Congratulations to Kaitlyn Albertoli for being named this week’s OC Varsity Athlete of the Week.
The sophomore sprinter blazed to victory in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.91 seconds, which was the second fastest timein Orange County history. She also captured the 100 freestyle in 50.32 seconds, seventh in county history, at the Trinity League finals at JSerra. Both times were Trinity League records.
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By Penny Arevalo, San Juan Capistrano Patch
JSerra sent two students to the tryouts for the Olympics team headed for London this summer.
Two now-sophomore girl swimmers from JSerra Catholic School got an early-life Olympic moment last week as they tried out for a spot on the national swim team headed to London this summer.
Alas, they did not make the cut, but considering that they just finished their first year in high school, we’re betting they’ll be back.
The best showing for Katie McLaughlin of Dana Point was finishing 28th in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 1:00:39.
She just barely cracked the top 50 in the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 56.62. She was disqualified in the 200 meters butterfly.
Kaitlyn Albertoli of San Clemente, competed in the women’s 50-yard freestyle, finishing 113th of 154 swimmers with a time of 26.65 seconds.
About 1,800 swimmers competed last week in Omaha for a chance on this year’s summer Olympic team. JSerra swim coach Mary McLaughlin (and Katie’s mom) said only .03 of all swimmers even get the chance to compete.
In a press release, Albertoli said, “I am very excited to have even qualified, I’ve trained so hard to make it and I always strive to have a healthy disregard for the impossible.” She is a JSerra Online student.
Three JSerra Catholic aquatics athletes vie for a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic swim team, at the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, this month.
“Any school would be blessed to have just one athlete qualify for an opportunity to compete in the Olympic Trials, but to have three is overwhelmingly exciting,” said Mary McLaughlin, JSerra head swim coach.
Among the swimmers attending the Olympic Trials are JSerra alumnus Casey Mims (Cal Berkeley), Katie McLaughlin and Kaitlyn Albertoli, both freshman at JSerra and 2012 CIF Champions. All three swimmers have been named Scholar Athletes at JSerra.
“There are a lot of kids that swim in the country but only .03 percent make the trials. Having three JSerra swimmers part of a very small majority is truly amazing,” said Coach McLaughlin.
“I am very excited to have even qualified. I’ve trained so hard to make it and I always strive to have a healthy disregard for the impossible,” said Albertoli, a JSerra Online student.
Katie McLaughlin, a standout freshman at JSerra, was named the 2012 OC Varsity Fan Female Athlete of the Year.
“I am excited to compete in the Olympic trials, and I want to go and have a great experience,” said Katie McLaughlin.
Recently appointed Interim President Rob Dolan said “Mary runs a great program and this is a tremendous accomplishment for her girls Kaitlyn, Katie and Casey all of whom are incredibly humble and grateful. I’m proud and I know the JSerra community is proud of the hard work and dedication that produced these achievements.”
Also attending the 2012 Olympic games is JSerra Aquatics Director and two-time Olympian Julie Swail-Ertel. Swail-Ertel will be commentating on the water polo and triathlon events for NBC this July.
“JSerra is so proud, and we are all rooting for the girls going to the Olympic trials,” said Swail-Ertel, who has attended the Olympics twice as an athlete and twice as an NBC commentator.
Congratulations to the JSerra girls swim team for bringing home the 2012 CIF Championship, on May 12. The swimmers include; Karli Thuen (JSerra Online student), Kaitlyn Albertoli, Rebecca Millard, Katie McLaughlin, and Brittany Kahn (JSerra Online student).
The small team of five finalists, with 14 qualifying entries for CIF won the first girls CIF Swimming title in JSerra history and the first JSerra Division 1 title in a girls sport.
Congratulations to all of the JSerra swimmers for an outstanding season.
For more on JSerra Aquatics click here.
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