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August 26, 2016
Forest Park’s top finishes at City, County Meets cap season JAY BEDECARRÉ Concord Pioneer
An historic season came to a close this month with Forest Park Swim Team of Concord placing near the top of both the Concord City and Contra Costa County meets. Concord celebrated its 50th City Meet championship Aug. 5-7 with over 1000 swimmers and 12 teams from five cities taking part at Concord Community Pool. The Flyers finished second to Dana Hills Swim Team of Clayton in the A Division while the Flyers won the B Division once again reversing
places with DHST. At the 56th Contra Costa County Swimming Championships one week later in Lafayette at Acalanes High, Forest Park had its best-ever performance by placing seventh in Division I with Dana Hills again leading local area teams with a third-place performance. Dana Hills won its 24th Concord City Championship in 25 years with Otters and Forest Park swimmers dominating the proceedings. Six DHST and four Forest Park swimmers won high point awards in A Division at City Meet. Dana Hills swept the
SAVANNAH FREITAS helped the Springwood Swim Club 9-10 girls to third place in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the 50th City Meet. Katherine Pugh, Ke’olani Ka’ai and Maya Canada were the other relay members for the Sprinters, who serve as the meet’s host club.
two outstanding relay awards while the top two teams had three swimmers each set meet records.
FLYERS’ BEST FINISH Forest Park coach Jeff Mellinger has been in charge of the team for 17 years guiding the Flyer A swimmers to second place and the B team to a city championship, just as they’ve done for several years. Following that excellent performance a week later Forest Park was seventh at County, the highest placement ever for the team, which won the County Division II championship in 2015 and 2012 as well as three times in the 1970s and 80s. Forest Park totaled 1111 points in Division I, almost 300 more points than a year ago in D-II. Crow Canyon County Club was again the champion with Round Hill second and Dana Hills of Clayton third. Forest Park’s Kyla Joseph (7-8 girls), Lily Struempf (9-10 girls), Kaylie Walker (13-14 girls) and Kyle Stilinovich (7-8 boys) were high point A Division at City Meet. Jenna Beronilla (11-12 girls) and Dominic Jenevein (15-18 boys) were B Division high point Flyers. Other A Division highpoint swimmers from Concord teams were Alexandra
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FOREST PARK’S 11-12 SWIMMER JENNA BERONILLA won the individual medley and breaststroke to earn the City Meet’s b Division high point award. Her 18 points helped the Flyers to the b Division team championship. Forest Park was second to Dana Hills in a Division.
Humann (Ygnacio Wood 1518 girls), Morgan Wendler (Walnut Country 6 and underboys), Mason Wendler (WC 910 boys) and Jacob Soderlund (WC 13-14 boys). High point in B Division were Julia Dent (Springwood 6 and under girls), Gabriela Olds (Vista Diablo 7-8 girls), Jenna Armstrong (Gehringer Park 15-18 girls) and Chase Duarte (Gehringer Park 7-8 boys). Juliannah Colchico-Greeley
Concord Little League All-stars honored Concord’s three Little Leagues concluded the 2016 season naming all-stars teams for District 4 competition.
