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Cooler weather will soon be coming to Southwest Florida. Make sure your swimmers have the proper attire for outdoor meets in January, February, and March. You can plan ahead, and purchase GCST Speedo Parkas, and more from our Swim Team Store. These items take a few weeks depending on how busy they are so don't wait until the last minute. They make great gifts for the holidays as well. GCST Swim Team Store
ESTERO — When Molly DuBrasky swam for Estero High, the Wildcats were essentially guaranteed to have a double winner at big meets. Even though DuBrasky has moved on to the University of Florida’s swim team, Estero doesn’t show any signs of slowing down in the double winner department. Sophomore Courtney DeVeny and freshman Danilea Jordan each earned two individual wins at Monday’s Lee County Athletic Conference meet at Florida Gulf Coast University. Needless to say, the future looks bright for Estero. “It’s exciting to have them as double winners as...
GCST's Masters Team hosted the 2011 GCST Fall Sprint Masters Meet at San Carlos Park Pool on October 15, 2011. We had several new swimmers that did very well in their first swim meet. The meet had swimmers from several area teams. GCST Masters swimmers that competed were Sam Moreland, Jill Moreland, Heather Roka, Ginger Tompkins, John Henry, Sean Lawler, Thom Pear, and Sara Heil. Results
Courtney DeVeny, Danilea Jordan, and Blake Woodrow win Double Titles GCST swimmers turned in some very good times as 3 swimmers won 6 LCAC Titles. Courtney DeVeny won the 200 IM, and 100 Back. Blake Woodrow won the 200 IM, and 100 Fly. Danilea Jordan won the 50 Free, and 100 Free. Lexi Faunce turned in a personal best time in the 500 Free to finish 2nd with a 5:14, and finished 2nd in the 200 Free. Lauren McLeod finished 3rd in the 200 Free, and the 100 Fly. Danilea...
Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink…Those famous words, written over 250 years ago, convey some idea of the importance of good old H20 to us humans. Water is life, truly, and when we are healthy, but especially when we are sick, our bodies need water more than they need food, sleep, or exercise. An important component of just about every function that takes place within us, water is the major part of our saliva, stool, and urine and it also cushions and lubricates brain and joint tissue....
Amazing results and hard work by Sara Heil with the GCST Masters team has paid off. Sara went from being a cigarette smoker, to living a healthy lifestyle. Sara has been training with GCST since April, and has made tremendous strides in raising her fitness level. Story/Testimony: We would like to nominate ETL Sara for Well Being Hero. On October 15th Sara will be competing in her first organized swim meet! She has been training over the last several months to prepare. Her practices during the week start at...
GCST swimmers had some scary good times at the Halloween and Pizza Party at the team hotel in Tampa. The swimmers had a very fun scavenger hunt, and a haunted room finished the evening. Some of the costumes were very inventive. Photos
GCST finished the STAT Meet first place in the team standings over TBAY, and host team STAT. Darrien Heil won the 11-12 Boys High Point Award. The meet finished under hard rain and terrible conditions as most of our swimmers left early on Sunday. Event Winners are Savannah Bowser, Zach Brewer, Nicholas Deguzman, Bean Faunce, Lexi Faunce, Daniela Gallego, Kaitlyn Hauser, Darrien Heil, Ethan Shaw, and Hannah VanDress. New Cuts were made by Savannah Bowser (Sectionals 200 Back), Zach Brewer ( FLAGS 200 Free), Lexi Faunce (Sectionals 200 Back), Daniela...
Michael Pineda won the Consol Final of the 500 Free with an oustanding 4:47 at the FSPA Meet in Orlando, FL. That was a 7 second time drop from Michael's previous best time in the event at 4:54. Meet Results Way to go Michael!!!
