Palisadian Danny Fujinaka qualified in the 500 freestyle for the National Club Swimming Association Junior Nationals February 14-15 at the San Diego Imperial Senior Swim Classic. The Harvard-Westlake junior was seeded fifth after preliminaries and his time was five seconds away from the Junior National standard. In the finals, Fujinaka, who swims for Team Santa Monica, dropped five and a half seconds and finished fourth. Fujinaka ended his breakthrough weekend by winning the 200 freestyle consolation finals in 1:44.75–three second faster than his previous best time. Thirteen-year-old Jake Feldmann, a seventh-grade honors student at Paul Revere Middle School, qualified for next month’s state gymnastics meet by scoring well at the North Conference Championships last weekend in Van Nuys. Feldman tied for first on the vault, took third in floor exercise and placed fourth in three other events. He scored over 80 points to take fourth in the All- Around competition and led his Broadway Gymnastics Level 7 team to a runner-up finish. Palisades High freshman Spencer Pekar advanced to the semifinals of last weekend’s Morre Tennis Academy Junior Open in Palm Springs. Pekar defeated Bryan Guggolz of Cathedral City, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, in the quarterfinals before losing to No. 1 seed and eventual champion Hayden Tremper of Corona Del Mar. Hailey Dunham, a former volleyball and basketball standout at L.A. Windward High is now a making headlines at USC as a junior guard for the Women of Troy, who began this week 8-6 in the Pac-10. Paced by Palisadians Isabella DeSantis, Katherine Hathaway, Natasha Wachtel and Loren Hart, the Marymount High soccer team edged Monrovia, 4-3, in its opening game of the CIF playoffs. The Sailors traveled to Downey for a second round game Tuesday.
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