Congratulations to all of those who participated in Dual Meet Champs and or the Bob Platt Invitationals in January! These were both very competitive and challenging meets and our kids rose to the challenge. I first want to recognize our relay swimmers from Dual Meet Champs as I feel like they all really maintained focus under stressful conditions! Great job - Elan, Addison, Juliet, Juniper, Emilee, Harlow, Meredith, Winnie, Bennett B, Bennett K., Xavier, River, Roger, Ryan, Jmo, Ada, Ian, and Ella! I am very proud of all of our...

Dual Meet Champs Congrats to our swimmers who helped us to a second-place finish at Dual Meet Champs! Lots of great teams and swimmers at this meet. It was great seeing you all compete while sticking to your race plans. One of the best takeaways, at a meet like this, I was able to hear from a few of our swimmers is that there is always a reason to finish the race hard. What I heard most from our group was “I wanted to race hard for my teammates!” You...

Gold Medal placed third in the team standings and first in women at the State Senior Meet. This was with S1 only swimming one swimmer in a distance event, which is a group strength. The women continued their domination of Arizona Swimming with a first place finish. High Point Winners Paige Downey First Place Marley Spray Second Place Reagan Uhlik Fourth place by only one point out of third Individual Winners Reagan Uhlik 1000 free Paige Downey-500 free, 200 back, 200 fly Lorin Tobler 100 fly Marley Spray 200 IM,...

The following swimmers particpated in the dual meet between Arizona Swimming and San Diego Swimming in Yuma on January 4-5. Arizona Swimming won by over 400 points and Gold Medal swimmers were a big part of the victory. Age Group 2 Addison Von Schoff 5 3rd place finishes; 10 top 8! 21 pts scored. 7 sec drop 500 free; .5 drop 50 back Juliet Keck - 2 1st place finishes; 4 3rd place finishes! 30 pts scored. 5 sec drop 100 fly; 1.3 sec drop 50 fly Danny Arredondo -...

Congratulations to Leila Ross, our Blue December Swimmer of the Month! Leila's hard work over the past two months, combined with her willingness to learn and change, has resulted in significant improvement. The technical adjustments she has worked on in practice showed at the Candy Cane Classic in her 100 free, 100 breast, and 200 breast. Keep up the great work, Leila! Blue had outstanding swims at our first trial/final meets of the short course season. At Tualatin Hills Holiday Classic we had 20 individual finals swims from 8 swimmers....

Congratulations to Bruss Bowman, our Senior 2 Swimmer of the Month for December! Bruss had a great showing at the Tualatin Hills Holiday Classic, achieving five personal bests and coming close to a Sectionals cut in the 200 free. His focus on tempo, dryland training, and overall work ethic has led to improvements in all his events. We're excited to see what he accomplishes this short course season. Congrats, Bruss! Senior 2's hard work and dedication during December showed at our meets: the Tualatin Hills Holiday Classic, Candy Cane Classic,...

Senior One swimmers participated three meets in December. There were outstanding performances in all three meets. Junor Nationals Gold Medal had four women place in finals at the meet. The team placed 16th in women out of 64 teams. Paige Downey- second in the 1650 and fifth in the 500 free and 12th in the 400 IM all with best times. Paige was our high point swimmer!! Ellie Kayser- fourth in the 1650 and 18th in the 500 free with best times and a best time in the 200 free...

December Swimmers of the Month Congratulations to our December swimmers of the month Meredith Ranes and Bennett Kelly! Both swimmers work hard everyday in practice and are also great leaders in their lanes, explaining sets and encouraging others. Meredith showed a lot of courage taking on the 100 fly in the Candy Cane Classic while Bennett had all best times, 2 1st place finishes and 4 top 3 finishes at Candy Cane! Congratulations and keep up the good work!!! Arizona All Stars Versus San Diego All Stars Way to go...

AZ vs SD All Star Meet Summary Great weekend of meeting and racing new people! As we grow in swimming, the competition comes from farther away and we have to learn how to keep healthy routines in new environments. We also faced a new challenge: lots of racing in a short amount of time. I thought you all handled that wonderfully. At a meet like this, we have to find ways to keep our mind on the present moment. Just finished a race that was a letdown? How can we...

Our December Swimmer of the Month is Ryu Cheng! Ryu has shown incredible resilience and determination as he makes his return to swimming after an injury. He has diligently followed his physical therapy plan and worked hard to get back into the pool. His efforts have already paid off, as he achieved five best times at the Maryann Graham Keever meet in November and two additional best times at the Candy Cane Classic, where he also qualified to swim in finals. Ryu’s consistency in training, positive attitude, and admirable effort...