Downey
Long Course Meet Results:
May 7, 2012
We had a good showing of 42 swimmers participating in this swim meet. The cooler weather went away. Mostly sunny and warmer temperatures helped all the swimmers enjoy the day and swim fast. All the results can be found under the “Results” page.
Sign-ups for the June Metro Committee Swim meet is Wednesday, May 23th. Please notice the June Invitational swim meet sign-ups is June 6th. See the Upcoming Swim Meets for details on both swim meets.
La
Mirada Long Course Meet Results:
April 16, 2012
We had 30 swimmers participate in this meet and were very fortunate to have dry sunny days after the 2 rain storms coming through LA. This again was a good swim meet for many swimmers, getting personal best times. All the results can be found under the “Results” page.
We want to especially congratulate 8-year-old Ashley Lin for breaking the Team Record for Girls 8-and-Under in the 50 meters Backstroke. Way to go Ashley!
Sign-ups for the May swim meet is this Wednesday, April 18th.
Lastly, remember, this week Riptides 1 starts at 5:45 on Thursday, April 19th.
Spring
Break Practice – April 2-6:
March 28, 2012
We will have practice at the Rosemead Pool during Spring
Break, April 2nd – 6th.
The Riptides swim practice times will remain the same:
Riptides 1: 5pm – 6:15pm
Riptides 2: 6:15pm – 7:45pm
The address is:
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 569-2259
Directions: From Arcadia High School, go West on
Duarte. Turn Left (South) on Rosemead
Blvd, then make a Left (East) on Mission Drive (where Rosemead High School and
In-N-Out are). Pool
parking will be on your Left hand side (right after Rosemead High School).
Click here
for a Goggle map.
Cerritos
Long Course Meet Results:
March 19, 2012
We had 42 swimmers participate in this meet. For many, this was their first Long Course
Meet. Many got their personal best, and
we all enjoyed being in an indoor environment during the rainy and windy
conditions. The results can be found
under the “Results” page.
Metro
Championships:
February 22, 2012
We had 40 swimmers come out and do very well at the Short
Course ending meet. Most dropped a lot
of time to get personal bests. The
results can be found under the “Results” page.
We are now looking forward to the Long Course swim season
that goes from March to August.
Spring
JOs Highlights:
February 14, 2012
Great job to all our Junior Olympic swimmers. They all swam well and represented our team
in high style.
Our highlight is Jerry Wang breaking his own 100 Free team
record with a time of 54.73. Jerry got
2nd (silver) both in the 50 yards Breaststroke and 50 yards
Freestyle, 3rd (Bronze) in the 100 Breaststroke, 5th in
the 50 yards Butterfly, 8th in the 100 Freestyle. Great job Jerry.
5
swimmers make the Spring JOs:
January 29, 2012
Congratulations to the 5 swimmers listed below who made the
Spring Junior Olympics. For the 9-10
year old swimmers, this is their first time to make Junior Olympics. Enjoy this honor. Good luck, swim fast and ….Go ARSC!
Ella Cho (9-10 Girls – 1 event)
Joshua Huang (9-10 Boys – 1 event)
Kevin Huang (13-14 Boys – 2 events)
Samantha Veerman (9-10 Girls – 1 event)
Jerry Wang (11-12 Boys – 6 events)
Cerritos
January Meet Results:
January 17, 2012
We had 38 swimmers participating in this swim meet. Many had improvements, see the Results page
for details.
Jerry Wang improved his own Team Reason on the 100
Free. Great job Jerry.
We are winding up the Short Course season. One more swim meet in this Short Course
season: the Metro Committee Championship.
See the Upcoming Meet page for details; the free sign-ups is on February
1st.
Jerry
going to Vancouver, Canada as an All-Star:
January 6, 2012
We want to congratulate Jerry Wang for making the Southern
California Swimming (SCS) All-Star team, which will complete in the Pacific
Coast All-Star swim meet in Vancouver, Canada this weekend.
This 32 swimmer SCS All-Star team (8 girls and eight boys
each from the 11-12 and 13-14 age divisions) will compete with other All-Star
teams from Pacific Northwest Swimming, Oregon Swimming, Pacific Swimming, and
Swim BC (British Columbia).
December
Invite Results:
December 14, 2011
We had a good showing at this swim meet. 15 swimmers participated from our team, and
a few making new JO times.
The pool is back in order.
We are practicing again.
Reminder: With all the holidays and
vacations coming up, remember that our next team-wide swim meet sign up is on Wednesday, December 28th.
No
practice from Dec. 5th-10th:
December 5, 2011
There will be NO practice this week due to the damage from the wind
storms. The power at the high school is
back on, but the pool is dirty and will need some work/time before it is usable
again. We will resume practice next
Monday, Dec. 12th.
Bellflower
Swim Meet Results:
December 4, 2011
We had a good showing at this swim meet. 20 swimmers participated from our team.
Reminder: With all the holidays and
vacations coming up, remember that our next team-wide swim meet sign up is on Wednesday, December
28th.
No
practice Friday, Dec. 2nd:
December 2, 2011
There will be NO practice today (Friday, Dec. 2nd). The wind has caused us to cancel practice due to the following
reasons:
·
the pool’s pumps are
not on, which will change the chemical levels.
