Meet Report – Park Paseo Northstars vs Village Park Piranhas July 26, 2025 Plus Highlights from ISL Pentathlon – July 23, 2025 The Park Paseo Northstars closed out the regular season with an away meet against the Village Park Piranhas. Ivan Liu broke his first record of the season, swimming 20.40 seconds in the boys 7-8 25-yard breaststroke to take down a time of 20.58 that had stood since 1987! River McIntyre improved his own record in the boys 11-12 50-yard backstroke, dropping from 30.28 seconds to 30.15 seconds. Congratulations...

Park Paseo Northstars Meet Report July 19, 2025 The Park Paseo Northstars hosted the North Irvine Knights in their final home meet of the season. The Northstars performed well against a fast Knights squad and had a total of 103 time improvements. Yvan Jian showed the most improvement this week, dropping a whopping 44.69 seconds in the boys 7-8 backstroke. He also took off 14.53 seconds in freestyle and 10.75 seconds in breaststroke. Talia Ata also had three double-digit drops in the girls 9-10 group, taking off 20.40 seconds in...

Meet Report – Pask Paseo Northstars vs Turtle Rock Sharks July 12, 2025 After taking a week off to celebrate the 4th of July, the Park Paseo Northstars took to the pool again, hosting the Turtle Rock Sharks. Time improvements were once again a highlight of the meet, with Northstars improving in 102 total races. Madison Kim demonstrated massive improvements in the girls 7-8 age group, taking off a whopping 50.27 seconds in breaststroke, 27.44 in backstroke, and 23.62 seconds in freestyle. Congratulations, Madison! Arthur Chen dropped an impressive 30.72...

Meet Report Park Paseo Northstars vs Stonegate Seahawks – June 28, 2025 The Park Paseo Northstars were back in action this week, hosting the Stonegate Seahawks in an exciting dual meet. River McIntyre broke another record, improving his time in the boys 11-12 backstroke to 30.28 seconds! Time improvements were the highlight of the meet, with Northstars swimming faster in 109 races. Congratulations to Samuel Fung, who had the biggest improvement of the week, dropping 27.40 seconds in the boys 7-8 breaststroke. Kina Terasaki also had a huge drop, taking...

Meet Report Park Paseo Northstars vs Greentree Gators – June 21, 2025 Welcome to the 2025 Northstars season! We are so excited to see all the new and returning swimmers in the pool. The Northstars opened the season with an away meet against the Greentree Gators, following a successful intrasquad practice meet the week before. River McIntyre proved he is a force to be reckoned with, breaking all five records for the 11-12 boys age group, including times achieved against Greentree and at the practice meet. Against Greentree, River swam...

Meet Report – Courtside Stingrays at Park Paseo Northstars– July 20, 2024 Pentathlon July 17, 2024 The Northstars closed out the regular season with a home meet against the Courtside Stingrays, going out on a high note with two more broken records. The mixed 11-12 200-yard freestyle relay team of River McIntyre, Vicki Edney, Sammy Vienneau, and Simon Xue swam a 1:53.60 to knock off the previous record of 1:54.09 set in 2011. Earlier in the meet, Teddy Post once again bested his own boys 5-6 freestyle record, bringing his...

Meet Report – Park Paseo Northstars at Turtle Rock Sharks – July 13, 2024 The Park Paseo Northstars visited the Turtle Rock Sharks for our last away meet of the season. Our record-breakers continue to set new highs this week. Teddy Post improved upon his own record in the boys 5-6 freestyle with a new time of 18.31. Simon Xue broke the record in the boys 11-12 individual medley, swimming it in 1:05.85 to beat the time of 1:06.74 previously set in 2009. Congratulations to Teddy and Simon! Our swimmer...

Meet Report – Park Paseo Northstars and University Hills Narwhals at Greentree Gators June 29, 2024 The Park Paseo Northstars faced off against the University Hills Narwhals and Greentree Gators this week. Simon Xue had another record-breaking day, taking over the top spot in the boys 11-12 50-yard backstroke. His time of 31.65 seconds surpassed the previous best of 31.88 from 2017. Congrats Simon! Katelyn Williams was named Swimmer of the Week after improving in all three of her events. Katelyn’s biggest drop was 11.31 seconds in the girls 9-10...

Meet Report – Park Paseo Northstars at University Hills Narwhals – June 22, 2024 The Park Paseo Northstars visited the University Hills Narwhals for the first time ever on Saturday. Despite the pool being longer (25 meters instead of 25 yards), shallower (only 6.5 feet at the deepest), and filled with salt water, our swimmers still performed well and outswam their opponents. Congratulations to Elizabeth Kang for being named Swimmer of the Week! Elizabeth swam without any help from a coach for the first time in the girls 5-6 backstroke,...

Meet Report – Park Paseo Northstars vs Northwood Pointe Flash – June 15, 2024 The Park Paseo Northstars kicked off the 2024 season with a home meet against the Northwood Pointe Flash. It was great to see so many familiar faces on the deck and to welcome all our new families to the team. All swimmers will be awarded ribbons for their races, which can be picked up in the mailboxes located near the side gate. Teddy Post broke the first Northstars record this year. His time of 19.12 seconds...