QuickSilver Santa Cruz

🏊‍♂️ Far Western Championships | April 9–12, 2026
📍 Morgan Hill Aquatic Center

Our QSS-SC swimmers delivered outstanding performances all weekend long! 💪🔥

✨ Highlights:
• Craig achieved personal bests in the 50 Free, 100 Fly, and placed in most of his events
• Clark earned 🥉 3rd place in the 50 Fly and 4th place in the 50 Free
• Maddux Bailey secured 🥉 3rd place in both the 50 Fly and 50 Back, plus personal bests in the 100 Back and 50 Free
• Mateo Rosales placed 20th in the 50 Fly
• Gavin Vannerus finished 7th in the 50 Free

👏 Congratulations, boys, on your incredible performances this meet—you made us all proud! Keep pushing, keep improving! 💙💛

Big congratulations to Craig Apuada for earning the 11-year-old Boys High Point Award at the 2026 Spring Age Group Championships!

Craig delivered an outstanding performance, placing mostly first and second across his events. He also achieved an impressive drop in his 100 Free, finishing at 54.18 seconds—sealing his overall win in his age group.

Awesome swims, Craig! Your QSS-SC family is incredibly proud of you.

Our 14 and under Pre-National and National swimmers recently competed at the Spring Age Group Championships in Pleasanton, CA.

Maddux Bailey, Audrey Souza, Wyatt Souza, and Craig delivered outstanding performances, each advancing to finals in their respective events.

Great job, swimmers! We are incredibly proud of all of you!

Our very own QSS-SC swimmers — Clark, Mateo, Gavin, and Audrey — proudly represented our team at the Speedo Sectionals in Roseville 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️. They showcased strong performances and successfully advanced to the finals 🎉👏. We are so proud of how they competed and represented our team all the way through the end of the competition 💪🔥🏅.

QSS Relay team at Speedo Sectionals, Roseville

Congratulations! New Sectional meet record, 400 free relay. Way to go!

🚨NATIONAL AGE GROUP RECORD 🇺🇸
4x50 Free Relay -> 1:18.67 😱
Congratulations to our QSS boys for putting in the hard work!

🏊‍♂️✨ Holiday Swim Festival 2025 ✨🏊‍♀️
Dec 5–7 • Tempe, Arizona

What an incredible weekend for QSS Santa Cruz! 🌟
Our 19 swimmers proudly represented the team at the Holiday Swim Festival — and they did not disappoint.

🔥 Finals every single day
💪 Hard work + consistent training = amazing results
🏅 Countless best times, clutch swims, and unforgettable moments

So proud of this group for showing heart, grit, and team spirit from start to finish. 💙🤍

Great job, QSS swimmers! On to the next! 🚀💦

So grateful for our QSS Santa Cruz National Group boys. 🧡
The bond they’ve built—in and out of the pool—is something truly special. From hard practices to big wins to shared laughs, they lift each other up every day.
Thankful for this team, their friendship, and the memories they’re creating together.
Happy Friendsgiving! 🥘🏊‍♂️💛

Congratulations to National Group swimmer, Clark Kent Apuada on officially signing with the University of the Pacific! Proud of you—go Tigers! 🐯

That's a wrap on our Watsonville meet!

Great job to everyone who participated at the Hispanic Heritage Meet at Watsonville High School!

Thank you to all the parents, volunteers, coaches, and officials for making this meet possible!

Congratulations to all swimmers who competed this weekend!

Thank you for all who have bought merch, Understanding Water, to support and fundraise for underrepresented communities.