·
Leaves, twigs, etc.
are in the pool, which cannot be cleaned out in time.
·
No electricity for
lights.
Please help spread
the word, as not everyone has electricity to check their email.
Cerritos
Swim Meet Results:
November 22, 2011
We had a good showing this last swim meet. 50 swimmers participated from our team in a
swim meet close to 1,000 swimmers. What
a meet!
A special congratulations to Jerry Wang for breaking 3 team records in the 100
IM, 50 Free, and 100 Free. 2 of these
were records unbroken for 25 years!
Thanks to all the parents for handling all our timing
assignments.
Reminder: Saturday morning practice will be held this
Saturday, November 26th from 7-9am.
Timing
Training:
November 6, 2011
We will be having a short 15 minute Timing Training at the pool from 6pm-6:15pm
on Tuesday, November 8th. This will
show parents how to be a timer at a swim meet, and why it is needed. If the upcoming November swim meet will be
your first, or you would like some more info. on timing, please attend this
short training session.
Great
team effort at the Halloween Meet:
October 25, 2011
Our coaches say “Great Job” at the Halloween Swim Meet at San Gabriel. All times are unofficial and cannot be used for
other swim meets, but we had fun and had some good swims. We had a large showing of around 55
swimmers, and we got 2nd place for the “large” teams. Go ARSC!
Here are pictures
of the meet.
See the Upcoming
Meets page for details on the next Indoor swim meet at Cerritos. Sign-ups are November 2nd at the
swim club house during practice.
Sign
ups for the next swim meet:
August 24, 2011
Our first Short Course (25 yard pool) swim meet for the Fall will be at Santa Fe Springs from September 17-18th.
We have a team-wide free service to sign up for this meet. During practice on
Wednesday, August 31st, just bring your checks and the list of
events you would like to enter to the club house.
See the Upcoming Meets page for
more details.
Party
Day on August 24th:
August 13, 2011
All team members are invited to come to “Party day” on August 24, from
5-7:30pm. This to mark the end of
summer and just have fun after working hard up to our August swim meets. Food and drinks will be provided.
2011
Summer Metro Committee Championship Pictures:
August 11, 2011
Here are some pictures from our last meet. These will now be listed in the
"Pictures" page.
Junior
Olympic Highlights:
August 9, 2011
Here are some highlights and pictures of some special performances at the Summer Junior
Olympics.
12 year-old Kevin Huang won Gold (1st place) in both the 50 meter
Breaststroke and the 100 meter Breaststroke.
In the process, he broke our team records for these 2 events. This is complete domination!
12 year-old Jerry Wang took Silver (2nd) in the
50 meter Freestyle, Bronze (3rd) in the 100 meter Freestyle, 4th
in the 200 meter Freestyle, and 7th in the 50 meter
Breaststroke. Great job!
Both Kevn and Jerry were also honored earlier this summer for
having Top 16 times in all of Southern California Swimming. Jerry had a Top 16 time in the 50 Free, and
Kevin had a Top 16 time in both in the 50 and 100 Breaststroke.
Our 11-12 Boys had great performances in the 200 meter
Relays. Raymond Cu, Kevin Huang, Jerry
Wang, and Adrian Lim got Bronze (3rd) in the 200 meter Medley
Relay. Skyler Chiu, Adrian Lim, Kevin
Huang, and Jerry Wang finish 4th in the 200 meter Freestyle
Relay. Great teamwork boys!
Last by not least, 10 year-old Derek Chen made Consolations
(9th-16th place) in all 6 of his JO events. That’s the way to make a splash!
9
Swimmers make the Summer Junior Olympics:
July 19, 2011
Congratulations to the following for qualifying and participating in the Long
Course Summer Junior Olympics (JOs) at Cal
Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks from July 27th to July 31st:
|
Derek
Chen |
Adrian
Lim |
|
Skyler
Chiu |
Anthony
Ma |
|
Emily
Chow |
Marshall
Tang |
|
Raymond
Cu |
Jerry
Wang |
|
Kevin
Huang |
|
GO ARSC!
Jerry
Wang makes SCS All-Star Team:
July 19, 2011
12 year-old Jerry Wang joins a select group in being named to Southern California Swimming's North American Challenge Cup Team.
Jerry will travel with approximately 12 athletes in each age group, 11-12
13-14, 15-16, 17-18, male and female,
to Puerta Vallarta, Mexico August 2-7 to compete against some of the fastest
athletes from Pacific Northwest, Pacific, Mexico, and Canada.
Jerry's hard work and results thus far in the Long-Course season helped him
earn a spot on this summer's team.
Congratulations to Jerry and all of SCS's participants at NACC.
Welcome
New Coaches:
June 6, 2011
ARSC warmly welcomes 2 new coaches to our team. They join Coach Alva Cha on our
coaching staff.
Coach Tyrone Brown mostly runs the
older RipTide1 and RipTide2 workouts.
Coach Grace Co mostly works with the
beginner swimmers.
Hopefully we will have more background information soon about our coaches so
you can get to know them.