Winter Age Group Championships (December 8-10, 2023) BCS athletes battled an extremely competitive field at this year’s edition of the Winter Age Group Championships, once again in beautiful San Clemente. After two days of racing, the team found themselves firmly in 4th place in the team competition and went on to finish in 4th (combined/women/men) when all was said and done, just off the podium behind the juggernauts of NOVA, ROSE and AZOT. Congratulations, athletes! Last weekend we witnessed two BCS athletes become first-time Sectionals qualifiers (Kayla Sun - 100...

Beach Cities Swimming is back on the board after a one year hiatus, as the team achieved Bronze level recognition in USA Swimming's 2023-24 Club Excellence rankings. Congratulations to all athletes, coaches and families on this prestigious honor! Of all the teams in Southern California Swimming, the largest Local Swimming Committee (LSC) in the country, only 10 outscored BCS. Well done, Team! 2023-24 Club Excellence Results SwimSwam article about USA Swimming's Club Excellence results

Four BCS student-athletes were awarded the prestigious Scholastic All-America honor by USA Swimming for the 2022-23 season! The Scholastic All-America program celebrates the exceptional achievements of our sport's best and brightest student-athletes, both in the classroom and the pool. For more about the Scholastic All-America program, CLICK HERE. Congratulations to the following BCS student-athletes: Bella Brito Delaney Herr Peyton Kuo Lily Neumann Here is a link to a story about the Scholastic All-America program from SwimSwam and another from the SoCal Swimming website. Keep up the excellent work, Team!

BCS student-athlete Bella Brito lands at #14 on SwimSwam's Way Too Early Recruit Ranks: Girls High School Class of 2025! https://swimswam.com/way-too-early-recruit-ranks-girls-high-school-class-of-2025/ "Brito brings a very similar skillset as Scott to the table, as the two swimmers own near-identical breaststroke times while also having a pedigree in the 200 IM and the sprint free events. Brito is second to only Mellott in the 100 breast, is 2:10-low in the 200 breast, and has a sub-1:59 200 IM and a sub-23 50 free to boot. She projects as an elite breaststroker who...

Summer Pacific Committee Finale (July 29, 2023) BCS athletes took the cake at the Summer Pac Comm Finale, outpacing Rose Bowl in the combined team competition, with our young Women in 1st and our young Men in 2nd! This was also an opportunity for some of our more advanced Pre-Compers to get a taste of competition. Congratulations to all who participated in the meet at Occidental College. On to the highlights! Marlin A All Marlins swam the 50 Fly 50 Back 50 Breast and 100 I.M. except for 8 and...

The hot weather continued down in Irvine for Jr nationals, and Beach Cities was once again in fine form! Beach Cities had 3 Individual qualifiers competing in Irvine, Bella Brito, Delaney Herr and Jack O’Shaughnessy. This was their last meet before the summer break and the last meet of Long course season. I’m beyond proud of these three athletes, they have had an incredible season full of ups, downs and plenty of learning opportunities. I hope they get some well-deserved rest because the short course season is going to be...

Beach Cities took 11 Athletes up to Sacramento for Futures and it was a hot week in and out of the pool! Before I get into the meet ReCap I want to say a big thank you to all 11 athletes for making the trip so easy, and for making it very memorable for me. This was my last swim meet with a lot of these athletes and I will remember it very fondly! Another big thank you to Kimberly Crisera for being a world-class chaperone! Okay now onto the...

Summer Age Group Championships (July 20-23, 2023) We are the champions, my friends. We did it. The athletes made it happen with their effort throughout the season and, then, with their grit and determination over a grueling four day prelims/finals competition. The parents laid the foundation by prepping and hosting a fabulous meet, not to mention supporting their young athletes throughout the season and at the meet. The coaches did what they do best and guided our young athletes to yet another level of excellence in swimming. It takes a...

Summer Pacific Committee Championships (July 14-16, 2023) This meet had a different feel this year, as there was no maximum time standard in any event (historically, this was an AG Champs max meet) and there were several events with no minimum time standard, for the first time ever. Nevertheless, our team of 88 athletes made beautiful music in the pool, much like the 88 keys on a piano, to claim a podium team finish in 3rd place overall (Women 2nd, Men 3rd). Congratulations to all of our athletes who competed...

June Age Group Invitational @ Irvine (June 16-19, 2023) Your BCS squad headed to Orange County for this year’s vintage of the June Age Group Invitational, featuring headliners such as the nearly 300-strong Irvine Novaquatics (meet host) and the Santa Clara Swim Club, with its rich swimming history. In the end, NOVA’s army of athletes proved to be too great a force to reckon with, but your BCS athletes charged hard to a 2nd place combined team finish, with both genders finishing in 2nd place, as well! The Women’s competition...