Orinda Aquatics has achieved remarkable success over its history.  The team has won Junior Nationals, Short Course Sectionals, Far Westerns, and the Pacific Swimming Age-Group Championships.  The team has developed or trained over fifteen Olympic Trial swimmers, developed over 150 National level or High School All-American swimmers, and coached over 1,000 OMPA and County finalists.  Additionally, over ninety percent of our graduating swimmers go on to swim in collegiate programs (Please see 2009 list under Success/College).  And the success of the team has been achieved in a highly personal, supportive, and "character first" environment.  The team recently achieved a Silver Medal Recognition, in the United States Swimmin Club Excellence Program. 

Head Coaches Don and Ron Heidary are ASCA Level 5 coaches for USS and High School, have thirty years of experience at the rec, high school, and USS levels.  Matt Ehrenberger, Head Age-Group coach is an ASCA Level 3 coach and also is the Head Coach and Swim Team Director at Sleepy Hollow Swim & Tennis Club.  Marc Cavallero is an Assistant Coach, is a former national level swimmer, team captain at UC Santa Barbara, and Head Coach at Springbrook. And Dave Schurhoff (not pictured) is the Head Coach of MCC and Co-Head Coach of the state dominant Campolindo High School Swim Team (see bio’s on website)