Jones, Vorndam earn trophies at swim meet

Six Fallbrook Associated Swim Team members along with coach Sean Redmond spent Oct. 13 at Granite Hills High School for the 14 and Under Pentathlon meet hosted by the College Area Swim Team club, and two of the Fallbrook swimmers received trophies for being in the top eight overall for their division.

Three of the FAST swimmers who did not place in the top eight set personal bests in at least one event.

“They did well,” Redmond said.

Jocelyn Jones took fifth place overall for 14-year-old girls. Emory Vorndam was seventh overall among 9-year-old boys.

Jones is a Marine Corps dependent who recently moved to Fallbrook from Annapolis, Maryland, so she did not have previous times to break for personal records. Jones placed second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.31 seconds, third in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:03.46, sixth in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:25.20, 10th in the 100-yard backstroke with a 1:08.63 performance and 17th in the 100-yard breaststroke which took her 1:23.65.

Jones is currently a Fallbrook High School freshman. Redmond is also the Warriors’ girls water polo and girls swim varsity coach, and Jones plans to compete for the Warriors in both sports. For CIF meets, the 100-yard freestyle is immediately after the 100-yard butterfly, but Jones has posted a time of 25.2 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle. Redmond will likely use her in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle events as well as in relay races.

Vorndam placed third in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 37.55 seconds, third in the 50-yard breaststroke at 44.81 seconds, seventh in the 50-yard freestyle by completing his laps in 34.77 seconds, ninth in the 100-yard individual medley in which he touched the final wall 1:34.04 after the start of the race and 11th in the 50-yard backstroke which took him 45.23 seconds. He set personal records in the butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle events.

Two Vorndam siblings competed in the 14 and Under Pentathlon. Twelve-year-old Amelia Vorndam did not place in the top eight despite personal bests in the 50-yard butterfly, 50-yard breaststroke and 100-yard individual medley races.

“The 11- and 12-year-old girls was really stacked,” Redmond said.

Two other 12-year-old girls set personal records: Tatum Brown had personal bests in both the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard individual medley, while Ava Dowden had a personal best time in the 100-yard individual medley. Luthien Jones, who is also a Marine Corps dependent but no relation to Jocelyn Jones, was also one of the 12-year-old girls who swam for FAST.