SCS Junior Olympic Championships Back On: Mission Viejo To Host This Weekend

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The Southern California Swimming (SCS) Junior Olympic Championships will be held from tomorrow until Sunday, as planned, at an alternative venue after the meet was cancelled at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, Santa Clara Swim Club, due to a City mandate issued as part of containment measures in the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health emergency.

The meet will now be hosted at the Marguerite Recreation Center, Mission Viejo, after much scrambling by organisers and the MV City Mayor, Brian Goodell, the 1976 Olympic 400m and 1500m champion.

Cancellation followed a Santa Clara City mandate to cancel for all organisers of gatherings of more than 1,000 people as a way of helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the number of infections in the area passed 30.

When the SCS Board learned late Monday night that the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center could no longer be the host for the 2020 Spring JO Champs at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, SCS had teams in other communities respond by offering to host the JO Championships this weekend, March 12-15, at their facilities.

The SCS Board met for 2 hours via conference call yesterday after the original meet was cancelled, and the move to Mission Viejo was agreed “after much discussion”.

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Rebecca Lauterbach

4 years ago

Kudos to the meet organizers!!! Way to pull through for the kids!!!!

Katy Bateman Brown

4 years ago

So happy for those kiddos! Hoping Ohio can follow suit??

Monica Remington

4 years ago

Yay great news

Andrea Dickinson

4 years ago

YMCA Nationals in Greensboro NC were canceled yesterday. Any chance they could be back on?

Monica Remington

4 years ago

Reply to Andrea Dickinson

Andrea Dickinson ??

Violet Green

4 years ago

Reply to Andrea Dickinson

We could only hope!

Leander

4 years ago

Reply to Andrea Dickinson

I doubt it. The national YMCA is an incredibly risk adverse organization. It is also a different problem because you would be having thousands of people flying in from across the country for the meet as opposed to just finding a different venue. So, even the great Brian Goodell could not fix this problem.

Jennifer Frasca Kolberg

4 years ago

Reply to Andrea Dickinson

Yes…they are working on it. Just won’t be called YMCA Nationals.

Heather Brouwer Johnson

4 years ago

Reply to Andrea Dickinson

Jennifer Frasca Kolberg -still in Greensboro?

Jennifer Frasca Kolberg

4 years ago

Reply to Andrea Dickinson

Heather Brouwer Johnson yes, from what I heard. Same facility, too. From what I understand they are just looking to see if they can get the staffing and officials to run it.

Heather Brouwer Johnson

4 years ago

Reply to Andrea Dickinson

Jennifer Frasca Kolberg -that would be amazing. I’ll try not to get my hopes up. What a disappointment yesterday.

Andrea Dickinson

4 years ago

Reply to Andrea Dickinson

Our swimmer was disappointed too. Keeping our fingers crossed- not cancelled our hotel room yet

Paige Botts Dyer

4 years ago

Susan Cupler Indrisano

Mike McHenry

4 years ago

Now THATS Leadership…well done, MIssion Viejo!

Diana Chaney

4 years ago

Sr.Sectionals was cancelled in Federal Way, Wa yesterday, too! Wish our swimmers had an alternative?

Gail Peterson Frey

4 years ago

Reply to Diana Chaney

Diana Chaney not enough 50m pools in PAC NW greatly limits options. It was definitely devastating news yesterday.

Angie VanZee Taylor

4 years ago

So much MVN pride!! ??

Nick Cittadinni

4 years ago

Swim on!

Phil Sundahl

4 years ago

Way to go Brian!!! Good luck to all the swimmers!

Dennis Baker

4 years ago

Good job Brian!!

Susan Rapp-von Der Lippe

4 years ago

Great job Brian and MV

Julie Tellier

4 years ago

My son is extremely happy to have his meet back on. Thank you Mayor Brian and Mission Viejo

Bob Perkins

4 years ago

YES!!!

Kiki Farmer

4 years ago

Glad a solution was found for those athletes!!!!!?‍♂️?‍♂️❤️

Leslie Scott

4 years ago

Awesome

Teri Mortimer Lavo

4 years ago

Michael Farmer

4 years ago

Reply to Teri Mortimer Lavo

Great!!! Pasadena is a conservative community, and the pool is not privately owned, which MV is! Glad they could do this. Of course, the Mayor is Brian Goodell, world champion swimmer.

Teri Mortimer Lavo

4 years ago

Reply to Teri Mortimer Lavo

Michael Farmer I saw that. Crazy

Andrew Smidt

4 years ago

Melissa Bigknife Karen Tom Allard SBR Sports, Inc.

Fawn Liu

4 years ago

How I wish our location JO can be back on, too!

Heather Brouwer Johnson

4 years ago

Dave Johnson

4 years ago

Reply to Heather Brouwer Johnson

Heather Brouwer Johnson already found the article! ?

Jamie Johnson Hampton

4 years ago

Great leadership!! Thank you!

Allison Gober

4 years ago

So happy to hear that some people aren’t feared into stopping life!!! #JustKeepSwimming

Now for the YMCA Nationals go figure something out! ??

Heather Underwood

4 years ago

Reply to Allison Gober

Agree! Our ymca states are next weekend…I’m praying nothing changes…have a first time qualifying 7 year old that will be heartbroken if they cancel lol (new york)

Lori Jo McCullough

4 years ago

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Allison Gober

Dave Johnson

4 years ago

Reply to Allison Gober

Lori Jo McCullough Heather Brouwer Johnson

Jodi Robins

4 years ago

Yay! Brittany Bellomo

Concerned Parent

4 years ago

Hate to be that guy, but changing location does not address COVID-19 concerns. Events are being postponed/canceled all around the world as a precaution and to help prevent spreading, yet SCS thinks we’re somehow immune? This isn’t good leadership, it’s negligent. I understand there’s alot of money tied up, it’s effecting everyone.