Zoie Hartman: Monte Vista’s Swimmer On The Fast Track
AquaticsHigh School Sports FeaturesNorth Coast Section May 23, 2019 0
After Barely Six Years Of Competitive Experience, Zoie Hartman Has Turned Herself Into A National-Level Swimmer With No Signs Of Slowing • If it seems as though Zoie Hartman’s rise to elite swimmer was an immediate success story — well, it really was. All things considered. After she wrapped up... Read more
Ben Dillard: Oak Ridge Swim’s Speed Racer
AquaticsHigh School Sports FeaturesSac-Joaquin Section May 22, 2019 0
Just A Junior, Ben Dillard Leads The Oak Ridge Boys Swim Team At A Torrid Pace • Amphibious Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills junior Ben Dillard has an insatiable thirst for high-speed races inside 25-meter pools. The lanky, shaggy-haired USC-commit set a CIF State Championship meet record in the 100-meter... Read more
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
AquaticsClub Sports March 27, 2019 0
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
