SWAMI's Emily Murnin Named Academic All-State SALT LAKE CITY -- Each season, the Utah High School Athletic Association (UHSAA) announces the recipients of the prestigious Academic All-State Teams and the 2013 Judge Memorial swim team, led by SWAMI's head coach Matt Finnigan, has just been announced. Congratulations to senior EMILY MURNIN for earning Academic All-State in UHSAA Girls’ Swimming -- a very special honor. Emily was one of a mere ten swimmers state wide who was named to the Academic All State list. Emily's academic career at Judge Memorial in...

DOWNTOWN SLC -- For the second consecutive year, members of the Race Swami swim club spent a day volunteering at The Road Home, a social services organization located on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City. The Road Home is a private non-profit agency that assists individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Salt Lake County. Their mission is to help people step out of homelessness and back into the community. Led by Race Swami team parent Melanie Zamora, who serves as Director of Housing Programs at The Road Home,...

Young Swamis Represent at Candy Cane AMERICAN FORK, UT -- Fourteen SWAMIs of Green & Gold, ranging in ages from 7 to 11, dove into the warm waters of American Fork Recreation on December 7th, 2012 in what, for many, was their maiden voyage into the world of USA competitive swimming. Great races were plentiful for these young SWAMIs as they covered quite a swath of territory, racing in 25-yard breaststrokes, 50-yard butterflys, and 100-yard Individual medleys to name a few. 10-year old Rising Swami II swimmer Nele Kaufusi headlined...

Grant Brings SWAMIs Plentiful New Gear ROSE PARK --- Recently, a $6,500 grant from the Sorenson Legacy Foundation enabled the west side youth swim program, RACE SWAMI, to purchase swim gear for many of it's young members, most of whom receive financial assistance in order to compete for the USA Swiming club. According to team president Leslie Motley, the grant couldn't have come at a better time. "We are growing so fast and most of our kids who are joining are very new to the sport. They are local kids...

Race Swami Announces Fall Schedule ROSE PARK -- RACE SWAMI recently released it's new FALL 2012 TRAINING SCHEDULE, which kicks off the fall-spring swim season for the USA Swimming club on Monday, August 20th. With the schedule brings many new additions to last year's FALL-SPRING schedule. Team President Leslie Motley formally announced the newest training group to Race Swami, dubbed RISING SWAMI II, a consordium of swimmers who have advanced to the intermediate stage on their path of competitive swimming. "Our Rising Swami group as a whole was literally growing...

Zerin Wolfgramm Sets Two State Records, SWAMIs Score BIG KEARNS — 10-year old Race Swami Zerin Wolfgramm wanted to set the bar so high in the 100 meter backstroke at the Utah Long Course State Championships that the record he might set would stand for 50 years, or as he put it, "until maybe my own kid breaks it someday." In prelims Zerin broke his own record (1:18.41) he set back in June at the Cottonwood Heights Invitational. He dropped it almost a second in the morning prelim swim, to...

SWAMIs Excited to Represent at Annual LC State Meet ROSE PARK — As the hot summer days wan and give way to the back-to-school sales season, it also means the annual Utah Long Course State meet is upon us as the famed meet is set to begin Wednesday, August 1. The meet runs through Saturday, August 4th. It's been a year since Race Swami made it's official debut in the USA Swimming-sponsored meet held at the Kearns Oquirrh pool tucked away in the west valley hamlet. Last year SWAMI finished...

GLENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD, UT — Yesterday RACE SWAMI kicked off it's first ever Summer Swim Program in conjunction with the Guadalupe School in Rose Park. Nearly 60 students from the Guadalupe School signed up to swim with USA Swimming certified SWAMI coaches for three days a week, for a half hour session each. The Guadalupe School Summer Swim program runs through the entire month of July. The students' skills are beginner level—generally Learn-to-Swim Levels 1 and 2 and the youngsters are working to increase their basic skills and comfort in the...

Guadalupe School After School Action (from Guadalupe School's Spring Newsletter, The Chalkboard) ROSE PARK — The 2011-2012 school year has been an exciting time for Guadalupe School! This year we expanded our afterschool program to include enrichment activities and academic support. Thanks to some great volunteers we’ve introduced our students to swimming lessons, chess club, hip hop dance and homework tutoring. Swimming lessons are provided through a wonderful collaboration with Race Swami. Our students learn this critical skill while having fun at a low cost or no cost to their...

Race Swami will be appearing at Northwest RiverFest 2012 ROSE PARK — For the second consecutive year, the green and gold fleur of RACE SWAMI will be present on the marshy banks of breathtaking Jordan River at the Northwest Recreation Center in Rose Park. Yes, it's the much-ballyhooed RiverFest, set for Saturday, June 2nd from 11am to 6pm. It's an epic community event that's perfect for the whole family. The Fun Run will kick the festivities off at 10:30am. The run will be followed by live music, plenty of food...