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Don't forget that the annual holiday pool closures and modified training schedules start today for ALL TSM SWIM GROUPS thru December 29th. Please check the updated schedule or contact your group coach if there are any questions. /tsm/UserFiles/File/TSM Holiday Schedule 12_10_12.pdf
Serafina King broke an S-10 classification American Para Record this weekend in the 50 yard backstroke. Her time of 33.2 in the split of her 100 backstroke at the Southgate meet surpassed the previous record by Susan Beth Scott of 33.96 that was set in 2007. Serafina is currently training for the April 2013 Can Am games in Minnesota which is the qualification meet for the World Championships. This is a great start for Serafina. Congratulations Serafina!
Please see chart below for the practice changes for this upcoming week. Thanks & HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! - TSM T S M Thanksgiving Weekend Training Schedule Seals Thursday 11/22 Friday 11/23 Saturday 11/24 CCP PALY SMC 2:00-3:00p LMS Closed --> Otters Thursday 11/22 Friday 11/23 Saturday 11/24 CCP PALY SMC 2:00-3:00p LMS Closed --> ...
The Santa Monica Swim Center is now in the process of converting to swim passes for all permit groups, including Team Santa Monica. In the past, the Swim Center required TSM swimmers and other permit group swimmers to sign-in each time they attended practice. As part of this process, TSM parents will need to provide proof of residency in the form of a drivers license or utility bill to the front-desk for their swimmer. The Swim Center will take a photograph of each TSM swimmer, which will appear on...
Here's a recent article featured in the internet publication, "Swim Swam," concerning TSM senior Eugene Tee's decision to swim for the University of North Carolina, an ACC swimming powerhouse. According to collegeswimming.com, Eugene is one of the top-ranked swimming recruits in the nation. As the article notes, "Eugene is a star IM'er and distance swimmer, logical given Team Santa Monica's reputation as one of the rising hotbeds in open water." Congratulations! Go TSM! Here's the full article.
TSM's national group has a HUGE weekend at the Kevin Perry Meet Brendan Casey made his first USA Swimming Winter Junior National Qualification and Bonus Qualification in the 1000 free and 200 backstroke Scott Simmer managed his first Short Course Senior National qualification TSM has produced more first time National Qualifiers in 2012 than any other team in Los Angeles! Also swimming lifetime bests in events ranging from the 100 free to 1650, all 4 strokes, and both IMs from the following Lily Casso Sydney Wong Sean Steele Hunter Loncar Andy...
Team Santa Monica is honored to welcome USA Swimming Sport Performance Consultant Coach Scott Colby on Wednesday Ocotober 10th and Thursday October 11th. This visit is due to Team Santa Monica being named a Silver Medal Club amoung the top 100 Age Group Teams in the USA and placing 3 swimmers on the USA National Junior Team this past season! USA Swimming's Sport Performance Consultants connect coaches and swimmers with ideas, research, and technology to help swimmers move to their next step. He will be working mainly with the National...
The World Junior Open Water Championships finished up with Jordan Wilimovsky helping earn the USA their second medal. Jordan won a bronze as part of Team USA’s 3k event. Brendan Casey finished 6thin his individual 5k event and was 5thas part of team USA in the 3k event. In the individual girls 7.5km event, Lilliana Casso finished 17thin a field of competitors that included an Olympian and World Championship athletes. TSM’s National Junior Team members raced hard and learned much facing the best juniors on the planet. Well done Lilly,...
TSM’s Jordan Wilimovsky won a silver medal in the 7.5km race at the World Junior Open Water Championships behind Germany’s Rob MUFFELS . The bronze went to Jan MICKA of the Czech Republic. This was an extremely strong junior field with the 7.5km medalists capable of pool performances that rank amongst some of the best on the planet with 1500m free times of 15:18, 15:23, and 15:23 respectively. Muffels of Germany swam a great race establishing an early lead to slip out of sight of most competitors until nearly 6km...
