The FAST Swim Team kicked off the new season instyle with an awesome intrasquad meet followed by fun and festivities at the pool -- including two water slides and 100 pizzas! Swimmers achieved 382 lifetime best times! Including: 2 new "AAA" times 2 new "AA" times 5 new "A" times 23 new "BB" times 34 new "B" times That was a genuine UNITEAM event at its best! Good luck this year and JUST SWIM FAST!

FAST had a fantastic season-ending meet at Summer Age Group Championships! Our 32 athletes posted an outstanding 176 best times and together earned a 5th place overall finish with 1558.5 points! Team points were led by top-8 finishes from Elizabeth Barnhart, Mia Carley, Aubrey Diebolt, Evan Eum, Eveline Grannis, Ellie Guayan, Kenneth Ho, Tyler Huey, Autumn Johnston, Jason Lee, Ratana Miller, Bryce Pak, Hudson Pak, Yves Pan, Victoria Ruge, Toby Swanson, James Sy, Declan Wang, Morganne Wanke, Liam Weinreich, and Caleb Yoo. FAST swimmers had a total of 46 top-8...

Luke Leon Guerrero competed at the 2024 Speedo Summer Championships in Irvine, July 23-29, 2024. This meet serves as the final national level competition of the summer for Junior National, National, and Olympic Trials level swimmers. This was Luke's national championship debut. Luke swam the 1500 Free, 400 Free, and 800 Free, posting lifetime bests in two out of the three events. He cut 4.66 seconds in the 1500 Free and 8.91 seconds in the 800 Free finishing in 26th and 25th place, respectively. Congratulations, Luke!

Fifteen FAST swimmers competed at the 2024 Summer Sectionals at the Janet Evans Swim Complex July 18-21, 2024. This is a regional USA Swimming competition that brings together swimmers from California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. FAST took first place in the Medium Teams division with 499 points, 59 points ahead of the runner-up Roadrunner Aquatic from Bakersfield, CA. FAST was led in the scoring by twenty top-8 finishes from Mia Carley, Matthew Chai, Eveline Grannis, Tyler Huey, Carter Lavold, Luke Leon Guerrero, Ty Leon Guerrero, Ayanna Thompson,...

Ninety-two FAST swimmers competed in this summer's FAST Finale at the Janet Evans Swim Complex on July 15-16, 2024. This meet was the last meet of the season for many swimmers, as well as a final opportunity to qualify for the upcoming Southern California Summer Age Group Championships next week. This meet was also the first Long Course racing experience for our Junior 1 swimmers. Swimmers achieved an incredible 277 lifetime best times (!) including 61 new National Age Group Motivational Times: 16 new "B" times 28 new "BB" times...

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...