(Santa Maria, CA) - After each weekend's swim meet results are sent to USA Swimming, the organization runs a quick simulation that literally pits each and every team in America against each other and re-ranks based on current results. After just a few meet weekends in the 2010-2011 Short Course Club rankings, SMSC is currently ranked 15th in Souther California Swimming and 199th in the Nation. Keep up the good work!

  (Santa Maria, CA) - Josh Prenot will share his story with SMSC Bronze, Silver & Gold athletes on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 5:00PM on the pool deck. Prenot has been swimming for SMSC since the age of 8 and has worked his way from the Gold group to our High Performance Group.  Along the way he has broken countless team records, qualified for Nationals and, this summer, qualified for TEAM USA and the Jr Pan Pac Games. Prenot will share things with our athletes that we hope will...

  USA Swimming ranks age group programs across the country each season in its Virtual Club Championships in both short course yards and long course meters. The season runs from September 1 to August 31 of each year, for both courses. For 2009-2010, SMSC finished as follows: Short Course Yards      SMSC Points     117903      National Rank    271      SoCal Rank        15th      Long Course Meters      SMSC Points     102448      National Rank    271      SoCal Rank       18th Congratulations on a job well-done. Way to go SMSC.

  (Colorado Springs, CO) - USA Swimming released the official 2012 Olympic Trials cuts on Friday evening. Santa Maria Swim Club athlete Josh Prenot managed to have 3 events with just under 2 years left to the USA Team Selection meet. Prenot is currently seeded 16th in the country for his best event, the 400 IM. He also qualified in the 200 Fly and 200 IM. Coach Mike Ashmore thought this was the tip of the iceburg. "We have high teams goals for 2012 and look forward to Josh making...

 (Kihei, Maui, HI) - TEAM USA managed to extend their lead to about 75 points on the final night of competition to clinche the 2010 Pan Pacific Games Championship. Josh Prenot of SMSC represented TEAM USA with a 10th place finish in the 200 IM and a best time, 2:05.2. Prenot finishes a stellar week at the Pan Pacs with 4 lifetime bests, a 5th place 400 IM finish and a 6th place 200 Fly finish. Its likely that when Olympic Trials cuts are released on October 1 that all...

 (Kihei, Maui, HI) - The Junior Pan Pacific Games continued this morning with the day 3 preliminaries. TEAM USA maintains a narrow lead over Australia with two days left to score points. Josh Prenot managed a 19th place finish in the Men's 100m Butterfly, possibly his weakest event at the Games. As the 4th fastest American, he will most likely not swim in the finals this evening. 56.6 is still his 3rd fastest time of his swimming career to date. Prenot looks forward to cheering on TEAM USA this evening...

  (Kihei, Maui, HI) - Team USA and Australia maintain a fierce battle for first with the US team holding just a 22 point lead over Australia. The meet continues through Sunday. Josh Prenot was the fastest finishing American in the 400 IM, finishing 5th in a best time and SMSC team record, 4:22.80. Australia and Japan took the top 4 spots. Prenot managed a 1 second drop from his huge Nationals poerformance where he dropped 5 seconds. Up next, Day 3 preliminaries where Prenot will swim the 100 Fly...

  (Kihei, Maui, HI) - Josh Prenot continued to represent the USA and SMSC well this morning in the Prelims of the 400 IM. Prenot managed to come out of the preliminaries in 5th place and the 2nd fastest American headed into tonight's finals. Larkin and Tranter of Australia, Caldwell of Team USA and Fujimori of Japan make up first through fourth respectively. Prenot's time of 4:25 will need to improve by  a second or two in the evening if he is to move up. Team USA maintains a narrow...

  (Maui, HI) - Josh Prenot is getting a lifetime experience representing TEAM USA at the Junior PAN PACIFIC Games in Kihei. Qualifying 8th in the morning preliminaries, Prenot came off the wall in the final 100 at night to pass Sato of Japan and Dimitriov of Canada to finsih 6th in the Men's 200m Butterfly. Prenot's time of 2:02.50 was the 2nd fastest American time behind Stubblefield who placed 2nd. It was also an SMSC Team Record. TEAM USA leads the competition by only 20 points over Australia. The...

 (Maui, HI) - On the first day preliminaries, Josh Prenot, representing Team USA, finished 8th in the 200 Butterfly, posting a 2:02.97. One other American made the final.  Finals take place tonight with the two Americans and representatives from Japan, Australia and Canada rounding out the field. The meet goes through Sunday.