Tsunami Three at the JO-C

SIX TIME JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPION

Three members of Lompoc Tsunami Aquatics participated in the Central California Junior Olympics meet in Bakersfield, CA [16-18 Feb 2008]. Complete Meet Results .

The leader of the group was again Paola Hernandez - who is still looking for effective competition. The twelve year old swam in the maximum seven events (14 races- 7 prelim's & 7 finals), with six wins and one second place finish, while establishing ten new personal records [PR's] during the meet. She had six firsts and a third in the preliminaries. She was the Girls 11-12 Year-Old Division High Point Winner (137) over Emily Swindle (120) & Madison Faulkner (116.5), both from the Santa Barbara Swim Club.

Tiffany Hubbard
Lompoc also received fine efforts from 12 year-old Tiffany Hubbard (5 PR's in 7 events) and 11 year-old Rebecca Riley (2 PR'S in 1 event). The three combined for enough points for LTA to finish in 20th place out of the 32 teams with over 700 swimmers at the meet.
Their results in the 11-12 year old girls division (in order of competition) were:
Event (# of competitors) [1st or 2nd place time]
[swimmer/pers. record/prelim time/finals]
Bold= a new Personal Record (PR)



100 Yard FLY (29) [2nd 1:03.10]:

Hernandez [1:03.81] 1:02.16 (1) 1:02.16 (1)
Hubbard [1:10.32] 1:10.50 (12) 1:09.62 (12)

Hernandez set PR in prelims, equaled in final

50 Yard BACK (38) [1st 29.69]:

Hernandez [30.48] 30.08 (1) 29.92 (2)

Hernandez set PR's in both races,
but was nipped at the wire in the final.


200 Yard IM (41) [2nd 2:22.40]:

Hernandez [2.21.85] 2.23.40 ( 1) 2.19.07 ( 1)
Hubbard [2.33.58] 2.33.05 (16) 2.33.59 (14)

200 FREE (43) [1st 2:03.77]:


Hubbard [2.13.83] 2.15.79 (22) ------

100 BACK (45) [2nd 1:04.97]:

Hernandez [1.04.67] 1.04.83 ( 1) 1.03.71 ( 1)
Hubbard [1.11.27] 1.11.10 (12) 1.12.00 (13)

50 FREE (60) [2nd 26.64]:

Hernandez [26.14] 25.97 ( 1) 25.65 ( 1)
Hubbard [27.99] 27.72 (11) 28.08 (14)

100 FREE (38) [2nd 57.10]:


Hernandez [58.30] 57.54 ( 1) 56.84 ( 1)
Hubbard [1.00.43] 1.00.49 ( 9) 1.00.67 (10)

100 BREAST (31) [1st 1:10.82]

Riley [1.25.79] 1.23.91 (21) --------

Rebecca Riley

Riley set a new PR for the 50 yd Breaststroke in the first 50 of her 100 yard swim [40.34 to 39.64]. The new time would have been good enough for 28th in the event at the meet.

50 FLY (35) [2nd 28.85]


Paola Hernandez [28.52] 27.80 ( 1) 28.04 ( 1)
Tiffany Hubbard [30.52] 30.01 ( 5) 30.20 ( 7)