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Chronicle article features Capt. Holme “no single person has contributed more to the Sun Coast Swim Team and competitive swimming in Citrus County than Captain Holme.” Today the Citrus County Chronicle publishes a feature article on our Captain Holme! Thank you, Chris Bernhardt and Publisher Gerry Mulligan for telling the story of this great local leader! Follow this link to the article: https://www.chronicleonline.com/sports/capt-holme-honored-by-suncoast-swim-team/article_8adb10fe-7262-11eb-b941-6b58fb44fb6e.html

Sun Coast Swim Team awards Captain Holme Life Coach Emeritus and Life Board Member distinctions Sun Coast Swim Team’s founder, Vice-President, and Team Administrator Thomas T. Holme, more commonly known to the team as “Captain”, has announced that he will be stepping back from Sun Coast Swim Team’s daily operation. Captain Holme, a highly decorated U.S. Naval officer and former Crystal River High School JROTC Senior Naval instructor and teacher, began leading competitive swimming in Citrus County in 1992. (Click here to read Capt. Holme Bio.) In 1995 Captain Holme...

Two great Meets! SCST competed in the 2020 Harry Meisel Championships West and the Florida Virtual Championships For the first time since early last spring, Sun Coast Swim Team competed in not one but two meets in one weekend. SCST sent 21 swimmers to compete at the 2020 Harry Meisel Championships at the North Shore Pool in St. Petersburg. At the same time, Meghan Cimini was swimming at the Florida Virtual Championships at the Long Center in Clearwater. We had some impressive swims. Dropped times all over the place, broken...

Please Wear Your Mask, COVID numbers are up Hello Team! In the last number of weeks, COVID-19 numbers are drastically going up, and more and more people are being required to quarantine. This quarantining is impacting our students athletically and academically. Recently some youth athletics in our county have had to suspend activities due to COVID. Local health professionals are passionately imploring our team and others to encourage wearing masks while on deck during practice when we are not socially distancing, in an effort to help mitigate the increasing exposures,...

2020 Thanksgiving Practice Schedule On Saturday, Nov 28th we will be offering a Stroke and Turn Clinic for the Sharks & Dolphins. (Look for more details soon...)

Sun Coast Swim Time Fall & Winter Schedule The SCST 2020-2021 Fall and Winter schedule starts on November 17, 2020. See below or can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE.

Hotel Reservations for 2020 Harry Meisel Championships West Our swim team's travel coordinator Caroline Jenkins once again has worked her magic and got a great team rate for the upcoming 2020 Harry Meisel Championships West Swim Meet. You are NOT required to stay at this hotel (or any) but if you'd like this will be where the coaches and many team families will be staying for the meet. Staying at the "Team Hotel" can be an added positive experience for the meet. Don't delay these rooms can go fast, especially...

Sun Coast Thanks are Veterans, most especially Capt. Holme "Heroe Living Among Us" Today Sun Coast Swim Team wants to thank all our great U.S. Veterans for the great freedoms we are blessed to have in our country! We would like to especially thanks to all the parents, families, and friends who are Veterans who protected our freedoms. We would like to most especially thank our team's founder and coach Capt. Thomas Holme. Not many know all about our Capt. Holme so let us take a moment to share about...

Gotham, Kennedy, Jenkins and Wilson heading to 2020 FHSAA 2A State Swim Championships Sun Coast wishes our team's Madison Gotham (CRHS), Genevieve Kennedy (CRHS), Drew Jenkins (CHS) and Marshall Wilson (CRHS) as she competes this Saturday, Nov 14, 2020 at the Sailfish Splash Aquatics Center in Stuart, Florida in the 2020 FHSAA 3A State Swim Championship. "Finish it!"

Four Sun Coast Swimmer's set new HS records at Regionals UPDATED 11/9/2020 Sun Coast Swimmers breaking their high school's records at the 2020 FHSAA 2A2 Regionals! Congratulations!! Madison E Gotham (CRHS) 200Y IM 2:14.48 100Y Back 1:01.79 Genevieve Kennedy (CRHS) 200Y Free 1:59.20 500Y Free 5:16.88 Drew Jenkins (CHS) 200Y IM 2:03.85 Emma Elferdink (WWHS) 100Y Breast 1:11.87