March 2012 - Sarasota, FL: Florida Swimming Spring Age Group Championships (FLAGs) - Wes McGovern helped lead the TBAY Brandon squad with an impressive: 13-14 Boys 200 Free individual championship; 13-14 Boys 500 Free individual championship; 13-14 Boys 200 IM individual championship; 13-14 Boys 200 Back individual championship; and earning 3 NCSA Junior National qualifying and 1 bonus time standards. Blake McGovern earned an individual championship winning the 11-12 Boys 50 Free. Sending a squad of 8 swimmers (Blake, Garrett and Wes McGovern; Austin Waite; Zane Richardson; Van Cates; Amelia...

The following appeared in the January 19, 2012 Tampa Bay Times on-line edition: Spoto senior (and TBAY Brandon founding member) Giorgie Graves won the Jessie Helfrich Hicks Award as the top female swimmer in the County. Graves, who has committed to Garner-Webb, finished in the top four in the 50 and 100 freestyle events at the Class 2A state championships in November.

The following appeared in the December 11, 2011 Sunday editon of the St. Petersburg Times: "Girls Swimmer of the Year Giorgie Graves, Sr., Spoto Why we picked her: Graves already had established herself as a successful distance and mid distance swimmer but decided last summer to change her events again. After finishing ninth at the Class 2A state meet in the 100-yard butterfly and 10th in the 500 freestyle as a sophomore and 11th in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle as a junior, Graves switched to freestyle sprinting and...

TBAY BRANDON...PRESS RELEASE...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...Media Contact: Michelle Boyd...Email: [email protected] Local Athlete Named FL Swimmer of the Year Brandon, FL (October 6, 2011) Florida Swimming has released the list of its Swimmer of the Year recipients for the 2010-2011 season. The list includes Olympic Gold medalist Ryan Lochte, fellow Olympian Elizabeth Beisel and local swimmer Christin Rockway. Rockway was awarded Swimmer of the Year for her age group for the 2010 – 2011 Short Course Season. She also was previously named Swimmer of the Year for the 2009 – 2010 Long...