Nov 14, 2009 (Santa Maria) - At the kickoff for the 2nd Annual Duel in the Pool Series, pitting Santa Maria against Bakersfield, Santa Monica and Clovis, SMSC faired well, dominating all but one of the boys comp... Nov 12, 2009 4 SMSC High Performance athletes were recognized by the Santa Maria Times as they signed National Letters of Intent to high level universities around the Nation. All have signed scholarship offers fo... Nov 12, 2009 SMSC High Performance Group athlete Maddie Mastrup was featured today by the Colrado State Rams as one of their newest additions. News link follows: http://www.csurams.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/11120...  Oct 5, 2009 The Presenior group went to a climbing gym for Saturday practice for a little team building. Check out the pictures!! Oct 2, 2009 For those who missed SMSC on the news last night... Yes here is the link, on our website to view the story. Just click on the title and th video portion will open up. http://www.kcoy.com/Global/ca... Sep 6, 2009 New member sign-ups begin the week of September 14. The office opens Monday through Thursday from 4:45-6:00PM for swim tests and all paper work. Make sure you bring a swim suit. Aug 3, 2009 (San Jose, CA) - 1400 of the best age group athletes in the Region, including teams from Mexico, Canada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington brought their "A" games to the 2009 Far Western Age Group Cham... Aug 3, 2009 (Fresnho, CA) - SMSC?s highest ever TEAM finish at the Central California Junior Olympics to date has been 3rd place. At the end of this weekend, SMSC wrote anothert one into the history books with ... Jul 29, 2009 (Santa Maria, CA) - The SMSC age group teams depart today and tomorrow for major age group championships around the state. One group of athletes leaves today for the Far Western Age Group Champions... Jul 29, 2009 (Clovis, CA) - Several team records fell at the CA/NV State Senior Championships this past weekend. The meet featured 1350 swimmers from around California and Nevada. Meghan Zimmer broke SMSC Team Rec... Jul 15, 2009 Congratulations to the following athletes who will be graduating to the next training group, beginning August 31, 2009. Bronze 1 >>>> Bronze 2: Nathaniel Adams Sidney Alter Nathaniel Fernand... Jul 9, 2009 Our Annual Summer Genereal Membership Meeting was held last night at Edwards Community Center. Many thanks to outgoing Equipment VP Allan Granski, outgoing Treasurer Eileen Dickey and outgoing Presi... Jul 6, 2009 UNIVERSAL SPORTS PRESENTS LIVE COVERAGE OF THE U.S. SWIMMING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS Michael Phelps, Dara Torres and More Compete for Spot on Team USA Live Online an... Jun 29, 2009 (Ventura, CA) - SMSC performed well this past weekend at the Southern California June Age Group Championships. Showing up with just 26 athletes and once again, competing against much larger teams, S... May 28, 2009 Aloha folks! This has been a HUGE year for SMSC! Our membership continues to climb, we had our highest ever Junior Olympic finish, our highest number of National qualifiers, awarded the Bronze medal... May 14, 2009 (Los Angeles, CA) - Maddie Mastrup and Erica Brannon joined a long list of Santa Maria Swim Club CIF Champions at the CIF Division IV Championships at Mt. San Antonio College. Brannon, a junior at S... May 2, 2009 (Santa Maria ) ~ Elizabeth Pulido and Andrew Sterns have had some huge record breaking swims in the past year, a few of which were missed by the coaching staff. Andrew Sterns shattered 7 9-10 Boys L... Apr 22, 2009 (Santa Maria) - Santa Maria Swim Club gets the long course meters season underway this weekend with 3 athletes (Jordan Devine, Meghan Zimmer and Josh Prenot) headed to the Speedo Grand Challenge in ... Apr 10, 2009 (Santa Maria, CA) - Meghan Zimmer, an athlete with SMSC from the age of 8 years old, signed a scholarship offer with the San Diego State Aztecs, this past week. Zimmer has enjoyed a long career at ... Apr 7, 2009 (Santa Maria, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club has been recognized for the third year in a row as one of USA Swimming's Bronze Medal teams. The award distinguishes the Santa Maria Swim CLub as one of... Mar 20, 2009 (Orlando, FL) - SMSC continued with some more good swims in the past 48 hours. Rebekah Corbin equaled her best in the 200 Fly. Josh Prenot dropped 4 seconds off his 400 IM, narrowly missing our tea... Mar 17, 2009 (Orlando, FL) - SMSC had a great first