COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 15, 2012) – On June 18, USA Swimming will launch free online Safe Sport programming for the parents of its 300,000 athlete members. The online programming, created by online education leader Praesidium, will empower parents with information about sexual abuse prevention. Parent education will be available at http://www.usaswimming.org/protect starting on June 21. “Education truly is a cornerstone of our programming, and we will continue to work to raise awareness and empower our membership with education about safe sport,” said Susan Woessner, Director of Safe Sport...

Meet information, travel itinerary, and hotel information has been added to the Southern Zone Age Group Championships Event Page here.

The events file is now available for the Southern Zone Southern Sectional Championships to be held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on July 12-15, 2012. Event Page

Deck Pass Plus is now available in iTunes and Google Play (formerly the Android Market). It’s currently ranked #6 iPhone, #6 iPad app and #11 Android in paid sports app category. As usual, we need your help getting the word out. There are four new major features. ·         Events Section (Highlighted by our Olympic Trials coverage but be sure to check out the live stream of the Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational this weekend) ·         Live Results provided by Active.com ·         Time Standards – Ranging from Elite levels to age group...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 9. RECENTLY, USA Swimming has contacted the online swimming community to help get the word out about rules for logos on caps at the U.S. Olympic Trials later this month. The meet, which takes place completely under USOC rules, will require much stricter adherence to logo placement on caps. USA Swimming has relaxed its rules in the past years to allow swimmers more sponsorship real estate in terms of caps, but will have to enforce the stricter USOC rules in Omaha. In February, the USOC sent...

Each year USA Swimming selects athletes to become members of the USA Swimming – Scholastic All-American (SAA)Team. The program is open to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors that have a 3.5 GPA and have attained the specified time standard in a single event. The program also has specific qualification standards for Disability Athletes and Open Water swimmers. This year’s application process will be entirely on-line through the USA Swimming website. The student athlete will be required to upload a complete transcript from both semesters of the 2011-2012 school year....

Florida Swimming will present two $1,000.00 awards to one male and one female Florida Swimming / USA Swimming athlete member, in 2012. If you know of a student/athlete member you believe deserves and meets the criteria please have them fill out the enclosed form and return it by Monday, July 16, 2012. The FL awards committee will review the applications and announce the recipient Saturday, July 28, during the “2012 Florida Swimming Long Course Senior Championship”, held at Selby Aquatic Center, Sarasota, Florida. Application

The meet information and entry files for FLAGS, and Sr. Champs is now available.

Upload your photos and we will take care of the rest! Go U.S.A! America's Swim Team is showing the world who we are by creating a mosaic! Our photos will be made into a giant USA Swimming logo will be on display in the Aqua Zone Fan Experience in Omaha. To help us create this amazing display, we need your photos. Send us photos of swimming competitions, diving off the blocks, hanging out with friends at a meet, and just having fun in the pool. All photos that show the...

The FL office will be on part time hours 8:30 AM  to 1:00 PM  June 1 , and 13-15.   Regular FL office hours are 8:30 to 4:00.