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McCormick Divers
Becomes a Class Project?
McCormick Divers
was fortunate in being selected to participate as a client in a
student consulting project. A
student team from California State University Fullerton, worked with
us over a school term to help make lasting improvements in our team
operations.
Debby called
them her “Apprentice Team”.
They were very enthusiastic and came up with many terrific
ideas for us to implement. They
also made us a promotional video that we can now send to potential
divers and sponsors. We certainly enjoyed their enthusiasm and
appreciate the interest they took in our team. We hope they learned
something about our wonderful sport as well!
Special thanks
to: Julie Woods, Jeff
Abraham, Jennifer Angel, Jacob Poth, Maria Lizarraga and Shawn
Mermilliod.
McCormick
Divers Give Good Showing At Jr.-West National Meet
Sydney Czaus, Paulina Guzman, Larry Reinhard and Deon Reid traveled
to
St Louis
and drove an extra two hours to the U of Missouri.
The campus was outstanding, very modern and updated and it
looked more like a resort than a college!
There were a few
glitches in some of the travel plans which ended up costly for two
families, but, the results of the events softened the pain!
Just qualifying for Nationals is a
feat in itself.
Larry had the event of his
life in the 16-18 boys 3- meter.
Things started clicking for him the week before the trip and
happily came together by the day of his event!
He was in the hunt the entire competition going into his last
dive in 3rd place. He
had the top scoring 305b in the whole contest!
His degree of difficulty was a little low on his last dive
and he finished 5th.
Top 12 receive medals so; this was quite a break through for
him!
Deon Reid (14-15) 3-meter was a tough event.
He used two new dives in National Competition for the first
time. He ended up 12th
with a medal. On
1-meter, he was determined from the very first dive.
He probably led the first 8 dives of the meet, missed one
dive and ended up 2nd.
This was definitely his highest finish to date with a
legitimate chance to win in both events.
Paulina barely got to
Missouri
at all due to complications with the airlines.
Thank goodness she got there, had her “game face” on and
did an amazing job considering she had no sleep and had no chance to
acclimate to her surroundings. 1-meter
was a good tune up and by the 3-meter event only having a chance to
run through her list once, she did an excellent job focusing, diving
steady and almost won the darned event altogether!!
She ended up in
4th place which was also her highest National finish so
far.
Syd won the warm
ups but too much pressure on herself during the meet.
She learned a lot and is getting some national experience.
She will definitely be bringing home some of those coveted
medals in the future!
I was extremely
proud of our divers and their performances.
Each experience like this teaches some good lessons for our
kids and parents! Way to
Go Team!!!
Stellar Showing
at First Meet of New Year!!!
Well we're
half-way through the 07-08 diving season and what better way to dust
off our diving skills that with a diving meet! March 1st and
2nd was the US Diving Southern Pacific Championships held at Rose
Bowl Aquatic Center in Pasadena. Most of our team was in
attendance since this is the first meet in almost 3 months!
For most of our Novice and beginner divers it was a learning
experience and all the frustrations that come with it.
However, other novice divers had some great contests with E. Newell
coming out on top with a First Place!!
With the Travel
Team it was no exception. D. Reid, competing in a new
age-group this year, took his first double win this year in the
1-meter and 3-meter competitions and showcasing his new 107c on
3-meter! L. Reinhard also joins his fellow comrades atop the podium
in the Group A(16-18) boys event. On the women's side A.
Varela, coming back to competition after a 2 1/2 year hiatus,
stunned the crowd by placing 3rd, just slightly ahead of fellow
divers P. Guzman for 4th and A. Wishner for 7th. On 3-meter,
P. Guzman came focused and also showcased her new 107c which helped
give her the win!! In the Group B(14-15)girls, S. Czaus had an
off day for 1-meter but came back the next day to take 6th. A
trooper to the end, she is also the only one that competed in the
tower event. With temperatures dropping, Czaus did a fantastic
job at being competitive with the rest of the field.
All in all, this
was a fantastic weekend for the McCormick Team!! Keep up the good
work and let's get going for Nationals!!!
Thank You
Hunter!!!
If you haven't heard by now, Hunter
Shafer has accepted a new position with Rose Bowl Aquatics recently.
We here at McCormick Divers want to thank him for all his hard work
and knowledge that he brought to MCD team. We wish him all the
best and good luck at is new position with Rose Bowl Diving.
The
Kids Sports News Network (KSNN) Partners with several of the
AAU’s sports organizations - one of which is the Southern
Pacific Association - AAU (SPA-AAU) to provide Broadcast Coverage
for Youth Sports Events across the United States
Ontario,
CA September
11, 2007 -- With twenty-four hour channels paying homage to the
weather, food, golf and a host of other interests, the time for
the nation’s first twenty-four hour sports channel devoted to
the interest of the youth athlete has come.
KSNN is that network.
KSNN
is proud to announce its partnership with AAU’s national,
regional and local chapters to provide youth sports programming on
national, regional & local television across the United
States. Coverage for many of the AAU’s competitions, SPA-AAU
included will be highlighted on the Kids Sports News Network
beginning on September 24, 2007. Coverage will feature highlights
from many of the AAU’s various competitions hosted throughout
the United States as well as in Southern California. Expect our
coverage to be entertaining with the same glitz and glamour
afforded to sports networks like ESPN and Fox Sports.
In addition, we strive to be informative and educational
for both young children and parents alike.
A
unique aspect of KSNN is that any youth sports participant or
parent can tune in to KSNN and not be surprised to see themselves
or their team’s highlights on the broadcast and can keep up to
date on the scores and highlights of tournament events within
their community as well as across the United States.
