3710 Del Mar Heights Road in Carmel Valley •
San Diego, California 92130
Torrey Pines High School(TPHS) is a long-standing academic and athletic powerhouse in
San Diego. TPHS was ranked as one of "America's Top 100 Public High
Schools" in the nation by Newsweek and has garnered CIF and league championship titles numerous
times. Many swimmers from TPHS have achieved Scholar Athlete, All-American, All-CIF and All-League
Team awards.
TPHS is a Division I school competing in the
Avocado League against Escondido, Fallbrook, La Costa Canyon, Mission Hills, and San Pasqual high schools.
Along with the Palomar and Valley Leagues, the three form the North
County Conference of the CIF-San Diego
Section (CIF-SDS).The CIF-SDS swimming/diving season begins
in March
and ends with the CIF final meet in May.
Join our team
All swimmers with a sincere commitment and in good
health and academic standing are eligible to participate. Athletes must
be cleared by the Athletic
Department.
In order to get clearance, you
need a physical, carry an un-weighted GPA of 2.0 or better (based on a 4.0 scale in all enrolled courses), and complete the
Athletic Packet forms. Signed forms
were
due February 1, 2010.
The list of cleared athletes are posted
here.
Cuts will be made after tryouts on 2/25 and the final roster will be posted on the Athletics bulletin board at noon on the 26th.
Independent Study PE (ISPE) Applications for 2010 - 2011 are now available at the
Athletic
Department or click
here to download the PDF.
Practices
The first practice will be Monday, February 22nd.
All swimmers are expected to show up for practice at Cathedral Catholic High School Pool. Workouts are from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Club swimmers must attend one team practice per week.
The first diving practice will
be on Monday, March 1st from 3:30 to 5:30 PM at CCHS with Coach Casey.
Team Policies and Code of Conduct
All student-athletes must review team policies
here.
Congratulations to the TPHS Falcons and Coaches Richard, Jessica and Casey. The women were crowned 2010 CIF-SDS Champions!
The men placed a strong 3rd.
Complete Results:
"I'm so happy for these girls because
they've conducted themselves so professionally,"
Torrey Pines coach Richard Contreras said. "We
have a deep and very young squad, So we could
hang on to this for two or three years."
—Richard Contreras, Coach of
TPHS
5/24
2010 Top Times
Thanks to the tireless efforts of Brian Robinson
who graciously volunteered his time in putting
together all the season results, the Top Times
for 2010 are now posted here:
5/19
2010 CIF Division 1 Prelims
The TPHS swimmers and divers put themselves in a position to win the CIF-SDS Division 1 championships.
The women head into Saturday's finals with all three relays as the top seeds. On the individual
front, the female Falcons
have swimmers qualified for all 8
events.
On the men's side, swimmers are also qualified for all 8 individual events;
and both the 200 MR and 200 FR teams are ranked in the top 6
for Saturday.
Highlights of the evening include the All American-Automatic cuts made by both breaststrokers,
Kelsey Kafka and Jon Wang.
Prelims Full Results:
5/17
All
swimmers who qualified for CIFs will be released
at 11:00 am on Wednesday and are expected to be
at Coronado HS by 12:30pm for warm-ups. Please
note that the meet is scheduled to start at
2:30PM. Divers will be released at 11:00am on Friday and are expected to be at Mesa
College by 1:30pm.
CIF-SDS Cut-off Times
(Prelims): updated 5/17!
CIF-SDS Entries:
5/14
2010 Avocado League Championships
Congratulations to all Falcon swimmers at League
Finals tonight. The Women placed 1st and the Men 2nd (by a close 23-point margin). Next week CIFs!
North County Times article:
Varsity Women: 1st*
TPHS 550
LCC 457
FHS 361
MHHS 211
SPH 199
EHS 132
Varsity Men: 2nd**
FHS 514
TPHS 491
LCC 331
SPH 227
EHS 217
EC 24
*All-American-C times were made in the Women's 200Yd MR (A. de Peralta,
K. Kafka, A. Paris, A. Hermann), Women's 100Yd Breast (Kafka), and the
Women's
400Yd FR (de Peralta,
M. Guo, Hermann, N. Skaggs). Both relay times set new league records.
**Although Jon Wang didn't
match his record-setting AA-A time set at
prelims (:58.12), his time of 59.09 set a record
for league finals.
