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Sunny Hills Water Polo, Swimming
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Lady Lancers Freeway
League Champions! Sunny Hills Lady Lancers are
once again Freeway League Champions. Sunny Hills held off Troy in
the championship game of the Freeway League Tournament 6-4 to win their 2nd straight
Freeway League Title. The Lancers finished league season 8-0
giving them an impressive 17 consecutive league wins over the last three
seasons. Lady Lancers
Victorious Over Troy In what proved to be an epic battle, Sunny
Hills Lady Lancer Water Polo defeated Troy High School 7-5 in overtime on
Wednesday. Trailing 5-3 at Half time, Sunny Hills chipped away to
tie game on a 5 meter penalty shot in the fourth quarter. The
Lancers outscored Troy 2-0 in overtime to take the win. Four New Guardian
Lancers Introduced Kristian Chernov,
Cole Seibel, Jonathan Sulveran and
Josh Beutter are the lastest to receive Guardian Lancer
honors. At last night’s BoysWater Polo
banquet, the 4 were recognized for their outstanding leadership and
inspiration to their teammates and coaches. Lancers Land Freeway
League Awards. Several members of the Boy’s Water Polo Team
received post season honors. At last night’s awards banquet, the follow
players received All Freeway League honors: · Kristian Chernov-1st Team
All Freeway League · Josh Beutter-1st Team
All Freeway League · Ruben Parker-1st Team
All Freeway League · Casey Taylor-2nd Team
All Freeway League · Cole Seibel-2nd Team
All Freeway League Lady Lancers Win First
Freeway League Swimming Title Since 2004 To say the Sunny Hills Lady Lancer Swim and
Dive team is on the rise is the understatement of the year. The
Lady Lancers finished off an excellent year by winning our first Freeway
League Swim and Dive Championship since 2004. Lawrence Mao Freeway
League “Swimmer of The Meet” Lawrence Mao capped off a brilliant season by
winning the Freeway League Swimmer of The Meet award at the 2018 Freeway
League Swim and Dive Championships. Mao who won the Freeway League
title in the 50 Free with a time of :21.88 also
won the 100 Butterfly with a time of 50.89 narrowly missing the school record
of :50.12 set in 1998 by Hironari Sakoda. Maya Lee Breaks 21
Year Old Record, Lady Lancers Defeat Troy Again. Sunny Hills defeated Troy High School in
woman’s swimming by a score of 114-71 to go 3-0 in Freeway League Swimming on
Wednesday. The highlight of the meet was Junior Maya Lee breaking
the 21 year old school record in the 100 yard butterfly event. Lee
finished the race with a time of :58.51 shattering
the record held by Anna Armstrong ’97 of :59.36. Lancers Land Post
Season Awards. Several members of the Lady Lancer Water Polo
Team received post season honors associated with our Freeway League
Championship season. · Krisa Komrij-Freeway League MVP · Isabel Dhillon-1st Team
All Freeway League · Hannah Kim-1st Team
All Freeway League · Priscilla Luna-1st Team
All Freeway League · Skylar Bowles-2nd Team
All Freeway League · Bella Guererro-2nd Team
All Freeway League · Kaya Hart-2nd Team
All Freeway League In addition, the following Lady Lancers were
named to the All CIF Division V Girls water polo teams: · Krisa Komrij-1st Team
All CIF D 5 · Skylar Bowles-2nd Team
All CIF D 5 · Isabel Dhillion-3rd Team
All CIF D 5 · Kaya Hart-3rd Team
All CIF D 5 Sunny Hills Adds 5 New
Guardian Lancers. 5 members of the 2018
Girls Water Polo Team were named as guardian Lancers at the team’s annual
awards banquet last week. Bell Guererro,
Skylar Bowles, Isabel Dhillon, Priscilla Luna and Diana Wang are the latest
names added to this prestigious list of Lancer water polo players that have
established a legacy of leadership in our boys and girls programs. Lady Lancers Are
Freeway League Champions! Sunny Hills girls water
polo team finished Freeway League play with a perfect 8-0 record to win the 6th Freeway
League Championship in school history. The Lancers defeated Cal
High 10-2, Woodbridge 5-4 and Temescal Canyon
10-9 before losing in overtime to Downey in the CIF
Semifinals. The Lancers overall record was 28-5. Hwang and Rah Added To
List Of Guardian Lancers Chris Hwang and Matt Rah were announced as
Guardian Lancers at the Boy's Water Polo Banquet recently. Hwang
and Rah are the 91stand 92nd Lancers to be named
to this prestigious honor Tseng and Lee
Represent Sunny Hills at CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships Lancer Swimmers Courtney Tseng and Maya Lee
