 100 IM, 50 Freestyle)
Bokai Zhang (13-14 Boys 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle)
Tritons winning two individual events were:

Jayden Cho (9-10 Boys 100 IM, 50 Breaststroke)
Holly Fishburn (13-14 Girls 100 IM, 50 Breaststroke)
Lillian Watanabe (11-12 Girls 100 IM, 50 Breaststroke)

Woodbridge swimmers adding a single first place were:

Thomas Ahn (13-14 Boys 50 Backstroke)
Abby Bretan (7-8 Girls 25 Backstroke)
Grant Gibson (11-12 Boys 50 Breaststroke)
Jason Ko (11-12 Boys 50 Butterfly)
Ella Lee (9-10 Girls 50 Freestyle)
Mayvis Sanchez (7-8 Girls 25 Breaststroke)
William Watanabe (7-8 Boys 25 Breaststroke)

As this was our first meet of the season, we didn't have any time improvements recorded. However, when running the report from last year's times, the improvements that some of the Tritons have made over the past 11 months are truly incredible. Based on times from last year, we had well over 100 time improvements - and that's just including the Tritons who were on the team last year. Time improvements are more coveted than first-place ribbons on this team, and we want to take a few moments to recognize some SIGNIFICANT time improvements by our Tritons.

Starting this year, we will be recognizing swimmers with some of the largest time drops by awarding them with a Goldent Trident at practice on Monday. This week, significant time improvements were recorded by Scarlett Banks, who dropped 11 seconds in the 50 Backstroke and 12 seconds in the 50 Freestyle from last year's best, and Nathan "Incognito" Cadd, who dropped 12 seconds in the 50 Backstroke, a whopping 24 seconds in the 100 IM, and 8 seconds in the 50 Freestyle from last year's best. These incredible time drops have earned them the coveted Goldent Trident for the Most Notable Time Improvements of the week! Well done Scarlett and Nathan! We will be awarding these tridents during stretching and dryland on Monday!

After much deliberation, the coaches have come together to award the Swimmer of the Meet awards to two exceptional young Tritons. For the boys, our Swimmer of the Meet hasn't even entered Kindergarten yet, but that didn't stop him from going out there and absolutely crushing a bunch of giant first graders, earning three first-place finishes and three ISL Championships Qualifying times. Our "King Triton" Award for Swimmer of the Meet goes to 5-year-old Everett Muzzarelli! Congratulations! On the girls' side, we had another young swimmer who competed with the ferocity and intensity of somebody who is at least 8 years old, but she is only 6! This young Triton also earned three first-place finishes and three ISL Qualifying times - one of which is currently placed in the top 3 times in the entire city of Irvine! Our "Queen Triton" Award for Swimmer of the Meet goes to 6-year-old Josephine "JoJo" Ikkanda! Congratulations. I can't wait to hand off the Golden Trident to you guys on Monday during our stretching and dryland activities!

Next Week (6/26 - 6/30):
Tritons, we have practice all week at the normal time. Please remember to show up on time and bring a pair of shoes that you can jump around in. I'd also like to recommend that you bring a towel or mat to do your exercises on top of to avoid burning your backside (or feet if you forget your shoes... please bring shoes) on the hot ground.

There will be no practice on July 3rd or July 4th, but there may be some team festivities on the 4th. I will update you on our parade participation in the next couple of days.

Great work Tritons! We will have your ribbons for you at the pool early next week.

Coach James

Updated Team Records after Meet #3!

MEET #3 WRITE-UP:
Woodbridge Tritons vs North Irvine Knights

The Woodbridge Tritons had a fantastic meet this past Saturday against the North Irvine Knights. The Tritons finished the meet with 4 team records, 61 first place finishes (Including all 6 Medley Relays and all 6 Freestyle Relays!), and 179 time improvements!

Breaking individual team records for the Tritons were Maya Nishizaka in the 9-10 Girls 50 Yard Butterfly with a time of 30.06, and the 50 Yard Freestyle with a time of 27.53. Relay teams breaking team records for the Woodbridge Tritons were the 7-8 Mixed Freestyle Relay Team of Kylie Wynn, Peyton Ferrero, Grant Call, and Holly Fishburn with a time of 1:01.19 (Over a second faster than the Irvine Swim League Record!), and the 9-10 Mixed Freestyle Relay Team of Robin Koehler, Zoe Wynn, Max Stewart, and Maya Nishizaka with a time of 1:56.81!

