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They have been about as dominating as a team can be over the last four seasons, and now they officially have their fourth title to show for it.
The Lady Warriors, laden with senior talent, put the exclamation point on a stellar season by winning the South Sequoia League championship last month at the finals in Taft.
The final point tally had Tehachapi garnering 322 points, followed by second place Bakersfield Christian (266), Taft (238), Shafter (192), and Wasco (71).
“Our girls really had a great season, we have a group these past four years that were leaders for us ever since they jumped in the pool,” said head coach Joey Neptune. “Each season they just got better and better and took the underclassmen under their wing and built a very solid program.”
On the boy’s side, Tehachapi fell by eight points to champion Taft (329), but had strong swims from everyone in a final 321 team point score. Wasco (183) finished in third, followed by Bakersfield Christian (157), and Shafter (118).
“Taft got 29 points in diving and we got zero, and that proved to be the difference,” added Neptune. “But that doesn’t take away at all at the great season our guys had, without a diving team in place to score as many points as we did was a great thing for us. We had a great season overall from everyone, we’re already looking forward to next year.”
SSL Championships - Taft
Boys Team Scoring – Taft 329, Tehachapi 321, Wasco 183, BCHS 157, Shafter 118
200 Medley Relay – Tehachapi (first) 1:46.97
200 Free Relay – Tehachapi (first) 1:34.24
400 Free Relay – Tehachapi (third) 3:55.88
200 Free – Dylan Patton (first) 1:59.41, Chris Marsik (sixth) 2:26.53, Ryan Selga (ninth) 2:31.96, Matt Bloom (14th) 2:59.29
200 IM – Wesley Shultz (first) 2:06.61, Randy Baiza (fifth) 2:32.07, Chad Farewell (sixth) 2:41.12, Brian McKenzie (ninth) 2:46.03
50 Free – Travis Farewell (seventh) 25.47, Travis Hall (eighth) 25.55, Ryan Selga (14th) 27.19, Zac Austin (17th) 34.73
100 Fly – Wesley Schultz (first) 57.20, Randy Baiza (fifth) 1:07.74, Travis Farewell (sixth) 1:09.55, Brian McKenzie (ninth) 1:15.67
100 Free – Michael Halaska (first) 49.85, Travis Hall (eighth) 56.45, Justin Pool (14th) 1:11.90, Aaron Ghiassy (16th) 1:15.01
500 Free – Spencer Williams (first) 6:11.42, Chad Farewell (fourth) 6.44.81, Chris Marsik (fifth) 6:54.40, Cory Hebebrand (sixth) 7:14.16
100 Back – Dylan Patton (first) 57.27, Spencer Williams (sixth) 1:10.68, Zac Austin (11th) 1:35.78
100 Breast – Michael Halaska (second) 1:03.49, Damian Rodriguez (eighth) 1:24.16, Justin Pool (11th) 1:25.82, Aaron Ghiassy (18th) 1:59.96
 
Girls Team Scoring – Tehachapi 322, BCHS 266, Taft 238, Shafter 192, Wasco 71
200 Medley Relay – Tehachapi (first) 2:09.12
200 Free Relay – Tehachapi (first) 1:54.69
400 Free Relay – Tehachapi (third) 4:24.68
200 Free – Sara Brady (first) 2:12.44, Angela Schultz (second) 2:15.40, Gina Silva (seventh) 2:43.43, Katie Birch (13th) 3:02.97
200 IM – Chelsi Dominguez (first) 2:38.68, Kati Chung (second) 2:40.72, Fallen Escoto (sixth) 2:57.38, Carissa Dezubiria (seventh) 3:05.50
50 Free – Angela Schultz (third) 27.99, Paige Woodward (fifth) 29.05, Mia Franco (16th) 40.57, Emma Pazo (17th) 42.72
100 Fly – Kati Chung (second) 1:13.49, Carissa Dezubiria (sixth) 1:34.36, Savannah Rosenberg (eighth) 1:48.62
100 Free – Sara Brady (second) 1:00.30, Fallon Escoto (fourth) 1:06.56, Jillian Pestana (seventh) 1:13.41, Jessica Creten (10th) 1:16.97,
500 Free – Jillian Taylor (third) 6:25.50, Paige Woodward (fourth) 6:53.52, Abby Hood (10th) 8:20.82, Amanda Duke (11th) 8:21.68
100 Back – Chelsi Dominguez (second) 1:12.45, Gina Silva (eighth) 1:22.90, Amanda Wright (10th) 1:28.10, Desiree Hernandez (15th) 1:52.91
100 Breast – Jillian Taylor (fourth) 1:26.14, Jillian Pestana (fifth) 1:32.66, Amanda Duke (13th) 1:53.90