At the United States Masters Swimming Spring National Championships this past weekend in San Antonio, TX Bob Bergstrom won three medals. Swimming in the 80-84 age group, the FAST veteran struck gold in the 200 Yard Backstoke and bronze in the 100 Yard Backstroke. Bob also demonstrated his mastery of pacing in the distance events (look at those descending splits!) while earning a bronze in the 1,000 Freestyle and a fourth place finish in the 500. Congratulations! Men 80-84 200 Yard Backstroke Finals...

Matthew Chai swam to victory in two events at the Swim Meet Of Champions and established two new 17-18 team records over the weekend. Matthew's 800 Meter Freestyle time of 8:07.22 (Previous Record: Matthew Chai -- 8:08.21, 11/12/2020) and 1500 Meter time of 15:32.34 (Previous Record: Matthew Chai -- 15:39.65, 1/23/2021) rank him 74th and 98th on the USA Swimming All-Time Top 100 list. Teammate Kailee Chow also set a new 17-18 team mark in the 100 Meter Butterfly with a time of 1:03.47 (Previous Record: Maya Lee -- 1:04.19,...

FAST Alumni Simon Lamar finished 7th in the USAS 10K Open Water Championships in Fort Myers Beach, FL over the weekend. Weather conditions made the race especially challenging. The competition featured international swimmers from France, The Netherlands and The Czech Republic in addition to top American qualfiers. By finishing as the 5th place American (2:08.77) Simon requalified for the USA National Team. Simon was also 5th in the 5K race (58:26) and finished as the third American. The competition served as part one of the selection process for the World...

The FAST Distance Dogfight meet last weekend kicked off the LCM season in style with 160+ swimmers able to compete in many events for the first time. The competition featured all the freestyle events (except the 50) and allowed swimmers to challenge themselves with multiple races back-to-back. FAST swimmers achieved 58 new personal best times and recorded 37 new USAS NAG Times (2 "AAA", 8 "AA", 3 "A", 17 "BB" and 7 "B"). More importantly, the meet served swimmers in two crucial ways: It provided an opportunity for athletes to...

At the SCS SCY 14U Junior Olympics this past weekend, Jason Lee, Luke Leon Guerrero, Ratana Miller and Kevin Yum combined for 78% personal best times. Two new USAS NAG Times were also achieved (1 x "AAA", 1 x "AA"). With multiple finals swims, each athlete also scored points for FAST. This culminates our short course season and we are already looking forward to the Summer Long Course JO's. Congratulations!

The Sectional Championships this past weekend was led by FAST seniors, all of whom scored points in the tough regional competition which drew more than 1,000 swimmers from across California and Nevada. Matthew Chai set the tone for FAST by winning the 500, 1000 and 1650-yard Freestyle events and scoring in the 200 as well, totaling 118 points. His 1,000 time of 8:51.61 was also a team record (Previous Record: Matthew Chai -- 8:55.31, 12/11/2021). Skyer Kao added 25 points to the team total with a 5th place in the...

FAST athletes raced to great results in Irvine this past weekend, recording 51% best times and 26 new NAG times (5 "AAA", 8 "AA", 8 "A" and 5 "BB"). With numerous finals swims for FAST in nearly every event, the team competed very well. Two swimmers also qualified for Sectionals for the first time and two others added additional events to their slate of qualifying swims for next week's regional championship in Carlsbad, CA. Ty Leon Guerrero -- 1st Sectional standard, 100-yard Breaststroke Lily Guevara -- 1st Sectional standard, 200-yard...

At the International Swimming Coaches Association Elite Showcase meet this past weekend FAST swimmers raced to 65% personal best times and 21 new USAS National Age Group times (6 "AA", 5 "A", 9 "BB" and 1 "B"). They also brought home lots of hardware as a result of all their hard work! Congratulations to all!

Last Saturday FAST athletes showed their meddle by achieving 152 personal best times and 47 new USAS NAG Times. Event highlights: 9 new ISCA West Coast Elite Showcase qualifying times 21 new "B" times 20 new "BB" times 4 new "A" times 2 new "AA" times Thanks go to all the parents who either helped set up, worked at the meet, or participated in tear down afterwards -- your efforts are much appreciated! Congratulations to all our FAST competitors!

FAST teammates Matthew Chai and Simon Lamar got some ink for their swimming accomplishments from news sources recently. Here are two links for your reading pleasure: Matthew -- Fullerton Observer (see page six of the current e-edition) Simon -- USA Swimming Congratulations to these athletes on their successes and, more importantly, their perseverance and consistency.