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Greg Bowser and Harry Stephenson break 6 GCST Records at Junior Nationals 6 GCST Records fell at the 2009 Speedo Long Course Junior Nationals with Greg Bowser breaking the 15-16 Boys 200 Free (1:56.39), 400 Free (4:03.47), and 200 Fly (2:09.21) records. Harry Stephenson broke the 17-18 Boys 800 Free (8:21.90), 400 IM (4:29.29), and Senior Men’s 400 IM records   

GCST swimmers have a blast at Juniors...Time drops in 11 of 14 swims for best JR. Nationals ever The Long Course Junior Nationals in Seattle, Wa has been the most successful Juniors for GCST ever. We had 11 of 14 swims that were personal best times, and 2 swims were seasonal best times. We landed in Seattle on Sunday and went downtown to see the Space Needle. The swimmers also got to see the fish market, and experience blackberry picking as they were abbundant around the pool. We had a...

Heather Roka cleans up at Master Nationals with a 2nd and two 3rds Thursday Results: A big day for Heather Roka with 2 swims today. Heather finished 2nd overall in the Women's 200 Fly with a 2:30.35 and 2nd in her age group.Heather also picked up another 3rd in the 400 Free with a 4:40.50. at the USA Masters National Long Course Championships in Indianapolis, IN. Wednesday Results: Heather Roka finished 3rd in her age group (18-24) in the Women’s 200 Free with a 2:13. at the USA Masters National Long Course Championships in Indianapolis, IN. Results 

GCST swimmers had a lot of fun at the End of Summer meet hosted by CVST. We had some oustanding swims and time drops by almost all swimmers. Event Winners: David Albion, Hannah Albion, Madi Baron, Savannah Bowser, Zachary Brewer, PJ Green, Darrien Heil, Thomas Malooly, Lauren McLeod, Eric Ordaz Jr, Lily Riley, Kyle Snew, and Christian Welsh. New Cuts: Several New Qualifying Times were posted most notable was Kyle Marshall’s 200 IM Summer Sectional cut, and Will Baumler making a Senior Champs cut in the 100 Breast. The real competition was...

 Florida Zone Team wins 3rd title Blake Woodrow helped lead Florida Swimming to a 3rd straight team title in 2009 Southern Zone Age Group Championships held in Orlando, FL on July 28 through August 1st. Wednesday Results....Blake finished 9th in the 11 & 12 Boys 200 Free. Thursday Results....Blake swam to a 2nd place finish in tonight’s 400 Free Final with a 4:26.40. Friday Results....Blake swam a very nice 1:02.54 in the 100 Free prelims to finish 17th. Blake finished 19th in the 100 Breast with a 1:23.59 and personal best time. Saturday...

Speedo Champions Series..13 GCST Records broken...Molly DuBrasky makes Jr. Nat. Cut in the 200 Fly 13 GCST records fall at Sectionals. 15-16 Girls - 200 IM Molly DuBrasky 15-16 Boys - 400 Free Greg Bowser 15-16 Boys - 100 Fly Greg Bowser 17-18 Girls - 100 Breast McKenzie Cassidy 17-18 Girls 200 Breast McKenzie Cassidy 17-18 Boys - 50 Free Ben Ogle 17-18 Boys - 200 Fly Harry Stephenson 17-18 Boys - 200 IM Harry Stephenson 17-18 Boys - 400 IM Harry Stephenson Senior Girls - 200 Breast McKenzie Cassidy Senior...

GCST Finished 7th....Blake Woodrow won 2 events....Sydney McMurray, Bean Faunce, Flo Almada, and Kendall Brent swam on two 1st place GCST record breaking relays, and led GCST to the 10 & Under Team Title. Lexi Faunce makes 1st Sectional cut   GCST Results with improvements    Meet Results  Individual High Point Standings Age Group Team Scores Team Scoring Sunday Results Blake Woodrow finished 2nd in the 200 IM...Bean Faunce 3rd in the 200 IM...GCST 10 & Under Girls win 200 Free Relay and break GCST Record  with Kendall Brent, Flo Almada, Bean...

GCST swimmers turned in some good swims at the Summer Series IV meet at Sarasota on July 11, 2009. Madi Baron, Jonny Ponce, and Emily Summa won all of their events. PJ Green won the Senior 100 Back. Kevin Ordaz won the 10 & under Boys 50 Breast.  Helen Westlake won the 11 & 12 Girls 200 Free, and 50 Fly. Natalya Westlake won the 10 & Under Girls 50 Breast, and 50 Free. Smantha Morrison swam all best times to finish 2nd in all of her events.   Meet Results    GCST...

Madeline Willoughby breaks GCST 8 & Under 50 Fly and 100 Fly Records GCST 8 year old Madeline Willoughby qualified for the 2009 Long Course Junior Olympics at the Sarasota YMCA Last Chance Meet on July 11th. Madeline qualified in the 10 & Under Girls 100 Fly. Dani Lea Jordan added 2 new JO cuts as she qualified in the 11 & 12 Girls 200 Free, and 800 Free. Full Meet Results   GCST Results  

 8 GCST swimmers post 12 new championship q-times at Friday Night at the Races Kyle Marshall made a new Sectional qualifying time in the 400 Free. Mariah Lundin swam a Senior Champs qualifying time in the 15 & 16 Girls 50 Free. Ro Almada swam new JO cuts in the 13 & 14 Girls 200 Free, and 200 Back. Savannah Bowser swam a new JO cut in the 11 & 12 Girls 50 Free. Courtney DeVeny swam new 13 & 14 Girls JO cuts in the 100 Breast, 400 IM, and 800 Free....