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PST News- 9/21/25

Anne Dolid

View a better-formatted version of our newsletter on our website.

This Week:
9/20-21: Senior Open (host: TCA). 36 PST swimmers are registered to compete. Meet Jobs will open Monday, September 15 at 8PM and close Wednesday night. Swimmers need to be ready to warm-up at 7:45am
9/20-21: Titanium practices are cancelled due to the Senior Open Meet.
Sat & Sun, 9/27-28: PST Block Party Meet. Meet is open on FastSwims. All swimmers from Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold, YRHS and Platinum should attend. Warm-Up Times: The coaches would like swimmers to arrive at least 10 minutes before their scheduled warm-up time. Warm-up times are as follow: Platinum and YRHS: 7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Gold and Silver: 8:20 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Green and Bronze: 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Sat, 9/27: Titanium to practice from 6-8am at Mills
Sat & Sun, 9/27-28: Practices are cancelled for Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold, YRHS, and Platinum groups due to the Block Party Meet.

Next Week:
Sat & Sun, 9/27-28: PST Block Party Meet. Meet is open on FastSwims. All swimmers from Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold, YRHS and Platinum should attend.
Sat, 9/27: Titanium to practice from 6-8am at Mills
Sat & Sun, 9/27-28: Practices are cancelled for Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold, YRHS, and Platinum groups due to the Block Party Meet.

Where to Find Meet Info

Before each meet there are questions about warm-up start times, and other details related to meets.

As a reminder, the “this week” section contains all the information you need for the upcoming meet. The newsletter is also always available on the PST website. So for example, warm up times for both today's Senior Open meet and next weekend's Block Party Meet can be found above!

PST Block Party Meet - September 27-28, 2025:

The PST IM Ready Block Party Meet on September 27-28, 2025 at Mills College is now open for registration on FastSwims.

Meet Registration will close on Wednesday 9/24. All PST Swimmers from Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold, YRHS and Platinum should attend. Swimmers must be registered with USA Swimming in order to participate.

Competition will start at 9:30 a.m. Swimmers should arrive 10 minutes before their scheduled warm-up times.

Warm-up times are as follow:

Platinum and YRHS: 7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Gold and Silver: 8:20 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

Green and Bronze: 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Volunteer job signs-ups will open on Monday 9/22, and close on Wednesday 9/24. This is a home meet with no other teams/clubs participating, so we have to rely solely on our own families to pull this off. We have over 150 jobs that need to be filled, and we need every registered PST family to volunteer by signing up for at least two jobs. We need our whole community's support!

We will have delicious and healthy snacks, lunch, drinks and PST team merchandise (T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, and many more!) for sale.

We are thrilled to see our athletes compete and look forward to a great meet!

Swimmer Section: Mindset Monday
Please share the following article by Jr Captain Asher T. with your athlete.

1:1 Virtual Meetings with Head Coaches:

If you'd like to have a 1:1 conversation with any of our head coaches, click on their names below to schedule a virtual meeting.

Head Coach: Coach Stefan

Questions about team policies, team calendar, raising general concerns, senior groups (Platinum, YRHS, Titanium) related questions, your swimmers’ progress, goal setting with your swimmer, and anything else.

Head Age Group Coach: Coach Colby

Questions about Gold and Silver groups, your swimmers' progress, goal setting with your swimmer, etc.

Head Developmental Coach: Coach Adrien

Questions about the Green, Blue, and Bronze groups, your swimmers' progress, goal setting with your swimmer, etc.

Our Days Off:

All of our Coaches have days off, and during those days, they will not check their work messages. We aim to respond to emails within 48 hours; however, please be patient if we don’t.

Mondays: Stephanie

Tuesdays: Adrien

Wednesdays: Stefan

Thursdays: Colby

Fridays: Zach and Kelly

Saturdays: Zoe, Elizabeth

This Week’s Top Tip:
It is beneficial if your swimmer gets to practice 5-10 minutes early whenever possible. For coaches, it helps to connect with our swimmers, start mobility routines, and assign lanes for a productive session. Every time swimmers show up a little late, even just 2 minutes, our focus is taken from the session, lanes might have to be re-assigned, and most importantly, your athlete will miss out on talking and connecting with us and might miss crucial pre-practice information that we are delivering to our groups. In other words, be 5-10 minutes early for every session, no matter your group, to get the most out of our coaching staff and practices. Thank you!

Important Dates, Cancellations, and Practice Updates:
10/13/25: Indigenous Peoples Day. Practices at ECCL are cancelled for Bronze, Silver, and Green Group.
10/31/25: Halloween. All afternoon practices are cancelled. Morning practices as scheduled.
11/1/25: Day after Halloween. All practices are cancelled.