Anderson, Haley Brown, Makaella Cherepy, Grace Geisler, Sophia Miller, Taylor Nunez, Katie Pike, Ella Potts, Natalie Pursche, Clarice Reinwald, Karlie Seastrand, Emily Storn, Julianna CLAYTON VALLEY ALL-STARS Vandal. Baseball 9/10 year olds: Cassidy 12 year olds: Carson Baker, Baker, Sofia Carmichael, Damia Mason Bamberger, Joey Dern, Glaze, Lydia Lo, Jessie Lovett, Zander Friedman, Aiden Hopfner, Gianna Orozco, Julia Pauline, Jeremy LaGrave, Zak Rath, Noah Anja Perreira, Mikaela Pike, Molly Robinow, Jack Skow, Scott Reynolds, Isabella Scolini, Layla Tomaszewicz, Drew Warner, Ian Solis, Alyssa Teixeira. Wright; alternates-Ian Alexander, James Canclini. CONCORD AMERICAN 11 year olds: Ryan Buddle, ALL-STARS Ryan Cuddy, Cody DeMartini, Baseball Jake Dern, Casey Forester, Dylan 9/10 year olds A: Noah Bluth, Gentile, Dane Jorgensen, Gabe Lauricella, Daniel Sanna, Colton Kliwin Brown, Dylan Cesario, Seastrand, Jake Solis, Dominic Sean Cooke, Nicholas Fielding, Vines, Ryan Ward; alternate- Matthew Gartner, Noah Jones, Trevor Long, Mason Lovett, Justin Corbin Clifton. 10 year olds: Antonio Barra- Pelonio, Nicholas Roth, Manuel gan, Tyler Brown, Jack Dress, Serna, Christopher Veran. 9/10 year olds B: Zachary Aiden Hendricks, Ben Hosler, Barazoto, Zachary Berg, Chance Jackson Huffman, Nick Johnson, Nicholas Bressler, Nate Leuhs, Owen Luedtke, Nate Brass, Caycho, Ruben Mahoney, Joey Postlethwaite, Cameron Espinosa, Brock Hamilton, Bennett Shuey, Cayne Terry; alterKiyoi, Nathaniel nates-Landon Johnson, Derek Alexander Munoz, Xavier Picazo, Mathew Townsend. Pollard, Dominic Spencer, Tyler Swenson, Zachary Willsie. Softball 10/11 year olds: Dylan 11/12 year olds: Katelyn
Brandt, Ethan Byrnes-Escobar, Keoni Caban, Tanner Cunningham, Jonathan Down, Keenan Fitzgerald, Joshua Greer, Joshua Hovland, Connor McGhee, Mario Molino, Zachary Munoz, Sean Murphy, Zach Usedom, Damik Van Fanos. 11/12 year olds: Evan Baldocchi, James Brinkley, Dominic Cesario, Luke Chapman, Luciano Cimarra, Joe DeMaria, Nicholas Haynes, Mike Oatman, Dillan Raj, Elijah Wade, Tyler Wallace, Jameson Woodworth, Brady Zumalt. Intermediate (50/70) 13year-olds: Justin Bell, Hawk Benevent, Jack Bowen III, Isaac Burton, Ernesto Espinosa, Gianni Flores, Terrell Hopson, Josh Kiyoi, Gino Molino, Liam Moynihan, Isaac Owen, Marcos Torres, Nicholas Uecker, Nathan Withrow, Robert Andrew Weber.
Nathan VanderKlugt, Antonio Vazquez. 10/11 year olds Maroon: Jordan Bolden, Matt Campopiano, Gabe Duque, John Giannoutsos, Isabelle Gollehon, Michael Harris, Devon Henderson, Alex Johnsen, Coleman Kemper, Jacob Mitkov, Parker Tuffli, Rob Watson. 10/11 year olds Blue: Ryan Berrien, Jake Drew, Tyler Drew, Andrei Gabris, Aidan Grove, Spencer Lawrence, Toby Martin, Patrick O’Connor, Ches RednourBruckman, Kai Rednour-Bruckman, Charlie Walters, Charlie Waterman. 9/10 year olds Red: CJ Agulles, Ryan Collins, Jaden Fineberg, Brady Foster, Luke Foster, Christopher Giannini, Gavin Grove, David Harris, Aydan Jriyasetapong, Finley McLean, Christina Noonan, Tyler Stapf, Adam Tealdi. 9/10 year olds Grey: Cole CONTINENTAL LITTLE Benway, Max Britz, Nico CamLEAGUE ALL-STARS popiano, Jimmy Compton, Baseball 11/12 year olds Internatinal: Daniel Ray Dorst, Vincent Ellis, Ethan Amato. Nick Barksdale, Luciano Gallardo, Jake Jones, Logan Carter, Dominic Ellis, Cay- Noah Jennings, Ethan Lindquist, den Friedman, Joe Fulp, Reece JJ Mattingly, Marcus Scuttles, Ben Gaines, Ryan Gay, Ajani Gueye, Walters, John Wathen. Tommy Meriam, Nathaniel Shrag,
set a meet record in 9-10 girls 100-yard individual medley for Forest Park. Her teammates Lily Struempf in 9-10 backstroke and Kyla Joseph in 7-8 butterfly also set new city marks. Joseph beat a mark set 18 yearssZ ago. The other city meet record to fall from a Concord swimmer was by Naomi Hamilton of Bishop Estates besting the year-old 13-14 backstroke record. CITY MEET TEAM SCORES
A Division: Dana Hills Otters 1040.5, Forest Park Flyers 772, Walnut Country Stingrays 426, Springwood Sprinters 275.5, Oakhurst Orcas 273, Ygnacio Wood Seahorses 269, Pleasant Hill Dolfins 249, Forest Hills Beavers 216, Gehringer Park Gators 116.5, Bishop Estates Barracudas 91.5, Vista Diablo Dolphins 81, Crockett Crockett-iles 33. B Division: Forest Park 404.5, Dana Hills 278, Oakhurst 219, Walnut Country 212, Springwood 199, Pleasant Hill Dolfins 157, Forest Hills 153.5, Gehringer Park 153, Ygnacio Wood 129, Bishop Estates 127, Vista Diablo 98, Crockett 15.
