2020 TBAC Winter Invitational Sunday Update with Stats Today was the final day for the Sun Coast swimmers at the 2020 TBAC Winter Invitational at the famed Northshore Aquatics Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. Our Captain Holme loves breaking down the stats for meets. SO here goes- Sun Coast swimmers swam in 107 different events. We had 14 swimmers swim an event for the first time. 39 swims resulted in personal bests (PBs), that’s 41.9%!!! That is outstanding especially considering the weather this weekend and the intense training you all...

2020 TBAC Winter Invitational Saturday It was beautiful but chilly morning and day for the Sun Coast swimmers at the 2020 TBAC Winter Invitational at the famed Northshore Aquatics Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is a marvel to see the commitment and discipline of each of the swimmers, especially on cold days like today. Bravo Zulu to all of this meet’s swimmers. Ethan Antonio (17) Kiley Brault (7) Madison Brault (11) Arianna Bugner (15) Grace Burkholder (14) Noah Christian (18) Alex Cobb (12) Emma Grady (6) Keyanna Hanchar (13)...

Honoring the Dream on MLK Day Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Your coaches encourage you to please take time to recall the message he conveyed at his August 1963 "I Have A Dream" speech: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. (My Lord) I have a dream today." See a short video of this great speech: https://youtu.be/vP4iY1TtS3s Reminder no practice...

2020 Al Soltis Swim Sunday recap It was another successful day for the Sun Coast swimmers on the last day of competition at the 2020 Al Soltis Memorial Senior Swim Meet where all the swimmers, “FINISHED IT”! (can you hear Mr. Gatton cheering!) The morning session again saw some great personal best (PB) swims in addition to other personal and competition successes. Arianna Bugner (15) saw big drops in times with PBs in the 100 free and 50 fly. Grace Burkholder (14) qualified for B Finals in both the 100...

2020 Al Soltis Swim Saturday recap It was an amazing and busy Saturday for the Sun Coast swimmers at the 2020 Al Soltis Memorial Senior Swim Meet. The morning brought two separate pool completions going on at the same time. On the east end of the pool was the 12 & under competition. Alex Cobb (12) dropped time in the 50 back and free. Jerry Randall (12) dropped time in three of his three events. Casey Phillips (8) in his first big meet where he dropped over 6 seconds in...

Reach for the Wall USA Swimming Motivational Age Group Times Standards With our first big meet of the year this weekend we thought it would be a good time to talk and review about USA Swimming Motivational Times Standards. At the Sun Coast End of the Season Awards, swimmers will receive patches for the highest times achieved in each stroke. USA Swimming Motivational Times Standards set varying marks for swimmers of every age group, ranging from B to AAAA based on relative speed within the age group. Each age group...

Great job by Drew Jenkins (14), Genevieve Kennedy (16), Hannah Laycock (17) and Garrett Hickman (14), who spent this raining Saturday morning swimming the 1650 yard freestyle event at the 2020 Marlin Mile Meet at the Newton A. Perry Aquatic Center located on the College of Central Florida campus in Ocala. Here is a quick view of the results: Drew Jenkins - 19:23.16 Genevieve Kennedy - 20:13.90 Hannah Laycock - 20:21.68 Garrett Hickman - 22:18.45

Sun Coast Swimmers tomorrow (1/3/2020) starts our Winter/Spring practice schedule. Afternoon – Monday thru Friday Sharks - 4:00pm – 6:00pm Dolphins I &II - 4:30pm – 6:00pm Otter - 5:00pm – 6:00pm (Mon, Wed & Fri) Mornings –Saturday Sharks & Dolphins II-7:00am –9:00am Follow this link for full schedule- https://www.teamunify.com//scst/__doc__/473848_2_SCST%202020%20Practice%20Schedule%20v01-02-2020r2.pdf

O Captain, our Captain "Hero living among us" In one’s life, it is important to have real life heroes. Heroes inspire us to be more and go further than we think we can. In our world, in Citrus County our swim team is blessed to have such a hero in our lives, Captain Thomas T. Holme, Jr., US Navy (Ret.) who is known to most of us as merely “Captain”. Captain has had an inspirational collegiate career and is a highly decorated U.S. Naval Officer. Captain, after retiring from the...

Swim Meets 101 A Guide to Swim Meet Survival We hope that this guide will give you a general idea of what to expect. Once you get through your first meet, everything will make so much more sense! No two swim meets ever run exactly the same. It can be the same meet that the club hosts each year, but things will be different. The most important thing to remember is to be flexible. Swim meets are large undertakings and are run by humans who are fallible. It’s ok to...