Courtney DeVeny won the 13 & 14 Girls 100 Back at FLAGs and made a Short Course  Jr. National qualifying time with a 57.61. Way to go Courtney!!!

USA Swimming has awarded GCST as a Bronze Medal Club for 2011. This is the 6th straight year that GCST has been recognized in the Club Excellence Program.  GCST had 4337 in Club Excellence points based 2010 performance by GCST swimmers.   .

  Keys to success with 2010 5K Open Water World Champion Eva Fabian Commitment: Commitment is first because it is so important. Commitment means defining your goals, then pursuing them every day in workout; working your hardest on every set and repeat, and never making excuses. Optimism: Smile! Every day remember why you love to swim, and use that as an attitude booster on tough days or sets. With a good attitude you can turn a bad practice into a successful one, and you can overcome challenges when they occur....

Alexus Lawler made her first FLAG qualifying time in the 10 & Under Girls 100 Breast.  Alexus was swimming her first 200 Breaststroke as hit the FLAGS cut at the 100 split. Congtratulations Alexus!!!

The GCST Last Chance Meet started in the fog and finished in bright sunshine and much warmer temps than our Winter Open Meet two weeks ago.  GCST swimmers had some great swims with several new cuts made, and Alexus Lawler making her very first FLAGS cut in the 10 & Under Girls 100 Breast while swimming her first 200 Breast.   11 new championship meet cuts made:.  Madi Baron made her first Yards cut in the 10 & Under 100 Free.  Zach Brewer added the 10 & Under 500 Free to...

Savannah Bowser and Blake Woodrow have been invited to the USA Swimming Southern Zone Select Camp to be held at Louisville, KY on May 26-29, 2011.  The camp will be held on the campus of the Unviversity of Louisville, and will have 56 of the fastest girls and boys from the Southern Zone.   They follow a long list of GCST swimmers that have attended USA Swimming elite level camps.  Congratulations to Savannah, and Blake on their hard work and dedication. USA Swimming Zone Select Camps

 GCST parents put on an awesome Awards Banquet for our swimmers on January 30, 2011.  We had almost 200 in attendance for our largest banquet in team history.

  One of the highest compliments that can be paid to an athlete is to be labeled mentally tough. Some coaches and athletes speak of mental toughness as if it were a quality that a person either has or does not have.  In reality, however, mental toughness is not some­ thing we are born with; rather it is a set of specific, learned atti­tudes and skills.   The specific skills that constitute what we call mental tough­ness fall within the brackets of the stress model described above. Mentally tough athletes...

11 New Champ Cuts Made The GCST Winter Open is in the books, and finished under clear sunny skies at FGCU on Sunday January 23rd after a frosty 39 degree start.  The meet started out with wind and cool conditions on Saturday, very cold temps on Sunday morning but the swimmers rose to the challenge as they heated up the pool with some fast swims in a very large meet.  A special THANK YOU to our GREAT GCST parents and officials for running Southwest Florida's BEST Swim Meets!!!!  Way to...

2011 Crippen Mile Open Water Swim Posted by Glenn Mills on Jan 12, 2011 05:25PM (844 views) The Fort Myers Estero Open Water Festival will be hosting the first annual Crippen Mile Open Water Swim at Fort Myers Beach on Saturday, June 11, 2011. The inaugural race has been created to remember and celebrate the life of Fran Crippen, who tragically passed away in a World Cup Open Water 10k Race in Dubai, U.A.E. on October 23, 2010. The race will benefit the newly created Fran Crippen Elevation Foundation, established...