2nd Iloilo Dinagyang Age-Group Swim Fest

After soliciting a number of interest from swimmers and parents to take part in this event, our club is confirming its participation in the 2nd Iloilo Dinagyang Swim Fest to be held at the Iloilo Sports Complex, Brgy. Magsaysay, La Paz, Iloilo. This two day (January 23 - 24, Thu/Fri) event is organized by the Iloilo Sea Warriors Swim Club, Inc. This event likewise coincides with Iloilo's famous Dinagyang Festival.

For those interested, it is advised that you book your flights early to avail of the cheapest plane fare. We are currently looking for a reasonable accomodation for our club to stay in and will post this as soon as we have the details.

Should you have questions, please don't hesitate to call any of our coaches or Mr. Noel Legaspi at 09189798130.

See you in Iloilo.

2008 POF NCR Qualifying Games

Some swimmers from our club participated in the recent 2008 Philippine Olympic Festival NCR Qualifying Games held at the Rizal Memorial Pool. It was a 4 day event which started from June 26 - 29, 2008. For a complete list of results, kindly click the link below:

http://www.emermatienzo.com/INDEX.HTML/POF%20NCR%202008%20-%20Results.pdf

Here are some snapshots from this 4 day event.

Swim Videos

Kindly check out the video link I posted at the end of this page. It's got swimming how to's (I guess for us parents). Likewise the video bar on top which should feature our own videos. If you have videos posted on youtube, kindly tag them as "maristbluewave" so that we can access them from this page.

2008 Celebrity Rapids Long Course Swimming Competition: June 14 - 15, 2008

Here are some pictures from the recent competition held at the Celebrity Sports Club. I will be posting the results as soon as I get these from Coach Restie.

MILO Novice Competition: May 31, 2008

Following are the results of the second Novice competition held at the Ultra swimming pool last May 31, 2008 sponsored by Milo:

1. Arrojado, Mark Daniel - 1 bronze
2. De Guzman, Kyle Linus - 1 silver
3. Echavez, Francis Adrian - 4 golds, 1 silver
4. Jacob, Cedrick - 1 silver
5. Pua, Whimpee Khale - 1 gold, 4 bronzes
6. Santiago, Alessandro - 1 silver

Francis Adrian Echavez captured the most outstanding swimmer plum in the 14 year old category.

The team placed 5th overall in the Team Category. Congratulations to all our swimmers!

Speedo Jumpstart Swim Fiesta 2008 Results

Congratulations to all our swimmers who participated in this event last May 24, 2008 at the Philippine Columbian Association 25M swimming pool in Paco, Manila. Two of our swimmers were adjudged outstanding swimmers in their age brackets. Kyle De Guzman ruled the 12 year old age bracket while Cedric Jacob ruled the 9 year old category.

The following are our medalists:

1. Arrojado, Mark - 1 silver, 2 bronzes
2. De Guzman, Kyle Linus - 4 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronze
3. Echavez, Adrian - 3 golds, 3 silvers, 1 bronze
4. Jacob, Cedrick - 4 golds
5. Pua, Whimpee Khale - 3 golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes
6. Santiago, Alessandro - 2 golds, 2 bronzes
7. Sta. Ana, Luis Gabriel - 1 silver, 1 bronze

See related articles from the Philippine Star at http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Sports&p=49&type=2&sec=30&aid=20080601129 and the Philippine Daily Inquirer at http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20080605-140836/Record-field-joins-swim-fiesta.

As a team, the Marist Blue Wave Swim Team placed 8th overall out of 37 team entries. This is despite having an all boys team in its roster (others have boys and girls). Herewith are the team results:

