First FNR meet a Success!!   The FCST swimmers took to the pool last Friday, Oct 25, for the first of two “Friday night at the Races” meets this season. FNR meets are designed to keep each family, age group, and achievement level together for a quick meet in lieu of traditional practice. The fun aspects of these meets come from some of the non-traditional procedures in the meet format. Boys and girls of all ages are seeded together, and our athletes get to work with new coaches, based upon...

This past weekend saw FCST return to the pool for the first meet of the short course season against other teams in the Gulf at the HCAP Senior Meet.  Taking First place in 3 events was Darrin Asphall in the 13-14 Men’s 500 Free, 200 Free, and 1000 Free.  For the 15 & Over Men Chris Yeager took 1st in the 500 Free.  Bryanna Vasquez took First in the 13-14 Women’s 400 IM.  For the 15 & Over Women, Simone Manuel took first in multiple events, 200 IM, 50 Free,...

7 FCST Swimmers earn USA Swimming Top 10 times! Each fall, USA Swimming recognizes the top ten swims for each age (11-18) and gender, in each event for yards and meters, respectively, over the past calendar year. The competitive calendar runs from September 1 through August 31 of the following year. This is a very high goal to shoot for and tremendous accomplishment for the age-group and senior swimmer, as almost every swim is significantly faster than the AAAA time standard. A link to this year’s current top ten lists...

First Colony Races in Open Water Championships! 63 athletes competed in the Annual Gulf Swimming Open Water Championship, held Sunday, October 6, at Twin Lakes Scuba Park in Manvel, TX.  Open water swimming is an alternative to pool swimming and can provide new avenues of opportunity and success in an aquatic venue (river, lake, ocean, etc.). Gulf swimming sponsors 2 open water events annually, once in the fall and once in the spring. This meet also served as a qualifying meet for the Gulf Swimming Open Water All-Star team. Those...

Simone Manuel qualifies for USA/Europe Duel in the Pool! FCST Senior and Stanford University commit Simone Manuel has earned a spot on the US roster for the USA vs Europe Duel in the Pool, taking place Dec 20-21 in Glasgow, Scotland. This is an event that typically takes place every 2 years between the United States and another swimming governance (Europe and Australia have recently participated). Simone qualified from her swims at this summer’s US National Championship and FINA World Championship meets. A USA Swimming press release can be found...

  Here are the current scores for the IMX & IMR through USA Swimming.  If there is not a score, it will show what events are currently missing. IMX Report IMR Report

Top times from this fall's RWB Challenge and October Open meets are posted under the top times section, or by clicking this link.    As we get further into the season and more events are swum, athletes will have a chance to swim additional events, and improve their times in events they have already swum.    Way to go FCST!!!

Results to Friday Night at the Races have been posted on the MEETS page of the website. Thank you to all of our volunteers for providing this opportunity for our swimmers, and congratulations to all swimmers for a great performance!

FCST Hosts October Open Meet! The First Colony Swim team hosted a Gulf Swimming sponsored Open Meet on October 12-13 at the Lamar ISD natatorium in Rosenberg, TX, with 326 athletes from FCST participating. For many swimmers, this meet serves as the first opportunity for swimmers to race distance freestyle, longer IM’s, and the longer distance of non-freestyle strokes since the short course season ended last spring. It’s usually an exciting time of the season to see growth and progress made over the long course season. Special thanks to all...

Over 50 FCST swimmers competed in the Gulf Open Water Championships at Twin Lakes in early October. Three races were offered- the 800m, one mile, and two mile. This meet served as the Open Water All Star Team qualifying meet, and FCST had eight swimmers qualify for the team! Congratulations to Schuyler Mathews, Jacey Hinton, Peyton Quattlebaum, Ashley Harmon, Claire Donovan, Joshua Fruge, Will Schuler, and Christopher Yeager for qualifying for the All Star Team! More information about event results will be published as soon as we receive official results!