The Florida Swimming Office released the latest update of the 2012 Florida Swimming Members lists.  You can find the Athletes, Coaches, Officials, and Others lists here.

The 2011 Coach Support Form has been updated and can be found here.

For a full photo gallery of the event, click here. AUSTIN, Texas, December 10. THE USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals came to a close with yet another big swim from Bolles' Ryan Murphy. He clocked a U.S. National Age Group record in the boys 200-yard back, but could not overcome Corvallis' Jacob Pebley for the junior national title. Corvallis' Jacob Pebley edged Bolles' Ryan Murphy, 1:40.79 to 1:40.90, in the boys 200 back. Both swims eclipsed Pebley's 2010 meet record of 1:42.73. Pebley just missed the 17-18 NAG of...

 AUSTIN, Texas, December 9. BOLLES's Ryan Murphy, 16, is on fire at the USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals held in Texas. After a tremendous first night that featured three titles and a U.S. National Age Group standard, he kept on performing during night two. Bolles' Ryan Murphy claimed his fourth gold of the meet thus far as Murphy, Teo D'Alessandro, Joseph Schooling and Caeleb Dressel touched in 1:27.77 to win the boys 200 medley relay. That effort demolished Bolles' meet record of 1:30.42 from 2009. SwimMAC's William Wheeler, Logan...

AUSTIN, Texas, December 8. BOLLES' Ryan Murphy certainly was the headliner on the first night of swimming at the USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals held in Austin. Murphy crushed the boys 200 IM with a 1:45.77 to clear David Nolan's 2009 meet record of 1:46.26. Murphy, 16, bettered a U.S. National Age Group record in the 15-16 division previously held by Michael Phelps with a 1:46.30 since 2002. Jacob Pebley placed second tonight in 1:46.62, while Bolles' Teo D'Alessandro earned third in 1:47.20. Bolles' Ryan Murphy, Joseph Schooling, Santo...

Splash Magazine is now available as a mobile app for your iPad and iPhone. Check out the Nov.-Dec. issue, which features the Top 10 Swims of Year, a recap of the 2011 Pan American Games, tips for swimming the 200m butterfly, the dryland exercise of the month and more. Download the app for free at Apple’s app store. read more...      

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE   The “President’s Message” is a continuing effort on my part to keep the members of USA Swimming informed about current happenings in our sport and our organization.  Please feel free to share this message with others   The USA Swimming Foundation just held the 8th annual Golden Goggles Awards and it was a tremendous success with over 600 attendees.  The ceremony provided yet another example of what great athletes we have.  Not only are they great in the pool, but more importantly, they are true champions out...

from Swimmingworldmagazine.com ORLANDO, Florida, November 14. HIGHLIGHTED by the national record-setting effort in the boys meet by the Bolles 400 free relay, Florida high school swimmers competed in three divisions in Orlando the weekend of Nov. 10-12. The meets were swum in short course yards. Division 1A: Nov. 11 The Bolles 400 free relay squad of senior George Frank (45.86), junior Ryan Murphy (43.88), senior Preston Jenkins (45.82) and senior Teo D'Alessandro (45.11) put an exclamation point on the team's domination of the boys events during the last event of...

ORLANDO, Florida, November 11. THE Bolles School quartet of George Frank, Ryan Murphy, Preston Jenkins and Teo D'Alessandro established a national high school record in the 400 freestyle relay at the Florida 1A Championships Friday night. The relay clocked a time of 3:00.67, which sliced a hundredth of a second off the former standard, set in 2009 by Saratoga High School of California. Frank led off in 45.86 and Murphy followed with a split of 43.88, with Jenkins checking in on the third leg with a split of 45.82. D'Alessandro...

USA SWIMMING WANTS TO HELP SAVE POOLS BY TURNING POOLS INTO SELF-SUSTAINING AQUATIC CENTERS Every wave starts with a ripple. USA Swimming uses the metaphor of ripples being the start of good things in aquatic programs. Waves can be fun and waves can be dangerous. What happens when the tidal wave of pool closing comes to your city? This has been happeníng all over the country for the past 3 years. The result is that swimming professionals lose their job, including aquatic fltness instructors, swimming instructors, lifeguards, swimming coaches and...