Park Paseo Northstars, 25 Christamon W, Irvine, CA (2026)

08/04/2025

Thank you Shelley Armstrong with Coldwell Banker Realty for being the Premier Sponsor of the 2025 Northstars! Your support helped make our season amazing!

07/28/2025

Meet Report – Park Paseo Northstars vs Village Park Piranhas
July 26, 2025
Plus Highlights from ISL Pentathlon – July 23, 2025

The Park Paseo Northstars closed out the regular season with an away meet against the Village Park Piranhas. Ivan Liu broke his first record of the season, swimming 20.40 seconds in the boys 7-8 25-yard breaststroke to take down a time of 20.58 that had stood since 1987! River McIntyre improved his own record in the boys 11-12 50-yard backstroke, dropping from 30.28 seconds to 30.15 seconds. Congratulations Ivan and River!

The Northstars had a total of 65 time improvements on Saturday, and four swimmers highlighted their hard work with double-digit drops. Arthur Chen led the way, dropping 26.12 seconds in the boys 9-10 butterfly. Dilara Ozgun was close behind, taking off 25.06 seconds in the girls 7-8 breaststroke. Jun Yoon knocked off 19.41 seconds in the boys 7-8 backstroke and Kairi Lam dropped 10.63 seconds in the girls 7-8 backstroke.

Four Northstars had time improvements in all three of their races on Saturday, including Vicki Edney, Crystal Gee, Ivan Liu, and Rocco Vena.

There were 11 swimmers who improved in two events, including William Green, Aditi Gupta, Oliver Hanaoka, Elvin Hu, Ava Josenhans, Josephine Kang, Owen Kearney, Kairi Lam, Sienna Patel, Hamsini Racherla, and Henry Yoon.

The 31 Northstars with one time improvement were Ovee Bhirud, Arthur Chen, Gavin Chen, Owen Dam, Andrew Do, Hannah Groysman, Deron Hsia, Kevin Hu, Elizabeth Kang, Nicholas Kang, Theo Keeling, Hunter Kim, Madison Kim, Olivia Liu, River McIntyre, Aiden Mody, Dean Mody, Marcel Nauli, Dilara Ozgun, Callen Pak, Simon Peng, Elowyn Simon, Manojav Ram Sirikande, Devynn Slater, Sezai Turel, Vehbi Turel, Andrew Van Velden, Lincoln Vienneau, Katelyn Williams, Emily Yin, and Jun Yoon.

Five Northstars placed first in all three events today, including Aaron Josenhans, Nyah Lin, Ivan Liu, River McIntyre, and Ellie Post. The Northstars who finished first in at least one race and in the top three in all of their races were Adrian Bekker, Andrew Do, Vicki Edney, Oliver Hanaoka, Elizabeth Kang, Zoe Markus, Devynn Slater, Bilge Turel, Rocco Vena, Lincoln Vienneau, Sammy Vienneau, and Noah Villanueva. Another seven Northstars touched the wall first in at least one race, including Sarah Chao, Aditi Gupta, Jalen Hsia, Josephine Kang, Dean Mody, Teddy Post, and Maggie Walton.

The Northstars who finished in the top three in all of their races were Owen Kearney, Olivia Liu, and Alice Vienneau. The swimmers who placed in the top three in at least one race were Ernest Chen, Owen Dam, Audrey Do, Crystal Gee, William Green, Deron Hsia, Kevin Hu, Ava Josenhans, Nicholas Kang, Everett Kao, Theo Keeling, Madison Kim, Grace Markus, Emily Nauli, Hamsini Racherla, Anthony Van Velden, and Emily Yin.

Against the Piranhas, four Northstars added new qualifying times to their ISL Champs resumes, including Vicki Edney, Crystal Gee, Owen Kearney (two times) and Rocco Vena (three times). At the league-wide Pentathlon meet on Wednesday, another four Northstars added qualifying times, including Nyah Lin, Olivia Liu, Ellie Post, and Lincoln Vienneau (two times).

Swimmers who practiced hard all week and gave it their all on Saturday were Sean Chen, Ryan Moore, and Patrick Post.

