Read the newest USA Swimming nutrition article- Kids and Caffeine Don't Mix.

  Click here to listen to Coach Markell talk about the FCST Dryland program. 

  Click here to find information that is given to athletes at the Olympic Training Center.

  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.  

Read USA Swimming's Top Nutrition Questions of 2012 located here.

Behind numerous strong swims, FCST finished 2nd behind The Woodlands at the 2012 Gulf Age Group Championship Meet held at Don Cook Natatorium.   Leading the way for FCST was Chris Yeager, 14, who set 3 13-14 team records (500,1000, 1650 free) as well as qualifying for the NCSA Junior National Championships. New Sectional Qualifying Swims: Darrin Asphall:  1000 Free Brittany Bui:  200 & 400 IM, 100 & 200 Fly, 200 Back & 200 Breast Chris Yeager:   500 & 1650 Free Arthur Yuen:  100 & 200 Breast Peyton Quattlebaum:    1650...

USA Swimming has twenty-seven national committees that support the USA Swimming Board of Directors. Every year, coaches, athletes, and officials submit applications to sit on these committees. This year, FCST had FOUR members appointed to a national committee! Simone Manuel, a junior at Austin High School, was appointed to the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The mission of this committee is to provide opportunities in swimming to the under-represented and economically disadvantaged youth in the United States. She will serve a one-year term as an athlete rep. Kaitlyn Swinney, a junior...

The FCST Seniors took to the pool in College Station for the 2013 Senior Gulf Championship Meet. Congratulations to all swimmers for a fantastic meet! Congratulations to the following swimmers for top 8 finishes: Corey Duke (4th- 1650 free, 5th- 1000 free), Alicia Finnigan (5th- 200 fly, 8th- 100 fly, 8th- 400 IM), Shelby Fruge (8th- 200 fly, 8th- 1650 free), Michael Lin (7th- 200 back), Colleen Lord (6th- 1000 free), Asia Quentin (2nd- 100 fly, 5th- 200 IM), Kaitlyn Swinney (3rd- 200 IM, 4th- 200 back), and Charlie Wort...

  Gulf Champs Recap November 30-December 2, 2012   Congratulations to all of the FCST swimmers who participated in the Fall Champs Invitational this past weekend at HCAP.  We had great team spirit, many great swims and finished 1st as a team.   We should all be proud of these accomplishments. FCST won high point awards for each of the age groups.  Congratulations to the following: 10 & Under:        Tiffany Yan and  Eli Greene 11-12:                  Liddie Tillman and Keenan Salonga                                                                                                                        13-14:                  Jill Gicana and Josh Fruge...