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First Colony Wins Gulf Open Water Champs! Congratulations to all FCST swimmers who participated in the 2012 Gulf Open Water Championships! FCST won the combined team title with 396 points and the men’s title with 200 points. The ladies placed 2nd with 196 points. Leading FCST were our individual event winners: Bryan Pan- 10 & Under 800 Free, Madison Varisco- 15 & Over 800 Free, Christopher Yeager- 13 & 14 2 mile, and Corey Duke- 15 & Over 2 mile. Other swimmers placing in the top 3 were Caitlyn...
Congratulations to all swimmers for a fantastic showing at the October Friday Night at the Races! Meet results can be found here. A special thanks go to all of our parent volunteers for your hard work in providing this opportunity for our swimmers!
USA Swimming Top 10-Long Course Meters USA Swimming has been compiling the fastest times for all Long Course Meter swims from September 1, 2011-August 31, 2012. From these times USA has published the Top 10 times from around the country. For this past season First Colony Swim Team had 6 swimmers make the list. Chris Yeager- 6thplace in the 13 year old 400 Meter Freestyle 10thplace in the 13 year old 800 Meter Freestyle 6thplace in the 13 year old 1500 Meter Freestyle Darrin Asphall- 9thplace in the 13 year old...
Gulf Swimming is offering a camp for all 8 & Unders (new and returning) on October 20. The camp will include • Dryland Training and Nutrition for young swimmers • Stroke Technique stations • Fun group activities • Parent education session For more information, click here.
FCST would like to congratulate Donna Lai for winning the R. S. Bob Stallings award at the annual Gulf banquet! According to the Gulf handbook: The R.S. ’Bob’ Stallings Award was established in 2008 to recognize a swim official for his/her invaluable contribution to Gulf Swimming. The award is named after Bob Stallings, a former Texas A&M swimmer and longtime Gulf Swimming, high school and collegiate official. Bob was a dedicated supporter of swimming at all levels and his dedication to the sport is epitomized by his death while officiating...
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The USA Swimming House of Delegates approved several rule changes at the 2012 USA Swimming convention. To view all of the rule changes, click here.
USA Swimming released the updated Motivational Time Standards (B, BB, A, etc) for the 2013-2016 quad. To view them, click here: http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/247b781e-ec16-406d-bc76-38aea59b0008/2016MotivationalTimes-Top16.pdf
