This past weekend Ivan Puskovitch competed in the final leg of the World Aquatic's Open Water World Cup in Funchal, Portugal. Ivan and his USA National Team teammates were competing for a spot on the 2024 World Championships Team. At the end of the race, it was TSM's very own Ivan Puskovitch who stood amongst the best in the world and qualified as the top male American for the 2024 World Championships. At the 2024 World Championships, Ivan will be competing for a spot on the USA Olympic Team for...

Distance swimmer Mattea Sokolow has verbally committed to the University of Michigan Wolverines for 2023-24. Mattea Sokolow, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from Santa Monica, California, has verbally committed to the University of Michigan for 2023-24. “I am so excited to announce that I have verbally committed to swim and study at the University of Michigan! I would like to thank my parents, coaches and friends for helping me get to the place I am today. I would also like to thank the coaching staff at Michigan for this amazing...

Story from SwimSwam US Olympians Wilimovsky, Twichell, and Peirsol Race in Hawaii Open Water Swim by Braden Keith 19 July 10th, 2021 News There were a pair of surprise entrants on Saturday at the Aloha Salads Summer Sprint 1 mile race at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu on Saturday: Tokyo 2020 Olympians Ashley Twichell and Jordan Wilimovsky. Twichell and Wilimovsky are currently in Hawaii as part of the American training camp preparing for the upcoming Olympic Games. Team USA will soon depart for...

NEW COMMIT: Audrey Marcus of Santa Monica, Calif. has announced her decision to go out of state with commitment to swim at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts beginning in the fall of 2021. She is a senior at Santa Monica High School, and her swim club is Team Santa Monica under the direction of Coach Mohammad Khadembashi. She told Swimming World: “I am thrilled to announce my commitment to Babson College! As a student and a swimmer, the opportunity to continue from club swimming to be engage with the best...

RMDA vs. TSM Senior Dual March 28-29, 2021 La Mirada LaRegional Aquatics Center, La Mirada, CA Short Course Yards Results on Meet Mobile: “OLDERS-2021CA RMDA – TSM Senior Meet” The senior squads from La Mirada Armada and Team Santa Monica met in a dual meet last weekend. The two teams are both known for their distance squads, which have historically been among the top swimmers in the country. During the meet, age-group standout Kayla Han from La Mirada maintained this tradition and threw down two personal best times, moving into...

Kristin Bartlett of Santa Monica, CA has announced her decision to remain in-state with a verbal commitment to swim at the University of California at Santa Barbara beginning in the fall of 2021. She is a senior at Santa Monica High School, and she swims club for Team Santa Monica under the direction of Coach Mohammad Khadembashi. I am extremely excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at UC Santa Barbara! The outstanding academics and athletics UCSB provides was exactly what I was looking for. I’m so...

While meets are largely on hold worldwide right now due to the effects of COVID-19, and many teams are just getting back to practices, we still want to highlight and celebrate swim teams from around the country. This week’s BSN Sports Swim Team of the Week hails from the talent-rich Southern California area. Team Santa Monica is a year-round USA team whose mission is to “instill character and foster the skills and qualities necessary to achieve success at the highest level in the pool and in life.” Team Santa Monica...

California-based Julianna Penner has verbally committed to Hawaii’s class of 2025. She’s a rising senior at View Point High School in Calabasas, Calif., and she’s part of Venezuela’s national team. I am thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my swimming and academic career at the University of Hawaii! It’s a dream to return to the state where I began my life and first learned to swim. I want to thank my family, coaches, teammates, and friends for all their love and support throughout this process. Go Bows!! TOP...

Up & Comers Team Santa Monica’s Zach Tower By Shoshanna Rutemiller Zach Tower, 12, of Team Santa Monica (Calif.) has done something many swimmers find difficult: he has found success in all strokes…at all distances! At the Mission Viejo ISCA Elite Showcase in February, Zach swam 10 individual events and placed first in the 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 yard freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 200 and 400 IM, and second in the 100 backstroke. Zach’s time in the 1000 free (10:02.28) makes him the fastest 12-year-old in the...

GBR’s Gordon Mason, an open water and distance specialist who trains with Team Santa Monica in California, will be part of the Arizona State class of 2024. TOP TIMES 400 free – 3:54.78 800 free – 8:09.31 1500 free – 15:33.98 500 free – 4:27.69 1000 free – 9:04.81 1650 free – 15:14.23 All of Mason’s top SCY times are from the 2018 Kevin B. Perry Invite in November. Last summer, Mason represented Team Great Britain at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, where he raced to a 42nd-place finish...