PST News

PST Club Championships:

This is an internal team competition that will take place from Friday, May 30th, to Sunday, June 1st. Participating swimmers are asked to commit to all three days. Friday will be in the afternoon (after school hours) and Saturday and Sunday will be in the morning and early afternoon. Visit our website for more details on estimated timeline and to RSVP. 

Swimmers who have RSVP’d by May 4th will be drafted by the coaches into teams. Each coach will assign individual swimmers to events based on what they believe will allow their team to win the Championship! We will have an overall team trophy along with individual awards. 

PST aims to have this meet sanctioned so that times count towards qualification meets such as AGCs, Far Western, Sectionals, Futures, etc.

This will be a fun and unique competition for all participants, focusing on swimming for the team to which your swimmer has been drafted. On Saturday, May 24th, the teams will meet at Mills to work on team cheers, posters, strategies, and more. 

We hope that all of our Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Titanium swimmers will participate!

For more information, including the event list, and to RSVP, visit our website.

Summer TimeTable - June 2nd until August 3rd:

We are pleased to announce that our practice timetable for the summer has been finalized. Please visit our website for your swimmer's schedule.

Our summer practice sessions will begin on June 2nd and continue until our summer break on August the 3rd.

Marketplace:

Last chance to pre-order! 

ORDERS DUE ON MONDAY April 28th

PST Flannel Pants! 

PST Marketplace

Sell, exchange or give away new or used swim items. 

Lots of great items!

Swim-A-Thon Updates:

Winners will be announced this week.

This Week:

Today, Sunday, April 27: Mills is closed. All practices at Mills are cancelled as the campus is closed for their student move out weekend.

Thursday, May 1st: PST Town Hall at 6:30pm at Ellen Driscoll Playhouse. 

One parent per swimmer needs to attend. We will discuss the 2025/26 swim season and give an update on team structure, potential pool locations, fees, and more.

Thursday, May 1st: Practice adjustments. Due to our Town Hall meeting that night, practices will finish early for the Bronze, Gold, and Titanium groups. 

The practice times for those groups are:

• Bronze: 5-6pm at MSC
• Gold and Titanium: 4:15-5:45pm at ECCL

Friday, May 2nd: Platinum and Titanium PM practices are cancelled. Due to High School League meets Platinum and Titanium PM practices are cancelled.

Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th: Mills Pool is Closed. All practices at Mills are cancelled as the pool is closed for their Swim-A-Mile event.

Sunday, May 4th: Piedmont Rec Hosts their Play Like a Girl Event. We have a team booth and need a few parents and several swimmers from Silver - Titanium groups to talk about the sport of swimming and what it’s like to be on our team. 

No practice for certain groups at Mills (ECCL practices are on) - come help out and try lots of sports! Job sign-ups are now open! 

This Week's Top Tip:

As a parent of a swimmer you have the opportunity to be involved with your child and their sport in various ways. One very instrumental way is by being trained, certified, and working as an official. Officials are present at all competitions to implement the technical rules of swimming and to ensure that the competition is fair and equitable to everyone. 

Officials attend clinics, receive training and are certified by USA Swimming.  Apprentice officials generally start as Stroke and Turn Officials whose job it is to observe the swimmers in their assigned lanes from the time they take their first arm pull after entering the water or beginning a race through the completion of their race. Stroke and Turn Officials ensure that the strokes, turns and finishes comply with the rules applicable to each stroke. If strokes, turns or finishes are executed in a manner which is out of compliance with the rules, in the spirit of fairness they document information to disqualify a swimmer from a race.

There are many levels of officiating that require different degrees of involvement and time. Stroke and Turn Officials learn the ropes by attending clinics, using self-study materials, and working on deck under the supervision of a trainer. Those who are interested move up the ladder to serving as a chief judge, starter, admin official, and referee, learning through a combination of clinics, self-study materials, and on-the-job training.

View the resources below to get started!

Officials Certification Standards

How to Become an Official

Next Week:

Friday, May 9th: Platinum and Titanium PM practices are cancelled. Due to NCS, Platinum and Titanium afternoon practices are cancelled.

Saturday and Sunday, May 10-11: C/B/BB LCM (host: SRVA). Meet has closed. 31 PST swimmers were able to register.

Sunday, May 11th: Gold and Silver dryland is cancelled. Due to the SRVA meet, dryland for Silver and Gold is cancelled.

Safe Sport:

Recognized annually in April, Child Abuse Prevention Month focuses on raising awareness for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Safe Sport is about creating an environment free from abuse for everyone year-round. If you have any questions about our policies, you can refer to our updated Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy (MAAPP) that everyone acknowledged at the end of 2024.

Important Dates, Cancellations, and Practice Updates:

Sunday, May 18th: Blue and Bronze practices are cancelled. Due to the MST Pentathlon Meet, Blue and Bronze practices are cancelled.

Sunday, May 18th: Silver and Gold to swim at ECCL from 10:30-12pm. Due to the MST Pentathlon Meet, Silver and Gold will swim at ECCL from 10:30-12pm.

Meets:

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

May 18: 14&Under Pentathlon (host: MST). Meet has closed 57 PST swimmers were able to register.

May 30th through June 1st: PST Club Championships (location: Mills College). Everyone should attend.

June 20-22: Reno Gamble. Meet will be in their brand new 50 meter indoor facility. See below for more details.

July 11-13: 14&Under Age Group Championships (host: SRN). All qualifiers should attend.

July 18th through July 20th: RESL Team Competition (location: Chabot College, Hayward). The most fun meet of the whole year for young and old. Make sure your swimmer can participate

July 23rd through July 26th: Future Championships (location: Sacramento, CA). All qualifiers should attend.

July 31st through August 3rd: LCM FarWestern Championships (host: SCSC). All qualifiers should attend.

Reno - Preparing for our summer 2025 travel meet:

Find out more about the Reno Travel Meet here.

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.

Team Records:

Our team records can be viewed on our website.

Got Photos?

Follow our Instagram account to stay updated with the latest team moments.  If you have photos from meets or team socials please post them and tag our IG account or send them directly to Lisa Chan Carnazzo

Did you know that PST also uploads photos to our website?  If you or your swimmers take photos at meets or team events, please send them to photo@piedmontswimteam.org. They will be “Safe Sport” checked and uploaded to the website.

Check out our current photo collection here!

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.

Important - Parking Reminders at PST Facilities:

Dear PST Families, 

It goes without saying that we rely on positive relationships with the different communities whose pools we use for practices.

It is a shared responsibility to maintain these relationships, and we need parents to follow the parking requirements for each facility. 

Please refer to specific instructions for each pool location in this document, along with screenshots indicating unavailable parking/access in red, and available parking in green.

Thank you for adhering to these requirements

Board News:

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