Thirteen year old Josh Pendleton spent this past weekend in Elkhart, Indiana along with over 160 of the state’s best swimmers competing for Team Indiana in the 2023 Central Zone Championship. The Central Zone Championship contests State Teams of qualified swimmers ages 14 and Under from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Northern Pennsylvania in four days of Long Course swimming events. Team Indiana, which included Pendleton, easily won the competition again this year by scoring 5,429 points against 2nd place Ohio with 4185.5, Wisconsin with 4038.5, Michigan with 3572 and...

This weekend brought to a close the Summer Long Course Season as Club Olympia wrapped up competition at the Indiana Swimming 2023 South East Divisional Championships. 25 teams from primarily the southeast corner of the state, but also including Brownsburg, Plainfield, Avon, Greenfield and Mooresville, were represented by swimmers who achieved divisional level cuts during the summer long course season. In total, there were four divisional championship meet sites in the state of Indiana. Club Olympia had 24 qualified athletes in competition and the 14&Us achieved best times in 80%...

During the last two weeks, ten Club Olympia athletes competed in Indiana Swimming’s 2023 Long Course Championships for Age Group and Seniors at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. Club teams from around the state gather at the end of each summer to determine the best swimmers who have met tough qualifying standards in the state of Indiana in the long course 50 Meter pool setting. The competitions are broken down into “Age Group State” for male and female swimmers 14 and younger and “Senior State” for any swimmer who has...

With 10 athletes preparing for the start this week of two consecutive State Championship meets, last weekend, Club Olympia sent mostly 12&U swimmers to Noblesville to compete in the annual Enchanted Forest Invitational. The meet, hosted by the Noblesville Swim Club, annually draws several top teams from across Indiana and Ohio. Seven year old Myra Jaryal, competing in the 8&U division, led Club Olympia and took the 2nd place individual high points award for the 8&U Girls. Jaryal was the only seven year old in the top 10 points for...

The weekend of June 22-25, Club Olympia split its time between two different meets allowing club athletes to target select events with hopes of improving or achieving their state and divisional 2023 Long Course Championship meet qualifying times. Thursday and Friday evenings were spent at the Riviera Summer Spectacular at the historic Riviera Club in Indianapolis with the swimmers competing in distance and sprint events while Saturday and Sunday were spent swimming more typical long course events at the Franklin Regional Swim Team’s FRST Summer Classic in Franklin, Indiana. At...

At Donner Swim Club's annual Jaime Miller Invitational this past weekend, Club Olympia finished 2nd in Men’s scoring, 5th in Women’s, and 4th overall out of 21 teams competing at Donner Aquatic Center from around central and southern Indiana. FRST (Franklin Regional Swim Team) w/86 swimmers competing won the over-all scoring with 3606.5 points … 1583 (1st) from the boys and 2023.5 (1st) from the girls … winning both of those, too. RAC (Riverside Aquatics Club) w/45 swimmers was 2nd over-all with 2002 points … 821 (4th) from their boys...

Club Olympia traveled this past weekend to Fishers, Indiana to compete in the FAST 500 swim meet hosted by the Fishers Area Swim Team. 34 Club Olympia athletes, several of whom competed only in a limited schedule due to weekend BCSC prom festivities, still managed to finish 4th place overall, behind much larger and local clubs from Fishers, Zionsville, and Westfield. This was the first full meet of the Summertime Indiana Swimming Long Course Season which competes in 50 Meter pools. Club Olympia has yet to commence their 50 Meter...

This past weekend, eleven Club Olympia Swim Team athletes, who met the tough qualifying time standards in either individual or relay events, competed in the Indiana Swimming 2023 Short Course Senior State Championship. This year’s meet was held at the Pike High School Natatorium on the Northwest side of Indianapolis. Club Olympia scored enough points to claim an impressive 21st place finish overall out of 76 teams from around the state. Leading Club Olympia in scoring were Brady Beyer and Ashley Freel. Beyer competed in six individual events and as...

This past weekend Club Olympia Swim Team competed alongside 19 other teams from Southeastern Indiana in the SE Divisionals Championships hosted by the Center Grove Aquatics Club at Center Grove High School. Divisionals Weekend is the first of three consecutive championship weekend meets conducted by Indiana Swimming which also includes Senior State Weekend (qualified swimmers 15 & Over or younger qualified swimmers who may choose to compete against the older swimmers) and Age Group State Weekend (qualified swimmers 14 and under). Sixty-one Club Olympia swimmers participated at the SE Divisionals...

This past weekend, Club Olympia joined the Flashes Aquatics Swim Team at Franklin Central High School near Indianapolis in a Time Trials qualifying event prior to the start of Indiana Swimming’s Annual Championship Weeks. The dual meet allowed swimmers from both clubs a final attempt through competition to achieve Divisional or State Championship Qualifying Times. 31 Club Olympia Swimmers competed in 114 events achieving 71 personal best times. 11 athletes achieved cut times that will allow them to compete in either first time or additional events during the championship meets...