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  BY RUSSELL MARK//HIGH PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT It’s easy to get fixated on breathing patterns in fly, but with certainty the most important part of breathing in fly is the technique.  Breathe forward, not up. Keep your head low to the water during the breath. Don’t lift your head up. The arm pull alone will lift your body enough so you can take the breath without picking your head up. Breathe in the middle of the arm pull. Don’t lift your head up as soon as you start the pull. Be patient and you’ll...

The 2013 GCST Winter Invitational is now completed and our girls won the Team High Point Scoring.  GCST finished the meet in 3rd over-all.   Savannah Bowser won the 13-14 Girls High Point Award.  Mikayla Puckett finished 2nd in the 10 & Under Girls HP standings. Hannah VanDress finished 2nd in the 11-12 Girls HP standings.Kaitlyn Hauser finished 2nd in the 13-14 Girls HP standings.  Matt Nielsen tied for 2nd in the Senior Boys HP standings. 15 new championship qualifying times were turned in by GCST swimmers with 11 new FLAGS...

GCST and Metro Aquatic Club Miami, will have a combined workout on Monday January 21 at the San Carlos Park Pool at 6 to 8 AM.  This workout is for selected swimmers from the Junior, and Senior Teams.  Afternoon workouts will be at normal times at all pools on MLK Day.

Guest editorial by Olivier Poirier-Leroy   Having goals -- whether they are end of season, end of week, or end of workout, can help give swimmers focus and direction when it comes to the pool.  The only thing that makes a swimmer happier than hearing "Get out swim!" yelled out loud across the pool deck is standing on the podium, looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that goal achieved and lit up.    Here are 5 ways to use this technique to help get the most out of those...

Elisabeth Verwest made her 1st FLAGS cut at the CCS Meet on Saturday January 5th at Punta Gorda, FL.  Elisabeth qualified for the 10 & Under Girls 100 Free with a 1:07.86.  Makailey Hauser made a new FLAGS cut in the 11-12 Girls 50 Breast. Event Winners:  Ally Bravo, Makailey Hauser, Jordan McCollum, and Jessie Walsh.  All Best Times: Lindsey Delayo, Ethan Holter, Christol Leishure, Kelsey Rairden, and Elisabeth Verwest  Results.

By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent A friend of mine does not make New Year’s Resolutions. “Studies say that most New Year’s Resolutions are broken after a few weeks,” she told me. “So, instead, I make New Year’s Goals.” The New Year is a perfect opportunity to better yourself or accomplish something you’d like to do, no matter if you label these “Resolutions” or “Goals” or “Happy Fun 2013 Opportunities.” If you’re a swimmer who practices one-handed breaststroke turns, doesn’t listen to your coach, frowns, complains, or cuts yardage during warm-ups and warm-downs,...

12 GCST Senior Team swimmers were selected to the News-Press All-Area Team for 2012.  Girls First Team selections are Courtney DeVeny (Estero HS-Jr), Savannah Bowser (Cape Coral HS-Fr), and Kaitlyn Hauser (Estero HS-Fr).  Boys First Team selections are Eddie Zacka (Estero HS-Jr), Blake Woodrow (Ft. Myers HS-Jr), and Matt Nielsen (Bishop Verot HS-Jr). Girls Second Team Selections are Lexi Faunce (Estero HS-Jr), and Hannah Albion (Canterbury HS-Sr). Boys Second Team selections are Ryan Sorenson (Estero HS-So). Girls Honorable Mention Nikki McCollum (Estero HS-Jr), and Cecelia Morale (Estero HS-Sr). Boys Honorable...

The UPDATED Information and Reservation Form for the Annual GCST Banquet is now available on the Event Page here. The banquet is for all GCST members and their families.  The banquet will be held on Sunday January 27, 2013 at the Holiday Inn Gulf Coast Town Center.

  College Swimming News: “About 25% of the high school senior swimming recruits sign during the early signing period each year. The rest wait until April.” Contributor, Rick Paine, is a friend and an expert on the college recruiting process. He is also the Director of Swimming at American College Connection.  You have read all of the articles about the swimmers who signed early, you have seen your teammates at press conferences announcing their early signing and you are more than a little concerned if there is actually a place for...