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Olympic Trials 2024 Swimming: Athlete Highlights For Team USA
U.S. Olympic Swim Trials are currently being held at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, TN. Athletes from across the U.S. are competing for their chance to make the Olympic Team, when the most elite athletic event kicks off with the Opening Ceremony on July 26 from Paris,... Read more
Walnut Creek Aquanuts Shine At U.S. Nationals
Competing For The First Time In More Than A Year, The Walnut Creek Aquanuts Earned High Point Trophies In Multiple Age Groups For the first time in over a year, the Walnut Creek Aquanuts travelled to an in-person competition. The artistic swimming club sent seven teams in three age... Read more
Aquanuts Stay Strong During COVID-19 Challenges
The Art of Synchronized Swimmers The 2020 Artistic Swimming season was cut off almost before it began for the World-renowned Walnut Creek Aquanuts. 2020 had been shaping up to bring National Championships, Gold medals and National Team placements to the Aquanuts team. Despite quarantine and pool closures, the athletes... Read more
Walnut Creek Aquanuts Medal at U.S. Junior Olympic Championships
Walnut Creek Aquanuts Medal at U.S. Junior Olympic Championships 2019! The Walnut Creek Aquanuts wrapped up their competitive season with a trip to Tonawanda, New York for the U.S. Junior Olympic Championships June 29-July 6th. WCA sent a team of 11-12 year old athletes and two 13-15 teams to... 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
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
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
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
NorCal Stars Highlight USA 2018 National Synchronized Swimming Teams
Announcing Team USA: 13-15 and 12U 2018 National Synchronized Swimming Teams Spectators have long been awed by the grace and power of synchronized swimming since the inception of the sport in the early 1900s. As an Olympic sport, Americans and the world are captivated by the beauty and athleticism of... Read more