Greater Tampa Swimming Association  2014 Summer Practice Schedule Begins June 7th   Senior Group:             AM Swimming:                         Mon/Tue/Thu:  6:30-8:30a @Bobby Hicks                         Wed/Fri:  6:30-8:30a @UT                         Saturday:  8:00-10:00a @Bobby Hicks             PM Swimming:                         Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu:  3:30-5:00 p @UT             Dry-Land:                         Mon/Tue/Thu: 9:00-10:00a   Age Group I:             AM Swimming:                         Mon/Tue/Thu:  6:30-8:30a @Bobby Hicks                         Wed/Fri:  6:30-8:30a @UT                         Saturday:  8:00-10:00a @Bobby Hicks             PM Swimming:                         Mon/Tue/Thu:  4:30-6:00p @UT             Dry-Land:                         Mon/Tue/Thu: 9:00-10:00a   Age Group II:             Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu:  4:30-5:30pm @UT             Friday:  7:30-8:30am @UT...

                This past weekend GTSA competed in their first Long Course meet of the season.  The meet was held Friday night and Saturday morning at The North Shore Pool in St. Petersburg, FL.  Although there was significant rain Friday night, that didn’t slow down GTSA at all!  The two day meet had 70 different events.  GTSA had a swimmer finish in the top 3 in 27 of those events, which is an astounding 39% of the races.    The amount of best times is almost...

                This past weekend was the annual dual meet between Florida Swimming and Florida Gold Coast’s All-Star Teams.  The two day, three session meet, which is held at Indian River State College, faces off the best that the two LSC’s have to offer.  When the swimming came to an end on Sunday afternoon Florida Swimming was able to earn a hard fought victory by the score of 656.5-614.5.  That victory helps keep Florida Swimming undefeated in the history of this dual meet! Three GTSA swimmers, as well as Coach Ryan,...

              This past weekend 1,000 of the state’s best 14&under swimmers met in Sarasota to compete in The Florida Age Group Championships (FLAG’s).  GTSA was one of over 60 teams that were represented at the 4 day meet.  We had a team of 8 swimmers, 6 of which competed in individual events.  Amazingly, 4 of those 6 swimmers scored points in an individual event (Gabby Donahue, Jayson Reddick, Morgan Tankersley, & Belle Whitfield).  The 3 ladies combined for 7 top 3 finishes in the state (Belle-1, Gabby-2, & Morgan-4)!  Those...

                  This past weekend the best senior swimmers in the state of Florida convened on the International Drive YMCA, in Orlando.  The meet had over 700 athletes representing nearly 60 clubs statewide.  GTSA was represented well by 9 of our senior swimmers.  Over the three and a half day, prelim and final meet, GTSA amassed 149 point which was good enough for an 18th place finish!  That was the highest finish by any team with single digit representatives.                  Of the 9 swimmers representing GTSA at the meet 6 of...

        In a ceremony held earlier today our own, Ally Donahue, was names 2014 Hillsborough County Swimmer of the Year.  The event where she received the award known as the, Jessie Helfrich Hicks Award for Outstanding Swimmer, recognized outstanding athlete’s throughout Hillsborough County in all Fall Sports.  The link to the article from Bright House Sports Network is below.              This caps an excited last few weeks for Ally!  Just recently Ally gave her verbal commitment to attend and compete for The University of Florida!  Be sure to congratulate Ally...

                Morgan Tankerlsey has been invited to attend the 2014 Southern Zone Select Camp.  Each Spring USA Swimming hosts 4 camps across the country, broken up by zone (Central, Eastern, Southern, Western).  They use several different criteria to choose 28 females (ages 12-13 at the time of the performance) and 28 males (ages 13-14 at the time of the performance) to attend these 4 very selective camps.  Morgan will spend 4 days at The University of Louisville at the end of May.  She...

               This past weekend 15 teams from 4 different states met in Clearwater, FL for the Al Soltis Invitational.  After the three day prelim and final meet, that was contested Saturday-Monday due to the holida, GTSA finished with 240 points.  That was good enough for a third place finish, excluding the host team.  Exactly half of GTSA swimmers, 17 of 34, scored points in individual events for GTSA.  Even more competed on point scoring relays.  Jeffrey Smith accumulated 18 points, which was good for 3rd place in the 8&under boys...

Greater Tampa Swimming Association 2014 Summer/LCM Meet Schedule   DATE HOST(Location) MEET TYPE ELIGIBLE GROUPS April 18-19 SPA (St. Petersburg, FL) Timed Finals All Groups May 3 Hurricane Man (Pass A Grille Beach) Open Water Senior, Age Group I May 9-11 CAT (Clearwater, FL) Prelim/Finals All Groups May 23-25 T2 Aquatics (Naples, FL) Timed Finals All Groups (Memorial Day Weekend) June 13-15 NTCA (Clermont, FL) Timed Finals All Groups July 4-6 SPA (St. Petersburg, FL) Timed Finals All Groups July 17-20 FL Age Group Champs (Gainesville, FL) Prelim/Finals 14&Under (Qualifying...

                   This past weekend the best 18&U swimmers in America congregated in Greensboro, NC to compete in the “2013 Short Course Junior Nationals.”  Ally Donahue, attending her impressive third Junior Nationals, represented GTSA in three individual events.  She participated in the 50 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, and the 200 Breaststroke, earning herself a second swim in the 100 Breaststroke.                  On the Sunday following the meet USA Swimming hosted a long course time trial event for those swimmers looking to record times in that discipline.  Ally took full advantage of the...