BY ALAN GOLDBERG//SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR On the first Tuesday of each month, Dr. Alan Goldberg will cover a different aspect of mental training and help you put more tools in your mental toughness tool box. Today he talks about the importance of training you mind as well as your body, and offers some tips for staying calm pre-race. Why do you need to train your mind as well as your body? Want to go as far as possible in this sport and turn those big swimming dreams of yours into...

    When a child gazes upon the ocean and sees his mother or father swimming in the open water, sometimes struggling, what can he possibly be thinking?  Is dad cold? Is mom tired? Is dad hungry? Will mom make it? Possibly in some cases, but more likely the child is thinking that swimming in the open water is fun and a natural thing to do. Much more than likely, they want to follow in the wake of their parents. Swimming in the open water is something attainable and desirable...and...

Good swims turned in at the CCS Spring Meet on April 6th at Punta Gorda, FL.  Event winners at the CCS Meet are Matthew Verwest, and Imriel Coughlin. Jacob Gusty made the FLAGS cut in the 10 & Under Boys 50 Fly. All Best Times: Kristina Gusty, Maddie Lehman, Brendan Mason, Zachary Roberts, and Matthew Verwest. Results

GCST has 5 swimmers on the Florida All-Star Team to compete against the FGC LSC at IRSC.   Saturday AM and PM Session Results: 10 & Under Girls: Mikayla Puckett - 100 Free 8th, 200 IM 2nd, 50 Free 5th, 100 Fly 3rd, 200 Free 1st. 11-12 Girls: Hannah VanDress - 100 Free 28th, 200 IM 17th, 100 IM 22nd, 50 Free 28th, 200 Free 12th,  11-12 Boys: Joshua Benzon - 100 Free 30th, 200 IM 26th, 100 IM 34th, 100 Fly 19th. 13-14 Girls Bean Faunce - 400 IM...

GCST swimmers travelled to Miami to compete in the Swim Miami Open Water Race on April 6, 2013.  Our team did a great job with several outstanding finishes. 10 & Under 800:   Girls - Kelsey Swartout finished 2nd, and Kelsey Rairden 5th.  Boys - Antonio Medina 1st, and Jack Moreland 4th Mile Swim: Vanessa Brewer 4th, and Jill Moreland 8th in age group. 5K ; Blake Woodrow 1st place overall. Bob Henshaw 3rd age group. John Henry 8th age group. 10K: Ginger Tompkins 2nd overall. Sam Moreland 3rd age...

Swim-A-Thon will be kicking off soon.  We are pleased to announce our new SAT Coordinators for 2013.   Jennifer Subbert, and Kim VanDress have agreed to run our SAT program this year.  Watch for more details soon.

GCST Senior swimmer Hannah Albion has made a verbal commitment to attend and swim for  Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green, OH.   Hannah will graduate from Canterbury School in May.   Congratulations to Hannah and her family.

We are holding a meeting at FGCU on Wednesday evening for swimmers and parents of high school swimmers that want to know more about the college recruiting process, and what it means in regards to your swimmer. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 7 PM on 3/27.

  STUART, Fla. – The Florida High School Athletic Association has reached an agreement with the Treasure Coast Sports Commission to host the FHSAA Swimming and Diving Finals at Sailfish Splash Waterpark and Aquatics Center in Stuart. The contract is a three-year commitment beginning with competition this November and concluding with the state championship meet in November of 2015. In a change from recent years, the format of the event will now include four classifications with one classification competing per day, conducted with preliminary and finals competition. The Finals will also...

GCST swimmer Hunter Seluk received a nice award from the Lee County Sheriff's Office in the "Do The Right Thing" program.  Hunter was nominated for the award by Kathy Rairdon for kindness shown to Gio Medina.  Gio had a function to attend after practice, and got his clothes wet, so Hunter offered his dry clothes to Gio so he could arrive on time. Congratulations to Hunter!