It was another strong day for the Pack at the NCSA meet. The highest finish on the day was the boys 800 free relay team finishing second with a 7:37.67. Alistair Guth, Biko Hooper-Haviland, Jackson Heinlein-Preseault and Kale Chow teamed up for the runner up performance with Guth leading off in his first winter junior nationals time. The girls 200 free relay foursome of Alexia Brockmann, Feagin Kaminski, Kinsley Fitzgerald and Isabella Chow finished ninth. The team sits in seventh after Day 2 Scoring Swims (9th – 24th) Kale Chow...

Action kicked off on Friday at the NCSA Junior National meet in Huntsville, Alabama. The night opened with a pair of team records in distance events. Biko Hooper-Haviland set at new 17-18 and overall team record in the men’s 800 freestyle finishing third and achieving a US Open standard. Joy Cheng dropped 34 seconds in her 1500 free to finish seventh and establish a new 15-16 team record and achieved a summer juniors qualifying time. Isabella Chow then answered for the sprint crew and set a new team record in...

Harper Rauch picked up her third individual state title of the meet taking the top spot in the 11-12 girls 200 freestyle. She later went on to finish runner up in the 11-12 girls 200 butterfly. The Pack sit in 10th after Day 2. Top 9 Performances Delaney Mulcrone – 5th – 13-14 Girls 50 Butterfly Abrielle Kamara – 6th – 13-14 Girls 50 Butterfly Grant Robinson - 6th - 13-14 Boys 50 Butterfly Avery Hickey – 4th – 11-12 Girls 200 Freestyle Alex Luzi – 9th – 11-12 Girls...

Congrats to all of the CWAC swimmers that helped lead CWAC to a team victory at the Illinois Regional Championships. CWAC also won both the girls and boys team title. Congrats to Quinn Bartels who broke a 10 year old record in winning the 8&Under 100 free. Regional Champions Cristian Banini - 13-14 Boys 200 Breast Quinn Bartels - 10&U Boys 100 Free Mia Caliento - 10&U Girls 50 Breast Abrielle Kamara - 13-14 Girls 50, 100 & 200 Back Jonathan Li - 13-14 Boys 400 IM Gamble Merrick -...

I am pleased to share our club has achieved USA Swimming’s Safe Sport Club Recognition. This recognition reflects our commitment to providing a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all team members. In order to apply for Safe Sport Club Recognition, we were required to develop and implement club governance measures, Safe Sport policies and reporting mechanisms, Safe Sport best practices as well as training to athletes and parents. All of these measures were reviewed by USA Swimming Safe Sport staff for approval. Our Safe Sport Club Recognition...

Congrats to the all CWAC swimmers for enduring the heat and putting up some sizzling times this weekend. Thank you to all of our parents for helping out and a big shout out to Doris & Simon Weffer, Andrea Ambrosino and Cecily Arroyo for their great work behind the scenes. Thank you to the Hu family for providing the hospitality breakfast on Saturday. New Team Records Quinn Bartels - 8&Under Boys 400 free Ryan Bezsaly - 9-10 boys 50 back and 200 back New NCSA Cuts: Alexia Brockmann (1) New...

Congrats to CWAC Coach Justin Fernandez who was recognized by the American Swim Coaches Association as one of the top 25 Age Group coaches in the country for medium size teams. The results were compiled using a dataset provided by USA Swimming’s data scientists of swimmers ages 10-14 with qualifying time standards from the 2024 Long Course season and 2024-25 Short Course season. Click here for the article

The American Swimming Coaches Association has announced the 2025 Top 50 Age Group Teams for large, medium and small size teams. Working collaboratively with USA Swimming, who provided the data, ASCA updated the criteria to recognize more teams and more coaches who are doing a great job in age group development. This year, the recognition is based on athletes ages 10-14, and all clubs were ranked using both the total number of athletes achieving AAA and AAAA+, as well the percentage of athletes achieving AAA & AAAA+ time standards relative...

CWAC swimmers put on a great showing at the Aquajet Summer Spectacular. Six new team records were set and four swimmers achieved their first ever NCSA qualifying time - Charlie Cali, Kennedy Fitzgerald, Kinsley Fitzgerald and Greta Mikulaninec. Click here for meet results. New Team Records Isabella Chow - Overall and 17-18 girls 100 fly Biko Hooper Haviland - Overall and 17-18 boys 200 free Liv Cremer - 15-16 girls 400 IM Harper Rauch - 11-12 Girls 1500 free New Winter Junior Championship Cuts: Feagin Kaminski (1) New NCSA Cuts:...

CWAC came away victorious at the Southeastern Summer Sizzler in Wisconsin over the weekend. Congrats to all participants. George Ivascu set new meet records in the 200 free and 400 free. Click here for full meet results. Event Winners: Kylie Carman, Sheela Chen, George Ivascu, Jake Moldovan, Corene Mui, Delaney Mulcrone, Zaynar Nisar, Grace Shu, Tom Wang, Emily Xu New NCSA Cuts: George Ivascu (2) New Sectional Cuts: George Ivascu (2) New State Cuts: August Anderson (3); Magdalena Calahorrano (1); Kylie Carman (1); Ethan Chen (1); Justin Chen (1); Xingyu...