Rio Mesa Swimmers of the Meet:   Emily Edds & Marcos Hillje-Enthoven   Aaron Friedrich & Emma Marsalek   Way to go!   Older athletes traveling to CAL Berkeley this weekend!

  Congratulations to Josh Prenot who finished his SMSC career with a 45th and 48th WORLD ranking in the 200 Breast and 400 IM, respectively. Prenot also finished 6th in the 18-under World Rankings for the 200 Breast, 12th in the 400 IM, 17th in the 200 IM and 28th in the 100 Breast. Go SMSC! This was an endeavor that started when the athlete was 10 years old.

  For the 7th consectuive year in a row, SMSC has brought home a USA Bronze Medal. The Bronze Medal status recognizes the Top 200 USA Swim Clubs and how well they develop Senior level talent. Thanks to the efforts of such athletes as Sonny Fierro, Josh Prenot, Elizabeth Pulido and those who came before, SMSC once again stays in the Top 200. Who's next?

If you've been watching this season, our SMSC Alumni are doing big things:  http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/120112aaa.html

  (Santa Maria, CA) - Over the course of the first three meets of the season, area teams have conducted the IMx Challenge to award the most versatile athletes by gender and age group. SMSC finished the competition with a dominant performance, as follows: 9-10 Girls: Sara Brown took 2nd, losing to 1st place by .02! 11-12 Girls: Izzie Fraire took the top honors, followed by Samantha Hazel and Chelsey Kang in 2nd and 3rd respectively. 11-12 Boys: James Hazel took the #1 spot, followed by Marcos Hillje Enthoven and...

  Great swims this weekend at SLO! Swimmers of the Meet by Group: Silver:  Mason Enthoven and Emma Marsalek Gold:  Wyatt Marsalek and Chelsey Kang Junior: Jeong-Soo Park Presenior: Robert Yolar-Gropetti and Victoria Friedrich Varsity/Senior/HP: Paola Hernandez and Casey Kennemann

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  (Santa Maria, CA) - With two meets ccompleted in the Central Coast IMx Challenge, SMSC still has an awesome showing in the Inaugral event. The challenge measures an athlete's versatility across a swath of events for their age group. Now, only the SLO Gobbler meet remains to see who can finish on top in the IMx Challenge. 9-10 Girls 1st place    Emily Edds 3rd place    Saray Brown 9-10 Boys 1st   Asa Marsalek 11-12 Girls 1st place    Isabella Fraire 2nd place    Samantha Hazel 3rd place...

  Swimmer of the Meet selections for the PUMA October Meet, by group as follows: Silver Group Samuel Arrellano & Trinity Hamilton Gold Group Saray Brown & Marcos Hillje-Enthoven Junior Group Ji-Soo Park & Julia Lee Presenior Group Jake Allen & Adrienne Mathieu Varsity - Senior I and High Performance Groups Emma de Goede & Austin Simpson & Elizabeth Pulido

  (Santa Maria, CA) - The three meets that open the swimming season in the Fall (SMSC, PUMA and SLO Gobbler) have an IMx Challenge that runs across all 3 meets. In short, athletes must swim a distance of each stroke, an IM event and a longer freestyle event. It measures versatility. With the SMSC Columbus Day meet behind us and PUMA happening this weekend, SMSC is off to a GREAT start in the first annual event. 9-10 Girls 2nd place    Emily Edds 4th place    Saray Brown 9-10...