(Santa Maria) - The SMSC Swim-A-Thon concluded with the athlete party for all athletes that raised money on the pool deck at the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center Monday evening. It was the 2nd most successful Swim-A-Thon in club history, raising approximately $17,000! Coach Matt's GOLD group took the group title with just over $4000 and wins the pizza party at a time of their choosing. Way to go SMSC!

SMSC will begin new member signups from 4:30-6:00PM on Tuesday and Thursdays, effective September 11, 2007. Bring your child and swim suit so you can try out for group placement.

(Fresno, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club began making history on Day 1 of the Central California Junior Olympics, dominating the 800 Freestyle's across all age groups. SMSC has never been better than 4th place at the summer championship meet featuring age group teams from the Central Coast and Central Valley. After all events were contested on Thursday evening, SMSC had a solid hold on 3rd place, in front of host team Fresno. Most of the SMSC team contributed to the points, but the 800 Freestyle was where SMSC...

(Clovis, CA) - The California-Nevada State Championships conitnued Friday evening with SMSC hanging onto 6th in the Boys/Girls Combined and 3rd place in the Women's division. Rachael Wahl swam to a 5:02 in the 400 I.M. to earn 6th place. Lora Lougee finished 24th in the same event. In the Women's 800 Free Relay, Wahl, Lora Lougee, Samantha Lougee and Meghan Zimmer swam to a 8:47. Final results were not available at press time. Meanwhile, the Men's 800 Free Relay team of Jared Zimmer, CAsey Bateman, Jason Dupere and Jamie...

As of June 7, 2007, SMSC rankes 22nd in Southern California Swimming and 199th Nationally out of 2800 teams in the Virtual Club Swimming Championships. With long course seaso just getting under way, SMSC is sure to continue to rise up the ranks. This places SMSC as the best team in the Northern part of the Coastal Section. Team rankings in the Coastal Section were as follows: Rank Club Name SCS Rank National Rank 1 Canyons Aquatic Club 6 40 2 Santa Barbara Swim Club 10 87 3 Conejo Simi...

(Davis, CA) - Santa Maria Swim Club and Pioneer High School Senior Samantha Lougee will sign a National Letter of Intent to swim at the University of California at Davis beginning in the Fall of 2007. The offer includes a full academic and athletic scholarship. Assistant Coach Rick Henderson of UC Davis Swimming and Diving noted that Samantha was a great match for UC Davis because of her great academic performances AND her qualification for the USA Swimming Spring Nationals. Athletes that combine great academics and great athletic performance are...

(Bakersfield, CA) - The Santa Maria Swim Club continued a season of dominating and exciting swims, jumping into 3rd place at the end of the first evening's finals at the 2007 Central California Junior Olympics. Team scores were as follows: (1) Bakersfield Swim Club; (2) Clovis Swim Club; (3) Santa Maria Swim Club; (4) Santa Barbara Swim Club; (5) Canyons Swim Club. In individual action, Jeremy Grden and Joey Romero finished 6th and 8th in the 11-12 500 Freestyle. Rebekah Corbin and Karen Hendrick finished 4th and 5th in the...