Coach John sent an email recap of our team’s showing at the 2026 Summer Nationals in Sacramento, read more if you didn’t catch it. He said we put up a great performance at this very well organized meet, which run punctually for five days with over 1,400 people swimming.
They also gave out beautiful medals, with an image of the Gold Bridge. Not to be confused with the Golden Gate bridge, Sacramento’s Gold Bridge is painted gold in memory of the California Gold Rush.
On Saturday, we had our traditional team dinner, one of those special occasions in the year when we get to see some of our fellow team mates all dressed up instead of wearing our swim suits.
We wish more team mates were there! We know it was hard to make it all the way to California to swim this year’s Nationals, and we hope you feel well represented by those of us there. Read on for more about our points and records.
Coach John’s 2026 Summer Nationals Recap
We had a great week in Sacramento at USMS Nationals. SFTL finished in 5th place (out of around 200) behind 4 California teams, all with 2x to 5x more swimmers than we had.
- Andre Steynberg set two World Records in the 70-74 Age Group: 100 Freestyle, 50 Butterfly
- 7 Swimmers were National Champions: Will Douglass, Julie Dussliere, Hubie Kerns, Carolyn Lyman, Francisco Parra, Andre Steynberg, Linda Webb
- 13 swimmers placed in the Top 3
- 20 of our 21 swimmers scored points for the team
- 22 New Team Records were set
New Team Records
(if I missed any, please let me know)
- Michael Aubrey Men 65-69 100 Breaststroke
- Men 240+ 200 Freestyle Relay: Victor Aimi, Pedro Correa-Marrero, Michael Aubrey, Dale Charette
- Mixed 240+ 200 Medley Relay: Linda Larson, Michael Aubrey, Pamela Falcigno, Francisco Parra
- Julie Dussliere Women 50-54 1500 Freestyle: Pamela Falcigno Women 70-74 200 Butterfly, 50 Butterfly
- Women 280+ 200 Medley Relay: Linda Larson, Linda Webb, Pamela Falcigno, Carolyn Lyman
- Jordy Groters Men 30-34 200 Breaststroke, 50 Breaststroke, 100 Breaststroke, 50 Butterfly
- Hubie Kerns Men 75-79 200 Butterfly, 100 Breaststroke
- Carolyn Lyman Women 75-79 400 Freestyle
- Linda Webb Women 80-84 100 Breaststroke, 50 Butterfly
- Andre Steynberg Men 70-74 100 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly, 100 Freestyle-WR, 50 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke, 50 Butterfly-WR
