ATHLETE PROTECTION TRAINING UPDATE Currently you may be experiencing a lot of inquiries as to why the member’s APT is not matching to their record. This is due to one or more of the following factors: With the new APT program, some members don’t realize that they selected the APT courses that are available for non-members. If this happens, it won’t match to the member’s record because the system doesn’t know that it is a member who took the course. You will need to send an email to [email protected] and...

On November 5th, MS swimmers enjoyed an awesome clinic with Olympic legend and World Record holder Rebecca Soni. The Mutual of Omaha BREAKout! Swim Clinic was sponsored by Mississippi Swimming with local support from the Flowood YMCA, Brown Bottling and Sunkist Swim Team. Rebecca also served as the guest speaker that night at the LSC's annual Top 5 banquet. 1

Mississippi Swimming gave out its annual awards at the Top 5 Banquet held on Saturday, November 4, at the Hilton Jackson with special guest Olympic legend Rebecca Soni. Congratulations to all the Top 5 swimmers and award winners! Coaches of the Year Age Group – Eddie Ware Senior – Brian Ware USA Swimming Scholastic All America Khameron Glass Alex Miller Athlete Rep Certificate of Achievement Jack Smithson ConocoPhillips Outstanding Service Wade Heggie Maxwell Excellence Award for Service Wade Kojima Zone Team Gabrielle Baldwin Simone Baldwin Jaxon Bradburn Thomas Chain Ethan...

Mississippi Swimming is proud to announce our Top 5 swimmers for 2016-2017. Top 5 swimmers are recognized with an award certificate at our annual MSI Top 5 banquet which will be held this year in Jackson on November 4th. Banquet information will be posted soon. 2017 MSI Top 5 List Congrats to all Top 5 swimmers! About Top 5: Mississippi Swimming honors the final top 5 ranked swimmers in the LSC in the recognized individual events for each age group in SCY, LCM and SCM as officially verified and provided...

Congratulations to Kham Glass (Sunkist) and Alex Miller (Hub Fins) being named to the 2016-2017 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team for Mississippi Swimming. 2016-2017 Scholastic All America Team By the Numbers Athlete Numbers: Successful Applicants 1158 Girls 555 Boys 603 Three-Timers 180 Open Water 2 Disability 7 Central Zone 243 Eastern Zone 287 Southern Zone 364 Western Zone 264 There was one perfect score: Sean Grieshop of South Texas Nitro Swimming won an event at Winter Nationals. Sean is also a three-time Scholastic All America member. SAA team members will...

Congrats to all swimmers and teams who competed at state meet. RESULTS are posted. Videos of the live webstream for each session are posted on MS Swimming YouTube channel. Team Scores 1. Mississippi Makos 4,194 2. Biloxi Elite Swim Team 4,105 3. Sunkist Swim Team 3,994 5. Performance Elite Aquatics 1,731 6. Laurel Swim Association 1,065 7. Vicksburg Swimming Association 543 8. Delta Aquatic Club 391 9. YMCA Hub Fins 220 10. Swim Columbus 172 11. Meridian Swimming Association 66

Mississippi Swimming announced the Coaches of the Year for the 2016-2017 short course and long course seasons at the long course state championships held in Tupelo this past weekend. Senior Coach of the Year - Brian Ware (MMST) Age Group Coach of the Year - Eddie Ware (MMST)

DATE: May 17, 2017 TO: 2017 House of Delegates, National Committee Members, LSC Permanent Offices FROM: Gina Mensay, Member Services Program Manager SUBJ: 2017 USAS Convention Information Information and forms for the 2017 USA Swimming Convention (held in conjunction with the U.S. Aquatic Sports Convention in Dallas, TX) are now available on our website. You can find convention information under the Events Section of the new website – www.usaswimming.org/convention. Please share this information with your LSCs and delegates. General Chairs – please note that later this summer we will be...

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Congrats to all swimmers and teams who competed at state meet. RESULTS are posted. Videos of the live webstream for each session are posted on MS Swimming YouTube channel. Team Scores 1. Sunkist Swim Team 4090 2. Shock Wave Aquatic Team 3456 3. Mississippi Makos Swim Team 3127 4. Biloxi Elite Swim Team 3069 5. Performance Elite Aquatics 2348 6. Laurel Swim Association 1104 7. Vicksburg Swimming Association 585 8. Delta Aquatic Club 464 9. Swim Columbus Swim Team 459 10. YMCA Hub Fins 220 11. Meridian Swimming Association 66