CCY Dragons Swim Team Roars at Championships

The CCY Dragons Swim Team made a good showing of itself at the 2006 Southern California Age Group Championships held June 22-25 at the Janet Evans Swim Complex in Fullerton.

Fourteen Dragon swimmers qualified for this highly competitive long course meet which featured some of the best young talent in the area.

Those who qualified included Chris Kang, Ashley Kang, Yumi So, Christine Ku, Michelle Du, Tricia Dobson, Rachel Ku, Robin Yi, Harrison Thai, Kyle Otazu, Gabriel Perez, Joshua Lo, Edward Yi and Ho Jean Yoon.

So swam for gold in the girls’ 15 and older division, taking the top spots in the 100 butterfly and the 400 individual medley. She also came in third in the 100 backstroke.

So then teamed with Dobson, Du and Ashley Kang to take fifth in the 200 freestyle relay and seventh in both the 400 and the 200 medley relays.

Rachel Ku took a fifth in the girls’ 11-12 100 backstroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke. Robin Yi captured the bronze in the girls’ 10 and younger division 200 individual medley and then swam to a fifth place finish in the 50 breaststroke and a sixth place spot in the 100 butterfly.

In the boys’ 10 and younger division, Lo took sixth in the 50 freestyle. Otazu grabbed fifth in the 50 backstroke, sixth in the 50 and 100 breaststrokes and seventh in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley.

Otazu, Edward Yi, Lo and Santiago Cacho-Sousa scored a pair of fifth place finishes in the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays.

Thai swam for sixth place in the 100 backstroke and seventh in the 50 backstroke in the boys’ 11-12 division. Chris Kang placed eighth in the 400 freestyle in the boys’ 15 and older division.

Dragon swimmers are back in the pool, along with head coach Sean Kang and assistants Joy Lim and Richard Hamilton, preparing for their next two meets, the COLA and the final meet of the long course season, the 2006 Junior Olympics, set for the Canyons Aquatic Center in August.