Hello all aspiring Aquacowboy parent swimmers! We are going to do something new this year at the swim a thon/ banquet, which will be a PARENT RELAY! Parents are encouraged to bring their suits and goggles and we will have teams of 4 swim the relays. This will be great entertainment for the kids and will give parents an experience of what their swimmer feels like during meets. We are planning to do this after the swim a thon. Parent warm up at 11:00, relays to start at 11:15. You...

Greetings LAC families, this is a quick note to let people know about some of the upcoming events for our team and to clarify some details for groups: There will be no Saturday practice this week. Normal Saturday practice schedule 8-10 am in water, will begin next week on the 15th for those swimmers not competing in the Del Valle Open Water Swim. The information for the Del Valle Open Water Relays is now posted on www.pacswim.org This event is a relay where each swimmer completes 1 mile. The event...

In the last email I neglected to include the Varsity group with regards to necessary equipment. Here is the varsity group's necessary equipment: Fins, Paddles, Snorkel, Pull Buoy Please forgive me for this oversight Coach Alex

Greetings all Aquacowboys Families. This is a quick note to clarify the start times for groups in September. Remember when you come for your first practice on Tuesday September 4th, you need to have your LAC membership packet filled out. If you don't have it you will be directed to Dezi in the Aquatics office. Here are the group start times: Pr Comp- 430-500 N1- 345-430 N2- 345-445 J1- 345-500 J2- 500-630 Pr Sr- 445-630 Sr- DRYLAND 415, GROUP MEETING 500 Varsity- 630-745 THERE WILL BE NO SAT AM PRACTICE...

Greetings all Aquacowboys Families, we're coming off a great season in which we had more swimmers qualify for JO's, Far Westerns, Sectionals, Santa Clara International Meet and Junior Nationals than ever before! I am writing this message from Indianapolis, where I just saw Nina perform her 3rd personal best of the meet, going 2:22.2 in the 200 IM and narrowly missing the Finals. Nina was seeded around 60th and ended up 28th (top 24 make finals). I am extremely proud of her and of the great work she's put in...

This weekend at Concord, LAC swimmers had some great performances! Here are some highlights: Chris Gonzalez, finalist in 50 and 100 fly Alex Gonzalez, finalist in 200 back, 1st alternate 100 bk, best times 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM Stephen Mackanic, finalist in 200 back Nina Hayes, 2nd place 200 back, finalist in all other events Katie Kulp, 2nd place 1500 free, finalist in 400IM, 200fl, 200fr Brandon Siu, 3rd place 50 free Shahini Ananth, best time 200, 400 IM Caroline Eckel, best time 50 free, new FW time...

Thanks everyone for a great meet on Thursday night! I was our first time having swimmer "coaches" mentor younger swimmers and it was great to see the Senior swimmers connecting with younger swimmers and encouraging them. The team with the highest percentage of best times seems to be the team led by Katie Kulp and Andrew Hayes, which reportedly had 100% best times. We will have more specific highlights when we get the meet results in, but big swims were achieved by: Chris G.- New JO in 200 IM Paige...

Hello All Aquacowboys, we have a very eventful week coming up. Remember tomorrow, Wed. is our team picture day at 4pm. Be sure to wear your team suit. There will be practice for Junior 2/ Pr Sr/ Senior after pictures, all other groups will be done after pictures. On Thursday we have our dual meet with TRIV. Information below explains how we will make it into a team building/ mentorship opportunity. On Friday from 3:45-5:00 we have a TEAMWIDE Starts and Turns clinic. Older swimmers will help with demonstrating. Please...

Hello all Aquacowboys Families, this is an email to highlight some of our great high school performances. Alex Wang: Dropped 7 seconds in the 200IM this season, making NCS for the first time and placing 3rd in the EBAL championships. He also dropped over 10 seconds in the 200 back this season making Sectionals. He is now close to Grand Prix time standards. Nina Hayes: Made finals at NCS in the 200 IM and won the 100 free and 100 back at the Walnut Creek Walk on Meet Following NCS....

Hello all Aquacowboys Families, here is a short update with some important information about what is coming up in the next few months, as well as some information about meets next season. Quote: “You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.” Abraham Lincoln Thanks to LAC BOD for your great work in setting up the parents meeting this evening. Thanks also to Cindy Eckel who has been doing such a wonderful job getting the kids in the paper and getting the...