day at the 2009 NCSA Junior National Championships with huge move-ups and two team records falling. Josh Prenot finished 27th IN THE COUNTRY in the Men's 1000 ... Feb 24, 2009 (Bakersfield, CA) - SMSC concluded the best Junior Olympic meet in its history Sunday, finishing in 3rd place, just 375 points behind Clovis and 500 points behind Canyons. The team has never finishe... Feb 19, 2009 (Bakersfield, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club strolled into the CSUB Aquatic Complex with the largest Junior Olympic team in its 83 year history on Thursday afternoon. While final results for the me... Feb 2, 2009 Information on our Summer Recreational Swim Team for 2009 has been added under Seasonal Programs! Spread the word! Jan 13, 2009 (Berkeley, CA) - The SMSC Senior Team will head to U.C. Berkeley this coming weekend to compete in the CAL Invitational. The meet is a college format, Trials and Finals meet, bringing together the b... Nov 17, 2008 (Santa Maria, CA) - The 2008 Duel in the Pool between Santa Maria, Bakersfield and Team Santa Monica came to a close Saturday evening with split results between all the participating teams. Combine... Nov 13, 2008 (Santa Maria, CA) - The Duel in the Pool, featuring competition between Team Santa Monica, Bakersfield and Santa Maria happens Saturday at the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center. The meet will occur in 2 se... Oct 29, 2008 SMSC did an outstanding job at the PUMA ABC Meet! SMSC athletes were excellent and dominating the back half of races. Great job to all who attended! High Performance Swimmer of the Meet kudos extend... Oct 20, 2008 The SMSC Swim-A-Thon is approaching! A potluck breakfast, a chance to see how many laps you can swim in 2 hours and tons of fun, all this Saturday from 8:00-11:00AM! Get out there and get those dona... Oct 13, 2008 (Santa Maria, CA) - The 82nd Annual Columbus Day Invitational (we don?t really know how long) wrapped up on Sunday with a strong SMSC showing. SMSC had the largest number of athletes in the competit... Sep 16, 2008 "FAILURE IS ONLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN AGAIN, MORE INTELLIGENTLY." ~ Henry Ford Sep 9, 2008 Tryouts are Tuesday through Thursday, September 9 - 10 - 11, 2008 at the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center . Come out on the pool deck and look for the Santa Maria Swim Club banner. You will need you... Sep 3, 2008 (Las Vegas, NV) - The Santa Maria Swim Club will send four members of its coaching staff to the 2008 American Swimming Coaches World Clinic in Las Vegas, September 4-8. The World Clinic is host to 2... Sep 1, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Monday, August 25, 2008 Contact: Jamie Fabos Olsen (719-866-2340/ jolsen@usaswimming.org ) USA Swimming Readies for Record Growth in Olympic Wake U.S. Team?s Success, Stro... Jul 27, 2008 (Fresno, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club finished 3rd at the Central California Junior Olympic Championships this past weekend. One of the single greatest JO performances in recent memory was led b... Jul 21, 2008 (Bakersfield, CA) - One of the fastest Sectional Swimming Championships in history concluded Sunday evening in Bakersfield with teams from across California and Nevada competing in the 5 day meet. S... Jul 21, 2008 Several SMSC athletes will continue on into post-season competition. Rachael Wahl will head to the U.S. Open, July 28 through August 2 in Minneapolis, before heading on to Oregon State University to... Jul 2, 2008 (Omaha, NE) - Rachael Wahl finished her 2008 Olympiad, competing in the 200m Butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Trials today. Wahl swam the event in 2:16, just slightly over her best time. It was a big l... Jun 29, 2008 (Omaha, NE) - The first contested event for Women t the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials was the 100 Butterfly. Rachael Wahl represented SMSC well, finishing 78th out of 130 girls for the event. Swimmi...  