The Swami Masters of 2013 Our 2013 List of SWAMI MASTERS On behalf of the Race Swami Coaching Staff, Executive Team, and Board, we would like to extend a profound thank you to ALL our supporters in 2013! We raised more than $60,000 for the year. The following list are those supporters who contributed $1,000 or more to the Race Swami Scholarship Fund. We refer to these esteemed supporters as our SWAMI MASTERS. Funds help establish and maintain scholarships to those athletes in the Rose Park-Glendale and surrounding communities who...

The Season of Thanks On behalf of the Race Swami Community—our Board of Directors, staff administrators, the coaching staff, our energetic parents and, of course our awesome SWAMI athletes—we'd like to take this opportunity to thank all our supporters and donors for another fabulous and successful year as the only Utah-based outreach swim club sanctioned by USA Swimming. You truly Made a Difference for this program and in helping us impact the lives of more than 50 children, the vast majority of which come from low income households. We are...

NOV 11-15 PRACTICE SCHEDULE CHANGES SWAMIs, Because the Steiner West Pool is closed for maintenance this week, we have arranged to swim at the Northwest Rec facility for the week of Nov 11-15th. We know that for some of you, the days and/or times might not work. If you can't get to practice this week, we understand. It has taken hours of work for Matt, Mary Chris and me to secure these times and extra lanes. We are very thankful that Northwest could accommodate us with their busy schedule. Please...

SWAMIs Shine at Sunset, Sunrise Meets ROSE PARK -- The west side's prized and now notorious outreach swim program, Race Swami, hosted its first United States Swimming meet this past weekend in what has turned out to be another great achievement for a modest program that was founded only in January of 2011. The two meets, held back to back on Friday evening (Oct 25th) and Saturday morning (Oct 26th), were held at Rose Park's Northwest Recreation facility and featured a number of USA swim clubs from throughout northern Utah....

SWAMI's Seamus Appel Receives Honor at Denison University GRANVILLE, OH -- On Friday, October 4th, Race Swami's Seamus Appel was awarded the prestigious honor of Denison University Swimming & Diving's 2013 Coach's Award. According to Jeff Appel, Seamus' father, the award is usually given to a senior swimmer. Seamus received the honor after just completing his freshman season in 2012-13 at Denison. In fact, Seamus just began training for his sophomore season last month. Seamus, who has been a member of Race Swami since its inception in January 2011, has...

USA Swimming to Make Swim Meet Debut in Rose Park ROSE PARK -- A USA Swimming-hosted swim meet will be coming to Rose Park--tucked away in Salt Lake City's northwest corner of the city-- for the first time this autumn when west side swim organization-based Race Swami hosts a pair of events on October 25th and 26th at the Northwest Recreation Center located near the Salt Lake City Fairgrounds. The opener, dubbed the SWAMI Sunset Classic, is a Mountain Valley Alliance meet, which is a regional league that Race Swami...

Six Reasons to Invest in Race Swami We're not just training our SWAMIs for the benefits they will receive now (i.e. the benefits of learning life's lessons, instilling confidence, building qualities like teamwork and accountability, as well as establishing long-term health benefits) but we're preparing them for their future success! Below is an article that written in Forbes recently. For a direct link to the article, please visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkwilliams/2013/10/02/why-you-should-fill-your-company-with-athletes/ Why You Should Fill Your Company with 'Athletes' By David K. Williams, Contributor to Forbes At our company, we work to...

Chamberlain Makes a Difference for Young Swami Team Story by Stan J. Huberwicz Jr. The Rose Park Herald Examiner ROSE PARK --- This summer there was a fresh new face on the two pool decks (Glendale's Steiner West Pool and Northwest Recreation Center in Rose Park) that serve as home for the renowned west side-based swim club, Race Swami. That fresh face's name? Pam Chamberlain. But in swimming circles, Pam was certainly no "fresh-faced rookie," and definitely no slouch--- having served up a wealth of coaching experience prowling pool decks...

Foreword: Race Swami was recently featured in Intermountain Catholic's August 2nd edition. With permission from Intermountain Catholic, the story is below. Thank you goes out to Chris Young, who wrote the article. Direct link to the article at Intermountain Catholic can be found at http://www.icatholic.org/article/catholic-coaches-form-a-competitive-swim-program-for-7385755 Catholic coaches form a competitive swim program for underserved youth in Salt Lake By Christine Young / Intermountain Catholic SALT LAKE CITY — Matt Finnigan and his wife, Mary Chris Finnigan, are coaching swimming at Race Swami, the outreach program they established on the west...

SWAMI's Guadalupe Summer Program in Full Swing JULY 13, 2013 -- For the second straight year, Race Swami's Guadalupe Summer Swim Program is under way as twelve students from the Guadalupe School in Rose Park completed the first week of these lessons held at the Northwest Recreation Center pool located near the school. Headed by SWAMI coaches Chelsea Peterson and Pam Chamberlain (with help from Senior Swami swimmer and volunteer, Marcela Vasquez), each coach directs six kids for about 35 minutes of pool time taking them through a journey of...