CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic SCSL Summer Championship Meet! SOBA earned over 3,763 points at the 2023 SCSL Summer Championship Meet, coming in 2nd place overall - earning a nice Trophy. Considering 2/3 of our SOBA meet participants swam one day only, this is a huge WIN! These 25 Swimmers went “all in” and swam BOTH Days of Summer Champs. Kudos to: Ella, Juliet, Teo, Adalyn, Emmett, Amanda, Raphael, Diana, Emma, Grace, Katie, Skylar, Ethan, An-Yi, Arabelle, Isaac, Luca, Yuka, Jozie, James, John, Kai, Sao, Sky and Sofia W – Way...

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Winter Championship Meet 2023 SOBA earned over 3500 points at Saturday’s Summer Championship Meet, coming in FIRST place overall - earning a nice big Trophy. Every swimmer who participated Saturday scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! Over 91% of you had at least one personal best time at Winter Champs – WOW!! 17% had one best time 38% had two best times, and 36% had best time in ALL THREE EVENTS - that is FANTASTIC - so proud of you!...

Los Angeles County Junior Lifeguard Program hosted the 2022 Cadet Graduation on September 17, 2022.We are very proud of SOBA teammate Sally G and SOBA alum Rylee N for being part of the program, and experiencing growth in knowledge, communication skills, and lifesaving techniques. This are our future LA County Beach Lifeguards. Congratulates to Cadet Rylee Nakayama for being awarded "Junior Lifeguard of the Year" for Los Angeles County Junior Lifeguard Program . Her hard work and dedication has paid off. A typical summer day for Rylee was going to...

SOBA Is First Place at 2022 SCAA Summer Championship-Congratulations! CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Summer Championship Meet on Saturday! SOBA earned the most points at the 2022 SCAA Summer Championship Meet, coming in FIRST place in our division and FIRST place overall - earning a nice big Trophy. . Every swimmer who participated Saturday scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! Nearly 90% of you had at least one personal best time at Summer Champs – WOW!! 18% had one best time 37% had two best...

Reprinted from "The Easy Reader" 8/12/22 ...While stories of perseverance and resilience were everywhere in the post-race (Dwight Crum Pier to Pier 8/7/22) gatherings of competitors and their families, no one got more love and respect from swimmers and fans alike than Steve Hyde. The 73-year-old Masters swim coach showed up promptly at 9 a.m. so he could get a front row seat at the finish line. He had dozens of former students in the race, and he himself had competed in the race many, many times over the year,...

Congratulations to all Pier to Pier swimmers for an amazing feat on Sunday 8/7/22! This swim is one of the largest races around – looks like 1,128 finishers this year (913 in the swimsuit division, and 215 wetsuit division swimmers). Combined, there were about 16 more participants than in 2021. Race results are online – check them out! Here is a LINK You can search by name, gender, age group etc. Check out the results and enjoy. Overall, the results have ‘shifted’ in the last several years with the addition...

On July 17, SOBA Teammate Sofie S and SOBA Coach Ruby participated in the Legacy Triathlon in Long Beach. Way to go Sofie and Ruby! The Toyota Legacy Triathlon was a sprint-distance Triathlon (750 meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run) triathlon. The Toyota Legacy Triathlon will enable USA Triathlon to contribute to Southern California’s Olympic lore and rich triathlon history by giving back to the local multisport community. USA Triathlon is the first National Governing Body to bring a new annual event to the Los Angeles footprint as part of...

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Summer Championship Meet on Sunday! SOBA earned the most points at Sunday’s Summer Championship Meet, coming in first in our division and winning the entire meet. We were so thrilled to share that big trophy with everyone at our awards celebration today at 5:00. Almost every swimmer who participated Saturday scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! 89% of you had at least one personal best time at Winter Champs – WOW!! 30% had one best time 37% had two best...

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Winter Championship Meet! SOBA earned the most points at Saturday’s Winter Championship Meet, coming in first in our division and winning the entire meet. Whew, that was close – we bested the ZAP team by just 66 points. That just goes to show you how important each and every individual swim and relay is! We were so thrilled to share that big trophy with everyone on SOBA! Almost every swimmer who participated Saturday scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! 86%...

CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Summer Championship Meet on Sunday! SOBA earned the most points at Sunday’s Summer Championship Meet, coming in first in our division and winning the entire meet. We were so thrilled to share that big trophy with everyone at our awards celebration today at 5:00. Each and every swimmer who participated Saturday scored points for the team – this was truly a TEAM EFFORT! That means everyone earned at least one medal, and some of you even more. 86% of you had at least one personal best...