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Hello Swim Family! We hope you are all doing well and are making special time with your families and for your drylands. We want to share that we have updated your TeamUnify/OnDeck accounts and placed everyone in a “suspended” mode. This means that you have access to your times, and login, access your records, etc., but it will not automatically bill/charge accounts or credit cards on the first of the month. In addition, we have credited back the majority of the March 2020 payment towards your next paid month or...

SCST drylands #1 Hello Swimmers and families, You have been on each and every one of your coaches ’ minds. Even though it has only been a week since we had our little impromptu swim meet, we have missed being with you daily and working with you. Please know Coach Gatton, Coach Dyer, Coach Penn, Captain, and Coach Kennedy are here for you. Please just reach out to us on Remind for anything. In addition, your extra “swim moms and dads” are also here for you. While we may not...

SCST Practices Suspended - Coronavirus Update #2 Sun Coast Swim Family, Out of an abundance of caution, Sun Coast Swim Team is suspending practices effective immediately, until further notice. We are also postponing the ‘Eggstravaganza Developmental Swim Meet’ for April 3, 2020. We anticipate many temporary facility closures in the coming days. We are also encouraging social distancing during suspension as a way to mitigate further infestation. We will offer a proportional prorated credit in due course. We will continue to share information so please, continue to monitor our Facebook,...

No Senior Champs Time Trials Swim Meet Tomorrow, Friday March 13, 2020 Warmups at 4:30pm and start at 5:15pm Followed by Dairy Queen! This is a practice meet NOT a sanctioned meet We are sad to share that Florida Swimming is canceling the 2020 Florida Swimming Spring Senior Championships. Our ten Senior Champions have been training and readying for this big meet and so we want to give them an opportunity to see how fast they might be and also have a good time doing it. We are including ALL...

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS – The following is a special announcement from USA Swimming regarding the Corona virus. The original message can be read at https://www.teamunify.com/team/szfllsc/page/news/222756/important-announcement---coronavirus- From a member of the Stanford Hospital Board. This is their feedback for now on Corona virus IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - CORONAVIRUS – 1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold 2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose. 3. This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27...

Sun Coast Thank you to Gatton for Area 3 Special thanks to our Head Coach Check Gatton who tearlessly led our team all weekend long to one new success after another. More than medals, ribbons, and PBs alone where the individual accomplishments in and out of the water. "Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds." ~ Orison Swett Marden Or more simply put by Coach Gatton, "FINISH IT!" Thank...

2020 Florida Swimming Spring Area 3 Championship Final Update and Medal/Ribbons Count What a great Area 3 Champs Meet!! Here are the final Medal/Ribbon counts for Sun Cost Swim Team following the last finals on Sunday afternoon. Follow this link to some photos from the meet - https://photos.app.goo.gl/vUAKPLoz2FevpNjZ8 Complete results have been posted to SCST TeamUnify/OnDeck or can be download here http://www.midnightsports.com/2020/20200228spa-area-3/Results.pdf Medal and Ribbons Counts Gold – 5 Silver – 5 Bronze – 10 Grace Burkholder – 1 Gold, 2 Silver & 2 Bronze Noah Christensen – 1 Silver...

2020 Spring Florida Swimming Area 3 Championships Day 1 and Day 2 Prelims Sun Coast Swim Team is completing at the 2020 Spring Florida Swimming Area 3 Championships at the North Shore Aquatics Center in St. Petersburg. While the weather is a bit chilly, the swims and times are not. With temperatures in the mid 50s and with many of the senior level swimmers still training for Senior Champs (in two weeks) there were some impressive times. Many of our Senior Champs swimmers regardless of age are required to swim...

2020 Florida Swimming Spring Area 3 Championship update going into last day During Saturday afternoon’s finals, while the air got colder, the times got faster! Nearly every swimmer that competed at finals had at least one of their swims be faster than the morning swim. Not an easy task given that the air temperatures. Ten medals were earned over the last two days and over 17 ribbons. Collectively Sun Coast earned 494 points, and we still have one more day to go!! Here is the breakdown of Medal/Ribbons and points...

Antonio selected to GT's Navy ROTC Bravo Zulu to Ethan Antonio on being selected to Georgia Tech’s Navy ROTC! Antonio joins a select number of Sun Coast Swim Team’s members that have been chosen for this highly competitive program. We are so proud of you Ethan! Anchors away!