Warriors with their 1st trip to the PCSC Conference Meet (10 Warriors with Personal and Season Bests)

Posted: Feb 20, 2022

By: SID Chase Dodge

Westcliff Swim travelled all the way to Utah to compete in their 1st ever PCSC Conference meet. Throughout the mulitiple day event, Westcliff saw a 9 Warriors earn Personal Best All Time and Season Best scores in their events. The competition lasted from 2/16-2/19. We asked Coach Raney her thoughts of the team and the experience of Westcliff's first conference meet.

Coaches' Notes

"We had 6 Warriors earn Personal Bests: Razann Kotarche- 100 Free, 100 Back; Hanna Hoffman- 200 Breast; Robin Pettersson- 50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Free; Karen Granados- 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly; Jake Ison- 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Free and Daniel White- 50 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast. We also had a lot of Season Bests from: Liz Bouffort- 200 Free, 100 Free and 50 Free; Hanna Hoffman- 100 Free, 100 Fly and 200 Breast; Sydney Hoover- 500 Free; Razann Kotarche- 50 Free, 100 Back and 100 Free; Giuliana Galetto- 50 Free, 100 Free and 100 Back; Karen Granados- 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 50 Free and 50 Fly; Cardin Chavez- 100 Fly, 100 Back, 50 Free and 100 Free.

It was an awesome experience getting to compete in the conference championships this year after not being able to compete and just watching last year. The atmosphere inside the swim complex was electric, extremely loud, and extremely exciting at times. Getting to see all of the teams in our conference at once versus seeing a few here and there really made us feel like a part of the conference for the first time all season and excited to train harder next year in order to bring more competition and talent to the meet next year.

It's always fun to get to travel for an away meet and this trip especially provided lots of opportunities to enjoy being in a different place and see some sights. I think everyone enjoyed the feel of the meet overall. It was very exciting and really capped off the season well.

I am proud of all of the athletes for their efforts, not only just at this meet but all season. The meet went almost exactly how it was supposed to in terms of personal bests and season bests.

We had almost every race each swimmer swam end up beating either a season or personal best and that's a really huge win for me personally as a coach. Each of those athletes earned those times, pushed themselves harder than ever before, to race faster than they ever have before. It was SO inspiring and exciting to see their faces light up when they hit the wall for the finish and turned around to look up at the scoreboard and see their times. That moment, that feeling when you hear the crowd cheering and your teammates losing their minds, look up and see that you've hit your best time EVER, that is a special moment that will live on in their memories for years to come. I hope that they can savor that feeling for as long as possible because they have earned it.

I can't wait to come back next season and see them beat those times again."

Final Team Score from the PCSC Conference Meet

Women - 85 points 14th out of 15

Men- 102 points 9th

Liz Bouffort

Event 5 - Women 200 Yard Medley Relay: 14th, 2:03.02 - 26 Points

Event 25 - Women 200 Yard Free: 27th, 2:00.72 (SEASON BEST)

Event 31 - Women 400 Yard Medley Relay: 13th, 4:32.64 - 28 Points

Event 37 - Women 100 Yard Freestyle: 37th, 55.63 (SEASON BEST)

Event 135 - Women 100 Yard Free Time Trial: 7th, 56.08

Giuliana Galetto

Event 5 - Women 200 Yard Medley Relay: 14th, 2:03.02 - 26 Points

Event 29 - Women 100 Yard Backstroke: 38th, 1:05.54 (SEASON BEST)

Event 31 - Women 400 Yard Medley Relay: 13th, 4:32.64 - 28 Points

Event 35 - Women 200 Yard Backstroke: 35th, 2:29.70

Razann Kotarche

Event 17 - Women 200 Yard Free Relay: 13th, 1:50.34

Event 25 - Women 200 Yard Free: 48th, 2:23.35

Event 29 - Women 100 Yard Back: 42nd, 1:14.05 (PERSONAL and SEASON BEST)

