| December 2009 ~ Speedo CA-NV Winter Sectionals |
USA Swimming 2009 Speedo Champions Series AquaSol had 3 swimmers attend this meet. Coleman Goode, Hannah Sparkman and Kevin Mertz. The Speedo Sectional championship meet was held at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach Dec18-22. It played host to 1175 swimmers representing 400 teams from California and Nevada. Kevin Mertz,14 and Hannah Sparkman,17, swam in their first sectional meet ever with some of the world's fastest swimmers including the olympic gold medalist, Kosuke Kitajima from Japan. Mertz improved all of his times by huge margins maintaining his composure throughout what would be to most young swimmers intimidating surroundings. "Kevin's dedication and hard work paid off here, and I think that this is just the beginning for him", said Coach Skidmore. Coleman Goode improved 4 times during the meet while Hannah Sparkman improved in 3 of her events. Hannah went from 1:04.62 in the 100 Back all the way down to 1:01.81. Coleman had smaller drops but managed to improve 4 times despite his training interruptions due to the storm in December. Coleman Goode (18) Hannah Sparkman (17) Kevin Mertz (14) The next Sectional meet will be long course in July held in Santa Clarita,CA. Kitajima is an Olympic gold medalist in the men's 100m and 200m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics. Add your comment |



