CANYONS TRAVELS TO SANTA BARBARA

Canyons Aquatics rolled into Santa Barbara for the 29th Annual Semana Nautica meet and rolled out with a second place finish mostly off the work of our younger swimmers as the senior skipped this event to train for the upcoming championship meets. Even with only about 1/4 of our competitive team on hand, the kids from the Canyons did great. For more details CLICK HERE

KT LIVINGSTONE NAMED TOP NEWCOMER TO SCV SPORTS SCENE

Canyons Aquatic's KT Livingstone has been selected by The Signal newspaper has this year's "FEMALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR". The award encompasses all high school sports, which makes KT's accomplishment all the more impressive. The award was for KT's accomplishments as a high school swimmer (Canyons High). In addition to an outstanding CIF season, KT has had a great year with an incredible record of success including qualifying for the Junior National Championships. To read The Signal article CLICK HERE.

CANYONS CONQUERS THE SEA

A small but hearty contingent of the Canyons Senior Gold team took their game to the Pacific Ocean, in particular, the Semana Nautica 1 mile ocean swim at Santa Barbara. With cold air temps and even colder water, the Canyons crew of Sarah Pino, Maggie Hanson, Adriana Silva, Michael Chiu, Nui Harris, Riley Mita and Konrad Antoniuk prepared to take on what ever Davy Jones could throw at them. For more details CLICK HERE

SWIMFEST 2007 UNITES SANTA CLARITA SWIMMING

Canyons 29th annual SWIMfest breezed through the waters at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center with great success as swimmers from all corners of the Santa Clarita Valley came to the Canyons sponsored event to represent their HOA clubs, their City Park teams and more. The best and the fastest were on hand and the results were impressive. For the second year in a row the Northbridge Point Piranhas swam to victory. For meet details, pictures and results CLICK HERE

CANYONS TAKES SUMMER AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN

The fourth and and final day of the Summer Age Group championships saw Canyons Aquatics come away with the overall championship, the girls championship and the boys championship as well. Even with our top swimmers either sitting this meet out or swimming off events, Canyons managed to take enough gold, silver and bronzes to beat Orange County's Claremont Club, Mission Viejo, Irvine Aquazot and more... To read more click HERE.

JORDAN DANNY SELECTED SCV SWIMMER OF THE YEAR

Jordan Danny has been selected by the editors of The Signal as the Santa Clarita female swimmer of the year. The selection was based on Jordan's impressive season representing Hart High in CIF competition. Canyons is proud that the rest of Santa Clarita now knows what we know...Jordan is fast..real fast. Several Canyons swimmers were given Honorable Mention including, Kearsten Livingstone, Nui Harris, Alvina Wong, Gilbert Casequin, Konrad Antoiuk, Michelle Duraj, Shelby Green, Ryan Kristensen, Garrett Nugent, and Peter Szymanski. Congratulations to Canyon Aquatics swimmers who dominated the Footlhill League once again. To read the Signal article click HERE.

KONRAD GOES THE DISTANCE

Konrad Antoniuk returned to SMOC with one thing in mind, getting his first ever Junior National cut. 16 minutes and 25.93 seconds later, he achieved that goal and took 51.25 seconds off his own team record (17:18.74) set at the beginning of the season. Konrad came away with the 12th fastest metric mile of the meet and a trip to Indianapolis.

For more SMOC updates, click HERE

CANYONS WINS 2008 JUNIOR OLYMPIC BID

For the third straight year, Canyons and the City of Santa Clarita have won our bid to host the Summer Junior Olympics. Next summer's (2008) two JO meets will be here and at Mission Viejo. Canyons winning the bid was due in part to the tremendous volunteer effort of our Canyons families and the excellent management by our meet committee and associates. Congratulations Canyons families.

CANYONS SWIMMERS PREP FOR SUMMER AT MEMORIAL DAY MEET

Canyons Swimmers entered the water in record numbers this past Memorial Day weekend at Canyons second annual Red, White and Blue Memorial Day swim meet. Easily one of the best meets around, the event featured swimmers from as far away as Sunnyvale California. In the water, the results spoke for themselves with some of the fastest races in Southern California this year coming out of the meet. Click HERE for more on the meet...

