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Congrats to the u18 boys' polo team for their 11th place in the Classic Division of the 2021 USA Water Polo Junior Olympics! They made a huge step forward these last 4 days, playing super competitive water polo culminating in a thrilling penalty shootout win in their game this morning. Well done boys!
Congrats to the u18 boys and their second-place finish at the Hale Tournament this weekend! The boys played hard in the 100-degree heat in Corona and beat LB Shore, a team we have never beat before. Well done! Now on to JOs!
Hey Westside! The boys u18 water polo team qualified for the 2021 Junior Olympics in Irvine July 17-20. I am super proud of this crew. Even coming off of COVID restrictions and restrictions on play and practice they still were able to qualify for the national championships. On top of that, they are competing for u18 with an average of 16.2 years of age. Well done boys!
Head Coach Peter Fishler has been coaching with Westside Aquatics for 10 years and has been a vital member of our team. Peter has coached a wide variety of swimmers: from kids who are just learning how to swim to elite swimmers who want to swim in college. He is able to understand what each kid needs in order to better them not only as swimmers, but as individuals as well. To honor his time as a coach we have put together an interview, so that everyone can get to...
Congratulations to all Westside Open Water participants! As a team, we braved new distances and caught big waves up and down the Santa Monica coastline! This year, the coaches would like to honor six athletes with the Open Water Coaches' Award. Swimmers were awarded based on their leadership, dedication, courage, personal milestones, and athletic performance. BOYS Dewey Rosenzweig (Gold, Water Polo) Cormac Flanders (Water Polo) Griffin Prough (Senior Elite) GIRLS Angelina Di Saia (Gold) Reagan Shibuya (Silver) Tessa Hsieh-Schumacher (Silver) Congratulations, team! Thank you for a great Open Water season!...
We are proud to announce that four Westside Aquatics swimmers were honored by Southern California Swimming (SCS) for achieving an SCS Top 3 time as a 10&Under or a National USA Top 10 time as an 11-18 year old during the September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019 swim year. GABI BRITO 8 &under Southern California Records 50 yd Breaststroke 37.60 (4/5/19) 50meter Breaststroke 41.55 (5/25/19) 10 & under Southern California Top 3 (3rd) 50meter Breaststroke (40.46 on 7/25/19) (2nd) 100meter Breaststroke (1:27.86 on 7/27/19) 11 yr old National Top...
Both the u18 and u16A teams earned 3rd place medals at the Turbo Cup last weekend in Irvine. The teams are improving steadily heading into Junior Olyipmic qualifications in June.
Hey u16 girls won their first gold medal of the season at the Back to School Tourney this weekend! Way to go ladies! HIGHLANDERS 3 WESTSIDE 14 SEASIDE 8 WESTSIDE 10 WESTSIDE 8 HUNTINGTON BEACH BLUE 4 OHANA 11 WESTSIDE 19
Hey Westside: Congrats to all the players that participated in the 2019 USA Water Polo Junior Olympics in Irvine over the last 7 days. Westside fielded teams in the u12 Boys, u14 Boys, u16 Boys, u18 Boys and u16 Girls levels. You guys played some great polo and competed against some of the best teams in the nation! You guys are putting the work in to become top flight polo players. Thank you to all the families that supported the players this week, you guys were great. Kudos to the...