Overall, 43 Northstars qualified for Champs in a total of 164 events. There were 22 swimmers who qualified in every event, including Adrian Bekker, Sarah Chao, Trevor Cheng, Andrew Do, Vicki Edney, Aditi Gupta, Oliver Hanaoka, Jalen Hsia, Aaron Josenhans, Everett Kao, Nyah Lin, Ivan Liu, Violet Liu, Xavier Liu, Zoe Markus, River McIntyre, Ellie Post, Teddy Post, Devynn Slater, Lincoln Vienneau, Sammy Vienneau, and Noah Villanueva. Another 13 Northstars qualified in 3-4 events, including Josh Chao, Peyton Cheng, Crystal Gee, Deron Hsia, Elizabeth Kang, Josephine Kang, Evie Kao, Owen Kearney, Olivia Liu, Kristoffer Renshus, Rocco Vena, Alice Vienneau, and Maggie Walton. The eight swimmers who qualified in 1-2 events were Kevin Hu, Ariana Hundal, Avyaan Hundal, Ava Josenhans, Nicholas Kang, Izumi Renshus, Bilge Turel, and Katelyn Williams. Congratulations to all the Northstars that qualified for champs! Don’t forget – even swimmers who did not qualify can still swim one race and experience the excitement of a league-wide meet!

At the pentathlon, swimmers who finish in the top six of each event earn points for the team. The Northstars that earned points at the Pentathlon were Aaron Josenhans, Nyah Lin, Ivan Liu, Olivia Liu, Xavier Liu, Ellie Post, and Teddy Post.

We hope to see many of our swimmers representing the Northstars at Champs on August 9 and look forward to celebrating with the whole team at the end of season banquet on August 10.

07/21/2025

Park Paseo Northstars Meet Report
July 19, 2025

The Park Paseo Northstars hosted the North Irvine Knights in their final home meet of the season. The Northstars performed well against a fast Knights squad and had a total of 103 time improvements.

Yvan Jian showed the most improvement this week, dropping a whopping 44.69 seconds in the boys 7-8 backstroke. He also took off 14.53 seconds in freestyle and 10.75 seconds in breaststroke. Talia Ata also had three double-digit drops in the girls 9-10 group, taking off 20.40 seconds in breaststroke, 10.59 in freestyle, and 10.48 in butterfly. Also dropping more than ten seconds in a race were Kairi Lam (-28.82 in girls 7-8 breaststroke), Kaan Ata (-20.62 in boys 9-10 breaststroke), Gavin Chen (-18.19 in boys 5-6 freestyle), and Sean Chen (-12.96 in boys 7-8 breaststroke). Congratulations to all on your huge improvements and keep up the great work!

Nine Northstars improved in all three events on Saturday, including Talia Ata, Audrey Do, Yvan Jian, Owen Kearney, Nyah Lin, Grace Markus, Maggie Walton, Oliver Walton, and Katelyn Williams.

There were 24 Northstars who improved in two races, including Kaan Ata, Sean Chen, Alex Cheng, Trevor Cheng, Owen Dam, Vicki Edney, Hansen Fu, Crystal Gee, Hannah Groysman, Aditi Gupta, Jalen Hsia, Elvin Hu, Anaya Hundal, Ava Josenhans, Elizabeth Kang, Nicholas Kang, Langdon Lam, Dean Mody, Emily Nauli, Sienna Patel, Vibha Sathish Kumar, Charlotte Tang, Bilge Turel, and Andrew Van Velden.

Another 28 Northstars had one time improvement, including Ovee Bhirud, Sarah Chao, Gavin Chen, Peyton Cheng, Andrew Do, Annabelle Fattman, William Green, Oliver Hanaoka, Deron Hsia, Avyaan Hundal, Aaron Josenhans, Josephine Kang, Theo Keeling, Kairi Lam, Reina Mahishi, Zoe Markus, Liam McIntire, Aiden Mody, Marcel Nauli, Callen Pak, Teddy Post, Sezai Turel, Vehbi Turel, Anthony Van Velden, Lincoln Vienneau, Emily Yin, Henry Yoon, and Derek Zha.

