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2012 Swim-A-Thon funds must be turned in by July 6th. SAT will be turned off at that time and all rankings will become final. Swimmers that have not met their requirements will have the amount due added to their accounts. FIRST YEAR SWIMMERS ARE EXEMPT Feel free to contact me with any questions 239-287-1478 cell/text or email [email protected]
OMAHA – Every year, a new crop of “number-one” ranked 10-year-old swimmers are unveiled. These are children who wear Harry Potter pajamas and read with 5th grade reading levels – because they’re in the 5th grade. They have shown that they are the best in the United States of America, and they could conceivably one day -- should everything work out -- aspire to Olympic proportions. Of these annually renewing gaggles of ranked male swimmers, only two men (whom I’m aware) who ever broke age group national records as 10-year-olds...
UPDATE: With Tropical Storm Debby churning in the Gulf of Mexico, GCST Masters swimmers Heather Roka, Thomas Pear, John Henry, and Bill Sawyer competed in the Swim Around Key West Open Water Swim. Heather completed the course in 5 hours 20 minutes and finished 2nd in her age group and 7th overall in the women's race. The Relay of John Henry, Thomas Pear, and Bill Sawyer finished 14th in 6:49.56.
McKenna Fiore won the 8 & Under Girls High Point Award. Mikayla Puckett won the 10 & Under Girls runner up High Point Award. Savannah Bowser won the runner up 13-14 Girls High Point Award. GCST Event Winners: Mckenna Fiore, Mikayla Puckett, Bean Faunce, Courtney DeVeny, Hannah Albion,and Zach Brewer. New FLAG cuts were made by Madison VanDress in the 10 & Under Girls 100 Free, Makenna Subbert in the 11-12 Girls 100 Fly, and Alex Subbert in the 11-12 Boys 100 Fly. Bean Faunce made a new Summer Sectional...
Florida Swimming has updated the Top Ten Rankings for the 2012 Long Course season. 15 GCST swimmers making the lists are Mikayla Puckett, Makailey Hauser, Paige Madden, Savannah Bowser, Kaitlyn Hauser, Nikki McCollum, Lexi Faunce, Courtney DeVeny, Molly DuBrsaky, Joshua Benzon, Ethan Shaw, Zach Brewer, Darrien Heil, Matt Nielsen, and Blake Woodrow.
BY RUSSELL MARK // HIGH PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT Teaching and coaching a specific butterfly pull pattern has been popular for a long time, maybe for as long as the stroke has existed. Film study of the USA National Team and many of the world’s best has proven one thing though: there are different pull patterns among the best butterfliers in the world. So what does that mean? *** Like so many swimmers and coaches, I have always believed that the ideal fly pull looked like a keyhole –...
The SAT race is starting to tighten up. Only 28 more days until SAT.... Take a look at the latest SAT Rankings by individuals... Ranking Amount Participant 1 $1,000.00 Michael Pineda 2 $960.00 Mikayla Puckett 3 $830.00 Savannah Bowser 4 $690.00 McKenna Fiore 5 $545.00 Courtney DeVeny 6 $525.00 Ryan Sorensen 7 $360.00 Madeline McAdams 8 $325.00 Joshua Benzon 8 $325.00 Elijah Benzon 10 $315.00 Hannah VanDress 11 $275.00 Antonio Medina 12 $260.00 Brianna Judah 13 $245.00 Madison VanDress 14 $210.00 Zachary Brewer 14 $210.00 Ethan Brewer 16 $200.00 Alexis...
