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USA SWIMMING'S SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM 2011-2016 Time Standards 2012-13 Scholastic All America Applications Each year, USA Swimming recognizes its members who excel both in the classroom and in the pool. The Scholastic All-America Team is made up of high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event. To be eligible for this recognition, swimmers must have completed 10th, 11th or 12th grade and must be a USA Swimming member athlete. Eligible times must...

The Florida Zone team competed in Greenville SC last week and Team Florida finished 2nd out of 13 team entered into the Southern Zone meet. Team Captains were Lindsey Trematerra and Max Bungert, they led Team Florida to some phenomenal swimming.. Both the Senior men and women won their age groups. Winner of individual events were: Kaitlyn Cronin 50 Free & 50 Back Abi Burke 100 Free Lindsey Trematerra 100 Free McKenna Harris 100 Breast Robert Finke 1500 Free William McKinney 50 Fr (Jr Nat) Team Florida had 42 swimmers make...

2013 Nomination Forms are now available for open positions on the BOD. The election will be held at the Annual Convention on October 6, 2013. The form must be turned in to the Florida Swimming Office by September 9th.

The 2014 Summer, and 2015 Spring Championship Meet Bid Forms are now posted on the Meet Managers page here. The form must be turned in to the the Florida Swimming Office by September 23, 2013.

Athlete Protection Training (APT) MANDATORY TRAINING FOR NON-ATHLETE MEMBERS Non-athlete members of USA Swimming are required to complete the APT Mandatory Education. New members will be required to have their non-athlete application form and payment processed by their LSC, Florida Swimming (FL) registrar before they can sign in to complete the course. All of the current members that have APT dates lapsing before 12/31/13 will have their APT date extended to 12/31/13. Do not try to take a renewal of APT until after 9/1/13. ** USA Swimming is NOT taking...

Congratulations to the 2013 athlete award recipients of the Florida Swimming, Inc. 2013 Irene & Bud Hackett Award. Rachel Cunio - TST & Cory Stein - CVST Following was the 2013 essay criteria for participation:  Must be a graduating high school senior.  Must be a member of Florida Swimming, Inc. for 2 years.  Must graduate with a minimum 3.25 GPA (unweighted).  Nominee must show ability to be a leader.  Nominee should be well-respected member of their community.

Bolles wins the 2013 Florida LC Summer Senior Champs. Top 3 Teams: Bolles School Sharks 1,163 Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club 1,040 Blue Dolfins 915.50 Individual High Point Winners: 15-16 Girls - Kelsey Hahn (BD) 15-16 Boys - Seth Borgert (HTA) Senior Girls - Macey Arnold (TCA) Senior Boys - Caleb Tosh (SAC) Results and more can be found here.

DIVERSITY CLINIC / CAMP This email is being sent to all Florida Swimming, Inc. chartered club. We are in the process of establishing a Diversity clinic/camp and are offering the opportunity for you to volunteer your pool and facility this fall to be our first host. The structure of this event would be pool usage in the morning, a light lunch, and a possible speaker in the afternoon. The time frame we are looking at, for a host club, is August to October 2013. If interested in assisting with...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL USA-S NON-ATHLETE MEMBERS! (Coaches, Officials & Others) USA Swimming changes to the online Athlete Protection Training (APT) requirement, which are outlined below, will take place on or around September 1st (that’s the target date). Remember that the APT is a requirement for all non-athlete members so it will affect more than just coaches and officials. Please help spread the word about these changes in any documents that you send out or publish regarding 2014 non-athlete membership. Thank you! APTs expiring September thru December 2013: will...

Don't miss the opportunity to have an Orlando Grand Prix T-shirt that was autographed by some of the greatest Olympians that have represented the USA in the Olympic Games. 3 will be raffled at Senior Champs. The drawings will be held at Sunday night Finals. All proceeds will benefit the FL All-Star Teams! Ticket Price: 1 ticket for $5.00 3 tickets for $10.00 Athlete Signatures: Ryan Lochte Missy Franklin Dana Vollmer Mel Stuart Anthony Ervin Conor Dwyer Rowdy Gaines Tyler McGill Amanda Weir Maritza Correia Brooke Bennett ...


