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Aquatic Athlete of the Year Finalists

Tuesday, 08 November 2011 23:30

The Long Beach Aquatic Capital of America Foundation will host its third annual Aquatic Athlete of the Year ceremony on November 10, 2011, with an awards dinner and special reception with Long Beach Olympians at Keesal, Young & Logan.

Long Beach Councilman Gary DeLong is the honorary chairperson for the dinner and ceremony, which will recognize and honor athletes, individuals and organizations whose efforts during 2011 have contributed to making Long Beach “The Aquatic Capital of America.”

Long Beach City Manager Pat West will be honored as the inaugural Long Beach Aquatic Citizen of Year, the Long Beach Yacht Club for its contributions to amateur and competitive sailing, the Long Beach Sailing Foundation for its community outreach program, and the Greater Long Beach YMCA for its commitment to water safety programs.

The finalists for the 2011 Aquatic Athlete of the Year award are:

Aquatics organization honors Lauren (Lolo) Silver

By Doug Krikorian Columnist

This has been a compelling week for Lauren (Lolo) Silver, the former Wilson High and Stanford water polo star who is now a member of the USA women's national team.

Today, she celebrates her 24th birthday.

And Wednesday she was selected as the Aquatics Capital Of America's Athlete of the Year for 2010.

The Long Beach organization that promotes local water sports held a brief ceremony at the Long Beach Yacht Club, as committee member Rich Foster made the announcement and the club's president, Tom Shadden, presented Silver with the trophy with her name inscribed on it next to that of the 2009 winner, swimmer Jessica Hardy.

Future Collegiate Sailing Events

The US Sailing Center in Long Beach is proud to administer the following events:

January 8-9, 2011 Rose Bowl Regatta

(College & High School) Over 500 Competitors & Coaches plus hundreds of parents/spectators

60 High School Teams from all around California and a couple from the Pacific Northwest.

30 College Teams – 15 from California/Hawaii and 15 from all around the US. (see below)

PCCSC: Cal-Poly, Chapman, Santa Clara, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, Hawaii, University of Southern California

MAISA: Fordham, Georgetown, Navy, Old Dominion, St. Mary’s

MCSA: Notre Dame

NEISA: Boston College, Coast Guard, Connecticut College, Roger Williams

NWICSA: Oregon State, Western Washington

SAISA: Charleston, Eckerd

SEISA: Texas A & M

April 9-10, 2011 Combined College & High School Pacific Coast Championships; Over 200 competitors and coaches plus dozens of parents/spectators

April 30-May 1 National Collegiate Semi Final Championships (36 College Teams); Over 250 competitors and coaches plus hundreds of parents/spectators

Hardy Wins by that much

Thursday, 28 January 2010 16:58

Hardy wins by that much

SWIMMING: Long Beach native defeats Soni by .01 seconds in 100-yard breaststroke.

LONG BEACH - Jessica Hardy insisted winning was not her ultimate goal this week at USA Swimming's 2010 Southern California Grand Prix.

"It was important for me to get good racing in," said the 2005 Wilson High graduate.

But with just 25 yards to go in Monday's 100-yard breaststroke final, with a hometown crowd roaring and with Trojan Swim Club teammate Rebecca Soni right along her side, Hardy's competitive nature took over.

In the closest final of the four-day meet, Hardy touched the wall just ahead of Soni - 58.99 to 59.00 seconds - to set a meet record and claim her only victory of the weekend.

"We train with each other every day," said Hardy, the world-record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke. "... It's fun to swim against her."

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