Meets:
View our meet schedule for the 2025/26 Season here. Most recent update to meet schedule: 9/11/25
9/27-28: PST Block Party Meet. All swimmers from Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver, and Gold need to attend.
10/18-19: Senior Open (host: OAPB). Meet is open for registration on FastSwims. All swimmers (13&O) from Titanium, Platinum, and YRHS with qualifying times should attend
10/18-19: C/B/BB+ Meet (host: CDST). Meet is open for registration on FastSwims. Swimmers from Green, Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold YRHS and Platinum swimmers who don't attend the Senior Open Meet should attend.
11/7-9: Senior 2 Prelims and Finals Meet (host: PLS). All qualifiers to attend on all three days!
11/8-9: C/B/BB+ Meet (host: AAA). Meet is scheduled to open for registration on FastSwims on Monday, October 6th, at 7am, and it might fill up within minutes. Be ready to sign up as soon as it opens! All swimmers from Green through Platinum to attend on both days! Titanium swimmers without Senior 2 times need to attend as well.
12/5-7: Senior 2 Prelims and Finals Meet (host: TBD). All qualifiers who are not attending Junior Nationals or Sectionals need to attend on all three days!
12/6-7: C/B/BB+ Meet (host: TERA). All swimmers from Green through Platinum to attend on both days! Titanium swimmers without Senior 2 times need to attend as well.
12/10-13: Junior Nationals (location: Austin, TX). All qualifiers to attend.
12/12-14: 14 & Winter Under Age Group Champs (host: SRVA). All qualifiers need to attend.
12/18-22: CA/NV Winter Sectionals (location: Walnut, CA). All qualifiers need to attend.

Safe Sport: Required training - online option if you weren’t able to attend in person

Reminder that all families (one parent/guardian and all 13 and older swimmers) must complete their Safe Sport training each season. This training will help you and your swimmer understand the importance of a safe and positive team culture. This also helps PST to retain our Safe Sport designation.

Make sure your swimmer is connected to your USA Swimming account. This will ensure you get credit for completing the adult and/or athlete training. Parents add their athlete to their account by clicking on the + icon. You need your athlete’s membership ID#.

To complete your training online via USAswimming.org:
After logging into your USA Swimming Account, click on “Education” in the top right
For parents, click on the “Parents/Volunteers” button at the top, then choose SSRP, and then “Parents Guide to Misconduct in Sport”
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

Team Records:
Our team records can be viewed on our website.

Marketplace:

PST Marketplace

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

*Dick’s Sporting Goods Coupon: Special team discount on Athletic Shoes, clothing and sports equipment through 12/31/25.

Board News:
Any Questions? Please email any of the Board Members or Coordinators. Next Board Meeting TBD.
Name	Role	Swimmer
Board
Ellie Judy	President	Nathan
Vanessa Gage	V.P. Team Operations	Annika & Julian Nagpal
Erin Schultz	V.P. Staff Operations	Eleanor & Max
Chris Carnazzo	Treasurer	Cole & Connor
Liz Mellers	V.P. Safe Sport
Kira Goodman	V.P. Membership & Community	Ryker & Anika
Anne Dolid	V.P. Communications & Secretary	Asher
Coordinators
Rianna Stoll Anne Dolid	Swim Meet Job Sign Up	Magnolia Asher
Osa Wolff	Officials	Alex
Kelley Rebro	New Member Liaison	Max, Kate & Ben
Helen Cramer Joanne Luby	Meet Director	Aaron & Emily Kaleah
George White	Branding & Merchandise	Samantha
Laleh Tamhidi	Web Photos	Kayvon
Lisa Chan Carnazzo	Publicity & Social Media	Cole & Connor
Tracy Dooley	Swimmer Parent Education	Alanna
Lily Trinh	Fundraising	Ryden & Kaito
Patrick Lee	IT & Web Support	Elin
Colby Price	Swim Lessons
Rafael Solis	Service Hours	Alessandra & Valentina
Elisa Lee	Event Coordinator	Dylan
Kate Mikami	Senior Team Captain
Asher Takazawa	Junior Team Captain
Group Coordinators
Allyson Schoolcraft-Norton	Green	Cecilia
Angela Engel	Blue	Anita & Raquel
Maryam Sheikh / Eugene Lin	Bronze	Noor & Emahn / Joey
Alyssa Bowman	Silver	Lydia
Jeff Obermeyer	Gold	Sofia & Robert
Heta Dave	Platinum	Anoksh
Chiaty Shrieve	YRHS	Violet & Malia
Rianna Stoll / Libby Gerard	Titanium	Magnolia / Lucy