Orinda Aquatics had several swimmers and alumns competing in Omaha at the 2012 Olympic Swimming Trials. They kicked off on Day One with the Men's 400 Individual Medley. Seeded in heat 2 of 12, Steven Stumph dropped almost two seconds from his seed time, finishing in 4:28.33 for 48th place. Steven also swam the 100 breast later that afternoon (1:04.46). Way to go Steven! Orinda Aquatic Alum, Kim Vandenberg competed at the Olympic Trials for her third time. On Monday, she finished 14th overall in the 100 fly seminfinals (59.24)....

OA Swimmer Megan Liang earned three Emerging Cut times at the 2012 Paralympics held this past weekend in Bismarck, North Dakota. Megan swam to a 5th place finish in the 400 free (5:30.18 - Emerging Cut), 5th place in the 100 back (1:26.81), 6th place in the 50 free (34.10 - Emerging Cut, prelim time of 33.87) and 6th place in the 100 free (1:14.21). Her 100 free preliminary time (1:13.76) qualified as an Emerging cut. Four events and four personal bests! Way to go Megan!

Orinda Aquatics was presented by over twenty participants (Junior, Senior, Master's, and parents!) at Lake Del Valle this morning. Everyone did a great job. Many were first time open water swimmers. Results: http://www.teamunify.com/tvm/UserFiles/File/AGE%20GROUP%20_75%20MILE.pdf

UPDATED USA SWIMMING RANKINGS (THROUGH FEBRUARY 2012): USA Swimming All-Time Top 100 Age-Group Times (February 2012) Girls Short Course Rank Event/Age Long Course Boys 11/12 Mary Allison Ashby 27.87 96 50 Back Mary Allison Ashby 58.38 41 100 Back Taylor Dahl 86 50 Breast 35.29 Amy Thurman 65 50 Fly 29.75 2:19.37 37 200 Breast Steven Stumph 100 100 Back 1:06.68 Scott Lathrope 13/14 2:05.17 15 200 Breast Steven Stumph 69 50 Free 24.82 Sven Campbell 39 100 Free 53.82 Sven Campbell 50 100 Back 1:00.70 Sven Campbell 76 200...

East Bay Boys Swimming Coach of the Year: Don Heidary By Stephanie Hammon Contra Costa Timesmercurynews.com Posted: 06/05/2012 05:14:37 PM PDT June 6, 2012 12:15 AM GMTUpdated: 06/05/2012 05:14:37 PM PDT With an arsenal of top-notch water polo players leading the way, Don Heidary's Miramonte High boys swimming team finished second at the North Coast Section championships. Not bad for a group with just three year-round swimmers. The Matadors couldn't swim past powerful rival Campolindo, which won its eighth consecutive NCS title behind coach Ron Heidary, Don's twin brother. But...

East Bay Boys Swimmer of the Year: Sven Campbell By Stephanie Hammon Contra Costa Times contracostatimes.com Posted: 06/05/2012 05:46:34 PM PDT June 6, 2012 5:32 AM GMTUpdated: 06/05/2012 10:32:53 PM PDT For Sven Campbell, swimming is not about championships or other people's records. "I like to just focus on improving myself," said the Campolindo High junior. "I could care less about titles, it's all about the times." Medals may not be particularly important to Campbell, but he sure earned a lot of them this high school swimming postseason. In an...

This week is the last week of the spring schedule. Be sure you know the summer workout/meet schedule for your group and swimmers. There is a lot happening this summer, so here is a short recap of upcoming events: Sunday, June 10: Del Valle Open Water Swim - .75 mile race begins at 8:30, must be checked in by 8:00, the 2.5K race begins at 10:00. Be there no later than 7:30 (Donnie will be there). Week of June 11th - Summer workout schedule begins. Week of June 11th -...

Chris Leon earned his first Olympic Trial cut this morning swimming the 200 breaststroke in 2:19.88 at the Santa Clara Grand Prix. Congratulations Chris!

What a Weekend of Swimming: - The High School Season ended with a bang for Orinda Aquatics Swimmers at NCS and Walk-on meets. OA had 47 swimmers representing 9 different high schools swim at NCS. Orinda Aquatics women helped pace their respective teams to the top 2 girls teams finishers (Winner San Ramon & runner up Carondelet). On the boys side, OA boys helped lead their respective high schools to the top 3 spots (Campo, Miramonte & San Ramon). Over 70 Individual swims at NCS; Sven Campbell and Steven Stumph...