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Thank you to everyone who participated in this month's Sunday Morning at the Races. We saw many best times and enjoyed watching some of our masters compete! A special thank you goes to our parent volunteers to made this competitive opportunity possible for our athletes! Meet results can be found here: http://results.teamunify.com/gsfcst/
The 1976 men’s Olympic Team met immediately after the Trials in Long Beach, Calif. Head Coach Jim “Doc” Counsilman told the team that he believed that had the chance to win every gold medal at the Olympic Games in Montreal. The team had a four-and-a-half-week training camp to prepare for the Games. One of the major obstacles to a gold medal sweep for the USA would be Australia’s Stephen Holland. Holland was both the reigning world champion and longtime world record holder in the 1500. One of America’s hopefuls...
Register here for FCST's free Make a Splash Day, Water Safety/Drowning Prevention event April 27th FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: First Colony Swim Team CHALLENGES Sugar Land and Missouri City FAMILIES TO MAKE A SPLASH WITH NATIONAL WATER SAFETY INITIATIVE. USA SWIMMING FOUNDATION ENCOURAGES KIDS TO LEARN TO SWIM, BE SAFE AROUND THE WATER Sugar Land, TX – Nine people drown every day in the U.S. and First Colony Swim Team wants to change that statistic by raising awareness of the importance of water safety this summer. All Sugar Land and Missouri City-area families...
2008 Olympian Garrett Weber-Gale was invited to speak at the White House last month, and this month will be at FCST! Space is limited, sign up now for this great opportunity to learn from two-time Gold medalist Garrett Weber-Gale, on Sunday, April 14th at 10 am at the Club pool in New Territory.
Congratulations to the 19 FCST Swimmers on Gulf Swimming's Ladder of Success! This list recognizes swimmers who ranked in the Top 5 in their age and event. See below for our FCST representation and click here for a full listing. Bryan Pan (200 FR/500 FR) Charles Yuen (1000 FR) Will Schuler (1000 FR/1650 FR) Mazen Hassan (1000 FR/1650 FR) Thuc Nguyen (50 BR) Darrin Asphall (500 FR, 1000 FR, 1650 FR) Chris Yeager (500 FR, 1000 FR, 1650 FR) Peyton Quattlebaum (1000 FR) Barrett Roberts (100 BK, 200 BK)...
Congratulations to Maddie Locus (FCST and Dulles High School Class of 2011), who is a member of the NCAA Division I National Championship team, the Georgia Bulldogs. Maddie was a member of the 2nd place 200 freestyle relay, and she also competed in the 50 and 100 free. The Bulldogs won this title last weekend at the NCAA Division I Championships in Indianapolis.
Congratulations to Coach Lindsie Micko, who was recently named to the USA Swimming Zone Select Camp staff. Coach Lindsie will travel to the University of Louisville at the end of May to work with USA Swimming support staff and 56 of the Southern Zone's top 14 & Under athletes. For more information about the camp, click here: http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1440&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en Congratulations Coach Lindsie!