CITY MEET INDIVIDUAL
Concord team finishers (top 3 City Meet) Bishop Estates: Brett Huston, Camryn Dauer, Gabby Mazzuca, Mia Collins, Adrienne Beaubien, Alysa Singson, Naomi Hamilton, Layne Taylor, Makenzie Draper, Sienna Ballot, Rylie Beaubien, Jude Lammers, Evan Beaubien, Amanda Dean, Alexa Huston. Forest Park: Kyla Joseph, Elizabeth Joseph, Joshua Beronilla, Ben Duran, Kyle Stilinovich, Juliana Colchico-Greeley, Conor Halley-McCarty, Jenna Beronilla, Jordan Barnes, Aubrey Newton, Tommy Martin, Bela Hernandez, Rayna Stanziano, Airiana Dargan, Evan Stanziano, Lily Struempf, Kahil Padilla, Mina Coartney, Dominic Jenevein,
Jiancarlos Benavente, Lilia Grutzmacher, Jaden Nieves, Zack Stilinovich, Lexi Reeves, Zoe Booth, Jordan Barnes, Kaylie Walker, Adrianna Simmons, Mickayla Sayre, Cameron Reinig, Alexis Steffensen, Sophie Struempf, Jameson Larsen, Juliana Della Santina, Penny Grutzmacher, JJ Barnes, Emma Tayas, Peter Smith, Vince Della Santina, Audrey Farmer, Colton Merrill, Austin Johnson, Aubrey Newton, Tyler Shelley, Dixon Roberts, Caitlin Biles, Sophie Struempf, Carter Shinn. Gehringer Park: Dylan Christie, Ibis Pond, Damien Donado, Gabe Guerrero, Julianna Sheehy, Olivia Price, Robert Sheehy, Jenna Armstrong, Chase Duarte, Kaylee Pond, Elisa Vale, Avery Boughton. Springwood: Enric Winters, Ty Vandevoir, Vincent York, Karlee Kronquist, Mateo Gonzalez, Matthew David, Sierra Georgiou, Amelia Bascom, Caitlyn Nash, Quinn Gonzalez, Hudson Freitas, Dylan Oliver, Nick Mucha, Mason Gonzalez, Chris Dent, Scarlett Ringue, Mia Van Fanos, Shawn Canada, Myles Scull, Julia Dent. Vista Diablo: Ellie Chapman, Keelan Shellooe, Nathan Stagmier, Gabriela Olds, Eren Tugcu, William Roloson, Corey Wetzstein, Cambra Lutz. Walnut Country: Charlotte James, Marco Tredinnick, Tyler Summers, Liliana Canfield, Chloe Mannion, Mason Wendler, Molly Sielman, Jacob Soderlund, Daniel Lewis, Katrina Chavez, Grace Soderlund, Lucas Lauria, Morgan Wendler, Brody McNally, Tanner Lustig, Leah Jensen, Declan McNally, Jonas Vela, Kaylie Bulmer, Grace McNally, Diego Navas, Kendall Utter, Cooper Kissack, Ireland Lewis, Jayla Kluver. Ygnacio Wood: Kaya Andresen, Amanda Ward, Katie O’Sullivan, Katelyn Smith, Alexandra Humann, Vernon Smith, Riley McCann, Reagan Shelley, Brady Lauer, Marcus Manuel, Aaron Easley, Tommy Meriam, Pamela Roscoe, Clara Decker, Madison Mitchell, Steven Galli, Jayla Kluver.
Diablo FC teams keeping busy near and far this summer
THE NEWLY-FORMED DIABLO FC 2003 NPL GIRLS TEAM started off with a championship in the third annual Jenna betti Memorial Tournament last month. The under 14 team has a busy summer and fall schedule capped by the Surf Cup in San Diego on the Thanksgiving Weekend. Diablo FC 2003 includes, front row from left, Kierra east, Kelly adams, Megan gherlone, isabelle barber, Hailey lopez; middle row, rylie Velez, Kylee gregory, amaia espinal, Haley Dunham, izzy brandt, natalie Haro, Peyton Wooten, Hannah Tealdi; back row, Dena betti (tournament director) and head coach Scott alexander. not pictured, Helena ban, gigi betti and lilly Underwood.
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DIABLO FC 2003 NPL BOYS TRAVELED TO THE PRESTIGIOUS SURF CUP in San Diego earlier this month and won their U14 bracket before being blanked 2-0 by Juventus in the semi-finals. Veteran coach richard Weiszmann is leading this academy team. The Diablo FC 03 boys include, from left, Sebastian ramirez, Jacob Oledan, Max ramirez, alex Wohlford, Juanpablo Hernandez, Jonathan Wence, Marco Friio, bryce raizes, Caden Crabtree, Marcus Stich, isaac Morfin, gabriel Perez, iker Morales, adrian rodriquez, Kevin Murguia and Weiszmann. not, pictured, andre Vojtenyl and Julian Montes.