The Laney Swimming pool facility... We have all at some point in time walked past it to see either the pool area empty, or to see quite a few people learning how to swim. But how many of you know that Laney College has a Swimming and Diving team???? I myself had no clue that such teams even existed. One thing that you would notice about both teams, is that they are a women's team only. It seems that male swimmers are in limited supply or they are being recruited straight to 4 yr schools in which case the swim coach needs to work on her recruiting skills(No judgement intended) The teams a lead by Coach Kim Bretz comes to us from Southern California. She has a BS in Physical Education (w/Aquatics Specialist Certification) from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; and an MS in Exercise Science from Cal State University, Long Beach. Both the swim team and the diving team have faired very well so far for being such a young team with a high turnover rate which brings a question up; is it necessary to waste money on Junior College Athletics???? and is the Peralta Colleges in a competitive enough conference for our student athlete population???