CLASS AQUATICS Swimmers Earn New 2024-2025 Swim Season Group Move-Ups Each year, the coaching staff gets together to discuss potential move ups for the upcoming swim season. With the 2024-2025 swim season starting right around the corner, we wanted to give kudos to those who have recently moved up or are moving up when we start our new season on Monday, August 12th. Congrats to the following CLASS swimmers for earning themselves a group move up! MANO GROUP Adrian Bobonea Decker Campos Samantha Chesler Summer Farrell Mia Galvan Eliana Hibarger...

CLASS Makes Major Impact at BUEN Memorial Meet Ventura, CA – CLASS swimmers continued their excellence at the BUEN Memorial Meet, held at the Ventura Aquatic Center over Memorial weekend. New best times, new JAG and Summer Age Group Championship cuts, and happy faces were plentiful at this meet. Great job to those who swam and let's keep this awesomeness up! Jackie Ahn (11) dropped almost 9 seconds in the 100 Breast as well as small drops in the 100 Back and 50 Fly as well. Angelina Babayan (16) dropped...

As of June 1, CLASS has combined with Conejo Simi Swim Club in Simi Valley The competitive team at the Rancho Simi pool is now under the umbrella of CLASS Aquatics as we will be providing the coaching and administration for the site. With the combining of the teams, we will create stability to a historically strong swimming community and give ourselves new options to grow and support swimming in the Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and Westlake areas. There are many positives to this merger, starting with ensuring that swimming...

CLASS Swimmers Dominate at PVST Meet Camarillo – Despite fighting the elements for a third meet in a row, CLASS swimmers showed grit and determination in dominating the PVST meet a few weekends ago. Autumn Abramson (12) had a breakthrough day, dropping over 3.5 seconds in both her 50 Fly and 100 Free, while dropping almost 8 full seconds in her 100 Breast, putting her just off the JAG cuts for this Summer. Kiani Abrums (11) showed up with some strong swims in her 100 Breast, 100 Free and 50...

CLASS Swimmers Coast To Excellence At Short Course Coastal Championships Ventura – CLASS swimmers once again dealt with less then desirable conditions and once again, persevered and rose above the obstacles in their way. CLASS swimmers showed serious improvements despite temperatures in the 40’s and rain being a constant threat. Kiani Abrums (11) dropped over 1.5 seconds in the 50 Breast and stayed right on her best time in the 50 Free. She was also a part of an 11-12 relay that placed 9th Place overall in the 200 Medley...

FROM TIME MAGAZINE... BY MARKHAM HEID MARCH 2, 2017 12:17 PM EST Every type of exercise has its selling points. But swimming is unlike any other aerobic workout in a few important ways. First, the fact that you’re submerged in water means your bones and muscles are somewhat unshackled from the constraints of gravity, says Hirofumi Tanaka, a professor of kinesiology and director of the Cardiovascular Aging Research Lab at the University of Texas. READ MORE>>>

FROM CNN Sports... The joy of swimming: How getting in the water can improve physical and mental health By Jack Bantock and Louis Leeson, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN Updated 4:52 AM EDT, Wed August 17, 2022 CNN — As summer edges closer and temperatures gradually rise, more and more of us will take to the water in search of a range of benefits for body and mind. Not a fan of running? Swimming may not merely be a good alternative, but a more efficient one. Using all your...

FROM YOUR SWIMBOOK.... 12 Things You Learn Becoming a Swim Parent The swimmer and swim parent lifestyle is no joke. Week-long competitions, full days at the pool, and a season that never truly ends. From fashion to lingo being a swim parent is just as much about adopting the world of swimming as your kid. Here are 12 of the things you learn on your way to becoming a swim parent: READ MORE>>>

FROM YOUR SWIMBOOK... Why Change is So Hard in the Pool (and How to Make it Easier) The world record. The gold medal. The underdog who overcame the odds. We are suckers for dramatic stories about swimming. It’s the “Big Wins” that captivate us. READ MORE>>>

CLASS Aquatics Impresses To 7th Place Finish at Winter Age Group Championships! Oceanside – CLASS Aquatics weathered the storm of both the elements and swim meet complications to come together for an OVERALL 7th Place finish at Winter Age Group Championships in Oceanside on December 17-19, the highest place that CLASS Aquatics has earned at a Championship Meet in a decade! Despite issues with the backstroke flags that postponed events and moved them around through the weekend, CLASS swimmers showed resilience and swam their events inspired and with purpose. 10...