The Claremont tournament was a huge success in bringing intercollegiate racquetball to Southern California for the second time in WCRC history. The tournament consisted of 19 students (16 men and 3 women) from 4 different schools, who battled across two different divisions (DI and a combined DII/DIII).

Brian Swendseid, of the Claremont Colleges, won the DII/DIII division after narrowly escaping Jeffrey Weiss (Claremont) in a tiebreaker in the semifinals. In Division I, Jon Varona (Fullerton) finished first in the round robin draw, causing a lot of frustration with his vast shot-selection.

The three women showed the guys that they have game. Paige Maas made it to the semi-finals in the Gold division, and Elizabeth Ng won the Red division.

Points Break Down

Thank you to Linda and Joe Weiss for picking up and preparing the food for the tournament.

Thank you to Kirk Jones (head athletic trainer for Pomona-Pitzer) for helping out those who needed ice packs and bandages throughout the course of the day.

Thank you to Jon Varona (Fullerton) for putting together and running the draws.

Thank you to Jeffrey Weiss (Claremont) for organizing the facilities, parking and food, and for running the tournament.

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-- Jeffrey Weiss & Jon Varona, Feb. 23, 2008