Known for incredibly fast, exciting and suspense-filled competitions, a number of local swim athletes have their eye on competing in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials June 25-July 2 in Omaha, Nebraska, in hopes of representing the United States at the upcoming London Olympic Games.    In fact, four local swimmers who have trained at Arden Hills are already qualified to attend the USA Swimming Olympic Trials and three others are headed soon to qualifying meets.  The community at large is encouraged to keep watch and cheer on a number of talented local swimmers, including: Randall Bal -- a graduate of Stanford University in 2003, Bal qualified for the Olympics trials cut a couple of years

Led by Arden Hills USA Swim Team Head Coach & Director of Aquatics Brian Nabeta and his talented coaching staff, more than 50 young athletes training at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa will travel to compete in two separate swim meets happening this week in Arizona and Washington. In fact, a group of 30 young athletes (ages 9-14) training at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa will compete in the 2011 Holiday Swim Festival taking place in Chandler, Arizona, on December 1 through 4, 2011.   This annual competition is put on by the USA Swimming and the Desert Thunder Aquatics. Once available, meet results can be found at http://www.desertthunderaquatics.org/Home.jsp?team=dta. Additionally, Coach N

Editor's Note: More than 4,800 athletes from 93 countries, ranging in age from 35 to 101, are competing in the 19th World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships at Sacramento State's A.G. Spanos Sports Complex through July 17. This marks the first time in 16 years that the biennial event has been held in the United States. Click here for a complete list of each day's results from the WMA Championships in Sacramento. For more info on the World Master's Athletics Championships, click here.

Editor's Note: More than 4,800 athletes from 93 countries, ranging in age from 35 to 101, are competing in the 19th World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships at Sacramento State's A.G. Spanos Sports Complex through July 17. This marks the first time in 16 years that the biennial event has been held in the United States. Click here for a complete list of each day's results from the WMA Championships in Sacramento. For more info on the World Master's Athletics Championships, click here.

Editor's Note: More than 4,800 athletes from 93 countries, ranging in age from 35 to 101, are competing in the 19th World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships at Sacramento State's A.G. Spanos Sports Complex through July 17. This marks the first time in 16 years that the biennial event has been held in the United States. Click here for a complete list of each day's results from the WMA Championships in Sacramento. For more info on the World Master's Athletics Championships, click here.

Editor's Note: More than 4,800 athletes from 93 countries, ranging in age from 35 to 101, are competing in the 19th World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships at Sacramento State's A.G. Spanos Sports Complex through July 17. This marks the first time in 16 years that the biennial event has been held in the United States. Click here for a complete list of each day's results from the WMA Championships in Sacramento. For more info on the World Master's Athletics Championships, click here.  

Chances are you know how to ride a bike. Once the training wheels came off and you were feeling more confident, you might have dared to ride off a curb or two. If that didn’t end in a scraped knee or bruised rear, you may have set your sights on something a little more challenging. Consider racing down a 25-foot ramp, gaining speed for two consecutive jumps, enabling you to defy gravity long enough to perform aerobatic stunts. It’s this kind of challenge that separates your version of bike riding from that of BMX legend Ryan Nyquist and the other pro riders set to compete at Saturday’s MegaRamp ASA Triples tour at Arco Arena. Nyquist said the course has been perfected this year and offer

Break out your plaid and visors for a day on the golf course with Sacramento native and current NBA player Matt Barnes. Barnes and other high-profile sports figures are in town for the second annual Athletes vs Cancer Foundation’s Celebrity Golf Invitational. The former Sacramento King began the foundation, according to his website, in 2009 after Barnes lost his mother Ann to cancer in 2007. Athletes vs Cancer spreads awareness and provides screening opportunities. “Athletes have a positive influence,” Barnes said. When athletes voice their support, it brings more light to serious situations he said. The Foundation hopes to raise $100,000 at this year's event. All proceeds from the tour

One of the keys to serving local communities effectively is supporting existing institutions that already provide valuable services. The Sacramento Food Bank is one such institution. This past Saturday, Game Plan Academy (GPA) students assembled alongside GPA mentors, Jesuit High School alumni, teachers, students, parents, and staff as part of a GoDoGood project.  The mission of GoDoGood is to capture people's energy to 'do good' and put these passions into action in local communities. The Sacramento Food Bank provides an excellent outlet for Sacramentans who want to 'do good' for those in need in a well-organized, structured, and warm, supportive environment. GoDoGood brought a talented,

Sacramento has produced a number of world class athletes - Dusty Baker, Bill Cartwright, Debbie Meyer, and of course Mayor Kevin Johnson to name a few. But what's to be said about young athletes who have talent, but not the means to be successful? A group of seven successful Sacramento athletes, including former NFL players Gio Carmazzi and Alex Van Dyke are now back in Sacramento to help steward underprivileged high school athletes to succeed not only in sports but also in life. Their organization, Game Plan Academy (GPA), will be holding an eight-week camp on Sundays from March 15 through May 10 at Hiram Johnson High School. It will focus on recruiting from schools with low Academic Pe