Two new Northstars raced their way to qualifying times for the ISL Championship meet this week. Owen Kearney qualified in the boys 13-14 butterfly and breaststroke. Bilge Turel qualified in the girls 5-6 backstroke. Swimmers who were already qualified in some events but added new qualifying times this week were Vicki Edney, Aditi Gupta, Oliver Hanaoka, Elizabeth Kang, Nyah Lin, and Maggie Walton.

Several Northstars outpaced the competition to finish first in their races this week. The swimmers with at least one first-place finish and all top-three finishes were Trevor Cheng, Elizabeth Kang, Nyah Lin, Dean Mody, Teddy Post, and Maggie Walton. Also touching the wall first in a race were Sarah Chao, Owen Dam, Vicki Edney, Oliver Hanaoka, Nicholas Kang, and Lincoln Vienneau.

The swimmers who placed in the top three in every race were Jalen Hsia, Langdon Lam, Violet Liu, Rocco Vena, Alice Vienneau, and Sammy Vienneau. Swimmers with at least one top-three finish were Talia Ata, Adrian Bekker, Peyton Cheng, Andrew Do, Aditi Gupta, Deron Hsia, Anaya Hundal, Aaron Josenhans, Josephine Kang, Everett Kao, Theo Keeling, Olivia Liu, Zoe Markus, Devynn Slater, Anthony Van Velden, Noah Villanueva, and Emily Yin.

Diving in and swimming their hardest this week were Josh Chao, Ariana Hundal, Patrick Post, and Jun Yoon. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Swimathon on Monday and send good luck to the Northstars participating in Wednesday’s Pentathlon!

07/18/2025

Thank you Simply Orthodontics for sponsoring the Northstars and always being such a great community partner!

07/14/2025

National Anthem performed by the Northstars band 7/12/25

07/14/2025

Meet Report – Pask Paseo Northstars vs Turtle Rock Sharks
July 12, 2025

After taking a week off to celebrate the 4th of July, the Park Paseo Northstars took to the pool again, hosting the Turtle Rock Sharks.

Time improvements were once again a highlight of the meet, with Northstars improving in 102 total races. Madison Kim demonstrated massive improvements in the girls 7-8 age group, taking off a whopping 50.27 seconds in breaststroke, 27.44 in backstroke, and 23.62 seconds in freestyle. Congratulations, Madison! Arthur Chen dropped an impressive 30.72 seconds in the boys 9-10 backstroke and 17.76 seconds in freestyle. Scarlett Coloma took off 32.44 seconds in the girls 5-6 backstroke! Bilge Turel also had two double-digit drops in the girls 5-6 group, taking off 12.15 seconds in breaststroke and 10.85 in freestyle. Additional swimmers who dropped over ten seconds in a race were Darcy Terasaki (-27.50 in girls 5-6 breaststroke), Hunter Kim (-18.22 in boys 5-6 freestyle), Manni Coloma (-14.28 in girls 9-10 freestyle), and Alex Cheng (-13.16 in boys 7-8 breaststroke). Elizabeth Kang knocked off 10.96 seconds in the girls 5-6 backstroke to earn a championships qualifying time. Congrats to all our swimmers on these huge improvements.

There were 12 Northstars who improved in all three of their races on Saturday, including Vicki Edney, Hannah Groysman, Kevin Hu, Anaya Hundal, Elizabeth Kang, Josephine Kang, Everett Kao, Theo Keeling, Madison Kim, Olivia Liu, Bilge Turel, and Emily Yin.

The 19 swimmers with two time improvements were Adrian Bekker, Michael Cao, Luke Carns, Arthur Chen, Alex Cheng, Audrey Do, Jalen Hsia, Elvin Hu, Aaron Josenhans, Owen Kearney, Kairi Lam, Hani Lee, Zoe Markus, Dean Mody, Emily Nauli, Ellie Post, Kina Terasaki, Anthony Van Velden, and Henry Yoon.

