Lots were entered in races we haven’t competed in a while. I saw so much technical improvement and awareness. From breaststroke kicks, to turns, to closing races, and touching out people at the end. If it makes you feel good, confident, and strong, that is success. This was the first club meet in 3-4 months that we did not wear tech suits. That shed light on a few things; some good, some not so good! The training leading up to this meet was getting us prepped for races. Not to...

Senior 3 swimmers showed up in mass! Lots of 100’s with kids stepping up for challenging race goals. I will challenge them to be within 1sec of their best 50 time for an opening 50 speed in a 100, and then close between 2-3sec of that for their closing. They have done many sets regarding that pacing, and the experience is being built towards those threshold paces! I was saying this to S3 swimmers all weekend: 100’s feel far more like an all out sprint than anyone cares to admit!...

Dual Meet of Champs Senior 2 members in DMC 2026 showed up and raced well. The senior two swimmers scored lots of points in the dual meets and in the finals session! They contributed to the 4th place finish of Gold Medal Swim Club in the meet overall! Delaney and Hadley took home 49 and 44 points respectively. Alaina and Cullen with 35 and 34 points respectively, through the dual meets and the finals session. Cullen had a great 200 fly in the dual meet on Sunday! He went out...

Blue Many of us competed in back-to-back weekends. Great job handling the cold, long days, early mornings, and dry skin. Many of us continued to see improvement in the second weekend of racing this calendar year. That is the great focus you have maintained at practices! Lots ended up getting sick before this meet, which is a bummer, but many still found a way to bring great focus, intent, and aggressiveness into swims. Bob Platt Standout performance: - Blake 100 Fly - over a 2-second improvement - Audrey 500 &...

Dual Meet Champs was an awesome weekend for our team. We gained valuable experience racing fierce, out-of-state competitors and earning points for our team. Everyone showed up ready to race while keeping their technique sharp and staying focused. You could really see how much every point mattered and how hard our swimmers were willing to fight down to the finish. Thank you to all the athletes for being on time, staying positive, and bringing good energy to every session. The communication was great, and I loved seeing everyone take accountability...

Congratulations to all of our swimmers who participated in the Dual Meet Champs Meet and/or the Bob Platt Invitational! We had some really fantastic swims and we saw a ton of growth throughout both weekends. Having back to back meets is really great preparation and race training as we get ready for our final three big meets of the season. Congratulations to our G.O.A.T medal winner from Dual Meet Champs, JMO! Also, a special shout out to Aiden Jin who was spotted being super helpful and kind to one of...

AG2: Anika Unay and Mason Folster Congratulations to our December Swimmers of the Month Anika Unay and Mason Folster. Both of these swimmers have had tremendous seasons so far. They set an example in practice of focusing and listening and then executing what we are asking them to do. Anika and Mason are always asking excellent questions about their swimming and making sure they are doing things the correct way. At the Candy Cane Invitational Anika dropped almost 8 seconds in her 200 free, 2.5 in her 100 free and...

Candy Cane Thank you for being so great for the coaches while I was away. Coach Kristine, every time she sees this group tells me how much you all have grown. Not just physically, but how you support each other, how you communicate emotions, how you explain process-oriented thinking/planning, among the variety of growth you all have shown. Do not think this is the end of your limit, ever. Something I keep talking to swimmers about is Katie Ledeky; she went 5 years without a best time. That is not,...

Candy Cane Great job battling in the cold, getting aggressive in the mornings, and dealing with long sessions with lots of downtime. Mike was thrilled to see some of the performances, as was I. There were a handful of races that were so distant from practice performance that it suggested something was going on in race prep or minds before, during, and after the races. Athletics demands everything and promises nothing. All Senior 1 swimmers who raced had at least one best time. The only other stat I found: everyone...

Candy Cane Classic Senior 2 and Senior 3 did a great job this long weekend at Candy Cane Classic in Phoenix! There was a lot of fast swimming. Senior 3 swimmers showed up and raced with a new/best time in almost all events! I will usually say that a good race is a boring race, only because the swimmers have rehearsed speed, technique, and effort so much that the race itself isn’t anything out of expectation, which happened for many of the races that popped off. Bruss’s 500 comes to...