CANYONS TRIO SWIM BIG AT CITY CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Michael Chiu came up big for the Cleveland boys as he led his high school to their second consecutive CIF Championship. Michael won both the 100 back and 100 free. Tessa Chiu took second in the 200IM and third in the 100 back. Adriana Silva won the 500 free and took second in the 200 free

CANYONS SWIMMERS MASTERFUL AT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Jordan Danny did it again...for the third time this year. She broke the Canyons team record in the 100 breast as she fought her way to a silver medal finish at the CIF Masters meet. In what was the closest championship race in recent CIF history...

Click HERE to read all about the MASTERS Meet.

Click HERE for CIF MASTERS MEET results.

ANNUAL COST TO SWIM SURVEY RESULTS

Every year Canyons Aquatics Club conducts a survey to determine the cost to swim from a random sampling of similar swim clubs around Southern California. The goal of the project is to insure that Canyons fees remain among the best in SCS. This year's results reveal that Canyons has managed to keep our fees far below the average and is still the best deal around for all swimmers, from lessons to Olympians. We are proud to be one of the only clubs who choose to sponsor swim meets as our sole source of fundraising and have kept our overhead low by the generous support of our volunteers.

To see the 2007 survey results, click HERE

CANYONS SWIMMERS CELEBRATED AT TOP 16 BANQUET

Several Canyons swimmers headed south to Orange County to attend the SCS Top 16 Banquet. The Banquet is an annual event which honors SCS swimmers who rank in the top 16 in the United States at the end of the season (individually or as part of a relay). The awards were for the 05 - 06 season. Bob Hwang and Riley Mita were each presented plaques for breaking SCS Records.

To see all our 2005 - 2006 Top 16 swimmers and their events click HERE

CANYONS WARMS UP FOR SUMMER AT BUENA

Canyons second long course meet of the season was a terrific opportunity for many of Canyons new swimmer to shine and show their skills. Still early in the season, Canyons swimmers ruled the pool even without the vast majority of our Senior swimmers who sat out the weekend prepping for the CIF Championships this week. The meet, held at the new Buenaventura swim complex will be the site of this summer's AA Championships. Dozens of Canyons new swimmers were on hand to earn their first ever times.

CLICK HERE for more info.

CANYONS SWIMMERS LEAD AT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Canyons swimmers have long dominated the Foothill League Championships and this years' event was no exception. With CAC swimmers on all 6 teams in the league, there wasn't a final to be seen that didn't feature one our own... CLICK HERE for more info.

FOOTHILL CHAMPIONSHIP MEET RESULTS

Looking for the results of the Foothill League Championships? We've got 'em here. Congratulations to all the swimmers from all six Santa Clarita High Schools. League records, team records, personal records...it was an amazing meet. Good luck to all Foothill swimmers at CIF

To see the results, please go to our results page by clicking HERE

CANYONS OPENS THE SEASON AT SIMI

Canyons swimmers returned to long course competition at the CSA Long Course Season opener. A dramatic change from the 25 yard pools they've been in since September, the kids from Canyons made a strong splash as team and personal records fell like dominos.

To read more please click HERE.

IN MEMORIAM

Canyons Aquatic lost a treasured friend on April 6th with the untimely passing of Phil Carr. Best known as Sam's grandfather, Phil was as true a Canyons fan as there will ever be. From the day Sam joined the club, Phil could be found on the deck offering encouragement when needed, praise when deserved and consolation when necessary. A firm believer that all our kids had enormous potential, his love and affection was not limited to his own family, but to anyone who wore the blue and yellow. To read more please click HERE.

RECORDS, RESULTS, AND MORE...

With all the activity of the team over the last few weeks including swimmers competing at both ends of the continent, Canyons has racked up several new records, and results.

To see our gallery of 06-07 current season record breakers click HERE
To see our short course Top 10 list click HERE
To see our Swimmers who achieved Southern California Reportable Times click HERE
To see recent meet results as well as Green and Gold reports click HERE .

