POOL OF POSSIBILITIES; ACHIEVEMENT FOR LIFE
Providing opportunities for our members to pursue their goals
Pacific Swimming, the third largest of USA Swimming's 59 regional associations, is made up of 100 swim clubs and more than 14,000 swimmers. While our membership is centered in California's San Francisco Bay Area, our territory also includes the coastal counties of Northern California from Monterey to the Oregon border, the Stockton-Modesto area of California's Central Valley, and the Reno-Carson City-Lake Tahoe area on the California-Nevada border.
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August 20, 2025 - Congratulations AC, UD, CROW, MCSD, BSW, OAPB, VJO, LGSC, SRBY, SON, SCSC, SRVA, MBSC, DA, HILL, SSS, BAY, MONT, TERA, SUNN, PSL, PLS, ALGA, SRN, PST, PPSC, MAC, TCA, DCD, TIDE, SFSL, CCSC, SBA, EBSD, and ALTO, on Becoming Safe Sport Recognized Clubs
We would like to recognize AC Swim Club, Ukiah Dolphins, Crow Canyon Sharks, Mendocino Coast Sea Dragons, Brentwood Seawolves, Orinda Aquatics, Vallejo Aquatic Club, Los Gatos Swim Club, Seals Aquatics, Sonoma Sea Dragons, Santa Clara Swim Club, San Ramon Valley Aquatics, Monterey Bay Swim Club, Diablo Aquatics, Hills Hurricane Swimming, Sebastopol Sea Serpents, Swim South Bay, Montclair Swim Team, Terrapins Swim Team, SUNN Swimming, Pacifica Sea Lions, Pleasanton Seahawks, Alameda Gators, Neptune Swimming, Piedmont Swim Team, Pacifica Platypus Swim Club, Milpitas Aquatic Club, Thunder Coast Aquatics, Daly City Dolphins, Almaden Riptide, San Francisco Seals Swim Team, Crescent City Swim Club, San Benito Aquatics, East Bay Silver Dolphins, and Alto Swim Club, on achieving Safe Sport Recognized Club status! The Safe Sport Recognized Club Program (“SSRP”) allows a USA Swimming member club to publicly demonstrate its unwavering commitment to creating an abuse-free, safe, healthy and positive environment for all its members through the implementation of the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy, Anti-Bullying measures, Safe Sport Best Practices and Athlete Protection Training. Click for more details on how your club can become a Safe Sport Recognized Club. -
August 8, 2025 - Pacific Swimming Announces the Passing of Zone 1S Official Cliff Reyda
It is with deep sadness that Pacific Swimming announces the passing of Clifford Reyda, long-time official and dedicated volunteer of Zone 1 South. Cliff began officiating when his daughters were swimming and he continued long after they had stopped. He is fondly remembered for his soft-spoken, gentle nature, by his Pacific Swimming colleagues, coaches and athletes and Pacific Swimming sends their condolences to his family. Click for details on how to honor Cliff's memory. -
August 3, 2025 - 2025 Summer Far Westerns Championship Meet Survey
Pacific Swimming has a policy to survey those who attend our Far Western Championships. If you were at the 2025 Summer Far Westerns Championships in Morgan Hill, please take a moment to fill out this survey to give us feedback on how the meet ran and what might need improvement. Click for the survey link. -
July 31, 2025 - 2025-2026 Senior Competiton Trial Rules Change
For the 2025-2026 swim year, Pacific Swimming approved a one year trial change to the senior competition rules. This trial raises the eligible minimum age from 11 (Senior Opens) and 12 (Senior 2) to 13 years of age for all Senior LSC Meets. Additionally, all Senior LSC Meets entries will be verified prior to the meet. Click for full details. -
July 22, 2025 - 2024-25 Scholastic All America Applications Now Open
Online applications are being accepted for the Scholastic All America Team, which is made up of high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in the 2024-25 school year and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event. Deadline to apply is September 30, 2025. For more details, click here. -
July 17, 2025 - Pacific Swimming Names Beau Caldwell as Competition Coordinator
