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Jim Miller, MD, National Team Physician and Chair of USA Swimming's Sports Medicine Task Force Did you know that sleeping is part of training? Sleep is the time that the body needs to incorporate the effects of training to upgrade performance. Sleep is the time that the body uses to repair the effects of training to improve strength, endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Considering these known responses to sleep, it could be argued that heavier or more intense training times have to take sleep into account to be effective. Without...
Darrien Heil wins the 200 IM, Kaitlyn Hauser, and Savannah Bowser place in the Top 8....Zach Brewer takes 7th in the 100 Back...GCST finishes 15th Sunday: On the last day at FLAGS, Darrien Heil swam an outstanding 200 IM in the 11-12 Boys event to pick up his first win. 13-14 Girls: Kaitlyn Hauser finished 6th in the 1650 Free with a 17:39.25. Savannah Bowser finished 8th in the 200 IM with a 2:13.06. Daniella Jordan finished 14th in the 200 IM. 13-14 Boys: Ryan Sorenson finished 12th in...
Men's 100 breast FINA A: 1:00.79; British Second-place Qualifier: 1:00.50 Daniel Sliwinski nearly cleared 1:00 en route to grabbing a spot on the Olympic roster. He won the race in 1:00.09 to move to the top of the world rankings this year ahead of Daniel Gyurta's 1:00.43 from January. Craig Benson, meanwhile, made the cut by just .03 seconds with a 1:00.47 to secure the second roster spot and move to third in the world rankings. Michael Jamieson was the hard-luck third-place finisher with a 1:00.50, that would have satisfied...
GCST has changed vendors, and is now using Total Team Wares as our new Speedo team suit supplier. They can be reached at 1-800-888-8843. When calling in, ask for the "GCST team price". They attend many of our meets and will have these suits on hand at the meets. We are no longer using the Lifeguard Store.
4 GCST swimmers traveled to St. Pete on Feb. 25-26, 2012 and posted some new best times at the SPA Last Chance Meet. Nicholas Deguzman swam a personal best time in the 100 Breast with a 1:15.02. Shelby Jacobson swam a personal best time in the 100 Back with a 1:13.48. Susana Peszek swam a personal; best time in the 100 Back. GCST Results
Courtney DeVeny had an outstanding meet at the 2012 Florida Swimming Spring Senior Champs as she finished 2nd in the 14-16 Girls 200 Meter Back with a 2:19.38 which quaifies her for 2012 Summer Junior Nationals in Indianapolis, IN. She narrowly missed the Olympic Trials standard in the event which is 2:17.99. Courtney also broke 4 GCST records in the 100 Meter Back, 200 Meter Back, 200 Yard Back, and 200 Meter IM. 1
Sunday Finals: Courtney DeVeny finished 2nd in the 14-16 Girls 200 Back with a New Junior National qualifying time of 2:19.38, and finished 8th in the 200 Fly with a 2:30.99. Lauren McLeod finished 8th in the B Final of the 14-16 Girls 200 Fly with a 2:38.19. Hannah Albion finished 2nd in the C Final of the Senior Girls 200 Fly with a 2:34.68. Matt Nielsen finished 11th in the 14-16 Boys 1500 Meter Free with a 17:20.40. Lauren McLeod finished 16th in the 14-16 Girls 800 Free with...
Senior Pieter Ritz is swimming in the Horizon League Championships in Brown Deer, WI at his last college swim meet. Saturday: Pieter Ritz finished 10th in the 1650 Free with a 16:14.96. Thursday: Pieter Ritz finished 13th in the 500 Free with a 4:42.08. Wedneday: Pieter Ritz finished 8th in the 1000 Free with a 9:36. Good job Pieter! Live Results Video
Sunday - David Albion finished 2nd in the 200 Fly with a 2:00. Jake Albion finished 8th in the 200 Breast with a 2:27. Saturday - David Albion finished 3rd in the 100 Back, and 10th in the 100 Fly. Jake Albion finished 5th in the 400 IM at the Midwest Conference Championships. Friday - Jake Albion finished 15th in the 200 IM with a 2:12 at the Midwest Conference Championships. David Albion Jake Albion Way to go David, and Jake!!!!
