quick notes. March 25th meet. Monday midnight is the deadline to sign up for the March 25th meet. This meet is for 14&U swimmers who are not qualified for 6 or more JO qualifying times. Which includes all of novice, all of AG and many others. It is a one day meet at UCSD with limited events offered, and shouldn't be a very long meet. Please take the time and sign up before midnight Monday. April 15-16 meet. The next meet for most of the team is one that CAST...

Please read March Calendar - by the way, calendars can be found under the "schedule" tab on the website. Big change on Friday's for AG for at least the next couple of months. On Friday's during the HS swimming season - Which runs through April - we will have the Age Group group practicing from 4:15 - 6:00pm. We are doing this in order to allow those swimmers some interaction and training alongside with the Senior Development group. Besides giving the swimmers more water time, we hope it will open...

Quick notes: 1) Friday PM practice for the Novice Group was incorrectly posted as 5:15-6:00 on the Calendar. (my cut and paste error) It has been corrected back to normal time. It will be at 6:00- 6:45. Corrected calendar here. 2) HSA swim meet this weekend. As you know we have some pretty cold and rainy weather that will continue through the weekend. Please bring multiple towels, and multiple layers of clothing. Swimmers staying warm until just seconds before it is time to step on the blocks can be helpful....

Notes for 2-15 Sr Classic this weekend A small number of swimmers are competing in the SR Classic this weekend. The meet is in Coronado. It is a high level senior meet with over 1/2 of the swimmers attending from out of town. Warmup times: (on deck) Friday 5:30PM; Saturday 7:45 am; Sunday 6:30 am; Monday 7:50 am. Psyche sheet: Estimated timeline: Please note that the finals timeline has been changed to begin at 5PM each day rather than 4pm. Meet notes: Practice changes for this FRIDAY and next MONDAY...

Good Afternoon! Some information on meets, the calendar, and a few miscellaneous other details as well . . . MEETS Our meet calendar for the remainder of Short Course season includes: Feb 17-20 Sr Classic Swimmers attending Sr Classic are: Tilly, Bella, Kasey, and Eva. The objective in attending this meet is to get more racing experience and training and, depending n the swimmer, picking up a FW or FW bonus cut. Swimmers should plan on suiting up in an older, or in a good racing suit depending on the...

Practice Changes for this Friday evening!!!!!! Due to Caoch Dave and Coach DawnElla attending the meet on Friday night, Ben will be running some combined group practices. Please see below: SR and SD - No Changes (4:15 - 6pm) AG: 5-6 pm note earlier time N: 5:15 - 6 pm note earlier time CAST hosted meet last weekend First a quick shout out and THANK YOU to everyone who helped out for the CAST hosted meet last weekend. It was a great success. Everything ran smoothly with only 2 brief...

CAST Hosted BC meet this weekend - Helix High School This meet looks very similar in size to the 12&U meet we hosted at Helix last January. We still have a few jobs (click here) that have not been spoken for. Please be aware of the family service hours policy (a reminder was sent out last week), and use this opportunity to fulfill your hours, help out the team, and have a great time doing it. CAST swimmers should be on deck at 6:50 am. Psyche Sheet Estimated Timeline General...

An Explanation of time standards There is a lot to learn over the years about swimming. Time standards are one of the difficult things that newer swimmers and parents often struggle with. Time standards are used to manage meets, as well as provide swimmers with stepping stones in their swimming. First there are Age Group Time Standards. They are divided by sex and age groupings. 10-U (sometimes 8-U); 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18 (though san diego uses 15-16 times for a 15-18 grouping). They range from C to B to BB...

SR and SR Dev Saturday AM practice As we have announced multiple times this week, tomorrow morning's practice is at El Cajon Valley High School from 7-9 am. Please be on deck by 7. We are practicing with Heartlands advanced age group and sr group which will be a lot of fun. USA Swimming membership All swimmers must have a current USA swim membership in order to practice with the team. If you are new or are returning after taking some time off, please make sure you are registered with...

Because we had some related incidents at CAST over the last year, and because it is an important subject any time of the year – I wanted to send this gentle reminder out and ask that parents make sure your swimmers are engaged in positive, healthy interactions and relationships on this team. USA Swimming Safe Sport procedures are mandated by the US Center for Safe Sport, and include policies for interactions in multiple types of interactions. The following is an adapted & paraphrased recap of USA Swimming’s mandate / policy...