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Allison Beebe

Sunshine State Showcase (formerly the FL/FG All Star Meet) – athletes will be selected from the COMBINED North & South Age Group Championships. More info HERE. FL Open Water Championship – April 13, 2024 – Ft. Myers Beach. More info HERE. FL Open Water Championships will be used to select the FL OW Zone Team. Team will travel to Lucas, KY – Friday, 5/31 – Sunday, 6/2. More info on selection HERE. FL Age Grone Zone Team will travel to Midland, TX – Tues, 7/23 – Sunday 7/28 – Applications...

Allison Beebe

INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN OFFICIAL! ATTEND A STROKE & TURN OFFICIAL FOR NEW OFFICIALS SIGN UP FOR ONE FLORIDA SWIMMING CLINIC ON THE LINK BELOW ALL CLINICS START AT 8PM Thursday, January 25TH– HERE Tuesday, January 30th - HERE Thursday, February 1st - HERE Tuesday, February 13th - HERE Thursday, February 29th - HERE

Allison Beebe

Congratulations to Grant Sanders, who qualified for the 2024 US Olympic Trials at this past weekend's FAST Open Meet. Grant swam a time of 2:02.91 in the 200 IM, which put him under the Olympic Trials qualifying standard of 2:03.49. This time ranks Grant in the top 200 in the world for 2023, and he's not done yet! Grant not only trains with the Falcons, but he also coaches our Age Group I swimmers. We are looking forward to cheering for Grant in Indianapolis in 2024! Congratulations Grant! (Picture to...

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Congratulations to all of the FAST Falcons on a very successful Florida high school swim season! We had 21 Falcons qualify for their Florida High School Athletic Association State Championship, with 19 Falcons scoring points for their high school! A special congratulations go to Bryce LaBonte, who swam to his first USA Swimming Jr National qualifying time! And another special congratulations go to Campbell Stever, who swam to her first USA Swimming Futures qualifying time! Swimmers who placed in the top 3 are Sabian Branch (3rd- 200 medley relay), Lara...

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Congratulations to Seth Hyde and Ian Disosway, who are the Falcon's very first USA Swimming Scholastic All Americans! To qualify, swimmers must have a USA Swimming Winter Junior National time standard and a 3.5 GPA. Less than .5% of all USA Swimming athletes achieve this status! Congratulations!

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Congratulations to the FAST Falcons for winning the 2nd Annual Pumpkin Plunge! We saw many swimmers compete in new events, and we had a lot of best times and happy faces! Our swimmers also set 38 team records! What a great weekend! A special congrats go to our high point winners: 8 & Under Girls: Sadie Sullivan (High Point) and Sawyer Sullivan (High Point Runner Up) 8 & Under Boys: Victor Chisu (High Point) 10 & Under Boys: Wit Anderson (High Point Runner Up) 11 & 12 Girls: Denise Paul...

Allison Beebe

Good luck to Denise Paul, Hannah Parkin, and Julianna Wolfe who are representing Florida Swimming and the Falcons at the 2023 USA Swimming Southern Zone Championships! All three atheltes were selected to this all star team based on performances from this spring. They will compete in a four day meet in North Carolina on July 26-29th. Go Falcons!

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Congratulations to Denise Paul, who just spent the weekend at the University of Maryland as part of USA Swimming's Regional Diversity Select Camp. Each camp had 56 athletes from around the country who had to have at least an 11-12 AAA time. Denise completed water workouts, classroom sessions, and group activities as part of her camp experience. More information about USA Swimming's Regional Diversity Select Camps can be found here: https://www.usaswimming.org/swimmers-parents/swimmers/swim-camps/regional-diversity-select. Congratulations Denise!

Allison Beebe

Over the weekend, the FAST Falcons had four swimmers compete in USA Swimming’s Southern Zone Open Water championships in North Carolina. Logan Martin, Nicole Shanks, Alexandra Zamecki, and Maya Szylkowski qualified to represent Florida Swimming based on their performance at the Florida Open Water Swimming Championships in April. In their individual events, Maya placed 10th for the 11-12 girls 2K, Logan placed 10th for the 15-16 boys 5K, Nicole placed 14th for the 15-16 girls 5K, and Alexandra placed 30th for the 15-16 girls 5K. In the team pursuit, Nicole...

Allison Beebe

Congratulations to Alex Gonzalez who recently attended USA Swimming's Southern Zone Select Camp. Alex was one of 28 boys chosen from the Southern Zone (11 Southern States) to attend this camp. The Southern Zone Select Camp took place at the University of Louisville, where Alex spent three days in pool and classroom sessions competing with and learning from some of the best young swimmers in the country. Congratulations Alex!