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Good Luck to all Gulf swimmers competing in the 2013 Gulf Summer Championships! Meet results can be found here.

  Congratulations to all the FCST swimmers who competed at the B & Under Champs this past weekend at Katy High School!  Overall, FCST finished 2nd in the meet.  There were numerous great swims throughout the weekend.  Some of the highlights include: New "B" Times: Ashlyn Bruns:  100 IM, 100 Free, 50 Fly, 200 IM Joey Cook:  50 Free Ryan Dang:  200 Free, 100 Free, 500 Free Giselle Estrada:  50 Free, 100 Back, 200 Free, 50 Back Derick Harrington:  50 Fly Nour Hassan:  100 IM, 100 Free Tiffany Huynh:  100...

This past weekend FCST senior swimmers had a final tune up meet in Austin at the Senior Circuit Champs! This was a great opportunity to sharpen racing skills and finalize race strategies before entering our championship season. FCST was led by Skylar Smith, who won the 100 Breast!  Also scoring team points by placing in the Top 16 were the following swimmers: Alicia Finnigan – 8th 200Fly, 11th 100 Fly Shelby Fruge – 14th 1500 Free Colleen Lord – 15th 1500 Free Ashley Mercadel – 16th 1500 Free Brett Pinfold...

Congratulations to Sean Dormiani, who was elected Gulf athlete rep! Sean will be the junior athlete rep this year, and the senior athlete rep next year. Sean's responsibilities include attending Gulf meetings, voting and voicing concerns on behalf of Gulf athletes, and representing Gulf athletes at the 2013 and 2014 USA Swimming Conventions.

The LCM Team Records document has been updated. 

  IMX Scores have been updated through June 30, 2013. Click here to see the new scores!

  12 members of the First Colony Swim Team have been selected to the 2013 Zone Team.  Congratulations to the following swimmers: Yun Liu, 12 Mazen Hassan, 12 Chris Yeager, 14 Carlos Monteagudo, 14 Darrin Asphall, 14 Bryanna Vasquez, 14 Anastasia Kontrimas, 14 Victoria Tillman, 14 Claire Donovan, 14 Peyton Quattlebaum, 14 Brittany Bui, 14 Ashley Harmon 14 These swimmers will join others from the Gulf LSC to participate in the Southern Zone Age Group Championships in Greenville, SC.  The competition will take place July 30-August 4th.

FCST swimmers turned up the heat at the FBISD Training Facility this past weekend!  With record temperature outside, the swimmers were just as hot inside.  Here are some of the exciting statistics from the weekend: New Sectional Standards: Brittany Bui, 100 Fly Peyton Quattlebaum, 400 Free   New Tags Standards: Darrin Asphall, 200 IM Tyler Dang, 200 Breast Claire Donovan, 200 Free Jordan Dorado, 50 Back Mazen Hassan, 400 Free Mari Liang, 200 IM Yun Liu, 200 Fly Olivia Luhnau, 50 Breast Bryan Pan, 50 Back & 50 Fly Grace...

Congratulations to Simone Manuel, who placed 2nd in the 50m freestyle at the 2013 World Championships Trials. Simone's time of 25.01 is the fastest 15-16 time in American history! By placing 2nd in the event, Simone has earned an individual event at the World Championships in July. She was named the 18 & Under national champion in the event. Previously in the week, Simone placed 3rd in the 100m freestyle, earning a spot on the 4 x 100 freestyle relay. Congratulations Simone!  

The First Colony Swim Team held our annual spring banquet to celebrate the achievments of our age group and senior swimmers during the 2013-2014 short course season.  Congratulations to FCST Spirit Award winners Noelle Marsh, Ashley Harmon, and Kaitlyn Swinney! Congratulations to the following swimmers who were selected at the Most Improved swimmers: Junior I- Elizabeth Bernstein, Brendan Hon, Jenna Moreno, Josephine Muschel Junior II- Heather Donati, Michael Pham, Larry Xue Age Group I- Omar Abou El Azm, Amelie Cabergas, Katelyn Kulow, Krishnan Vellore Age Group II- Rory Kalac, Allen Zheng Age Group III- Maia...