Event 37 - Women 100 Yard Free: 62nd, 1:03.26 (PERSONAL and SEASON BEST)

Karen Granados

Event 5 - Women 200 Yard Medley Relay: 14th, 2:03.02 - 26 Points

Event 17 - Women 200 Yard Free Relay: 13th, 1:50.34

Event 21 - Women 100 Yard Fly: 48th, 1:14.38 (PERSONAL and SEASON BEST)

Event 25 - Women 200 Yard Free: 47th, 2:18.48 (PERSONAL and SEASON BEST)

Event 31 - Women 400 Yard Medley Relay: 13th, 4:32.64

Event 37 - Women 100 yard Free: 61st, 1:02.18 (PERSONAL and SEASON BEST)

Hanna Hoffman

Event 5 - Women 200 Yard Medley Relay: 14th, 2:03.02 - 26 Points

Event 17 - Women 200 Yard Free Relay: 13th, 1:50.34

Event 21 - Women 100 Yard Fly: 46th, 1:10.62 (SEASON BEST)

Event 31 - Women 400 Yard Medley Relay: 13th, 4:32.64

Event 39 - Women 200 Yard Breast: 29th, 2:49.93 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 125 - Women 100 Yard Breast Time Trial: 1st, 1:17.20

Sydney Hoover

Event 3 - Women 1000 Yard Free: 29th, 13:17.68

Event 11 - Women 500 Free: 52nd, 6:26.50 (SEASON BEST)

Event 17 - Women 200 Yard Free Relay: 13th, 1:50.34

Event 33 - Women 1650 Yard Free: 22nd, 22:33.66

Robin Pettersson

Event 6 - Men 200 Yard Medley Relay: 8th, 1:44.04

Event 16 - Men 50 Yard Free: 10th, 21.22 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 18 - Men 200 Yard Free Relay: 9th, 1:30.40

Event 22 - Men 100 Yard Fly: 10th, 52.11 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 32 - Men 400 Yard Medley Relay: 8th, 3:53.47

Event 38 - Men 100 Yard Free: 14th, 47.48 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 44 - Men 400 Yard Free Relay: 8th, 3:21.71

Daniel White

Event 6 - Men 200 Yard Medley Relay: 8th, 1:44.04

Event 16 - Men 50 Yard Free: 37th, 24.88 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 18 - Men 200 Yard Free Relay: 9th, 1:30.40

Event 28 - Men 100 Yard Breast: 19th, 1:14.37 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 32 - Men 400 Yard Medley Relay: 8th, 3:53.47

Event 40 - Men 200 Yard Breast: 18th, 2:54.05 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 44 - Men 400 Yard Free Relay: 8th, 3:21.71

Cardin Chavez

Event 6 - Men 200 Yard Medley Relay: 8th, 1:44.04

Event 18 - Men 200 Yard Free Relay: 9th, 1:30.40

Event 22 - Men 100 Yard Fly: 20th, 56.10 (SEASON BEST)

Event 30 - Men 100 Yard Back: 16th, 58.02 (SEASON BEST)

Event 32 - Men 400 Yard Medley Relay: 8th, 3:53.47

Event 38 - Men 100 Yard Free: 26th, 50.57 (SEASON BEST)

Event 44 - Men 400 Yard Free Relay: 8th, 3:21.71

Jake Ison

Event 6 - Men 200 Yard Medley Relay: 8th, 1:44.04

Event 16 - Men 50 Yard Free: 24th, 22.59 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 18 - Men 200 Yard Free Relay: 9th, 1:30.40

Event 26 - Men 200 Yard Free: 20th, 1:54.14 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 32 - Men 400 Yard Medley Relay: 8th, 3:53.47

Event 38- Men 100 Yard Free: 23rd, 50.06 (PERSONAL BEST)

Event 44 - Men 400 Yard Free Relay: 8th, 3:21.71

Swim & Dive

Warriors with their 1st trip to the PCSC Conference Meet (10 Warriors with Personal and Season Bests)