Another 28 Northstars improved in one event, including Josh Chao, Sarah Chao, Ernest Chen, Manni Coloma, Scarlett Coloma, Juliette Fattman, Edward Fu, Hansen Fu, Crystal Gee, Ariana Hundal, Nicholas Kang, Hunter Kim, Langdon Lam, Xavier Liu, Aiden Mody, Ryan Moore, Dilara Ozgun, Jonah Park, Kristoffer Renshus, Devynn Slater, Charlotte Tang, Darcy Terasaki, Vehbi Turel, Andrew Van Velden, Maggie Walton, Katelyn Williams, Jun Yoon, and Derek Zha.

The Northstars swam their way to 64 ISL championship qualifying times this week from 27 different swimmers. In addition to Elizabeth Kang earning her first bid, Katelyn Williams earned her first qualifying time in the girls 11-12 backstroke. The swimmers who added new times to their champs resumes and became eligible in every event were Sarah Chao, Everett Kao, Ivan Liu, Xavier Liu, Ellie Post, Teddy Post, and Noah Villanueva. Additional swimmers who added new qualifying times to their existing slate were Josh Chao, Vicki Edney, Crystal Gee, and Josephine Kang.

Three Northstars touched the wall first in all their races, including Jalen Hsia, Nyah Lin, and River McIntyre. Swimmers with at least one first place finish and placing in the top three in every event were Sarah Chao, Aaron Josenhans, Elizabeth Kang, Everett Kao, Ivan Liu, Xavier Liu, Zoe Markus, Ellie Post, Teddy Post, Devynn Slater, and Noah Villanueva. Other Northstars who raced to first place were Adrian Bekker, Vicki Edney, Oliver Hanaoka, and Andrew Van Velden.

The swimmers placing in the top three in at least one race were Michael Cao, Josh Chao, Ernest Chen, Andrew Do, Elvin Hu, Ava Josenhans, Josephine Kang, Owen Kearney, Theo Keeling, Langdon Lam, Olivia Liu, Violet Liu, Aiden Mody, Kristoffer Renshus, Darcy Terasaki, Anthony Van Velden, Maggie Walton, Oliver Walton, Emily Yin, and Henry Yoon.

Nine Northstars competed in some events for the first time this week, including Annabelle Fattman, William Green Josh Inouye, Reina Mahishi, Callen Pak, Hamsini Racherla, Nandini Racherla, Paige Terasaki, and Siho Yang. Working hard in the pool all week and swimming hard on Saturday were Avyaan Hundal, HT Lee, Grace Markus, Marcel Nauli, Patrick Post, Izumi Renshus, and Manojav Ram Sirikande.

07/02/2025

Meet Report
Park Paseo Northstars vs Stonegate Seahawks – June 28, 2025

The Park Paseo Northstars were back in action this week, hosting the Stonegate Seahawks in an exciting dual meet. River McIntyre broke another record, improving his time in the boys 11-12 backstroke to 30.28 seconds!

Time improvements were the highlight of the meet, with Northstars swimming faster in 109 races. Congratulations to Samuel Fung, who had the biggest improvement of the week, dropping 27.40 seconds in the boys 7-8 breaststroke. Kina Terasaki also had a huge drop, taking off 25.91 seconds in the girls 7-8 butterfly. Other swimmers dropping over 20 seconds were Michael Cao (-22.18 in the boys 7-8 freestyle) and Kaan Ata (-20.03 in the boys 9-10 backstroke). Marcel Nauli took off 16.56 seconds in the boys 11-12 breaststroke and Ernest Chen dropped 14.57 seconds in the boys 5-6 backstroke.

There were 14 swimmers who improved in all three events on Saturday, including Michael Cao, Josh Chao, Caleb Davidson, Samuel Fung, Alex Hoting, Deron Hsia, Jalen Hsia, Avyaan Hundal, Aaron Josenhans, Everett Kao, Owen Kearney, Kina Terasaki, Rocco Vena, and Alice Vienneau.

