Alumni & Team Success
Orinda Aquatics has spent thirty years preparing swimmers for the collegiate level and beyond. About 80% of our graduating swimmers go on to compete in college, the Senior Group carries a GPA over 4.0, and our alumni have swum at Cal, Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Yale, UCLA, Texas, Boston College, NYU and USC, among many others.
80%
Pursue collegiate athletics
62
Collegiate team captains
30
Olympic Trial qualifiers
250+
National-level swimmers
National recognition
- Named #1 team in the nation by ASCA for clubs under 200 swimmers (2025)
- Highest-scoring club under 200 swimmers in USA Swimming's Virtual Club Championships for 22 consecutive years
- Perennial Silver and Bronze Medal recipient in USA Swimming's Club Excellence Program
- 2019 Long Course Western Zone Senior Championships, men's and women's
- 2012: 3rd place, Long Course Summer Junior Nationals
- 2000: swept titles at Junior Nationals West, Far Westerns, Sectionals and Long Course Junior Olympics
- 2026: Campolindo High School, coached by Ron and Don Heidary, won the CIF State Women's Championship
- 25 North Coast Section high school championships and 75+ top-three finishes under Ron and Don
Olympic Trial qualifiers from the program include 12 athletes at the 2008 Trials and Olympic medalists Kim Vandenberg and Peter Varellas.
Alumni spotlight
Margaux McDonald — Princeton
Margaux's path from Orinda Aquatics to Princeton swimming was covered by Lamorinda Weekly in “The Swimming Path to College.”
