Courtesy/Anna Zhang
Courtesy/Anna Zhang
By ANNA ZHANG
Swimming Coach
Mountain Club
The New Mexico Games 2023 was held Sunday, June 18 at West Mesa Aquatic Center in Albuquerque.
Mountain club won first place with 2,234 points; Duke City Barracuda finished in second place with 1,722 points; and Kraken earned third place with 1,137 points.
Mountain Club had 44 swimmers with 13 relays during the meet. The age groups are 8 & under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, and Masters age groups in 5 year increments.
Placement Mountain Swimmers Achieved By Age Group:
- Leandre Capolungo (8)*: 1st in 25 Fly, and 2nd in 25 Breast & 100 IM.
- Simeon Capolungo (11)*: 2nd in 50 Back, 3rd in 100 Free, and 4th in 50 Free.
- Michelle Certik (master)*: 1st in 100 IM & 50 Fly, and 2nd in 50 Back.
- Daniel Certik (8)*: 1st in 25 Free & 100 IM & 100 Free.
- Javier Chacon Cuesta (11)*: 1st in 50 Fly, 2nd in 100 Free, and 3nd in 50 Free.
- Alicia Chen (8)*: 1st in 25 Breast & 100 IM, and 2nd in 50 Free.
- Sydney Chen (9)*: 1st in 25 Back, and 3rd in 25 Breast & 100 IM.
- Miles Chen (7): 1st in 25 Breast, and 5th in 25 Back.
- Thomas Daligault (13)*: 1st in 100 Free, and 2nd in 50 Free & 100 Breast.
- Emilie Daligault (12)*: 1st in 50 Breast, 2nd in 50 Back & 50 Fly.
- Emma Fuentes (8): 2nd in 25 Free, and 4 th in 25 Bck & 50 Free.
- Erik Fullmer (master)*: 1st in 50 Free & 50 Back.
- Elijah Fullmer (11)*: 3rd in 50 Back, and 4th in 100 Free.
- Emmett Fullmer (6)*: 3rd in 50 Free, 6th in 25 Back, and 7th in 25 Free.
- Abigail Gellis (11)*: 2nd in 50 Breast, and 3rd in 50 Fly & 100 IM.
- Angelina Goodman (12)*: 1st in 100 Free, 4th in 50 Free, and 5th in 50 Back.
- Jialiang Guo (9): 1st in 25 Breast, 3rd in 25 Back, and 4th in 50 Free
- Jiadong Guo (6)*: 2nd in 50 Free, 4th in 25 Breast & 25 Fly.
- Erik Haroz (master)*: 1st in 50 Free, and 2nd in 50 Breast.
- Olivia Haroz (12)*: 1st in 100 IM, 3rd in 50 Back & 50 Breast.
- James Haroz (10)*: 1st in 100 IM, 3rd in 25 Fly, and 5th in 25 Back.
- Gabriel Haroz (8): 3rd in 25 Fly, 4th in 25 Back, and 5th in 25 Breast.
- Alisa Hehir (master)*: 1st in 50 Back & 50 Fly & 100 Free.
- Angela Herring (master)*: 1st in 50 Breast & 100 IM, and 2nd in 50 Free.
- Ethan Herring (12): 4th in 50 Back & 50 Fly, and 5th in Breast.
- Owen Herring (9)*: 2nd in 100 IM, 3rd in 50 Free, and 5th in 25 Fly.
- Alma Hurlocker (14)*: 1st in 100 Back & 100 Breast, and 2nd in 100 IM.
- Sarah Johnson (master)*: 1st in 50 Fly, and 2nd in 50 Breast & 100 IM.
- Windy Johnson (master)*: 2nd in 50 Free & 100 Free, and 4th in 100 IM.
- Justin Lin (9)*: 1st in 50 Free & 50 Fly.
- Magnus Leitner (10)*: 1st in 100 IM, and 2nd in 50 Breast & 50 Fly.
- Grace Lin (8)*: 1st in 25 Fly, and 2nd in 25 Breast & 100 IM.
- Leia Lin (8)*: 1st in 25 Breast & 25 Fly & 100 IM.
- Leo Ma (7)*: 1st in 50 Free, 2nd in 25 Fly, and 3nd in 25 Free.
- Jackie Marr (master)*: 1st in 50 Back & 50 Breast & 100 IM.
- Benjamin Minko (10)*: 1st in 25 Back & 25 Fly, and 3rd in 50 Back.
- Eleanora Minko (7)*: 2nd in 50 Back & 50 Breast & 50 Fly.
- Scott Pakin (master)*: 1st in 50 Free & 50 Back & 100 Free.
- Sophia Pakin (12)*:1st in 50 Free & 50 Back & 50 Fly.
- Preslee Robinson (8)*: 1st in 25 Free & 25 Back & 50 Free.
- Damian Scammel (12)*: 1st in 50 Free & 50 Back & 100 Free.
- Qichen Wang (6): 2nd in 25 Fly, and 3rd in 25 Breast.
- Julia Zou (13)*: 2nd in 100 Back & 100 Breast, and 3rd in 100 IM.
- Kevin Zou (12)*: 1st in 50 Breast, 2nd in 100 IM, and 3rd in 50 Fly.
* 38 of these medalists qualified for the 2024 State Games of America National Competition. It will be held July 17-21, 2024 in San Diego, Calif.
Relay Results:
- 1st for Mixed 14 & under 200 Medley
- 2nd for Mixed 14 & under 200 Medley
- 3rd for Mixed 14 &under 200 Medley
- 8th for Mixed 200 Medley
- 2nd for Mixed 14 & under 400 (8×50) Free
- 4th for Mixed 14 & under 400 (8×50) Free
- 6th for Mixed 400 (8×50) Free
- 1st for Mixed 14 & under 200 (4×50) Free
- 7th for Mixed 200 (4×50) Free
- 8th for Mixed 200 (4×50) Free
Congratulations to the swimmers and parents! Special thanks to Los Alamos Aquatic Center for supporting this game! Hopefully, more local swimmers will join next year at this game!
Courtesy/Anna Zhang
Courtesy/Anna Zhang
Courtesy/Anna Zhang
Courtesy/Anna Zhang