The 17 swimmers with two time improvements were Ernest Chen, Hansen Fu, Aditi Gupta, Dexter Hoting, Sabine Hoting, Ariana Hundal, Elizabeth Kang, Nicholas Kang, Theo Keeling, Ivan Liu, Olivia Liu, Emily Nauli, Kristoffer Renshus, Bilge Turel, Vehbi Turel, Anthony Van Velden, and Emily Yin.

There were 32 Northstars with one time improvement, including Kaan Ata, Talia Ata, Adrian Bekker, Luke Carns, Sean Chen, Trevor Cheng, Owen Dam, Vicki Edney, Juliette Fattman, Edward Fu, Lucas Fung, Crystal Gee, Elvin Hu, Kevin Hu, Ava Josenhans, Josephine Kang, Evie Kao, Hani Lee, HT Lee, Nyah Lin, Grace Markus, River McIntyre, Marcel Nauli, Izumi Renshus, Elowyn Simon, Devynn Slater, Charlotte Tang, Darcy Terasaki, Sezai Turel, Andrew Van Velden, Lincoln Vienneau, Sammy Vienneau, Oliver Walton.

Overall, the Northstars swam an impressive 85 qualifying times for the championship meet, including 13 swimmers who earned their first qualifying times of the season. Josh Chao, Sarah Chao, Everett Kao, Ivan Liu, Xavier Liu, Alice Vienneau, and Noah Villanueva became eligible for champs in all three of their events. Ariana Hundal and Josephine Kang each earned two qualifying times. Crystal Gee, Kevin Hu, Avyaan Hundal, and Nicholas Kang all qualified in one event. Ten swimmers added new qualifying times to their resumes and are now qualified in every event, including Adrian Bekker, Trevor Cheng, Andrew Do, Jalen Hsia, Aaron Josenhans, Violet Liu, Zoe Markus, River McIntyre, Devynn Slater, and Sammy Vienneau. Another six swimmers added new qualifying times to their existing slate, including Peyton Cheng, Aditi Gupta, Deron Hsia, Evie Kao, Olivia Liu, and Izumi Renshus.

Xavier Liu and River McIntyre raced to the wall first in all three of their events this week. Swimmers touching first in two races were Trevor Cheng, Owen Dam, Nyah Lin, Ivan Liu, Violet Liu, Alice Vienneau, and Sammy Vienneau. Northstars with one first-place finish were Ernest Chen, Peyton Cheng, Jalen Hsia, Elizabeth Kang, Devynn Slater, and Rocco Vena.

The Northstars who finished in the top three in all of their events were Sarah Chao, Aaron Josenhans, Darcy Terasaki, and Maggie Walton. Additional swimmers with at least one top-three finish were Gavin Chen, Caleb Davidson, Andrew Do, Vicki Edney, Annabelle Fattman, Lucas Fung, Crystal Gee, Aditi Gupta, Kevin Hu, Avyaan Hundal, Ava Josenhans, Josephine Kang, Nicholas Kang, Evie Kao, Everett Kao, Owen Kearney, Zoe Markus, Kristoffer Renshus, Charlotte Tang, Bilge Turel, Lincoln Vienneau, Noah Villanueva, and Emily Yin.

Several Northstars dove in for all or some of their events for the first time this week, including Arthur Chen, Alex Cheng, Jacob Inouye, Josh Inouye, Liam McIntire, Simon Peng, Paige Terasaki, Katelyn Williams, and Derek Zha.

Giving it their all this week were Audrey Do, Hannah Groysman, Oliver Hanaoka, and Anaya Hundal. Congratulations to all the Northstars for a successful first home meet and a great week in the pool! We hope everyone comes out to join us on Friday for the annual 4th of July bike parade, field games, pool party, and BBQ.

06/28/2025

Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors for supporting the Park Paseo Northstars!

06/24/2025

Don’t cook on Wednesday night - visit Chipotle in Northpark Plaza instead! Treat the family to a tasty meal out, hang with friends, and support the Northstars! Chipotle will donate 25% back to the team on dine-in and take-out orders (no delivery) from 5-9pm. Be sure to show the flyer at the register or use code VQHAE7F when ordering through the Chipotle website or app.

