From Coach Brad: Six of our Senior Elite swimmers traveled to Clovis, CA to represent our team at the Western Zone Senior Championship meet. This meet draws swimmers from all throughout the Western Zone, including California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Oregon, Colorado, and even Hawaii and Alaska! We had a couple of swimmers attending this meet for the first time, and a few returners. Overall, the swimmers did a great job representing the team and swimming fast to end the long course season. Lauren Chun earned three new best...

From Coach Brad: Heading into this meet, I said to everyone that we had the opportunity to be the best team at this meet – the best team being the one that is the most supportive, the tightest-knit group, the one where every swimmer is transcending their own personal limits to achieve more as a team than they are capable of as individuals. I think it is safe to say that we accomplished this goal at the Junior Olympics meet. Our team swam incredibly well in every group, resulting in...

Vaca Wave Swimmers and Families - Junior Olympics was a huge success for our team! I want to personally congratulate all of the swimmers on their excellent performances over the course of the weekend. Our team was loud and spirited and swimming extremely fast! I am excited to announce that our team also won the "Most Improved" team award at the meet! This award is decided by comparing the amount of points scored to the previous year. Our team improved over 450% to capture this award! This represents a huge...

From Coach Wedaman: Lodi was a very enjoyable meet weekend with the Silver 1 and 2 groups having more 50 meter practices going into the meet. They showed very good race strategies and managed their races very well. There were quite a few stand-out performances. Highlights from the meet include: Genna Lammon’s new A time in the 200 IM Skyler Carmelich’s new A time in the 50 Back and 200 IM Christopher Ton’s new A time in the 50 Fly and he was 7 out of 8 swims as best...

From Coach Wedaman: The Silver 1 and 2 groups’ second long course meet was a great success as was the enjoyable weather and the remodeled Woodland Aquatic Center. Tim Lee had new Far Western times in the 400 Free and 200 IM. He also got a new A time in the 100 Back and a new JO time in the 200 Back. Tim also broke the team record in the 100 Free with a time of 56.78. Also getting new A times were: Alex Harris in the 50 free, 100...

From Coach Brad: After being gone for two weeks, I was excited to return to the pool to see our swimmers competing in the Summer Sanders Meet. This has blossomed into one of the premiere age group trials & finals meets in our area, and draws over 1000 swimmers each year! This meet has a long and proud tradition of fast swimming, which includes multiple Olympic Trials cuts made by Sierra Nevada, Pacific, and other LSC swimmers. To see our Vaca Waves go up against this type of competition is...

Tiger Tail Meet Coming hot off of a great performance at the high school sections meet and post-sections meet at Davis, the Senior Elite group had to quickly shift gears and prepare themselves for long course racing as we headed down to the Tiger Tail meet at University of the Pacific in Stockton. This was yet another great opportunity for the Elite group to visit a college campus and see a collegiate aquatics center, while also gaining great experience racing outside of our LSC against some very strong swimmers from...

CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Meet The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section meet is the culmination of the high school swim season. It brings together hundreds of swimmers from the Northern California area in one of the fastest swim meets that our area hosts. The swimmers of the Senior Elite group had to earn qualifying times for this meet in order to attend and were representing their respective high schools during competition. The Vaca Swim Team swimmers did an amazing job at this meet! Our swimmers dropped tons of time and placed extremely well...

From Coach Wedaman: Vallejo in April, we had all the weather, well no snow. The Silver 1 and 2 swimmers were ready to race and do some new events long course, and test out what they have been learning in practice. Tim Lee set a new team record for the 13-14 boys 50 Free when he went 26.22 and he made a Far Western time for the 200 Free. Olivia Flanagan swam to 4 new JO times in the 50, 100, and 200 Back and the 200 IM. Halle Kuhar...

SASO Long Course Meet From Coach Brad: Coming off of a short taper for our trials and finals meet, it was a quick turn around for the Senior Elite group to come back and race at the SASO meet. Transitioning to long course was also a bit of a challenge. However, the swimmers rose to the occasion and raced very well. Many of the swimmers were able to drop significant amounts from their times from last summer, which is a great testament to the amount of work they have put...