FAST Kicks Off Long Course Season with Annual Distance Dogfight

Fullerton, CA -- FAST kicked off the Long Course season at the Janet Evans Swim Complex with our traditional Distance Dogfight freestyle meet. We run this meet to kick-start Long Course racing, provide opportunities for the distance Freestyle events (400, 800, 1500), and introduce younger swimmers to those events.
FAST swimmers achieved 118 lifetime best times and tallied 70 new USA Swimming National Age Group Motivational Times!
- New AAA times - 2
- New AA times - 9
- New A times - 7
- New BB times - 31
- New B times - 21
For Evni Bandara, Starry Cho, Iris Chowtham, Laoira Cohen, Lucy Delgado, Dongjoon Kim, Yena Liu, Sophia Lee, Sara Neesen, Jennifer Noh, and Mykel Park this was the first Long Course meet in which they swam distances over 100 meters. Great work, everyone! Nineteen swimmers raced new distance events for the first time.
- Cassius Cho: 800 Freestyle
- Katie Ho: 800 Freestyle
- Hunter Lavold: 800 Freestyle
- Kaitlyn Nguyen: 400 Freestyle
- Bryce Pak: 1500 Freestyle
- Hudson Pak: 400 Freestyle
- Laura Perez Redondo: 400 Freestyle, 800 Freestyle
- Victoria Ruge: 1500 Freestyle
- Milan Tran: 400 Freestyle, 800 Freestyle
- Nicholas Trobaugh: 400 Freestyle
- Cadis Wang: 400 Freestyle
- Declan Wang: 400 Freestyle
- Morganne Wanke: 1500 Freestyle
- Cora Woodward: 400 Freestyle
- Olivia Woodward: 1500 Freestyle
- William Yeo: 400 Freestyle, 800 Freestyle
- Caleb Yoo: 1500 Freestyle
- Lucas Zhang: 400 Freestyle
Twenty-eight swimmers posted lifetime bests in one or more events. Congratulations to Elizabeth Barnhart, Cassius Cho, Laiora Cohen, Abby Guevara, Katie Ho, Kevin Ho, Dylan Khajavi, Hunter Lavold, Aileen Lee, Kaitlyn Nguyen, Bryce Pak, Hudson Pak, Rhett Parker, Rohan Parker, Victoria Ruge, Finn Shook, Toby Swanson, James Sy, Milan Tran, Nicholas Trobaugh, Cadis Wang, Declan Wang, Morganne Wanke, Cora Woodward, Olivia Woodward, William Yeo, Lucas Zhang, and Luwen Zhang!
Complete results can be viewed
here.