Race Swami To Celebrate First Anniversary On Saturday May 12th, 2012 the vaunted up-and-comer, Race Swami, will be celebrating it's inaugural anniversary in the name of outreach swimming in the state of Utah. The "FIESTA!" as it's been dubbed, will be held at Constitution Park located at the Northwest Recreation Center in Rose Park. Festivities get under way at 12:30pm. Although the official RACE SWAMI anniversary date was technically January 2012, that date was merely noted for the actual "founding" of Race Swami a year prior. For party-going aficionados, it...

Coach brings first swim team to Salt Lake’s west side Mentoring » Students learn life lessons along with the front crawl. By Jon Clifford | Special to The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Apr 26 2012 01:23 pm • Last Updated May 03 2012 10:46 am Kids on the west side of town are finally making a splash. They are doing so in the Race Swami swim program, the first U.S. swim club on Salt Lake City’s west side, based out of Steiner West and Northwest Recreation Center. It was...

2012 Utah Short Course Junior Olympic Championships The Team Peyton Ledbetter (age 10) Alandra McDowell (age 14) Blaire McDowell (age 11) Autumn Wolfgramm (age 14) Fanetapou Wolfgramm (age 11) Zerin Wolfgramm (age 9) The Coaches (and Senior Swami Assistants) Matt Finnigan Chelsea Peterson Mattie Mulick Amelia Wolfgramm Allison Witte Marcela Vasquez Jason Motley! March 14th, 2012 11-12 Girls 400 Individual Medley: Blaire McDowell – hear the name and fear it. Although this little girl has not yet swum the 400 IM at a State Championship meet, she will be a...

By Stan Frank, Salt Lake Beacon Beat Writer WASHINGTON CITY, UT -- In Race Swami's first ever short course Senior State Meet held at Washington City Pool in southern Utah, the Swami athletes represented well for the vaunted Green & Gold, cashing in on a number of great performances to finish 8th as a team. With a mere six swimmers, albeit very fast swimmers, Swami placed high in virtually every event they entered. Starring roles were had by the likes of Seamus Appel on the men's side, and Amelia Wolfgramm...

PROVO — On February 3rd and 4th, a handful of Swamis, representing Judge Memorial Catholic High School, decended upon the old Richards Building natatorium for the annual Utah 3A State High School Championships. The Judge Memorial Girls team took home the state title, their ninth championship in ten years—and their fourth title in a row. The Lady Bulldogs dominated the field, finishing more than 100 points ahead of second place finisher Desert Hills (St. George). The team managed to send at least one team member to the podium (places 1-6) in all but...

KEARNS, UT -- It was another strong performance for Race Swami at the 46th Annual Kearns Holiday Open at the Family Fitness Center in the western valley community. Amelia Wolfgramm, swimming "unattached" because of the high swimming season, raced to a number of victories in the 15 & Over age group, winning the 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyles, along with the 100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, 200 backstroke, and 200 I.M. Amelia ended up with the Girls' 15 & Over high point award, given to those who finish with the...

DOWNTOWN SLC -- On December 22nd, 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, the Swamis...

ROSE PARK/SLC -- Race Swami is hosting their their third clinic of the year for the Rose Park/Glendale community beginning Monday, December 19th. The clinic will run through the end of the week, with morning sessions on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11am to noon, and afternoons on Tuesday and Thursday from 2-3pm. All the swimming sessions take place at the Northwest Recreation Center in Rose Park. The clinic is headed by SWAMI coaches Matt Finnigan, Chelsea Peterson and Erika Eisenman. Many of the SWAMI athletes, ages 10 to 18...

SWAMIs “Cache In” at Cache Valley Meet HYRUM, UT -- Race Swami sent one of its largest contingencies yet in its brief history when the SWAMIs embarked on the Valley of Cheese for the Cache Valley Marlins December Meet on December 10th. SWAMis young and younger were in attendance, though the Senior Swamis were forced to swim under the rather dull moniker of "Unattached" due to high school swimming requirements. Yet still, the green and gold fleur di lis sailed often and proudly as each SWAMI produced great results, event...

ROSE PARK — Race Swami has announced that it's swimmers will be partnering with The Road Home Shelter of Salt Lake City with a service project during the holiday season. Swimmers will be volunteering at the Candy Cane Corner, a Christmas Store set up for homeless families to shop for Christmas presents. Besides volunteering at the Candy Candy Corner, SWAMIs will be encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys, books, housewares and/or warm winter clothing. Co-founder Mary Chris Finnigan said that Race Swami is excited and privileged to be helping out...