Pacific Swimming is excited to announce the addition of a new staff position, adding the role of Competition Coordinator. This new position gives our LSC a fresh set of eyes and alleviates a lot of volunteer governance work needed to ensure Pacific meets serve the needs of our members. Beau Caldwell comes to Pacific Swimming after 20 years as a coach and volunteer within LSC governance. Beau will be out at Far Westerns on Thursday and Friday, July 31-Aug 1, to meet Pacific coaches and team reps. Click for more details about Beau's background. -
July 17, 2025 - Recording of July 16, 2025 Board of Directors Meeting
If you were unable to attend our House of Delegates meeting this past July 16, 2025, you may watch the recording of the Zoom Meeting. Click for the link. -
July 16, 2025 - 2025 Summer Age Group Championship Meet Survey
Pacific Swimming has a policy to survey those who attend our Age Group Championships. If you were at the 2025 Summer Age Group Championships in Santa Rosa, please take a moment to fill out this survey to give us feedback on how the meet ran and what might need improvement. Click for the survey link. -
July 11, 2025 - Congratulations to our 2025 Amerie Nordberg Memorial Scholarship Winners!
Pacific Swimming would like to congratulate Isabella Pflieger and Ellie Burkhardt on winning the two 2025 Amerie Nordberg Memorial Scholarships! To be eligible for this scholarship, the applicants had to be a high school senior that plans to swim in college, have a GPA of 3.5 or higher, and be a member in good standing with Pacific Swimming. Click for more information on Amerie Nordberg and the details of the scholarship. -
June 25, 2025 - ASCA Announces Their 2025 Top 50 Age Group Large, Medium and Small Teams
Congratulations to the Pacific Swimming clubs that have earned the prestigious status as a 2025 ASCA Top 50 Teams, categorized as Large (401+ swimmers), Medium (200-400 swimmers) and Small (less than 200 swimmers). This recognition is based on athletes ages 10-14, and all clubs were ranked using both the total number of athletes achieving AAA and AAAA+, as well as the percentage of athletes achieving AAA & AAAA+ time standards relative to their club size. The dataset was provided via SWIMS by USA Swimming. Click to see the Pacific Swimming teams that made ASCA's 2025 Top 50 Age Group Teams Lists and links to the full lists. -
June 19, 2025 - 2025 Western Zone All-Star Team Announced
Congratulations to the swimmers that will represent Pacific Swimming at the 2025 Western Zone Championships in Elk Grove, CA, August 6-9, 2025! Click for full details. (Updated 6/24/25) -
June 18, 2025 - Congratulations to Pacific Swimmers Making the World Aquatics Junior Championship Roster
Congratulations to Liberty Clark (PLS), Kelsey Zhang (PASA), Shareef Elaydi (SCSC), Yury Kuzmenko (VS), and Tim Wu (PLS) on making the roster for the World Aquatics Junior Championship Meet. These swimmers will participate August 19-24, 2025, in Romania. Congratulations again to these athletes. -
June 18, 2025 - Congratulations to Pacific Swimmers Making the World University Games Roster
Congratulations to Abigail Herscu (LAC/CAL) and Teagan O'Dell (MVN/PLS/CAL) on making the roster for the World University Games to be held in Berlin, Germany, July 17-23, 2025. -
June 6, 2025 - Congratulations to Luka Mijatovic on Making the USA National Team!
Congratulations to Luka Mijatovic (PLS), who qualified for the National Team in the 400m Freestyle! In the process, he broke the 15-16 National Age Group record twice - once in the morning prelims with a time of 3:45.89 and then again in the finals with a time of 3:45.71. Luka will travel with the team to the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore in July. Congratulations again, Luka! -
May 22, 2025 - Recording of May 21, 2025 House of Delegates Meeting
If you were unable to attend our House of Delegates meeting this past May 21, 2025, you may watch the recording of the Zoom Meeting. Click for the link.
