Rank Time P/F/T Athlete Age at Meet Swim Date Meet Name Girls 8 & Under 50 Free 1 47.05L F Gipson, Jennifer 7 05/29/2010 2010 CA Canyons BRW Memorial D 2 50.60L F Willick, Marin 8 05/02/2010 TSM BRW Long Course Spring F 3 51.33L F Siering, Annalena 6 05/29/2010 2010 CA Canyons BRW Memorial D 4 51.98L F Gipson, Jennifer 7 04/17/2010 2010 CA Rose B/R/W Long Course 5 52.13L F Steiner, Jade 8 05/02/2010 TSM BRW Long Course Spring F 6 52.31L F Gipson, Jennifer 7 05/02/2010...

  Congratulations to the following TSM swimmers for qualifying to represent Los Angeles County at the U.S. Lifesaving Association Junior Lifeguards regional competition this Friday, July 23 in San Diego!   Brendan Casey Gillian Caverly (alternate) Nick Devito Neil Farnham Bengi Garcia Sebastian Garcia Andrew Hacker Serafina King Hunter Loncar Tristan Marsh Meriel Mitsakos Mardell Ramirez Isabella Siering Mara Silka   Good luck in the sand and surf to all!

Dear Members of Team Santa Monica:

 The election ballots received for the Board vacancy were tallied on the evening of June 14, 2010 by myself and a neutral team parent.    A total of 75 ballots were received from members.  Of those 75, twelve accounts were ineligible to vote due to account payment status.  The results of the election were as follows:

                   Jesse Casso: 37 votes

                    Peter Mitsakos:  22 votes

                    Tamara Muth-King:  4 votes

 We are pleased to welcome Jesse Casso as the new TSM Board Member elected to fill the vacancy...

There were more positive performances on the second day of competition for TSM swimmers.  Some of the highlights below.     Gillian Caverly 5th – 100fr 8th – 100bk 13th – 100fl Jamie Dodd 3rd – 400fr 14th – 100fl Maxwell Dodd 3rd   - 400fr Danny Fujinaka 4th – 200fl Payton Perrotta 3rd – 100bk 6th – 200fr Anya Pertel 5th – 100fl 7th – 400fr 7th  – 100bk Steven Turnbull 9th – 50fr 12th – 200fr Jordan Wilimovsky 11th – 200fr Esther Yang 6th – 100fl 8th – 100fr...

Day 1 at the Cactus Classic had many excellent swims.  Below is a sampling of some of the top performances.   Gillian Caverly 3rd – 50br 3rd – 100br Jamie Dodd 2nd – 200fr 15th – 100br Maxwell Dodd 14th  - 100br Danny Fujinaka 6th – 200IM Jonathan Lait 3rd – 200IM 4th – 100br Payton Perrotta 2nd – 200bk 11th – 100fr Anya Pertel 5th – 100br 10th – 50fr Steven Turnbull 6th – 100fr 12th – 200IM 14th – 100fl Jordan Wilimovsky 10th – 200bk 12th – 200IM...

Meet Results

Congratulations to ALL of the swimmers, parents, and friends who participated in the 2010 Pacific Committee Championship meet this weekend.  The rain was not a deterrent, and we even got to enjoy some sunshine on the final day of the meet.  When the final 1650 was done, Team Santa Monica (TSM) stood in second place in Gold division, made up of the largest teams.  TSM scored over 9000 points for the first time, and showed considerable progress in catching up to Rose Bowl by winning the age group high point...

Team Santa Monica has been selected as a Bronze Medal Club in the 2010 Club Excellence Program put on by USA Swimming.  A description of the program from the USA Swimming website is below.   The USA Swimming Club Excellence Program is a program that recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in performance. In addition to recognizing the top club teams, the program provides grant funding for resources that enable clubs to expand and/or enhance the services they already provide to athletes. A total of $320,000 in...

Anya Pertel (10&Un WEST), Jasmine Margetts (13-14 EAST), Payton Perrotta (13-14 EAST), Tristan Marsh (13-14 SOUTH) will take part in the SCS All Star Festival to be held February 28, 2010 at the Belmont Olympic Plaza in Long Beach.  Eight athletes per gender per age group were selected to participate in the competition.  The teams were selected through a draft process based on an application and performances during the Junior Olympic Meets.  Congratulations swimmers, GO TSM!

When the water settled and the chlorine haze cleared at the 2010 Older Spring JOs this past weekend, Team Santa Monica (TSM) took eighth as a combined team, just one point of Boulder City Henderson (BCH) Heatwave in ninth, and 120 points behind Rose Bowl who took seventh.  Below are some summary notes as well as a link to the individual and relay results 13 individual scorers with 13 swims placing in the Top 8. 18 scoring relays with 9 placing in the Top 8.  JO individual and relay results report