FCST seniors had a great week of swimming in South Florida! The meet started off fast on Monday evening with the women setting the bar high with a team record in the 200 Medley relay! Members of that relay were Madison Varisco, Kari Wilkins, Alicia Finnigan, and Colleen Lord.  In combined men’s and women’s team scores, FCST came in 2nd place, while the women also claimed a 2nd place in women’s team scores.  There were many great swims over the course of the week, with numerous swimmers placing top 16!...

  FCST Swimmers had strong performances throughout the week at the Age Group Zones Meet in Greenville, SC.  Pool Results (Open Water still pending): New AAAA Time: Bryanna Vasquez, 800 Free New AAA Time: Anastasia Kontrimas, 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 IM New AA Time: Claire Donovan, 100 Fly New Sectional Time: Bryanna Vasquez, 200 Back and 800 Free New Sectional Bonus Time: Anastasia Kontrimas, 200 IM Brittany Bui, 100 Breast FCST Swimmers inlcuded Carlos Monteagudo, Darrin Asphall, Chris Yeager, Anastasia Kontrimas, Victoria Tillman, Brittany Bui, Claire Donovan, Peyton Quattlebaum,...

Congratulations to Simone Manuel for an outstanding performance at the World Championships! Simone won GOLD as a member of the 400 free relay team. She also advanced to the World Championship final in the 50m free, placing 7th with a time of 24.80. This time is the fastest of any 18 and under American female!    

  3 FCST swimmers finished in the Top 8 to lead Gulf Swimming on Day 1 of the Southern Zone Age Group Championships in Greenville, SC.   Bryanna Vasquez dropped 17 seconds in her 800 free in route to a 2nd place finish while Peyton Quattlebaum finished 5th.  On the boys side, Chris Yeager finished 2nd in the 1500 Freestyle. Preliminary races begin tomorrow morning at 9:00am with finals at 5:30pm.  

Good Luck to all FCST swimmers who continue our championship season this week. We have athletes competing in five meets this week! World Championships (Barcelona)- Simone Manuel will compete in the 50 free at the World Championships this week. US Open (California)- Skylar Smith will compete in the 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 back, and 200 IM at the US Open this week. Sectionals (Conroe, TX)- Several FCST graduates will compete at the 2013 Senior Sectional Meet. Sr Zones (Florida)- 16 of our senior athletes will compete at the Sr...

Congratulations to Simone Manuel and the FCST program! Simone won a gold medal for her preliminary performance of the US women's 4 x 100 freestyle relay at the 2013 World Championships. Simone led off the preliminary relay with a time of 54.23, the fastest time of any American female in a preliminary heat this year. Simone will return to racing action next week in the 50m freestyle.

  FCST finishes the 2013 Long Course Texas Age Group Championships in 7th place.  The team improved greatly from short course - moving up from 15th.  There were great performances throughout the meet from all age-groups. Top perfomances from the final night: Jacey Hinton, 3rd in 50 Free & 100 Back Ben Greene, 8th in 50 Free Chris Yeager, 1st in 1500 Free Darrin Asphall, 4th in 1500 Free Peyton Quattlebaum, 7th in 1500 Free Bryanna Vasquez, 8th in 1500 Free Thuc Nguyen, 6th in 200 Breast Girls 10 &...

ý With a 1-2 finish in the 13-14 Boys 400 Freestyle, Darrin Asphall & Chris Yeager led FCST to a strong Day 4 at the Texas Age Group Championships. Currently FCST is in 7th place, just 30 points behing Longhorn Aquatics. Top finishes on Day 4: Jacey Hinton, 2nd in 10 & Under 50 Fly Christian Le, 6th in 10 & Under 100 Breast Thuc Nguyen, 4th in 11-12 100 Breast Darrin Asphall, 1st in 13-14 400 Free Chris Yeager, 2nd in 13-14 400 Free Bryan Pan, 2nd in 10...

  Behind Darrin Asphall's winning 200 Free, the FCST contingent had another strong day at the Texas Age Group Championships.  The team is in a solid 7th place with 2 days remaining. Top 8 Finishes: Jacey Hinton, 200 Free and 50 Breast Bryan Pan, 200 Free and 100 Fly Darrin Asphall, 200 Free Chris Yeager, 200 Free and 400 IM Bryanna Vasquez, 200 Free Thuc Nguyen, 100 Breast  

  With a strong effort in the 200 Fly, FCST sits 7th after Day 2 of the Texas Age Group State Championships.  Jacey Hinton won her first TAGS Championship in the 50 Backstroke and Victoria Tillman achieved her first NCSA Junior National Cut.  In addition, we had numerous Top 8 finishes:  Bryan Pan in the 10 & 200 IM & 100 Free, Jacey Hinton in the 10 & U 100 Free, Ben Greene in the 10 & U 100 Free, Darrin Asphall in the 13-14 100 Free, Victoris Tillman, Brittany...