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The 2012 Black and Blue Meet was held last night at the San Carlos Park Pool. We swam Freestyle, Backstroke, and finished with relays. The Blue team took the win by a slim margin of 285 to the Black teams 276. All swimmers came away with ribbons and smiles! Thanks to everyone that helped run the 2nd FUN Meet in our series of 4 FUN Meets. Check out the awesome photos by Lanie Benzon under Resources after login. Results
Practice will be cancelled at all pools on Friday May 4th except for the Senior Team at FGCU. All other swimmers should be attending the Black and Blue FUN Meet at the San Carlos Park Pool. The events for this meet are Freestyle, Backstroke, and Relays. Please sign-up on the GCST website to attend this meet. If you don't know how, please notify your coach to enter you. Cost is $5.00 per swimmer. Warmup at 4:45 PM. Meet starts at 5:30 PM Event Page
While many of our Masters swimmers are seasoned veterens to open water races we had several that are not, and everyone raced well. For some it was their first open water race, and some their first 5K. Everyone did a great job in the Crippen Mile and the Masters 5K race. Our 5K results were excellent with Ginger Tompkins finishing 4th over-all, and 1st in 40-44. Heather Roka finished 1st in 25-29. Vanessa Brewer finished 5th in 40-44. Eilleen Kallin finished 3rd in 50-54. John Henry 4th in 40-44. Thomas...
GCST had a dominating presence in the Florida Swimming Open Water Championships held at Miromar Lakes, FL on August 28th, 2012. GCST was led by first place finishes by Daniella Jordan (13-14 Girls), and Eddie Zacka (15-16 Boys), and Zach Jamieson (Senior Boys). Makailey Hauser finished 3rd in the 10 & Under Girls 800. Jessie Walsh finished 5th in the 11-12 Girls 2.5K. Savannah Bowser finished 3rd, and Susana Peszek finished 5th in 13-14 Girls 5K. Lexi Faunce finished 2nd in the 15-16 Girls 5K. Jack Moreland finished 4th...
Hannah Albion finished 20th in the USA Swimming Open Water National 5k. Video from the News-Press Photos from the News-Press
We have added a Twitter feed to the GCST home page. There are a few good advantages to adding Twitter. We can post an update very quickly to the front page without being on a computer. You can also get your own FREE Twitter account and receive important messages very quickly on your phone or computer. Many swim teams around the country are sending / posting timely information using Twitter. It is the fastest way to get short messages out as quick as possible. We will still send out messages...
By Lisa Wemhoff//National Team High Performance Consultant Have you attempted to do a back to breast turn that ends in failure? Follow these five simple steps to learn how to improve your IM transition: Aim for the middle of the touch pad with your top arm. Push your top arm backwards while tucking your chin forward. Somersault on your side. Place your feet in the middle of the touch pad and your arms in streamline. Push off on your side in a tight streamline. Watch these athletes complete their IM...
The Florida Swimming Open Water All-Star Team, and the Florida Gold Coast Open Water All-Star Team will meet at Miromar Lakes for a practice session, and clinic with USA Swimming National Team Member Claire Thompson. They will then be treated to a pasta dinner at Miromar Lakes Beach Club. Practice starts at 3 PM to 5 PM. Pasta dinner at 5 PM to 6 PM. Event Page
