Tiger Sharks finish third in Kerman

The Los Banos Tiger Sharks swim team competed in the Kerman Invitational swim meet on July 9, and finished third behind the Chowchilla Red fins, (560) the Hilmar Hammerheads, (499). Los Banos finished with a team score of 313.

Individual highlights for the Tiger sharks included Ynez Fernandez winning the girls under 6-year-old freestyle race with a time of 57.90 seconds.  Evvan Ambriz recorded a time 41.50 seconds to claim the boys 9- to 10-year-old backstroke race.  Aliyana Loretto won the girls 15-16 backstroke heat, recording a time of 1:14.22.

In the 8-year-old and under boys 100-yard dash, Tiger shark, Cesar Arce claimed victory with a time of 2:03.22.  Evvan Ambriz won his second event, claiming the boys 9–10-year-old IM race.  With his time of 1:11.53, Dereck Rubio won the boys 17–18-year-old IM race.

Tiger shark, Alyson Graves was the winner of the girls 6-year-old and younger breaststroke with her time of 36.09 seconds.  Alberto Munoz took home first place in the boys 6-year-old and younger breaststroke for Los Banos. With her time of 24:25 seconds, Leah Ellison won the girls 7– 8-year-old breaststroke for the Tiger Sharks.  Jay Luna swam to victory in the boys 7- to 8-year-old breaststroke with his time of 31:44 seconds.

 In the boys 6-year-old and younger butterfly, Jedidiah Siemiller won the race with his time of 29:66 seconds.  Samantha Panatoja took home first place in the girls 13–14-year-old butterfly race, with her time of 1:14.28.   Evvan Ambriz became a three-time winner, when he won the boys 9–10-year-old butterfly heat with his time of 43:03 seconds.  Dereck Rubio claimed his second victory of the day, when he won the boys 17–18-year-old butterfly race with a time of 1:06.03.

Despite these fine individual performances Los Banos finished third.

Team Scores Kerman Invitational

Chowchilla Redfins  560, Hilmar Hammerheads 499, Los Banos Tigersharks 313.5

Girls 6 and younger 50-yard freestyle: 1^st Ynez Fernandez  57.90 seconds

Boys 6 and younger 50-yard freestyle: 1^st Jedidiah Siemiller  53.43 Seconds, 8^th Alberto Munoz   1:16.10 Seconds

Girls 7-8 50-yard freestyle: 6^th Cindella Ochoa 50.63 Seconds

Boys 7-8 50-yard freestyle: 6^th Cesar Arce  45.53Seconds

Girls 9-10 100yd Freestyle: 4^th Madilynn Almanza 1:29.78

Boys 13-14 50-yard freestyle: 8^th Adam Loretto 31.28 Seconds

Girls 17-18 50-yard freestyle: 6^th Joanna Chavez 36.64

Girls 6 and younger 25-yard backstroke: 6^th Riley Brum  33.94, 8^th Ynez Fernandez 37.63

Girls 7-8 25-yard backstroke: Savannah Munoz   25.97, 5^th Leah Ellison   26.17

Girls 9-10 50-yard backstroke: 7^th Harmony Bell 49.78

Boys 9-10 50-yard backstroke: 1^st Evven Ambriz 41.59, 5^th Logan Ellison  50.12

Girls 11-12 50-yard backstroke: 8^th Kaelan Connolly  45.25

Boys 11-12 50-yard backstroke: 7^th Aiden Diaz    45.44

Girls 13-14 100-yard backstroke: 8^th Isabella Flores 1:38.00

Boys 13-14 100-yard backstroke: 3^rd Edgar Vizcarra 1:18.97, 5^th Jordan Franklin   1:24.19, 6^th Alfred Loretto   1:24.62

Girls 15-16 100-yard backstroke: 1^st Aliyana Loretto 1:14.22, 8^th Alexandria Loretto  1:21.25

Boys 15-16 100-yard backstroke: 5^th Jonathon Rodriquez-Jimenez   1:14.02

Girls 17-18 100-yard backstroke: 3^rd Joanna Chavez   1:42.32

Girls 8 and younger 100-yard IM: 2^nd Leah Ellison 1:58.43

Boys 8 and younger 100-yard IM : 1^st Cesar Arce 2:03.22, 4^th Jedidiah Siemiller  2:24.28