NATIONAL TEAM WRAPS UP STRONG EAST COAST SWIMS

Canyons young contingent of four talented swimmers returned from the east coast having experienced the most competitive meet of their young careers. When it was all said and done, Jordan Danny shaved almost 3 seconds off her national caliber 200 breast (picking up an age group NRT in the process). KT Livingstone took out the team 200 fly record and picked up her own NRT and Adriana Silva earned herself another sectional cut (this time in the 200 free). Chelsea Griffiths joined the girls as they attacked the 200 medley relay finishing 21st overall. The event as the first national exposure for 3 of the ladies with Jordan coming in as the old pro having swum at Junior Nationals last summer. With numerous young athletes close to national qualifying times, Canyons National team looks to be growing and soon. Click HERE to see meet results as well as the green and gold reports for this meet.

FAR WESTERNERS SHOOT IT OUT IN PLEASANTON

15 Canyons swimmers ventured north to swim with the best Northern California has to offer at the Pacific Far Westerns held in Pleasonton, California. The result of the trip was a ton of time dropped, several great new performances and another team record broken. Click HERE for all the details.

COGSWELL BREAKS 10& UNDER 500 FREE RECORD...AGAIN

On the day after his 10th birthday, Cole Cogswell broke the team record for the boys 10 & under 500 free. Cole initially broke the record earlier this fall, it was the broken by Matt Johnson and the broken by Cole two more times. The record currently stands at 5:52.93 and with a full year left in this age group, Cole will be the odds on favorite to take it down some more.

JORDAN DANNY WINS BONUS FINAL AT NATIONALS!

Jordan Danny came into the National Championships ranked 41st in the 200 breaststroke and left the event winning the bonus final and finishing with the 12th fastest time of the day. In the morning, Jordan swam a personal record 2:41.22 to finish 23rd, this afternoon, swimming out of lane #1, she shocked the house tagging the wall first in a 2:38.54 dropping 2.68 seconds in the process. Only 15, Jordan is one of the youngest homegrown Canyons breaststrokers to hit the national scene. Click HERE for more results.

KT LIVINGSTONE BREAKS PARMENTER'S 200 FLY TEAM RECORD

This morning Jennifer Parmenter held 61 team records, this afternoon she holds 60. KT Livingstone, in her first long course race of the year, erased Parmenter's 1995 record (set when KT was 3 years old) in the preliminaries of the National Championships. KT's time of 2:22.94 took .56 off Parmenter's team record of 2:23.45 placing her 40th in her first appearance on the national scene. KT was the 3rd 14 year old overall and the 4th Southern Californian. Click HERE for more results.

CANYONS MEMORIAL DAY RED WHITE AND BLUE MEET

Canyons will once again host what is becoming the most popular Memorial Day swim meet in Southern California. For meet information please click HERE .

GOLD & JO SWIMMERS TAKE 3RD AT CENTRAL JOs.

Canyons swimmers from the Gold and Junior Olympic group dunked the competition at the Central California Junior Olympics this past weekend taking 3rd place overall while swimming an impressive 83% lifetime best swims. Click HERE for more details

KT LIVINGSTONE QUALIFIES FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

KT Livingstone, swimming her second meet in two weeks, pulled off the best swim of her life with a smokin' hot 2:03.86 in the 200 fly to qualify for the Spring National Championships being held in New York March 27-31, becoming the latest individual member of the Canyons National Team. KT is one of the youngest Canyons swimmers in our almost 30 years of existence to qualify for this prestigious event. KT was already going to the meet as a member of a national championship qualifying relay, but now she'll have a few more obligations including competing head-to-head with some of the best swimmers in the world. Click HERE for more info on the National Championships.

SPRING JUNIOR OLYMPICS WRAP UP AT BELMONT

Canyons Aquatic Club came away from the Spring 2007 Junior Olympics with several strong showings by Canyons swimmers including 5 broken team records, several new sectional cuts and one more swimmer qualified to attend the National Championships in New York later this month. With more than half the team attending their first ever Junior Olympics, this young group of athletes gained experience for a future of great accomplishments. Read all the highlights HERE.

Updated JO information including the Green and Gold reports are now posted. New sectional times from Bob Hwang (50 free), Sam Asencio (1000 free), Hayley Good (100 free), Allison Morales (200 fly) and Riley Mita (400IM). To see the reports click HERE.

ANTONIUK AND DANNY BREAK TEAM RECORDS

Konrad Antoniuk and Jordan Danny did a little rewriting of the team's record book in their signature events during the final day of Spring Sectionals. Konrad took out the 1650 and the 1000 record (in the same race!) while Jordan eclipsed the 100 breast record while earning another National Championship time. Canyons finished the meet in 4th place for Division II. To read more click HERE.

