The Sandpipers 2010 long course JO meet in Mission Viejo, CA was an enormous success. As a team we place 5th overall and were well represented in finals each night. We had several new Sectional qualifiers including: Nick Tucker, Adam Henley, Ivan Sergeyevsky, Alexa Aguilera, Erin Emery, Jasmine Perez, and Logan Houck. There were 13 team records broken at this meet. Seven of those records were individual: 11-12 Girls Old record Helen Yee 200 free: 2:14.11 New record Erin Emery 200 free: 2:11.27 Erin’s swim was the 6th fastest time...

Multiple Team Records Broken at Summer Sectionals Amanda Guerrero breaks four records in four different events! Amanda Guerrero breaks four team records with a record time for 17-18 girls 100 backstroke with a new time of 1:10.13 breaking her old record of 1:11.21. She also broke the 200 backstroke record with a new time of 2:30.72 the old record was held by Jodi Hashagen in 2:31.50 in 1998. Amanda better her team record in the 17-18 girls 200 IM to 2:27.77 her old record was 2:30.50 and she lowered her...

Jasmine Perez, Riley Molina, Amanda Guerrero, and Sam Weiser were selected for the North American Cup Challenge swim meet August 4 to the 7th in Santa Clara California. Stay posted upto date with them meet at www.socalswim.org

Boland, Englestead, Miller, Daigler, Gravley, & Deem make Junior National Team July 25th, the final count of new Junior National members was 6 making it the largest Sandpiper group of Junior National members in team history. Friday night Catie Miller rallied the team with a huge leap to the Junior National level being 13 years old swimming a 5:01.47. Hannon Daigler bettered his prelim time from the morning to a 400 IM and finished 5th in finals with new time of 4:35.91 just 2 seconds off Nationals. Friday night Hannon...

July 23rd Boland makes Nationals in the 200 Breaststroke Meghan Boland finished 4th in 200 Breaststroke finals at Sectionals with a new National Qualifying time of 2:36.46. Lindsey Englestead makes Junior Nationals with a new time of 2:38.41. This morning Hannon Daigler qualified for Junior Nationals in the 400 IM and seed 5th for tonight with a time of 4:37.37 add to the Junior National team list of Cody Miller, Billy Gravley, Olivia Barker, Meghan Boland, and Lindsey Englestead. Catie Miller is seeded 9th tonight in the 400 IM with...

Billy Gravley and Meghan Boland qualify for Summer Junior Nationals The first night of competition and first swim of the night was Billy Gravley in the 800 Freestyle with a 14th place finish and new Junior National Qualifying time of 8:35.59. Billy will be eligible to compete in two weeks at the Jr Nationals in Irvine. Starting off the morning Meghan Boland also qualified for Jr National in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:38.96 and is seeded 8th in tonight’s finals. Lindsey Englestead is 16th in the 200...

3 Team Records fall at June Age Group Championships in Ventura California! New Team Record set by David Miller in the 10 & Under 100 Butterfly with new time of 1:15.20 breaking the old time of 1:15.71 held by Dylan Wolf in 2004! New Team Record set by Riley Molina in the 11-12 200 Backstroke with a new time of 2:30.29 breaking the old time of 2:31.18 held by Micheal Moody in 2007! New Team Record set by Richard Clark in the 13-14 200 Freestyle with a new time of...

11 Records Fall at LA Grand Prix Amand Guerrero sets new 17-18 400 IM record with a time of 5:13.55 old record was held by Dana Benedict with a time of 5:17.40 in 2004 Hannon Daigler sets new 2 new team records in the 17-18 and Open 200 Backstroke with a new time of 2:14.10 old 17-18 record was held by Jace Priest with a 2:14.97 in 2008 and the old Open record was held by Cody Miller with a time of 2:14.62 in 2008. Lindsey Englestead sets new 15-16...

9 Records Fall at Swim Meet of Champions over June 10-13 in Mission Viejo. Olivia Barker and Amanda Guerrero led the team with most records over the weekend. Olivia set a new personal best and team record in the 15-16 girls 800 meter freestyle with a time of 9:19.37, 5 plus seconds faster than the previous record held by Michelle Yee in 2005 of 9:25.19. Olivia also better three Butterfly records of her own with new record times in 15-16 girls 100 & 200 Fly and the Open 200 Butterfly...

Top open water swimmers to compete at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships 6/2/2010 The top open water swimmers in the U.S. will compete at the 2010 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships, June 4 and 6 in Long Beach, Calif. The competition includes both a 5K and 10K race, and will serve as the selection meet for the 2010 FINA Open Water World Championships and the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships. A talented field of swimmers will compete in the 10K event on Saturday, June 4,...