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Saturday Final Results Recap - PST /2011 FGC Senior Champs at Plantation Congratulation to the following PST Finalist. Good Job!!! Women’s 15-16 200 Free Sivan Fraiman 9 th Men’s Open 200 Free Dylan Marsolek 7 th Alec Wathen 20th Women’s Open 50 Back Meagan Abad 11th Men’s Open 50 Back Max Fons 17th Women’s 15-16 200 Breast Krissa Robinson 6th Men’s 15-16 200 Breast Ryan Henderson 15 th Lorenzo Cabrera 19th Women’s Open 200 Breast Paige Hicks 10 th Serah Adkison 11 th Chloe Adams 14th Women’s 15-16 100 Butterfly...

PST - Friday Night Finals Recap at the 2011 Short Course FGC Senior Champs By Coach Jimmy Congratulation to all PST Finalist. 200 Backstroke Sarah Young 15-16 200 Back B-Final 20th Sivan Fraiman 15-16 200 Back A-Final 5th Jenna Diamond 15-16 200 Back A-Final 6th Ryan Henderson 15-16 200 Back B-Final 19th Skye Downey Open 200 Back B-Final 11th Hailey Hernandez Open 200 Back A-Final 8th Meagan Abad Open 200 Back A-Final 9th Max Fons Open 200 Back B-Final 13th Dylan Marsolek 200 Back B-Final 11th 100 Freestyle Ali Moser...

Great Job!!! 51 total NEW Jr. Olympic & Sr. Champ qualifying times this past weekend at the Area 2 Championships at Nova Southeastern. PST Results Full Results Up next for PST: March 4-6 - FGC Senior Champs Hosted at Plantation Aquatic Complex. Still looking for volunteers for this weekend. Please contact: Colleen Abad [email protected]

PST - 24 Finalist Swim Friday Night at the 2011 Short Course FGC Senior Champs By Coach Jimmy 200 Backstroke Sarah Young 15-16 200 Back B-Final 20 th Sivan Fraiman 15-16 200 Back A-Final 8 th Jenna Diamond 15-16 200 Back A-Final 4 th Ryan Henderson 15-16 200 Back B-Final Skye Downey Open 200 Back B-Final 12 th Hailey Hernandez Open 200 Back A-Final 6th Meagan Abad Open 200 Back A-Final 8 th Max Fons Open 200 Back B-Final 15 th Dylan Marsolek 200 Back B-Final 11 th 100 Freestyle...

Due to the FGC Senior Championships at Central Park, there will be no practice for all groups Friday, March 4th. Come support your team and check out some fast swimming!

Pre-Race Routines BY JENNY SUSSER, PhD Pre-race routines are valuable tools for swimmers that can help with pre-race jitters. A pre-race routine is what you do once you’ve arrived behind the blocks and before the gun goes off. Think about your favorite swimmer right now and try to remember what they do behind the blocks before a race. You might realize that it’s the same each time, race after race. Even Tiger Woods has a “pre-shot” routine! Pre-race routines are important for several reasons. One is consistency. When you go...

SWIM MEET BASICS Swim meets are a great family experience. They're a place where the whole family can spend time together. Listed below are some very in-depth guidelines geared to help you through your first couple of swim meets. It may seem a little overwhelming, but we tried to be as specific and as detailed as we possibly could. If you have any questions, please ask your coach. BEFORE THE MEET STARTS Arrive at the pool at least 15 minutes before the scheduled warm-up time begins. This time will be...

RULES PRIMER The technical rules of swimming are designed to provide fair and equitable conditions of competition and to promote uniformity in the sport. Each swimming stroke has specific rules designed to ensure that no swimmer gets an unfair competitive advantage over another swimmer. Trained officials observe the swimmers during each event to ensure compliance with these technical rules. If a swimmer commits an infraction of the rules that is observed by an officIal, a disqualification (DQ) will result. This means that the swimmer will not receive an official time...

Saturday Area 2 Championships Finals Recap By Coach Jimmy Parmenter Any PST Parent or Swimmer's not receiving email updates and wishes to. Please email Coach Jimmy at [email protected] to be added to the email list. Tonight’s finals were sensational from PST swimmers! Twenty Four (24) Jr. Olympic & Senior Championships NEW Qualifying Times. The coaching staff is very pleased with today’s performances from the team. Saturday Night Finals Recap: PST Top 10 Finishes 10 & Under Girls 100 Backstroke Kai Kibler – 5th Place 11-12 Girls 100 Backstroke Angie Petrillo...

Saturday Area 2 Championships Prelim Recap By Coach Jimmy Parmenter PST Swimmers had a very impressive showing at prelims this morning. 93 individual swims qualified for Saturday night finals. Twenty three (23) of those swims were new Jr. Olympic or Senior Champs qualifying times. Congratulations to the following swimmers for their new Jr. Olympic or Senior Champs qualifying times in prelims! Prelims: J. Cook – 100 Back, Q. Connor – 100 Back, A. Petrillo – 100 Back, S. Oliva - 100 Back, V. Abad – 50 Fly, D. Avellaneda –...