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Lady Lancers Win First Freeway League 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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