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Mission Statement: Florida Swimming serves the competitive swimming community by providing
an environment where our members can achieve their greatest dreams, in and out of the pool.

Core Values: Safety, Integrity, Inclusion, Excellence, Supportive, Leadership

Vision: Dream, Believe, and Achieve

LSC Contacts:

Florida Swimming Office
Address: 214 E. Washington St., Suite B 
Minneola, FL 34715
Ph:  352-242-5145
Fax:  352-242-5245

Executive Director:  Vanessa Brewer E-mail
Adminstrative Assistant: Ellen Earley E-mail
Webmaster: Don Henshaw E-mail

News

  The Olympic Trials meet information book is now available. Visit the Olympic Trials event page to view it and other Olympic Trials information here.  

USA SWIMMING COACH MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS   From the USA Swimming rulebook: “Anyone who coaches athletes at a USA Swimming practice or competition must be a coach member of USA Swimming and must have satisfactorily completed safety training, criminal background checks and other coaches’ education as required by USA Swimming.”   Requirements must be kept current at all times. There is no grace period; coach membership is not valid if any of the requirements lapse or expire. Coaches do not have USA Swimming insurance coverage if their membership is not valid....

The Florida Swimming Office has released the latest update on all Members Rosters here.

Coaches,   As many of you are aware, the Florida Swimming Open Water All Star Challenge will be on April 28th in Ft. Myers.  Selection criteria for this event is as follows: Senior Champs: Top 6 boys and girls in the 15-16 1650 / 1500 FLAGS: Top 6 boys and girls in the 11-12 1000 and 13-14 1650.   I will be handing out information at the meets, but will need an answer from your swimmer the day of their qualifying swim.  This should be a great event this year. ...

Dear Coach,   I will be in Orlando on March 19th to teach a Club Leadership Business Management School from 9-4.  If you would like to attend or would like to have board members or key volunteers to attend please let me know.  I will also be attending a portion of the NCSA Juniors as well as the all-star meet.  I have the following days open for a team visit.  March 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29.  If you are interested please let me know.  I have attached a listing...

Dear Florida Swimming Coaches, Please submit your All Star coaching applications to Lisa Bitting, Florida Swimming Age Group Chairman, no later than Wednesday, February 8th at 5 pm.  The meet will be held on March 24-25 at Indian River State College.  The application is available on the Florida Swimming website on the All-Star Page here. Anyone interested in coaching the Florida Swimming Southern Zone Team needs to submit an application no later than Monday, March 12th at 5 pm to Lisa Bitting.  The meet will be held in Rockwall, TX...

Hotel information is now available on the All-Star Team page here.

Important information from Age Group Chairman Lisa Bitting has been posted on the All-Star Team Page here.

The new entry deadline for Trials will be 1:00 p.m. (Central Time) Monday, June 18, 2012.  

The Digital Edition of the January-February 2012 issue of Splash is now available online and as a mobile app for your iPad and iPhone.   Get National Team news, training tips, photos and event coverage, along with special online enhancements such as sound and video. Post the articles you like to facebook for all your friends to see, or save each issue to your hard drive to read offline. Access each issue with the web browser on your mobile phone, and read back issues in our archive. Get Splash here.