competed in the CIF State Swimming and Divning Championships
at Clovis West High School in Fresno this past weekend and both “did Sunny
Hills proud!” Maya Lee finished 15th overall
in the 500 Freestyle setting a personal best mark of 4:59.92. Courtney Tseng finished 6th in
the 200 IM and 2nd in the 500 Freestyle (breaking her own Sunny
Hills HS record of 4:45.92. The Lancers finished and impressive 22nd overall
in the state swim and dive meet. Tseng and Chang Named
Inaugural Lancer Legacy Award Winners Lancer Swimmers, Courtney Tseng and Nathan
Chang were named Lancer Legacy Award Winners at the Sunny Hills Swim and Dive
Banquet last Thursday nights. A brand new award which focuses on
leadership, influence and the following description: 1. “For leaving Sunny Hills Swim and
Dive in a stronger position than when you started!” 2. “For your commitment to year round
training.” 3. “For the inspiration you impart on
others.” 4. “For the spirit and determination you
bring to our program.” 5. “For the examples you set.” The Lancer Legacy Award will be handed out to
swimmers and divers who reflect these values in future seasons. Lady Lancers Cap
Impressive Victory Over Troy Led by both a wave of youth and some steady
veterans, Sunny Hills Lady Lancer Swim and Dive team scored an impressive
107-80 victory over Troy in a Freeway League showdown this past
Wednesday. The Lancers dominated winning three relays as well as 6
of 8 individual events. Courtney Tseng
Announces Princeton As Her Choice After weighing several offers from top schools
around the country, Lancer standout swimmer, Courtney Tseng revealed she will
swim at Princeton University starting in the Fall. Wednesday, February 1st was
national letter of intent day and Tseng along with 11 other Sunny Hills
Lancer athletes made her intentions formal. Courtney is the second
Lancer Aquatic Athlete to attend Princeton. Jessica Ajoux, attended Princeton and played water polo there
from 2003-2007. Historic
Date: January 20th-Sunny Hills Opens New Aquatic
Complex Not to take away from The Presidential
Inauguration also taking place on January 20th, Sunny Hills will
open its new $5.5 million aquatics complex. The pool itself
features a 45 meter long by 25 yard wide all deep course. The pool
is capable of running 18 swim lanes at one time or one championship water
polo course and one 8 lane water polo course and of course many different
variations of that space. Probably the best thing about the new pool is
our ability to now serve multiple aquatic groups at one time, thus allowing
aquatic members to be able to work out during prime workout hours. Needless to say, Lancer aquatic team members
will no longer have to travel to all events as the Freeway League will play
leagues and conduct swim meets at the spectacular new facility. Three New Guardians
Named Three new Guardian Lancers were named at the
Men’s Water Polo Banquet on November 29th. Luke Waugh
(10), Miles Abbott (11) and Ben
Slope (11) were selected by a panel of Guardian Lancers to carry on the
tradition of Water Polo Guardians. What is a Guardian Lancer? The Sunny Hills Guardian Lancer Award has been
awarded since the 2000 Water Polo Season, it
is the highest award that a player can receive in our
program. These are the captains of our program. Captains are
not named, they must become Guardians, and this is no easy task. A
Guardian makes the Sunny Hills Water Program a top priority. These
are people who serve as role models for others to follow. These
are members of our program who consistently do the right thing without
expecting personal recognition, “they do the right thing, because it is the
right thing.” Historic Pool
Opening!! It is finally going to happen. For
decades we have waited and now it is going to happen. On Friday,
January 20th Sunny Hills will officially open our new
swimming pool complex. At this time an invitation list is being
assembled and we want to make sure you are on that list. If you
are a part of our rich history please send a mailing address so we can include
you in the festivities! Click here Swim Records Updated Thank you to all of the Sunny Hills Lancer
Community who have contributed swim times to our record board. We
are happy to say that these times have all now been verified and we believe
that we now have an accurate record wall for all swimmers to shoot for in the
future. If you know of any times that are missing, please let us
