Fullerton, CA -- Last Saturday NAG, Senior, and National group swimmers raced for the first time in 2025. Despite just finishing an outstanding period of heavy winter training, 39 swimmers posted best times and 23 new National Age Group time standards were achieved! New "AAA" times - 1 New "AA" times - 4 New "A" times - 5 New "BB" times - 11 New "B" times - 2 Nine swimmers achieved best times in all of their races. Congratulations to Dongjoon Kim, Aileen Lee, Kaitlyn Nguyen, Jisoo Park, Victoria Ruge,...

Three FAST swimmers were selected to represent Southern California at this year's All-Star Festival, and Coach James was chosen to be a member of the coaching staff. Congratulations to Bryce Pak (11-12 Boys), Hudson Pak (10 & Under Boys), and Victoria Ruge (11-12 Girls)! To be selected, swimmers must have a Winter Age Group qualifying time and be among Southern California's Top 50 within their age group in multiple events. The 2025 All-Star Festival will be held January 24-26 in Las Vegas, NV. Swim FAST!

Who’s in That Lane? Mike Pawloski I was born and raised in Long Beach, CA, and attended Millikan High School, where I played water polo and swam. Honestly, I liked water polo better and tried hard to avoid swimming—though it was a requirement to play water polo. After brief attempts in my sophomore and junior years at cross-country and pole vaulting respectively (when basketball and baseball weren’t options), I returned to the pool—a choice I’m grateful for in hindsight. After high school, I stepped away from swimming for 25 years....

This installment of the Masters series "Who's in that Lane?" is one of the fastest swimmers in the Masters group! It is this writer's opinion that he is probably one of the youngest also. If you haven't met Sidney (Sid) Kao, here's your chance to know a little bit about this interesting and unique person. Sid was born in Tokyo, Japan, but grew up in Southern California. He has been at FAST since 2006, starting off as an age group swimmer. He swam at Sunny Hills High School and continued...

Walnut, CA -- Ten FAST swimmers from the Senior 2 and National groups raced in the December CA/NV Sectionals at Mt. San Antonio College the weekend before Christmas. They achieved 8 new lifetime bests including 1 new AA time standard and 1 new AAA time standard. This was the first Sectional meet for Abby Guevara who posted a lifetime best in the 200 Freestyle (2:01.72). Congratulations, Abby! Other lifetime bests were achieved by: - Eveline Grannis: 1000 Free (10:28.22); 1650 Free (17:23.66) - Tyler Huey -- 1000 Free (9:44.01); 50...

Austin, TX -- FAST seniors Luke Leon Guerrero & Kevin Yum competed in their second Winter Junior National Championsips last week. Luke posted his second-best time in the 200 Free (1:40.05), second-best of the season in the 1650 Free by just 4 seconds (15:48.86), and third-best of the season in the 500 Free (4:33.45). Kevin raced to his second-best time of the season in the 500 Free (4:33.13) and a season best in the 1650 Free (16:01.73).

Huntington Beach, CA -- Twenty-two FAST swimmers raced at the 2024 Winter Age Group Championship at Golden West last weekend. They achieved 63 lifetime best times including 23 new National Age Group time standards: AAA - 1 AA - 12 A - 9 BB - 1 Five FAST swimmers achieved lifetime bests in all of their races: Congratulations to Mia Carley, Kevin Ho, Shae Kennedy, Cynthia Lan, and Laura Perez Redondo! Seventeen of FAST's 22 swimmers scored points by earning Finals swims and/or finishing among the Top 10 in individual...

Las Vegas, NV -- Twenty-eight FAST swimmers traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the Sandpipers of Nevada Super Finals. The meet was a great success with an amazing 125 lifetime best times achieved, including 49 new National Age Group time standards. New AAA times - 4 New AA times - 15 New A times - 9 New BB times - 10 New B times - 11 Six swimmers posted lifetime bests in all of their races. This was extra impressive as it was the first travel meet for all...

Long Beach, CA -- Last weekend FAST Masters swimmers Ethan Luc, Sidney Kao, Patrick Park, and Sean Kao teamed up to set new Short Course Meters U.S. Masters National and World relay records at the Southern Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championship. Their 200 Freestyle Relay time was a new Masters National & Masters WORLD record! Their 400 Freestyle Relay time was a new Masters National record! 400-meter Freestyle Relay -- 3:22.27 / Previous Record: 3:35.67 by Virginia Masters Swim Team in November 2023 200-meter Freestyle Relay -- 1:30.40 /...

Irvine, CA -- Twelve FAST swimmers from the NAG, Senior 1, and Senior 2 groups posted an outstanding 54 lifetime bests at the Patriot Meet last weekend. What a great start to December! Their races included: 5 new "B" time standards 5 new "BB" time standards 1 new "A" time standard 2 new "AA" time standards Laura Perez Redondo and Morganne Wanke posted lifetime bests in all of their races. Congratulations, ladies! All 12 FAST swimmers had one or more Top 8 finishes! Congratulations to Evni Bandara (1), Cassius Cho...