Fellow Florida Swimming Officials, The Plantation Swim Team will be hosting the 2014 SPEEDO Champions Series – Southern Zone – South Sectional Championship on March 13-16, at the Plantation Aquatic Complex.  We would love to have you be part of the meet.  I am attaching an application to officiate to this email.  If you are interested in working an “assigned” position please submit this application as soon as possible.   The uniform for the meet will be White shirts over Khaki shorts, skirts or pants for all sessions.  If you are...

The Agenda, Proposal, and Call-In Instructions have been added the the Event Page for this meeting.   Title: Official's Committee Description: Meeting of Florida Swimming Officials Committee Date & Time: Thu, Feb 6th, 2014 at 8:00 pm EST Presentation instructions At the time listed above, click the following link to join: http://floridaswimming.enterthemeeting.com/m/VEMHMYFT  Or join the meeting from your iPhone or iPad by downloading the MeetingBurner mobile app and using the meeting ID VEMHMYFT. Audio instructions Dial-in to the following conference line: Number: (949) 202-4265 Audio Pin: 4120684# Or, you can join the conference bridge with your computer's...

 See some of USA Swimming's top stars compete in our backyard. We have a specially discounted price available for Florida swimmers, and teams that would like to attend the Arena Grand Prix Orlando as a spectator.  Information can be found here. The meet will run on Thursday Feb. 13th to Saturday Feb. 15th at the YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando, FL with Prelims starting at 9 AM, and Finals starting at 6 PM each day.

Stroke and Turn Clinic on Tuesday, February 4th at 5:30 pm at the St. Petersburg Aquatics pool located at 901 North Shore Dr. NE, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701 in the Classroom.  For more information please call Joanne Gauzens at (727) 692-2832. 

The Meet Announcement and corrected Events File for Spring Senior Champs is now posted on the  Event Page

The athlete and assistant coach  application for the 2014 USA Swimming Diversity Select Camp is now available.   Each spring, USA Swimming invites 36 athletes from underrepresented populations to participate in a three-day camp program which includes pool training, motivational and education sessions and team-building activities. Selection is based on USA Swimming sanctioned events. The deadline for both applications is Monday, February 18, 2014.

If your club is using Twitter to get out information about events, meets etc, if you add " @FloridaSwimLSC " to your tweet, I will be notified and give you a retweet so your information shows up on the Florida Swimming home page. This is great way to let people know about your events and more. Florida Swimming Web

  The FINA Technical Committee met in Bangkok, Thailand on December 6-7, 2013. At the meeting there was a discussion of the term “separated hands” as it relates to the rule adopted by FINA at its August, 2013 Congress. The discussion resulted in the following interpretation: “Separated means that the hands cannot be stacked one on top of the other. It is not necessary     to see space between the hands. Incidental contact at the fingers is not a concern”   Accordingly, the separated hands in breaststroke and butterfly interpretation issued...

The Florida Office will be closed on MLK Day, January 20, 2014.

The entry deadline for Senior Circuit #1 in Stuart, FL has changed to Jan. 15, 2014. Event Page