Photo Gallery:
Results:
Swimmers with CIF qualifying times
(CIF-A and CIF-C):
5/13
Thursday night’s practice is a mandatory all-team (including club swimmers) workout.
5/12
At today's league prelims, Jon Wang clocked an Automatic All-American time of :58.12 in the Men's 100Yd Breast, a time that also sets a new CIF San Diego Section Record. He is headed into Friday's finals as the top seed in the event.
5/11
2010 CIF-San Diego Swimming &
Diving** (May 19th, 21st & 22nd; Swimming Location: Coronado High School; Diving Location: Mesa College) **NOTE THAT THERE IS NO BUS TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED; SWIMMERS SHOULD ARRIVE PROMPTLY FOR WARM-UP.
Admissions:
Spectators
*Swimming Prelims = $9.00 for adults; $6.00 for students/seniors; no charge for children under 5 years of age.
*Swimming Finals = $10.00 for adults; $7.00 for students/seniors; no charge for children under 5 years of age.
*Diving Prelims & Finals = $10.00 for adults; $7.00 for students/seniors; no charge for children under 5 years of age.
*Includes faculty fee.
Participants
Each school that qualifies athletes into Prelims
and Finals will receive at the appropriate
entrance an envelope (to be picked up by coach
only) with one pass per qualifying athlete plus
two tags for coaches. Only coaches wearing tags
may sit at the coaches’ table or be in any
coaching area(s).
5/10
2010 Avocado League Championships**
**NOTE THAT THERE IS NO BUS TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED; SWIMMERS SHOULD ARRIVE PROMPTLY FOR WARM-UP. Swimming @Palomar College: prelims are on Wednesday, May 12th (Meet
Starts 4:30pm, warm-ups @ 2:45pm); finals are on Friday, May 14th (3:30pm,
warm-ups @ 1:45pm).
Diving @Fallbrook: prelims are on Thursday May 13th (2:30pm, warm-ups @
12:45pm);
finals on Saturday, May 15th (Meet Starts 9:00am,
warm-ups @ 7:30am).
Gate Fees: The North County Conference has changed their policies with entrance fees. All spectators will be charged to enter the swim meet during prelims and finals. The fee is to offset the pool fees, officials, and the awards. Adults $5.00 and Students/Children/Senior Citizens $4.00.
5/4
TPHS Vs LCC High
At today's meet against LCC, diver Ryan Gerard broke the San Diego CIF Section's record for 6 dives (242.15). Also notable, the relay team of Allison de Peralta, Kelsey Kafka, Ali Paris and
Nicole Skaggs clocked an All-American Consideration time of 1:49.73 in the 200 MR.
This last dual meet of 2010 rounded out an
undefeated season for the Varsity Women (9-0), both JV
Teams (9-0), and a winning season for
the Varsity Men (7-2). This Saturday, the JV
Women and Men will try to better
their season at Mt. Carmel High; Varsity Teams
begin their CIF title quest at league prelims
next Wednesday at Palomar College.
Varsity Men:
TPHS-113, LCC-72
Varsity Women:
TPHS-103, LCC-83
JV Men:
TPHS-107, LCC-50
JV Women:
TPHS-130, LCC-72
Photo Gallery:
Full Results:
4/30
SWIMMERS: THERE WILL BE NO HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE FRIDAY (4/30/10)
4/27
TPHS Vs San Pasqual High
Varsity Men:
TPHS-110, SPH-60
Varsity Women:
TPHS-111, SPH-60
JV Men:
TPHS-117, SPH-53
JV Women:
TPHS-122, SPH-47
Results:
With one more dual meet to go before leagues and divisions, the Varsity Men's dual-meet record stands at 6-2; the undefeated Women's at 8-0. Next week's meet is against LCC at our home pool.
