Rebecca Soni just announced her retirement from competitive swimming this week and you may wonder what a six-time Olympic medalist may want to do right after such a decision.... visit Beach Cities Swimming, of course!! Soni is the former world record holder in the 100 meter breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200 meter breaststroke (short and long course), and is the first woman to swim the 200-meter breaststroke in under 2 minutes 20 seconds. As a part of the American team, she currently holds the world record in...

Winter Junior Olympics wrapped up the final day of competition Monday and had some outstanding swims by Beach Cities. The bag of medals is very heavy!! The final session kicked off with the 11-14 boys racing in the 100 yard freestyle. Roger Brown locked in a 6th place finish in prelims and came back for finals with a 5th place overall finish and a best time of 1:00.30. Great swim, Roger!! The 11-12 boys also competed in the 50 yard butterfly and showcased Roger Brown with an excellent time drop...

Day three of the Southern California Winter Junior Olympic Championships showcased some phenomenal performances from all ages and some edge of your seat relay races. Many of the swimmers made it back for finals and not only dropped time in prelims but came back to drop even more time in finals. The 7-10 boys kicked it off with the 50 yard breaststroke. Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Kai Scarlet, Brad Diaz, and Mason McEwen represented BCS in the prelims. Brad Diaz dropped 1.5 seconds for a best time of 41.69, Mason McEwen made...

Southern California Swimming’s 2014 Winter Junior Olympics continued with day two in sunny Santa Clarita and Beach Cities had some outstanding performances from all age groups. The meet kicked off with Jennie Bao and first time JO swimmer Sophie Kuehler swimming the girls 13-14 100 yard breaststroke. Sophie placed 9th in prelims with a time of 1:12.52 and locked in a first alternate position for the 100 breast finals. The next event featured superstar Emily Pitman and breakout star Jamie Brennan in the 7-10 girls 50 backstroke. Emily finished 10th...

Jasmine Margetts got the meet started by snagging a best time in the 200 back and couple tenths off her best 200 fly time. Both of these swims landed her in the top 8 for finals. In finals she swam the same time as she did in the morning in the 200 fly getting 8th place. In the 200 back she added 1.5 seconds to gain 8th place. Two difficult swims to do in the same day 40 minutes apart in both prelims and finals. (that's why we train folks).

The first day of Southern California Swimming’s Short Course Winter Junior Olympic Championships kicked off today in Santa Clarita, California. Beach Cities Swimming performed in 2 individual events and 4 relays, all timed finals. Alexandra Crisera swam the first event of the day with a fantastic time drop in her 400 yard individual medley and placing fifth overall in her age group with a time of 4:59.18. The second individual event of the day showcased Nikki Cooper’s 1000 yard freestyle with another best time of 11:17.06 and a fourth place...

Winter Age Group Championships has come and gone and Beach Cities had some amazing swims, amazing time drops, fast relays, and multiple top 10 finishes. The 13-14 girls 200 yard freestyle relay comprised of Jennie Bao, Shannon O’Brien, Riley Farrell, and Kathryn Doyle swam to a 9th place overall finish with a time of 1:48.68. The 13-14 girls 400 yard medley relay comprised of Kathryn Doyle, Jennie Bao, Hayley Winn, and Lauren Nielsen swam to an 8th place overall finish with a time of 4:25.51. Way to go girls!!! Saturday...

Winter Age Group Championships continued Saturday, December 14 and Beach Cities put up a strong fight. We kicked off prelims with an amazing swim by Shannon O’Brien placing fourth and making finals with a time of 1:02.60 and finaling 8th with a time of of 1:03.28. Prelims 100 back also saw Riley Farrell placing ninth and making finals with a time of 1:04.34 and finaling 10th with a time of 1:05.40. Kathryn Doyle also made the final cut swimming prelims with a time of 1:04.40 and making it back with...

The 2013 Southern California Swimming Winter Age Group Championships (Las Vegas meet) began yesterday at the Desert Breeze Aquatic Center and Beach Cities raced hard and fast with top finishers in multiple events. The 7-10 boys had at least one swimmer place in each event and every swim was a time drop, the 11-12 boys had massive time cuts in multiple events and saw a swimmer final in an event, and the 13 and overs had multiple time cuts, swim offs, returns and placing at finals, and even more time...

Congratulations to our very own Beach Cities Stingrays who competed Sunday against the Rose Bowl Rays, Santa Monica Frogs, and SGV Stingrays. Our Stingrays had a great time and many of them not only swam in their first ever swim meet but over achieved and swam the 100 IM for the very first time! WOOHOO!!! Each Stingray swam a total of 4 events and were supported by some of Beach Cities own competitive swimmers. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the Stingrays and one more BIG HUGE...