Jun 27, 2008 (Omaha, NE) - The 2008 Olympic Trials are proving to be exciting, and the meet hasn't started yet! Coach and athlete arrived at the Omaha Hilton quite easily only to find that they had lost our room... Jun 25, 2008 USOC announces Olympic Trials television schedule The United States Olympic Committee announced today the television broadcast schedule for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming. Below is... Jun 9, 2008 (Los Angeles) - Many meet records fell at the JEI Invitational this past weekend at the University of California, along with the American Record in the Women's 200m IM, courtesy of Natalie Coughlin. ... Jun 3, 2008 (Santa Barbara) - SMSC came right off the Memorial Day Invitational and headed down to Santa Barbara for the IMx Challenge. The meet measures an athletes versatility across a multitude of events, us... Jun 2, 2008 As per usual, the following groups will adjust their summer practice schedule in order to swim long course in the mornings. This schedule is effective, beginning Monday, June 16 and will conclude Fr... May 29, 2008 EXPERIENCE & ENDURANCE: You Can't Fake Either One. May 26, 2008 (Morro Bay) - Excessive trash talking and boasting over the past year has led to the 1st Annual Coaches v. Swimmers Golf Tournament. The event was held Monday at the Morro Bay Golf Course. Final stan... May 26, 2008 (Santa Maria) - SMSC put another Memorial Day Invitational behind them with teams from Santa Monica and Bakersfield helping to make the local field more competitive. Silver I & II athletes, swimming... May 19, 2008 (Santa Maria) - SMSC continues to garner accolades for a variety of accomplishments. The club was recently named a 2008 USA Swimming Bronze medal team, placing them in the Top 200 in the Nation, a c... May 19, 2008 (Santa Maria) - The High Performance group at the Santa Maria Swim Club has approximately three weeks left until the Janet Evans Invitational. The meet to be held June 6-7-8 at the 1984 Olympic Game... May 19, 2008 Contact: Head Coach Mike Ashmore Phone: (805) 928-9655 May 17, 2008 Santa Maria Swim Club opens doors to summer swim season SANTA MARIA - The Central Coast's premier competitive swim team wil... May 16, 2008 (Santa Clara) - The 45th Annual Santa Clara International Invitational kicked off with several events on Thursday. American and foreign swimming stars abound as the charge to the Olympic Games begin... May 14, 2008 Congratulations to SJHS sophomore Maddie Mastrup who set a new school record in the 500-yard freestyle Tuesday while competing at CIF Masters Championships in Long Beach. This was Maddie?s third tri... May 12, 2008 (Long Beach) - Two SMSC High Performance athletes managed to make it into the Elite 24 for the CIF Masters Championships. The meet takes the best 24 in each event across all of Southern California f... May 12, 2008 (Long Beach) - Casey Bateman, RC Corbin and Julie Hendrick swam into the final session at the CIF Division 3 Finals, this past Saturday evening. Bateman, swimming for RHS, managed best times in both... May 9, 2008 (Long Beach) - Many SMSC swimmers finished out their high school seasons at the CIF Division 4 Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday evening. Karen Hollinshead managed two Consolation final ... May 7, 2008 (Long Beach) - Several SMSC athletes made the leap from prelims to Finals on Tuesday evening at the CIF Southern Section Division 4 prelims. Multiple athletes representing Santa Ynez, Santa Maria an... May 6, 2008 I was HIGHLY impressed by how well our kids did on Saturday and Sunday. Specifically what stood out was the tenacity that the Gold and Presenior kids raced with. No one ever gave up. They were alway... Apr 20, 2008 (San Luis Obispo, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club age group teams got off to a great start to the 2008 Long Course season at the PUMA Spring opener, held on Sunday in San Luis Obispo. SMSC had too m... Apr 16, 2008 (Santa Maria, CA) - Two more Santa Maria athletes signed National Letters of Intent to swim at universities in the Fall of 2008. Rachael Wahl signed with Oregon State University and is expected to s... Apr 7, 2008 The Santa Maria Swim Club Benefit Dinner and Auction is this Saturday evening. Dinner tickets are $10.00 at the door. All funds go to support the Santa Maria Swim Club and its Nationally-recognized ... Apr 7, 2008 (Palo Alto, CA) - Several athletes from the High Performance group attended the Stanford Grand Prix this past weekend, held on the Stanford University campus. Many former Olympians competed at the m... Mar 28, 2008 Preseniors Rock. Mar 10, 2008 The High Performance Group recently returned from the 2008 California-Nevada Senior Championships where they finished 5th on some truly amazing performances. I have selected two female and two male ... Feb 19, 2008 A good portion of the High Performance Group traveled to the NorCal Invitational this past weekend in Folsom, California. The meet