PL ID Team Name Abbrev Points
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1 506 XAVIER SWIM CLUB XSC 1488.50
2 533 ST. STEPHEN'S HIGH SCHOOL SSHS 1406
3 508 PHIL COLUMBIAN ASSN PCA 1333
4 522 GEORGETOWN SPINNER SHARKS GTSS 1030
5 531 ROAS BLUE SEALS MALABON ROAS 1025.50
6 530 GOLDEN FLIPPERS SWIM CLUB GFSC 747
7 515 CLUB MANILA EAST SHARKS CMESC 677
8 535 MARIST BLUE WAVE MBWSC 646.50
9 507 BLUMEN ORCA BOST 406
10 511 TARLAC SWIM TEAM TST 395
11 529 MONTGOMERY PYTHONS MPSC 372.50
12 528 ALABANG SAILFISH ASSC 354
13 521 LCCM BLUE ROYALS LCCM 349
14 524 ELIZABETH SETON IMUS IMUS 242
15 502 AQUA GEMS SWIMMING CLUB AGSC 237.50
16 509 BULACAN BULLSHARKS BBSC 235.50
17 532 ELIZABETH SETON SCHOOL BF SETON 225
18 517 LA UNION BULL SHARK SC LUBSS 184
19 520 QUEZON CITY WAVES QCWSC 171
19 510 KING ORCA SWIM CLUB KOSC 171
21 523 BLUE WAVE SWIM CLUB BWSC 164
22 519 DAPITAN DRAGONS SWIM CLUB DDSC 149
23 537 CASA MILAN CLUBHOUSE CM 134
23 505 CALAMBA PATRIOTS CPSC 134
25 539 MNM SWIMMERS MNMS 130.50
26 512 CELEBRITY RAPIDS SWIMCLUB CRSC 123
27 526 FAIRWOODS DOLPHINS FDSC 103
28 525 PALMS COUNTRY CLUB PCC 100
29 501 STAR MALL ALABANG STAR 87
30 503 SOUTH EASTERN COLLEGE SECST 62
31 516 FLORIDABLANCA PAMPANGA ST FPST 61
32 527 HYDROJETS SWIM CLUB HJSC 59
33 518 BULL SHARKS SWIM TEAM BSST 50
34 514 CORINTHIAN DUCKS CDSC 42
35 540 WACKWACK GOLF & COUNTRY WWGCC 38
36 536 ASSUMPTION COLLEGE AC 30
37 504 AQUAZORD SWIM TEAM AST 5

By the way, I just noticed, there is also a team called "Blue Wave Swim Club" (21st place)... kindly send me (through Coach Restie) pictures for this event so we can post. For a complete list of swim results, kindly check out http://www.speedomeet.tk/.

Olango Challenge: Swim For A Cause

The Gilutongan Channel has been conquered! Last May 10, 2008, three (3) Club swimmers, together with our Coach Restie Cruz participated in the Olango Challenge: Swim For A Cause in the City of Lapu-Lapu, province of Cebu.

This was a 5 kilometer swim across the Gilutongan Channel which started at the Sta. Rosa Wharf in Olango and ended at the Shangri-la Mactan Resort. The Olango Challenge was a PASA sanctioned event from where eight (8) national swimmers will be selected by the Philippine Olympic Committe (POC) to represent the Philippines in Marathon Swimming (5K and 10K for men and women) at the 1st Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia on October 18-26, 2008.

All of our 3 swimmers participated in Event 1 which is the Men's 5K Open Water and we're happy to learn that Edward Batoon, Kenneth De Guzman and the youngest entry (at 14), Christian Espenilla have conquered the Gilutongan Channel.

Herewith are their official times and rankings:

1. Batoon, Edward Joseph (17th) - 1:19:24.24


2. De Guzman, Dominic Kenneth (30th) - 1:37:33.44


3. Espenilla, Christian (32nd) - 1:38:04.36

There were 46 finishers in this event with the first finisher clocking an official time of 1:02:40.26. For a complete list of results, you can browse through Mr. Matienzo's site at http://www.emermatienzo.com/.


To Edward, Kenneth, Christian and Coach Restie, congratulations!

PCA-Speedo Jumpstart Fiesta

Our coaching team has recently announced the qualified swimmers to participate in the PCA-Speedo Jumpstart Fiesta. This is a novice competition tol be held on May 24, 2008 at the Philippine Columbian Association, Plaza Dilao, Paco, Manila.

A Novice Swimmer is a swimmer who has not competed in any inter-club, inter-school, inter-region swimming competition or any competition composed of two or more teams before May 24, 2008 may participate in this meet.

This competition will serve as the baptism of fire for our novice swimmers namely:

1. Francis Adrian Echavez - 14
2. Whimpee Khale Pua - 13
3. Linus Kyle de Guzman - 12
4. Alessandro Santiago - 11
5. Savier Liron Catura - 11
6. Luis Gabriel Sta. Ana - 10
7. Mark Daniel Arrojado - 10
8. Jone Immanuel Rara - 10
9. Cedrick Jacob - 9
10. Miguel Carlo Santos - 10
11. Elyse Andrew Dedal - 12
12. Gene Esequiel Rosales - 11

Herewith are the schedules as shown on the meet invite:

Age Group 11 and above

• Warm-up : 6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
• Coaches Meeting: 8:00 a.m.
• Start of Meet : Immediately after the coaches meeting

Age Group 10 and Under

• Warm-up : 12:00nn – 1:00 pm
• Coaches Meeting: 1:00 a.m.
• Start of Meet : Immediately after the coaches meeting

Good luck and have fun to all our swimmers!