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GCST's Molly DuBrasky was awarded the Rotary South Girls Scholar Athlete of the Year Award and a $5,000 scholarship. Molly was awarded on her high academic achievements, community service, and her unprecedented 5 State Championships during her high school career. Molly DuBrasky, and Alex Latorre were Estero High Schools two selections for the Rotary South Scholar Athlete Banquet, and were the only high school swimmers selected from all area high schools. Olympian Bob Beamon was the keynote speaker. News-Press Article News-Press Photos Congratulations to Molly and Alex. GCST swimmers getting...
VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!! The SW Florida Rheem Team is proud to serve as the Title Scholarship Sponsor for the 25th Annual Rotary South Scholar Athlete Banquet. At the banquet, 34 Scholar Athletes from 17 Lee County high schools will be recognized and the overall winners of the two $5,000 scholarships will be announced. This year, the Rheem Team is excited to announce a NEW opportunity for all of the nominated Scholar Athletes to parcipate in called the SW Florida Rheem Team PEOPLE’S CHOICE Scholar‐Athlete program. This promotion is independent...
5 GCST swimmers have posted 21 NAG Ranking times on the latest National Age Group Rankings lists for Short Course and Long Course seasons. Listed in Short Course are: Savannah Bowser 12 YO Girls - 10th 500 Free, 10th 1000 Free. Molly DuBrasky 17 YO Girls - 5th 500 Free, 16th 200 Free. Darrien Heil 11 YO Boys - 10th 1000 Free Eric Ordaz 13 YO Boys - 10th 500 Free, 16th 1000 Free. Blake Woodrow 14 YO Boys - 10th 1000 Free, 13th 1650 Free, 19th 400 IM. Boys...
Several GCST members are now getting text alerts on their cell phones. If you would like to be included, it's very easy to setup. Log into your account. Go to your member profile area, and enter your cell number and carrier for SMS Text. You will then receive a text with a verification code that you enter into a box that pops up on the website. Click ok and your done. This feature will come in handy when severe weather or important messages need to be sent quickly. Don't miss...
GCST Masters swimmers Blanca Edwards, and Tasha Wallace competed in the Fort Myers Triathlon on Saturday May 7th at FGCU. Blanca finished 1st in her age group, and Tasha Wallace finished 3rd in her age group. Great job ladies!!! Results
GCST Masters Records have now been updated and are available for each age group in Long Coures and Short Course Meters. We will have some Yards Records soon. The Masters News has moved under the Masters link on the front page menu bar.
GCST Masters had some nice swims and good competition at the Spring Masters Meet at FGCU. It was a great day of racing as we saw 2 National Records broken by Deb Walker of FACT, and 5 time Olympian Dara Torres compete in the 50 Free with a very fast 25.68. GCST swimmers Ginger Tompkins, Vanessa Brewer, Jill Moreland, Emma Reeners, Sam Moreland, and Wayne Harnum, all had some good swims and experience in the meet. - Results Photo Show Naples News News Press
GCST swimmer Ryan Sorenson is competing in a meet in Las Vega, NV. We will have more details soon. Good luck Ryan! Meet Page
Guest column by Chloe Sutton MISSION VIEJO, California, April 26. MISSION Viejo has been known for its distance swimmers and challenging practices. With coaches like Bill Rose and Mark Schubert, the Nadadores have created some workouts that would make most people exhausted just by looking at them. Since I am a part of this program, I am tested day-in and day-out with these grueling training sessions and after I finish, the number 1 question I get is: "What do you think about for that long?!" Today, I am going to...