Woodbridge swimmers earning first place finishes in three individual events include Grant Call, Molly McCance, Maya Nishizaka, Makati Pham, Sophia Stewart, Nathan Swedan, and Jaelle White. Tritons swimming to two individual first place finishes were Avery Ferrero, Rin Hoshina, Riley Pittman, and Kylie Wynn. Woodbridge Tritons swimming to first place in one individual event were Amanda Anderson, Makenna Chung, Grant Gibson, Jake Gibson, Liam Goodemote, Leila Hadhoud, Timothy Kashani, Mark Morozov, Audric Naumann, Mason Nguyen, Ava Reiter, JC Schindler, Max Stewart, Troy Toepper, Alecia Wong, Zoe Wynn, and Yuuri “YOSHI” Yoshikawa.

Woodbridge Tritons dropping time in all three of their individual events were Ethan Chang, Avery Ferrero, Peyton Ferrero, Timothy Kashani, Robin Koehler, Kylie-Lynn Le, Taylor Lucas, William Lui, Nolan Oh, Joon Park, Alice Park, Emma Reichert, Kylie Ryu, Max Stewart, and Sophia Stewart.

Tritons improving in two individual events were Sydney Adcook, David Ahmadpanah, Josh Anderson, Brooke Brody, Grant Call, Michael Camacho, Makenna Chung, Charlise Fishburn, Holly Fishburn, Jake Gibson, Ella Goodemote, Liam Goodemote, Leila “Is in so much trouble for that flipturn” Hadhoud, Paisley Koh, Quincy Koh, Sharon Ma, Mark Morozov, Maya Nishizaka, Isaac Paul, Olivia Paul, Ava Reiter, Ella Rodriguez, Zoey Rodriguez, Talula Rooke, JC Schindler, Nathan Swedan, Fletcher West, Walker West, Zeynep Wilson, and Alecia Wong. Significant time improvements were recorded by Joon Park, Taylor Lucas, David Lu, Jake Gibson, and Walker West- who dropped 17-Seconds in the 25 Yard Backstroke!

At the conclusion of every meet, the Woodbridge Tritons get together and discuss which swimmers made the most remarkable improvements and award those swimmers with the prestigious “King & Queen Triton” Awards. This meet was particularly difficult as there was such an insane amount of jaw-dropping and record-breaking swims, but the winners have finally been picked.

Winning the “Queen Triton” award for our third dual meet of the 2018 summer was….

(Drumroll Please)

TWO SWIMMERS!

Taylor Lucas and Avery Ferrero!

Taylor Lucas had a breakthrough meet, and dropped OVER 5-SECONDS in every single race that she swam. In the 11-12 Girls 50-Yard backstroke, Taylor came out of nowhere in the top heat and was pushing the race leaders for the duration of the swim. Additionally, she dropped over 6 ½ seconds in the 50-Yard Breaststroke en route to another 3rd place finish!

Avery Ferrero had a breakthrough meet as well, and dropped four-seconds in the 50 Yard Butterfly en route to a first place overall finish. Additionally, she dropped over a second in the 50-Yard Breaststroke to nearly crack into the 35-Second range, and dropped under 30.00 in the 50-Yard Freestyle for the first time! Welcome to the 29-Club and Congratulations!

Winning the King Triton Award for the Woodbridge Tritons was Brady Kuromoto! Brady participated in his first-ever Irvine Swim League meet, and carried on the “Moto-Cheung-Lin” tradition by qualifying for ISL Championships in his two individual events, as well as anchoring both the 5-6 Mixed Medley Relay and 5-6 Mixed Freestyle Relay to a first-place finish!

***SWIMMERS – MAKE SURE TO CHECK IN WITH COACH JAMES ON THE POOL DECK THIS COMING WEEK FOR YOUR SPECIAL “KING & QUEEN TRITON” AWARDS***

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MEET #1 WRITE-UP!
Woodbridge Tritons vs Stonegate and Woodbury

The Woodbridge Tritons kicked off the 2018 Summer season by hosting the Woodbury Waves and Stonegate Seahawks at Northwood High School on Saturday. The Tritons crushed it, and concluded the meet with 5 Team Records, 30 First Place finishes, 156 Time Improvements, and 0 leftover Spam Musubis.

Woodbridge Triton relay teams breaking team records were the 7-8 Mixed Medley Relay team of Holly Fishburn, Zoey Rodriguez, Kylie Wynn, and Grant Call with a blazing fast time of 1:11.69, and the 9-10 Mixed Medley Relay team of Zoe Wynn, Maya Nishizaka, Mason Nguyen, and Robin Koehler with a time of 2:15.90. Breaking individual team records for the Tritons was 10-year old Maya Nishizaka in the 100 Yard Individual Medley with a time of 1:08.87, 50 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 35.50, and the 50 Yard Freestyle with a time of 28.44.

