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!

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!

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...

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!

Congratulations to the FAST Falcons for winning the FAST May Invitational! We saw many great swims and lots of smiles! A special thank you goes to our volunteers. Without your help, we would not be able to provide these opportunities for our athletes! Congratulations to our High Point and High Point Runner Up Winners! 8 & Under Girls High Point Winner- Sawyer Sullivan 10 & Under Girls High Point Runner Up- Olivia Irwin 10 & Under Boys High Point Winner- Colt Klugger 11 & 12 Girls High Point Winner- Maya...

On Monday, May 8th, the Falcons spent time with Florida Swimming's Safe Sport Director, Mrs. Cori Welbes. Mrs. Welbes led a team building activity with Red, White, Blue, Junior I, Junior II, Senior I, and Senior II swimmers. She then showed a video on friendships and bullying, and each group had a great discussion on how to "be the bigger bird." We are grateful for Mrs. Welbes's time, and we thank all parents who continued this discussion with their children at home. We look forward to watching our swimmers "be...

Congratulations to Bryce LaBonte, who was one of fifty-two athletes from around the country selected to USA Swimming's National Diversity Camp. Bryce will spend four days at the Olympic Training Center, where he will practice twice a day and attend classroom sessions that range from stroke mechanics to sports psychology. Congratulations Bryce!

The Falcons competed this past weekend at Camp Winona in a 5k or 2k open water swim! Competing in the 5k was Aiden Chang, Jeffrey Wolfe, Logan Martin, Austin Zamecki, Layla Watson, Alexandra Zamecki, Nicole Shanks and Evie Milak. Logan Martin finished 5th in the 15 and over mens category with Nicole Shanks finishing 3rd for the 15 and over women. Layla Watson finished 5th for the 13-14 women. We had two competitors in the 2k division with Julianna Wolfe and Maya Szylkowski. Maya finished second in her 2k. This...

We are pleased to share our club has achieved USA Swimming’s Safe Sport Club Recognition. This recognition reflects our commitment to providing a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all team members. In order to apply for Safe Sport Club Recognition, we were required to develop and implement club governance measures, Safe Sport policies and reporting mechanisms, Safe Sport best practices as well as training to athletes and parents. All of these measures were reviewed by USA Swimming Safe Sport staff for approval. Our Safe Sport Club Recognition...

Falcons swimmers wrapped up a fantastic weekend of racing at the North FLAGS site in Claremont March 2nd-March 5th. We will be posting their achievements and recognizing their efforts over the next few days. First up our individual champions! Congratulations! Alex Gonzalez (14) won the 400 IM with a best time of 4:06.23 qualifying for the NCSA Junior National meeet this upcoming week in Orlando as well as it being a Futures cut. Hannah Parkin (14) won the 50 backstroke with a best time of 26.74. Denise Paul (11) won...