On Wednesday March 15, Acalanes Swimming faced the Campolindo Cougars at the Soda Center in Moraga. The Cougars won the meet drawing upon their large team and talented group of year-round swimmers. However, there were many, many bright spots for the Dons. Acalanes swimmers achieved a total of 4 NCS qualifying times (2 of those in relays) and 13 NCS…
It looks like this could be a great season for the Acalanes Swim Team with returning coaches Nick Inserra and Brett Usinger, now joined by Donna Elliot, plus an impressive 95 swimmers on the team! Last Wednesday the clouds parted and the sun shone for our first challenge of the season at the Acalanes pool versus the Knights of Las…
With over 75 competitors representing eight different Acalanes sports, the Acalanes Liftathon Week was a great way to celebrate all the new weight room equipment and the work that our athletes have put in over the summer months. In the end, six athletes successfully completed the 3 rep, 3 lift (bench, squat, deadlift) competition with totals that reached the 500…
Alexia Dunlavey (Senior), Grace Chehlaoui (Junior), and Dakota Goyert (Junior) went to the NCS dive competition and all 3 varsity divers survived the 2 cuts and finished in the top 16! Great job girls!
Acalanes competed in the DAL championship meet April 28 and April 30. The aqua Dons produced many personal best times along with some top ten times in individual events in Acalanes team history. Those top ten times are as follows: Sadie Suppiger – 100 Free & 100 Back Audrey Cox – 500 Free Heidi Heffelfinger – 500 Free Lila Waechter…
The end of the 2022 season is upon us with the first test for the Acalanes swimmers at the DAL championship meet to be held at Campolindo high school Thursday and Saturday. The qualifying events are held Thursday with the top 16 times in each event invited back Saturday to compete for the title of each event. The Dons have…
Prior to exiting town for spring break, the Acalanes aqua Dons took a break during their thriller against the mats to recognize the team seniors. Those student athletes are as follows: Sean Harrington, Andreas Ramirez, Matt Brock-Utne, Franny Daughters, Beck Melfi, Owen Thomas, and Heidi Heffelfinger. The aqua Dons produced many best times and again added to their list of…
Calling on the Acalanes community to show up at the Acalanes pool deck for the final free home swim meet of the 2022 season this Thursday at 3:45. There will be a celebration of the seniors on the team that will be moving on to their next great adventure in life and have greatly contributed to the Dons swim program.…
The luck of the Irish was with many Aqua Don Swimmers on March 17 at home against Campo. Numerous best times were produced by varsity and Junior Varsity swimmers on both the male and female sides of the ledger. The partisan crowd of close to 100 swim fans took advantage of free admission to create a raucous environment on this…
The Acalanes aqua Dons competed in their first dual meet in two years and produced some impressive times. In order for a swimmer to be invited to the NCS championship meet, the swimmer must swim at or below a cutoff time for each event. The aqua Dons produced times in 13 events to be considered for an invitation to the…