was a long course invitational geared towards elite level Senior at... Feb 4, 2008 The 2008 Santa Maria Swim Club Junior Olympic Championship Team is the largest in club history. Thanks to the great coaching efforts of Coach Steve and Coach Matt, the parental support and the hard ... Jan 29, 2008 (Santa Maria, CA) - The 2008 Santa Maria Swim Club Junior Olympic Team will be announced later today on this site. The team will compete February 15-18, 2008 at Bakersfield College against teams fro... Jan 28, 2008 USA Swimming was named one of the 15 most influential sports education teams by the Institute of International Sport. The three year study honored 100 individuals and 15 organizations that have "cre... Jan 28, 2008 SMSC performed quite well (again) at our own hosted Git R' Done meet, the last chance to qualify for CCS Junior Olympics. Swimmer of the Meet accolades for the High Performance Group go to: Josh Pre... Jan 22, 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - SMSC competed this past weekend in the University of California Berkeley Invitational. This is a great "introductory" Senior level meet for many of our athletes. From the High Perfo... Jan 22, 2008 (Long Beach, CA) - SMSC competed at the USA Swimming - Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend. Many meet records were set by the likes of Michael Phelps, Kaitlin Sandeno and others. My Male Swimmer of t... Jan 16, 2008 Our very own SMSC High Performance group will be competing in Long Beach this weekend with Olympians from all over the country. Check the link below: http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewNewsArticl... Jan 15, 2008 The coaching staff has selected Swimmer's of the Meet for this past weekend's PUMA Invitational. From the Presenior group, Caleb Granski represented the boys with 3 new Junior Olympic cuts and many ... Dec 2, 2007 (Atlanta, GA) - Rachael Wahl capped off a great 2007 USA Nationals with a pair of butterfly swims at the Olympic Time Trial meet on Sunday. In the morning session, Wahl swam to a 1:02.63, narrowly mis... Nov 30, 2007 (Atlanta, GA) - SMSC opened up some best times on the 2nd day of competition at the 2007 USA National Championships. SMSC has sent three athletes to the prestigious competition that is one of the firs... Nov 15, 2007 (Santa Maria) - Veteran SMSC athlete Rachael Wahl made an oral commitment to Oregon State University on Wednesday, November 14, 2007. The commitment includes a scholarship of at least 80% and have her... Nov 10, 2007 (Santa Maria) - The 2007/8 Distance Challenge concluded Saturday morning with many new cuts acheived in the 200 - 500 - 1000 & 1650 Freestyles. New JO 500 Free times were acheived by Casey Olivera, Ja... Nov 6, 2007 (Santa Maria) - The SMSC Swim-A-Thon concluded with the athlete party for all athletes that raised money on the pool deck at the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center Monday evening. It was the 2nd most successf... Nov 6, 2007 Zimmer And Mikolajcik Earn GLIAC Honors Second and third Lewis swimmers to be honored this season Nov. 5, 2007 ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Lewis University swimmers sophomore Jared Zimmer and freshman Deirdre... Sep 10, 2007 SMSC will begin new member signups from 4:30-6:00PM on Tuesday and Thursdays, effective September 11, 2007. Bring your child and swim suit so you can try out for group placement. Jul 26, 2007 (Fresno, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club began making history on Day 1 of the Central California Junior Olympics, dominating the 800 Freestyle's across all age groups. SMSC has never been better than ... Jul 20, 2007 (Clovis, CA) - The California-Nevada State Championships conitnued Friday evening with SMSC hanging onto 6th in the Boys/Girls Combined and 3rd place in the Women's division. Rachael Wahl swam to a 5:... Jul 19, 2007 (Clovis, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club maintained a spot in the Top 6 at the California-Nevada Championships Thursday evening. Rachael Wahl moved up from 5th to 2nd place in the 200 Butterfly, quali... Jul 18, 2007 (Clovis, CA) - The 2007 Speedo CA/NV Championships began Wednesday evening with the Men's and Women's 800 Freestyles. Over 110 teams from all over California and Nevada with 900 plus athletes will be ... Jun 14, 2007 (Mission Viejo, CA) - The 2007 Swim Meet of Champions got underway Thursday evening at the Marguerite Aquatic Complex in Mission Viejo. Kate Zeiglar broke the meet