Meadow Swim and Tennis Club (Orinda)

Pretty impressive feat by Katie Ledecky at our very own Soda Aquatic Center!

Covid may have taken away our OMPA, but it can't take away our spirit! Let's continue the tradition and decorate our cars anyway! Who's in? #gomeadow #nompa2020 #peacelovemeadow

One of our Meadow swim family, Simone Richardson could use our help.

Meadow Senior Spotlight TAYLOR HERNANDEZ Taylor began her swim career as a Meadow Dolphin at the age of 8. It was the sport that all her Glorietta classmates were doing and she was up for the task. Even at a young age, Taylor was always one for trying something new. With an open mind, great coaching, and peer support, Taylor was soon swimming like a natural. The collection of ribbons, awards, plus closets and drawers of Meadow swag soon began to amass.... Over the years Taylor branched out and tried other sports including water polo (GO LADY MATS!), the high school swim team, and most recently lacrosse!! As a freshman, Taylor decided a week before school started, that she wanted to join the high school water polo team! A sport she had tried at a younger age, but didn’t pursue. That’s the way she is though, not afraid to take chances and see what new experiences she can have. Her leap into water polo yielded her many life memories and friendships she will have beyond her years at Miramonte. Through the years of growing and finding her way, summer swim team at Meadow has always been at the core of her activities. Those early years as a Dolphin were a great foundation for her to springboard with confidence as she got older. The highlight of summer has always been OMPA and the events and team building leading up to the most epic swim meet of the year. With her spirit and yearning to do the very best she can to help her team, the snow cones, braided hair, and temporary tattoos just added to the amazing environment she was a part of for the last decade! Though this is the last year of swim team, the impact will be lifelong. Taylor has had some of her best times along side her Meadow team mates, and together they have grown up around the pool. Unceremoniously she has been denied her final year of swim team, pool events, trips, and the final swim at OMPA! Though this is a bummer, she has had an amazing ride at Meadow and will ALWAYS be a Meadow Dolphin in her heart. Taylor will be attending Loyola Marymount University in the fall majoring in marketing. There she will be close to something that is very important to her, and something she loved from her earliest age of swimming.the water. Swim fast, swim hard Taylor. Just like everything else you do in life, you will be successful! GOOOOOOOOOO MEADOW!!!

MEADOW SENIOR SPOTLIGHT CAYLEY O'BRIEN Although Cayley began her OMPA career as a Mini Stinger at Orinda Park Pool, she became a Meadow Dolphin at age 10 and never looked back. She instantly fell in love with the competitive atmosphere, team spirit and was happy to be closer to her Glorietta friends. For her, Meadow was not only an opportunity to improve her swimming skills, but also a comfortable place where she could be herself and build friendships. ... When she was little, she worked hard to perfect her stroke, dives and turns and would practice over and over until she mastered it as best she could. Like many young swimmers, she was scared and in tears at her first several swim meets, but she eventually looked forward to the competition, the excitement and cheering on her teammates. She made it her goal to become a junior coach, and began coaching the mini-dolphin program the summer after eighth grade. Cayley coached up until this summer and got so much joy out of spending time with the younger swimmers. Over the years, Cayley made countless unforgettable memories at Meadow. Every summer, Cayley looked forward to spending time at the pool again. She would often say she didn’t want to go on family vacations, as she wanted to be at the pool as much as possible. From cool Wednesday night meets to long days under the sun on the pool deck, Cayley enjoyed every minute. Although she is disappointed that she didn’t get to finish out her final summer, she is grateful for the opportunities this team gave her and is thankful that she was able to be a part of such an amazing community for so long. She would like to thank all the coaches for their support over the years and especially Matt Armanini for always believing in her. Cayley graduated from Miramonte High School at the beginning of June and will be attending Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo to major in Journalism. Although she will truly miss summers at Meadow, she is excited to move on to her next adventure!

MEADOW SENIOR SPOTLIGHT CHLOE MORRISON: Chloe started swimming at age 3 as a Meadow Mini-Dolphin. That summer she swam her first race, clocking a blazing 2:38 in the 25 freestyle (with a little help from Coach Travis Townsend who was in the pool with her). By age 4, she was racing with a both a legal butterfly and a legal breaststroke (much to her coaches’ surprise). Chloe caught the Meadow Fever and was thrilled to win the Meadow Mini Meet 25 free at age 6. That same su...Continue reading