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Follow this link to watch a live stream of Beach Cities' very own Jasmine Margetts compete in the consoles heat at Junior Nationals in Irvine. Her race is set to begin around 6:55pm. http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=2146&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en GO JASMINE!!! GO BEACH CITIES!!!

Beach Cities Swimming took 50 swimmers to the 2014 Pacific Committee Championships and we blew it out of the park. We came in 3rd overall which is up two places from our 5th overall finish at the last Pacific Committee Championships. Beach Cities is a force to be reckoned with. Congratulations to all swimmers that competed at our committee championships: Robert Atkins, Christian Bathurst, Avery Berman, Mackenzie Brack, Jamie Brennan, Macie Campbell, Nikki Cooper, Alex Crisera, Mia Crisera, Jack Decker, Keiko Derikoletis, Katherine Diaz, Brad Diaz, Caroline Egger, Peyton French,...

June Age Group Championships continued on Friday for day two of fast swimming. The older kids continued to shine and the 12&U joined the group and set the standards high. Alex Crisera, Nikki Cooper, and Riley Farrell kicked off the days’ time drops. Alex finished 15th overall with a best time of 4:53.20 and Nikki dropped an incredible 30 seconds for a best time of 5:02.37. Riley finished 10th overall with a best time of 4:46.20. WAY TO GO GIRLS!! The timed finals session for the 12&U got off to...

June Age Group Championships, also known as JAG, kicked off in Ventura this week and Beach Cities Swimming had 32 athletes qualify and attend. The meet kicked off this Thursday and all swimmers have represented well. Kai Bathurst led off the time drops in the 200 free with a 2.92 second drop for a best time 2:16.64. Alex Crisera and Shannon O’Brien both made it back for finals in the 200 back. Both girls placed and dropped time. Alex finished 3rd overall dropping 3.16 seconds and Shannon finished 6th overall...

Olympic Gold Medalist Nathan Adrian took a break from training to spend some quality time with Beach Cities swimmers. Check out the attached photos for a sneak peak of the private sesison that was bid on and won by some of our Junior Olympic and Sectional swimmers.

This past weekend was the 2014 CA Rose Bowl B/R/W Long Course Meet at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center and Beach Cities Swimming had a fantastic weekend! The weather was on our side this weekend. Thankfully there was no rain coming down in sheets! BCS brought 43 swimmers to this meet. Our swimmers have been training hard and this weekends time drops are evidence to that! BCS experienced big time drops across the board! New blue/red/white time standards were achieved! New JO time standards were achieved! And new Senior meet...

This past Saturday Beach Cities Swimming participated in the Pacific Committee R/W Short Course Meet, hosted by the Penguin Aquatic Club. This meet was only a one day meet that was designed for our younger swimmers on the White and Red teams and Gold swimmers who wanted another shot at short course times. BCS brought 32 swimmers to this meet and not one of them disappointed! This was a great meet for our younger swimmers to shine and they did! Excellent job White, Red, and Gold! The White team swimmers...

Beach Cities Swimming kicked off lthe 2014 long course season this past weekend at the 2014 JCA March Madness Meet. Swam at the John C. Argue Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, our BCS swimmers braved the hot sun and swam impressively! Both Saturday and Sundaymorning sessions highlighted our younger BCS swimmers, while the afternoon was all about our older BCS swimmers! Both days showcased just how hard our swimmers have been training. BCS brought 51 swimmers in total. Pretty excellent for the first long course meet of the season! The...

Beach Cities Swimming held its annual swim banquet at the Crown Plaza in Redondo Beach on Sunday, March 9. It was a gorgeous venue and the team dried off and got all dressed up to celebrate their amazing accomplishments! Participation awards were given to each swimmer in attendance and individual awards were presented by each group coach. The evening featured a silent auction that raised over $6,000 for the club, a sit down dinner, an awesome slide show recapturing the memories from the past year, an incredible key note address...

When it rains it pours... and boy did it! But that couldn't stop Beach Cities from giving it their all today at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center. Even though lightening would eventually close down the meet for the finals session, the swimmers braved the rain during prelims and put up great competition for our committee. The swimmers were separated by 12 and Unders on the South course and 13 and Overs on the North Course. There were some great swims on both ends. Congratulations to all of the swimmers that...