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Congratulations to our high school swimmers who competed at various CIF Champs this week. We had 3 CIF Champions: Elise Kao (200 FR), Jordyn Hale (50 FR), and Will Ryan (200 FR RELAY). These three swimmers, plus Emma Canter, will be moving on to the CIF State Champs in Fresno for their final high school meet. CIF State will consist of the top schools in all of California to compete in their final meet of the school season. High school season is an excellent opportunity to represent your school and...
Last weekend, Royal competed at Spring Splash in Torrance. This was the first long-course meet in a year for many swimmers, so we had a lot of big-time drops. Thank you to the Banco family for transporting canopies to the meet. Thank you, Zion family, for taking them back at the end of the meet! We hope to see more swimmers attend swim meets. Our next meet will be at the end of this month. Highlights: - 40 swimmers - 95% best times in at least one event - 8...
This past weekend 5 Royal swimmers competed at Swim Meet of Championships in Mission Viejo. Nicholas Bagri, Nikita Cutidioc, Elise Kao, Amy Okada, Bogdan Vychuzhanin. Here are some highlights: Elise Kao makes sectionals in the 50 FR for the first time. Sectional bonus times for 100 FLY and 200 FR 15-16 Team Records: Nicholas Bagri - 100 FR (52.27), 50 BR (29.83), 50 FLY (26.05) 15-16 Team Record: Nikita Cutidioc - 50 BK (28.51) 17 & Up Team Records: Amy Okada - 50 BR (33.34), 50 FLY (28.35) 5 A-final...
Last weekend was our 2025 Royal Swimcraft swim meet. More than 80 swimmers competed at Royal Swimcraft 2025! That is an all time record. We hope to see this many swimmers compete at our meets regularly. Our next team meet is Spring Splash in 3 weeks! Thank you to all our swimmers, parents, and coaches for working together to make this a successful meet. MEET FEEDBACK FORM: https://forms.gle/NeVRv5gTHKTcZEGP7 LINK TO ADD MEET PHOTOS AND VIDEOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8yxT1EVtTAy7rPA68 Here are some highlights: JAG qualifiers from this competition: Nicholas Bagri David Banco Nicholas...
Royal competed at the Long Course Opener hosted by South Gate. We had 19 swimmers swimming this weekend. We had a great weekend of racing with a lot of improvements. We also welcomed our first time long course swimmers! Our first time long course swimmers include: - Josie Evitt - Arvin Farhang - Maksim Kapitanov - Polina Paranina - Nicolas Tyszko Here are some highlights: - 100% best times in at least 1 event - 15 heat wins - Josie Evitt wins heat 4x (50 BK, 50FR, 50 FLY, 100FR)...
10 Royal swimmers were represented at the 2025 Spring Age Group Championships in La Mirada. There were a total of 88 teams from Southern California representing at this meet. Our 10 boys helped score 78 points throughout the weekend with final swims from Daniil Starychnko, Valenin Kiselev, Aaron Nie, and several relays. In total, Royal ranked 25th out of 88 teams that attended the competition. We had several best times and great swims. Noting our top performer, Daniil Starychenko placing second overall in 50 freestyle. Here are some other highlights:...
This past weekend there were 20 Royal swimmers represented at the 2024 Pacific Champs. This meet was held throughout 3 days at Rose Bowl Aquatic Center. We had over 40 final swims with tons of new best times and Spring Age Group Qualifications. Here are some highlights: - 20 Swimmers - 43 final swims - 90% best times in at least one event - Porter Zinn qualified for Spring Age Groups for the FIRST TIME in (100 BR) - Stella Tokuyama qualified for Spring Age Groups for the FIRST TIME...
Royal Heats Up Torrance Polar Plunge. 40 Royal swimmers competed at the 2025 Polar Plunge last weekend. This was the first swim meet of 2025 for many, and first swim meet EVER for a handful of swimmers. Although the start of 2025 was an unprecedented time for us all, we are extremely grateful to be back on track for another great 2025 season. This is only the beginning of big things to come! Congratulations to our newcomers who competed! Big thank you to all the parents and athletes who helped...
Last weekend 8 swimmers represented Royal at the 2024 Winter Sectionals in Walnut, CA. Here is a recap: Royal places 2nd in small team division with 283 points 1 individual team record by Niko Bagri in 100 free Girls 200 free relay: J.Hale, A. Lowe, E. Daines, E. Kao (11 year old record broken, previously held by Coach Amy, Janika Ho, Alyssa Berman and Sam Smith) Boys 200 medley relay record : N. Cutidioc, N. Bagri, D. Mazyan, B. Vychuzhanin Jordyn Hale and Elise Kao raced more than 10+ races...
Royal competed at 2024 RAA Winter Age Group Champs this past weekend. We had a lot of fast swims and incredible races. Here are some highlights: 15 royal swimmers 93% best times 14 championship final swims 3 individual event winners: Jordyn Hale (50 FREE), Daniil Starychenko (50 FREE), Valentin Kiselev (100 BACK) 13-14 Boys won the 400 FREE relay (D. Starchychenko, D.Banco, P. Zinn, M. Samapio) 15-16 girls were runner up in 400 FREE relay (A. Lowe, E. Kao, E.Canter, J. Hale) Boys scored 266 points placing 12th/31 teams Girls...