FCST Open Water Swimmer to Compete in Beijing Test Run. Kirsten Groome and fellow American, Chloe Sutton, will have one more shot at making the Olympics at the Beijing test run at the end of May. Read the USA Swimming article here.

FCST Masters Compete at Masters Nationals! The First Colony Masters sent nine swimmers to Masters Nationals held in Austin, Texas.  The team included Terry Lynn Toon, Karen Wey, Carin Landeck, Teresa Yeager, Diane Stone, Molly Abbott, Steve Long, Kyle Shuck, and Mike Offner.  The meet was a huge success with all swimmers dropping time, a national champion, and a 10th place finisher.  Kyle Shuck placed first in his age group for the 500 Freestyle, taking home the national title, and Terry Lynn Toon placed 10th in her age group for the 200 Butterfly, dropping 9 seconds.  The entire team showed heart, as they swam fast and cheered on their fellow teammates.  Great job swimmers, you made your coaches proud!

Great Swimming at "A" Meet! Congrats to all FCST swimmers who competed in the SPA "A" Meet on May 2-4. Congratulations to Kaitlyn Swinney and Kyle Yu, who both set new team records in the 200 breast. Kaitlyn went 2:58.71 in the 11-12 girls group, while Kyle went a 2:37.62 in the 13-14 boys event. Congratulations also go to Simone Manuel, who swam new National Top Ten times in the 100 free (1:03.72) and 400 IM (5:31.54).