FL Office Hours for April. Part Time Hours:  8:30 to 1:00 - April 4-10-11-14, 2014 Closed: April 17th through the 21st.  

Dear Florida coaches, I wanted to drop you a quick note to you all to pass along some exciting information.  Here at Florida Swim Network we continually strive to highlight you and your club, meets and promote the sport of swimming by creating excitement in your athletes.  Introducing a New Magazine Showcasing Swimmers from Florida! Just this week, we have just launched FSN Strokin’ Magazine, showcasing your swimmers, clubs, and coaches while reporting on things that happened in March. This magazine is absolutely free to view online and even download. We plan on publishing...

BY MIKE WATKINS//CORRESPONDENT The last time the Indian River State College men’s swimming and diving team lost a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championship meet, Jaws was stalking movie goers, gas was $.72 cents a gallon and BIC introduced the world’s first disposable razor.   That was in 1975 for those of you not up on your movie or razor trivia – the year when the IRSC swim dynasty began. Thirty-nine years and 40 championships later (36 straight for the women’s program), everyone involved with the program today sees...

Florida Swimming will present two $1,000.00 awards to one male and one female Florida Swimming/USA Swimming athlete member, in 2014. If you know of a student/athlete member you believe deserves and meets the criteria please have them fill out the enclosed form and return it by Monday, July 14, 2014. The FL awards committee will review the applications and announce the recipient Saturday, July 26, 2014, during the “2014 Florida Swimming Long Course Senior Championship”, held at Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL. APPLICATION Criteria for the Award: The...

The 2015 Summer Championship Meet Bid Form is now available for download here.  The form must be submitted to the Florida office by Tuesday April 22.  

 One of the premier swim clubs in Florida that has produced multiple senior nationals qualifiers, Olympic Trials finalists and current US National Team member Becca Mann, Clearwater Aquatic Team has achieved gold medal status in USA Swimming’s Club Excellence program with a 20th-place showing in 2013.  Led by head coach Randy Reese, who has accumulated over 45 years of coaching experience, Clearwater has produced a number of elite swimmers and built a tradition of excellence that has passed through generations of swimmers.  CAT is currently hosting the NASA Junior National...

The Senior Circuit meet venue has changed due to the FGCU pool issues and has been moved to the Brandon Blue Wave facility in Brandon on the same day.   Senior Circuit meet  - May 3rd - meters. 9 AM start session 1 4 PM start session 2 Meet information and file coming soon!

Board of Directors Conference Call Meeting scheduled for Monday March 24th at 8 PM. Login information and more can be found on the Event Page here.

Kaitlin Ledecky for the AAU Sullivan Award. Below is a link to the public voting page as well as the press release about the long, storied award.  Press Release - http://www.aausports.org/News/View-Story/ArtMID/1108/ArticleID/52414/AAU-Announces-2013-Sullivan-Award-Nominees   Voting Page - http://www.aausports.org/News/View-Story/ArtMID/1108/ArticleID/52405/Vote-for-84th-AAU-Sullivan-Award

2015 Spring FL Meet Schedule Bid Forms are now posted here.  The form must be back to the FL Office by Tuesday, April 22, 2014 to be presented for approval to the FL Technical Planning and FL BOD, at their April 26, 2014 meeting. 2015 Spring Championship dates and locations: 2015 FL Spring FLAGS Championship - March 12-15, 2015 - SYS 2015 FL Spring Senior Championships - February 26 to March 1, 2015 - YCF