Practice this Saturday morning for AG SD and SR is at West Hills High School in Santee. I know this is a bit of a trek, but all of the nearby pools were gobbled up by a multi site waterpolo tournament. Luckily on a Saturday morning the commute is very quick with the high school only 2 blocks off the 52 freeway. The pool is straight back from the main student lot and at the East end of the football field. Time: SD and SR 7:45 - 9:30; AG 8:15...

MRA swim meet info. The meet is at Granite Hills HS. The meet this weekend is a pretty big meet 430 swimers on Saturday and 540 swimmers on Sunday. The timelines are pretty good for this number of swimmers: about 1:00 on Saturday and 1:30 on Sunday. Due to the large number of swimmers, there are 3 x 30 minute warmup sessions for the teams to get the kids warmed up. We have been assigned the early warmup both days. So swimmers need to be in the team area at...

AG practice will be moved this week from Wednesday to Friday. 3 of the 4 coaches are unavailable on Wednesday, and running AG and Novice together is not a great option for one coach to be able to give proper attention to everyone. So: No AG on Wednesday, and there will be an AG practice this Friday from 6:00 - 7:00 PM No other groups are affected. MRA meet: I do not have the meet details yet for the MRA meet this weekend, as soon as I do I will...

News for the week of 9-25 Freestyle Festival: On Sunday we kicked off the season with the first competition. It was a great chance to see where all of the swimmers are in their journey, and a chance for many swimmers to be in their first meet. Results of the Freestyle Festival: Here MRA BC meet Oct 7-8. Today is the day - last chance to sign up for the MRA BC meet on October 7-8. The meet will be at Granite Hills HS. It will be the first chance...

Happy Friday Everyone. As you know, on we will gather Sunday October 1, 2023 about 1:30pm for a team potluck and beach day at Coronado Beach in the area near the Main Tower. We will have a time socialize, let the kids run around, eat around 2:30-ish, and recognition to follow. You can RSVP on the team website under events. In addition to your standard beach gear, we are asking families should bring a dish to share. There's no assigning dishes, drinks, or utensils - it will be what it...

CAST News for 9-19-23 The Freestyle Festival is this Sunday. If you had signed up by the deadline (9-12), you were entered. This is the first meet of the season and, for some swimmers, their first USA swimming meet. There are two sessions in this meet: the morning session is for 12&U's and the Afternoon session is for 13&O's. The meet is at the Poway community center. Please plan on parking taking a little time as you may have to park 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the facility. I would...

CAST Notes: This Saturday AM. was originally posted on our online schedule as TBA, then on Tuesday morning I posted a schedule update. If you noticed that one - just letting you know there was a further update. So here it is: AG: 7:45 - 9:00 AM Helix SD and SR 7:15 - 9:00 AM Helix As for last Saturday, those of you who showed up and couldn't swim. My sincere apologies. I was prepping for a medical procedure later that morning and had hired a lifeguard to open the...

Freestyle Festival Entries are due by midnight tonight. This meet is the first meet of the season. It is only freestyle events. All CAST swimmers should enter, but you must log in to the CASTSWIM.COM website and commit by midnight in order to be entered. Please email me if you have any issues with commiting to the meet. [email protected] More notes and news coming tomorrow.. Coach Dave

Update from yesterday's email - the old links were changed by USA swimming....please use the "CAST specific" links from this email as the ones I sent yesterday no longer function. USA swimming registration: Here is a list of currently registered CAST athletes for your reference (as of 9-7-23). Click Here This message is for families / athletes that either had seasonal registrations (summer only) or are just joining for the first time. Athletes who already have USA swimming registrations can renew their registrations with a 2024 membership after 9-15-23. If...

Information and notes for September: Here is a September practice Calendar. There are a couple of things to immediately take note of: 1) There will be no practices this coming Monday and Tuesday. The Kroc center is closed on Monday (labor day), and will be closed at 4:30 on Tuesday for a Kroc staff event. 2) Due to the fact that there are no pracices on Monday and Tuesday, All groups will be swimming on Wed- Thur-Fri and AG,SDand SR will have Saturday morning practices at Helix HS. 3) Our...