WELCOME TO FLORIDA SWIMMING!

Mission Statement: Florida Swimming serves the competitive swimming community by providing
an environment where our members can achieve their greatest dreams, in and out of the pool.

Core Values: Safety, Integrity, Inclusion, Excellence, Supportive, Leadership

Vision: Dream, Believe, and Achieve

LSC Contacts:

Florida Swimming Office
Address: 214 E. Washington St., Suite B 
Minneola, FL 34715
Ph:  352-242-5145
Fax:  352-242-5245

Executive Director:  Vanessa Brewer E-mail
Adminstrative Assistant: Ellen Earley E-mail
Webmaster: Don Henshaw E-mail

News

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OFFICE NOTES – DECEMBER 2025  2026 REGISTRATION is OPEN – Club Charter - please make sure to renew your club charter online by 12/31/2025. Login to your USA Swimming account – tab for Club>Club Renewal. You will make the full payment online to USA Swimming for FL Charter of $455. NON-ATHLETE MEMBERS – please make sure you renew your Membership for 2026. 2025 FL SWIMMING NATIONAL SUPPORT – Winter meets – more info HERE. Official’s Membership Reimbursement – Non-athlete Officials that have served at least 8 sessions during the...

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USA Swimming Club Presidents, Owners, and Head Coaches, & Local Swimming Committee General Chairs, Admin, Operational Risk, and Office Staff USA Swimming is excited to announce the successful renewal of its Commercial General Liability, Excess Liability, and Participant Accident insurance policies for 2026 (1/1/2026-1/1/2027). We are contacting you now with an insurance broker update and instructions for obtaining Certificates of Insurance (Certificates) for 2026. Insurance Broker Update: We have exciting news for our membership. After an extensive RFP process, USA Swimming selected EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants (EPIC) as its...

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from SwimSwam news BY ROBERT GIBBS 47 November 15th, 2025High School, News, Previews & Recaps, Records Only a junior, Rylee Erisman of Windermere High School broke Gretchen Walsh‘s five-year old National High School record with a 46.73 in the 100 free today at Florida’s 4A State Championships. Walsh, who went on to break numerous records while swimming for the University of Virginia, had been the fastest high school competitor ever after going 46.98 at the 2020 Tennessee state championships. Traditionally, organizations have tracked separate records for public and independent (private)...

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Hello All! Please find attached more information on the Florida Swimming Express meets. Requirements: •     Meet is for USA Swimming/Florida Swimming members. •     Meets will be no more than 2 hours. •     Teams may only host one meet per 3 calendar days. •     Meets are Dual or Intrasquad ONLY. •     Meets can charge fees as noted in FL Rules & Regulations 223.3. •     Meets will need to follow all rules as laid out by USAS: 1.    Timing system must comply with USA Swimming Rule 102.23. 2.    Officiating must comply with Rule 102.10.4. There are no sanction fees or...

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Sarasota Sharks Assistant Coach Job posted. Details here.

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The 2026 Spring SZ Sectional Time Standards are now available here.

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APPROVED 2025 HOD LEGISLATION Intrasquad-Dual Meets Intrasquad-Dual Meets under 2 hours and follow all USA Swimming/Florida Swimming sanctions rules will incur no sanction fee or surcharges. More information to follow. Formation of Age Group/Senior Committees Formation of a Senior and Age Group Committees chaired by the respective chairs. These will consist of a non-athlete coach member from each Area (elected from 5 other Areas different from the chair) & 2 athletes, appointed by the athlete committee (as per recommended by USA Swimming). These committees would meet twice a year annually...

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Senior Championships (SPRING) NEW format – time standards posted to FL Times page. Prelims - Open A Super Finals - Open (any age Top 8) (top heat) B - 17-18 Top 8 Not Qualified for Super Finals C - 17-18 9-16 Not Qualified for Super Finals D - 15-16 Top 8 Not Qualified for Super Finals E - 15-16 9-16 Not Qualified for Super Finals Swimmers over the age of 18 and younger than 15 would only be able to return to finals in the Super finals heat. The other...

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2025 Florida Swimming Award Recipients IMX Swimmer of Year Female LCM SCY 10&U Adeline Farrier Solomia Fesenko 11 Emma Lynch Sarah Fiama 12 Sarah Fiama Ava Dipasquale 13 Ava Dipasquale Sydney Hardy 14 Sydney Hardy Sydney Hardy Male 10&U Isen Wolfe Luca Ferrera 11 Luca Ferrera Benett Christel 12 Aspen Ralys Benett Christel 13 Ivan Fesenko Ivan Fesenko 14 Caelan Tracy Noah Walker Outstanding Swimmer of the Year Female LCM SCY 10&U Solomia Fesenko Kaylie Smith 11 Emma Lynch Sarah Fiama 12 Gwendolyn Fox Ava Dipasquale 13 Natalia Lesniewska Sydney...

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2026-2027 FLORIDA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 – Approved 10/2024 2026 Short Course FLAGS – March 5-8 North – FAST – Ocala South – SRQ – Orlando 2026 Short Course Senior Champs – March 12-15 RAFC – Orlando 2026 – Approved 10/2025 2026 FL Open Water Championships Gulf Coast Swim Team (Ft. Myers Beach) – April 12 2026 Long Course FLAGS Championships, July 9-12 Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training (FAST) – Ocala 2026 Long Course SENIOR Championships, July 16-19 Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training (FAST) – Ocala 2026 Harry Meisel Championships, December...