Special to The Enterprise

The Davis AquaStarz Synchronized Swimming Team took home nine medals Ñ and many more ribbons Ñ at the Valley-Foothills Competitive Aquatics LeagueÕs Synchronized Swimming Championship, enough to give the locals fourth place overall.

Conducted July 17-18 at DavisÕ Community Pool Ñ the first time the championship for the VFCAL synchronized swimming teams has been held in Davis Ñ the championship featured costumed swimmers performing synchronized swimming routines and figure competitions for team members ranging in ages from under 8 to 18.

DavisÕ Megan Wong took first place in her age category for figures, followed by teammates Olivia Bristow in second and Emilia Unger in fourth.

Other Davis winners in the novice-figures category included Tara Christensen, fourth; Tess Van Schoor, fifth; and Karla Estrada, seventh. Samantha Diel took fourth for her ages 9-10 group, while Mirielle Peauroi took second and Joanna Hughes was fifth for the 8-and-under competitors.

In the intermediate class, DavisÕ Maddie Peauroi and her older sister Elise took home third-place medals for their age groups for figures.

Alex Wong also won third place in her age category, with Jocelyn Cavins capturing fourth for the youngest group of the more advanced swimmers. Other Davis swimmers placing were Jessica Hughes in fifth and Clara Riggle in eighth.

In routines, Christensen and Bristow teamed up to finish first in novice duets, while Maddie Peauroi and Jessica Hughes took first for their intermediate duet. Maddie Peauroi also won first for intermediate solos.

In other duet routines, Joanna Hughes and Mirielle Peauroi were fourth in the 8-and-under group, and Anna Hollander and Katie OÕBrien finished in fifth for their age group in intermediate duets.

Molly Thomas, Natalie Shuman and Riggle took second place for their intermediate-trio routine, while a trio made up of Alex Wong, Elise Peauroi and Jessalyn Eernisse took fourth for their intermediate-age category. In Novice trios, Unger, Van Schoor and Megan Wong took third place.

The AquaStarzÕs intermediate team routine produced sixth-place ribbons Ñ out of 11 routines Ñ for Thomas, Maddie and Elise Peauroi, Alex Wong, Eernisse, Jessica Hughes, OÕBrien and Hollander. The AquaStarzÕs novice-team routine garnered fourth-place ribbons for Megan Wong, Christensen, Bristow, Estrada, Van Schoor and Joanna Hughes.

The Sunrise Swans won the event, followed by the Fulton-El Camino Stingrays in second, the Auburn Mermaids in third and the Cordova Cordettes in fifth place.

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