News & Team Information: Coaches' Corner: USA Swimming Official Bonnie Finnigan Why do swim Officials disqualify (dq) kids? Why don't they just let them swim? This is a frequent question by parents when their swimmers experience disqualifications at meets. The role of an official is two-fold. First, officials are tasked with providing a safe and fair competitive environment. The second role is in educating swimmer  both those learning the strokes and those who may have become complacent in practice. For both of these reasons, consistent enforcement of the rules is important.   However, what...

News & Team Information: Coaches' Corner: USA Swimming Official Bonnie Finnigan Why do swim Officials disqualify (dq) kids? Why don't they just let them swim?  This is a frequent question by parents when their swimmers experience disqualifications at meets.  The role of an official is two-fold.  First, officials are tasked with providing a safe and fair competitive environment.  The second role is in educating swimmers – both those learning the strokes and those who may have become complacent in practice.  For both of these reasons, consistent enforcement of the rules...

News & Team Information: FCST Coach Corner: Trusting the Coach's Plan on Swim Events: Here at First Colony Swim Team we create opportunity for swimmers by merging passion and commitment with expertise resulting in the highest level of personal performance. Those opportunities also include competing in a variety of swim events depending on the time of the swim season. With a season plan a Coach understands when their swimmers are prepared and ready to compete in swim events that are new, events that will not be done at a Championship meet,...

News & Team Information:   Equipment Lists for ALL FCST swim groups: Remember to purchase all of your swim equipment needs at D&J Sports. They just opened up a new store in Katy, TX.   CLICK HERE for the list.   Opt-in-forms for swim meets: Please take the time to fill out this form for your respective group. This helps everyone plan in the short and long-term. Red, White, and Blue Swim Meet entries are due shortly after Sept 12th.  Developmental Opt-in Form Blue 2 Opt-in Form Age-Group Opt-in Form Senior Opt-in Form​...

News & Team Information: Welcome to the 2017 - 2018 Short Course season! Please take some time to review the information and dates given in this newsletter. As always if you have any questions please contact your Coach for your specific swim group or contact the office for general questions. All contact info is located at the bottom of this newsletter. Also, links to all the group pages are also located at the bottom of this newsletter. The better you are informed the better off the the team will be. Familiarize yourself...

News & Team Information: Welcome to the 2017 - 2018 Short Course season! Please take some time to review the information and dates given in this newsletter. As always if you have any questions please contact your Coach for your specific swim group or contact the office for general questions. All contact info is located at the bottom of this newsletter.   ​FCST Welcome Party: We will be at the Aquatic Center this coming Friday! Come hang out with Coaches and other FCST families to welcome the upcoming season! Please RSVP as soon...

The sport of club swimming can be physically and mentally demanding. However, when you have the support of your teammates behind the blocks, cheering you on the sides of the pool, and on the other side of the pool you feel empowered to complete the task at hand with all that you have physically and mentally. We will continue with this support system in our last day of competition to ensure that the team continues to strive. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Below are the results of Friday...

At First Colony Swim Team we understand the importance of leading verbally, but more importantly leading by action. On Tuesday the coaching staff elected Danielle Hepler and Will Schuler as captains for Wednesday to lead the team in spirit and perseverance. At the same time, the coaching staff rewarded them the task to elect the next set of captains for Thursday. Danielle and Will elected Byranna Vasquez and Carlor Monteagudo for the unselfish actions and support system they provided for teammates. There was so much comradery and spirit that Bryanna and Carlos felt that it was...

Fantastic second day at Southern Senior Zones. The ladies 800 Free Relay set a new Souther Senior Zone meet record! Multiple podium finishes and some of the best team spirit at the meet.  First Colony Swim Team is currently 4th overall, ladies are 1st, and the men are 10th in the point standings. We will continue with this momemtum heading into Wednesday prelims. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more updates!  Wednesday Finals: Women 100 Meter Freestyle Bryanna Vasquez – 4th Maddie Welborn – 13th Anastasia...

Great job to all the swimmers that participated at the 2017 Long Course TAGS Championships at the University of Texas at Austin! First Colony Swim Team places 7th overall at TAGS! Boys place 6thand the Girls place 9th! At the same time, the 11 -12 Boys as a group won High-Point at TAGS!  As a Gulf team we placed second highest in the combined scores. This includes 7 individual State Titles (Neilson  50 Back; Zhou  200 Breast; Hay  100 Back, 200 Back; Bellotti  200 Back, 200 Free, 50 Back), 1 State Relay...