This morning USA Swimming announced its 2022 Club Excellence award-winners. FAST was awarded the Bronze Level of distinction. This was the second year in a row that FAST has attained this honor. FAST joins nine other Southern California Swimming teams to make the list of Top 200 teams out of more than 3,100 USAS clubs nationwide. The complete list of 2022 honored clubs can be found here. Club Excellence program requirements can be found here. Congratulations FAST!

Congratulations to our Week 3 "Island Time" Fundraiser individual winners. By raising a combined $2,390 in one week, Isabella Zia ($1,390), Bill McGarvey ($1,000) were our top female and male fundraisers for the week. The Masters group took the team contest with an impressive $3,076 raised, while there was a tie for 2nd place between National Age Group and Senior Group with $2,490 each. 3rd place went to the Junior group with $550, 4th place Varsity with $225, 5th place National with $220 and 6th place FAST Development with $175....

Next week in preparation for our Aloha Fundraiser we will be celebrating with Island Time Spirit Week. Each day we ask that you wear attire that indicates your support for FAST! Monday -- Wear Pink (In Honor Of Breast Cancer Awareness Month!) Tuesday -- Team USA (Wear All Your Best Red, White, And Blue!) Wednesday -- Bring Anything But A Water Bottle (Bring Your Water To Practice In Anything But A Water Bottle!) Thursday -- Throwback (Wear Your Oldest FAST Team Shirt!) Friday -- Aloha Friday (Come Decked Out In...

Congratulations to our Week 2 "Island Time" Fundraiser individual winners. By raising a combined $1,900 in one week, Sydney Cruz ($1,100) and Finn Shook ($800) were our top female and male fundraisers for the week. The Junior group took the team contest at the final hour again on Saturday with a total of $2,588 raised, while the Senior group had a close second place with $2,035. 3rd place went to National with $1,075, 4th place National Age Group with $1,055 and 5th place Varsity and FAST Development tied with $400....

Saturday, October 29th FAST will hold its "Island Time" fundraiser. The event will feature a 1-hour open water swim around islands in the pool as well as other teambuilding activities. There will be two age groups, 12&U and 13&O (including adults). Prizes will be awarded for things such as: Best aloha vibe Most idyllic island Hula Hoop contest Limbo contest And more! All swimmers should sign up on the FAST team website to participate in this event. The entry fee for this event is $25 per person in attendance which...

USA Swimming recently announced its 2021-2022 Scholastic All-America list, featuring 1,281 athletes in 9-12th grade who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and meet any of the competition criteria during the qualifying period of September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022. Matthew Chai, now a freshman at Cal Berkeley, made the list for the second time. Congratulations!

At the GWSC Pumpkin Meet yesterday FAST swimmers finished a full weekend of racing in stellar fashion. Here are some stats: 49 new National Age Group Motivational Times (1 "AAA", 4 "AA", 9 "A", 17 "BB, 18 "B") 135 personal best times (68%) 21 pumpkins brought home for heat-winning performances! Congratulations to everyone!

FAST raced the distance events last Friday and a plethora of mid-distance and sprint events on Saturday while hosting several local teams. The meet, designed to involve all the team's swimmers regardless of speed, proved an excellent opportunity to swim numerous events and bring FAST athletes of all ages and abilities together at the same time. Here are some stats: 73 new National Age Group Motivational Times (8 "AA", 14 "A", 30 "BB, 21 "B") 206 personal best times (73%) Multiple new Spring JO times! Congratulations to everyone!

Long-time FAST swimmer Bill McGarvey challenged his Masters teammates this morning after practice. McGarvey, aka "Taco Bill", announced that he would match all Masters donations up to $1,000 to the "Island Time" fundraiser next weekend. He encouraged the group to give whatever they could, noting that if all 90 registered FAST Masters swimmers contributed it would be a significant amount raised towards a new timing system, lane lines and other infrastructure items which are sorely needed. Bill also wanted to remind everyone that FAST is a non-profit organization and all...

Congratulations to our Week 1 "Island Time" Fundraiser individual winners. By raising a combined $2,785 in one week, Atalia Perez ($1,135) and Peter Zhang ($1,650) were our top female and male fundraisers for the week. Congratulations also to the Junior group for taking the team contest at the final hour last Saturday with a total of $2,606.05 raised. The contest continues this week and results will be announced on Monday. Remember, "You gotta be in it to win it!"