6 GCST Records fell at the FHSAA State Championships. GCST high school swimmers breaking team records are: Molly DuBrasky in the 17-18 Girls 200 Free, Senior Girls 200 Free (1:48.34), and 17-18 Girls 500 Free (4:45.77). Courtney DeVeny in the 13-14 Girls 100 Back, and Senior Girls 100 Back (58.75). Kyle Snew in the 17-18 Boys 200 IM (1:53.92). GCST Records Way to go GCST!!!

GCST  High School Swimmers Outstanding at 2A State Meet Molly DuBrasky won the 200 Free with a 1:48.34 (All-American Automatic), and the 500 Free with a 4:45.77 (All-American Automatic) to finish her high school swimming career. Molly has now won 5 state High School Titles.  Her win in the Girls 500 Free is GCST's 5th straight win in the event.  Kyle Snew closed out his high school career with an exciting runner-up finish coming from 4th place on the last length of the 200 IM to touch the wall in...

Hannah Albion swam a 5:09.12 in tonight's Consol Finals of the Girls 500 Free, and finished 7th. Hannah swam best preliminary times this morning in the 200 and 500 free. She qualified for consols in the 500 with a 5:09.24, and a. 2:00.11 in the 200 Free to finish 21st. Matt Nielsen finished 19th in 500 free with a prelim best time of 4:55.09.

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NAPLES — When Molly DuBrasky jumps into the pool at the Class 2A state swim meet in Orlando on Friday, she won’t be choking under pressure. Nerves will not be weighing her down. She already has three state titles to her name in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events -- which she will be defending this week -- and this season, she’ll be looking to add even more hardware to her mantle when she’ll be anchoring the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams for the first time at states. read...

GCST high school swimmers representing 7 high schools, had outstanding Districts and Region meets as they led the way to the FHSAA Championships in 1A and 2A competition.  From our 15 swimmers, that started the State Series, we have 12 advancers to State in 19 events. The best percentage of success for area high school swimmers is with GCST.  More event champions, more runner-ups, and more Top 8 finishes from GCST swimmers.  Our qualifiers include, Molly DuBrasky (Estero), Kyle Snew (Estero), Alex Latorre (Estero), Kyle Marshall (North Ft. Myers), Hannah...

GCST's Molly DuBrasky, and Courtney DeVeny are the only Regional Champions from Lee County in the 2A Meet  GCST high school swimmers crank some big swims at 1A and 2A Regions with several Top 8 finishes. Molly DuBrasky led the way with Region titles in the 200 and 500 Free with her fastest times of the season and All American time standards. Molly posted an outstanding 51.87 in the 400 Free Relay anchor leg as she almost won the relay for Estero. Courtney DeVeny was our other Region champion with...

Is GCST the right team for you? Do you want them to have fun?  Children can have fun while getting sub-par training and the resultant experience of not improving relative to others, and they can have fun while working hard and developing relative to others.  Fun and working hard are not mutually exclusive, in fact over time those improving in their swimming capabilities are the ones having the most fun and stick with the sport.  Children not having fun tend to quit, no matter how hard or easy a practice...

A memorial was held at FGCU at the end of the 1A District meet prelims.  Swimmers, and coaches at the meet lined the pool as GCST coach Gregg Cross read a statement about Fran Crippen.  Swimmers around the world held this type of ceremony to honor Fran on October 30, 2010. Here are some pictures of Fran when he was at Fort Myers Beach for the Aaron Piersol Race for the Oceans Open Water Event in 2009. Pictures from Fran Crippen memorial at FGCU.

All GCST swimmers advance to Regionals Freshman Matt Nielsen won District Titles in the 200, and 500 Free in the District 1A-9 meet at FGCU on October 30th.  Hannah Albion is the District Champion in the 200 Free and finished 2nd in the 500 Free.  Nick Deguzman finished 4th in the 200 IM, and 4th in the 500 Free as he swam personal best times in both events.   Way to go GCST swimmers!!!