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Synchro Juniors Spring into Competitions
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he competition season is heating up for the junior synchro program as they head into the spring months. The 13-and-over squads started off the early part of their routine season by participating in the West Zone Championships at the Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center in Beaverton in February. This event featured teams from California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and Oregon. Highlights included the MAC’s new robot-themed combo routine, the 13-15 “Usher” team and the junior “Iris” Cirque du Soleil team. Results were unavailable at press time, but can be found on the synchro webpage. This event was followed a week later by a trip to Riverside, Calif. for the Orange Blossom Invitational in March, where they were joined by the 11-12 age group squad. This was held in the same facility that hosts this summer’s U.S. Age Group Championships, so it was a good test of the girls’ abilities in the championship pool and against teams they face this summer. The novice squad and age-group level squads compete locally at the Oregon AgeGroup Meet and Novice Invitational on Saturday, April 6, held in the West Pool in the afternoon. This is a qualifier for the regional age-group championship, which is held in Beaverton, May 18-19. Also this month, the age-group and intermediate squads head to Tacoma, Wash., for the Classic Invitational Meet, which features
teams from all over the Pacific Northwest. This is a lead-up to May’s regional, where many of the same teams compete to qualify for the U.S. Age-Group Championship. In national team news, junior Elli Wiita heads to U.S. Nationals in Greensboro, N.C., in April to not only compete in the solo event, but also to participate in the second phase of the junior national team trials. If she makes the cut, she participates in the final phase of team trials, held in May in Walnut Creek, Calif., where national teams are announced for international competitions this summer. Her teammates Renee Zhang and Grace Yang have been on a similar path, having tried out for the 13-15 and 12-under national teams, respectively, during phase 1 trials in February, where Zhang placed 18th out of an unusually large field of over 70 athletes, making the cut to phase 2, which will be in Walnut Creek in May. Yang finished in 39th place in the 12-under trials, which completes her attempt this year. Anyone interested in seeing synchro performed live should save the date – Friday, May 10 at 6 p.m. – for the synchro program’s spring exhibition in the West Pool. This is the largest annual exhibition where all levels and ages of swimmers from the program perform routines in an evening that celebrates synchro and the history of the program here at the club. For more information about the synchro program, classes, camps or exhibition, contact head coach, Julie Thaden at 503-517-7509 or jthaden@themac.com. WM
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