NEW CANYONS MOVIE ONLINE!

We may not have been nominated for best picture, but the Canyonsvision team is now premiering a new Canyons video to honor all our great swimmers. With sectionals this week and the Junior Olympics next week, take a look see what the words ATTITUDE, ACHIEVEMENT and EXCELLENCE really mean. To view the movie, click HERE.

SENIOR MEET PREPS SWIMMERS FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

With Spring Sectionals and JO's just a few weeks away, swimmers from the JO, Sr. Blue and Sr. Gold joined Coach Jeff and Coach Mike in beautiful Palm Springs for the annual Senior Development meet. The four day event featured great competition including an opportunity for Canyons swimmers to face off against Orange County swimmers from Mission Viejo and NOVA. For more details click HERE.

CANYONS SWIMS WITH THE ROSES

140 Canyons swimmers descended on Pasadena this past Saturday to attend the Canyons vs. Rose Bowl Aquatics dual meet. The second meeting of the two clubs (last year Rose Bowl came to our pool at COC) was a great event with the host club putting on a terrific meet. Most Canyons swimmers used the meet as a tune up for big meets to come or chance to pick up a new qualifying time. The meet was one of the rare opportunities for our youngest swimmers to compete along side some of our oldest and best. Read more...Click HERE. /font>

USA SWIMMING SEEKS SCHOLASTIC ALL AMERICANS

Canyons Aquatic Club has enjoyed a long tradition of Scholastic All Americans including Michael Chiu earning 2006 honors. The application process for 2007 Scholastic All Americans has begun and Canyons urges all our eligible athletes to apply. There are 4 requirements for eligibility:

1. Must have completed 10th, 11th, or 12th grade.
2. Must be a USA Swimming member athlete.
3. Must have participated in an individual event in the appropriate year in selected meets, which are listed on the application.
4. Must have a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

For more info download an application HERE.

More information on the meet can be found at  http://www.usaswimming.org

CANYONS SWIMMERS START '07 OFF WITH A SPLASH...
Canyons Swim Canyons Aquatics swimmers did one of three things this weekend: 1) swim at the Q Meet/Grand Prix Qualifier 2) swim at the PVST New Years Meet. 3) prepare for next week's Grand Prix meet. No matter where they were, Canyons swimmers made a big splash... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

SESSION III REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Canyons Aquatic Club's return to COC has been delayed by one week due to construction issues. We are scheduled to return to COC on 1/22. Beginning today (1/8) Canyons will accept registration at all practices. To complete registration please download a registration form from our REGISTRATION PAGE. Be sure to include your family commitment payment (noted on form). Please turn the forms in to: Lisa Osowski, Teresa Olson, Jenny Rodgers or any coach. Registration payments will only be taken by check (until we return to COC). Questions? Please contact us at: info@canyons.org

CANYONS SENDS 12 TO ALL-STAR MEET
Twelve Canyons swimmers have been selected to attend the Southern California Swimming All Star meet (14 & under) in January at Belmont Plaza. The selection was made based upon the swimmers' performances at the Age Group Championships or the Winter Invitational. Representing Canyons will be: Cole Cogswell, Nina Morrison, Matt Howard, Allison Morales, Adria Morales, Bryana Waage, Maggie Hanson, Rebekah Haw, Matt Johnson, Sam Asencio, KT Livingstone and Riley. Canyons, with 12 swimmers had the 3rd most All Stars selected behind Mission Viejo (13) and NOVA (19).

To all the All Stars click HERE.

BOB AND NUI GOING TO THE GREAT WHITE NORTH...
Congratulations to Bob Hwang and Nui Harris (13-14 age group) who both earned memberships on Southern California Swimming's 2007 Pacific Coast Team which will compete against teams from Pacific, Pacific Northwest, Oregon and British Columbia on January 20-21, 2007, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The two were selected on the strength of their outstanding performance at the Senior Invitational in Commerce.

THANK YOU TO MARC AND GINA...
December 15th marked the beginning of the new terms of office for the four newly elected members of the Canyons Aquatic Club Board of Directors. It also marked the end of terms for Marc Danny and Gina Livingstone, who chose not to run for the board so as to concentrate on directing our extensive swim meet schedule.

