PST News 7/5/2026

Anne Dolid
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2026-2027 Swim Season - Register Now

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RESL Championships

Over 125 PST swimmers will be competing.  Here is the Meet Sheet.

SCHEDULE

  • FRIDAY – Meet begins at 11:00 AM on Friday. Warm-ups will be from 9:00 AM to 10:45 AM. 
  • SATURDAY/SUNDAY – Meet begins at 9:00 AM Saturday and Sunday.  Warm-ups will be from 7:00 AM to 8:45 AM. 

The start time for finals on Saturday and Sunday will be announced later.

There will be an one-hour warm-up before the beginning of finals each day. 

 

SCRATCH RULES

  • The meet will be pre-seeded for Friday events with a scratch deadline of Wednesday, July 8 at 5:00 PM.  Email all Friday scratches to swimfast2400@aol.com
  • Saturday and Sunday events will be deck seeded. 

PST SWIMMER ARRIVAL TIMES (to Meet Coaches for Warm-Ups)

 

FRIDAY

  • Green, Blue, Bronze: 10 AM
  • Silver, Gold, Platinum: 9:30 AM
  • Titanium, YRHS: 9:00 AM

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

  • Green, Blue, Bronze: 8:00 AM
  • Silver, Gold: 7:45 AM
  • Platinum & YRHS: 7:00 AM
  • Titanium: No later than 8:00 AM

MANDATORY PRE-RACE HYPE MEETING 

  • Everyone should be at the PST team canopy for a pre-race hype meeting at:
  • 10:50 AM on Friday 
  • 8:50 AM on Saturday and Sunday

MEET JOBS

  • Meet job sign-ups will open at 8 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2026.
  • This is the last team-(co)hosted meet of the season.  We need every family to volunteer.
  • If you have taken home any team equipment from the Napa meet that you are planning to bring to RESL, please contact Helen Cramer no later than 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 5, 2026.
  • Team equipment must be dropped off at 4:15 PM on Thursday, July 9, 2026 for meet set- up.  There will be ABSOLUTELY NO EQUIPMENT DROP-OFFs before 4:15 PM on Thursday, or any other day/time.  Please plan accordingly.

PARKING

  • There is a strict policy of absolutely zero loading, drop-offs, or pick-ups directly in front of the pool, and stopping in the red zones is prohibited. Please park in the main parking lot next to the entrance gate.

CAPS

  • We will be racing with a uniform team theme and everyone will wear our white swim caps for prelim sessions, and pink caps for finals. Using other caps, even loosely team-themed caps such as our Club Championships custom color caps, is not allowed.  If your swimmer has lost or ripped either of those caps, please contact Anne  at secretary@piedmontswimteam.org  this week about replacing them.

Go PST!

 

 

Sponsor Spotlight: Olive and Grace Stems

Our next Business Sponsor is the Piedmont-based, woman-owned Olive + Grace Stems! Check out Victoria Manley Thompson’s work and a special discount for the PST community in our Instagram post. Thank you, Victoria, for sponsoring our team! 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaTzvFQGLjz

 

 
 

Swim School – Private Lessons Are Posted

Please visit our website under the Swim School tab > Enrollment for full enrollment information and scheduling details.

For questions about our swim lesson program, or to be added directly to the notification list, please email us at lessons@piedmontswimteam.org

 

Congratulations and Thank You!

A huge thank you and congratulations to our two newest officials!

Sven Khatri is becoming a certified stroke and turn official and after this weekend, Tracy Dooley will be a certified admin official.

We are responsible for providing officials at every meet we attend, and having Sven and Tracy join is a huge help to the team.

If you are curious about becoming an official, ask Sven or Tracy about the process, or reach out to our Officials Coordinator, Mike Hakiel

 

 

This Week:

Fri - Sun, 7/10-12: RESL Team Championships (location: Mills). Prelims and Finals Meet for all ages. Everyone should attend.

 

Important: Families need to plan to be there ALL DAY on Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday!

Fri - Sun, 7/10-12: All practices are cancelled due to RESL Meet

 

Next Week:

Mon, 7/13: Bronze, Silver, Platinum, YRHS practices are cancelled. The day after RESL coaches and swimmers need a break.

7/17-19: 14&U AGC Championships (location: Morgan Hill). Good luck to our participants:

Emily C., Clio K., Anoksh K., Archer Z., Ben R., Robert O., Lea H., Kian L., Isabella L., Vivian C-H., Valentina S., Maya C., Maxwell S., Maxwell H., Isaac D.

 

 

Important Dates, Cancellations, and Practice Updates:

July 26 – August 16: PST is on summer break for all swimmers not participating in the WEZO Championships.
8/17: First Day Back.
8/19: PST Awards Banquet SAVE THE DATE Dinner starts at 5:30 at the Piedmont Community Hall. Awards presentations to follow at the Piedmont High School Theater.
8/29: Safesport Training: Attendance is required for parents and swimmers. More details to come.

 

Meets:

View our meet schedule for the 2025/26 Season here. Most recent update to meet schedule: 5/22/26

New! 7/25-26: Zone 2 Far Western Minus Meet (location: Chabot College). Very last meet of the season for PST with the exception of WEZO attendees. Swimmers can swim in events they don’t have a FarWestern cut in, there is no other time standard for this meet. We hope for a great turn out before our summer break.
7/28-8/2: Senior Western Zones (location: Clovis). Team travel. All qualifiers 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

Naina

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