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With many great performances throughout the weekend, FCST moved up to 15th place at this year's Texas Age Group Championships. Leading the way with new NCSA Junior National Cuts were Darrin Asphall and Ashley Harmon. Top 8 Peformances throughout the weekend include: Darrin Asphall: 2nd in 1000 Free, 5th in 200 Free, 3rd in 500 Free and 4th in 1650 Free Britanny Bui: 8th in 200 Fly Ashley Harmon: 1st in 200 Fly Carlos Monteagudo: 8th in 1000 Free, 7th in 1650 Free Thuc Nguyen: 8th in 50 Breast...
With 2 National Age Group Records, Simone Manuel led FCST at the NCSA Junior National Meet in Orlando, FL. With over 1700 athletes, this was one of the biggest and fastest meets in the history of the NCSA Meet. Considered a break-out meet nationally for Simone by many, she broke the National Age Group records for the 15-16 age group in the 50 Free (22.04) and 100 Free (47.73). In addition to these 2 races, she also won the 200 Free. (1:44.22). All 3 of these races were also...
How To Get Young Swimmers To Eat Well By Jill Castle, MS, RD Parents and coaches want their swimmers to feel good, eat well and perform to their best ability. But that’s not always easy to accomplish when you have growing bodies, different food preferences and developmental influences to consider. At a recent swim meet, I heard a variety of food complaints from parents: “Sarah didn’t eat at all during the meet!” “Every time I saw Sam, he was at the concession stand eating fruit snacks. He had at...
Thirteen FCST athletes spent their Spring Break competing at the 2013 NCSA Jr National Championships. A special congratulations goes to Simone Manuel, who set the National Age Group Record in the 15-16 year old girls 100 freestyle. Her winning time of 47.73 is the fastest any American 15-16 yr old female has been. To view Swimming World's video of the race, click on the following link: http://tv.swimmingworldmagazine.com/events/2013-ncsa-junior-nationals/interviews/20443
The 10 & Under Boys and 13-14 Boys had team record breaking 400 Free Relays to lead the efforts on day 2 of the Texas Age Group Championships. The 10 & Under boys relay, consisting of Bryan Pan, Jordan Dorado, Ben Greene and Eli Greene swam a time of 4:24.76 breaking the previous record of 4:25.60. The 13-14 boys relay, consisting of Barrett Roberts, Chris Yeager, Carlos Monteagudo and Darrin Asphall swam a time of 3:21.49 breaking the previous record of 3:22.33 Congratulations!
FCST had a great first day of TAGs in The Woodlands. Leading the way was Darrin Asphall, 13, who qualified for the NCSA Junior National meet in the 1000 Freestyle. The 13-14 Boys relay team of Chris Yeager, Carlos Monteagudo, Barrett Robers and Darrin Asphall broke the team record in the 800 Free Relay by over 20 seconds Other great first night swims include Peyton Quattlebaum who dropped 23 seconds to finish 3rd in the 13-14 Girls 1000 Freestyle. Bryan Pan dropped 6 seconds to finish 3rd in the...
Do you currently compete (or hope to compete) at the Junior National level? Did you know that drug testing occurs at this level? Did you know that something as simple as Sudafed is on the banned list? Check out USADA (US Anti-Doping Agency)'s Supplement 411 site: http://www.usada.org/supplement411 to learn more about supplements and the risks with taking them.
Spring Champs II - Meet Recap Congratulations to all FCST Swimmers on a great weekend of racing at Spring Champs II and securing a 3rd place team finish. On Friday night FCST swimmers got off to a great start during the 400 IM and 500 Free resulting in new personal best times for 22 out of 28 swims. This awesome trend continued throughout the weekend resulting in numerous new time standards. NCSA Cuts: Brett Pinfold – 200Breast Sectional Cuts: Delaney Quattlebaum – 500Free, 1000Free Zach Enloe –...
First Colony had a great weekend of swimming that resulted in numerous top times and new TAGS qualifiers. Friday night started the meet off amazing with 81% personal best times swam. The First Colony swimmers continued to impress throughout the weekend with countless personal bests swam and showed a lot of team spirit cheering their teammates on all weekend. Individual High Point: 9-10 Boys - Bryan Pan 13-14 Boys - Will Schuler New TAGS Qualification Times: Bryan Pan – 50 Free & 50 Fly Benjamin...
