PST News

Thank You for your Flexibility:

Dear PST Community,

With our temporary schedule now in full effect, we appreciate your flexibility in accommodating as many practices as possible for your swimmer. We understand that the change in schedule and location may be challenging for some, and we will certainly excuse swimmers if they cannot attend practices. However, unfortunately, we cannot allow swimmers to join different groups, even on occasion. Our groups are carefully organized based on lane numbers, ages, and, most importantly, skills. Swimming with another group, even occasionally, will disrupt the balance of the group and the coaching, and will not provide sufficient benefits to the guest swimmers for a number of reasons that are too many to list here.

One way to help your swimmer attend more practices might be to arrange carpooling, which your group coordinator (listed below) might be able to assist with. Another option would be to consider swimming independently or taking advantage of our lesson program if your swimmer has to miss too many practices.

We greatly appreciate your understanding and support during this time.

PST Coaching Staff

THIS WEDNESDAY!: Swim-A-Thon Fundraising Party: 

Wednesday, February 26th - 6:30 - 8:30pm

Hosts: Lily and Scott Ciammaichella

157 Hagar Ave, Piedmont CA 94611 

Adults only. Please RSVP on the Website and sign up to bring snacks or help the hosts. At least one member of your family must attend. *Only 12 people have signed up so far!* Under “Edit Commitment", please declare one or more of your swimmer(s) as “yes” to RSVP. 

Introducing our new Swim-A-Thon “Elite Partner” Sponsor: 

Lisa Chan Carnazzo, Broker Associate at The Grubb Co.

View our Business Sponsorship Opportunities here.

Team Photos: 

Saturday, March 8th - 8:30 - 12:00

Mills College Pool

The team is getting professional photographs taken this year by Photo 360 Sports. ALL swimmers are required to attend the Team and Group Photos.

*Swimmers must wear their new team T-shirts for the photo! It's recommended to wear their favorite swimsuit with the T-shirt over it for the pictures. 

*If you want your swimmer to get an individual, sibling or friend picture, you need to sign up for an individual timeslot. Individual sittings are limited. Sign up for a spot under "Job Signup". Individual photo sign ups will open on Monday 2/24 at 8pm.

*Order forms and payment are due on March 8th at the pool. Check, Venmo and Cash are the only accepted forms of payment. The order form is for Group, Team and Individual photograph orders. If you don't turn in an order form and payment, you will not receive a photograph. It is strongly preferred that you bring the completed form with your payment to the pool. Limited forms will be available at the pool.  

*Please sign up to volunteer at this event - we need your help.

Schedule of Events:

8:30 - 9:30 - Setup

8:45 - 9:45 - Individual Photos: Session One - Sign up under "Job Signup"

9:30 - 10:00 - Titanium and Platinum Group Photos

ARRIVE BY 9:45 - Team Photo: 9:45 - 10:30 

10:30 - 12:00 - Titanium and Platinum Groups in the water

10:30 - 11:30 - Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver and Gold Group Photos to be taken in this order

10:30 - 11:40 - Individual Photos: Session Two - Sign up under "Job Signup"

11:30 - 12:00 - Clean up

Safe Sport: 

Reminder, if your swimmer turns 13 during the season, please have them complete the Safe Sport training for swimmers 13 and older. 

To complete the training online via USASwimming.org: 

After logging into your USA Swimming Account, click on “Education” in the top right. For athletes, click on the “Safe Sport” button at the top and choose the appropriate course “Safe Sport for Youth Athletes (13-17) or “Safe Sport Training for Adult Athletes” for swimmers 18 and older. 

PST is committed to being a Safe Sport friendly team. To be part of the team, each family (one guardian and all 13 and older swimmers) must complete their Safe Sport training requirements each season. This also helps PST maintain our Safe Sport designation as a team. The training will help you and your swimmer understand the importance of a safe and healthy environment and what to look out for during practices and meets.

Go PST! 

Meet Registration Pro Tip: 

You can opt in to email alerts in your FastSwim account and by doing so, never miss a meet registration again.  

Simply go to your settings in the top right corner, click “notifications” and click the box for “Pacific Swimming: Zone 2” to get email notifications for all Zone 2 meets. (Note: you will get emails for all meets in the Zone regardless of if PST is attending.) FastSwims does not send ancillary emails so the only messages you will get are those for meet registration opening.

Additionally, you can plan your registration in advance by clicking on the “meet sheet” next to the “online entries” link on the PacSwim site in advance of registration opening to talk to your swimmer about the events they will be swimming. 

Important Dates, Cancellations, and Practice Updates:

3/29:

Swim-A-Thon. 9 - 3 at Mills.

Please note: this is the first Saturday of OUSD’s spring break. For OUSD families who would like to participate, please plan accordingly. We’re hoping for high participation in this fun team event! 

This Week’s Top Tip:

FastSwims allows for updates on meet entry times after a meet has closed. If your swimmer has dropped a lot of time between signing up for a meet and the actual meet, please check to see if their entry times can be modified so they can be seeded correctly. **This function might not be available to all meets and no other modifications can be made. 

