Ultimate Swimmer Decathlon Great Job this past weekend AmberJax swimmers! As you will see below, there were quite a number of outstanding swims. It was a great start to the long course season. Let this fuel the fire to motivate us during practice and strive to keep improving. So far the Elite groups have been doing a fantastic job and attendance is up in all groups. Keep up the good work! An extra special thanks to the parents and family members who made this meet a success. Thank you to...

Any swimmers who have told their coach they ARE going to the Panama City meet the weekend of April 20th need to go online and check their entries. If you are a swimmer who has said "maybe" or has changed your mind and would now like to swim in the meet, you MUST sign online and pick your events by Wednesday the 4th of April (2 days).

At the end of every swim season we look back at the season and conduct a program wide assessment. We are convinced that our model for seasonal training is a blue print for success in the pool. There are variables, (each swimmer is different in many ways), yet capacity training(Aerobic Base Training)is an important factor for all “elite” swimmers in every category. There are so many components that we offer swimmers at our facilities, from swim sets that are focused to the many dry-land opportunities along with varied competition experiences....

Area 1&4 Championships New FLAGS Cuts Made Celine Coleman 50 free 26.61 Bethany Kendrick 100 back 1:06.15 New Senior Champs Cuts Made Ryan Hinojosa 200 IM 2:08.10 Ryan Hinojosa 200 breast 2:27.85 Bethany Kendrick 100 back 1:06.15 Henry Wilson 200 IM 2:10.36 New Time Standards Met A Celine Coleman 200 IM 2:28.60 Celine Coleman 100 back 1:06.90 Ryan Hinojosa 200 free 1:53.57 Ryan Hinojosa 100 fly 57.39 Bethany Kendrick 200 free 2:13.30 Bethany Kendrick 50 free 28.40 Bethany Kendrick 100 free 1:01.95 Kieran Wallace 200 free 2:05.04 Henry Wilson 200...

FLAGS Meet Results and Recap Congratulations on another fantastic Championship meet from our age group AmberJax swimmers! AmberJax finished 12th place overall and 5 swimmers qualified for the Florida Swimming All-Star Team. The following swimmers were selected to the team: Speakman Smith Alexis Durlacher Hannah Sykes Julian Smith Jace Crawford Please encourage and congratulate them when you see them on the pool deck. Also, congratulate Coach Stephanie for being selected as an All-Star coach again this year. Below is a final recap of new time standards met, new records broken,...

New Senior Championships Cuts Achieved Lexi Witt 100 back 1:05.94 New FLAGS Cuts Achieved Lexi Witt 100 back 1:05.94 Braeden Knight 200 free 2:30.15 Kyle Smithers 50 breast 37.86 Lexi Witt 100 free 57.75 Zach Dingfield 200 back 2:17.34 New Time Standards Achieved A Zach Dingfield 100 back 1:03.75 Zach Dingfield 200 back 2:17.34 Ashley Gunter 100 back 1:13.95 Bethany Kendrick 100 back 1:07.55 Braeden Knight 200 free 2:30.15 Sarah Witt 100 back 1:05.94 BB Braxton Andriesse 200 free 2:13.75 Braxton Andriesse 100 fly 1:07.44 Braxton Andriesse 100 free 1:00.30...

Congratulations last week on a great Senior Championship meet! Below are new standards that have been achieved. Take note that finals for the meet were swam in long course. If there is a (L) next to your time, this means it’s a new long course standard. New Team Records Tori Thompson Women 15-16 200 Breast 2:28.37 Jaimee Gillmore Women 50 free 23.96 Gillmore, Sykes, Bistrow, Craddock Women 800 free relay 7:39.11 New Senior Champ Time Standards Josh Barnhart 200 free 1:55. 73 Bryce Browning 50 free 22.84 Chip Clark 100...

Bolles Winter Invite 2012 Congrats AmberJax swimmers on a great meet! Below are the results for new time standards and cuts achieved. Team Records Caroline Guiler Women 7-8 50 breast 48.60 Annie Feeley Women 11-12 100 free 56.39 Julian Smith Men 9-10 100 breast 1:21.68 New FLAG Cuts Alexis Durlacher 50 breast 37.06 Braeden Knight 100 back 1:21.14 Braeden Knight 50 breast 43.35 Braeden Knight 100 IM 1:19.04 Kyle Smithers 500 free 5:56.95 Kyle Smithers 1000 free 12:14.44 Kieran Wallace 200 breast 2:38.99 New Senior Championships Cuts Josh Barnhart 100...

Swimmers, like athletes who throw a lot, put a great deal of stress on their shoulders with thousands of yards in the pool each day. In fact, more shoulder injuries are reported among swimmers than pitchers in baseball. Shoulder injuries are common among swimmers because a swimmer might use the shoulder more than 2000 times in a single swim workout of 5-8 miles. Additionally, the shoulders are your body’s engine in the water, providing nearly 90% of a swimmer’s forward motion. Can these injuries be prevented? No amount of exercise...

2012 Winter UNF Invitational Great job this past weekend AmberJax swimmers! As always, we had a number of great swims and new time standards achieved. As the championship meets draw near, its not too late to still accomplish our goals. For those swimmers who have established their, ‘cuts’ then there’s still some quality training that needs to take place. For those swimmers who are still working towards their goals of achieving cuts, we have the Bolles Last Chance meet coming up in 2 weeks. Stay focused! Go AmberJax! Just to...