Fullerton, CA -- FAST hosted its third annual Jon Urbanchek Invitational meet last weekend to great success. For this year's edition of the meet grew by more than 100 swimmers and drew 31 teams from 7 LSCs. The event also attracted seven current and former Olympians -- Santo Condorelli (competit or), Janet Evans (volunteer), Gary Hall Jr (coach), Breeja Larson (coach), Jason Lezak (spectator), John Mykkanen (coach), and Kristine Quance-Julian (coach). The vibe on deck was awesome. Event winners garnered $75 (1st Place), $50 (2nd Place) or $25 (3rd Place)...

Seven FAST swimmers raced in Irvine at the Grand Challenge meet to kick off the summer long course season. This was also the last meet for Bo Zheng before he returned to China for the summer. With great attitudes the group posted two new best times and together set themselves up for a fantastic season. Good luck everyone!

Forty-nine FAST swimmers competed in Huntington Beach and posted in 127 lifetime bests and 58 new USA Swimming National Age Group time standards: 7 new AA times 11 new A times 24 new BB times 16 new B times Eight swimmers achieved lifetime bests in all of their races. Congratulations to Alejandro Ceja, Shae Kennedy, Yena Liu, Sawyer Lee, Jisoo Park, Rhett Parker, Milan Tran, Lucas Zhang! Additional best times were achieved by Nataly Agnew, Evni Bandara, Elizabeth Barnhart, Elizabeth Barnhart, Mia Carley, Cassius Cho, Iris Chowtham, Laiora Cohen, Eveline...

Las Vegas, NV -- FAST showed up strong at the SAND Cinco de Mayo meet last weekend. The group of 26 swimmers turned in 169 lifetime best times, including 26 new Summer Age Group Champs qualifying times and 112 new National Age Group Motivational Times! New AAA times - 9 New AA times - 13 New A times - 13 New BB times - 46 New B times - 31 Fifteen swimmers achieved best times all of their races. Congratulations to Starry Cho, Iris Chowtham, Hunter Lavold, Aileen Lee, Sophia...

FAST Families, As usual, we have lots going on here at FAST, so I am writing to share what we are looking forward to this summer. This week local high school swimmers from FAST are competing in their League Championships. We have already seen some great swims from prelim competitions and are looking forward to fantastic results in the finals later this week. Those who qualify for CIF Championships will begin competing next and any swimmers who make States will go one week further – Good luck! Coach James Gallagher...

Thirty Senior & National group swimmers raced in Long Beach last weekend turning in 68 lifetime bests and 16 new National Age Group time standards: 2 new AA times 2 new A times 5 new BB times 7 new B times Seven swimmers achieved lifetime bests in all of their races. Congratulations to Rocco Alvarino, Eveline Grannis, Emily Kim, Jisoo Park, Toby Swanson, William Yeo, and Kevin Yum! The group had many impressive time drops highlighted by cuts of about 10 seconds or more posted by: Nataly Agnew, 200 IM...

Sarasota, FL -- National group swimmer Luke Leon Guerrero competed in his first Open Water National Championship on April 6th. He raced the 5K and finished 27th in a competitive field of 42 swimmers that included four Japanese National Team members and elite collegiate swimmers from throughout the country. Luke swam a smart race -- hanging with a pack, passing swimmers to move up in the second half, and breaking away to finish strong 15 seconds ahead of the next swimmer. Congratulations, Luke! Complete results from all of the Open...

Fullerton, CA -- FAST kicked off the Long Course season at the Janet Evans Swim Complex with our traditional Distance Dogfight freestyle meet. We run this meet to kick-start Long Course racing, provide opportunities for the distance Freestyle events (400, 800, 1500), and introduce younger swimmers to those events. FAST swimmers achieved 118 lifetime best times and tallied 70 new USA Swimming National Age Group Motivational Times! New AAA times - 2 New AA times - 9 New A times - 7 New BB times - 31 New B times...

FAST Senior 2 & National group swimmers competed in the 2025 Spring Sectional meet in Oceanside, February 27-March 2. This was the first Sectional meet for Laura Perez Redondo and Caleb Yoo. FAST swimmers achieved 4 new National Age Group Motivational times: AA time - James Sy, 100 Breast (1:01.91) AAA time - Liam Weinreich, 100 Fly (53.40) AAAA times - Eveline Grannis, 1000 Free (10:21.37) and 1650 Free (17:12.34) Eveline's 1000 Free time was also her first Futures qualifying time. Congratulations, Eveline! Additional lifetime bests were turned in by:...

FAST swimmers achieved an outstanding 359 lifetime best times at the February Short Course Finale meet. A remarkable 102 of the 104 swimmers who competed earned one or more lifetime bests! This included 140 new National Age Group motivational times: 1 new AAA time 8 new AA times 10 new A times 35 new BB times 86 new B times Fifty-three swimmers achieved lifetime bests in 100% of their races -- this is over half of the total number of swimmers who participated! Congratulations to Rocco Alvarino, Savannah Austin, Aaruv...