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Sunkist swims great out of state at the BSL Cranberry Classic in Birmingham! Sunkist finishes 4th overall out of 13 teams, winning 3 of the 6 high point awards. TEAM SCORES Sunkist breaks 9 TEAM RECORDS and 3 STATE RECORDS! Super congrats to our STATE record breakers Ralph Moore and Eien McGee! Ralph breaks the 100 breaststroke record for 13-14 boys with a 1:01.60—a top 5 time in the nation! Eien also sets a new mark in the 100 breast for 11-12 boys with a 1:06.96 and breaks his own...

Records fall in Meridian at the MSA Fall Invitational! Sunkist wins short course meters meet and leads all teams with 12 STATE RECORDS broken! Congrats to Sunkist high point winners: Katie Peterson & Bella Ward Lorence - 6&under girls – tie Nicholas Derrick - 6&under boys Caroline Oliphant - 8&under girls Chikashi Kano - 11-12 boys Sarah Kathryn Berry - Senior girls Super Congrats to Sunkist record breakers: 8 & Under girls SCM 25 back: Caroline Oliphant 8 & Under girls SCM 50 back: Caroline Oliphant Open girls SCM 50...

Sunkist wins first meet of the season and dominates high point awards! Sunkist places first out of 8 teams from Mississippi, Louisiana and New York. Sunkist swimmers set a sizzling pace with 81.33% best times! Congrats to Eien McGee! Eien breaks the STATE RECORD in the 11-12 boys 50 breaststroke and 100 butterfly. Great swims, Eien! Sunkist almost sweeps high point awards, winning 11 of 12 awards! Congrats to all our high point winners: Bella Ward Lorence - 6&under girls Nicholas Derrick - 6&under boys Caroline Oliphant - 8&under girls...

Sunkist coaches spend the weekend in Dallas, TX, attending coaching clinics presented by USA Swimming and American Swimming Coaches Association. Coach Erica , Coach Kate and Coach Alyssa participated in 14 workshops over 3 days with 120 other coaches from around the region. Special thanks to Dave Thomas, Scott Colby and MJ Truex for leading an impressive program of entertaining discussions on all things swimming. The girls took extensive notes and made many new friends in the swimming community. Sunkist is fully committed to supporting ongoing coach education. By providing...

Sunkist swimmers set new team high with 16 state records broken in the 2011-2012 season: 11-12 boys 200 LCM free: Eien McGee 11-12 boys 100 LCM back: Eien McGee 11-12 boys 200 LCM free: Eien McGee 11-12 boys 200 yards free relay: Conner Shearer, Chikashi Kano, Jack Smithson, Eien McGee 11-12 boys 400 SCM freestyle: Jack Smithson 9-10 girls 400 SCM freestyle: Annabelle Elsner 11-12 boys 200 SCM freestyle: Eien McGee 11-12 boys 200 SCM breaststroke: Conner Shearer 11-12 boys 100 SCM backstroke: Jack Smithson 11-12 boys 200 SCM butterfly:...

Congrats to Sunkist swimmers Eien McGee, Jack Smithson and Ralph Moore for their impressive swims for Team Mississippi at Southern Zone Age Group Championships in Rockwall, TX! All our swimmers swam fast and did a great job representing Sunkist! Eien McGee led Team Mississippi with the most points of all Mississippi swimmers, scoring 30 of the team's 44 points. Eien swam 100% best times and took home six medals, making the finals in all six of his individual events. Eien reached the top 3 podium in 3 events, starting off...

Congrats to Eien McGee! This weekend, Eien broke the STATE RECORD in the 11-12 boys LCM 200 free at the Swim With Dad meet in Atlanta with a 2:09.83 to smash the old mark of 2:12.65, which was set back in 1992 by Ben Davidson of SwimColumbus. Way to go, Eien!! Sunkist swimmers have broken 14 state records thus far during the 2011-2012 season: 11-12 boys 200 LCM free: Eien McGee 11-12 boys 200 yards free relay: Conner Shearer, Chikashi Kano, Jack Smithson, Eien McGee 11-12 boys 400 SCM freestyle:...

Sunkist wins Stamm Family SC & LC Invitational! We also won the Splash For Cash contest, taking home $500 for the team~! Way to go, team!!! SHORT COURSE RESULTS LONG COURSE RESULTS Congrats to all our swimmers for giving it their all and doing their best to adjust to swimming outdoors under the bright sunshine! It was a great weekend with perfect weather, many thanks to Vicksburg Swim Association for running a terrific swim meet!! Special SHOUT OUT to all our high point winners, wow!! Short Course High Point 9-10...

Congrats to Sunkist swimmers Chikashi Kano, Eien McGee, Conner Shearer and Jack Smithson, our 11-12 boys STATE RECORD BREAKERS in Biloxi! The boys broke the 400 medley relay state record set in 1998, smashing the old mark by 4 seconds with a new time of 4:36.73! Way to go, Sunkist!!!

We would like to welcome a new member to the Sunkist family, Coach Erica's beautiful new baby Pippa Marie Estelle Lorence!! Pippa Marie was born yesterday on Coach Erica's birthday, weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces, measuring 20 inches in length and flipper size to be determined. Welcome, Pippa Marie, to a life of orange and blue, and congratulations to the Lorence family for their beautiful new blessing.