from swimmingworldmagazine.com May 26, 2010 PHOENIX, Arizona, May 26. A former USA Swimming national team director is one of 46 people put on a list released Tuesday of those banned from membership in the organization. The most notable name on the list is Everett Uchiyama, who held the p... read more...

USA Swimming to Launch New Website Wednesday, May 19th! USA Swimming will launch a brand new website on Wednesday, May 19. The new www.usaswimming.org   will feature a radically revamped design, vastly improved navigation and an abundance of video features. The website will also continue to offer training resources, event information, unique content and times for our 300,000 members. The new USASwimming.org aims to help our members take advantage of USA Swimming's many programs and services. From tips and training tools to help swimmers improve to comprehensive educational and developmental...

Hotel information for the Florida Swimming Open Water Championships, and All-Star Challenge can be found here. The Open Water weekend starts on June 11th and ends on June 12th at Fort Myers Beach, FL.

Vote for Athlete to be Featured on 2011 Membership Card   Please vote for the athlete who will be featured on the 2011 athlete membership card. Male athletes are featured in even numbered years; females in odd numbered years. Previously featured athletes include Janet Evans (2007), Matt Biondi (2008), Tracy Caulkins (2009), and Mel Stewart (2010). Your vote counts, so please vote here!  Voting will end on May 15, 2010.

Corrected Zone Team Travel Info Released   The Florida Swimming Age Cgroup Chair, Melissa Bitting, has released the team Travel information for the 2010 Florida Swimming Zone Team.  Click Here to get all of the information.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 3. AS Swimming World has covered in the past few months, USA Swimming president Jim Wood put together a Professional Swimming Task Force. The panel put forth a new proposal to the USA Swimming Board, and that proposal has been approved. The next step is to work the proposal into the USA Swimming budget, which will be reviewed by the executive committee in August and the House of Delegates in September. "This has been a team effort by athletes, coaches, volunteers and USA Swimming staff to...

Top Candidtates for 2010 Florida Swimming Age Group Zone Team   A total of seven 11-12 girls and boys, seven 13-14 girls and boys and ten 15-18 girls and boys will be selected to compete in the meet which begins July 27th in Atlanta at Georgia Tech. These 48 athletes will represent Florida Swimming while competing against other LSC’s in the Southern Zone. We are three time defending champions!!!! Zone Team Head Coach Benji DeMotte will be making official calls to invite athletes to be a part of the team....

  Dear Members, Coaches & Parents of USA Swimming: Following our most recent letter to the membership regarding USA Swimming’s 7- Point Plan for a Safe & Positive Environment, we are pleased to share with you that the USA Swimming Board of Directors acted this weekend to immediately implement a series of landmark measures that support the plan. It is through full implementation of the 7-Point Plan that USA Swimming, working in partnership with respected outside experts and our local member swim clubs, will strengthen the safeguards that are in...

     USA Swimming Announces 7-Point Action Plan for a Safe and Positive Sport Environment  (4/21/2010)   COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming announced today the immediate implementation of a 7-Point Action Plan to address the issue of child protection in the sport. The plan outlines seven action steps to make certain the best possible safeguards are in place for the organization’s 300,000 members.    The action plan was shared today with the USA Swimming membership in an open letter from President Jim Wood and Executive Director Chuck Wielgus.   ...

University of Florida Wins Men's and Combined Team Titles at American Swimming Association's Collegiate Club Swimming National Championships This weekend, the top teams in the American Swimming Association University League, ASA U., came together again for the 6th Annual ASA U. Collegiate Club Swimming National Championships.  At the top of the pack throu...   Full Story!