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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...
Congratulations to Simone Manuel, Brett Pinfold, and Kaitlyn Swinney for an outstanding performance at the 2012 USA Swimming Winter National Championships. The group came away with numerous best times, Texas and Gulf records, and a great deal of experience competing at the national level. Thanks to Simone and Kaitlyn’s efforts, the women finished 11th in the club team scoring. Simone set new Gulf and Texas records in the 100 free and 200 free, and she set a Gulf record in the 200 IM. Simone’s time of 47.97 was fast enough...
Although the temperatures may have been a little chilly at the November Open Meet, the FCST swimmers were hot with numerous great swims. Throughout the weekend, we had swimmers making new TAGS, Gulf Times, Motivational Times and Best Times. New TAGS Times: Jeff Kue, 100 Back & Charles Yuen, 100 Free New Gulf Times: Ryan Aaron, 100 Breast; Ava Breeze, 100 Fly; Nicholas Choo, 200 IM; Tim Cummins, 200 IM; Claire Donavan, 100 Breast & 100 Fly; Tiffany Dormiani, 200 Breast; Ben Greene, 200 Free; Eli Greene, 100 Fly; Richelle...
2012 Olympic Team- How did the get here? Read a quick article from USA Swimming on this. http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=4860&mid=11997
Congratulations to Brett Pinfold, a senior at Austin High School, who has signed a letter of intent to swim at the University of Wisconsin in the fall. Brett is a 2012 Olympic Trials participant and Jr National finalist. Wisconsin is a top 25 school, and Brett looks to make an immediate contribution to the middle distance program. Brett has been a member of FCST for nearly 10 years, and we congratulate Brett on continuing his swimming career in college!
FCST had 30 seniors compete in the November Senior Meet in Pearland. This was a fantastic mid-season meet for the senior swimmers, highlighted by Ashley Mercadel and Darrin Asphall. Congratulations to Ashley for making her first Sectional cut (1650 free) and to Darrin for breaking the 13-14 boys 1650 FCST team record! Swimmers making new time standards are the following: Winter Nationals- Simone Manuel (200 IM) Sectionals- Darrin Asphall (1650 free), Simone Manuel (100 breast), Ashley Mercadel (1650 free), Asia Quentin (200 IM), and Kaitlyn Swinney (1650 free). In addition,...
