Pitchfork Aquatics

07/28/2026

We had a fun weekend of racing in Surprise, Arizona at the fantastic new Oasis Aquatics Center !

The weather was brutal!! Our TEAM had a cooler and stronger mental disposition . The low temperature for the entire 4 day weekend was 93F and every day it surged to 115F !! We endured a beastly haboob, lightning, etc...

It is great to know how our TEAM maintained the best attitude, with excellent results under the most adverse conditions. Our Pitchfork Aquatics Family is strong, cooperative, resilient, loving, inclusive, kind and always ready for action. Thank you to our parents and to our swimmers for trusting and following the process.

Our swimmers accomplished Personal Best Times with excellent fitness, mental disposition, technical, choreographed strategic racing improvements.

THANK YOU TO OUR OFFICIALS AND VOLUNTEERS
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YOU ARE THE ONLY REASON WE HAD A CHAMPIONSHIP MEET! THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL; I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

Briggs, Mia, Alisia, Liam and Declan were ready for EVERYTHING !

I will highlight how Declan MacEachran took his racing to another level. His 1500 free performance qualified him for the Junior National Championships to be celebrated in Austin, Texas this coming December!! His gold medal time of 16:13.97 ranks him #4 in the USA for 13-14 swimmers.

Declan's gold medals in the 200 free (1:57,74), 400 free (4:07,65) , 800 free (8:32,67) and 200 backstroke also come with top 10 National rankings.

Declan quietly won the Arizona Senior Open Champiinships 1500 free last month at U of A Natatorium.

Declan's volume of consistent HAPPY training, determination, discipline, dedication, selflessness, devotion to his TEAMMATES, and kindness to all reminds me of Eric Namesnik and also of Mona Nyheim-Canales

We keep swimming, we keep swimming, we keep swimming, with a smile in our hearts, making the world a better place one breath at a time, one stroke at a time, at Pitchfork Aquatics, in Tempe, ARIZONA!!

GO Pitchfork!!

Have a glorious day!

ciao
Coach Fernando

07/28/2026

It is a PITCHFORK AQUATICS FAMILY THING!! Grateful for our dedicated swimmers who learn how to love our beautiful sport while practicing the most pleasant exercise ever! Swimming for life, swimming for fitness, swimming for fun, swimming for racing, swimming for the Olympics, in a healthy, kind and spiritually balanced environment while swimming for a lifetime of love for all Aquatic disciplines. GO PITCHFORK!

Grateful for fast racing all summer long at every level of development! We welcome our new members with open arms.

Congratulations to all our swimmers accomplishing their goals while loving the races, at Senior and Age group events!

Learn a new approach to racing with presence of breath and mind in the spiritual moment.
For a lifetime of fun, fitness and safety on the waterfront, come join us Pitchfork Aquatics 🏊🏻🏅

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07/27/2026

01/18/2026

Outstanding weekend of racing at Mona Plummer Aquatics Center...congratulations to The Sun Devils for winning the Big XII Championships west
Thank you for volunteering as timers during all the sessions
Grateful for my dear niece Kira and my dear son Thor for surprising me at the pool, along with Kira's beautiful friends Katie and Emily.

La vie est belle!

12/09/2025

Congratulations to all our athletes for an exciting, fun and fast weekend of racing! Big high five for Alisia and Briggs getting their State Championship qualifying times! Let's Go Pitchfork!

11/08/2025

Welcome from Irvine, CA to Tempe - looking forward to some fast racing this afternoon!

10/11/2025

Get ready for the 9th Annual Mona Nyheim-Canales Forktoberfest High School Swim and Dive meet on Oct 11, 2025. The competition will feature 600 athletes from 32 Arizona schools. Hoping the weather cooperates!!

10/06/2025

Happy National Coaches Day to Coach Fernando. Thank you for your support the last 9 years with Pitchfork Aquatics! 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️ (video credit University of Michigan)