Today was the second of the SPMS Open Wter Swim series. It was the Newport Pier to Pier. Two miles plus from Balboa to Newport pier Swimming against the current and waves. The Grunion Open Water crew did well. Coach Pat came in first in her age group. Alison finished second in her age group. Liz completed the entire 2 mile swim with no assistance.
Nineteen Grunions attended the SCY Zone Regional Championships in Mission Viejo last weekend. After training hard for many months the team finished in 9th place and our women alone finished in 6th place out of 47 teams.
The three days had grunions cheering on their teammates to top finishes in their heats and by the end end of the third day all Grunions were leaving with ribbons, medals, personal best and new team records. Also Nancy Stanbury won so many of her races she was awarded the High Point winner for her age group. Once again, the Grunions through team spirit, hard work and dedication bring home the bling from a Regional Championship meet.
Four Grunions (Brian Kremers, Drew Giacobe, Peter Abudayyeh and Dustin Morris) represented the team in a three day long West Hollywood Aquatics training camp of four 90 minute long workouts in the pool with 60 other swimmers. The weather was beautiful and the hosts did a wonderful job making the four of us feel 100% at home. New friends were made and old friendships rekindled. We also enjoyed the social events provided, which included dinner and margaritas on Friday, a wonderful hosted dinner on Saturday at a gorgeous home overlooking the city, and brunch on Sunday. All of us took home with us many things to work on in the pool and even one of our Grunions (Drew Giacobe) won an award for one of the hardest workers in the camp.
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