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Val Bagri

Royal competed in their first team competition 2 weekends ago at George Mannon Aquatics Center. This was the first swim meet since December and aas a great start to 2026. There were a lot of great swims, new experiences, and lessons to take away from this competition. Big thanks to David Lowe (Addison Lowe) for setting up canopies the night before the meet. And thank you, Banco and Sellers family, for taking them back to Culver Plunge. Highlights: - 46 swimmers - 87% best times in at least 1 event...

Val Bagri

These past 4 days, Royal competed at the 2025 Sectional Championships. Lots of finals, team records, and team accomplishments this week. What a great way to end the year! Highlights: - 13 Royal swimmers competed (New record!!!) - Royal broke 6 individual team records and 7 relay records - Royal scored the most points in the small team category with 540.5 points, scoring over 156 more points than 2nd place. New Royal record!!! - Royal won most points for Women's small team with 256.6 points, scoring 18.5 points more than...

Val Bagri

This weekend 27 Royal Swimmers competed in Winter Age Group Championships in Yucaipa from 12/12-14 Friday- Sunday. This weekend we had a lot of fun races, best times, lots of final swims, and great learning experiences. Here's the recap: - 100% best times in at least 1 event - 48 final swms - Event Winners: Jordyn Hale (50 FR), Nico Bagri (100 FR) - Team Record 100 FR Nico Bagri - Royal scored 851 points (13th/31 teams) - Boys scored 551 points (11th/31 teams) - Girls scored 300 points (15th/29...

Val Bagri

Last weekend, Royal competed at the BCA Fall Classic. Despite the weather, the swimmers demonstrated impressive results. Here are the highlights: - Big drops in 200 BR: David Banco (-12.10sec), Julian Tyszko (-8.95 sec) - 100% drops by Luke Constant (50 FR, 50 FLY, 50 BK) - Biggest time drop girls: Kiera Grahan 100 BK (-6.66 sec) and Josie Evitt 100 FR( -6.13sec) - Biggest time drop boys: David Banco 200 BR (-12.10sec), Mathew Kim 200 FLY (-7.37sec), Thank you, Tyszko family, for transporting canopies for this meet- it was...

Val Bagri

These past 2 weekends we had 2 swim meets, the South Gate One day meet (10/19) and Spooky Splash this past weekend (10/25-26). We had a lot of swimmers compete with strong performances! Highlights from South Gate: - 100% best times in at least 1 event - 18 swimmers - 376 points from boys (6th/12 teams) - 169 points from girls (8th/12 teams) - Highest point scorers- Arvin Farhang (59pts) and Vivienne Stolzman (60 pts) - First time swimmer: Andrew Kazakov, and Miriam Chalfouh - Event winners: Julian Tyszko (100BK,...

Val Bagri

This past weekend, Royal competed at the TSM Season Opener Meet. There were a lot of new best times and great racing opportunities. Here are the highlights: 62 swimmers 98% best times Marco Sampaio scored the most points for boys(149pts) Stella Tokuyama scored most points for girls (72pts) Nico Bagri broke the 17 & over team record in 100 FR and 50 FLY Pavel Romanov broke the 17& over team record in 50 BR, 100 BR, and 200 BR Jordyn Hale broke the 17 & over team record in 50...

Val Bagri

Last weekend, Royal swimmers headed down to La Jolla for the annual La Jolla Cove swim. This was Royal's third year competing as a team. Congratulations to all swimmers and first timers. Shoutout to Valentin Kiselev and Eowyn Daines for being the top performers on Royal placing 3rd and 5th overall for the 1 mile. And Coach Tatiana also did an amazing 1 mile swim!! Here are the list of swimmers who competed: Nico Bagri Emma Canter Eowyn Daines Catherine DiMarco Keira Grahan Zoe Grahan Valentin Kiselev Coach Tatiana Ayan...

Val Bagri

Royal competed in their last age group meet of the season this past weekend at Santa Clarita, from Thursday to Sunday, July 24-27. It was a long 4 days of competition, but Royal conquered and came out of this meet with big drops, new cuts, and strong performances. Thank you to the swimmers, coaches, and parents/timers for a great meet! Here are the highlights: - We scored a record of 1055pts to place 6th out of 17 teams!!! - 28 swimmers represented Royal - Stella Tokuyama scored the most points,...

Val Bagri

What a great 3 days of racing at Pacific Champs!! We had a lot of best times, fast swims, new cuts, and amazing memories. Thank you, coaches, swimmers, and parents, for all the great energy and support! Here are the highlights: Royal wins 11 events at PACS, a few swimmers earning multiple titles. Royal places 8/15 teams scoring 875pts Royal boys place 6/16 teams scoring 626.5pts Royal girls place 10/15 teams scoring 248.5pts Mark Kiselev breaks the team record in 100 fly TWICE in one day! 100% best times for...

Val Bagri

Last weekend, 5 Royal swimmers competed at Los Angeles Invite held at USC. Here are the highlights: - Nicholas Bagri broke the team record in 50 FR with a new PB of 23.64, earning his invite to the Junior Nationals competition at the end of this month. - Addie Lowe and Elise Kao earn their sectional cut in 100 FR Best Times: - Nico Bagri: 50 FR - Nikita Cutiidoc: 200 FR - Jordyn Hale: 100 FLY - Elise Kao: 100 FR - Addie Lowe: 100 FR. 200 FR Final...