Thursday, April 25, 2024

CMS Surf Team Finishes Strong at Ocean Beach Competition

Rylie Brenden, Shane Gillard and Jesse Smith all made the finals in longboard competition.  Photo credit:  Elsie Hammond

The Coronado Middle School surf team headed to Ocean Beach (Avalanche) to compete in the first tournament put on by Scholastic Surf Series.  They placed 6th out of nine teams and three individuals made the final for boys and girls longboard.  Rylie Brenden placed sixth and Jesse Hill placed fifth in their final and Shane Gillard placed sixth in his final.

Coach Mike Gillard is coaching the CMS squad this year and commented on the extremely difficult conditions of the event:  “Big challenging conditions and everyone gave it 100%”.  Their next event will be November 18th at Oceanside Harbor.

Here are the full results:

Team Results Div 2 Points
1. Oceanside 184
2. Oak Crest “B” 158
2. Valley “B” 112
4. Pacific Beach 107
5. Sanderling 104
6. Coronado 95
7. Calavera Hills 85
8. Classical Academy 41
9. High Tech 8

Individual Results Div 2
Boys Shortboard
1. Ryan Risko, Oceanside
2. Sage Stern, Sanderling
3. Timothy Fandey, Calavera Hills
4. Shea Kunta, Oak Crest “B”
5. Timothy Simmers, Oceanside
6. Ryder Smith, Oceanside

Boys Longboard
1. Wyatt Tudor, Oak Crest “B”
2. Sebastian Sanders, Valley “B”
3. Gage Eaton, Pacific Beach
4. Steven Leste, Oceanside
5. William Kreissig, Oceanside
6. Shane Gillard, Coronado

Girls Shortboard
1. Skylie Knowles, Oceanside
2. Mallory Oien, Oak Crest “B”
3. Taylor Cunningham, Oceanside
4. Jane Roloff, Pacific Beach
5. Elena Olszak, Oak Crest “B”
6. Lucia Meza, Pacific Beach

Girls Longboard
1. Star D’Elia, Oceanside
2. Zoe Zentic, Oceanside
3. Cami Currie, Oak Crest “B”
4. Avalon Besso, Calavera Hills
5. Jesse Hill, Coronado
6. Rylie Brendek, Coronado

Coed Bodyboard
1. Steven Leste, Oceanside
2. Noah Berry, Valley “B”
3. Kaleb Dasher, Sanderling
4. Curren Brown, Valley “B”
5. Laughlin McDermitt, Oak Crest “B”
6. Dylan Jones, Calavera Hills

Here are the remaining events – click here to learn more.



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