By Steve Hyde I want to share a truly athletic accomplishment that has been a while in the making. Last year Kat Ahlers and her mom Joanna Choy decided that they wanted to take on an iron man distance triathlon. Many of these events sell out within minutes of going online. Being aware of this they volunteered at last year's Arizona Ironman knowing that doing so assured them priority registration. This was a huge leap of faith since neither of them had ever done even a half Iron man. Kat...

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic SCAA Summer Championship Meet on August 11, 2012 at Mira Costa High School Pool! SOBA earned the most points at Saturday’s Summer Championship Meet, coming in first in our division and winning the entire meet. We were so thrilled to share that big trophy with everyone at our awards celebration Monday. Each and every swimmer who participated Saturday scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! That means everyone earned at least one medal, and some of you even more. 88% of...

2012 Seal Beach Rough Water Swim Results, Provided by Coach Steve Hyde The Seal Beach Rough Water Swim was one of our best attended events to date! It is the first of the swims in the SPMS’s Open water series. The eligible events are listed on the SPMS website The rules for the series are also posted on the SPMS website but are summarized here. A swimmer must swim in at least three sanctioned races. Points are awarded to the top ten finishes in each age group only to SPMS...

A Message From Coach Amber (i.e. "Miss Franco") Hi friends! I just wanted to thank everyone for their continued support of the Ready, Set, READ summer program. It means the world to me that my friends believe in the good that this camp does for our students. Please let me know if you have any questions about the camp or if you need a flyer. The camp will be open to incoming Kindergarteners up to incoming third graders this year. Just a little blurb about the camp for this year:...

El Camino/Swim Torrance Meet Results: Overall SOBA had 12 best times and 11 new long events. Everyone scored team points so congratulations to: Vincent C. Allison C. Tony D. Collin G. Danny G. Ina G. Lucas H. Kaitlyn R. Highlights of the meet: Vincent set a new team record in the 7-8yo boys 100 breaststroke-sorry Kyle! “Swim warrior”-Vincent doing 100 free and was 5th10 and under in the 200 free! Danny was first overall in the 50 fly. Ina and Allie got 3rdand 4thamong 8 and unders in 100 free...

Cal Tech Pentathlon - By Coach Steve Hyde The Cal Tech Pentathlon is the place to be for swimmers who feel the need for speed. This event grows larger and faster every year and this year was no exception. Two hundred and thirty-eight swimmers representing thirty-two teams made the trek to Pasadena to participate in this five event drag race. Thirteen swimmers from SOBA were in attendance which tied us for the fourth largest contingent at the meet. SOBA was represented by Sydney Gitelson, Kobe Salstrom, Jeff Hart, Pat Jacobsen,...

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Winter Championship Meet on Saturday January 28, at El Camino College in Torrance. SOBA earned the most points at the SCAA Winter Championship Meet, coming in first in Division I and winning the entire meet, winning a huge trophy. Each and every swimmer who participated in the SCAA Winter Champs Meet scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! That means everyone earned at least one medal, and some of you even more. 79% of you had at least one personal best...

Our team earned the MOST POINTS at Saturday’s Summer Championship Meet, coming in first in our division, and, in fact, WINNING the entire meet. GREAT JOB!! We have a very nice team trophy to share with everyone! Each and every swimmer who participated at Summer Champs scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! That means everyone earned at least one medal, and some of you even more. 85% of you had at least one personal best time at Winter Champs – WOW!! 28% had one...

Congratulations to all swimmers for amazing swims at the 2011 Dwight Crum Pier to Pier on 7/31/11! This year's conditions were a little choppier than most of us would like, but not as cold as last year, that’s for sure! This swim is one of the largest races around - over 925 finishers! This is our biggest team wide event of the year, and it looks like about 30 SOBA team members participated this year – WOW! Results are already posted! Check them out: You can search by name, gender,...

Congratulations to our friend and South Bay Swim Team teammate, Ricardo Monroy! Ricardo is the recipient of the Los Angeles County Lifeguard's 2011 Distinguished Service Award. Ricardo was honored at the Medal of Valor Dinner on July 28. We are so proud of you, Ricardo! Kudos to you for the lifeguard work that you do, and for being recognized for your extraordinary lifesaving efforts. A recap of his heroic achievement was recapped in the event program: Ricardo Monroy left the Ainsworth Court tower to gather the swim / surf flags...