Jared Zimmer, SMSC-alum and current Lewis University athlete named Conference "Athlete of the Week" for his efforts against Western Illinois University. Jared, a freshmen, started off the season with wins in the 500 Free (4:51) and 1000 Free (10:01).   Jared and the Flyers head next to the Eastern Washington Invitational on November 3-4, 3006. Way to go Jared! http://lewisflyers.cstv.com/sports/c-swimonly/recaps/102306aaa.html

(Santa Maria) - Antonio McNeil was selected by the Santa MAria SUN as their "Athlete of the Week" for his efforts with the Santa Maria High School Water Polo Team. In the article, Antonio mentions swimming with the club as one of his keys to success in both water polo and swimming. Antonio currently trains in the High Performance Group under Coach Mike. Congrats Antonio!!

(Corvallis, OR) - Dena Lougee, distinguished SMSC-alumi, is 2 months into representing her new team at Oregon State University. On October 6, she assisted the Beavers in their opener, flying down to take on the Stanford Cardinal. Then, on October 13 & 14, she traveled to California once again to help the Beavers take on UCLA and UC-Santa Barbara on the 13th, then followed up on the 14th with a triple meet against Cal-State Northridge (featuring another alumni - Katlin Phillips) and the University of Southern California. Dena is finding...

KCOY did a story on SMSC this past week, interviewing coaches and athletes about the upcoming USA Swimming Master Coach visit and Olympic Development Camp. The link to view this is located below:   http://www.kcoy.com/mediacenter/[email protected]   Check it out! Great job SMSC! Kudos to Jennifer Best for getting their attention.

(Santa Maria) - The 1st Olympic Conference Splash season kicked off with a bang on Friday evening at the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center with over 55 athletes from SMSC participating. The Olympic Conference Splash (OCS) is an attempt to provide more racing in a fun environment for the Novice level at SMSC. Five in-season meets are held with a culminating championship in March. Those athletes participating in 4 out of 5 in-season OCS meets will earn themselves a team trophy at the championship. Many SMSC athletes turned in best times...

LOCATION: Edwards Community Center, located adjacent to Pioneer High School. 6:30-8:30PM. Main gym. Athletes, parents and coaches are all welcome and encouraged to attend.   (Santa Maria) - The Santa Maria Swim Club was selected this past week for a club visit with Master Coach Bob Steele. The purpose of the visit is to help our swimmers, staff, coaches and parents be "the best they can be." SMSC was selected because of their legacy and coaching staff that will "make things happen." Only about 60 teams out of USA Swimming's...

Click on the link below for an article on former SMSC alumni Jared Zimmer and how he is faring as a freshmen at Lewis University. The article also mentions SMSC.   http://lewisflyers.cstv.com/sports/c-swimonly/spec-rel/101206aaa.html

(Santa Maria) - The Santa Maria Swim Club started off the 2006-2007 Short Course Swim Season in strong fashion. Events were contested on Saturday and Sunday with Conejo Simi Aquatics traveling up from Simi Valley for the competition and joint training workouts with the elite groups of SMSC. Also mixing it up was the team from St. Aloysius of Sydney, Australia. In the High Performance group, great early season swims were turned in by Rebekah Corbin (5:23 - 500 Freestyle) and Meghan Zimmer (59.0 - 100 Back). On the boy's...

The link below will take you to an interview article with 1976 Olympian Brian Goodell. Goodell won the 1500m Freestyle in World Record time. His comments about swimming and what he remembers most about his swimming career are still relevant today.   http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=472&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&mid=791&ItemId=771