2025 Short Course Champs Recap
Aquasol brought a team of 36 athletes to the 2025 Sierra Nevada Short Course Championships, held March 7-9 by the Vacaville Swim Team at the Walter Graham Aquatic Center in Vacaville. Throughout the meet, Aquasol achieved an impressive 116 best times and 23 individual finals, scoring 278.5 points and finishing 3rd in the medium-sized team division and 6th overall!
10 & Unders:
Our 10 & Unders shined earning multiple finals! Cate Cannedy (100 Fly), Vivianne Canney (100 Fly), and Kai Weiner (100 Breast, 100 IM) led the 10 and under group in individual finals! The remainder of 10 and under group, Olivia Russo, Addison Johnson, Daniel Li, Colin Martin, and William Rebolcaba played a key role in our success, allowing the team to enter 4 relays which scored a total of 24 points for the team!
11-12’s:
In the 11-12 division, Aquasol had a plethora of individual finals from Makena Acosta (50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly), Olivia Mai (50 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Breast, 400 IM), Hunter Acosta (50 Breast), Gavin Johnson (200 Fly), and Davis Martin (50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back)! Additionally, Olivia Bell, Katelyn Russo, Wyatt Cabalette, Buster Freese, Carter Stewart, Everett Lee, and Jaxson Talbot-Elkins had strong performances both in the individual events and on relays leading to the 11-12 relays scoring 82 points for the team!
13-14’s:
Our 13-14’s were led by Lacey Rebolcaba (200 Fly 400 IM) and Wyatt Little (50 Free 100 Free 500 Free 200 Fly 200 IM) who both made multiple individual finals for our 13-14 age group. Penny Austerman, Maanya Bojja, Kylie Collier, Layla Mai, Talia Rebolcaba, Reagan Stafford, Logan Do, Caden Exarchos, Peirce Exarchos, Benjamin Li, Mac Sanford and Killian Wilson also had some outstanding swims, all contributing to a 90% best time rate! The 13-14 relays scored a total of 70 points!
Overall Highlights & SWAGR:
After the dust from the weekend settled, 5 new athletes earned new cuts for 2025 SWAGR in North Natomas, bringing our team up to 11 swimmers who will be participating!
Congratulations to Makena Acosta, Hunter Acosta, Logan Do, Pierce Exarchos, Benjamin Li, Wyatt Little, Olivia Mai, Lacey Rebolcaba, Mac Sanford, Davis Martin, and Killian Wilson for that achievement. In 2024, Aquasol’s team was comprised of 5 athletes, which means that we doubled the size of our SWAGR team!
Team & SNS Record Alert:
Our 12 and under mixed medley relay swam lights out and earned themselves a new Sierra Nevada and Aquasol Team record in the 200 Medley Mixed Relay. Davis Martin, Hunter Acosta, Makena Acosta and Olivia Mai won the inaugural event, posting a time of 2:08.29.
Amazing job to all the swimmers who participated! Now it’s time to shift our focus to SWAGR and the first meet of the Long Course season at the EGAC Spring into Splash meet on April 11-13. We’re extremely excited to keep the momentum going into the summer!
Go Aquasol!
Aquasol Coaching Staff