record in the 800 Freestyle with an ... Jun 7, 2007 As of June 7, 2007, SMSC rankes 22nd in Southern California Swimming and 199th Nationally out of 2800 teams in the Virtual Club Swimming Championships. With long course seaso just getting under way, S... Jun 7, 2007 (Davis, CA) - Santa Maria Swim Club and Pioneer High School Senior Samantha Lougee will sign a National Letter of Intent to swim at the University of California at Davis beginning in the Fall of 2007.... May 24, 2007 SMSC ranks 188th out of 2800 teams in USA Swimming as of May 24, 2007 in the Virtual Club Championships. SMSC was also 6th in the Coastal Section. With long course season just beginning, its almost ... May 15, 2007 News For?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> S WIM PARENT S Published by The American Club Swimming Association ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-... May 11, 2007 In the past 10 years, SMSC has produced many student-athletes that have gone on to swim collegiately. As the SMSC program grows, the number of athletes from SMSC to go off to prestigious universities ... May 11, 2007 (Long Beach, CA) - The first contingent of SMSC athletes to head down to the CIF Championships represented their respective high schools and the Club with outstanding swims on Thursday night at the Be... May 10, 2007 News For?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> S WIM PARENT S Published by The American Club Swimming Association ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-... May 7, 2007 Many of our older SMSC athletes will be heading to the CIF Championships in Long Beach this week, representing their respective high schools. Here is a list of those who qualified and where they are c... May 1, 2007 SMSC released its Summer Program information today. All information can be found under the "Summer Programs" tab at the top of the home page. The Aquabears are the reigning Summer Swim festival Cham...  Apr 27, 2007 (Colorado Springs, CO) - SMSC continues to develop as one of the best and was recognized as such this week by USA Swimming. SMSC was awarded the BRONZE Medal of acheivement for its performances over 2... Apr 20, 2007 This Saturday and Sunday, NBC will air the Duel in the Pool. This is a great opportunity to watch swimming, on TV, with your children. This opportunity doesn't happen to often, so take advantage if yo... Apr 17, 2007 Check out SMSC in the news again! Link below: http://www.santamariasun.com/index.php?p=showarticle&id=2519 Mar 31, 2007 (East Meadow, NY) - Multiple team records fell this past week at the USA Swimming Spring Nationals. They are listed below: 100 Free - Meghan Zimmer - 1:00.21 (ties her July 2005 record) 200 ... Mar 31, 2007 (East Meadow, NY) - Our last day at Nationals concluded today with Jamie Furber competing in the 800 Freestyle, lowering his personal best a few seconds to 8:46. The girls relay team of Samantha Louge... Mar 30, 2007 (East Meadow, NY) - Had some trouble getting on the internet. Our SMSC athletes have been doing well. Our typical day at Nationals involves waking around 6:00AM to head for breakfast, getting to the p... Mar 28, 2007 (East Meadow, NY) - Today has been a day 8.5 years in the making. As coaches we sometimes want things to happen 'right now.' I have been waiting for today for about 4 years! We are finally swimming at... Mar 28, 2007 (East Meadow, NY) - We had another fun evening. Most of the athletes here are going very fast. Meghan Zimmer managed a 16th place finish in the 200 Backstroke with a 2:21, just a little off from her m... Mar 27, 2007 (East Meadow, NY) - We had another easy day today. We had the athletes up at 6:45AM and off to the pool for a short warm-up and to continue adjusting to the pool. The athletes look great and the excit... Mar 26, 2007 (East Meadow, NY) - The athletes at Nationals and I have decided to do a different type of daily update from the 2007 USA Swimming Spring Nationals....so we have presented more of a travel journal so ... Mar 21, 2007 (Orlando, FL) - Lora Lougee and Maddie Mastrup continued to shine in the last meet of the short course season at the NCSA Junior Nationals in Orlando. Both athletes added a few seconds to their first ... Mar 18, 2007 (Bakersfield, CA) - Despite being largely outnumbered with A & B relays from other teams, SMSC managed a 5th place finish with some high level individual performances at the 2007 CCS Junior Olympics, ... Mar 17, 2007 (Bakersfield, CA) - The second day of competition came to a close Saturday eveing with SMSC falling to 5th place. Despite a valient effort from the entire SMSC squad, Santa Barbara and Canyons fielded... Mar 16, 2007 (Bakersfield, CA) - The 2007 Central California Junior Olympics jumped off to a great start for the Santa Maria Swim Club on Friday morning at the CSU-Bakersfield Aquatic Center. Out of 30 swims in th... Mar 16, 2007 (Bakersfield, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club continued a season of dominating and exciting swims, jumping into 3rd place at the end of the first evening's finals at the 2007 Central California Junior...  