Girls 9-10 100-yard IM : 3^rd Natalie Pantoja   1:47.06, 4^th Madilynn Almanza 1:47.12, 5^th Nicole Arce   1:53.75

Boys 9-10 100-yard IM: 1^st Evven Ambriz   1:29.38, 4^th Logan Ellison  1:45.44, 6^th Julian Rodriguez-Jimenez

Boys 11-12 100-yard IM: 8^th Saul Arce   1:28.97

Girls 13-14 100-yard IM: 2^nd Samantha Pantoja

Boys 13-14 100-yard IM: 2^nd Edgar Vizcarra 1:14.81, 3^rd Alfred Lorreto  1:15.90

Girls 15-16 100-yard IM: 4^th Aliyana Loretto  1:15.87

Boys 15-16 100-yard IM: 5^th Jonathan Rodriguez-Jimenez   1:08.78

Girls 17-18 100-yard IM: 6^th Joanna Chavez

Boys 17-18 100-yard IM: 1^st Derek Rubio  1:11.53

Girls 6 and younger 25-yard breaststroke: 1^st Alyson Graves  36.09, 2^nd Riley Brum   36.32, 3^rd Ynez Fernandez

Boys 6 and younger 25-yard breaststroke: 1^st Alberto Munoz 37.35, 6^th Samuel Meza   56.03, 7^th Noah Gonzalez  57.71

Girls 7-8 25-yard breaststroke: 1^st Leah Ellison   24.45, 4^th Savannah Munoz 31.50, 8^th Kaia Schroeder 34.04

Boys 7-8 25-yard breaststroke: 1^st Jay Luna IV 31.44, 5^th Declan Baughman  40.43, 6^th Adrian Nunes 40.64, 7^th Max Meza  43.07, 8^th Asher Baughman 43.44

Girls 9-10 50-yard breaststroke: 5^th Natalie Pantoja

Boys 9-10 50-yard breaststroke: 3^rd Logan Ellison  51.93, 4^th Frank Fernandez   52.53, 6^th Julian Rodriguez-Jimenez   54.37

Boys 11-12 50-yard breaststroke: 6^th Arthur Fernandez  46.06, 7^th Saul Arce   46.16

Girls 13-14 100-yard breaststroke: 4^th Samantha Pantoja   1:29.25, 8^th Sinai Vizcarra  1:45.51

Boys 13-14 100-yard breaststroke : 5^th Brenton Siemiller   1:36.75, 7^th Adam Loretto 1:38.31

Girls 15-16 100-yard breaststroke: 6^th Alina Ambriz 1:39.16

Boys 17-18 100-yard breaststroke: 2^nd Derek Rubio  1:18.68

Girls 6 and younger 25-yard butterfly: 3^rd Riley Brum  38.59, 6^th Alyson Graves   49.38

Boys 6 and younger 25-yard butterfly: 1^st Jedidiah Siemiller  29.66

Girls 7-8 25-yard butterfly: 6^th Cindella Ochoa  30.25

Boys 7-8 25-yard butterfly: 3^rd Cesar Arce  27.27, 8^th Jay Luna IV 30.25

Girls 9-10 50-yard butterfly: 3^rd Madilynn Almanza  47.57, 6^th Jenna Schroeder 56.62

Boys 9-10 50-yard butterfly: 1^st Evven Ambriz  43.03, 8^th Julian Rodriguez-Jimenez   1:02.81

Girls 11-12 50-yard butterfly: 7^th Madison Broff  45.06

Girls 13-14 100-yard butterfly: 1^st Samantha Panatoja   1:14.28

Boys 13-14 100-yard butterfly: 5^th Alfred Loretto 1:26.46

Girls 15-16 100-yard butterfly: 5^th Aliyana Loretto   1:29.53, 8^th Alexandra Loretto 1:29.84

Boys 15-16 100-yard butterfly: 5^th Jonathan Rodriguez-Jimenez

Boys 17-18 100-yard butterfly: 1^st Derek Rubio  1:06.03