OFFICE NOTES – NOVEMBER 2025 COACHES – Remind athletes that are 18+ years old and competing in the FHSAA High School series, they need to have a current Athlete Protection Training course completed on their USA Swimming membership to have their times count in the USA Swimming database. 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...

Sarasota Sharks Assistant Coach Job posted. Details here.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Florida LSC Age Group (FLAGS), and Senior Champs Time Standards for 2026 are now posted after HOD approval.

Here is some helpful information for 2026 USAS Registrations. SWIMS 3.0

GCST Coach Don Henshaw was presented an award for Open Water at the 2025 USA Swimming Annual Summit in Denver, Co. Don has been the Florida Zone Team Coach for several years, as well as a 3 time host of the SZ OW Championships, and 4 time host of US Swimming Open Water National Championships. Congratulations to Coach Henshaw on this outstanding achievement!