Mar 12, 2007 (Santa Maria, CA) - The 1st Annual OCS Championship meet was a huge success. 85% best times highlighted the meet for the Novice athletes from SMSC, NCA and Tsunami. The OCS program is a new approach t... Mar 12, 2007 (Santa Maria, CA) - 30 athletes from the Santa Maria Swim Club will represent the team at the Central California Junior Olympics, to be hosted at Cal-State Bakersfield on March 16-18, 2007. This repre... Feb 27, 2007 The High Performance Group of the Santa Maria Swim Club shattered 16 club records at the 2007 Speedo Texas Championships. Broken records listed below: Jason Dupere - 1000 Freestyle - 9:29.88 (old reco... Feb 25, 2007 (College Station, TX) - The Speedo Texas Championships came to a close Sunday evening with huge performances by SMSC, leading to a 10th place finish in the 100 team meet. Only 44 of the teams attendin... Feb 24, 2007 (College Station, TX) - The Santa Maria Swim Club continued the fight for a Top 10 finish this evening at the Speedo Texas Championships. In the Women's 800 Freestyle Relay, the team of Lora Lougee, E... Feb 23, 2007 (College Station, TX) - The morning preliminaries of the Speedo Texas Championships wrapped up with some big swims for SMSC. In the 200 Backstroke, Erica Brannon qualified for the Consolation finals w... Feb 23, 2007 (College Station, TX) - The Santa Maria Swim Club finished the second day of the Speedo Texas Championships tied for 6th place with Texas Gold. Trailing just behind Loveland Aquatics of Colorado and j... Feb 22, 2007 (College Station, TX) - The 2007 Speedo Texas Sectional got off to a fast start with SMSC breaking records and qualifying for higher level meets. The lone event on Thursday night was the 1000 Freestyl... Feb 21, 2007 (Romeoville, IL) - Current Lewis University swimmer and SMSC alumni, Jared Zimmer, swam to a 15:53 in the 1650 Freestyle, qualifying for the NCAA National Championships next month. Zimmer, swimming in... Feb 21, 2007 (College Station, TX) - The 2007 Speedo Texas Sectional Championships begin Thursday afternoon at the Texas A&M University Natatorium. The meet runs through Sunday evening, with nearly 800 athletes fr... Feb 6, 2007 (Bakersfield,CA) - SMSC performed well at the Bakersfield Pentathlon and 10-under Thunder competition this past weekend in Bakersfield. In the 10-under competition, SMSC was represented by Colter Knig... Jan 29, 2007 SMSC's Meghan Zimmer on front page of the Santa Maria Times! Check it out! http://www.santamariatimes.com/articles/2007/01/26/sports/sports18.txt Jan 14, 2007 (Long Beach, CA) - Natalie Coughlin broke her own American and U.S. Open record in the 200-yard freestyle Sunday night at the 2007 Toyota Southern California Grand Prix of Swimming, turning in a time ... Jan 13, 2007 (Long Beach, CA) - The 2007 USA Grand Prix continued in style with Natalie Coughlin narrowly missing the American Record in the 100 yard freestyle. Coughlin turned in a 47.03, missing the 47.00 record... Jan 13, 2007 (Berkeley, CA) - The University of California-Berkeley Invitational got off to a great start for SMSC with most athletes making finals. Events contested included the 200 Free Relay, 500 Freestyle, 200... Jan 12, 2007 (Long Beach, CA) - The 2007 USA Swimming Grand Prix began today in Long Beach with the Men's and Women's 1000 Freestyles. 2004 Olympian Kaitlin Sandeno won the event on the women's side, while Ous Mel... Jan 8, 2007 (Napa, CA) - The Pacific Swimming Coaches Clinic, hosted by NorCal Swim Shop concluded Sunday evening. The Coaches Clinic, with coaches from all over California, Nevada and beyond is 2 days of talks b... Dec 16, 2006 (Santa Maria) - Silver Group Coach Ryan Drom was honored at the Allan Hancock College EMT Academy graduation for heroism on Friday. Coach Ryan, who also works at Olive Garden, was serving one evening ... Dec 8, 2006 (Long Beach, CA) - The 2006 Winter AA Championships began Friday at the Belmont Aquatic Center in Long Beach, with over 900 athletes in attendance. 