Dzelebdzic joins Water Polo staff

Cypress, CA - Uros Dzelebdzic joins the Cypress Charger Women's Water Polo team. Dzelebdzic played at nearby Golden West College,  Long Beach City College before transferring to Queens College in NY to complete his collegiate career.

Dzelebdzic coaches at the Huntington Beach Water Polo Club since 2006 and turns it into one of the most successful clubs in the country. Guiding nine teams in the Top 10 at the National Junior Olympics, including a bronze for Girls U16, two bronzes for Boys U12 and a silver for co-ed U10.   He earned his BS in Sports Science from Concordia University.

Cypress Swim and Dive Team Rewrite Record Board during

As the conference championships came to a close on Saturday, the Cypress Aquatic team had crushed 17 school records, 13 athletes are headed to the California State Championships, and Head Coach Larry Beidler was named Men and Women’s Coach of the Year.

Sophomore Jeff Tsim helped led the team into school infamy, breaking his own records in the 100 and 200 yard fly set in 2009.  Although, Jeff did not stop there; as a crucial member of the Men’s 200 and 400 Medley relay and 200 Freestyle relay, he helped teammates Daniel Adling, Damon Chandler, and Derek Slayton demolish the previous records set in 2009 and 1975.  Jeff will finish his career with Cypress College this weekend at the State meet, swimming in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM.

Conference Champion Damon Chandler swam the race of his life.  Beating everyone in the conference and erasing the 1976 record in the 100 breaststroke.  Going into the State Championships this weekend Chandler will compete in the 100 and 200 breaststroke.  Teammate and fellow breaststroker Derek Slayton will also represent the school in the 100 and 200 breaststroke on the state level.  Following the conference championships Slayton signed with Pace University in New York, he will attend in the fall on scholarship.

The Lady Chargers were not to be denied, led by freshman Jacelyn Youngerman the ladies broke 10 records of their own.  Youngerman took control of the meet breaking school records in the 50, 100, and 200 Freestyle.  Freshman Emily Lehrman had fought all season long to break the 1991 school record for the 100 breaststroke.  Her goal was finally accomplished at the Conference Championships, she also broke the 1991 record for the 200 Individual Medley.

Sophomore Mallerie Lacer and teammates Hannah Warkentin, Emily Lehrman, and Jacelyn Youngerman continued their quest to dominate the Cypress College relay record boards.  The 200 Freestyle relay was broken by the “Magnificent Four” for the fourth time this season with an amazing time of 1:38.65.  They also crushed the previous record set in 1988 for the 400 Freestyle relay by 10 seconds.  Freshman Kelsey Kendall also broke records of her own starting with the 50 breaststroke, she would also aid in the record setting 200 Medley relay, again breaking another school record set in 1983.  All three relays are headed to the state championships this weekend at East Los Angeles Community College.  

Freshman Frank Grey once again was unstoppable on the 1 and 3 meter diving boards.  Grey broke both of his own records and claimed Regional and Conference Champion on the 3 meter board.  Grey along with fellow male divers Josh Arno and Eric Kartchner will compete for top honors at the state championships.  Sophomore Megan Morse displayed her top level skill on the 3 meter board, once again dominating the competition placing first in the Regional meet.  She was also crowned Conference Champion and broke her previous record on the 3 meter board.  Morse along with fellow diver, freshman Heather Ross will represent the Lady Chargers at State this weekend.

With an unbelievable conclusion to the Orange Empire Conference Championships, the aquatics program has yet to disappoint.  This weekend the State Championships will host the top swimmers from across the state.  The Chargers will be ready to display their talents and will once again rewrite the record board.

State Qualifiers

Mallerie Lacer – 50 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle

Jacelyn Youngerman – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle

Women’s 200 & 400 Freestyle Relay – Mallerie Lacer, Hannah Warkentin, Emily Lehrman, and Jacelyn Youngerman

Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Mallerie Lacer, Kelsey Kendall, Hannah Warkentin, and Jacelyn Youngerman

Damon Chandler – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke

Derek Slayton – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke

Jeff Tsim – 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly, 200 Individual Medley

Frank Grey – 1 Meter & 3 Meter Diving

Eric Kartchner – 1 Meter Diving

Josh Arno – 3 Meter Diving

Megan Morse – 1 Meter & 3 Meter Diving

Heather Ross – 1 Meter & 3 Meter Diving

Cypress Crushes Eight School Records at Pasadena Invitational

Cypress Swim & Dive continues its record-breaking run in 2012.

• Final Results | Team Scores 

Jacelyn Youngerman

Pasadena, Calif. - Jacelyn Youngerman led the Chargers record-breaking weekend by being named the women’s Crescendo Award winner of the Pasadena Invitational meet after earning the fastest combined time in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle events.

