76 swim teams from across the state competed in last weekend’s Age Group State Championships at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IU- Indianapolis. Club Olympia took 22 swimmers to State, with 18 competing, 10 in individual events and 8 more on relays, to finish in 17th over-all, with the boys breaking into the top ten, getting 7th. The boys were led by the Pendleton brothers, Joshua and Chad Pendleton, who scored 78 and 73 points respectively. Joshua, 13, placed second in the 13-14 Boys 1000 and 1650 Free,...

This past weekend, 47 Club Olympia swimmers who had previously qualified by achieving Divisional qualifying time standards during the 2023-2024 short course season competed in the Indiana Swimming 2024 Southeast Divisional Championship meet at Center Grove High School hosted by the Center Grove Aquatic Club. Each year, Divisional Championships are held at seven regional sites around the state with swimmers hoping to achieve top 8 podium finishes and Age Group State at or Senior State Championship qualifying at times. This year, 21 teams competed at this Divisionial Championship site. For...

Thirteen year old Josh Pendleton spent this past weekend in Elkhart, Indiana along with over 160 of the state’s best swimmers competing for Team Indiana in the 2023 Central Zone Championship. The Central Zone Championship contests State Teams of qualified swimmers ages 14 and Under from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Northern Pennsylvania in four days of Long Course swimming events. Team Indiana, which included Pendleton, easily won the competition again this year by scoring 5,429 points against 2nd place Ohio with 4185.5, Wisconsin with 4038.5, Michigan with 3572 and...

This weekend brought to a close the Summer Long Course Season as Club Olympia wrapped up competition at the Indiana Swimming 2023 South East Divisional Championships. 25 teams from primarily the southeast corner of the state, but also including Brownsburg, Plainfield, Avon, Greenfield and Mooresville, were represented by swimmers who achieved divisional level cuts during the summer long course season. In total, there were four divisional championship meet sites in the state of Indiana. Club Olympia had 24 qualified athletes in competition and the 14&Us achieved best times in 80%...

During the last two weeks, ten Club Olympia athletes competed in Indiana Swimming’s 2023 Long Course Championships for Age Group and Seniors at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. Club teams from around the state gather at the end of each summer to determine the best swimmers who have met tough qualifying standards in the state of Indiana in the long course 50 Meter pool setting. The competitions are broken down into “Age Group State” for male and female swimmers 14 and younger and “Senior State” for any swimmer who has...

With 10 athletes preparing for the start this week of two consecutive State Championship meets, last weekend, Club Olympia sent mostly 12&U swimmers to Noblesville to compete in the annual Enchanted Forest Invitational. The meet, hosted by the Noblesville Swim Club, annually draws several top teams from across Indiana and Ohio. Seven year old Myra Jaryal, competing in the 8&U division, led Club Olympia and took the 2nd place individual high points award for the 8&U Girls. Jaryal was the only seven year old in the top 10 points for...

The weekend of June 22-25, Club Olympia split its time between two different meets allowing club athletes to target select events with hopes of improving or achieving their state and divisional 2023 Long Course Championship meet qualifying times. Thursday and Friday evenings were spent at the Riviera Summer Spectacular at the historic Riviera Club in Indianapolis with the swimmers competing in distance and sprint events while Saturday and Sunday were spent swimming more typical long course events at the Franklin Regional Swim Team’s FRST Summer Classic in Franklin, Indiana. At...

At Donner Swim Club's annual Jaime Miller Invitational this past weekend, Club Olympia finished 2nd in Men’s scoring, 5th in Women’s, and 4th overall out of 21 teams competing at Donner Aquatic Center from around central and southern Indiana. FRST (Franklin Regional Swim Team) w/86 swimmers competing won the over-all scoring with 3606.5 points … 1583 (1st) from the boys and 2023.5 (1st) from the girls … winning both of those, too. RAC (Riverside Aquatics Club) w/45 swimmers was 2nd over-all with 2002 points … 821 (4th) from their boys...

Club Olympia traveled this past weekend to Fishers, Indiana to compete in the FAST 500 swim meet hosted by the Fishers Area Swim Team. 34 Club Olympia athletes, several of whom competed only in a limited schedule due to weekend BCSC prom festivities, still managed to finish 4th place overall, behind much larger and local clubs from Fishers, Zionsville, and Westfield. This was the first full meet of the Summertime Indiana Swimming Long Course Season which competes in 50 Meter pools. Club Olympia has yet to commence their 50 Meter...

This past weekend, eleven Club Olympia Swim Team athletes, who met the tough qualifying time standards in either individual or relay events, competed in the Indiana Swimming 2023 Short Course Senior State Championship. This year’s meet was held at the Pike High School Natatorium on the Northwest side of Indianapolis. Club Olympia scored enough points to claim an impressive 21st place finish overall out of 76 teams from around the state. Leading Club Olympia in scoring were Brady Beyer and Ashley Freel. Beyer competed in six individual events and as...