PST News 3/1/2026 (One Day Early with Piranha Party Info!)

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

See You at the Piranha Party!

We can’t wait to welcome families, swimmers and friends of the team to our fundraising event and team social of the season. The party starts at 4:30 at the Veteran’s Hall Building, 401 Highland Ave in Piedmont. 

 

Take a sneak peek at our exciting Silent Auction Items and Raffle Prizes! Here is a detailed Event Schedule and Final list of Live Auction Items: 

 

 

 

Need last minute tickets? Willing to help setup or clean up? Email Kira at community@piedmontswimteam.org.

 

 

Go PST!

 
Kira Goodman

 

This Week:

Sat & Sun, 3/7-8: Zone 2 Last Chance Meet (host: SRVA). Meet is open on FastSwims.

 

Meet Jobs: Open at 8pm Monday

 

Warm-Up Times

7:30am: Platinum, YRHS, and Titanium 

8:00am: Bronze, Silver, and Gold

Sat & Sun, 3/7-8: Due to the last Chance Meet practices are cancelled for Silver, Gold, Platinum and YRHS Groups.
Sat, 3/7: Due to the last chance meet, Titanium will swim and do dryland from 8:30-11:30am at Mills.
Sun, 3/8: Due to the last chance meet, Blue and Bronze will swim and do dryland at Mills from 8-10am.

 

Next Week:

3/13-14: Titanium practices are cancelled on Friday and Saturday, due to a big High School meet. 

Titanium swimmers not participating in the meet can join Platinum on Friday morning.

 

 

Important Dates, Cancellations, and Practice Updates:

4/18/26: Save the Date! Team Photo Day

 

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

 

Meets:

View our meet schedule for the 2025/26 Season here. Most recent update to meet schedule: 2/26/26

3/20-22:  14&Under Spring Age Group Championships (host: PLS). All qualifiers to attend. Congratulations to our qualifiers so far: Liv P., Emily C., Lea H., Dylan P., Aaron C., Anoksh K., Robert O., Ben R., Maxwell S., Archer Z.
3/28-29: C/B/BB Meet (host: PST). PST-hosted Zone 2 meet at Mills. Everyone to attend. Saturday has closed, but Sunday is still open for registration.
4/9-12: SCY Far Western Championships (host: SCSC). All qualifiers to attend. Meet is open on FastSwims. Congratulations to our qualifiers so far: Emily C., Lea H., Charlotte C., Kate R., Mizuki W., Cynthia W., Cole C., Connor C., Asher D., Nathan J., Zafar M., Marvin N., Bao-Son N., Ben R., Maxwell S., Asher T., Baran W., Archer Z.
4/25-26: LCM C/B/BB Meet (host: SRVA). First long course meters (LCM) meet of the season! This meet typically fills within minutes, so families should be prepared to register as soon as it opens on FastSwims. For younger swimmers (Green & Blue groups), we recommend attending just one day to get their first experience swimming in a 50-meter pool.
5/17: 14&U Pentathlon (host: MST). Please check with your coaches to see if your group will be attending.
5/29-31: PST Club Championships! The most fun and fast meet of the season, don’t miss out! We want everyone from Green through Titanium to attend!

 

Team Records:

Our team records can be viewed on our website.

Last Update: 1/1/2026

 

Marketplace: Block Party Swap!

PST Marketplace

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

 

Board News:

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

Next Board Meeting March 12, 2026.

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

Alexis Burck

V.P. Safe Sport

 

Kira Goodman 

V.P. Membership & Community 

Ryker & Anika

Anne Dolid

V.P. Communications & Secretary

Asher & Isaac

Coordinators

Rianna Stoll

Anne Dolid

Swim Meet Job Sign Up

Magnolia

Asher

Mike Hakiel

Officials

Lea

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 & Enzo

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

OPEN

Blue

 

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 

Rianna Stoll / Libby Gerard

Titanium

Magnolia / Lucy