Athletes of the Year (All Sports) Alexander Gusev Emma Weyant Finalist Liam Custer Michaela Mattes First Team Amadeusz Knop Savannah Barr Naomi Chance Mercedes Traba Honorable Mention Callum Grobler Alicia Davie Swim Coach of the Year Men's John Bruenning Women's Andrew Eckhart The Sarasota Herald-Tribune presents the 2020 Best of HT Preps High School Sports Awards, celebrating the best athletes in southwest Florida. Sponsored by Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Lakewood Ranch, and Sarasota Ford. Hosted by sports broadcasters, Jesse Palmer, Sage Steele, Dr. Jerry Punch and Courtney Cronin, the...

From SwimSwam's BAILEY DURAN Christopher “Crispy” Barton, a current high school senior from Sarasota, Florida, has committed to swim for Division I La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barton will graduate from Riverview High School in spring 2020 and join the Explorer’s class of 2024. Barton is a current year-round swimmer for the Sarasota YMCA Sharks along with swimming for his high school team at Riverview. Read more here https://swimswam.com/sarasota-sharks-crispy-barton-commits-to-di-la-salle-university/

From SwimSwam's BAILEY DURAN Alexander (Alex) Gusev, a current high school senior from Sarasota, Florida, has committed to swim for Division I Arizona State University. Gusev will graduate from Riverview High School in spring 2020 and join the Sun Devil’s class of 2024. Gusev is a current year-round swimmer for the Sarasota YMCA Sharks along with swimming for his high school team at Riverview. This year at the Florida 4A High School State Championships, Gusev was the state champion in both the 200 IM (1:48.88) and 100 butterfly (48.62). To...

Sarasota Sharks Marshall Webster, Laim Custer, Alicia Davie, Emma Weyant and Savannah Barr have been selected to the 2018-2019 USA Swimming Scholastic All America team. SCHOLASTIC ALL AMERICA PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Alicia Davie Named One of 25 Swimmers Invited to USA Swimming National Open Water Select Camp Camp highlights elite young open water talent from around the country Alicia Davie was selected to participate in USA Swimming’s National Open Water Select Camp. The elite camp features 25 emerging open water swimmers from around the country and will take place August 13 – 18 in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. By the end of the week, camp attendees will also participate in the UANA Junior Open Water Swimming Championships. The event will feature a...

Check out this article by by MADELINE LADD of Swimming World Magazine Read about Sharks Emma and Gracie Weyant, Savanah Barr, Addy Sauickie and Michaela Mattes  https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/2019-speedo-sectionals-gainesville-kieran-smith-vanessa-pearl-emma-weyant-shine/

“Extremely excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of Virginia! I can’t thank my family, friends, coaches, and teammates enough for their endless support. GO HOOS!!!” - Emma Weyant   READ MORE HERE 

BY BRADEN KEITH  May 27th, 2019 Taken from  https://swimswam.com/9-world-records-go-down-at-canadian-masters-nationals/ A whopping 9 Masters’ swimming World Records were broken this weekend at the Canadian Masters’ National Swimming Championships in Montreal, pending ratification by FINA. Among those 9 records, 8 were set by visiting American swimmers. Ironically, most of the new World Record holders did not compete at the American version of Masters’ Nationals, where the yards-based course was not World Record eligible. Included among the group is 65-year old Jack Groselle, who narrowly-missed the Men’s 65-69 World Record in the 100 free,...

Check out the SwimSwam article by  JARED ANDERSON   April 30th, 2019 The Sarasota Sharks won this year’s combined YMCA Nationals points title by 25.5 over Greater Spartansburg, including some key age group swims. The powerhouse were the girls, who scored 448 of the team’s 570 points, almost 90 more than any other girls team. Coach Brent Arckey and staff oversaw some huge time drops throughout the week: Read full article here https://swimswam.com/competitor-coach-of-the-month-brent-arckey-sarasota-ymca-staff/

Article by ANNE LEPESANT on SwimSwam.com Savannah Barr from Sarasota, Florida has verbally committed to the in-state University of Miami Hurricanes for the 2020-21 school year and beyond. “Grateful to announce my commitment to swim and study at the University of Miami! Go Canes!!” Barr, a junior at Riverview High School, is a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. She placed third in the 200 free (1:48.83) and seventh in the 500 free (4:57.92) at the 2018 FHSAA 4A State Championship last November. She split 23.79 and 52.22 (leadoff) on the Riverview freestyle relays. Barr...