MORE SANDPIPERS SELECTED TO PERFORMANCE CAMPS! Congratulations to Chloe Freeman and Dylan Becker (National Group) for being selected to USA Swimming's National Select Camp. Chloe and Dylan, along with 48 of the fastest girls and 48 of the fastest boys in the country, will spend a weekend training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. More info on the camp can be found in the official USA Swimming article.

Congratulations to Jonathan Alvarez (Senior 2) for being named to the Southern California Swimming Diversity & Inclusion Camp roster. Alvarez earned the selection for achieving SCS Blue Times. Fun Fact: Alvarez is the only athlete from the SCS Desert Committee (Las Vegas teams) to be named to the camp. More information on the camp can be found on the SCS Website.

Grimes Takes Down SCS Records at September Invite 2018 Team Total at 127 Women 11-12 200 Free [SCY] 1:54.67 Bella Sims at 2018 SCS 14 and Under SC JO Championship 3/15/2018 SAND 1:54.16 ** Katie Grimes at 2018CADSS Sept Invite BRW meet 9/21/2018 SAND -CA Women 11-12 1000 Free [SCY] **SCS RECORD** 10:33.07 Katie Grimes at 2018 SCS 14 and Under SC JO Championship 3/15/2018 SAND 10:12.45 ** Katie Grimes at 2018CADSS Sept Invite BRW meet 9/21/2018 SAND -CA Women 11-12 100 Back [SCY] 59.74 Haley L. Powell at 2006...

USA Swimming has announced the 2017-18 Scholastic All-Americans. Congratulations to the following Sandpiper teammates for earning this honor: -Chloe Freeman (National Group - Soph) -Caleb Gould (Senior Sectional Group - Soph) -Gavin Gould (Senior Sectional Group - Soph) -Sawyer Grimes (National Group - Soph) -Joseph Gutierrez (National Group - Jr) -Victoria Gutierrez (Senior Sectional Group - Soph) To be eligible to apply, these athlete's had to earn BOTH a 3.5 unweighted GPA and achieve a USA Swimming Winter Junior National qualifying time. Way to get the job done in both...

Grimes Breaks TWO SCS Records; 24 Team Records Fall at Zones & NCSAs 2018 Team Total at 121 Women 11-12 800 Free [LCM] **SCS RECORD** 9:15.88 Katie Grimes DSS Memorial Day Invite 5/25/2018 SAND 9:10.84 ** Katie Grimes at Finals Arena W estern Zone Senior Champs 7/31/2018 SAND -CA Women 11-12 1500 Free [LCM] **SCS RECORD** 17:52.70 Paige Kuwata 2017 NACC 8/4/2017 SAND 17:30.78 ** Katie Grimes at Finals Arena W estern Zone Senior Champs 7/31/2018 SAND -CA Women 11-12 200 Back [LCM] 2:26.19 Paige Kuwata JAG 6/15/2017 SAND 2:22.15...

Team Records Broken in All Age Groups at SCS JOs & Nationals 2018 Team Total at 97 Women 11-12 100 Free [LCM] 1:01.31 Kamika C. Francis at 2017 SI North American Challenge Cup 8/4/2017 SAND 1:00.36 ** Katie Grimes at 2018 CA RAA SU MMER JOS 7/25/2018 SAND -CA Women 11-12 200 Free [LCM] 2:10.52 Paige A. Kuwata at 2017 CA SCS SUMMER JOs @ CANY 7/26/2017 SAND 2:06.68 ** Katie Grimes at 2018 CA RAA SU MMER JOS 7/25/2018 SAND -CA Women 11-12 400 Free [LCM] 4:33.52 Katie Grimes...

The Sandpiper Skinny - July is now available! DOWNLOAD IT HERE The Skinny is our periodic team newsletter... feel free to share it with your family and athletes! This edition features a Summer Championship meet preview, a few individual recognitions, an important note for our Volunteer Coordinators, and an article from our team nutritionist that debunks a common misconception about Chocolate Milk. Look for the next Skinny in September!

Did you know that in Coach Chris Barber's 22 year Sandpiper career, he has coached 21 different athletes to National Top 10 rankings... TWENTY ONE... and counting! Be sure to give him the recognition he deserves by voting for him for the 2018 Age Group Coach of the Year presented by the Fitter & Faster Swim Tour. Voting ends July 31 and there is no voting limit! Click the image below to Vote for Coach Chris: If you were curious... those athletes are Dana Benedict, Angelina Colavito, Jay Sirat, Haley...

In the most recent edition of the Sandpiper Skinny , an exert of A Functional Medicine Approach to Sports Nutrition and Strategies for Swim Meets was featured. This article was written by Tracey Philippi, the Sandpipers of Nevada Team Nutritionist . The article does an excellent job explaining some common misconception about "healthy foods" and gives receipe suggestions for swim meet snacks and menu items. The full article is copied below. Take a few minutes to read through the piece and share it with your athletes and family. More educational...

Major Relay Record Shake Up at June Age Group Invite 2018 Team Total at 57 Women 11-12 400 Free [LCM] 4:34.66 Paige A. Kuwata at 2017 CA SCS SUMMER JOs @ CANY 7/26/2017 SAND 4:33.52 ** Katie Grimes at 2018 CA - June Age Group Champs @ Buena 6/14/2018 SAND -CA Men 11-12 50 Back [LCM] 33.14 Shivansh Singhal at 2018CADSS Memorial Day Invite 5/25/2018 SAND 32.47 ** Shivansh Singhal at 2018 CA June Age Group Champs @ Buena - 6/14/2018 SAND -CA Women 13-14 200 Free Relay [LCM] 1:53.27...