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Walnut Creek Aquanuts on High Point at Nationals
Walnut Creek Aquanuts Win Gold and High Point Award at U.S. Nationals! The Walnut Creek Aquanuts had another strong showing at the U.S. Junior and 13-15 National Championships, winning Gold in 5 and the High Point Award. U.S. Nationals is the most prestigious National event in the sport of... Read more
Faultline Faceoff Regatta
The Faultline Faceoff Regatta returned for 2019 and proved again to be one of the best places to get early season racing. It did not disappoint. The Sam Pablo Dam race attracted 21 teams from throughout the West, produced by the Oakland Strokes rowing organization. “We pride ourselves in... Read more
WCA Synchro Season off to Successful Start
Walnut Creek Aquanuts Qualify Ten Athletes for National Team Squads! The Walnut Creek Aquanuts’ competitive season is off to a promising start! In January, the club qualified ten of its Junior and 13-15 age group athletes for National Team Squads. All ten will move on to the final phases... Read more
USA Synchro Swimming 2019 Jr. National’s Squad
USA Synchro has announced the athletes named to the 2019 U.S. Junior National Synchronized Swimming Squad and it’s Cali Heavy! Swimmers were selected after three sets of trials this past weekend. They will represent the U.S. at the 2019 UANA Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Aug.... Read more
Spooktacular Swim Meet Returns To Roseville
Popular Spooktacular Meet Will Bring More Than 700 Swimmers, One Of National Acclaim, To Renovated Roseville Aquatic Center • On Oct. 12-14 California Capital Aquatics will host their long-running, Halloween-themed Spooktacular Swim Meet in Roseville. It will do so at the recently renovated Roseville Aquatics Complex (RAC). Placer Valley... Read more
Bay Area Stars Make Synchro Senior National Squad
Hooray for USA, says four-time Olympic medalist and Sr. Synchronized Swim coach, Andrea Fuentes! Two Bay Area stars were named today to the synchro Senior National squad. Leane Capdeville (who hails from Nantes, France and now lives in Berkeley) and Nicole Goot, Santa Clara Aquamaids were named by USA Synchro to... Read more
California Gold. Cali In Sync at Pan Americans
Cali made quite a splash as synchronized swimmers represented over the weekend. California swimmers were definitely in sync at Pan Americans synchronized championships in Riverside over weekend. U.S. athletes finished with 14 medals, including nine golds, at the UANA Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships, which ended Saturday. The U.S.... Read more
Aquanuts Synchronize to Swimming 50 Years in the Creek
Webster’s defines “synchronize” this way: harmonize, mesh, integrate… they come closer to our way of thinking with “pool”. Perhaps ol’ Mr. Webster just never saw the Walnut Creek Aquanuts synchronize to their swimming routines like we have! We call it EXCELLENCE! And 2018 marks 50 years of excellence for... Read more
800 Compete in Bill Rose Classic Swim Meet
California Capital Aquatics plays Host to a Huge USA Swimming Competition, July 19-22 at the Roseville Aquatics Complex. Nearly 800 Youth Swimmers to Compete at the Bill Rose Classic Swim Meet, a Long Course Championships in Roseville, CA. On July 19-22 the Roseville Aquatics Complex (RAC) will showcase nearly... Read more
Line Dive: Sofie Lahane Makes (little) Splash at Invitational
Rising Star “Sofie Lahane, the 10 year old Sherman Swim School diver, is a rising star of mine”, says Steve Sherman. This shot (above) was taken over the weekend at Santa Clara International Swim Center where Lahane took 6th place on 3 meter high board and 2nd place on... Read more
Aquanuts in Sync for Gold at Jr. Olympics
Saturday June 23rd, began the 2018 U.S. Junior Olympics for USA Synchronized Swimming Miami of Ohio’s Natatorium. Athletes from all over the United States competed in figure, solo, duet, team and combo events. Walnut Creek came out on top! Seven times as a matter of fact! The Walnut Creek... Read more
Rich Tradition In Competitive Swimming In Northern California
Northern California could put its rich tradition in competitive swimming up against just about any other region in the country. NorCal features two national-championship caliber collegiate swimming programs at Cal and Stanford, routinely has produced some of the top high school swimming talent in the country and is home... Read more