Dixon High School's swimmers were the best in the entire Golden Empire League this season.
The GEL recently released its 2012 rankings and Dixon ranked at the top. Swim coach Adrienne Anderson, along with boys coach Gabe Villasenor, have helped Dixon's swimmers hone their skills to become champions, both in and outside of the pool.
"I thought the season was really successful," Anderson said. "We don't have a lot of competition in the GEL, as far as swimming is concerned. We always have a really strong swim team in Dixon."
The Dixon Rams' swim team is comprised of 44 swimmers Anderson said. Recently, the Rams dominated the GEL Championships held Saturday, April, 21, at the Pat Granucci Aquatic Center in Dixon.
The Rams scored the most during the championships with the girls and boys earning 1344 points in 22 events. Dixon swimmers won 15 of the 22 events, according to Anderson.
Overall, Dixon swimmers were ranked first in the eight-school GEL. Dixon's Austin Anderson was named the Varsity Boy MVP, and Coaches Villasenor and Anderson were named 2012 Coaches of the Year (Villasenor for boys, Anderson for girls' coach).
Check out the standings in the attached file.
"I thought it was a great season, the kids swam well," Anderson said. "We had tons of improvement from the lower ranks of the swim team on up."
Since coach Anderson and Villasenor are considered temporary coaches, they will need to re-apply for the coaching position come next season at DHS.
Anderson said she hopes to be coaching the swim team alongside Coach Villasenor, whom together have been coaching swimming at DHS as well as the Dixon Dolphins summer league for nine seasons, next season.
The coaches are preparing for an awards banquet to take place Sunday for the swimmers.
Dixon High School Rams 2012 Swim Roster:
Aikens, Jaida
Anderson, Austin
Anderson, Nate
Bastien, Brian
Brazil, Taylor
Carrazco, David
Ceron, Melissa
Chance, Jordan
Dwelley, Jack
Dyer, Austin
Dyer, Carlene
Ebert, Miranda
Ferguson, Ilana
Ganaway, Katie
Ganaway, Patrick
Garcia, Gina
Gonzalez, Alex
Graham, Sierra
Groves, Larry
Gudino, Monica
Labass, Alex
Larson, Heather
Macchietto, Branda
Madden, Channing
Mathis, Katie
Mayoral, James
Montz, Austin
Moyyad, Armando
Page, Dillon
Poole, Bryan
Pryor, Karli
Quitigua, Franklin
Roberts, Bridget
Rosas, Enedina
Shulman, Zachary
Sikes, Stephanie
Smith, Alyssa
Smith, Jacob
Staiger, Will
Stalie, Rachel
Thomason, Sarah
Tyhurst, Alexis
Vergara, Natalie
Wiley, Evan
