PST News- 3/29/2026

Anne Dolid
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PST Hosted C/B/BB+ Meet - Thank you!

We are halfway through our hosted meet!

 

Hosting a meet is a huge undertaking and, as you know, requires the support of every member of the team.  If you are able, please stick around at the end of the meet today to help with clean up. If you do, and you weren't signed up, please email secretary@piedmontswimteam.org to be given additional service hours.

 

While many of you contributed an incredible amount of time and effort into the success of our meet this weekend, two individuals have taken on what is essentially a second job for the past month to make this happen.  

 

Helen Cramer and Joanne Luby,  thank you for serving as our meet directors, and making sure no detail went unattended to, so that the meet could run smoothly.

 

We also want to thank those of you who took on lead roles, who signed up for more than the required volunteer shifts, or who came early or stayed late. We could not have done it without the extra time you provided to the team.

 

This was an amazing team effort, and we are grateful to be part of such an incredible organization.

 

Go PST!

 

The PST Board

 

Officials Needed!

Are you interested in learning about how to become a USA Swimming Official (wearing white shirts and blue pants)?

 

There are two types of officials:
Stroke and Turn: These officials are stationed around the pool at meets and judge compliance with USA Swimming stroke and turn rules.

Adminsitration: These officials help behind the scenes with swim meet administration.

 

We are required to provide a specific number of Officials at Swim Meets, and our club is fined if we don’t meet these requirements. Right now we don't have enough officials to comfortably meet our requirements.

 

PST is looking for volunteers interested in starting the training process. This involves an online training course followed by an apprenticeship on the pool deck. You do not need to be a swimmer yourself to become an official! See here for information on the process, and make sure to reach out to our Official Coordinator, Mike Hakiel mike.hakiel@gmail.com, if you’re interested!

 

Additionally, officials receive a dues reduction on their swimmers registration with the team.

 

 

This Week:

**Mon, 3/30:** Gold, Platinum, and YRHS morning practices at Mills are cancelled so staff and swimmers can recover from our hosted meet.

 

Next Week:

**Thurs–Sun, 4/9–4/12** 4/9-12: SCY Far Western Championships (host: SCSC). Entries close on FastSwims **TONIGHT** (Sun, 3/29).

Good luck to our participants: Anoksh K., 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.

**Thurs–Sun, 4/9–4/12:** All Titanium practices are cancelled due to Far Westerns. Swimmers not participating at Far Westerns may swim with Platinum. Please see our website for the Platinum schedule.

 

Important Dates, Cancellations, and Practice Updates:

4/18/26: Team Photo Day at Mills/ Northeastern from 9 - 12. More details including how to sign up for individual photos coming soon. 
5/2, 5/16, and 5/23: Club Championships team practices. All swimmers participating in Club Championships at the end of May will have an opportunity to get to know their teammates and work on team cheers, slogans, relays, technique, and more. Further details will be shared soon.

 

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: 3/20/26

4/25-26: LCM C/B/BB Meet (host: SRVA). Registration is closed. 73 PST swimmers were able to register.
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

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 April 2, 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

Archer

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  

Pooja Sethi

Branding & Merchandise

Naia

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

OPEN

Green

 

Allyson Schoolcraft-Norton Eitan Anzenberg 

Blue

Cecilia / Ben

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