06/24/2025

Meet Report
Park Paseo Northstars vs Greentree Gators – June 21, 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Northstars season! We are so excited to see all the new and returning swimmers in the pool. The Northstars opened the season with an away meet against the Greentree Gators, following a successful intrasquad practice meet the week before.

River McIntyre proved he is a force to be reckoned with, breaking all five records for the 11-12 boys age group, including times achieved against Greentree and at the practice meet. Against Greentree, River swam a 25.75 in freestyle, besting the 26.00 he swam at the practice meet and the original record of 26.35 that had stood since 2011. His 30.79 in breaststroke last week beat the 32.35 set in 2013. Also at the practice meet, he surpassed three times from 2024, with a 26.97 in butterfly (previous record 29.06), 30.81 in backstroke (31.65) and 1:01.75 in the individual medley (1:05.85). Congratulations, River!

As always, we love to see our swimmers improving upon their previous times and the Greentree meet did not disappoint. The Northstars had 78 time improvements this week. Leading the way was Lucas Fung, who dropped an amazing 33.52 seconds in the boys 5-6 freestyle. Alex Cheng took off 30.15 seconds in the boys 7-8 backstroke and Bun Ichimori dropped 21.98 seconds in the boys 5-6 backstroke. Congrats to all three boys on their huge improvements!

The nine Northstars who improved in all three of their races were Trevor Cheng, Samuel Fung, Aditi Gupta, Jalen Hsia, Owen Kearney, Theo Keeling, Nyah Lin, Kristoffer Renshus, and Andrew Van Velden.

There were 17 Northstars with two time( improvements, including Alex Cheng, Audrey Do, Lucas Fung, Oliver Hanaoka, Deron Hsia, Elvin Hu, Aaron Josenhans, Evie Kao, Langdon Lam, Zoe Markus, Aiden Mody, Emily Nauli, Darcy Terasaki, Bilge Turel, Rocco Vena, Lincoln Vienneau, and Emily Yin.

The 17 Northstars who improved in one event were Sean Chen, Owen Dam, Edward Fu, Hannah Groysman, Bun Ichimori, Ava Josenhans, Kairi Lam, Olivia Liu, Violet Liu, River McIntyre, Dean Mody, Ellie Post, Teddy Post, Izumi Renshus, Vehbi Turel, Sammy Vienneau, and Maggie Walton.

Several Northstars placed first in all three of their events, including Violet Liu, River McIntyre, Teddy Post, Rocco Vena, and Sammy Vienneau. Swimmers who placed in the top three in all of their events, including touching first in at least one, were Trevor Cheng, Ava Josenhans, Nyah Lin, Ellie Post, Darcy Terasaki, and Alice Vienneau. Also placing in the top three in every race were Devynn Slater, Lincoln Vienneau, and Maggie Walton. Theo Keeling placed first in two events; additional swimmers with one first-place finish were Owen Dam, Edward Fu, Oliver Hanaoka, Bun Ichimori, and Bilge Turel.

Many more swimmers had at least one top three finish, including Peyton Cheng, Vicki Edney, Aditi Gupta, Elvin Hu, Aaron Josenhans, Evie Kao, Langdon Lam, Hani Lee, Olivia Liu, Zoe Markus, Emily Nauli, Simon Peng, Kristoffer Renshus, Andrew Van Velden, Emily Yin, and Henry Yoon.

At the end of the season, ISL holds a championship meet for all teams in the league. All swimmers are welcome to attend the meet and swim in at least one race. Swimmers can also achieve qualifying times based on their age and gender, allowing them to swim in more races at champs. This week, 25 Northstars qualified for champs in a total of 63 races. The swimmers with three qualifying times were Adrian Bekker, Trevor Cheng, Aditi Gupta, Oliver Hanaoka, Jalen Hsia, Aaron Josenhans, Evie Kao, Nyah Lin, Violet Liu, Zoe Markus, River McIntyre, Teddy Post, Kristoffer Renshus, Devynn Slater, Lincoln Vienneau, and Sammy Vienneau.

