Now that the Junior National Championships are over, we can now say that the Long Course season has ended for this year.  We have had a fantastic summer with some extremely fast results.   Congratulations to both Lindsey Swartz and Kent Haeffner who achieved the very hard World Championship Trial cut in their strongest event.   Lindsey Swartz (16 years old) achieved the World Champ Trials cut in the 200m breaststroke at "Senior Champs" in Coral Springs during the weekend of July 26-28, in a time of 2:35.98.  Her times...

Please find attached the Summer edition of the Lane Lines Newsletter. Click HERE.   We had a fantastic and successful summer with all our programs - Rising Star Swim & Dive Camp, Summer Lessons, Competitive Swim Camp, and of course our Club Team.   We look forward to seeing everyone soon!  

Congratulations to Coach Janet Gabriel and her Pine Crest Boys Diving team that did so well this summer at Junior Nationals for Diving.  Way to go Coach Janet and PC Divers!   Kevin Mendez, Pine Crest, wins a spot on the 2013 Junior Pan Am Games Diving Team   Pine Crest 4th grader, Kevin Mendez won two USA Diving National titles in the 11&Under Boys Platform  and 1-meter springboard diving events. He won the prelims of the 11&Under Boys 3-meter springboard and placed 3rd in the finals. Another Pine Crest...

Our last week of camp was filled with both excitement and sadness as we know that the summer is coming to a close quickly and we will miss many of the smiling faces.  We had 30 campers this week with children coming from as far away as St. Lucia, Venezuela, and Colombia.  We added double the fun on Friday, with two water slides, Lava Flow and the Hulk which was 36ft tall and 95ft long.  We also checked out the under water viewing window in the diving well.

Congratulations to all our swimmers that competed in the Senior Championships this past weekend at Coral Springs, July 26-28.  There were some outstanding performances by several swimmers.   Below are those that made finals at night in either the Championship or Consolation Finals in their event(s): Brooke Bernstein - 50 free (15th place) Marissa Brannan - 200 free (15th place), 50 fly (12th place), 1500 free (3rd place) Marta Ciesla - 100 free (3rd place) Hank Contich - 10 free (10th place), 50 breast (3rd place), 200 breast (1st place),...

Special recognition for those swimmers that not only made a statement in the pool at Senior Champs but are also Nationally Ranked for their Age Group:   Marta Ciesla (14 years old) 50m freestyle - ranked 5th in the country for her age group, in a time of 26.70 100m freestyle - ranked 14th in the country for her age group, in a time of 58.64   Jessica Nava (13 years old) 100m butterfly - ranked 3rd in the country for her age group, in a time of 1:02.77.  This...

Another successful week at the Rising Star Swim & Dive Camp with 31 campers.  No weather issues, and great days in the water with six groups working with their coaches improving their strokes, achieving a great 100IM on race day and even some of our campers finally accomplished a jump off the 1m and 3m diving boards on their own.  We had children from Connecticut, New York, Jamaica, Kenya, Switzerland and of course Florida.

Congratulations to the following swimmers & divers who made the "2012-2013 NISCA All American" during the High School season.   Carolyn Chaney - 1m diving Kaelah Chaney - 200 free relay Casey Francis - 200IM, 500 free, 200 free relay Brittany Hammond - 200 free, 500 free, 200 free relay Kent Haeffner - 500 free Tyla Martin - 100 fly Hannah Veale - 200 free relay   Click HERE for the complete list      

Congratulations to the folllowing swimmers who will be travelling to Greenville, South Carolina to represent the Florida Gold Coast Zone Team from July 30 to August 3.  Our own Coach Eddie Wolling was also chosen to be the 15-18 boys coach.   Marta Ciesla (13-14 girls) Jessica Nava (13-14 girls) Joao Vitor Pereira (13-14 boys)   Click HERE for the full team going to South Carolina.

The National High School team rankings are now out for the 2012-2013, school year and once again Pine Crest Swimming and Diving has made it into the Top 10 in the Nation according to the NISCA rankings, NISCA (National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association)   Pine Crest Girls Swimming and Diving #6   Pine Crest Boys Swimming and Diving #8   Jay Fitzgerald Pine Crest School Pine Crest Swimming Aquatic Director/Head Coach 954 492 4173 954 492 4169 fax