Swimmers currently with CIF-A and CIF-C times are listed here:
4/20
TPHS Vs Fallbrook High
Varsity Men:
TPHS-92, FHS-94
Varsity Women:
TPHS-115, FHS-71
JV Men:
TPHS-110, FHS--66
JV Women:
TPHS-117, FHS-53
Results:
4/2
TPHS Vs Mission Hills High
Varsity Men:
TPHS-137, MHHS-27
Varsity Women:
TPHS-132, MHHS-51
JV Men:
TPHS-127, MHHS-0
JV Women:
TPHS-140, MHHS-25
Results:
3/31
TPHS Vs Cathedral
Catholic and Westview High
The JV Men and Women took 1st in all but 3 events at Wednesday's tri-meet against Cathedral Catholic and Westview High.
On top of the podium were Casey Williams, Robert Luttrell, Shannon Wang, Sujith Nalabolu, Kelly Harris, Thomas Thomas, Lenny Cheah, Jacqueline Avis, Charlie Bridgeman, Skylar Wiggins, Chris Kafka, Karolina Witczak,
and
Tara Kezic. Williams'
times in the 200Yd Free and 100Yd Fly were both
CIF-C. The JV teams remain undefeated this season.
Diver Ryan Gerard's score of 225.50 broke the school's old 1-meter
record (189.95) set by Gerard in 2008.
Varsity Men:
TPHS-145, CCHS-38
TPHS-TBD, Westview-TBD
Varsity Women:
TPHS-103, CCHS-83
TPHS-144 Westview-42
JV Men:
TPHS-114, CCHS-55
TPHS-126, Westview-50
JV Women:
TPHS-124, CCHS-56
TPHS-TBD, Westview-TBD
Photo Gallery:
Full Results:
3/27
TPHS @MVHS Invitational Congratulations to the TPHS swim
teams for their performances this past weekend.
The women finished a strong 5th among 40 teams at the MVHS Invitational.
Kelsey Kafka's time of 1:07.04 in
the Women's 100Yd Breast garnered the team's top podium finish. The Men placed 10th with the help of
Jonathan Wang's 1st place
in the Men's 100Yd Breast. Wang's time of :59.45 broke the school's old record (:59.65) set by Cody Miller in 2008. Way to go, Falcons!
Varsity Men:10th
Varsity Women:5th
Full Results:
Videos:
3/25
TPHS Vs Escondido High
Varsity Men: TPHS-116,
EH-54
Varsity Women: TPHS-121,
ES-36
JV Men: TPHS-128,
EH-31
JV Women: TPHS-128,
ES-33
Results:
3/16
TPHS Vs Poway
High
Men and Women's Varsity and JV teams victorious
at Poway:
Photo Gallery:
Full Results:
Varsity Men: TPHS-115,
PHS-70
The Men's
Varsity teams
placed first in
both the 200Yd
MR and the 400Yd
FR. Relay team
swimmers
included
Mac Groot, Jon
Wang, Will
Shi, Tanner
Miller,
and Tomo
Kelly.
Number 1 spots in the
individual events
went to Kelly, a double winner in boththe 200 and 500Yd Free; Shi, the 50Yd
Free; Groot, the 100Yd Back; and Wang in the
100Yd Breast.
Varsity Women: TPHS-125, PHS-63
Accolades to the Women's
Varsity teams who placed first on all the
relays. Relay members were
McKenna Garfein, Kelsey Kafka, Anique
Hermann, Margaret Guo, Nicole Skaggs,Ali Paris, and the versatile
Allison de Peralta.
Placing highest on the podium in the
individual events were Eva Pold
in the 200Yd Free; Skaggs, both the 50 and 100Yd
Free, Guo, the 100Yd Fly; Ariel Jordan,
the 500Yd Free; Garfein, the 100Yd Back; andKafka who remains undefeated in the
100Yd Breast.
Junior Varsity
Women:
TPHS-131, PHS-53, Men:
TPHS-133, PHS-40
Both JV Women and Men took
first in the 200 MR. The women's team included
Tara Kezic, Makenzie King, Jenny Sommer,
and Casey Williams; on the
men's were David Balch,
James Papadopoulas, Mark Dang,
and Nicholas Lyon.
