LC Season begins with April Open!   182 swimmers took to the Don Cook Natatorium last weekend for the annual April Open. For many swimmers, this marks the first time competing in long course since the end of last summer, and a good place to see improvement over the past 8 months.   Special thanks to our parents and volunteers for committing their weekend to helping the meet run as efficiently as possible.   Great start to the LC season, FCST! Let's keep up the great swimming!    Meet...

We all know that FCST has a deep tradition of fast swimming. Thanks to some new USA Swimming reports, we now have an All Time Top Ten list for each nationally recognized age group for both short and long course! All times come straight from USA Swimming's SWIMS database for results when athletes represent FCST (note: results from this weekend's meets are not in the SWIMS database yet). To view the list, click on the  TOP TIMES page located under the Meets section of the website. We encourage you to review the...

  Top times page updated!   The top times page has been updated with best SCY and LCM times from the 2013-14 season. The swimming calendar runs from Sept 1 until Aug 31 of the following year. USA Swimming time standards are listed next to each time, and are in respect to the swimmers age at the time of the meet.   Historical Top Times – See article from Monday   SCY times – We have 3 developmental meets and the B&U Champs in July before the calendar year expires....

  Week of April 28th   Newsletter Outline I. This Week Thursday May 1st- Summer terminations due. If you are leaving FCST for the Summer (end of May), terminations are due by Thursday May 1st. Click HERE for form. Sunday : Rice Open Water Swim- Good Luck Swimmers!   II. Practice Changes This Week:  PLEASE CHECK AS WE ARE STILL OUT OF AC !   A. New Schedule Changes Tab on Front page of Website Click HERE B.  Revised  Spring Schedule now posted HERE   III.  Meet Entry Updates  CLICK...

  NASA Showcase Classic wrap-up     21 FCST Age group swimmers competed in the annual National Age Group Swimming Association (NASA) Showcase Classic, April 16-19 in Clearwater, Florida.   This is a unique meet with an athlete friendly format, providing a quality age-group meet with many clubs throughout the nation participating. Qualification standards are National ‘AA’ times for ages 9&U, 11, and 13 year olds; National ‘AAA’ times for 10, 12, and 14 year olds. Finals each evening consist of the top 10 prelim times from each single age...

Congratulations to Alicia Finnigan and Simone Manuel who traveled to Mesa for the April segment of USA Swimming's Grand Prix series. This was an extra-exciting Grand Prix, as it featured the return of Michael Phelps to competitive swimming. Alicia made finals in the 200 fly (13th) and 100 fly (30th), and she recorded best times in the 200 free (1.6 seconds), 200 back (7.3 seconds!), and 100 breast (1.1 seconds). Simone had multiple finals swims, finishing 6th in the 100 free, 8th in the 50 free, 12th in the 200...

The latest edition of the Nike Swim Quaterly can be found here.

 Hello FCST,   Our parent education page has been updated with 2 new articles on staying hydrated. This is relevant to practice during the upcomming months as temperatures outside begin to warm up as we approach the summer season.    "How to Stay Hydrated During Practice" -  Jill Castle Article "Three Easy Ways to Check for Dehydration" -  Jill Castle Article   Enjoy!   FCST Staff           

FCST  Team Store update! If you ordered Personalized swim caps, they will be available to pick up this weekend at the FCST hosted meet on Saturday from 10:00-2:00.  The team store will be also be open Saturday 10:00 -2:00 and will be selling dryfit shirts, shorts, towels and caps. We will also take  preorders for tank tops and dri-fit caps and visors. Stop by and get your spring and summer FCST Spirit wear!  

FCST hosted the first Developmental Invite for the White, Red, and Blue groups.  The meet provided the developmental groups an opportunity to race some short course events in a short session meet.  FCST brought 43 swimmers to the meet and swam away with numerous best times. Congratulations to Zeha Ahmed (50 Free), Amber Qu (50 Free), Eric Qui (50 Fly), and Bianca San Antonio (100 Free) for achieving new B motivational times. Congratulations also to swimmers achieving new personal best times and swimming an event for the first time: Ali...