know! Click here Sunny Hills Boys Make
8 Straight! The 2016 Sunny Hills
Boys’ Water Polo team qualified for the CIF playoffs for an impressive 8th straight
year. The Lancers finished 3rdin the very competitive
Freeway League. Sunny Hills finishes the regular season with a
record of 19-9 and 5-3 in league. Tseng Impressive At
CIF State Meet Sunny Hills Lancer swimmer Courtney Tseng had
an amazing weekend at the CIF State Swimming Championships in Fresno this
past weekend. Tseng was consolation champion in the 200 Freestyle
with a personal best and school record time of 1:49.44. In the 500 Freestyle, Tseng came back from 7th place
early in the race to be just out touched by .38 narrowly finishing 2nd in
the state! Her 500 Freestyle time of 4:46.87 (also a personal best
and a school record,) was faster than the previous state record. Lancers Compete In CIF
State Championship Meet Five members of the Sunny Hills Swim Team have
qualified to compete in the CIF State Swim Championships. The boys
200 Freestyle Relay Team (Ryan Chung, Jaden Nasu,
Nathan Chang and Lawrence Mao) as well as Courtney Tseng in the 200 and 500
Freestyle events. The Lancers will travel to Fresno to compete
on May 20th and 21st. Record Number of
Lancers To Compete In CIF The Sunny Hills Lancer Swim and Dive Team will
be sending a record number of swimmers to the Division II CIF Swim Prelims
this week. In total 10 boys and 9 girls have met the time standards in
at least one or more events. This marks the largest number
of SunnyHillsswimmers to ever qualify for
this event! Lancer Swimmers Cap
Memorable Night! Sunny Hills Lancer swim team completed one of
the more memorable seasons in school history with several league and school
record swims Friday Night at the Freeway League Finals. In
addition there were numerous personal best swims. Nick Slope was named Male Swimmer of The Meet
winning two relays and the 50 freestyle as well as setting two new Freeway
League records. Courtney Tseng was named Female Swimmer of The
Meet as she won both the 200 yard freestyle and 500 yard freestyle
events. Sidney Kao was a league champion in all four of his events as
well. Sunny Hills Women’s
Water Polo Post 18th Straight CIF Appearance! One of High School Water Polo most amazing
streaks continued this season as the Sunny Hills Lady Lancer Water Polo
Program earned its 18th consecutive CIF appearance. Finishing 3rd in a very
competitive Freeway League, the Lancers were led by Kendall Smith’s record
setting single season “Goals Scored” mark of 139, giving her a career total
of 349 which is good for second on the all-time Lancer list. “18 consecutive trips to the CIF playoffs is
an amazing record and one our girls have to live up to year in and year out,”
stated Head Coach, Keith Nighswonger. The Lady Lancers begin their playoff run on
Tuesday, February 16. Sunny Hills Men’s
Water Polo Post 10th Straight CIF Appearance The Sunny Hills Men’s team qualified for its
tenth straight CIF playoffs with a 6-5 victory over Fullerton in the final
match of the Freeway League Carousal on November 6th. Sunny Hills Men's
Water Polo 2014 Freeway League Champions! Sunny Hills Men's Water Polo team finished off
an impressive Freeway League run with a 17-9 victory over Troy on Thursday,
November 6th to claim the 26th League Championship is school history. The Lancer Frosh Soph and
JV teams were also Freeway League Champions marking the first time in school
history where all three Men's Water Polo teams were League Champions during
the same season! Sunny Hills Aquatics is about
tradition. Boys have played Water Polo at Sunny Hills for over 50
years, Girls have played Water Polo
at Sunny Hills since 2000. Coed Swim and Dive has been at it since
1960. It is about doing things right in all facets of one's life.
When enough people do enough things the right way, the winning becomes a
natural manifestation. Things we are proud of:
Congratulations! Classes Of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013,
2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 Reed Herzog ’18 Univiersity of
Texas Ben Slope ’18 Cal Poly SLO Skylar Bowles ’18 University of La Verne Jared Tanielu ’17
Cal State Long Beach Hayden Nighswonger ’17 University of La Verne Courtney Tseng ’17 Princeton University Kendall Smith ’16 University of Hawaii Hannah Kim ’16 University of Colorado Nick Slope ’16 Cal State Fullerton University Sidney Kao ’16 Arizona State University Megan Tanielu ‘15-Cal