Pareesa Haririan
and Robert Lutrell both won the
200Yd Free; Shannon Wang and
Papadopoulas the 200Yd IM; Williams and
Patrick Lenihan the 100Yd Fly;
Melissa Mubaraki won both the 50 and
100Yd Free; Mike Francis the 50
and Lenny Cheah the 100Yd Free;
King and Mike Dashefsky won the
100Yd Back; Milan Ingwell and
Chris Kafka the 100Yd Breast .
JV also fared well in the long-distance events
with Hari Maggs and
Sujith Nalabolu winning the 500Yd Free.
Diving
For
their first meet of the 2010 season,
Jordan Harris, Jarred Moore and
Thomas Thomas
were all 1st-place winners in the 1M dive (6)
category.
3/15
Club swimmers are expected to be present at an
all-team practice 7PM @CCHS.
3/9
TPHS Vs Carlsbad
High:
Photo Gallery:
Results:
Varsity Men:
CHS-87, TPHS-83
The Varsity Men had a stellar meet
with the closest score to Carlsbad in 7
years. Several swimmers obtained CIF automatic
qualifying times. Outstanding swimmers included
Jonathan Wang and Tomo
Kelly. Standout Freshman
performances came from
Kevin Wang.
The relay team of Mac Groot, J. Wang,
William Shi and
Tanner Miller won the 200
Medley.
Varsity Women: TPHS-115, CHS-55
The Varsity Women trounced the defending CIF
Champions. Many swimmers obtained CIF automatic
qualifying times. Anique Hermann
clocked double wins in both the 50 and 100 Free.
Several
impressive swims came from freshman Kelsey
Kafka, Margaret Guo, McKenna Garfein and Ariel
Jordan.
For the Varsity Women's relays, the team
of Jordan, Kafka, Ali Paris and
Nicole Skaggs placed first in
the 200 Medley; the team of
Hermann, Guo, Paris and
Allison
de Peralta won the 200 Free; and the
team of Guo, Hermann,
Skaggs, de Peralta also topped
the podium for the 400 Free.
JV Men
In a tough meet, the JV Menwere victorious by
10 points. Outstanding swims were performed by
Dustin Inada,James
Papadopoulos, and Michael
Karaoglanov.
JV Women
The JV Women also overwhelmingly defeated Carlsbad. Several
outstanding swimmers include Hari Maggs,
Emily Morgan, and Melissa
Mubaraki.
3/2
You may download this
to double check your team apparel order. There were a couple of
swimmers who were not confirmed on the roster
posted last week, so please get your information over to me and I will add you to the list.
Pat and Oscars Team Dinner (Carmel Valley) @6:00
PM
3/24
Rummage Sale
2009 News and Announcements
5/20/09
Personal
best times were achieved by all the boys
participating in CIFs. Mac Groot placed 2nd
overall in the 100 back, and the consistent
teamwork in the relays earned them a 3rd place
finish in the 200 Free Relay, and 4th in the 400
Free Relay. Torrey Pines girls (1:46.72) trimmed
a quarter-second off their record (1:46.97) from
2007 in the 200 Medley. Jessica Schmitt
almost cracked
the two-minute mark in the 200 IM (2:00:16)
while breaking her old record (2:00:94) set in
2007. She also won the 100 breaststroke
(1:01.85), just off the mark (1:01.77) set by
Carlsbad's Staci Stitts in 1998.
5/13/09
Avocado League Championship
Both the Girls and Boys teams again showed their
depth and breath in swimming, by claiming the
Avocado League Championships and proudly
bringing home the team trophies.
Congratulations! Jessica Schmitt
set League
records in her two individual events and helped
the girls team set two relay records as well.
5/08/09
Torrey Pines v. La Costa
Canyon Fast swims and a strong showing by both
the Girls and Boys teams resulted in wins for
them and an undefeated season for Torrey Pines
Girls and Boys swimming!
4/30/09
Torrey Pines v. San Pasqual A strong showing by
Torrey Pines with the team winning 41 of 44
events. Both the JV boys and girls team won
every event.
