Senior Champs Psych Sheet, Teams Entered, and Fee reports are now posted at Fast Swim Results.   

  Election for FL Junior Athlete Representative to the 2013-2014 Florida Swimming Board of Directors will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2013, during prelims of the “2013 Florida Swimming Spring Senior Championship”, in Orlando, FL.  Candidate applications will also be accepted on Thursday & Friday, at the meet.   A ballot box will be open for voting from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on deck at the meet on Saturday, February 23, 2012.   Application Notice

  What Is The USA Swimming Network?   The goal of the USA Swimming Network is to reach out to 4,000 sanctioned events nationwide. The USA Swimming Network was created to give fans “all swimming all the time”. The network will include broadcasts and videos, from clubs and Local Swim Committees across the country. Thanks to the Network’s live streaming capabilities, USA Swimming’s club membership will be able to broadcast their meets to fans all over the world - including live video on mobile devices. USA Swimming Network website  HOW...

Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Becca Mann (Clearwater, Fla.) each closed out the Arena Grand Prix at Orlando with two first-place finishes. Franklin won the 200m back and the 100m free, while Mann earned the top spot in the 800m free and the 200m IM. The meet, which took place at the YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando, was the third stop of the 2012-2013 Arena Grand Prix Series. Franklin won back-to-back events Saturday night, first winning the 200m back in 2:08.47 and then the 100m free in...

Olympic gold medalists Dana Vollmer and Missy Franklin were each victorious on the first night of competition of the Arena Grand Prix at Orlando. Vollmer won the women’s 100m fly while Franklin earned a first-place finish in the 200m free. The meet, taking place at the YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando, runs through Saturday, February 16. The evening kicked off with the women’s 200m free. Franklin swam a strong race and finished in 1:58.01 for the win. She was followed by Samantha Cheverton of Pointe-Claire Swim Club in 2:00.10 and...

  BY MIKE GUSTAFSON//CORRESPONDENT Pop quiz: If I told you at this weekend’s Arena Grand Prix at Orlando that Ryan Lochte was seeded in the 100 backstroke and there was a 17-year-old seeded ahead of him, would you believe me?  If no, read on. If yes, then you probably know the name: Ryan Murphy.  The seed is no fluke, misunderstanding, or false time. Ryan Murphy is really that fast. The 17-year-old Cal-bound high school swimmer is entered in the 100m backstroke at 53.76, a time that would have won Olympic...

  PHOENIX, Arizona, February 13. WE are a little more than four months away from the world championship trials in Indianapolis. For any swimmer who is serious about competing in Barcelona, it's time to get down to business.  Not only does that mean more dedication to training, but devotion to honing race skills that will be needed to get on the worlds roster. That's what this week's stop on the Arena Grand Prix circuit in Orlando, Fla., will provide.  Getting in crucial racing is so important that Missy Franklin is...

The new USA Swimming Safe Sport Handbook is now available from USA Swimming here.

  BY DAN MCCARTHY//NATIONAL TEAM HIGH PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT The organizations condemning the use of sports-supplements by children include the National Institute of Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics. According to the National Institute of Health, there is no data on the safety of sports-supplements used by children, their effectiveness, or the long-term side effects on children1. The promise of increased stamina, bigger muscles and quicker recovery time is probably not available in a sports-supplement bottle, nor should it be something parents or coaches feed, inject or smear on their...

    Dear Coach, I will be offering a Club Leadership Business Management course on April 7th immediately following the All-Star meet at Indian River  C.C.  This is a great opportunity to get this class for your Club Recognition.  It is also a good course to understand more about the business side of our sport.  Please let me know if you are planning on attending by Monday March 25th.  That way I will have time to print and ship all of the handouts you will want to take with you. Hope...