(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 Performance group, Swimmer of the Meet kudos go to:      Jordan Devine - all best times over a cold and rainy weekend with a first time under 2:00 in the 200 Freestyle. Then, just to prove it wasn't a fluke, she did it again in Finals.      Jeremiah Palmerston - according to the coaches was THE leader of...

  (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 the Meet would go to Josh Prenot. Josh, swimming in his first Grand Prix level meet, was not intimidated by all of the pressure and Olympians. Josh managed 4/4 best times, settting new SMSC 13-14 team records in the 200 Backstroke, 400 IM, 1000 Freestyle and 1650 Freestyle. My Female Swimmer of the...

 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/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US&ItemId=1881&mid=3455

  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 new best times. For the girls, Jamie Sahlberg went many best times, including one event, the 500 Freestyle, with her goggles around her neck!! For the Gold group, Daniel Jennings used his recent hard work and attention to detail to make his first Junior Olympic cut in the 50 Freestyle and get very close to many others....

(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 missing the standard for the Olympic Trials in the 100 Butterfly. Wahl returned on Sunday evening in the 200 Butterfly, dropping from 2:16.91 to 2:15.63 to make the Olympic Trials mark by over a second. The 2008 USA Olympic Team Trials will take place in Omaha, Nebraksa June 29 through July 8, 2008.

(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 first tune-ups on the way to the USA Olympic Team Trials in June. Rachael Wahl managed a best time in the 400 Individual Medley, turning in a 4:25 in the event and becoming the 2nd fastest performance for the event in SMSC history. She also moved up from the mid 80's ranking she entered with to mid-30's....

(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 swimming in the 100 & 200 Butterfly and 200 & 400 IM events for the Beavers. Wahl follows another SMSC alumni, Dena Lougee, who is a graduating Senior this year. Oregon State competes in the Pac-10, so Wahl will be competing against CAL, Stanford, USC and UCLA, among others, next year. Head Coach Larry Liebowitz was excited...

(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, Jazer Moreno, Alexandria Kwong and Robby Wright. Casey Bateman managed a 3 second drop off his best 1000 time at 9:52, while Jamie Furber won the event in 9:51. Jordan Devine qualifed for the Arizona Swim Festival in the 1000 Freestyle also. Colter Knight (11) made the 13-14 JO time in the 1650 Freestyle. Tori...

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 Mikolajcik have been named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Swimming Athletes of the Week as announced by the conference office. Mikolajcik recorded two NCAA B times with victories in the 200 freestyle (1:55.18) and the 200 backstroke (2:08.35) in a dual meet with Illinois Institute of Technology and Carthage College on Saturday afternoon. Mikolajcik also swam in the...

(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 successful Swim-A-Thon in club history, raising approximately $17,000! Coach Matt's GOLD group took the group title with just over $4000 and wins the pizza party at a time of their choosing. Way to go SMSC!