Hello Bronze 1 & Red 1 families, A mistake was made when publishing the new high school schedule... Bronze 1 will not be practicing on Fridays. Practice is Monday through Thursday from 5:30 - 6:15 pm. Red 1 will not be practicing on Fridays either. Practice is Monday through Thursday from 5:45 - 6:30 pm. We apologize for the miscommunication and we hope you all have a great weekend! Neptune Coaching staff

Practice will change for all groups starting Monday, February 2, 2009 until the middle/late May, 2009. Practice schedules for both Ridgway & Healdsburg has been updated on the swim groups page of the team web site. We have also emailed the schedule in PDF format to all members of the team. To get to the swim groups page follow this link.

4 Neptune swimmers help the Pacific Coast All-Star team to victory in Seattle, Washington this past weekend with Pacific scoring 995 points, to Southern California’s 905 points, coming in 3rd was the Pacific Northwest team with 535 points, followed by team British Columbia with 341 points and rounding out the field was Oregon Swimming with 184 points. For complete results click here. Events in RED indicate swims that scored points for the team. Heidi Poppe: 1st in the 100 breast / 1st in the 50 breast / 1st in the...

Dear Neptune Families, The Board of Directors voted to adjust the dues effective April 1, 2009. We are notifying you now so that you have an opportunity to make plans regarding the impact for your family. The last dues adjustment was implemented in April of 2007. The Board and Head Coach carefully reviewed the dues to develop a structure based on practice time, access to differing levels of the coaching staff and the needs of families. Overall, we believe the new structure will provide some additional revenue for the team,...

Congratulations to Penelope Yamauchi (ASU), Derek Baldwin (UCD), Molly Hannis, Maya DiRado, Jenna Bauer & Heidi Poppe for their outstanding achievements for the 2007-2008 season. All 6 were awarded special plaques this past weekend at the Pacific Swimming Annual Awards Banquet in Pleasanton. Congratulations and keep up the good work...we are all so proud of each and every one of you.

January 5, 2009 Neptune Swimming - Santa Rosa, CA and Healdsburg, CA Head Coach Dan Greaves of Santa Rosa based Neptune Swimming was honored to be selected as a featured speaker for the annual Pacific Swimming Coaches Clinic on January 9, 2009 in Napa, CA. He will be speaking about motivating swimmers throughout high school. Under Coach Greaves, the Neptunes have become one of the top teams in USA Swimming, with an overall ranking of 84 in a field of over 5,000 teams. Neptune Swimming has an enviable record of...

Current List of Swimmers with Sectionals Qualifying Times (updated 12/19/08) Ampuero, Jessie (16) F SRN -PC 54.28 Y SEC F 100 Free 11/7/2008 TERA SCY SENR T&F 11/07/08 1:01.59 L SEC P 100 Free 3/5/2008 Cal-Nev Sectionals 1:54.16 Y SEC F 200 Free 5/16/2008 2008 SCL Championships 2:12.33 L SEC P 200 Free 3/5/2008 Cal-Nev Sectionals 5:10.87 Y SEC P 500 Free 12/12/2008 2008 PC WCAB SCY SENR T&F 58.75 Y SEC F 100 Fly 5/16/2008 2008 SCL Championships 1:07.56 L SEC P 100 Fly 7/30/2008 2008 LC Far Westerns...

Healdsburg practice schedule remains unchanged this week for all groups except the Blue grou. Blue group has changed to 4-5:30 pm.

Collegiate Neptune swimmers competed this past weekend in various meets around the country, some posting lifetime best. Way to go Neptunes!! UC Davis Men’s team: Alex Arbios, Jimmy Fong, Reid Hartz & Derek Baldwin traveled to Austin, Texas to compete in the Texas Invite. For complete results click here UC Berkeley Women’s team: Amanda Sims traveled to Athens, Georgia to compete in the Georgia Invite. Amanda won both the 100 fly (52.3) & the 200 fly (1:55) both personal best times. UCLA Women’s team: Kelsey Louden traveled to Austin, Texas...

While the Pacific senior and Sectional time standards are unchanged from 2008, there are changes to Pacific's age group standards. Pacific has introduced new B and A meet entry time standards for 2009 which are significantly changed from the B and A standards used in Pacific in the last few years. There are also changes to the 2009 Junior Olympic and Far Western meet time standards. Note: some age group times have been updated since the standards were first posted on Nov. 25. Please check to be sure you have...