10 year old Colter Knight managed 7th in the 100 Fly... Dec 4, 2006 (Federal Way, WA) - The 2006 Husky Invitational came to a close Sunday night at the KING County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. SMSC athletes had their best day of swimming for the meet, with several f... Dec 4, 2006 (Chicago, IL) - Former SMSC and current Lewis University athlete, Jared Zimmer broke the Lewis University school record in the 1650 Freestyle this past weekend at the Carthage Invitational. The articl... Nov 30, 2006 (Fedreral Way, WA) - The 58th Annual University of Washington Husky Invitational kicked off Thursday night at the KING County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. The facility has been home to the 1991 Good... Nov 18, 2006 (Santa Maria) - The 2nd Olympic Conference Splash competition saw some exciting swimming on Saturday morning. Many best times were turned in by SMSC, North County and Lompoc swimmers under clear blue ... Nov 17, 2006 (San Luis Obispo, CA) - Josh Prenot had an amazing evening Friday night at the San Luis Obispo Gobbler Invitational. Going into the 1650 Yard Freestyle, Prenot was seeded at 17:44 from a meet two week... Nov 15, 2006 "People are not excellent because they acheive great things; they acheive great things because they choose to be excellent. " "If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done muc... Nov 15, 2006 Gold Group Coach Cathy Cooley will be moving on to bigger things as of Thursday, November 16. Cathy has coached with SMSC for over 15 years - 9 with Coach Mike and 6 at SMSC. In 2000, Cathy took over ... Nov 8, 2006 SMSC in the news. Click on the link below to get to the Santa Maria Sun article. http://www.santamariasun.com/index.php?p=showarticle&id=2062 Nov 5, 2006 (Concord, CA) - The final day of competition came to a close today at the Pacific Trials and Finals Invitational which featured competition between some of the best clubs and athletes in Northern Cali... Nov 4, 2006 (Concord, CA) - The 2nd day of the Pacific Senior Trials and Finals meet drew to a close tonight in Concord. Santa Maria Swim Club opened up the evening's finals with a pair of 200 Medley Relays, the ... Nov 3, 2006 (Concord, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club High Performance Group kicked off the first day at the Pacific Trials and Finals Senior Invitational on Friday night at the Concord Community Pool. Competitio... Oct 24, 2006 Jared Zimmer, SMSC-alum and current Lewis University athlete named Conference "Athlete of the Week" for his efforts against Western Illinois University. Jared, a freshmen, started off the season with ... Oct 20, 2006 KCOY did a story on SMSC this past week, interviewing coaches and athletes about the upcoming USA Swimming Master Coach visit and Olympic Development Camp. The link to view this is located below: ht... Oct 20, 2006 (Corvallis, OR) - Dena Lougee, distinguished SMSC-alumi, is 2 months into representing her new team at Oregon State University. On October 6, she assisted the Beavers in their opener, flying down to t... Oct 20, 2006 (Santa Maria) - Antonio McNeil was selected by the Santa MAria SUN as their "Athlete of the Week" for his efforts with the Santa Maria High School Water Polo Team. In the article, Antonio mentions swi... Oct 20, 2006 (Santa Maria) - The 1st Olympic Conference Splash season kicked off with a bang on Friday evening at the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center with over 55 athletes from SMSC participating. The Olympic Conferenc... Oct 17, 2006 LOCATION: Edwards Community Center, located adjacent to Pioneer High School. 6:30-8:30PM. Main gym. Athletes, parents and coaches are all welcome and encouraged to attend. (Santa Maria) - The Santa... Oct 16, 2006 Click on the link below for an article on former SMSC alumni Jared Zimmer and how he is faring as a freshmen at Lewis University. The article also mentions SMSC. http://lewisflyers.cstv.com/sports/c... Oct 8, 2006 (Santa Maria) - The Santa Maria Swim Club started off the 2006-2007 Short Course Swim Season in strong fashion. Events were contested on Saturday and Sunday with Conejo Simi Aquatics traveling up from... Oct 4, 2006 The link below will take you to an interview article with 1976 Olympian Brian Goodell. Goodell won the 1500m Freestyle in World Record time. His comments about swimming and what he remembers most abou... |
