News
Congratulations to Coach Jay Fitzgerald who will be honored at this weekend's "American Swimming Coaches Association" (ASCA) Hall of Fame which will be presented in Las Vegas. Click HERE and HERE for the complete article in the Sun Sentinel.
Congratulations to Casey Francis (Sr) and Brittany Hammond (Sr) who have been named to the "USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Team". USA SWIMMING'S SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM Each year, USA Swimming recognizes its members who excel both in the classroom and in the pool. The Scholastic All-America Team is made up of high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event. To be eligible for this recognition, swimmers must have completed 10th, 11th or 12th...
Congratulations to our swimmers that were listed in the September issue of Swimming World Magazine for the top High School times in the country. Individuals: Gotti Eisenberger - 50 free, 100 free, 200 freestyle Casey Francis - 500 freestyle Brittany Hammond - 500 freestyle Michal Rokita - 100 breaststroke Relays: 200 Freestyle Relay (Kaelah Chaney, Casey Francis, Hannah Veale, Brittany Hammond) 200 Medley Relay (Marcel Betschart, Michal Rokita, Adam Dear, Descartes Holland) 200 Freestyle Relay (Gotti Eisenberger, Niklas Friederici, Delaney Brock, Descartes Holland) 400 Freestyle Relay (Marcel Betschart, Niklas...
Due to the effects of Tropical Storm Isaac, Pine Crest School has closed the campuses at both locations (Fort Lauderdale & Boca Raton) for Monday, August 27. This will include all after-school activities such as swimming & diving.
I am finally getting the photo's up from our last week of camp. This last week of camp with 19 kids was loads of fun, we may not have gone to the Boca campus on Friday, but the day was filled with a lot of fun activities: t-shirt relay, noodle relay, painting creative designs on colorful bandanas and at the end of the day some delicious treats of make your own icee's and special Rising Star Swim Camp cupcakes. I hope we will see you next year, Summer 2013.
Not only did the girls break club records from the Long Course Junior Olympics, but so did the boys. Congratulations to the following boys that broke our Club Records for Long Course for their age group. 50 Breaststroke - Hank Contich, 33.64 200 Breaststroke - Hank Contich, 2:37.11 200 Freestyle Relay - Hank Contich, Anton Gueneralov, Noah Zylberberg, Michael Hovart, 1:46.40 I apologize for missing these record breaking events earlier.
The National High School Swimming and Diving final rankings for 2011-2012 were just released this week and once again Pine Crest Swimming and Diving for boys and girls finished in the Top 10 in the Nation for the annual NISCA rankings. Pine Crest boys team finished 4th and the Lady Panthers finished 8th. Congratulations to all our high school swimmers and divers that helped to give this national ranking to Pine Crest School. Also I would like to thank the coaching staff Mariusz Podkoscielny, Janet Gabriel, Eddie Lovell, David...