The Northstars who qualified in two races were Peyton Cheng, Andrew Do, Deron Hsia, Olivia Liu, and Ellie Post. The swimmers who earned one qualifying time were Vicki Edney, Ava Josenhans, Izumi Renshus, Rocco Vena, and Maggie Walton.

Many Northstars weren’t able to swim each race at the practice meet, so they made their debut in all or some of their races against Greentree. Northstars diving in for the first time were Michael Cao, Arthur Chen, Ernest Chen, Hansen Fu, Crystal Gee, Kevin Hu, Hunter Kim, Madison Kim, HT Lee, Patrick Post, Hamsini Racherla, Nandini Racherla, Elowyn Simon, Kina Terasaki, Sezai Turel, and Jun Yoon.

Also working hard and giving the Northstars their all this week were Ovee Bhirud, Grace Markus, Marcel Nauli, and Manojav Ram Sirikande. Congratulations to all swimmers on their achievements this week and keep up the great effort this season!

06/09/2025

Join us at The Stand this Tuesday, June 10 from 11am - 9pm (Jamboree/Irvine Blvd location) to raise money for the Northstars! Some of the coaches will be there after practice, so if you want to come for dinner, it's a great opportunity to get to know your coaches more. Socialize with other families and have fun supporting the team! Make sure to show the flyer on your phone and mention the Park Paseo Northstars when you order! Dine in or order online.

07/22/2024

Meet Report – Courtside Stingrays at Park Paseo Northstars– July 20, 2024
Pentathlon July 17, 2024

The Northstars closed out the regular season with a home meet against the Courtside Stingrays, going out on a high note with two more broken records. The mixed 11-12 200-yard freestyle relay team of River McIntyre, Vicki Edney, Sammy Vienneau, and Simon Xue swam a 1:53.60 to knock off the previous record of 1:54.09 set in 2011. Earlier in the meet, Teddy Post once again bested his own boys 5-6 freestyle record, bringing his time down to 18.13 seconds. Congratulations to all our record breakers!

Earlier in the week, 17 Northstars swimmers participated in the league-wide Pentathlon meet. At the Pentathlon, Grace Markus earned her first champs time of the season when she qualified in breaststroke. Owen Kearney, Ivan Liu, and Ellie Post all added new champs-qualifying times to their lists. Teddy Post finished in first place in both the boys 5-6 backstroke and freestyle. Swimmers who placed in the top six in any race earned points for the team, including Sarah Chao, Nyah Lin, Violet Liu, Grace Markus, Zoe Markus, Ellie Post, and Izumi Renshus. First-year Northstar Hamsini Racherla has worked hard all season to improve her technique in butterfly and swam a clean race for the first time. Swimmers Aditi Gupta, Olivia Liu, Xavier Liu, Nandini Racherla, Maggie Walton, and Oliver Walton all earned time improvements at the Pentathlon.

Saturday’s meet against Courtside was the last chance for swimmers to earn champs qualifying times. As a reminder, all swimmers who participated in at least three dual or tri meets (including the Pentathlon) are eligible to swim at Champs even if they didn’t earn a qualifying time. On Saturday, Emily Nauli earned her first Champs times of the season, qualifying in both butterfly and freestyle. The swimmers who added new events to their qualifying resumes were Jackson Carns, Andrew Do, Aditi Gupta, Anaya Hundal, Aaron Josenhans, Ava Josenhans, Keira Patel, and Devynn Slater.

Overall, 43 Northstars qualified for champs. The 25 swimmers who qualified in every event were Kade Baker, Peyton Cheng, Trevor Cheng, Andrew Do, Vicki Edney, Aditi Gupta, Oliver Hanaoka, Jalen Hsia, Aaron Josenhans, Ava Josenhans, Nyah Lin, Ivan Liu, Violet Liu, Xavier Liu, Zoe Markus, River McIntyre, Ellie Post, Teddy Post, Kristoffer Renshus, Devynn Slater, Rocco Vena, Lincoln Vienneau, Sammy Vienneau, Noah Villanueva, and Simon Xue.

