From Coach Chantal: Pre-Seniors: A great first meet for all Pre-Senior swimmers! Huge drops as they got to reflect their previous best times from a year ago and see where they are now at the start of this season! Everyone did well in their meet order of warming up, talking to coach, racing, warming down and coach review. A lot of thoughtful responses on their skill and race strategies. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered at this packed meet of 900 swimmers! And to help with its set...

Spring Age Group Champs: Pre-Seniors arrived prepared to dominate in their respective events! Most of the swimmers returned to finals for all events and placed! It was electric to see the swimmers attack both the prelims and the finals sessions. The 12 year old Pre-Seniors broke team relay records alongside their Age Group teammates in all events. Topher achieved his first and second Sectionals cut in the Breaststroke events. The relay only Pre-Seniors were focused on scoring for the team and had so much fun in their relays, energizing one...

PAC Committee Finale From Coach Joe: There was a storm brewing over in the San Fernando Valley, must have been Swim Torrance making waves. Great swims overall for swimmers who attended. Watching our swimmers race and cheer for each other is very exciting for me as a coach. The skills they have been working on were very evident in the racing. Congratulations to all swimmers who attended! FINALE best of the best in personal best times: Maggie 100 free 1:32.72, Everett 50 back 39.99, Ian 50 fly 37.26, Anicah 50...

14 Swim Torrance Senior swimmers competed at Spring Sectionals in Carlsbad, CA on March 2-5. We got 2nd place in the Small Team Division! Our 6 finalists (top 30) were: Kayla (100 back), Elsie (100, 200 breast, 200, 400 IM), Sohyeon (500 free), Kyle (200 back) Wilson (500, 1000, 1650 free) and Ben (400 IM, 200 breast, 200 IM, 1000 free). Team records were set by Kayla, Elsie, Wilson, Ben and the Girls 15-18/Open 400 Medley relay (Kayla, Elsie, Sohyeon, Janna). Best of the best in personal best times: Kyle...

Many people say that Disneyland is the happiest place on earth. But coaches, swimmers and parents know it is Rose Bowl in late February. Cheers to our swimmers for giving their best effort during adverse weather conditions, and to our parents for their warmth and support. From Coach Chantal: Pre-Seniors: Overall amazing races despite the precipitous weather on the first two days of the meet. Each day the swimmers got more excited and ready to swim fast. Everyone arrived prepared for PAC Champs with warm-clothing, snacks, water, and a great...

From Coach Brian: 28 Swim Torrance SR1, SR2, PS1 and AG1 group swimmers, tired of a long cold, windy, rainy winter, made their way to sunny and funny Chandler, Arizona for the Lost Dutchman meet Feb 17-19. Despite cold mornings, and evenings during the meet, the swimmers used the sunlight on their faces as they got up on the blocks, and the extra vitamin D in their bodies as they moved through the pool, to produce some amazing swims. Hillary swam to her first Sectional qualifying times in the 100...

From Coach Chantal: Great swims from Pre-Senior 1 & 2 swimmers. Everyone communicated well on what their race plans were in their pre-race talks. A lot of confidence in both their plan and execution in their races brought in some best times for the Pre-Seniors. It was exciting to see the confidence and focus in themselves and their races. Thank you to the parents for volunteering in all the needed positions to host the meet. Especially parents who did the Meet Marshal quiz and volunteered for the position in such...

From Coach Chantal: Pre-Seniors: Swim Torrance finished in 8th place as a team out of more than 30 teams. Great racing everyone! A lot of excitement present at the Winter Age Group Champs, even with the three day meet and a bit of chilly and rainy weather. It didn't deter swimmers to put the best foot forward and out touch the competition! Finals swims from Key and Topher in the 13 & Up session with top 10 swims from Daniel, Sasha, Ava, Claire Olivia, Jianna, Kira, and Wyatt in the...

—We had a great meet at Husky Invite in Federal Way, Washington: 16 swimmers went on the SR 1 travel trip and 14 qualified for individual event finals. We also saw some top 8 relays. Kyle made Futures in 100 fly, 100 back. New Sectional times for Kayla in 200 back, Jude in 200 fly, Willy in 100 fly, and Wilson in 400 IM. Sohyeon finished in 4th in the High Point race with 116 points, Kyle was the high scorer for the boys in 8th place with 83 points.

Coach Chantal: Everyone really shined at the meet this past weekend! Not only did several swimmers achieve WAG times and duckies as heat winners, across the board swimmers were dropping times due to their race efforts and skills! All the swimmers were great with the swimmer check-in before warm-ups and getting to warm-ups on time to prepare for their respective meet sessions each day. The feedback and awareness of skills and efforts is growing and I'm excited for everyone's mid season meet in December! Also wanted to thank the parents...