07/28/2026
Meet Report – Park Paseo Northstars and Turtle Rock Sharks at Heritage Park Seals
July 25, 2026
Bonus Report: Pentathlon – July 22, 2026
The Park Paseo Northstars closed out the 2026 regular season with two meets this week, including a tri-meet hosted by the Heritage Park Seals and the Pentathlon. Two more records were lowered this week. Abraham Cheng, who already held the boys 9-10 butterfly record, dropped 1.26 seconds at the Pentathlon for a new time of 32.36 seconds. Similarly, River McIntrye lowered his 13-14 breaststroke record to 29.01 seconds when he dropped .14 seconds on Saturday.
Over the course of the season, the Northstars had 47 swimmers earn Champs qualifying times in a total of 170 events. This week, Andrew Do qualified in two events to earn his first Champs times of the year. Also achieving new times this week were Abraham Cheng, Deron Hsia, Elizabeth Kang, Nicholas Kang, Everett Kao, Ivan Liu, Teddy Post, and Vehbi Turel.
The 20 swimmers who qualified in the maximum of five events (ages 9+) were Aaron Cheng, Abraham Cheng, Trevor Cheng, Vicki Edney, Crystal Gee, Aditi Gupta, Oliver Hanaoka, Josephine Kang, Nicholas Kang, Nyah Lin, Ivan Liu, Violet Liu, River McIntyre, Ellie Post, Devynn Slater, Rocco Vena, Lincoln Vienneau, Sammy Vienneau, Oliver Walton, and Simon Xue.
There were three swimmers who qualified in the maximum four events for the 5-8 age groups, including Bilge Turel, Teddy Post, and Alice Vienneau. The six swimmers ages 9+ who qualified in four events were Sarah Chao, Deron Hsia, Everett Kao, Olivia Liu, Emily Nauli, and Vehbi Turel.
Qualifying in three events were Aaron Josenhans, Xavier Liu, and Karlisha Yu. The swimmers with two qualifying times were Adrian Bekker, Andrew Do, Avyaan Hundal, Ava Josenhans, Elizabeth Kang, Langdon Lam, Sam Li, Izumi Renshus, Sezai Turel, and Katelyn Williams. Swimmers who qualified in one event were Michael Cao, Ariana Hundal, Simon Peng, Patrick Post, and Maggie Walton.
At the tri-meet, the Northstars swam for 78 total time improvements. The biggest drop came from Madison Kim, who knocked off 24.34 seconds in the girls 7-8 breaststroke. Willow Martasian dropped 19.91 seconds in the girls 5-6 backstroke. Reina Mahishi took off 11.43 seconds in the girls 9-10 freestyle. Mimi Robinson rounded out the double-digit drops with a 10.38 second improvement in the girls 5-6 backstroke.
Congratulations to Sezai Turel and Maggie Walton, who were the only Northstars to improve in all three of their events on Saturday!
There were 22 swimmers who improved in two events, including Michael Cao, Trevor Cheng, Owen Dam, Andrew Do, Audrey Do, Deron Hsia, Elizabeth Kang, Nicholas Kang, Everett Kao, Kairi Lam, Langdon Lam, Enoch Lee, River McIntyre, Aiden Mody, Simon Peng, Izumi Renshus, Bilge Turel, Vehbi Turel, Rocco Vena, Sammy Vienneau, Oliver Walton, and Simon Xue.
Another 28 Northstars had one time improvement, including Nathan Arredondo, Adrian Bekker, Ovee Bhirud, Christopher Chan, Jocelyn Chan, Sarah Chao, Alex Cheng, Emery Chi, Hannah Dugan, Crystal Gee, Hannah Groysman, Oliver Hanaoka, Hunter Kim, Madison Kim, Nyah Lin, Ivan Liu, Reina Mahishi, Willow Martasian, Emily Nauli, Andy Pan, Mimi Robinson, Elowyn Simon, Devynn Slater, Amelia Su, Lincoln Vienneau, Katelyn Williams, Grace Yu, and Karlisha Yu.
Four Northstars took first place in all of their events on Saturday, including Trevor Cheng, Ivan Liu, Lincoln Vienneau, and Simon Xue. Touching first in at least one race and finishing in the top three in all events were Michael Cao Violet Liu, River McIntyre, Bilge Turel, Alice Vienneau, and Sammy Vienneau. The Northstars with at least one first-place finish were Vicky Edney, Nicholas Kang, and Rocco Vena.
The three Northstars who placed in the top three in all events were Oliver Hanaoka, Nyah Lin, and Oliver Walton. Earning at least one top-three finish were Sarah Chao, Andrew Do, Deron Hsia, Elizabeth Kang, Langdon Lam, Emily Nauli, Patrick Post, Devynn Slater, Sezai Turel, Vehbi Turel, and Karlisha Yu.
Also closing out their regular season this week were Sammy Arredondo, Russell Huang, Dean Mody, Callen Pak, Briella Robinson, Emory Su, and Emily Yin.
Thirteen Northstars competed at the Pentathlon on Wednesday, with each swimmer having something special to highlight. Ellie Post got time improvements in all five of her events, including a drop of 6.35 seconds in the girls 9-10 individual medley. Arsen Karimov improved in all three races he swam and had the biggest improvements of all the Northstars, taking off 8.88 seconds in the boys 9-10 freestyle, 6.82 in breaststroke, and 6.66 in backstroke. Abraham Cheng also had three time improvements, including the record-breaking swim in the butterfly. Olivia Liu had time improvements in three of her events. Achieving two time improvements were Sarah Chao, Aaron Cheng, and Violet Liu. Swimmers with one time improvement were Michael Cao and Emery Chi. Both Patrick Post and Amelia Su earned one time improvement and swam butterfly for the first time all season. Ivan Liu had one time improvement and earned a Champs qualifying time in his first backstroke race of the season. Teddy Post earned a Champs time in his first breaststroke race of the summer.
Congratulations to all the Northstars on an amazing end to the regular season and best of luck to all who are swimming at Champs! Even if you aren’t swimming at Champs, you can still come to practice to improve your technique and spend more time with friends. We also look forward to seeing everyone at the end of season banquet and awards ceremony.