Both of the Age Group Championships for 2025 were over-enrolled, overly long, leaving little time for appropriate rest and recuperation for athletes, coaches and officials. This happened because the Board in 2024 overruled the Age Group Committee time standard recommendations, creating very lenient 15-18 time standards that were used in the 2025 championships, contributing to these difficulties. At the same time, changes at the National and Zone level to introduce stroke-50s back into national and zone competitions for 13 & older athletes, moved the Age Group Committee to include these...

Congratulations to Connor Ventura from the Maui Swim Club. At the recent Bill Smith Invitational, he swam to a time of 2:04.76 in the boys 11-12 200 yard IM. He broke a record from 1998 (almost 30 years ago) by over a second. The previous record was set at 2:05.91. Great job Connor, keep it up!

Call for Nominations: Hawaiian Board of Directors Hawaiian Swimming (HISI) will hold elections for the following Board members to its Board of Directors. The HISI House of Delegates, scheduled for November 16, 2025 at the Pacific Club in Honolulu, will elect the following positions for the following terms. Technical Planning Chair (2-year term) Registration/Membership Coordinator (2-year term) Treasurer (2-year term) Coaches Representative ( 2-year term: Year One: Junior Representative; and Year Two: Senior Representative) Interested applicants should review the general expectations below for job responsibilities. Nominations should be sent by...