Three Club Olympia Swimmers qualified and were invited to be a part of Team Indiana as it competed for the 2022 Central Zones 14&U Championship this past weekend in Elkhart, Indiana. This annual championship meet takes the best swimmers from the state to form Team Indiana which competes against teams representing Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. At the close of the four day event, Team Indiana had claimed first place with 4,783 points, outdistancing 2nd place Team Ohio (3829.5 points), and 3rd place Team Michigan (3223.5). Club Olympia’s...

This past weekend, with many of its State qualifiers off or competing elsewhere, 34 Club Olympia swimmers competed in the 2022 Indiana Swimming Long Course CE Divisional Meet in Franklin, Indiana. Given only three sites held Divisional Meets in Indiana this year, the CE Divisional, with a record 714 athletes, was one of the most competitive Divisional Championships ever held. Club Olympia swimmers established over 80 personal best event times while claiming five Gold Medal first place finishes and 30 total individual event top eight podium finishes. Club Olympia’s relay...

Twelve Club Olympia Age Group Level Swimmers competed this past weekend in the 2022 Indiana Swimming Age Group State Championships at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. Club Olympia boys and girls combined placed 17th overall in the team competition which was won by the Carmel Swim Club and followed by clubs from Fishers, South Bend, and Fort Wayne in the top four. Club Olympia’s boys team took 8th overall with the 10U boys placing an impressive 3rd , one point out of 2nd, behind...

Eleven Club Olympia swimmers competed in the 2022 Indiana Swimming Senior State Championships this past weekend. The meet, comprised of over 1000 of the state’s top senior swimmers (typically high school and college age) who met difficult qualifying time standards was held on the campus of Indiana University at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center. Club Olympia men and women combined for a 16th place finish out of 60 club teams from around Indiana. The Club Olympia lady swimmers finished an impressive 14th among the state’s women’s teams. Much larger teams...

This past weekend, Columbus’ Club Olympia joined several of Greater Indianapolis’ larger swim clubs to compete in the Summer Spectacular Invitational at the historic Riviera Club near the campus of Butler University. The four day event combined one night of distance events, one night of sprint events followed by two mid-distance events, and two days of traditional invitational events in the unique 50M pool laid out in the middle of the Riviera’s recreational pool which is enjoyed by club members and their families during the competition. Club Olympia’s 40 swimmers...

During the month of June, several Club Olympia swimmers have spent time participating with Indiana Swimming in clinics and training camps and competing in Central Zones meets for Team Indiana. This past week, thirteen current and one former “unattached” Club Olympia swimmer traveled to Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin to compete as members of Team Indiana at the 2022 Central Zone Open Water Championships. Two weeks ago select Club Olympia athletes competed as members of Team Indiana in the Central Zones Multi-Cultural Swim meet in Evansville, Indiana while other Club Olympia swimmers...

This past week, Club Olympia swimmers competed in Houston, Texas, against Team Illinois and Team Gulf, as members of the Team Indiana All-Stars at the “Duel in the Pool,” as well as in a 14&U “Dual” meet with the Franklin Regional Swim Team (FRST) in Franklin, Indiana. Ashley Freel and Joshua Pendleton represented Club Olympia on the Team Indiana All-Stars. 16-year-old Freel finished 3rd in the 200 Fly, 5th in the 100 Fly, 6th in 200 Free, and 10th in the 100 Back. Freel was also part of two top-six...

This past weekend, athletes from Club Olympia swam to a second place team at the FAST 500 Invite held in Fishers, Indiana, out placing several teams from Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. Tony Machavariani placed second in Highpoint scoring in the Boys 9-10 age group, and Vivan Shah and Aahan Gupta placed second and third respectively in the Boys 8U age group. Other top performers for the weekend included Ashley Freel, Connelly Furnish, Todd Hundley, Maggie Johnson, Shreyan Kulkarni, Misha Machavariani, Emily Meek, Lane Mellencamp, Chad Pendleton, Joshua Pendleton, and Hope...

Columbus, Indiana’s Club Olympia Swim Team, with just under 50 athletes competing, opened the 2022 Long Course Season (all events are competed in a 50 meter pool during the Long Course Season) with an impressive 2nd place finish at the “Early Summer Slam” Meet hosted by the Franklin Regional Swim Team (FRST) at Franklin Community High School this past weekend. The much larger host team easily outdistanced all other clubs for first place in team scoring. Club Olympia took a closely contested 2nd place by scoring more points than teams...

This past weekend athletes from Club Olympia competed in national level championship swim meets in both Indiana and Florida. Six club swimmers, led by 15 year old Ashley Freel, competed at the Speedo Sectionals meet in Indianapolis, while Misha Machavariani competed in the Open Water Junior Nationals in Fort Myer Beach, Florida. The 2022 Central Zone Spring Speedo Sectionals was held at the Indiana University Natatorium and is considered one of the top national events as it brings many of the top swimmers from around the nation to Indianapolis to...