FCST Age Group Swimmers at HSC Junior Meet: Congratulations to the 120 swimmers who competed at the HSC Junior Meet on January 21st & 22nd.  The team swam away with 144 new USA Swimming Motivational Times as well as 10 new GULF times.  For complete results click HERE.

Congratulations to Ava Breeze, Richelle Guice, Jeff Kue, and David Kvinta for achieving new A times for their age group.  Ava achieved her very first A time in the 10&U 50 Breast while Richelle added two new A times in the 10&U 100IM and 100 Fly.  On the boys side, David achieved his first A time for the 13-14 age group with his swim in the 100 Back while Jeff added a new A time in the 11-12 100 Back.  Way to go guys!

100% best times were acheived by: Maia Abogador, Kamil Ali, Emily Awadin, Emma Babaian, Nadia Bixenman, Allyson Bradley, Sara Esfandi, Amanda Finnigan, Edward Gaffney, Mohamed Harhash, Jake Hudson, Tiffany Huynh, Rory Kalac, Michael Kurmadas, Mari Liang, Josh Loux, Brooks McNamara, Mia Miller, Kelly Murphy, Coby Nguyen, Anika Pal. Brandon Phegley, Payton Sanislow, Grant Schweikhardt, Rhea Singh, Madeline Strong, Gregory Tan, Tiffany Yan, Josephine Yau, and Allen Zhang.

FCST at TXLA New Year's Classic: Congratulations to the 34 swimmers who traveled to Austin, TX on January 20th-22nd to compete at the New Year's Classic.  It was a fun weekend filled with fast swimming, a team dinner with lots of laughs, and many new first time finalists!  For complete results click HERE.

Congratulations to Claire Donovan for achieving her first AAAA time as an 11-12 year old.  Claire swam to a first place finish in the 50 Free but it was her relay lead off time of 25.93 which resulted in her new USA Swimming Motivational time.  Claire qualified for finals in six of her seven swims. Way to go Claire!

Seventeen swimmers qualified for finals in one or more events.  Leading the way with new TAGS times were Payton Neff (11-12 Girls 50 Free), and Peyton Quattlebuam (11-12 Girls 50 Free & 200 Breast).  Other finalist swimmers included: Imaal Ahmed, Leila El Masri, Josh Fruge, Eli Greene, Norah Hay, Kendall Kaiser, Luke Leblanc, Carlos Monteagudo, Shalom Oberoi, Bryan Pan, Farzad Sarkari, Rukshana Sarkari, Carson Yanta, and Chris Yeager.  Way to go guys!

In addition 100% best times were acheived by: Lane Abbott, and Ben Greene.  Way to go FCST!

USA Swimming released the 2012 Club Excellence results, and FCST has been named a USA Swimming GOLD MEDAL Club! This is the first time FCST has achieved this honor, and FCST is the only Texas team to make the Top 20 this year! 

The Club Excellence Program identifies the top 18 & under clubs based strictly on performance. The top 20 clubs are named Gold Medal clubs, the next 80 clubs are named Silver Medal clubs, and the remaining clubs with a Junior National qualifier are named Bronze Medal clubs. Points are based on world rankings, and only swimmers with LCM Junior National times are eligible.

According to the USA Swimming website, the program is designed to “promote the development of strong, well-rounded age group and senior swimming programs that produce elite 18 & under athletes;” and “provide recognition and resources to motivate and assist member clubs to strive for the highest ideals of athlete performance.”

This designation exemplifies the culmination of  tremendous team work. Congratulations to all FCST athletes, parents, and coaches for being recognized as one of  THE premier swim teams in USA Swimming!  For more information, click here.

FCST at Austin Grand Prix: Congratulations to the 12 swimmers who competed at the Austin Grand Prix meet on January 12th-15th.  Senior swimmers saw huge success in the pool after coming home from an itnense week of traning at the Olympic Training Center over the holiday break.  For complete results click HERE.

Congratulations to Daniel Graviss for achieving his first Olympic Trials time with a 7th place finish in the 1500 Free with a time of 15:46.75.  Daniel had a great meet and also achieved new Summer National times in the 400 Free (4:00.54) and 400 IM (4:32.55)  In addition to Daniel, Simone Manuel added to her Olympic Trial events by swimming to a 2:17.94 in the 200 Back.  Simone also added the 400 Free (4:27.00) to her NSCA Junior National events.  Way to go guys!

Several other FCST swimmers added to their national meet line ups with their outstanding swims.  Congratulations to Antoine Marc (NCSA Junior Nationals - 400 IM), Brett Pinfold (Summer Nationals - 100 FR & 200 FR, Short Course Junior Nationals - 400 FR, and NCSA Junior Nationals - 100 FY), Kaitlyn Swinney (Summer Nationals - 400 IM), Madison Varisco (NCSA Junior Nationals - 400 FR), and Kyle Yu (Short Course Nationals - 200 BR, and NCSA Junior Nationals - 200 BK). 

A special congratulations to our FCST Team Record Breakers: Daniel Graviss (15-18/Open 400 IM), Simone Manuel (15-18/Open 200 Back), Brett Pinfold (15-18/Open 100 Free & 200 Free), Kyle Yu (15-18/Open 200 Breast), Men's 400 Free Relay (Pinfold, Graviss, Clement Dulac, Marc), Men's 800 Free Relay (Pinfold, Graviss, Dulac, Marc).  Way to go FCST!