The Cypress College divers were also off to a good start on Day One with Sophomore Katlyn Anderson clinching a first place finish on the 1 meter board with a high point total of 181.25. 

Megan Morse

As the women’s 3 meter board started a confident sophomore Megan Morse was not to be defeated, never faltering Megan won the event and cinched a spot on the Cypress College record board with a high point total of 216.15. 

The Cypress Dive team was not done there.  Freshman Frank Grey placed 1^st on the 1 meter board with a high point total of 242.70 and 2^nd on the 3 meter board with a point total of 242.70.  Both scores surpass Cypress’ previous dive score records.  With notable finishes by freshman Eric Kartchner placing 3^rd on the 3 meter board with a point total of 193.70.

The record breaking doesn’t stop there, by the weekend’s finish 5 more school records were smashed and a new generation of the Cypress College Aquatics team has solidified their names in the record books.

Sophomore Mallerie Lacer would lead freshman Jacelyn Youngerman, Hannah Warkentin, and Emily Lehrman in breaking two relay records. The 200 freestyle relay was the first event of Friday afternoon.  The ladies were able to touch out the competition and place 2^nd in the relay crushing the previous record set earlier this season of 1:44.00 with an amazing 1:42.81.  These ladies would not stop with one record breaking swim and wanted more.  The 400 freestyle relay was the last event of the meet.  After two days of grinding swims the “Magnificent Four” would rise to the occasion once again and finished 3^rd with a time of 3:48.44 breaking a record previously set in 1987.

As lead off in the 400 freestyle relay Jacelyn Youngerman would break a 24 year old school record of 55.47 for the individual 100 freestyle event with a time of 55.25.  Youngerman would attack all of her races with the same force as she did the relays and finished 1^st in the 50 freestyle and 200 freestyle beating out 150 other female swimmers.  With her outstanding swims Jacelyn was named women’s Crescendo Award winner of the Pasadena Invitational meet with the fastest combined time in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle events.

Jeff Tsim

Out to prove herself, Freshman Kelsey Kendall would not to be denied her quest to break the women’s 50 breaststroke record that had eluded her all season.  Breaking an archaic 1977 time of 33.60, Kelsey placed 4^th overall and her name is up on the record board with a time of 33.23.

The men’s team was not to be outshined.  Sophomore Jeff Tsim set a record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.31 beating the previous record of 56.55 set in 2009.  Tsim also set his personal best time in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.89. 

Derek Slayton

Teammates Damon Chandler and Derek Slayton helped to launch the men’s score by placing 2^nd and 5^th in the 200 breaststroke.  Damon set his personal best as well with a time of 2:13.43.  Both men also scored high in the 100 breaststroke with 3^rd and 5^th place finishes. 

The Cypress team is now looking ahead to the conference championships and then onto the State meet.  It is anticipated they will have the highest point total finishes in recent history.

Swimming & Diving Off to a Good Start

The Cypress College Swimming & Diving team is off to a good start this season. With a fifth place finish and a few records already broken, this could be one of the best teams to swim at Cypress College in quite some time.

Check back for complete recap.

Chargers Place High at Mt. SAC Invite

Jacelyn Youngerman scores a team-high 48 points for Cypress.

Mt. Sac Invitational

• Overall Scores
• Results

Jacelyn Youngerman

Walnut, Calif. - The Cypress College men's and women's swim and dive team had a strong showing at the Mt. SAC Invitational on Friday and Saturday, February 24-25.

Freshman Jacelyn Youngerman finished the day as the Cypress College women's team high point scorer with 48.  Youngerman's 5th place time of 25.76 was the best finish of the meet for the Chargers out of 170 swimmers competing in the 50 yard freestyle'

Sophomore diver Megan Morse earned a second place finish out of 22 diverswith a score of 200.70 - just seven points behind first place. In the 200 yard breaststroke, freshman Kelsey Kendall finished in 3rd place.

On the men's side, Damon Chandler claimed high point scorer honors with a total point score of with 42 points.  His best finish of the day was a fourth place showing in the 100 yard breaststroke where he outs wam 83 other swimmers to crack the top five with a time of 1:00:76 4th out of 87 swimmers in the 100 yard breaststroke.  His time was 1:00.76.

Running a close second behind Chandler in  the mens team point total race was sophomore Jeff Tsim, who finished with 34 points. Tism best finish of the day came in the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.39.

The dive team's leading scorer was freshman Frank Grey with 228.65 total points. Grey out dove 24 other divers in a field of 26 to capture 2nd place, and narrowly missing the top spot by just three points.