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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!

Florida Swimming LSC All-Stars won the Duel Meet with All-Stars from the Florida Gold Coast LSC at Fort Pierce, FL on April ,10-11, 2010. Women's scores 1. Florida Swimming 358 2. Florida Gold Coast All Stars 278 Men's scores 1. Florida Swimming 346 2. Florida Gold Coast All Stars 290 Combined Scoring 1. Florida Swimming 704 2. Florida Gold Coast All Stars 568 Full Meet Results

Miranda Uhl has made the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championship Team Miranda Uhl of Gator Swim Club (GSC) has been selected as a team member for the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships! They will compete in Eindhoven, Nederland August 15-21st.
7th Annual GTAC Disability Open, May 15th – 16th 7th Annual GTAC Disability Open, May 15th – 16th hosted by the Greater Toledo Club at the University of Cincinnati is open to all swimmers with a disability (physical or intellectual). Entry deadline is April 15th. Meet information available at www.gtacswim.com. Classification for athletes and officials training will also be available.

Florida Swimming Bud & Irene Hacket Scholarship Florida Swimming will present two $1,000.00 awards to one male and one female Florida Swimming/USA Swimming athlete member, in 2010. If you know of a student/athlete member you believe deserves and meets the criteria please have them fill out the enclosed form and return it by July 13, 2010. The awards committee will review the applications and announce the recipient on Saturday, July 24, during the “2010 Long Course Senior Championship” being held at Sarasota YMCA, in Sarasota, Florida. Click Here...

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 9. THE University of North Florida Department of Athletics announces the reinstatement of the women's swimming and diving program after a careful reevaluation. UNF announced in March that it would be discontinuing ... Click Here To Read The Full Story!

Dear Members, Coaches and Parents of USA Swimming, In recent days our sport has been portrayed in a very bad light in the media. Sadly, I have also been portrayed as an insensitive, uncaring administrator and spokesperson for USA Swimming. There are pieces of the recent 20/20 interview that I’d like to have back, there were important things left out, and there were pieces of the report that were untrue. As a father myself, it breaks my heart to know that there are children out there who have been taken advantage...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 10. SARASOTA YMCA walked away with the combined team title after the final day of competition at the YMCA Short Course Nationals. Meanwhile, Eau Claire's Leah Pronschinski produced the ninth YMCA mark of the meet. Sarasota won the overall team title with... Click Here To Read The Full Story!



