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About Us 

Club History
Threshers was formed in July of 1963 as a part of the Cabrillo College Summer Aquatics Recreation program. Ted Bockman was the original head coach who held the position for twelve years. When Ted retired from age group coaching in 1975, our current coach, Jim Triplett, joined the team. Under Jim’s leadership the team has grown to become a major power in the Coast Valley Aquatic League, Zone One South, and Pacific Swimming. Jim was named Girls’ High School Coach of the Year in 1994 and has also been named the Pacific Swimming Senior Coach of the Year for the 1994-95 season. Jim Triplett was also inducted into the Aptos High School Hall of Fame in 2003. Threshers’ swimmers have participated in all levels of competition up to the Senior National Championships and this year, one of our swimmers will be in Olympic Trials! Threshers also provides the majority of the high school aquatics stars for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League teams.

Organization
Cabrillo Threshers is a non-profit corporation (California registration #D-9764359). Threshers is also an official member of Zone One South of Pacific Swimming and United States Swimming.

The purpose of Threshers has been to provide the community with a superior aquatic program from novice to masters while attempting to keep costs as low as possible. The club offers participants the opportunity to reach their greatest physical, intellectual, social and emotional potentials. Threshers offers a program which assists team members to attain and then maintain the disciplines of hard work, good sportsmanship, perseverance, courage and teamwork through positive goal setting. These attributes are qualities that swimmers can use throughout their lives.

Goals
Cabrillo Threshers has, as club policy, five main goals:

• Develop and maintain a strong multi-level swimming program by providing a coaching staff which can lead our   swimmers to achieve their personal goals. To be successful with this goal the club must have financial stability, strong family involvement and community support.

• Develop a sense of pride to commitment and achievement in each of our swimmers. Swimming can be a very rewarding sport. The lessons learned can help the swimmer achieve successes in life.

• Aim to improve each individual member’s status in competitive swimming. Each swimmer should take part in the periodic swim meets offered throughout the year.

• Aim to foster participation as the key to team performance. The team will do better if everyone participates.

• Aim to develop self-confidence, self-respect, and acceptance of others. Although swimming is seen by most as an individual sport, some of the most important benefits of the sport are those which involve the team.