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With over 250 swimmers, FCST dominated the first ever 3rd Coast Invitational held by Pearland Aquatics. In a prelim-final meet format, FCST swimmers stepped up and had great performances throughout the weekend. Leading the way were Charlie Wort and Connor Myerson who both were first time qualifiers for the NCSA Junior National Meet. Final Team Scores: 1. First Colony Swim Team 6308.5 2. Pearland Aquatics 3230.5 3. Dads Club Swim Team 1479.5 4. Rice Aquatics 1360.5 5. Katy Aquatics 1290 6. South Shore Sails 767.5 7. Spartan Swimming 711...
Senior Elite group swimmers spent time talking to their younger counterparts at a special MLK day practice. They shared their experiences training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs this past winter break in addition to providing a bit of their swimming history to White, Red, Blue and Age Group 1 groups. FCST thanks Connor, Ashley, Brett and Simone for taking the time to share with their excited young team-mates!
There is a ton of fast swimming taking place in Pearland and Austin! We have three athletes that made very special first time qualifying times. Congratulations to Connor Myerson and Charlie Wort for making your first NCSA Junior National cuts. Connor qualified in the 100 and 200 breast, and Charlie qualified in the 100 back. Congratulations to Brett Pinfold for making your first World Championship Trials cut. Brett qualified in the 200 free. Let's keep the fast swimming going!
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming, in collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee, today announced the cities that have submitted official bids to host the 2016 Olympic Team Trials – Swimming. A total of six cities will be reviewed as the potential site for the biggest swimming event in the country that will select the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Team. The cities in contention are: • Greensboro, N.C. • Indianapolis, Ind. • Jacksonville, Fla. • Omaha, Neb. • St. Louis, Mo. • San Antonio, Texas USA Swimming...
Congratulations to our 8 & Under swimmers on a 4th place finish at the 8 & Under Championships held at Cy-Ranch High School in Cypress. The following swimmers finished with 1st place medals: Justin Buchwalter (7) in the 25 Fly and 25 Breast Nina Reid (8) in the 25 Breast Annie Schoditsch (7) in the 100 Free Top 8 Finishes: Justin Buchwalter, Eric Chen, Malaya Cimino, Max Cimino, George Fan, Kate Fogleman, Josh Guice, Weston Hawryluk, Jevine Kong, Vivian Le, Kory Khai Ngo, Natalie Nguyen, Nina Reid, Annie...
Please welcome Coach Erik Andrews who joins the team in January. Coach Andrews is a Level 3 ASCA Coach. He has coached numerous Sectional and TAGS qualifiers and been a coach for 4 Zone teams, including the inaugural North American Challenge Cup for Southern California which competed against a team from Mexico and Canada. Coach Andrews was recently awarded most outstanding graduate student of the year 2012 for his Masters of Physical-Education coursework at the University of Houston. Coach Andrews will help with groups at the AC.