State Fullerton University Matt Chang ‘15-Cal Lutheran Kathy Hernandez ‘15-UC San Diego Connor Hart ’15- Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute Jared Wright ’15-Fullerton College Seth Nighswonger ’15-Cal Baptist University Elijah Slavin ’15-Cal
State Fullerton University Brandon Sellens ’15-University
of Arizona Steven Goodall ’15-University of Arizona Matt Fukudome ’15-Cal
State San Francisco University Kate Vera ’14-Whittier College Nick Loomis ‘14-Cal Lutheran Alex Paxton ‘13-Azusa Pacific University Cecilia Lunday ‘13-Virgina
Military Institute Will Slope ‘13-Cal Poly SLO Han Joon Chung
‘13-Cornell Mike Asendorf ‘13-Cerritos
College Tanner Hart’13-Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute Cecilya Lundy
‘13-Virginia Military Institute Alex Paxton ‘13-Azusa Pacific University Kerstin Laye ‘13-Mount
San Antonio College Connie Garcia ‘13-Cal Poly Pomona Mitch Jamison '12-New Mexico State Collin Layana '12-San
Diego State Calvin Liang '12-Tufts University Lexie Benoit '12- Colgate University Amanda Solis '12-UCSD Tatiana Tuccio '12-Gonzaga
University Julia Vanderpool '12-Notre
Dame College of Ohio Kevin Benoit '11-Lehigh University Matt Luka '11-Western Washington U Kevin Ly '11-UC Riverside Kody Lyng '11-Colgate
University Scot Ninokawa '11-UCLA Mayra Davilla '11-San
Diego State U Alex Hoetker '11-Cal
State Northridge Rachel Lee '10 Long Beach State Amy Oba '10 UCSD (Pre Med) Grace Kim '10 UCLA (Pre Dental) Sarah Oh '10 Biola University Amanda Rina Tuccio '10
Fullerton CC Elaine Chiang '10 UCLA Justin Yoo'10-UCLA Steven Huang '10-UC Santa Barbara Sarah Shin '10-Brown University Devan Lyng '09-University
of Colorado Ryan Sheikh '09-Air Force Academy Carlie Lyng '09-Cal
State Long Beach Taylor Atnip '09-Colorado
School of Mines Phillip Hodge'08-Stanford Alyssa Pecora '08-Cal State
Monterey Bay Shannon McEwen '07-UC Santa Barbara Cindy Cheng'06-Long Beach State Kevin Hong '06-UC Berkely Blake Cornwell '06-Fullerton CC/? Christina McEwen '05-Loyola Marymount Sam Chang '05-Harvard Jennifer Crampton '05-Cal Poly Pomona Amber Tice '05-Cal. State Fullerton Joe Choi '05-Annapolis (Naval Academy) Shawn Jun '04-US Naval Academy Jon Kim '04-Pomona Pitzer Alex Su '04-Pomona Pitzer Jesse Meyer '04-Mt. San Antonio Mike Peltzer '04-UC
Irvine Sarah Kim '04-University of Hawaii Linda Kim '04-Fullerton UCLA Jessica Ajoux '03-Princeton Margaret Lim '03-UC Irvine Nicole Layana '03-UC
Irvine We Are Saddened
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Weekly
Aquatic Agenda (check here for updates and “what’s next” for
all aquatic teams.) Click here Does Water Polo Help You Get Into College? Check out these comments
from college admissions officers and decide for yourself! Incoming
Water Polo Players- Are you new to our program? We are excited you
have decided to accept our challenge. Click here
All Time
Swimming Records- The following swim records are as official as we
know. If you can provide us with documented (as in a Freeway
League Championship meet time) we will adjust our record board! Submit a time Women’s 200 Med Relay- 1:50.90 (E Mc Ilveen,
M Lee, C Tseng, S Bowles) 2017 Men’s 200 Med Relay-1:37.68 (S Kao, J Nasu, L
Mao, N Slope) 2016 Women’s 200 Freestyle-Jane
Kim 1:49.19 (2005) Men’s 200 Freestyle-Mark Bucko 1:41.57 (1979) Women’s 200 IM- Courtney Tseng 2:02.00 (2017) Men’s 200 IM-Omar Amar 1:56.60 (1992) Women’s 50 Freestyle- Kim Rosso :24.12 (1985) Men’s 50 Freestyle-Mike Spicer :20.95 (1981) Women’s 100 Butterfly- Maya
Lee :58.51 (2018) Men’s 100 Butterfly-Hironari Sakoda :50.12
(1998) Women’s 100 Freestyle-Jane Kim :51.67
(2005) Men’s 100 Freestyle- Mark Bucko :46.72 (1979) Women’s 500 Freestyle-Courtney
Tseng 4:45.92 (2017) Men’s 500 Freestyle-Sidney Kao 4:32.41 (2014) Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay-1:43.19
(S Bowles, Priscilla Luna, M Lee, C Tseng) 2016 Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay-1:26.81 (S Kao,
J Nasu, L Mao, N Slope) 2016 Women’s 100 Backstroke-Carissa
Abe :56.53 (2003) Men’s 100 Backstroke-Ahmed Hussein :49.91 (2000) Women’s 100 Breastroke- Artie Sotiropolous 1:07.30 (2005) Men’s 100 Breastroke- Seann Schielle :59.32 (1994 Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay- 3:36.44
(C Tseng, I Mc Ilveen, N Maslog, M Lee) 2017 Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay-3:11.50
(M, Bucko, T O’Donnell, P Atkinson, D Kanahele)
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