Since
our premiere as a youth sports broadcast network in October of
2005, the demand for KSNN to cover sporting events in Southern
California, as well as across the United States has created a
“buzz” in the television industry.
For
more information visit KSNN at www.ksnn.net
or email them at newsdesk@ksnn.net.
Local Long Beach
Team, McCormick Divers returns home with some much wanted souvenirs
On July 23-29th the
McCormick Divers of Long Beach attended the AAU National Diving
Championships in
Orlando
,
FL.
Seven McCormick divers
attempted to stand out in the biggest national diving championship in
history with over 600 divers from all across the country.
Local divers that made the trip include: O. Payne, D. Reid, E.
Montroy, P. Guzman, S. Montroy, A. Wilshner, and C. Salgado.
Five of the divers made it into their respective age-group final, a
feat unto itself. Finals
are comprised of the top 12 finishers in the preliminary/quarterfinal.
Some fields were as small as 15 competitors while others topped
out at 60. “I knew it was
going to be hard but I didn’t think it was this hard!” exclaimed
first time national qualifier Salgado.
“I’m just so glad that I’m here,” said 10-year-old
Payne. “I just happened to make it on the last meet and my mom said
that we can go if I made it. And
I did!” “As always, I want everyone to do their best,”
says Charly Collins, McCormick Divers assistant coach.
“Hopefully next year we can send a bigger team and have a
better chance to have everyone final.” McCormick Divers trains
at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool located in the
Belmont
Shores
area of
Long Beach
and at Martin L. King Pool in
M.L.K.
Park
in
Long Beach
. Training is year-round
and ranges from 6 year-olds to adult-age athletes.
For more information, please contact owner and Head Coach,
Debbie McCormick at: 714-846-6427; by email: diventenis@aol.com
. Or visit www.mccormickdivers.com
.
The
Lee Brennan Memorial/AAU Summer District Diving Championships were
held this past June 29-July 1 in Laguna Niguel, CA. This meet
has always been a great time for the McCormick diving family and all
Southern California divers as we remember a great diver.
However, this year was a bit different. This event was an AAU
District Championship. What this means for our better divers is
that top 3 in each event automatically qualified for AAU Nationals in
Orlando, FL regardless of score. Congratulations are in order
for: E. Montroy, S. Montroy (also getting her FIRST WIN!! :), C.
Salgado (also getting to Nats. with a top 3 finish on 3-meter), O.
Payne (First National visit ever), D. Reid, and A. Wilshner (FINALLY
getting her 3-meter score). M. Vale and E. Curry both put forth
valiant efforts but unfortunately didn't make it here (don't worry
girls, we start training tomorrow ^.^ ). On a side-note, the Spotlight
Event was well attended by McCormick Divers. C. Salgado, D.
Reid, and S. Montroy gave and entertaining contest for the camera's of
Kid's Sports News Network (KSNN). All the divers of the contest
received some face time and was really awesome to see everyone
interviewed. Details of the broadcast from KSNN will be posted
as soon as they are available. In the meantime, please visit the
Photo Album and see some pictures from this great weekend. See 'ya
in Orlando!!
USDiving West Championship
Qualifiers
Congratulation
to our Elite level divers (D. Reid, S. Czaus, A. Wilshner, E. Montroy,
L. Reinhard, and S. Montroy) in placing in the top 8 in their
respective events to qualify to the West Championships in Dallas,
TX. From there the top 6 will advance to the Junior National
Championships in Mission Viejo, CA. When you see them, wish them good
luck and safe travels :)
Deon recently
attended the USDiving Talent Combine at IUPUI in Indianapolis,
IN. This event was open to all 7-13 aged divers in the U.S.
that are of National caliber. Since Deon is our very own AAU
National Champion, he decided to apply and partake in this
event. Unfortunately, he did not get selected but did have
some fun with his parents and Hunter as they saw some of the sights
and sound of Indy. Deon says the Indy cars that were
practicing for the Big Race where Very LOUD! A big
congratulations to Deon for going and applying to this Talent
Combine and we hope that Deon will continue to do dive well
and be the best he can be!
Divers from all
around the country came to Atlanta, Georgia for the first annual AAU
National "All-Star" Diving Championships. The meet
was held at Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, site of the 1996 Olympic
Games for Diving, and among the best facilities in the world.
Our very own Larry, Sydney, Alyia, Surci and Emmanuel took part in
this event and did extremely well!! For the first time in a
year due to injury, Alyia competed her first tower event and made
her qualifying score right out of the gate! Following her
example, Sydney and Larry, both made their scores on 3-meter with
harsh competition. Even though Surci already made her score on
1-meter, She did happen to dive to a 3rd place finish in the Group A
event!! But Emmanuel takes the cake as he wins ALL of his event's
and helps McCormick Divers to take 3rd in the overall Team
Award. Though this meet was in it's infancy, it surely was a glimpse
into the future of the upcoming AAU Nationals in Florida. Keep
up the good work guys!!!
The AT&T FINA
Grand Prix was held in Ft Lauderdale, Florida May 9-14.
Paulina had the experience of a lifetime. She met many of the
top divers and coaches in the world and had the opportunity to
compete with the best, representing Guatemala. We all are so proud
of her!!! 
Even though this was her first
international Senior meet, Paulina came back home to compete in the
CIF Southern Section "Master's" Championships at Belmont
Plaza. Bringing the knowledge and remembering what she was up
against in Florida, Paulina wins the Girls Diving event!!! She
is now officially the best High School diver in So.
California!!!! Way to go Paulina!!!
2006
AAU Glenn McCormick Memorial Diving Invitational was a
HUGE SUCCESS!!! Click here to see the official
results from www.divemeets.com
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