July 26, 2017 Irvine, CA - July 26 - Session 1 of the 2017 Junior Olympics came to a close yesterday at the William Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine and surrounding venues with medalists crowned in a variety of divisions. For complete JO information, click here. To access Session 1 results, click here. For Session 2 schedules, click here. The JO Expo for Session 2 is scheduled for today in Irvine, information can be accessed by clicking here.
In the Platinum Division finals, the 18U boys gold medal went to Vanguard who defeated Santa Barbara Premier 14-7 with Northwood downing Regency 10-7 for bronze. In 16U Stanford doubled up Trojan 10-5 to take gold while San Diego Shores edged 680 Red A 8-7 for bronze. 14U saw SOCAL Black win gold with an 8-5 win over Vanguard and Rose Bowl Red earn bronze defeating CC United 5-2. The 12U gold medal game went to a shootout with Vanguard prevailing over Newport Beach 4.4-4.1 and Greenwich Aquatics won bronze defeating 680 Red 8-7. Last but not least in the 10U girls competition Laguna Beach took gold winning 5-3 over Huntington Blue and Vanguard earned bronze moving past Commerce 6-5. For complete Session 1 results, click here.
Also don't forget to visit KLCFotos.com, the official photographer of the 2017 Junior Olympics to see images from Session 1.
Session 1 Platinum Medalists
18U Boys
1. Vanguard - No MVP Selected
2. Santa Barbara Premier
3. Northwood
16U Boys
1. Stanford - Co-MVPS - Alexander Nemeth & Noah Smith
2. Trojan
3. San Diego Shores
14U Boys
1. SOCAL - MVP - William "Liam" Harrison
2. Vanguard
3. Rose Bowl
12U Boys
1. Vanguard - MVP - Zachary Bettino
2. Newport Beach
3. Greenwich Aquatics
10U Girls
1. Laguna Beach - MVP - Sofia Umeda
2. Huntington Beach
3. Vanguard
