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SOCAL, We had a very successful 2025 Splash-a-Thon! Not only did we exceed our team goal, but we had FOUR Splash-a-Thon records broken! During the olders session, Platinum swimmer Trenton Reimer broke his own 15-16 boys record by a full minute, swimming 5000 yards of freestyle in 53 minutes and 10 seconds! Following in his footsteps, Joshua Bond (Black 1) broke Trenton's 9-10 boys record, going 1 hr 11 minutes and 3 seconds. The 7-8 record board was completely rewritten yesterday, with Madeline Rasch (Black 1) breaking the previous record...
Socal- Platinum swimmer Gillian Ascari has been invited to attend the prestigious Western Zone Select Camp June 5-8 at Arizona State University. Coach Kyle will also be attending. The Zone Select Camps provide the top athletes aged 12-15 years old the opportunity to capitalize on their extraordinary achievements in the sport. Through an automated selection process, athletes are chosen based on their Long Course Meters (LCM) times to train and learn with other high-achieving athletes in the zone. Through a series of pool sessions and classroom facilitations, you will experience...
SOCAL- We're losing one great coach but gaining another, and both coaches grew up with Socal. Black two head coach Brooke Munoz, who swam with Socal for four years and has been coaching with us for the last four, will be continuing her education at Chico State next semester. Her last day will be Friday, and we will miss her, but I have a hunch she will return to us. Brenton Lively will replace her, and he started yesterday. Brenton swam at Socal for four years and has taught swimming...
Congratulations to Gillian Ascari, Chloe Kim, Cerys McDaid, and Emerson Wehage for being named to the 2025 SCS All-Star Festival Team competing in Las Vegas, NV, January 24-26. Swim fast and have fun. Coach Pickell
Congratulations to Evan Young for being named to the 2025 SCS Pacific Coast All-Star Team competing in Hillsboro, Oregon, on January 4 & 5! Good Luck! Coach Pickell
Platinum swimmer Nathan Lee has just committed to being a student-athlete at Boston University. Nathan is the third SOCAL swimmer in 5 years who will attend and swim for Boston University. Congratulations, Nathan, and GO TERRIERS! Coach Pickell
Congratulations to Dane Weber, Audrey Lee, and Nathan Lee for making the 2024 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American List. To qualify for the team, pool swimmers must have a minimum 3.5 unweighted GPA for the current academic year (A = 4, B = 3, C = 2), with honors, advanced placement, IB, PLTW, and dual credit college-level courses receiving .2 extra bonus points. Grades below C mean automatic disqualification. Only grades for academic subjects are used in calculating the award—history/social studies, English, mathematics, sciences, foreign languages, computer sciences, and visual and...
Platinum swimmer Dane Weber recently committed to being a Student-Athlete at Brigham Young University. Congratulations, Dane, and GO COUGARS! Coach Pickell
