SMSC will begin new member signups from 4:30-6:00PM on Tuesday and Thursdays, effective September 11, 2007. Bring your child and swim suit so you can try out for group placement.

(Fresno, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club began making history on Day 1 of the Central California Junior Olympics, dominating the 800 Freestyle's across all age groups. SMSC has never been better than 4th place at the summer championship meet featuring age group teams from the Central Coast and Central Valley. After all events were contested on Thursday evening, SMSC had a solid hold on 3rd place, in front of host team Fresno. Most of the SMSC team contributed to the points, but the 800 Freestyle was where SMSC...

(Clovis, CA) - The California-Nevada State Championships conitnued Friday evening with SMSC hanging onto 6th in the Boys/Girls Combined and 3rd place in the Women's division. Rachael Wahl swam to a 5:02 in the 400 I.M. to earn 6th place. Lora Lougee finished 24th in the same event. In the Women's 800 Free Relay, Wahl, Lora Lougee, Samantha Lougee and Meghan Zimmer swam to a 8:47. Final results were not available at press time. Meanwhile, the Men's 800 Free Relay team of Jared Zimmer, CAsey Bateman, Jason Dupere and Jamie...

(Clovis, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club maintained a spot in the Top 6 at the California-Nevada Championships Thursday evening. Rachael Wahl moved up from 5th to 2nd place in the 200 Butterfly, qualifiying for USA Nationals in 2:16.91. This also broke her own existing team record in the event and left her just .22 off of Olympic Trials. Erica Brannon, competing as the youngest female in the field, finsihed 5th in the 200 Backstroke. Her morning swim set a new SMSC 13-14 Girls 200 Backstroke record. Lora Lougee...

(Clovis, CA) - The 2007 Speedo CA/NV Championships began Wednesday evening with the Men's and Women's 800 Freestyles. Over 110 teams from all over California and Nevada with 900 plus athletes will be competing over the week. Results were not available at press time. However, Josh Prenot set a new SMSC team record in the 13-14 Boys 800 Freestyle with an 8:57. The previous record was 9:08, set by former SMSC swimmer and Presenior Coach, Mark Bennett. The meet continues through Sunday.   ><

(Mission Viejo, CA) - The 2007 Swim Meet of Champions got underway Thursday evening at the Marguerite Aquatic Complex in Mission Viejo. Kate Zeiglar broke the meet record in the 800 Freestyle with an 8:18 while two athletes from germany managed a 1-2 finish on the Men's side. Swimming the 800 Freestyle for SMSC: Jared Zimmer - 8:54 Jason Dupere - 8:55 Casey Bateman - 9:00 Jamie Furber - 9:04 James Motley - 9:06   Lora Lougee - 9:32 Maddie Mastrup - 9:48   The meet continues through Sunday with...

(Davis, CA) - Santa Maria Swim Club and Pioneer High School Senior Samantha Lougee will sign a National Letter of Intent to swim at the University of California at Davis beginning in the Fall of 2007. The offer includes a full academic and athletic scholarship. Assistant Coach Rick Henderson of UC Davis Swimming and Diving noted that Samantha was a great match for UC Davis because of her great academic performances AND her qualification for the USA Swimming Spring Nationals. Athletes that combine great academics and great athletic performance are...

As of June 7, 2007, SMSC rankes 22nd in Southern California Swimming and 199th Nationally out of 2800 teams in the Virtual Club Swimming Championships. With long course seaso just getting under way, SMSC is sure to continue to rise up the ranks. This places SMSC as the best team in the Northern part of the Coastal Section. Team rankings in the Coastal Section were as follows: Rank Club Name SCS Rank National Rank 1 Canyons Aquatic Club 6 40 2 Santa Barbara Swim Club 10 87 3 Conejo Simi...

SMSC ranks 188th out of 2800 teams in USA Swimming as of May 24, 2007 in the Virtual Club Championships. SMSC was also 6th in the Coastal Section.   With long course season just beginning, its almost guaranteed that these rankings will change. VCC rankings (in the country) below: Canyons (83rd) Santa Barbara (102nd) Porter Valley (144th) Conejo Simi (146th) CCAT (172nd) Santa Maria (188th) CLASS (327th) BuenaVentura (477th) Rio Mesa (549th) San Luis Obispo (567th) Pleasant Valley (619th) South County (750th) PUMA (779th) Lompoc (844th) North County (1178th)

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