The Ohio State Swim Club Recognized as a Silver Medal Club on USA Swimming Club Excellence List For the second consecutive year, the Ohio State Swim Club (“OSSC”) has been awarded the honor of a Silver medal ranking in the USA Swimming Club Excellence program, recognizing the organization’s highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes 18 years and younger. The OSSC had three current age group Olympic Trials qualifiers last summer (and 38 OT qualifiers with ties to the OSSC). We recently hosted the Speedo Winter Junior Championships-East and had...

Back in August, I challenged our swimmers with some very specific goals for the 2016-17 season: Everything for the Team. This goal is pretty self-explanatory. It basically means that our swimmers continue to do what they’ve been doing since our inception in 2009: put our team above themselves. In doing so, I reminded them that the OSSC would flourish and they would see even better results in their individual events. That is exactly what has happened! Our team has been ranked as high as 21st in the country this season,...

Congrats to our 24 Ohio State Swim Club swimmers who will be representing our team at the upcoming Speedo Winter Junior Championships, which we are hosting! Over 800 of the fastest 18 & under swimmers in America will be competing in this meet, so we’re thrilled to be a part of it. You can read a nice SwimSwam article about the meet here. You can find our individual and relay entries below. Go Bucks! Individual Entries: Name Event Date Butcher, Grace 100 BR Dec 9 Butcher, Grace 200 BR Dec...

The OSSC is currently ranked first in Ohio and 22nd in America in the USA Swimming Virtual Club Championships! Last season we finished 49th in the country in the short course rankings. While these rankings are dynamic and will change throughout the season, we’re thrilled to see the progress that our team continues to make each season. Let’s keep it going! We also want to congratulate the following swimmers who are currently nationally-ranked in individual and relay events. Below are their national rankings, along with their ages and events. Way...

You can find our updated college commitment list on our team website under Athlete Info > College Commitments. You can find many more pictures and additional info on our team Facebook page.

You can find our updated college commitment list on our team website under Athlete Info > College Commitments. You can find many more pictures and additional info on our team Facebook page.

Congrats to all of our Ohio State Swim Club coaches and swimmers - due to our remarkable accomplishments last season, we have been invited to attend the 2016 National Age Group Coaches’ Summit at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs! Coach Dan Cherok will be representing us at this prestigious event – only 45 of the top Age Group teams in the country have been invited to participate. The purpose of this summit is to bring the nation’s top age-group teams together to provide an opportunity for coaches’ education...

You can find our updated college commitment list on our team website under Athlete Info > College Commitments. You can find many more pictures and additional info on our team Facebook page.

Congrats to our five swimmers who were named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team. We’re so proud of your efforts in the pool and the classroom! Rachel Peroni (1st year) Nate Goldfarb (1st year) Ian Hamilton (2nd year) Jason Mathews (2nd year) Jack Saczawa (3rd year)

Congratulations, Coach Megan Hurless! Megan has been selected as a Top 10 Finalist for the Fitter and Faster Tour 2016 ASCA Age Group Coach of the Year! The finalists from which the winner will be chosen will be honored in September at the 2016 ASCA World Clinic in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The top 60 performing age group swim teams were identified using the USA Swimming Virtual Club Championship team rank for 11 to 14 year old swimmers. ASCA contacted the head coaches for each of the top 60 teams and...