The 2012 Olympic Trials run from Monday, June 25 through Monday, July 2. In addition to many Ohio State University/OSSC swimmers competing in Omaha, Quinn Bartlett and Hannah Saiz will be representing the Ohio State Swim Club. Check out the following links to stay updated on the event: USA Swimming Homepage NBC Sports Homepage Psych Sheet Videos and Webcast Television Schedule

Check out these two great articles from USA Swimming to help swimmers understand and control their anxiety: FIGHT OR FLIGHT: UNDERSTANDING ANXIETY IN SWIMMING GET IN CONTROL: ANXIETY-REDUCING TECHNIQUES

Volunteer Sign-Ups are now available for the 2012 Spring into Summer Splash which will be held June 1-3. Nearly 200 four-hour volunteer shifts need to be filled for this event to run smoothly. The event will be run in a two-pool racing format for two of the five sessions, which means that twice as many timers are needed than during times when we run only one-pool racing (44 timers/session vs. 22 timers/session). Support in other positions, including officiating, is needed as well. 104 of our OSSC swimmers, from 85 families,...

You can find our 2012 summer practice schedule on the "Practice Info / Practice Schedule" page.

OSSC Parents: Please click here to learn more about becoming an official with USA Swimming. Please note that the OSSC will cover the $58 annual membership fee for our officials. Click here for the dates and locations of the spring clinics. Attendance at one of these clinics is mandatory . The fee is $6. The Columbus area clinic info is below: Sunday, May 6, 1 - 4 p.m. Northwest Library (get directions here) 2280 Hard Road Columbus, OH 43235 Chairman: Rick Bunner (740) 453-4416 Co-Chairs: Dan Wendorff (614) 481-3042 Ann...

Please take a few minutes to read this great article from USA Swimming regarding iron needs for swimmers.

Click here to read about the importance of sleep from USA Swimming's website.

Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.) headline the list of those competing at the Columbus Grand Prix on March 9-11. The Columbus Grand Prix is the fourth stop of the 2011-12 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series and will take place at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at Ohio State. Additional Olympians who will compete in Columbus include Jason Lezak (Irvine, Calif.), Mark Gangloff (Akron, Ohio), Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.), Christine Magnuson (Knoxville, Tenn.), Allison Schmitt (Canton, Mich.), Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.), Mike Alexandrov (Champaign,...

The Ohio State Swim Club wishes our 24 state qualifiers the best of luck this weekend in Canton at the OHSAA State Swimming Championships. Here are the OSSC qualifiers: Girls Division I Girls Division II Boys Division I Boys Division II Alex Schuttinger - West. Central Abby Stone - Granville Sam Decker - Canal Winchester Patrick Kelly - Hartley Sam Schuttinger - Watterson Suzanne Hrabowy - DeSales Gabe Whitaker - West. Central Aaron Maharry - Centennial Sara Sams - Pick. North Alex Untied - Granville Hunter Cook - Hill. Darby...

The warm-up info, psych sheet and meet timeline have been added to the Regional Meet Page.