Sierra Nevada Swimming: November 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to SNS’s November 2025 Newsletter.
ATHLETE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thank you to the following Clubs for raising funds or food for local communities:
- Lifetime raised $31,000 for Raley’s Food for Families at their 6th Annual Thanksgiving Thousand “Swim to Feed the Hungry”
- Aquasol, CCA, DART and the DEI committee collected 186 items, at their November 22nd tri-meet, that will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Locker
EQUIPMENT RENTAL UPDATE
Pursuant to the Board’s approval on October 18, 2025 Board meeting, SNS has sold its swim meet timing equipment to TJ Kay at Itsabouttime4swim. If you have equipment rental needs, please contact him directly. He has agreed to maintain the 24/25 season rates for the next 3 seasons for SNS Clubs.
T.J. Kay, Itsabouttime4swim
Phone: (916) 747-0263
Email:[email protected]
FROM OUR REGISTRAR
This year, we’re introducing a new process to make meet financial reporting easier and more consistent. You will receive the financial form for your meet, which includes your sanction number as well as step-by-step instructions on how to calculate the number of swims to report, when you receive the sanction number.
To keep everything running smoothly, please be sure Sierra Nevada Swimming receives your meet fees by the stated due date in the financial form. Late payments will result in a fine (no exception)! We recommend planning ahead—especially since some check processing services have recently been slower than usual.
For added convenience, we’re excited to now accept Zelle as a payment option! You’ll find the QR code included on the attached form. If using Zelle, please add the sanction number to the Zelle Comments field.
Thank you in advance for helping us streamline this process—we appreciate your partnership in keeping things on track for our local swimming community.
BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS (for more information from each Chair, review the most recent Board Meeting Materials)
From General Chair:
● Spring Sectional Meet Announcements:
o Here is the link to the meet announcement for the CCA/ Roseville meet - Sectionals
o Here is the link to the meet announcement for the NCA / Oceanside meet -
https://www.gomotionapp.com/wzone/__eventform__/1482849_03de0f50-cfd7-4054-adbb 53c0690e86a5.pdf
● Summer Novato Sectional meet date change: Thursday July 23rd– Sunday, July 26th
From DEI Chair:
- SNS Food Drive Through December
- SNS DEI Camp February 15, 2026
- National DEI Committee Unable to meet last month due to lack of quorum, however they will likely appoint a new chair
- Western Zones DEI Workshop 2026 in Reno at UNR
- Western Zones DEI Camp 2027 in Reno at UNR
From Officials Chair
- Meet Referees and National Evaluators have been selected for the following meets:
- SNS Senior Short Course Championships – Leia Richter
- Ted Curley Classic SNS 14&U Short Course Championships – Bill Fisher
- Summer Sanders (OQM) – Scott Hastings (National Evaluator: Trish Martin)
- Bill Rose Classic (OQM) – Jason Shibata (National Evaluator: Kathleen Scandary)
- Leia Richter, Stephen Adams and Jason Shibata were selected to work the World Aquatics World Cup meet in Westmont, Illinois in October.
- Leia Richter and Deanna Hogenboom will be representing SNS at Winter Junior Championships.
From Coaches Chair
- 2026 ASCA Pacific Swim Coaches Clinic
- Dates: January 9th - 11th
- Clinic registration is now open! View clinic Information and register here.
- Sierra Nevada Swimming will reimburse at least one coach registration from each team in the LSC at the early bird registration amount ($190). Review and submit for reimbursement here by January 14th, 2026.
- Coaches interested in assisting with SNS camps and clinics in 2026 should express their interest in doing so by filling out the form here. This is just to express interest. It is not a hard commitment.
From Technical Planning Chair
- Matt Casto Meet has been changed from a 3 day meet to a one day Sunday only (December 7th) meet
- Added DEI Camp to SNS Website for February 15th
