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Nineteen FAST swimmers raced in a dual meet with Lakewood Aquatics on Saturday, June 29 2024. This mid-summer meet served as a tune up and race rehearsal opportunity before the summer championships coming up in a few weeks. Swimmers posted 12 lifetime best times including 6 new National Age Group Motivational Times: 4 new "AA" times 2 new "A" times The largest drop for the men was turned in by Toby Swanson who cut an impressive 22.75 seconds off his 800 Freestyle time for a final time of 9:16.67, inching...
Fifteen FAST swimmers competed in the 2nd Annual Jon Urbanchek Invitational at FAST, June 14-16. 2024. This is a mid-season "training" meet with great racing opportunities for senior level swimmers and features talent from across the country. This year we hosted 18 teams. Swimswam previewed the meet here. FAST swimmers posted 29 lifetime bests including 10 new National Age Group Motivational Times: 3 new "AAA" times 6 new "AA" times 1 new "A" time The top 3 finishers in each event are awarded prize money in the form of an...
FAST swimmers posted 228 lifetime best times last weekend at the Golden West Long Course meet, an impressive number for this early season meet! Of the best times, an impressive 97 were new National Age Group Motivational Times: 5 new "AAA" times 6 new "AA" times 17 new "A" times 38 new "BB" times 31 new "B" times Complete meet results can be viewed here. Keep up the great Long Course racing!
Who’s In That Lane? – Episode 9: Ben Thien I joined FAST Masters in July 2023. I was never on a swim team before, so I have been swimming for10 months now. I did swim a little 20 years ago for a triathlon and joined FAST because I wanted a place to swim to train for another triathlon. FAST had the best time available, best price, and was the most convenient because it’s on the way to work. Now the triathlon is probably not going to happen because my feet...
Former FAST coach Jon Urbanchek passed away last night at his home in Fullerton surrounded by his family. Jon is a legend in the international swimming community and was an important mentor and friend to FAST since his return to California in 2010. From Anaheim High School to Long Beach State, the University of Michigan, USC, and every Olympic Games since 1976, Jon has deeply touched many lives in and out of the pool. Jon was one of the first coaches at FAST when teams in Fullerton and Anaheim merged...
Last weekend at the SAND Cinco de Mayo meet 19 FAST swimmers posted 134 lifetime best times out of 149 swims -- an outstanding 90% best times! 82 new USA National Age Group Motivational time standards achieved -- 3 "AAA", 15 "A", 43 "BB", and 21 "B" 26 new Summer Age Group Championships qualifying times achieved Complete results can be viewed here. Keep up the great work, FAST!
Nineteen FAST swimmers competed in the Lakewood Invitational in Long Beach, posting 43 personal best times. This was the second Long Course meet of the season and the first Long Course opportunity for non-Freestyle events. Nine new National Age Group times were achieved: 1 "B" time 3 "BB" times 5 "A" times FAST had one event winner with Yves Pan dropping 9+ seconds to win the 400 IM in a time of 5:18.83. Two other top 3 finishes were posted by Toby Swanson (3rd, 400 IM) and Caleb Yoo (3rd,...
On Saturday, April 20th FAST hosted our home team, the Fullerton Sharks, and five other teams for the 2024 Orange County Special Olympics Regional Swimming Competition. Ninety athletes participated from the Sharks, O.C. Titans, Surf City Swimmers, Mission Viejo Nadadores, Irvine Eagles, and Long Beach. Over 50 FAST volunteers and the Knights of Columbus combined forces to run a great meet and post-meet BBQ. After a 5-year hiatus due to the pandemic, everyone was thrilled to bring back this event. The meet was an opportunity for the athletes to qualify...
