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Lauren Morford

Fullerton, CA -- One hundred sixty FAST swimmers competed at our home pool last Saturday. We welcomed competitors from the Long Beach Rocketfish and Santa Maria Swim Club. This was the very first swim meet for many of our swimmers -- congratulations! Overall, FAST swimmers posted 83 lifetime bests and 253 first-time swims in new events! Forty FAST swimmers achieved best times in all of their races. Congratulations to Chase Angderson, Aubrey Dippold, Leandro Espiritu, Katie Ho, Kevin Ho, Tyler Huey, Rebecca Jacobs, Vera Kwan, Kaitlyn Kao, Allison Kim, Claire...

Lauren Morford

Huntington Beach, CA -- Fifty-nine FAST swimmers competed in the annual Pumpkin Meet hosted by Golden West Swim Club where heat winners were awarded with pumpkins. The team posted an incredible total of 299 lifetime best times and all FAST swimmers returned home with best times! Forty-four swimmers posted lifetime bests in all of their races. Congratulations to Devin Allison, Chelsea Badral, Ellie Calabrese, Paul Calderon, Hugo Campos, Taylor Chin, Jacob Cho, Katelyn Cockerill, Laiora Cohen, Lucy Delgado, Rylann Glidewell, Jackie Hua, Mateo Jimenez, Nathan Ju, Allison Kim, Emily Kim,...

Lauren Morford

Villa Park, CA -- Forty-one FAST swimmers raced at the O.C. GOLD Invitational on October 18th & 19th. Senior 2 and National group swimmers participated on Sunday, the day after a strong showing at open water championships in Long Beach. Twenty-two swimmers achieved best times in all of their races. Congratulations to Iris Chowtham, Amilya Heffernan, Katie Ho, Kevin Ho, Hannah Ju, Myler Kang, Gregory Kim, Lucas Kim, Yena Liu, Hunter Lavold, Aileen Lee, Jayden Lee, Calah McLean, Jake Narahara, Isaac No, Bryce Pak, Charisse Pang, Mykel Park, Rhett Parker,...

Brian Brown

Long Beach, CA -- FAST successfully ventured to the Marine Stadium, site of the 1932 Olympic rowing competitions, to race in in 5K/1K competitions. Swimmers challenged themselves and their competition and proved themselves with excellent results. Highlights (Top 3) 5,000 Meter Results -- Open Division (74 Entrants) Tyler Huey -- 1:04.20, 2nd Place 17-18 Division (M) Yejun Lee -- 1:06.46, 2nd Place 15-16 Division (M) Rhett Parker -- 1:14.16, 3rd Place 13-14 Division (M) 1,000 Meter Results -- Open Division (40 Entrants) Caleb Yoo -- 14:44.57 , 1st Place 15-16...

Lauren Morford

Fullerton, CA -- Last Saturday FAST kicked off the new season at the 5th annual Blue vs. White Meet. This was our largest Blue vs. White meet ever with 215 swimmers! They achieved an incredible 429 lifetime bests, and our new swimmers had 198 first-time swims! Seventy-one swimmers from all different groups posted time improvements in all of the races they swam on Saturday. Congratulations to Devin Allison, Chase Angderson, Aria Asavasumrid, Chelsea Badral, Samuel Bettfreund, Ellie Calabrese, Hugo Campos, Logan Chanporn, Taylor Chin, Ian Choi, Iris Chowtham, Laiora Cohen,...

Brian Brown

24 FAST swimmers combined forces for a fantastic summer-ending meet at the SCS Age Group Championships. Highlights: 104 lifetime bests 52 new National Age Group time standards Top 8 Finishers were: Kenneth Ho (1500 Free, 400 IM, 800 Free) Shae Kennedy (200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free) Dylan Khajavi (1500 Free) Yejun Lee (200 Back, 400 IM) Bryce Pak (100 Back, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 50 Back) Rohan Parker (200 Fly, 800 Free) Victoria Ruge (1500 Free, 200 Breast) Toby Swanson (1500 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free) Congratulations...

Brian Brown

At the Junior National meet in Irvine, CA Luke Leon Guerrero produced best times in the 400M Freestyle (4:02.33) and 1500M Freestyle (16:28.56). Competing in his final meet as a high school athlete, Luke is now off to swim for the University of Las Vegas, an NCAA Division I team. Good luck with the the fall season Luke!

Brian Brown

Congratulations to Eveline Grannis on a very successful first Futures Championship. Representing FAST in Madison, WI Eveline came home with two personal best times and two medals -- 6th place, 1500M Freestyle (17:40.10) and 8th place, 800M Freestyle (9:14.20). Way to swim FAST Eveline!

Lauren Morford

Chula Vista, CA -- Eighteen FAST swimmers competed in the Summer Sectional Championships in San Diego last weekend posting 32 lifetime best times! Eleven swimmers scored points in individuals events by finishing in the Top 16: Santiago Grassi - 50 Free (2nd) Tyler Huey - 1500 Free (11th) and 800 Free (15th) Calvyn Justus - 50 Free (1st) Luke Leon Guerrero - 100 Free (16th), 200 Free (11th), 400 Free (11th) Ratana Miller - 1500 Free (15th) Anthony Ramirez - 200 IM (14th) Marina Spadoni - 50 Free (3rd) Ayanna...

Brian Brown

A dozen FAST swimmers, including seven post-grads and professionals, competed in the Los Angeles Invitational over the weekend. The event was held at the historic USC pool, home of the 1984 Olympics and was a great tune up meeet for upcoming competitions. Podium finishes were posted by: Calvyn Justus -- 1st Place, 50M Freestyle (:22.89) Santiago Grassi -- 2nd Place, 50M Freestyle (:23.15) Natalie Kan -- 1st Place, 100M Butterfly (1:00.15) Marina Spadoni -- 3rd Place 50M Freestyle (:26.09) Personal best times were posted by: Tyler Huey -- 1500M Freestyle...