Alec Hsing recognized at SCS Top 10 Banquet Alec Hsing was recognized at the the Southern California Swimming Top 10 Banquet on Sunday. Alec was 3rd in the United States in the 11/12 Boys 200 meter Breaststroke. The event was held at the Embassy Suite near Disneyland. The event also featured Rebecca Soni, Gold Medalist from the 208 Olympic Games. (Picture: Rebecca's Medals)

Lakewood/Dolphin Aquatics/Trident/ZAP Pentathalon Gold Medal Winners Kelly Prawira 8 and under Girls Josh Tse 8 and under Boys Silver Medal Alec Hsing 13-14 Boys Nathan Au 10 and under Boys Theresa Lo 15- over girls Bronze Medal Maria Zhu 11-12 Girls Michael Wang 13-14 Boys 75 Personal Best Times!!!!!! OUTSTANDING JOB TRIDENTS!!!!!!!!

Six Tridents represented their High Schools at the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 swimming championships at Riverside City College. Michael Wang swam a 49.99 on the 4 x 100 Free relay, and also swam in the prelims in the 200 IM. Rachael Ramos moves up in her 100 fly in her first ever CIF Championships. Meiling Chun was 10th in the 200 IM and 8th in the 100 breaststroke. Theresa Lo (12th) and Lexi Hopps (13th) went 2-3 in the 500 free in the Consolation Finals, blazing to their personal best...

TRIDENT 2nd at FAST TRI-MEET With 98.3 % Best Times TRIDENT performed well. Josh Tse led the team with 6 new team records and 4 first place finishes. This was followed by David Wang with 2 wins and Nathan Au with 2 second places. Wesley Kao, Jason Ku, William Ku and David Wang established a new team record in the 11-12 400 Meter Free Relay. Trident beat out Sun Devils of Arizona for a second place finish. Also perforning with personal best times were; Joy Cai, Sophie He, Alex Hung,...

3 Tridents Participate in Age Group Camp "Catch The Spirit Camp" Maria Zhu, Sophie Ramos and David Wang were selected by the Metro Committee to participate in the 2012 Metro Committee Age Group Camp. The camp was held at the La Mirada Splash Center on March 24th. There were 60 swimmers ages 10 to 12 from Metro Committee Teams selected. Athletes worked on technique and attended classroom sessions on Goal Setting and Nutrition. Two USA Swimming National Team Members Chip Peterson and Emily Brunneman were both in attendance. Each talked...

Motivation Guy Edson, ASCA Staff and Senior Coach of a Club Team Years ago in the early days of MS Word and before the internet, I was writing an article on motivation when a squiggly red line showed up under the word “motivator.” I thought the proof editor was mistaken. I checked out Webster’s unabridged dictionary – the 2042 page edition – and guess what, the word “motivator” was not in the dictionary! So I went to the library and looked in the Cambridge-Oxford unabridged dictionary – the one that...

Trident was 3rd after two days of Competition. We were edged out by MAX Aquatics on the last day by 20 points :( Setting Team Records were Thresa Lo (1650), Nicole Au (100 Back and 100 breaststroke) Joshua Tse (50 breaststroke and 100 breaststroke ) Alec Hsing (200 back and 200 Fly). Athletes garnering Gold were Mei Ling Chun, Nathan Au, Joy Cai, Edgar Chin, Timothy Chu, Alec Hsing, Wesley Kao, Robert Lee, Sophia Sedano, David Wang and Michael Wang. Winning the 15 & Over Relay were Lexi Hopps, Rebekah...

5 Questions Guy Edson 5 Questions Parents Can Ask Their Advanced Age Group Or Senior Swimmer 1. Are you a better swimmer today than you were yesterday? 2. Tell me something you did today that improved your ability? 3. Tell me something you appreciate about being around your teammates and your coach. 4. What life skill did you learn today that goes beyond the swimming pool? 5. Did you thank your coach at the end of practice?

The last two weekends, Trident had several swimmers competing at the Junior Olympics. Tridents Qualified for the meet were David Wang, Lexi Hopps, Mei Ling Chun, Raymond Lam, Edgar Chin, Theresa Lo, Alec Hsing and Michael Wang. There were 27 out of 32 Best Times. Finalists Included Meiling Chun in the 200 Breaststroke (4th) and Alec Hsing in the 100 Breaststroke (4th)/ 200 Breaststroke (6th). Consolation finalists were Michael Wang (100/200 Breaststroke) and Theresa Lo in the 400 IM. The relays of Raymond Lam, Edgar Chin, Alec Hsing and Michael...

Rowland High planning new pool in Rowland Heights By Richard Irwin, Staff Writer Posted: 01/17/2012 09:13:33 AM PST Renderings show plans for a new aquatics center at Rowland High School. (Courtesy of Adolph Ziemba and Associates ) Renderings show plans for a new aquatics center at Rowland High School. (HAND-IN RENDERING courtesy of Adolph Ziemba and Associates rcvd Jan. 2012.) Rowland High School is looking for your input. It wants to build a new $2.5 million swimming pool. Rowland Unified will present the plans for the aquatic center on Monday,...