Today was hot hot hot! Even the pool was hot! The temperature AND the races! Indy, Lucy, Mave and Kelsey finished 3rd for the JV Girls in the 200 Medley Relay, kicking things off! Ben, Logan, Brad and Jonathan also finished 3rd for the JV Boys. The Varsity girls won their race, in an NCS Automatic time! GO Malin, Anna,…
When the Dons swimmers left Acalanes on Friday morning, no one expected that one of the most memorable experiences of the weekend would be the bus breaking down just south of Kettleman City! Fortunately, many of the swimmers also take Advanced Auto and were able to diagnose the problem – a bad belt. Cue the repairman, things get fixed, and…
The Dons headed to Northgate this past Friday for a dual meet after school. Northgate has a really beautiful pool – it’s one of my favorites – next to ours of course! The JV Girls started off strong with a 3rd place finish in the 200 Medley Relay – (Ella, Mave, Maddy and Indi). The boys also took 3rd (Ben,…
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon Wednesday as the Dons welcomed College Park for the season opening meet. First I want to acknowledge all the parents that work at each meet to make it happen – we have parent timers, parent starters, parents working the desk, and parents bringing snacks, setting up and taking everything down. We need dozens of…
It was a gorgeous (and HOT) Friday in Rocklin, CA as the Dons were bussed up to Granite Bay High School for the Grizzly Invitational. This is a 2-day meet and the swimmers left Friday morning for a noon start, with the rest of the meet concluding on Saturday. The meet started off with the 200 Medley Relays – this…
After a few days of rain, the swim gods smiled on Acalanes Thursday as the swim team began their time trials. This is the first “meet” of the season where everyone clocks times for events to use as a “base” time for the year. The swim team is headed up this year by returning Head Coach NIck Inserra and newcomer…
First off – big congratulations to all the swimmers who qualified for NCS! NCS is one of the most competitive sections in the state for swimming. Here are the five Dons who qualified for individual events: Ella Del Rosario – 200 Free, 100 Free Sadie Suppiger – 100 Free, 100 Back Anna Motes – 200 IM, 100 Breast Malin Stone…
Once the DAL finals finished, the JV teams gathered on Saturday afternoon at Campo to compete one last time! The 200 Medley Teams finished 9th and 11th respectively. Graham Moroney finished 11th in the Boys 200 Free with a seasons best time of 2:18.37. Kelsey Gunderson and Ella Schlehr finished 6th and 7th in the 100 IM with seasons best…
It was a cold morning at Campo as swimmers from across the league gathered for the DAL Finals! The meet started off well with a 4th place finish for the Girls Medley Relay and an 8th place finish for the boys team. Avery Tanimura finished 18th overall in the 200 Free with a seasons best time of 2:08.94. Braden Dunton…
It was a perfectly warm day for a swim meet as the 12 DAL teams gathered at Campo for the preliminaries of the season-ending meet. NCS is next weekend, but only for those who qualify! The meet started off with a huge achievement by the 200 Medley Relay Girls A team – Malin Stone, Anna Motes, Tess Veronda and Sadie…