Day 3 Finals continued the trend of tough racing and great swims. The night started with Desiree and Kelli getting 11th (1:14.64) and 12th (1:16.04) in the 100 Free. A big event for the Piranhas was the 400 Free. The 13-14 girls were led by Faith with a winning time of 4:33.64 for her 3rd win of the meet. Alissah and Lexie rounded out the event with 12th (4:57.77) and 15th (5:15.41) place points. In the 15 and older group, Kat won the 400 with a time of 4:27.60. The...

Another strong morning for the Piranha swimmers. The team looks to add to their point totals with many finals swims earned this morning. In the 5-10 100 Free, Desiree and Kelli are seeded 9th (1:15.95) and 12th (1:16.96). In the 400 Free, Faith is seeded first for 13-14 with a 4:39.01, Alissah is 14th (5:01.54) and Lexie 16th (5:17.64). For 15-18, Kat is 2nd with a 4:34.5. The 100 Fly saw Shelby gaining a 5th seed in 1:10.01 for 13-14. The 15-18 Fly had Indira in 13th (1:08.57) and Kelley...

The Piranhas had another stellar night session at the JO meet! The team is holding in the 10th spot as one of the smaller teams at the meet. Best times and big points for the team at the finals were highlighted by many great swims. The meet started with the 200 free with the 10th place finish of Alissah (2:20.43) in the 13-14 age group and Indira and Kat securing 1st and 3rd places with times of 2:06.48 and 2:08.02 for the 15-18. In the 5-10 200 free Desiree got...

Day 2 of the JO meet had some fantastic morning swims! Again the Piranhas swam best times and placed very high into finals tonight. Here are the results heading into finals; 13-14 200 Free 10th - Alissah 2:21.47 15-18 200 Free 1st - Indira 2:08.82, 5th - Kat 2:10.46 5-10 200 Free 8th - Desiree 2:43.01 5-10 100 Back 7th - Kelli 1:28.59 , 9th - Emma 1:28.78, 15th - Jackie 1:32.92 13-14 400 IM 1st - Faith 5:15.43, 8th - Shelby 5:36.83 15-18 IM 4th - Alexa 5:20.20 2nd...

The Piranhas capped off a great day of swims by compiling 8th place points out of 28 teams. There were many great races but the highlight of the evening was that of Faith's 200 backstroke where she dropped another 4 seconds to post a time of 2:24.73 and win her event, she also placed 2nd in the 200 fly. Indira and Adam were 3rd and 4th in the 200 back, respectively. In the 200 fly, Kat was 7th and Kelley 14th. In the 100 free, Shelby 3rd, Alissah 11th, Indy...

The Piranhas competing in the JO meet this week came out of the gate fast with some great swims and finalists for the evening! A lot of high seeds for finals. Wearing the coveted blue cap and swimming at night are: 200 Back: 13-14 1) Faith - 2:28.45, 15) Lexi - 2:53.72 15-18 1) Indira - 2:24.41 4) Adam - 2:14.66 200 Fly: 13-14 1) Faith - 2:24.96, 17 alt.) Lexi - 2:50.86 15-18 5) Kat - 2:25.10, 16) Kelley - 2:42.20 100 Free: 13-14 6) Shelby - 1:03.66, 10)...

July 26, 2011- the Piranhas swim team is sending a squad to the 2011 Summer Junior Olympics in Thousand Oaks, Ca. The meet will run from Wednesday, July 27 - Sunday, July 31st. The Piranhas look to compete with the best age group swimmers in the region. We will keep updating our Facebook Piranha site and send out news on our website. Result can be viewed at http://results.liveswim.net/bp/CSSCJO/ You can also use the App Live Results on your phone. It should be a great week for all of our JO...

Due to the Junior Olympic meet this week, some of the Piranha practice times and days have been changed. There will be a full schedule for the month of August up on the website very soon. For now, please know the following for the week of July 25-31. Shadow Hills schedule does not change, 8:00am M-Thursday. July 25 – July 29: Junior Olympics Meet Minnows: Normal Practice Schedule; 4-5pm, M-Thursday Bronze: Normal Practice Schedule; 4-5pm, M-Thursday Silver: Normal Practice Schedule; 4-5pm, M-Thursday; no Friday AM Gold: No AM Practices, Normal...

This past Saturday, 11 Piranhas competed in the Summer Sizzler held at the Redlands High School. The day started with the 10 and unders showing off some great swims followed up by the older swimmers in the afternoon. There were great results for all, new and seasoned swimmers alike. We want to congratulate the following swimmers for their success in making best times and placing in their events. They placed to 6th place. Feris Ceranic: 2nd place - 50 Back; 4th - 50 free Ariel Forehand: Best Times Anthony Guitierrez:...

July 12 - The North American Challenge Cup has selected two Piranhas to represent Southern California Swimming. Kat Wickham and Shelby Andrade were both selected based off of their performances this season. The North American Challenge Cup is an international Age Group Competition open to application by registered athletes from Southern California Swimming ages 11 through 18 as of August 4, 2011. The North American Challenge Cup is held annually the weekend after Long Course Junior Olympics between All Stars from Canada, Mexico, Pacific Swimming, and Pacific Northwest Swimming. The...