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Josh Prenot 2nd in C Final of 200IM with a 2:03.73. Solid, tired swim in December! Great job! Sonny Fierro also represented in 400 Freestyle this morning!
NEWS FROM THE SANTA MARIA SWIM CLUB For Immediate Release: November 18, 2011 Contact: Mike Ashmore, Head Coach & General Manager: Direct line: (805) 714-8210 Or [email protected] Club Phone (805) 928-9655 or www.santamariaswim.com THREE SANTA MARIA SWIM CLUB ATHLETES SIGN NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT Santa Maria, California— Santa Maria Swim Club (SMSC) members Sonny Fierro, Michaela Paige and Josh Prenot have each signed National Letters of Intent to swim for major collegiate programs. Fierro has signed with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Paige has...
(Santa Maria, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club won a close battle over Clovis Swim Club, 287-248, on Saturday. Major point contributors included Josh Prenot, Sonny Fierro, Luke Vogt and Ben Youngblood for the men. On the women's side, Lyndsey Hiltner, Kristina Hendrick and Paola Hernandez contributed with event wins. Josh Prenot also broke a 20 year old team record in the 200 Freestyle with a 1:40.
(Santa Maria, CA) - Head Coach Mike Ashmore was awarded Level 5 status by the American Swimming Coaches Association on Friday. The Level 5 coaching status is given to coaches who represent the Top 2-5% of American Swimming Coaches and requires significant education and performance to be achieved. Course work includes Biomechanics, Physiology and Team Management. Performance criteria for each Level gets increasingly more difficult with Level 5 status conferred on those coaches placing athletes on International teams. Level 5 also requires a demonstration of leadership in the sport....
(Moscow, Russia) - Josh Prenot posted the fastest 1500scm Freestyle time out of the morning heats and got to wait for the final heat to see who out of the Top 8 could beat his time. Prenot ended up 4th, one place out of the medals. The meet concluded today. Now Team USA heads to Berlin for another two day World Cup meet, starting on Saturday.
(Moscow, Russia) - Josh Prenot swam to a 5th place finish in the 400scm Individual Medley today at the first day of the FINA World Cup. Prenot swam to a 4:13, finishing behind athletes from Slovakia, Japan and USA. The two day meet concludes tomorrow. To watch the race in full, click the link below: http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/fina/site/index.html
(Colorado Springs, CO) - USA Swimming has awarded the Santa Maria Swim Club Level 3 status in the Club Recoognition program. The Club Recognition Program recognizes 4 criteria in club development, including Business & Organizational Success, Parent & Volunteer Development, Coach Development & Education and Athlete Development & Performance. A club must score a pre-determined number of points in each area in order to reach the next level. USA Swimming provides 4 levels of recognition in total. SMSC's Board and Coaching staff will now begin working towards achieving the...
Some awesome SMSC press on the USA Swimming website. As I was away last weekend, I was unable to post that Josh Prenot represented us well at the Wold Junior Championships with Finals performances in the 200 IM and 200 Breast. On the evening before last, Prenot swam in the 400 IM Final and finished 4th and was the top American. His 4:18 also breaks his 2nd Southern California Swimming record, previously held by Tyler Clary. The USA Swimming article link can be found below: http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=3660&mid=9874
USA nationals drew to a close with Josh Prenot squeaking into finals and then dropping a full second for an SMSC Record 2:16.12 in the 200 Breast. It's been a great week for SMSC with several new team records, Prenot qualifying for the World team and Meghan Zimmer qualifying for Olympic Trials. GO SMSC!!
