Navy SEAL Challenge
Monday, September 29, 2014
On a brilliant fall Saturday in Arroyo Seco (Rose Bowl Aquatic Center) some 300 Southern California Swimming athletes gathered to meet eight Navy SEALs to take on the Navy SEAL Challenge (500 yard swim, 2 minutes pushups, 2 minutes sit-ups, 2 minute pull ups and 1.5 mile run.
Grant Shoults (17) of
Mission Viejo Nadadores dominated the men’s side scoring with 470 points while
Maire Burschinger (16) of
Hancock Park Swim Club topped the women's side scoring with 628 points. Shoults was followed in overall scoring by
Raymond Kam (SGSG-15) in second with 486 points, while Daniel Kim (MVN-14) came in third with
508 points. For the women Mikki Thompson (BREA-14)
came in second with 631 and Kenisha Liu (BREA-16) at 651 came in third.
Tremendous thanks to all the Rose Bowl volunteers who helped make the morning run smoothly. This is the fourth year SCS has undertaken the SEAL Challenge with great success thanks to efforts of Rose Bowl volunteers led by Maureen Lennon and head coach Jeff Julian.
Top Five finishes by age:
Women 13 Julie Keipp (SPS-742), Hanna Erickson (MVN-743 ), Haley
Calderon (LTA-753), Miya Higuchi (ROSE-771) and Katelyn Young(BREA-787)
Men 13 Nicholas Turrill (HPSC-625), Michael Medvedev (HOLY-629),
Connor Lee (SPS-644), Mike McCrary (ROSE-671), James Lee (ROSE-689)
Women 14 Mikki Thomson (BREA-631), Cara Le (BREA-709), Sophia Lee
(ROSE-723), Samantha Shelton (MVN-728), Kelsey Lloyd (BREA-741)
Men 14 Daniel Kim (MVN-506), Diego Zavala (SPS-540), Andre-Phillipe
Sam (SGSG-602), Ryan Ascencio (MVN-632), Billy So (TORR-677)
Women 15 Lauren Warshaw (ROSE-688),
Betsy Cantin (MVN-714), Emily Honng (BREA-735), Angelica Quesada (BREA-745),
Kathleen Gani (BREA-749)
Men 15 Raymond Kam (SGSG-486), Min Zhi Chua (MVN-513), Steven Medvedev
(HOLY-547), Andrew Benson (BREA-576) , Andy Langen (ROSE-591)
Women 16 Maire Burschinger (HPSC-628), Kenisha Liu
(BREA-16), Rachel Forbes (ROSE-667), Lauren Lee (ROSE-79), Sabrina Zavala
(PASA-728)
Men 16 Niles Biolley (BUEN-508), Derek Wan (BREA-541),
Steven Derman (MVN-551), Brandon Lum (BUEN-564), Michael Tenney (BREA-602)
Women 17+ Solie Laughlin (BUEN-734), Christina Ngo
(TORR-760), Mandy Barnes (MVN-775), Katie McLaughlin (MVN-778), Min Faye Chua
(MVN-812)
Men 17+ Grant Shoults (MVN-470), Greg Lee (BREA-542),
Javier Lopez (ROSE-548), Douglas Nogueira (ROSE-555), Daniel Chao (ROSE-579)