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We are proud to announce today that Coach Alicia will be taking over the Head Water Polo Coaching duties at Shadow Hills High School beginning next week. Great news for Shadow Hills in that they are getting an outstanding Coach, great news for Coach Alicia in getting this opportunity, and great news for our club in that we can soon make Shadow Hills our permanent home with regular and expanded East Valley programming. She will still be committed to coaching the Piranhas and leading our Indio groups while taking on...
Info on the Piranha Swim Team, Swim School, an Masters for the 2013-14 year. Swimmers already enrolled in Masters and Swim Team will be automaicaly re-enrolled. Swim school will need to re-sign up. Registratin for new swimmers and for swim school will be available by 8/27 MONDAY SEPT 2nd is a Holiday ALL GROUPS AND SWIM SCHOOL ARE OFF FOR THE DAY INDIO GROUPS WILL BE AT FRITZ BURNS PARK IN MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. Address: 78042 Ave 52 La Quinta, CA SCHEDULE IS ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE LOCATION AND TIME...
During the last four weeks of our Summer Season the Piranha Swim Team and Piranha Masters Swim Team competed in seven different Championship meets all with exciting results. Our second place finish at Sectionals previously reported got the ball rolling for the Piranhas July 17th. Then we kept on going...... JUNIOR OLYMPICS 18 Piranha swimmers competed in the Southern California Swimming Junior Olympics in Riverside. Our relays were the most successful point producers and single handedly helped our team move up six spots to finish 13th place in the combined...
This past week the Piranha Swim Team competed at the USA Swimming 2013 Speedo California/Nevada Sectional Championships in Santa Clarita, California. Seven Piranhas had qualified for the competition, the most in our clubs history: Sheby Andrade, Faith Travis, Alexa Wasserman, Sophie MacEwen, Indira Ceranic, Kat WIckham, and Nick Korth. As a club the Piranha Swim Team finished second in the “Small Team” division only 6 points behind the San Luis Obispo Swim Club while the Santa Barbara Swim Club/UCSB team finished third. Overall the Piranhas finished in 19th place out...
Following results of the Piranha swimmers that competed in meets this past week was no easy task. You needed to know three different languages and keep track of the time in four time zones. The results of each of the four meets upheld our teams tradition of getting swimmers to the next level and continuing to do well once you get there. Two time Olympian and USC Trojan Lynette Lim is considered one of the greatest success stories in our programs history. Lynette has been representing the Piranha Swim Team...
No practice for any groups on July 4th. Saturday practice in Palm Springs for Masters and Swim Team is now 6am. Masters morning practice and Shadow Hills evening practice will go unchanged. Due to weather there will be the possibility of no noon Masters or evening swim team. Status is day to day. Please email [email protected] if you have questions and for the alternate practice schedule if needed.
Youth Nutrition Seminar JULY 27 th 1pm Technique Training Center 77-745 Flora Rd Suite 3 Palm Desert Fuel. You must fill up your tank to be able to drive, right? Lets go one step further and say you have a luxury vehicle. You pull into the gas station, what fuel type do you selected? Regular Unleaded or do you put in high performance to protect your investment. Lets switch gears here and talk about your most important investment, your children. Theses mini humans crave nourishment. They grow at a rapid...
Piranha Swim School 2013-2014 Age: 2-10 No assessment needed before signing up Guppies or Stingrays, just sign up and begin. INDIO lessons will begin in October Groups Guppies- Swimmers not water safe and may need to build better confidence in the water. This level focuses on foundations of water safety, floating, kicking, streamline, beginning arm movements, swimming under water, and breathing techniques. Monthly Fee: $72 meets twice a week for a half hour Palm Springs TU/TH 4pm, Indio TBA Register on line in the "Swim Lesson" section Stingrays-Swimmers with basic...
The Olympics are traditionally the most exciting event in swimming and held every four years. Right behind the Olympics in importance are the FINA World Championships which are held every two years. The 2013 World Champs take place this July in Barcelona and the worlds best swimmers will compete to earn the Gold, Silver, and Bronze for their country. To three Piranhas, this is a very important meet. Two of those Piranhas you know well while the other is a new addition to the team. Lynette Lim is one of...
