Register NOW for the Regional Build a Pool Schools to be hosted in May. You will have lunch with Aquatic Fitness Professionals as well as see some of the aquatic programs that could be part of your programming for a sustainable aquatic center. Join USA Swimming in Palm Harbor, Florida,  on May 17th & 18th.     If you can’t make this BAP School we will be hosting in New Orleans in September, Indianapolis in October and Los Angeles November.   Questions please contact Sue Nelson at [email protected]

  Chelsea Nauta Claims Victory At The Tampa Bay Marathon Swim Six Swimmers out of a Field of Eighteen Starters Battle Wind and Waves to Complete a 24 Mile Swim of the Length of Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, Florida - Tampa native Chelsea Nauta was able to fight through swells and a strong headwind to become the Overall Champion at the 16th Annual Tampa Bay Marathon Swim. The three-time FHSAA Swimmer of the Year and USA National Team member was able to finish the swim in 10 hours, 7 minutes to...

The preliminary rosters for the LSC All-Star Team Open Water Challenge is now posted.  We are waiting for the FGC roster, which should be posted tonight. If you see any errors, please contact All-Star Coach  Cashel Mack or Don Henshaw.

USA Swimming has updated the Coach Requirements for 2013-14.  The new requirements are here.

  4/12/2013     Editor’s note: Every Friday, USASwimming.org will publish “Coaches You Should Know,” featuring some of the best age group and grassroots coaches in the nation. This week, we bring you Florida LSC 2012 Age Group Coach of the Year Sherwood Watts.   Sherwood Watts is the head age group coach of the Sarasota YMCA. Watts calls himself a proud product of the YMCA, having grown up and eventually starting his coaching career there.   This is his seventh Age Group Coach of the Year award and has guided...

  All 2014 FL meet bids for regular meets will be due on April 15, 2013 to present to TP and the BOD for acceptance. 2014 Meet Bid Form

  Attention: Renewing and Up-dating Coach’s & Officials: All Foundations of Coaching exams – the original as well as the new Coaching Rules & Regulations that is required with FOC 201 – will be unavailable from April 15-30. The officials’ online exams will also be unavailable on these dates. All of these exams are being updated to allow for the May 1st rule changes. If you have not completed these certifications prior to April 15, you will not be able to complete this certification until May 1st. There is no...

  USA Swimming to Offer Free Athlete Protection Training to Athlete Members   More than 300,000 athletes have the opportunity to utilize online training   COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming today launched its first-ever free online Safe Sport programming for the more than 300,000 athlete members of the organization. The online programming, created by youth protection education leader Praesidium, will empower athletes with information about sexual abuse prevention, how to identify inappropriate behavior, and how to report concerns. Athlete education will be available  online starting on April 9.  "Education is a fundamental...

All member rosters have been updated, and are now posted under the "LSC Info" tab here.

  Technical Planning proposed a change in the championship meet bid process to allow for better planning / awarding of championship meets. Starting at the 2013 Florida Swimming Convention in October, the HOD would vote on the summer championship meets for the following year, and the Spring meets following that. So, for 2013 Convention, we would vote for 2014 summer and 2015 Spring meets.