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Bay Area 75 Rankings: 2018-19
We Reveal Our Annual Ranked Countdown Of The Bay Area Athletes Of The Year For The 2018-19 School Year • Below are the first 55 athletes from our seventh annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ rankings of the top 75 Bay Area athletes of the year from 2018-19. The Top... Read more
Bay Area Divers In the Zone
Feature Photo: Sofie Lehane with Michael Solomon (left), who dove in the Boys 12-13 age group in both the 1 meter and 3 meter springboard events, placing 7th on 3m and 6th on 1m. and brother Jake Solomon who competed in the Boys 11 & Under 1 meter event,... Read more
ZOIE HARTMAN Monte Vista’s Swimming SportStar
ZOIE HARTMAN the Sr. Swimmer at Monte Vista-Danville is our SportStar of the Week Zoie Hartman, the Georgia-bound senior closed out her high school swimming career with six gold medals in May. That included four North Coast Section titles — the 200-yard individual medley, the 100 breaststroke, and two... Read more
Zoie Hartman: Monte Vista’s Swimmer On The Fast Track
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
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 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