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Congratulations to FAST swimmers and staff on being awarded the 2022 USA Swimming Club Excellence Bronze Medal status. This award is based upon results achieved by 18&U team members in comparison with swimmers nationwide. FAST was one of only 12 Southern California LSC teams (7%) to attain this distinction for the upcoing season. "Work Works!" Complete 2022 Club Excellence list here
USA Swimming has confirmed Simon Lamar's selection to the USA National Open Water Team based upon his 4th place finish at the Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup earlier this month. Simon has previously been a member of the USAS National Junior Team (18 & Under), and this is his second placement on the National Team. You can read more here. Congratulations Simon!
Last week Coach Jon Urbanchek dropped by Independence Park to see his "colors" training system in action. Based upon a 3,000 for time test set, Coach Jon's method uses each swimmer's threshold pace (the fastest speed they can hold continuously without going into lactic acid overload) to determine training intensities and paces for all race distances. Luckily FAST National Development team members (as well as some hardy guests from the Senior Development group) were ready. Coincidentally, they had just done their first 3,000 test of the 2021-2022 season earlier in...
Sunny Hills Senior Syler Kao made it official last week -- he will be attending University of California San Diego next fall. Skyler is a Junior National qualifier in the 800/1500 Meter freestyle events and will be an immediate contributor to the Tritons' swimming squad. Congratulations Skyler!
Sonora High School Senior Matthew Chai will has confirmed that he will be attending UC Berkeley next fall. Matthew is a Senior National qualifier and participated in the Olympic Trials Wave II last summer in the 800/1500M freestyle. After being heavily recruited he has decided to pursue his academic and athletic goals nearby in Northern California. Congratulations Matthew!
FAST National Team swimmers raced to impressive finishes this past weekend Las Vegas, NV. Both the Elite and Junior fields featured competitiors from around the country. By virtue of his 4th place finish Simon Lamar was named to the USA Swimming Open Water National Team. Representing FAST at the Open Water Champions Cup this year were: Skyler Kao -- 14th Mens Elite Division 10K Race Simon Lamar -- 4th Mens Elite Division 10K Race Carter Lavold -- 8th Mens 11-16 Junior Division 5K Race Cera Mallory -- 7th Womens 11-16...
With the addition of coaches James Gallagher and Keith Moore the FAST staff gains a significant amount of experience on and off the deck. Their combined 68 years of coaching lift the FAST staff total to an incredible 116 years of on-deck knowlege. Coach James will be leading the Age Group Development group and working with Coach Linda on the FAST Development curriculum. He will be involved in the administration of FAST, including the organization of swim meets and future fundraisers. Coach James was also recently elected to the Admin...
The first annual FAST Blue vs. White intrasquad meet was a great success and the perfect season starter event for 2021. FAST athletes meet garnered 269 personal best times! There were numerous exciting, close races, especially for the ARENA Hot Heats which awarded towels to the winners. Final results: Girls Team Scores -- Blue 612 / White 718 Boys Team Scores -- Blue 765 / White 565 Combined Scores -- Blue 1,377 / White 1,283 Thanks go to all the parents who volunteered their time to run the event. Special...
In addition to competing in the 2020 Olympics Trials this past June, Sonora High School Senior Matthew Chai broke two 17-18 FAST team records in the past year. On November 12, 2020 he swam the 800 Meter freestyle in 8:08.21 to establish a new mark (Previous Record: Tyler Clary-- 8:12.10, 8/22/2006). On January 23, 2021 Matthew reset the 1500 Meter time with a 15:39.65 (Previous Record: Tyler Clary--15:40.84, 8/7/2006). Congratulations Matthew!
