(Arroyo Grande, CA) - Both local high school league meets took place at Arroyo Grande High School this week. SMSC had swimmers competing in both the Mountain and Ocean League Championships for their respective high schools. Not to be left out, several more SMSC athletes represented at the Channel League Championships also. To say that SMSC athletes dominated the results at these meets is an understatement. Your children have taken an unfortunate situation and rose to the occassion anyways. There are literally too many SMSC athletes for me to detail...

(Colorado Springs, CO) - SMSC was awarded Bronze Medal status for 2021 by USA Swimming. This is the 2nd year in a row and the 9th time that SMSC has received the award. On an annual basis, the Club Excellence program recognizes USA Swimming's highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes ages 18 years and younger. This recognition does not account for team size, meaning that SMSC often competes against teams that are considerably larger. SMSC finished 110th out of 3500 USA Swimming teams for 2021. While the award itself...

(Santa Maria, CA) - Parker Reynolds and Blake Simpson were named to the USA Swimming 18-under World 100 List. Newcomer Claire Tuggle was also named to the list, giving SMSC 3 present athletes on the prestigious ranking. Tuggle ranked 6th for her efforts in the 400 Freestyle this past summer. Reynolds and Simpson both secured the list through their 1500 Freestyle's last summer. Reynolds ranked 150th while Simpson ranked 230th. All 3 athletes continue to be on-track for great performances at the USA Olympic Team Trials in June. Full article...

Let's file this under thoughts to help parents and athletes. I'll paraphrase a conversation that happens many times over and typically goes something like this: Athlete: "Hey coach, I am going to be gone at Caligraphy camp this weekend. But I'll only miss two days." Coach: "I see. So you'll miss all of Friday and all of Saturday practices?" Athlete: "Yes." Coach: "So your last practice is Thursday afternoon. So you'll be out of the water for 4 days." Athlete: "Wait, what?!" Coach: "Let's do the math. Last practice is...

(Santa Maria, CA) - SMSC was recently awarded $2500 to be used for program improvment by America's Farmers Grow Communties donation from the Bayer Fund. A local farmer nominated SMSC for the award and the team was notified in early June. The coaching staff is discussing the best ways to utliize the money for program improvement. Huge thanks to the local farmer (who wishes to remain anonymous) and the Bayer Fund for recognizaing SMSC.

 (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) - former Santa Maria Swim Club athlete Josh Prenot moved from 10th to 3rd in the Semi-finals of the Men's 200 Breaststroke at the Olympics in Rio tonight. Prenot came from behind in his heat. Prenot will swim for the Gold on Wednesday night. SMSC will host a LIVE viewing of the event at 6:00PM at the Abel Maldonado Youth Center. His race is expected to start at 6:03PM.

(Mission Viejo, CA) - Backed by some stellar swims by representaives from our Gold, Presenior and Senior groups, SMSC swam to our highest ever TEAM finish on Sunday at the Southern California Swimming Junior Olympics, finishing 13th in the team standings. SMSC Team Records were broken by Cole Aguirre (100 Fly); Austin Aguirre (100 Breast, 100 Back) and the 11-12 Boys 400 Free Relay. In addition, Parker Reynolds, Dylan Adams and Noemi-Bravo Guzman all swam in multiple finals, assisting with the point scoring. As a breakdown: 2014: 4 athletes -...

 (Omaha, NB) - Josh Prenot, who trained with SMSC from the age of 9 years old and has been swimming for the UNiversity of California, Berkeley for the past 4 years, qualifed for the 2016 USA Olympic Team. Prenot qualified in the 200 Breaststroke, in a new, American Record time of 2:07.17, winning the event and qualifying for Rio. This is a long time dream come true for the first-time Olympian who holds many Santa Maria Swim Club age group records, Southern California Swimming records and won several National titles while...

Kristina Hendrick won the 400IM at the California/Nevada Sectional last night with a 4:59! Artciel below!   http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/USA/40053.asp?q=Madelyn-Murphy-Picks-Up-Second-Victory-At-Clovis-Sectional-Meet

 (Santa Maria, CA) - Emily Mathis became the 3rd Santa Maria Swim Club athlete to sign a National Letter of Intent, when she signed with the Boise State Broncos today. Mathis specializes in the 100 & 200 Breaststrokes and 200 & 400 Individual Medleys. She has swam for SMSC since she was 4 years old. See the artcile below: http://swimswam.com/boise-state-broncos-sign-emily-mathis-nli/