Gina Livingstone joined the our board two years ago and has been a stedfast advocate for all swimmers. In particular, she has sought to strengthen team spirit and volunteerism. A volunteer (along with husband, John) since the day her family joined the club, Gina continues to play a huge role for the club as our Co-meet Director. Her maternal caring for each and every swimmer is evident wherever she goes. Mom, grandmother, cheerleader, volunteer, boss, friend...Gina has been all things (good things) to the club and we're thankful. 

There are very few people on the club who remember the Board of Directors before Marc Danny took office. A loyal volunteer, Marc has been with the board since his Daughter, Jordan was breaking records as an 8 and under. A man of many talents, Marc's handiwork is all around us. In fact, even our slick new logo was designed by Marc. From graphic design, to flipping hamburgers, to putting out fires, Marc has been there and done that. He's donated countless hours, materials and inspiration to the club. As a board member, the team treasurer and Co-meet director, Marc's energy is unmatched. Cut Marc and he bleeds Canyons blue and yellow (and maybe a bit Hart red and black). To list Marc's contributions to the club would take too much time and space. Suffice it to say, Marc has put the club in front of himself time and time again. We thank him.

Both Marc and Gina embody everything that's great about Canyons and their dedication to our organization is an inspiration to us all. Canyons says, "thank you" for their past and future contributions to the family we call Canyons Aquatic Club. 

The 4th and final day of the Sr. Invitational at Commerce turned out to be every bit good as the first three for Canyons swimmers. Swimming with a small squad of mostly young atheletes, Canyons continued to show Southern California Swimming and beyond, what we do here in Santa Clarita, train hard and compete with intensity....

Click HERE for all the Sr. Invite details.

CANYONS STRONG AT AGE GROUP CHAMPS

Canyons Aquatics sent a very young team the Age Group Championships at Long Beach. The coaching staff chose to keep the Senior Gold swimmers out of the meet have them concentrate on the upcoming Senior Invitational at Commerce next week. Canyons coaches are extremely proud of our young squad as they finished 5th in the women's, mens and combined team scores. Considering that some of the other clubs came to the meet with all their top swimmers, Canyons top 5 finish shows our club's depth, the success of our Varsity team as well as the strength of our up and comers.

For more info click HERE.

3 CANYONS SWIMMERS CHOSEN FOR ZONE SELECT CAMP

Canyons congratulates Bob Hwang, Konrad Antoniuk and Adria Morales for their selection to attend USA Swimming Zone Select Camp. The three swimmers will be flown to the University of Utah in May for this very special training opportunity. Canyons 3 swimmers is the most of any club in the western zone (the entire west coast) other than the Nellie Gale Gators (also with 3). There is a variety of criteria for selection to Zone Select Camp. More information can be found HERE

SENIOR SWIMMERS CELEBRATE THE SEASON IN STYLE

Canyons senior swimmers were treated to a winter wonderland at the Senior Holiday Party held at the Old Orchard I Clubhouse. More than 50 of Canyons 13 and older swimmers from all groups attended the festive event. It was all smiles as our swimmers go to enjoy the fun side of swimming...the camaraderie that comes with being a part of the largest and best swim team in Los Angeles County. Amidst the decorations the swimmers took to the dance floor enjoyed a holiday buffet. Thanks to Debbie Asencio for coordinating the event and to Mario Asencio, Gillian and Phil Carr, and Randy and Laura Good for making our seniors party a special event. For pictures of the event click HERE.

CANYONS JUNIOR SWIMMERS DIVE-IN TO FUN

The pool at COC turned into a movie theater as swim practice was put on hold and Canyons younger swimmers were treated to our aunnul dive in movie. While the Disney movie Cars played on the big screen, swimmers splashed played and enjoined cookies, cake and other treats. The evening was topped off by a visit from Santa Clause. For pictures of the event click HERE.

Canyons set a team record with 235 swimmers attending the meet with an excellent showing from every group in the club. Canyons coaches report 259 new swims, four team records broken and two established... CLICK HERE FOR MEET DETAILS.

For pictures of the event, CLICK HERE.
For the Green and Gold reports CLICK HERE.

For pictures of the event, CLICK HERE.

To see the schedule and download entry forms CLICK HERE.