Meets:

View our meet schedule for the 2024/25 Season here. Most recent update to meet schedule: 1/12/24

3/14-16:

14&Under Spring Age Group Champs (location: Pleasanton). Meet is open on FastSwims. All qualifiers should attend.

Congratulations to our qualifiers so far: Marvin N., Violet S., Robert O., Sofia O., Asher D., Ben R., Emily C., Aaron C., Cynthia W., Connor C., Maxwell S., Kate R., Archer Z.

3/22-23:

C/B/BB Meet (host: AAA). Green through Platinum should attend. This meet will fill up within hours, be ready to sign up as soon as it opens up on FastSwims.

3/31-4/6:

SCY Senior Western Zone Championships (location: St. George, UT). Team travel meet. All qualifiers should attend.

Congratulations to our qualifiers so far: Anna D., Abigail J., Kate R., Mizuki W., Cynthia W., Charlotte L., Zafar M., Asher T., Baran W., Nathan J., Connor C., Cole C., Evan B., Owen B.

4/3-4/6:

SCY Far Western Championships (location: Pleasanton). All qualifiers who are not going to Utah should attend.

Congratulations to our qualifiers so far: Asher D., Emily C., Charlotte L., Mizuki W., Cynthia W., Abigail J., Owen B., Evan B., Cole C., Connor C., Aaron C., Nathan J., Zafar M., Maxwell S., Asher T., Baran W.

4/12-13:

C/B/BB LCM (host: BSW). First Long Course Meter (LCM) of the season. This meet will fill up within hours, be ready to sign up as soon as it opens on FastSwims/SwimConnection.

4/26:

10&Under Championships (host: SUNN). All 10&Unders with an A time should plan to attend!

5/10:

C/B/BB LCM (host: SRVA). This meet will fill up within hours, be ready to sign up as soon as it opens on FastSwims/SwimConnection.

5/18:

14&Under Pentathlon (host: MST). All Green through Gold swimmers should plan to attend. 

5/30-6/1:

PST Club Championships (location: Mills College). Everyone should attend. 

6/20-22:

Reno Gamble. Meet will be in their brand new 50 meter indoor facility. See below for more details. 

7/11-13:

14&Under Age Group Championships (host: SRN). All qualifiers should attend. 

7/18-20:

RESL Team Competition. The most fun meet of the whole year for young and old. Make sure your swimmer can participate!

7/23-26:

Future Championships (location: Sacramento, CA). All qualifiers should attend.

7/31-8/3:

LCM FarWestern Championships (host: SCSC). All qualifiers should attend.

NEW ITEMS listed on the PST Marketplace. Sell, exchange or give away new or used swim items. Add and find items here: 

PST Marketplace

Team Records:

Our team records can be viewed on our website.

Information for Swimmers Leaving PST Mid-Season:

If your swimmer is considering leaving PST during the season, please first discuss this decision with your swimmer’s coach. If your swimmer does decide to leave the team, please let us know by filling out this form. You have the option to remain active for the remainder of the season or to inactivate your swimmer’s account. More information about these options can be found in the form. 

As a reminder, all policies on leaving PST can be found in our 2024/25 Swim Season Team Handbook. 

Board News:

Next Board Meeting: 3/12/2025 6pm at Havans Elementary School in the Library

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/gse-popg-sia

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 302-281-5311‬ PIN: ‪130 222 650‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/gse-popg-sia?pin=7187663054497

Any Questions? Please email any of the Board Members or Coordinators.

Role

Swimmer

Board

Ellie Judy

President

Nathan

Vanessa Gage

V.P. Team Operations 

Annika N.

Erin Schultz

V.P. Staff Operations

Eleanor & Max 

Chris Carnazzo

Treasurer

Cole & Connor

Liz Mellers

V.P. Safe Sport

Blake & Chase

Kira Goodman 

V.P. Membership & Community 

Ryker & Anika

Anne Dolid

V.P. Communications & Secretary

Asher

Coordinators

Tania Blanford

Swim Meet Job Sign Up

Owen

Osa Wolff

Officials

Alex

Kelley Rebro

New Member Liaison

Max Kate & Ben

Jeanne Sohn

Meet Director

Evan 

George White

Branding & Merchandise

Samantha

Joshua Wold

Web Photos

Lola

Lisa Chan Carnazzo

Publicity & Social Media 

Cole & Connor

Helen Cramer 

Swimmer Parent Education 

Aaron & Emily

Lily Trinh

Fundraising 

Ryden & Kaito

Open

IT & Web Support

Colby Price

Swim Lessons

Rafael Solis

Service Hours

Alessandra & Valentina

Kate Mikami

Team Captain

Group Coordinators

Jess Smith

Green

Tilly & Beckett

Maryam Sheikh

Blue

Noor & Emahn

Alyssa Bowman

Bronze

Lydia

Open

Silver

Angela Engel & Erica Faitek

Gold

Anita & Maddie

Heta Dave

Platinum

Anoksh

Tania Blanford & Jeanne Sohn 

Titanium

Owen & Evan