SENIOR CIRCUIT MEET BIDS Dates to bid on are: April 8-10, 2016 May 12-14, 2016 Coaches, The senior committee will be taking bids for the senior circuit meets in 2016. Please have your bid submitted by October 3rd via email to: [email protected] Bids will still be accepted at the BOD meeting at the Fl Assoc annual meeting in person. email to: [email protected] Please put in subject line “Senior Circuit Bid” Include: facility name  team host dates you are bidding for. Itʼs important to understand the 2015 2 day format for...

 There will be a panel of college coaches, on hand, to talk about the different levels of college swimming. One of our goals as age group coaches is to help any of our swimmers that are interested in collegiate swimming, an opportunity to achieve that next level. We will be able to ask these coaches what we should do to prepare our swimmers to get to the collegiate level. My philosophy has always been, that there is a place for any level competitive swimmer to be a part of, and...

The Florida Convention Agenda has been updated and can be found on the Event Page here.

Many of you have requested a dry-fit, moisture wicking shirt to be available for purchase. We are pleased to announce these shirts are now on the USA Swimming Officials attire website. Click here to view the new dry-fit Officials shirts.

By-Laws, Rules & Regs, Policies & Procedures documents are now posted on the Convention Event Page along with information pages for each item to see what has been changed or what is housekeeping for each document.

Below is the list of USA Swimming/Florida Swimming, Inc. members who have submitted their names to be considered for election to the Florida Swimming Board of Director, on October 5, 2014, at the FL House of Delegates, Rosen Centre, International Drive, Orlando, Florida. FL General Chair – 2 year term  Duncan Sherrard - LAS - Coach   Dr. Jeff Smith - GSC - Official FL Age Group Vice Chair – 2 year term Scott Caron - PA - Coach   Sherwood Watts - SYS - Coach FL Secretary – 2 year term Cashel Mack...

Safety Committee Meeting – 2 pm, October 4, 2014 – All interested American Red Cross instructors wishing to serve on the safety committee are invited to attend this meeting.  Focus of this meeting is to create a master training calendar throughout the LSC for access to the necessary coaches credentials.  Questions?  Please contact Cori Welbes at [email protected] if you are interested.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER WITH CORI WELBES NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 29TH TO ENROLL IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES!  THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION.  Friday, October 3rd  7 p.m. – CPR Only Skill Session Saturday, October 4th  8:30 a.m. – CPR skill session                                 10:30 a.m. – Safety Training for Swim Coaches Skill Session  Coaches need to check their current certification status prior to enrolling in the skill sessions.  If your Safety Training for Swim Coaches is current through 2015 and your CPR expires in 2014 you will need to enroll...

  Application Deadline:  Sept. 24   The  2014 National Select Camp Assistant Coach application is now live on usaswimming.org. The camp will be held Oct. 23-26, 2014 at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center. Three assistant coaches will be selected by an application process. Applicants must be the coach of an athlete at the current U.S. Open or Junior Nationals. Apply  here.

Congratulations to the following Florida LSC swimmers that qualified for the USA Swimming Scholastic All-American list.   Last Name First Name Gender LSC Club Zone Yrs 4.0 Aitchison Alexandra F FL Clearwater Aquatic Team Southern 2 Yes Andrews Parker M FL Bolles School Sharks Southern 1 Yes Barrena Javier M FL Bolles School Sharks Southern 2   Batista Caio M FL Bolles School Sharks Southern 1 Yes Boehm Brian M FL Sarasota YMCA Sharks Southern 1 Yes Bowser Savannah F FL Gulf Coast Swim Team Southern 1 Yes Brent Kendall...