Woodbridge Relay Teams earning a first place finish included the 7-8 Medley Relay team of Holly Fishburn, Zoey Rodriguez, Kylie Wynn, and Grant Call, the 9-10 Medley Relay team of Zoe Wynn, Maya Nishizaka, Mason Nguyen, and Robin Koehler, the 13-14 Medley Relay team of Rin Hoshina, Michael Camacho, Sydney Adcook, and Joel Yoon, the 7-8 Freestyle Relay team of Peyton Ferrero, Taryn Nguyen, Vincent Guo and Kylie-Lynn Le, the 9-10 Freestyle Relay team of Max Stewart, Anne Fishburn, Leila Hadhoud, and Addison Gramlich, and the 13-14 Freestyle Relay team of Liam Goodemote, Nathan Swedan, Sophia Stewart, and Lucas Kim.

Triton Swimmers bringing home three individual first place finishes include Maya Nishizaka, Sophia Stewart, and Kylie Wynn. Swimmers earning two individual first place finishes include Rin Hoshina, Robin Koehler, Makati Pham, and Jaelle White. Tritons adding a single first place ribbon were Michael Camacho, Makenna Chung, Avery Ferrero, Holly Fishburn, Liam Goodemote, Mark Morozov, Kellen Nguyen, Riley Pittman, Nathan Swedan, and Zoe Wynn.

Woodbridge Tritons dropping time in three individual events were Sydney Adcook, Noelle Bakas, Brooke Brody, Michael Camacho, Makenna Chung, Avery Ferrero, Peyton Ferrero, Ella Goodemote, Liam Goodemote, Addison Gramlich, Rin Hoshina, Emily Jacobs, Marc Koehler, Robin Koehler, Breylon Le, Kylie-Lynn Le, Mimi Lee, Ashley Ma, Mason Nguyen, Joon Park, Makati Pham, Mia Sadeghian, Sasha Steudle, Max Stewart, Nathan Swedan, Harley West, Zeynep Wilson, Kylie Wynn, Zoe Wynn, and Gabe Zalvan.

Woodbridge swimmers improving their times in two individual events were Josh Anderson, Grant Call, Grant Gibson, Leila Hadhoud, Benjamin Hoang, Timothy Kashani, Paisley Koh, Maya Nishizaka, Alice Park, Addison Pearson, Mira Pham, Ella Rodriguez, Talula Rooke, JC Schindler, Glieb Vasenko, Fletcher West, Walker West, Jaelle White, Alecia Wong, Joel Yoon, Erin Yoon, and Joseph Yoon.

Tritons dropping time in a single individual event were Brad Call, Gabriella Camacho, Ian Chen, Holly Fishburn, Corey Hickson, Sophia Kim, Bryton Lamprecht, Mark Morozov, Kellen Nguyen, Taryn Nguyen, Dylan Oh, Nolan Oh, Brady Pearson, Shiun Ryu, Can Wilson, and Josh Zalvan.

Significant time improvements were recorded by Breylon Le, Can Wilson, Josh Zalvan, and Walker West- who nearly halved his 25 Backstroke time by dropping an unprecedented 39 seconds!

Summer season is officially underway, and everybody knows what that means:

KING AND QUEEN TRITON AWARDS!

The Woodbridge Tritons have decided to award the Queen Triton Award to Peyton “The Butterfly” Ferrero! Peyton had an amazing meet and dropped time in all three of her individual events including a 2-second drop in the 25 Butterfly to finally bust through the 20-second barrier, and a 1.5-second drop in the 25 Freestyle to bust through the 17-second barrier and nearly crack into the 15’s! And all this comes after snorkeling with turtles for a week instead of practicing! Way to go Peyton!

The King Triton Award was, after much deliberation, awarded to Robin “Wanna Bet?” Koehler! Robin improved his time in all three individual events and anchored the 9-10 Medley Relay team to a record-breaking victory, but the reason he has earned this title is because he FINALLY, OFFICIALLY, dropped under 30-seconds in the 50 Yard Freestyle. Even though it was only by 0.03 seconds, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 29 Club! Congrats Robin!

PS: I still don’t think you’ll be able to make it up the hill. – Coach James

The Woodbridge Tritons would, as always, like to thank all of the amazing volunteers for helping to make sure that the meet was such a success! As always, we have a few volunteers that go above and beyond, and we would like to thank the Westfall family for crushing it at the snack bar and making sure that Coach James (and the other coaches) were never hungry for the duration of the meet! The burgers were fantastic, and I could taste the love in every bite. Additionally, we would like to thank Tim Kashani for his fantastic announcing and dedication to the team! Not everyone would be willing to fly in from NY to announce only to take a 3:00 flight out of LAX for the Tritons!

Thank you to Woodbury and Stonegate for being such fantastic opponents, and we look forward to seeing you guys at Championships!

Go Woodbridge!

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