Gold Medal placed second at the Age Group State Championships on July 14-17. This was an impressive performance since ten of our best 13-14 year old swimmers, were at other meets. Top swimmers included Langston Lindsey, who was the high point winner in 11-12 boys and Alexa Largent, who was second place by a point in the 11-12 girls high point competiton. Other notable performers were Brynn Barr who won all the breaststroke events in 11-12 girls and Megan Moon, who won the 200 free, in the 13-14 girls, and...

Phenomenal swimming by Gold Medal swimmers to earn a 2nd place overall standing for the meet, way to go swimmers! Here is the meet wrap-up: Age Group 2 Will be posted asap. Age Group 1 Age Group 1 had an impressive showing at the Age Group State meet, despite the warm weather and tough conditions. I was very impressed to see that 90% of the finals swims were faster than the prelims swims, and many swimmers had big time drops in their very best events. Age Group 1 relay teams...

Gold Medal swam competitively at Mt. Hood Community College in Oregon with one of the youngest teams at the meet. GM swimmers did exceptionally well in their distance events, and overall, our team placed 18th. We had many first time swimmers at their first Sectionals, and the meet was a great venue to introduce swimmers to the next level. Congrats to all swimmers on their great swims! Notable swims Kendall Alexander- BT in the 400 free and 800 free, placed 20th in the 800 free and made D finals in...

Gold Medal swimmers from the get go got up and raced! We had lots of personal bests and new AG State times, here is the breakdown by group: Age Group 2 After a short (7 week) long course training period many first-time long course Age Group 2 swimmers were able to qualify for the Arizona Regional meet with maximum meet entries. Most swimmers were able to swim each event at least one time during the season which will be a tremendous help next long course season. Our group was prepared...

Gold Medal Swim Club won the 2022 long course Senior State Championships by 900 points over Phoenix Swim Club, Swim Neptune, and Scottsdale Aquatic Club. Gold Medal was led by top 10 individual point scorers, Clare Luken, Ava Elliott, Paige Downey, Jack Luken, Landon Driggers, Evan Nail, Trey Hesser, and MIcha Lyubavskiy. Individual winners included Sam Arredondo in the 100 breast and Jack Luken in the 1500. Relay winners were the men's 800 free relay of Jack Luken, Landon Driggers, Evan Nail, and Jason Sugihara. and the women's 400 free...

Gold Medal swimmers achieve several best times as well as new cuts for Sectionals and Futures to win the meet! Here are the reviews: SENIOR 2 Senior 2 had an exceptional Senior State Meet. For many in the group, this was the last meet of the long course season. We’re incredibly proud of how swimmers stayed focused, relaxed, and ready to race throughout the long weekend. Overall, 84% of Senior 2 swimmers had at least one best time - congratulations!! For those who have Regionals, Sectionals, or AG State, we’re...

Gold Medal Swim Club was named the 37th best 12 and under team in the United States for 2021-22. This ranking is based on meet results of swimmers ranked in the top 20 in the United States for their age group. No other team in Arizona was ranked in the top 100 and Gold Medal was the 8th highest ranked team in the Western United States. I have listed below the swimmers that contributed to this high ranking. Congratulations to the whole team and the swimmers below. Finn Conley 11th...

Congrats to all for swimming fast at the Narwhal Invite, here are the meet reviews! Age Group 2 Age Group 2 raced exceedingly well at the Narwhal Invite. We achieved 100% improvement at this meet, each swimmer dropped time in at least one or more individual events. We had some new first time event finalists: Joselyn Franzone, Cullen Kelly, Ashton Largent, Rachel Spresney, Teagan Tolson, Angela You and Ander Yu. A majority of our swimmers significantly improved Regional times and are inching close to many new LC State cuts. Congratulations...

What a super fun meet! Gold Medal walked away with the win over FAST by over 1200 points as well as with many new best times and new time cuts for our upcoming championship meets...here are our meet reviews! Age Group 2 What an exciting meet it was this weekend! AG2 had 123 swims and achieved 108 best times. All of the swimmers achieved at least one lifetime best time and several swimmers qualified new events for Regionals and State Championships. These are amazing results that show the hard work...

Age Group 2: Joselyn Franzone Joselyn has maintained 94% practice attendance over the past two months. Joselyn displays great sportsmanship by cheering for her teammates at swim meets and brings a positive attitude with a smile to dry land and practice each day. A combination of attendance and positive attitude have led to great achievements for Joselyn. Joselyn has performed exceptionally well at recent swim meets. This team recognition is well deserved, and we are excited to watch you continue to grow. Congratulations Joselyn! Age Group 1: Emma Antawirya Emma...