Florida Swimming has released the Florida Age Group Championships, and Florida Senior Championships Meet Announcement Letters.

  Swimmers broke seven meet records Saturday at the 2010 Speedo Short Course Junior National Championships in Atlanta. A total of 20 meet records fell over the course of the three-day meet. Breaking meet records Saturday were Evan Pinion of Pilot Aquatic Club in the men’s 1650-yard freestyle (15:02.07), Courtney Bartholomew of Michigan Lakeshore in the women’s 200y backstroke (1:53.16), Jacob Pebley of Corvallis Aquatics  in the men’s 200y back (1:42.73), Mary Olsen of Sun Devil Aquatics in the women’s 200y breaststroke (2:10.03), Tanja Kylliainen of Loyola Blakefield in the...

      Eight meet records fell Friday at the 2010 Speedo Junior National Championships in Atlanta. Breaking meet records on the second day of competition were Tanja Kylliainen of Loyola Blakefield Aquatics in the women’s 400-yard IM (4:09.66), Carlos Omana of Metro Aquatic Club in the men’s 400y IM (3:47.60), Will Hamilton of Great Lakes Aquatics in the men’s 100y fly (47.32) and the 200y free (1:36.20), Mary Olsen of Sun Devil Aquatics in the 100y breast (59.81), Jacob Pebley in the 100y back (47.62), First Colony in the...

  Five meet records fell on the first night of the Speedo Junior National Championships in Atlanta. The meet is being held Dec. 9-11, 2010 Breaking meet records Thursday was First Colony in the women’s 200-yard free relay (1:32.06), Dynamo Swim Club in the men’s 200y free relay (1:21.83), Evan Pinion of Pilot Aquatics in the men’s 500y free (4:18.88), Sun Devil Aquatics in the women’s 400y medley relay (3:42.08), and Bolles School Sharks in the men’s 400y medley relay (3:21.15). Other first-place finishers Thursday included Kathryn Campbell of Swim...

 USA Swimming will launch a new background check program on January 10, 2011.   All non-athlete members who have not previously completed the USA Swimming background check must successfully complete the new background check program by February 15, 2011.   All non-athlete members who have previously completed the USA Swimming background check before September 1, 2010, are required to complete the new check prior to April 30, 2011.   Any non-athlete members who completed the USA Swimming background check after September 1, 2010 must complete the new background check prior to...

University of California - Berkeley head women’s swim coach Teri McKeever and University of Florida head coach Gregg Troy have been selected to lead the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swim Team, USA Swimming announced via media conference call today. McKeever will serve as Head Women’s Coach while Troy has been named Head Men’s Coach.*   “Teri McKeever and Gregg Troy are two truly exceptional coaches and we are honored to have such high caliber leaders at the helm of our Olympic Team,” said Chuck Wielgus, USA Swimming’s executive director. ““Our goal...

    12/7/2010     As 2010 draws to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of USA Swimming and its athletes, both in and out of the pool. In the pool, 2010 saw a dominant performance by the U.S. National Team at the year’s biggest international event, the Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships. Team USA topped the medal count with a total of 51 medals (27 gold, 17 silver and seven bronze) and broke 23 meet records. The U.S. team’s performance dwarfed the competition...

  Florida Swimming has released the latest update of the Top 10 LC Times for 2010 here.

We will be closed December 22 through December 31 and will reopen January 3, 2011.

Attached is a document that by Monday of next week will be mailed and e-blasted to all USA Swimming clubs and LSC's.  Teams are to have a Travel Policy in place by December 31, 2010.  The USA-S House of Delegates voted this fall that all USA-S clubs are to have a Travel Policy for their team trips.  Attached is information on this and a letter from our USA-S President, Bruce Stratton. Model Travel Policies Intro Letter Model Travel Policies Final Letter