Splash Aquatics program wins title

The Splash Aquatics swim team, which trains at Estancia High, won the

Division I title at the Orange County Swim Conference Linda Kamps

Memorial Pentathlon at El Toro High July 17.

With 1,422 points, Splash defeated both Dolphin Aquatics of Laguna

Niguel (763 points) and Cerritos Aquatics (646 points).

After winning Division II of the Pentathlon for the last three

years, including the overall title at the OCSC championships last

year, Splash was moved up into Division I.

“We were worried about competing against these Division I teams

because they have some amazing swimmers, but our kids came through

with flying colors,” said Coach Cynthia Bandaruk. “We are really

proud of our swimmers.”

The girls 15-18 age group swept their division winning every

individual medal and the boys and girls 5-6 division won five of six

awards in their age groups.

The team consists mainly of swimmers from Costa Mesa, Newport

Beach and Huntington Beach.