(Chicago, IL) - Former SMSC and current Lewis University athlete, Jared Zimmer broke the Lewis University school record in the 1650 Freestyle this past weekend at the Carthage Invitational. The article can be found below: http://lewisflyers.cstv.com/sports/c-swimonly/recaps/120406aaa.html

(Fedreral Way, WA) - The 58th Annual University of Washington Husky Invitational kicked off Thursday night at the KING County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. The facility has been home to the 1991 Goodwill Games plus numerous U.S. National Championships. The meet includes teams from universities including UC Berkeley, U of Idaho, U of Washington, Oregon State and Whitowrth College. It also includes club teams from Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Orgeon and California with over 500 athletes entered. Along with the 10 athletes from SMSC competing, several SMSC alumni are also...

(Santa Maria) - The 2nd Olympic Conference Splash competition saw some exciting swimming on Saturday morning. Many best times were turned in by SMSC, North County and Lompoc swimmers under clear blue skies. The meet took about 90 minutes to be completed. This was the 2nd of five OCS swim meets. Those athletes from SMSC making at least 4/5 of the meets will earn a trophy at the Championship on March 3. The OCS #3 HolidaySwim will take place at 9:30AM, Saturday, December 16, 2006.

(San Luis Obispo, CA) - Josh Prenot had an amazing evening Friday night at the San Luis Obispo Gobbler Invitational. Going into the 1650 Yard Freestyle, Prenot was seeded at 17:44 from a meet two weeks previous. On the first day of the Gobbler Invitational, Prenot swam to a Texas Sectional Time Standard of 17:06, making the standard by nearly 7 seconds. Coach Steve Lougee was quoted "That's a fairly impressive time for a 13-year old boy. Its all work ethic. I'm really excited to see what happens with him...

"People are not excellent because they acheive great things; they acheive great things because they choose to be excellent." "If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today." "There is no right way to do the wrong thing." "Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." "You can't be common. The common goes nowhere. You must be uncommon to be a champion." The goal at SMSC is to create an environment...

Gold Group Coach Cathy Cooley will be moving on to bigger things as of Thursday, November 16. Cathy has coached with SMSC for over 15 years - 9 with Coach Mike and 6 at SMSC. In 2000, Cathy took over both the Silver and Gold groups. In only a short time, both groups grew to such large numbers that it wasn't possible to coach both groups at the same time, so she moved to the Gold group. In 6 years, Cathy has produced many great swimmers, including a National Top...

SMSC in the news. Click on the link below to get to the Santa Maria Sun article.   http://www.santamariasun.com/index.php?p=showarticle&id=2062

(Concord, CA) - The final day of competition came to a close today at the Pacific Trials and Finals Invitational which featured competition between some of the best clubs and athletes in Northern California. SMSC put together some great final day swims, with Erica Brannon, Samantha Lougee and Meghan Zimmer all racing to 1:00 - 100 Backstrokes. Rachael Wahl swam to a 2:06 - 200 Fly, good enough to qualify 2nd for the finals, while James Motley represented the boys in the same event, swimming to a 2:04. The team...

(Concord, CA) - The 2nd day of the Pacific Senior Trials and Finals meet drew to a close tonight in Concord. Santa Maria Swim Club opened up the evening's finals with a pair of 200 Medley Relays, the women finishing 4th (S.Lougee, Brannon, Wahl, Zimmer - 1:53.20) and the men finishing 5th (Bateman, Prenot, Motley, Furber - 1:51.29). In the Women's 1650 Freestyle, Lora Lougee came from behind for a 6th place finish (17:44), while Maddie Mastrup swam to an 11th place finish (18:13). Meghan Zimmer swam to 3rd place...

(Concord, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club High Performance Group kicked off the first day at the Pacific Trials and Finals Senior Invitational on Friday night at the Concord Community Pool. Competition saw teams from Sacramento, Palo Alto, Terrapins, San Ramon and Pleasanton. On the first night of competition, SMSC scored big in the 1000 Yard Freestyle with Jason Dupere, (7th / 10:00); Jamie Furber (10th / 10:07); Casey Bateman (14th / 10:18) and James Motley (15th / 10:20) all jumping into the top 16. On the women's side,...