POOL OF POSSIBILITIES; ACHIEVEMENT FOR LIFE
Pacific Swimming, the third largest of USA Swimming's 59 regional associations, is made up of 120 swim clubs and more than 16,000 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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July 26, 2024 - Coaches Clinic: Backstroke Drills for 10 & Unders, August 1, 2024
The USA Swimming Coaching Network Webinars have created an opportunity for coaches to share education and connection across the country. This new webinar series, titled Pop-Up Clinic, will allow coaches to submit drills in advance, and watch them being taught live during the one-hour session. Next up is a virtual clinic on Backstroke Drills for 10 & Unders on August 1st. Click for more details and the link to register. -
July 24, 2024 - Summer Far Westerns Coaches General Pre-Meet Meeting Recording Available
If you were unable to attend the Summer Far Westerns Coaches General Meeting that was held on July 23rd with the Meet Referee, you can watch the recording of the meeting to find out important information. Click for the link. -
July 22, 2024 - Congratulations AC, TERA, SUNN, MONT, UD, CROW, MCSD, BSW, PLS, PST, TIDE, EBSD, OAPB, VJO, SFSL, LGSC, SRBY, SON, SCSC, SRVA, MBSC, DA, HILL, and SSS, on Becoming Safe Sport Recognized Clubs
We would like to recognize AC Swim Club, Terrapins Swim Team, SUNN Swimming, Montclair Swim Team, Ukiah Dolphins, Crow Canyon Sharks, Mendocino Coast Sea Dragons, Brentwood Seawolves, Pleasanton Seahawks, Piedmont Swim Team, Almaden Riptide, East Bay Silver Dolphins, Orinda Aquatics, Vallejo Aquatic Club, San Francisco Seals Swim Team, 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, and Swim South Bay, 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. -
July 22, 2024 - Additional LC Far Western Championships Meet Information
You can find more information such as Psych Sheets, Estimated Timelines, etc., for this weekend's Far Western Championships in Morgan Hill, CA, on the Pacific Swimming website. Click for the link. -
July 15, 2024 - Summer Championship Meet Surveys
Pacific Swimming has a policy to survey those who attend our Age Group Championships and Far Westerns. Below is the link to a survey for this year's Summer Age Group Championship (Summer Far Westerns will soon follow). If you attended the Summer Age Group Championships in Concord, please take a moment to fill out the survey to give us feedback on how the meet ran and what might need improvement. Click for the survey link. -
July 11, 2024 - 2024 Western Zone Open Water Meet Now Available
The 2024 Western Zone Open Water Meet has been sanctioned for Saturday, September 28, 2024, in Coronado, CA. This event serves as a potential pathway for athletes to qualify for the 2025 Junior National 5K & 7.5K races. Contact Bryce Elser, USA Swimming Open Water Director, with questions about Junior National qualifying. Click for more details and the meet sheet. -
July 9, 2024 - Pacific Swimming Athletes Chosen for Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Australia
Congratulations to the following Pacific Swimming athletes that will represent the USA at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships August 20-24 in Australia: Raya Mellott - (CROW), Luka Mijatovic (PLS), Kelsey Zhang (PASA). Also joining them will be Coach Joe Natina (CROW). Click for more details and link to the full roster. -
July 8, 2024 - Pacific Swimming Participation at the Western Zone Diversity Select Camp
From June 17-20, three Pacific Swimming athletes attended the 2024 Western Zone Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Camp in Indianapolis, Indiana. The purpose of this camp was to instill a vision of success and inspire athletes from under-represented populations to become leaders in the sport of swimming. Click for more details and photos. -
June 25, 2024 - PC Swimmers' College Commitments - Class of 2024
Congratulations to the swimmers in the Class of 2024 who will be signing their NLI and/or have received their admission letters from the college they will be swimming at. Click for the full list. (Updated 7/21/24) -
June 23, 2024 - 2024 Western Zone All-Star Team Announced
Congratulations to the swimmers that will represent Pacific Swimming at the 2024 Western Zone Championships in Boise, ID, August 7-10, 2024! Click for full details. (Revised 6/26/24) -
June 17, 2024 - 2023-24 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 2023-24 school year and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event. Deadline to apply is September 6, 2024. For more details, click here. -
June 17, 2024 - Congratulations to Luke Hobson on Making the Olympic Team!
Luke Hobson, who grew up swimming at Zone 4's Lakeridge Swim Team in Reno, NV, has qualified for the 2024 Olympic Team by winning the 200m Freestyle at Olympic Trials tonight in a time of 1:44.89! Luke, who currently swims for the University of Texas Longhorns, will be headed to Paris, France to represent the United States in both individual and relay spots. Congratulations Luke! -
June 11, 2024 - USA Swimming Disabled Top Times Reports
We have been informed that USA Swimming has disabled all reporting features out of the SWIMS database. They will not be working on updating their technology until after Olympic Trials, and possibly after the Olympics. Our Top Times reports will be out of date until late July/early August. -
June 10, 2024 - 3rd Round Bidding for Remaining 2024-2025 Meets is Now Open
If your team is interested in hosting one of the remaining meets in the 2024-2025 swim season, please download the bid package and follow the directions. The 3rd round will remain open until all meets have been awarded. If your team would like to petition for a date or meet format change, these requests will be considered during this round. Click for more details. -
January 23, 2024 - Pacific Swimming Announces the Passing of Marvin Lanphere
It is with deep sadness that Pacific Swimming announces the passing of Marvin Lanphere, one of Pacific Swimming's lifetime members, overseer of the Scholastic All America program for USA Swimming, and devoted volunteer with Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics. Click for full details of Marvin's contributions to Pacific Swimming and for details on his memorial service, including the Zoom link.
