Updated 8 Jan 11:15pm Melbourne time: Day 5 Finals Results: Team USA ended the meet on a very strong note tonight, with at least 2 Americans on the podium in most events. The USA women went 1-3 in the 400IM, with the Neptunes’ Maya DiRado winning the event in 4:50.07, just ahead of fast closing Ellen Gandy of Great Britain. Maya used a very strong middle 200 to take control of the race, but had to hold off Gandy who closed within 0.1 at the finish! It was an exciting...

Pacific swimming hosted their annual awards banquet this past Saturday in Napa and 4 Neptune swimmers were honored with awards. Swimmer of the year honors went to Jenna Bauer (10-under), Maya DiRado (13-14), Molly Hannis (15-16) & Amanda Sims (17-18). Maya DiRado was also awarded most insiprational for her efforts in last year's Pacific Coast All-Star meet. Congratulations!! For a complete list of award recipients -click here

The 2007 Short Course Nationals came to an end on Saturday much the same way it began, with strong performances from the Neptunes and American records falling in finals. Neptune swimming was respresented by Maya DiRado (500 free, 200 IM, 400 IM,100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Fly) Molly Hannis (200 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Breast) & Penelope Yamauchi (200 IM, 400 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Breast). New Team Records were set by: Maya DiRado in the 500 free (4:50.20 / 26th place), 200IM (2:01.35 / 19th place) & 400 IM...

CONGRATULATIONS to River Poze - our 2006 Swim-A-Thon top money earner with over $2500 of donations brought in to the team. River's reward was a fully paid trip to the University of California at Berkeley's swim camp. River had a great experience and represented Neptune Swimming very well. Great job River.

Local swimmer preparing to "escape" from Alcatraz Windsor Middle School student Allie Davis raising money in fight against cancer by GREG CLEMENTI, Sports Editor Windsor Middle School eighth grader Allie Davis is preparing for the ultimate swimming challenge on Sept. 15, when she tackles the annual Alcatraz Swim. Davis, a talented and athletic 12-year-old, has been an age-group standout with the Santa Rosa Neptune's swim team since the age of six. She'll take on the Alcatraz swim in honor of a family friend recovering from cancer, with a goal of...

Go to Records page and check out the posting of 71 new team records set this past season!! This was a 40% increase over last season's total of 50, mostly as a result of a big jump in new boy's team records! Breakdown of New Records: Indiv SCY 27 Relay SCY 13 Indiv LCM 23 Relay LCM 8 TOTAL 71

Top times list has been updated through Junior Olympics. Click on the records page to view the updated list.

A giant congratulations to the following Neptunes for breaking team records in the month of June: Jack Murphy 8-under boys 50 M Back 43.34 (old record of 44.90 was held by Geordon Rogers from 6-27-03) Allie Davis 11-12 girls 200 M Back 2:42.44 (old record of 2:43.53 was held by Katey Nelson from 6-01-00) Maya DiRado 13-14 girls 800 M Free 9:12.92 (old record of 9:22.49 was held by Maya DiRado from 7-13-06) 100 M Back 1:06.32 (old record of 1:07.19 was held by Amanda Sims from 7-17-03)

Results are not posted yet. Keep checking.

As the long course season continues athletes with Junior+ qualifying times competed in Orinda this past weekend. Some pushing for qualifying cuts to faster meets later this summer. One notable swim was Charlotte Nowack in her 100 fly making her first ever Far Western cut. Here is a list of some other new time standards. New NRT Times: Madeline DiRado (Female 200 Back ), New AAA Times: Jenna Bauer (Female 100 Fly ), Madeline DiRado (Female 200 Breast ), Madeline DiRado (Female 100 Breast ), Neda Kazemini (Female 100 Free...