The eight swimmers who qualified in three or four events were Jackson Carns, Josh Chao, Sarah Chao, Avyaan Hundal, Evie Kao, Olivia Liu, Keira Patel, and Izumi Renshus. The ten swimmers that qualified in one or two events were Adrian Bekker, Crystal Gee, Deron Hsia, Anaya Hundal, Owen Kearney, Tyler Lin, Grace Markus, Emily Nauli, Michael Sun, and Alice Vienneau. Congratulations to all the Northstars who qualified for Champs!

The Northstars worked hard all season to improve their times and the final meet was a huge success with 127 total time improvements. Matthew Chu had the biggest improvement of the week, dropping a whopping 34.82 seconds in the boys 7-8 breaststroke. Dean Mody was close behind, taking 32.63 seconds off his time in the boys 5-6 backstroke. Charlotte Tang dropped 27 seconds in the girls 5-6 backstroke. Also knocking off more than ten seconds in a race were Sean Chen (-18.09 boys 5-6 backstroke), Samuel Fung (-17.75 boys 7-8 freestyle), Nicholas Kang (-15.33 boys 7-8 butterfly), Miranda Feng (-14.69 girls 9-10 backstroke), Gie Van Garsse (-14.69 boys 5-6 backstroke), George Sun (-14.06 boys 9-10 butterfly), Edward Fu (-12.75 boys 9-10 freestyle), Manojav Ram Sirikande (-11.47 boys 9-10 freestyle), Nathaniel Chiu (-11.16 boys 5-6 freestyle), and Sienna Patel (-11.15 girls 7-8 breaststroke).

The swimmers with three time improvements were Adrian Bekker, Jackson Carns, Annabelle Fattman, Edward Fu, Aditi Gupta, Ariana Hundal, Avyaan Hundal, Josh Inouye, Ivan Liu, Simon Peng, and Alice Vienneau.

Northstars who improved in two events were Luke Carns, Zach Carns, Sarah Chao, Sean Chen, Nathaniel Chiu, Matthew Chu, Dhanya Dilip, Andrew Do, William Green, Oliver Hanaoka, Jacob Inouye, Aaron Josenhans, Elizabeth Kang, Josephine Kang, Nicholas Kang, Owen Kearney, Theo Keeling, HT Lee, Olivia Liu, Leo Lo, Zoe Markus, Emily Nauli, Om Panday, Jonah Park, Keira Patel, Varsha Sathish Kumar, Vibha Sathish Kumar, Manojav Ram Sirikande, Devynn Slater, George Sun, Charlotte Tang, Abigail Tran, Gie Van Garsse, Lincoln Vienneau, Oliver Walton, and Katelyn Williams.

The swimmers with one time improvement were Trevor Cheng, Stella Chu, Audrey Do, Vicki Edney, Miranda Feng, Samuel Fung, Anaya Hundal, Ava Josenhans, Evie Kao, Everett Kao, Hani Lee, Tyler Lin, Grace Markus, Aiden Mody, Dean Mody, Sienna Patel, Ellie Post, Teddy Post, Izumi Renshus, Rocco Vena, Sammy Vienneau, and Noah Villanueva.

Four Northstars finished first in all three of their races on Saturday, including Sarah Chao, Nyah Lin, Ellie Post, and Lincoln Vienneau. The swimmers who had at least one first-place finish and were in the top three in all their races were Trevor Cheng, Oliver Hanaoka, Anaya Hundal, Ivan Liu, Teddy Post, Izumi Renshus, Rocco Vena, Alice Vienneau, and Sammy Vienneau. Also touching the wall first in a race were Andrew Do, Vicki Edney, Aaron Josenhans, Ava Josenhans, Tyler Lin, and Zoe Markus. The swimmers who finished top three in all their events were Jalen Hsia and Charlotte Tang.

Also giving it their all and closing the season with a strong effort were Jiya Bhanot, Jules Fattman, Liam McIntire, and Marcel Nauli. We look forward to seeing many of our swimmers at Champs on August 3 and hope to see everyone back on the team next summer!

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