Regional Update Members of South Bay (SOBA) Masters swim team earned a 5thplace finish in The Southern Pacific Master Association Swimming Championship held at the La Mirada Slash Aquatic Center on May 13, 14, and 15th. Opened in 2007, Splash is one of the biggest and prettiest facilities I have ever seen and even includes an aquatic theme park! Representing SOBA were Kat Ahlers, Joanie Choy, Jay Hoeschler, Bob Eberwine. Tea Austen, Dave Neilan, Beverly Baird, Christine Seltzer, Allison Edwards, Tom Krenzke, Shannon Davey, Brian Dunne, Mike Tan, Nathan Stalker,...

Caltech Pentathlon – SOBA Success! By Steve Hyde We had a good turnout at the Caltech Penthlon and some great swims. The pentathlon consists of 50 Yard swims in each stroke, capped off with a 100 Yard Individual Medley. Needless to say, this meet attracts sprinters, and this year was no exception. The winning times in the mens 60+ and 65+ were in the 26 second range, and the winning 70+ time was 25.76! (gives us all a little something to shoot for, right!?) SOBA was represented well in a...

2011 Spring Junior Olympic Recap, by Coach Dede Moore Progress: We went from only one individual qualifier in 2 events last year to 4 indivduals in 13 events AND 4 relays this year. WOW! You can watch all the relays, including finals at liveswim.net Friday was surprising as Matt did a personal best in the 100 back and got to the consolation finals with a personal best and new team record in the 50 Free. Leana had a big science presentation at school that the teacher kept her poster for...

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Winter Championship Meet! South Bay Swim Team earned the most points at Sunday's Winter Championship Meet, coming in first in our division and winning the entire meet. We were so thrilled to share that big trophy with everyone! Each and every swimmer who participated yesterday 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. 80% of you had at least one personal best time at Winter Champs – WOW!!...

South Bay Swim Team Places FIRST at 2010 SCAA Summer Champs-Congratulations! 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 in Summer Champs scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! That means SOBA Swimmers earned lots of medals! Lots of Personal Best Times Congratulations to all swimmers with personal best times!...

We had double the number of Junior Olympic qualifiers from 2009 but between water polo and Jr Guard events we lost swimmers from 8 races. This is the biggest reason we are going to only Spring JO’s going forward. Team support came from Alex, Ryan & Joycelyn Fuqua who came out to cheer on Sunday. Kaitlyn & Darlene Rourke and Laurel, Kevin & Alice Matsui came and watched Breana in the finals, swam in the warmup pool and loved staying overnight in the university dorms across the way. Coach Kathy...

Congratulations to Pier to Pier Swimmers from SOBA, including Elisa, Kimberly, Parris, Sarah, and Ty (+ coaches Kathy & Mark). A 2-mile open water event – and with chilly conditions this year! What a terrific feat, swimmers. First time for Elisa, Kimberly and Parris – way to go! Kudos to returning P2P swimmers Sarah and Ty. See you there next year! (did you do this swim and I missed it? If so, let me know!)

We had a good showing of SOBA Strength at the May 15 Bruin “Day of Sprints” meet held at the new Spieker Pool on the UCLA Campus. Kudos to Blaze, Seven, Kyle, Ricardo, Leana, Marni, Yen, Ty, Kaitlyn, Lexie, Gabi, Jacob and Matt! 85% of you earned at least one personal best time at this meet, and lots of JO, Blue & Red times were also achieved – WOW! All-in-all, it was a great day of swims for SOBA! Ten JO times were achieved – congratulations to Kyle (100 FR,...

Congratulations to our own Coach Steve Hyde who was recently named a runner-up for 2009 SPMA Coach of the Year! Click HERE to read our full nomination for Steve.

April 12, 2010 Dear SOBA family, My name is Gabriel Hartnell. I have swimming with SOBA for about 3 years. I am a "B" swimmer. I was recently recommended and accepted to participate as a student leader in the People to People Student Ambassador program. I will be traveling to Japan this summer with 30 other 7th and 8th graders from the Los Angeles area. This 14-day trip consists of meetings with government officials, interaction with other students my age, educational activities, and a home stay with a host family....