Sunkist opens short course season with dominate win at fun home meet. Sunkist topped 100 swimmers competing in a meet for first time, hosting a total of 220 swimmers from Louisiana and Mississippi. Pelican Athletic Club took second place with impressive swims, racing for Coach Vic's sock monkey prizes. Meet heat winners won tasty waffle fries from sponsor Chick-fil-A of Dogwood. High point trophies for this year's classic were peachy keen. FINAL RESULTS Congrats to all high point winners: Lily Sammons - 6&under girls - Sunkist Charlie Harrell - 6&under...

Sunkist had a great showing at 2013 Gator Bait Endurance Challenge. Sunkist swimmers and coaches competed in open water swims and triathlon races at Eagle Lake in Vicksburg, winning lots of Gator trophies made of mummified heads and claws! RESULTS Congrats to our Open Water winners: Kate Murphy - Girls Open Water Mile Swim - 1st place Marlan McElroy - Boys Open Water Mile Swim- 1st place Emma Orr - Girls Open Water Half Mile Swim- 1st place Conner Shearer - Boys Open Water Half Mile Swim- 1st place Ralph...

Sunkist swimmers were honored at the annual Mississippi Swimming Top 5 Awards Banquet. Swimmers from across the state were recognized for their achievements over the past year. Sunkist took home 30 Top 5 awards in multiple events and three swimmers were honored as Most Outstanding Swimmer for their age group. Sunkist state record breakers were also recognized with 41 state records broken! Mississippi Swimming Most Outstanding Swimmer Michael Robinson (8&under boys) Eien McGee (11-12 boys) Jack Smithson (13-14 boys) Mississippi Swimming Top 5 8&under Lauren Balfour Nicholas Derrick Caugran Fowler...

Sunkist has achieved Level 3 Club Recognition from USA Swimming! Sunkist is the highest recognized club in Mississippi and the only club to have reached Level 3. USA Swimming's Club Recognition program is a thorough, comprehensive process that recognizes four levels of achievement across four component areas deemed critical to long-term club success, basing achievement in the following categories: Business and Organizational Development Parent and Volunteer Development Coach Development and Education Athlete Development and Achievement I want to thank all our coaches, board members, officials and volunteers for helping us...

Sunkist swimmers smash previous team high for STATE RECORDS broken surpassing last year's 16 state records with an amazing 41 state records broken in the 2012-2013 season! Sunkist broke more state records than any other team in the state. SWIMYAH!!! Congrats to all our record breakers that reached new heights with some amazing swims this past season! 13-14 boys LCM 200 fly: Jack Smithson (Southern Zone Age Group Championships) 11-12 boys LCM 100 fly: Eien McGee (CTA Spring Fling) 17-18 boys SCM 800 free: Marlan McElroy (MSA Swim Into Spring)...

Congrats to Sunkist swimmers participating in end of season zone champs meets: Eien McGee, Jack Smithson, Ralph Moore, Marlan McElroy, Anthony Santangelo and Kate Murphy. At Age Group Zones, Jack Smithson led Team Mississippi with most points scored of all Mississippi Swimmers and broke the LC state record in the 200 fly with a 2:13.00 to take bronze! At SZ Sr Champs, Kate Murphy medaled in 4 events and scored 14th most points of all girls in the meet with a limited program and several new personal best times. Marlan...

Sunkist rises to THIRD PLACE at LC State! Congrats to everyone, we swam hard all weekend and really put forth a great TEAM effort. Caps off to second place team SWAT for stepping up to our challenge and holding us off in the last session. Sunkist rocked the meet each day with some amazing races! We scored more points than we were projected to score and rose up from placing fourth place last long course state to placing third this season—way to go, TEAM! TEAM BANNER WINNERS: 1. MMST 2....

Sunkist OTC Trip 2013 Coach Recap by David Orr Head Coach Sunkist Swim Team (See video clips from trip on YouTube) This summer, I had the privilege of taking 15 swimmers to the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for 10 days of altitude training, team building and swimmer education. It was an amazing trip to a special place. Our swimmers represented the best of Sunkist and behaved like champions. Our focus and commitment was at an all-time high. We got our work done at OTC and had some...

Sunkist repeats as champions in Vicksburg, winning the 2013 Stamm Family SC & LC Invitational and the Splash For Cash bonus money for the second year in a row! Thanks again to Vicksburg Swim Association for hosting another fun-in-the-sun meet! SC RESULTS LC RESULTS Congrats to Noah Derrick getting his first sectionals cuts in the 50 fly and 100 IM! Super congrats to Sunkist high point winners! Short Course High Point: 9-10 Annabelle Elsner Noah Derrick 8&under Lauren Balfour Nicholas Derrick Long Course High Point: 13-14 Paige Kessler Jack Smithson...

Sunkist Seniors and Juniors hang tough at the annual Holiday 500 tournament! Swimmers competed in tournament format with brackets selected randomly by computer. Each race pits swimmer against swimmer, with the slower swimmer getting a head start based on best times. Most races come down to the last lap with the winner decided by who touches the wall first! Congrats to finalists James Rodriguez and Conner Shearer for making it all the way to the final race!! BIG BRAVO and SUPER CONGRATS to Conner Shearer for winning the Holiday 500!...