The 53% improvement rate of our 42 swimmers competing at the Merced Long Course meet in April was led by the 100% improvements maintained by 9-year old Desmond Brown (improving 8 of 8 events), 8-year old Jayce Ford of Visalia (improving 7 of 7 events), 14-year old Lauren Geiger of Visalia (improving 3 of 3 events), and 10-year old Paul Alexander Lerro of Visalia (improving 4 of 4 events). Twenty four of our swimmers improved at least half of their times at the meet, and our remaining swimmers included: Alonso Escobedo (88%), Madison McCarthy (88%), Maya Herrera (86%), Katherine Sullivan (86%), Danielle Albright (75%), Peyton Costa (75%), Emma Pena (75%), Jimmy Koster (71%), Olivia Garabedian (67%), JD Koster (63%), Kaniel Haley (60%), Jacqui Koster (60%), Janessa Bringe (57%), Tomas Contreras (57%), Owen Ansel (50%), Tristan Gaines (50%), Amanda Garabedian (50%), Jeremiah Santillana (50%), and Emily Sullivan (50%).
Ten year old Danielle Albright came away with the only undefeated performance wining all four events she was entered in (100 free, 50 fly, 100 breast & 200 IM). Other event champions included 15-year old Owen Ansel (100 back & 200 back), 16-year old Josh Avila (200 breast & 200 IM), 11-year old Janessa Bringe (100 fly, 100 free & 800 free), 7-year old Damian Brown (100 free, 50 fly & 50 back), 16-year old Joseph Cobarrubias (100 free & 100 breast), 10-year old Tomas Contreras (100 fly, 50 breast, 100 back, 50 fly & 100 breast), 9-year old Peyton Costa (100 free, 50 back & 200 IM), 15-year old Lauren Davis (100 free & 100 breast), 13-year old Alonso Escobedo (200 free & 200 IM), 8-year old Jayce Ford (200 free, 50 breast, 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly & 100 breast), 11-year old Skylar Ford (200 free, 100 back & 50 back), 14-year old Lauren Geiger (200 free & 100 back), 13-year old Parker Giles (100 free), 9-year old Daniel Haley (50 breast & 50 fly), 15-year old Katelyn Herrera (200 breast, 50 free & 200 fly), 10-year old Maya Herrera (200 free, 50 free & 50 back), 8-year old Natali Herrera (50 free), 13-year old Jacqui Koster (200 IM), 12-year old JD Koster (100 fly, 100 back, 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, 100 breast & 50 back), 15-year old Jimmy Koster (200 free, 100 fly & 200 IM), 17-year old Josh Koster (100 back, 200 fly & 200 back), 18-year old Colin Landweer (200 free, 100 fly, 50 free, 100 free & 200 IM), 10-year old Paul Alexander Lerro (50 back), 15-year old Khloe McCarthy (200 free, 200 breast, 100 back, 100 breast, 200 back & 200 IM), 12-year old Madison McCarthy (100 back, 50 fly & 100 breast), 11-year old Emma Pena (200 free & 50 breast), 18-year old Nathan Rhea (100 fly, 200 breast, 50 free, 100 breast & 200 IM), 16-year old Jeremiah Santillana (100 free), 11-year old Katherine Sullivan (50 fly), and 8-year old Emmie Walker (100 breast).