We have added a new OPTIONAL Quarterly Billing Cycle for those that want to cut the amount of payments made throughout the year.  We are offering a 5% discount on Program Fees for those that choose this option.  The discounted amount will be billed to your account in January, April, July, and October.   Examples:  Monthly Fee for a Bronze swimmer is $45 per month for 3 months totaling $135.  Quarterly is $128.25.  Monthly Fee for a Senior Swimmer is $95 per month for 3 months totaling $285.  Quarterly is...

Courtney DeVeny (Estero High School - Junior), and Kaitlyn Hauser (Estero High School - Freshman) were selected to the 2012 Naples Daily News All-Area Team.  Lexi Faunce, and Nikki McCollum were selected as Honorable Mention. Congratulations to these outstanding swimmers. 2012 NDN All-Area Girls Team

Michael Pineda (Gulf Coast High School - Senior), and Eddie Zacka (Estero High School - Junior) were selected to the 2012 Naples Daily News All-Area Team. Congratulations to both outstanding athletes. 2012 NDN All-Area Team

Photos have been added from the 2012 Jingle Bell Meet, and the GCST Holiday Party at San Carlos Park Pool. Photos can be found here.

GCST had 55 swimmers attend the SWIM Pentathlon Meet in Ft. Myers on December 15, 2012.  Many of our swimmers had some good time improvements, and our new swimmers gained some racing experience.  Placing in the Top 10 in points were Rachel Jamieson 8 & Under Girls 9th, Ethan Holter 8 & Under Boys 6th, Elisabeth Verwest 10 & Under Girls 7th, Josh Fixler 11-12 Boys 8th, Bri Juda 13-14 Girls 8th,  Top 8 Finishers: Rachel Jamieson 8 & Under Girls 25 Back 6th, 25 Breast 7th, Elisabeth Verwest 10...

The Nov.-Dec. 2012 issue of Splash is now available  online and as a mobile app for your iPad and iPhone. This issue is our special tribute to the greatest swimmer of all time – Michael Phelps. They say a photo is worth a thousand words. Here then are four photos of Michael, one from each of the four Olympic Games in which he swam, from Sydney in 2000 through London in 2012. To set the stage: over the course of his unparalleled career, Phelps won 22 medals overall, 18 of them...

GCST traveled to Clearwater for the Jingle Meet on December 14-16, 2012.   GCST finished the meet in 3rd place in the team standings despite being the 10th largest team in the meet.  Our swimmers stepped up and had some big time drops and great finals swims.   GCST swimmers produced 40 new and improved championship time standards. All Best Times: Josh Benzon, Ally Bravo, Nicole Bravo, Zach Brewer, Bean Faunce, Shelby Jacobson, Mikayla Puckett, and Haley Tompkins. Sunday Top 8: GCST Mile swimmers had 3 of 4 swims as...

Guest editorial by Olivier Poirier-Leroy PHOENIX, Arizona, December 5. WHY do some swimmers have a hard time achieving success while other swimmers seem to effortlessly enjoy wild and never-ending success? Generally the first two answers tabled are talent and genetics. However, possessing these two attributes alone will not constitute an elite swimmer. Sure, they will always get by for a few years on these two characteristics, but it isn't long before that isn't enough. And before long, these promising young athletes are reflected upon as "flashes in the pan." Those...

GCST competed in the Turkey Meet at Sarasota, FL on November 16-18, 2012.  GCST swimmers made 17 new championship time standards in the meet.  Bean Faunce won the 13-14 Girls High Point Trophy.  Joshua Benzon was the 10 & Under boys 2nd Place High Point Trophy winner.  GCST won the 3rd place Visiting Team Trophy Event Winners: Bean Faunce, Hannah Albion, Joshua Benzon, Savannah Bowser, and Michael Pineda. All Best Times: Joshua Benzon, Maggi Burnett, McKenna Fiore, Natalie Ippolito, Max Moreland, and Hannah VanDress. Results

GCST Coach Gregg Cross has been appointed to the USA Swimming Open Water Development Committee.  Coach Gregg is the Event Director for the Open Water Festival held in Fort Myers each year and has watched it grow larger each year into one of the premier open water events held in the US. Congratulations to Coach Gregg Cross!