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Ryan Murphy Shares Tips for a Great Backstroke Start By Jim Rusnak The Summer 2017 issue of Splash Magazine offers some great tips for starts, turns and finishes. Here, three-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy, the world record-holder in the 100m back, offers some advice for a great backstroke start.
Easiest Way to Do a Crossover Turn Phlex Swim In swimming, it’s the little things that count. Adding an extra dolphin kick here, improving your tempo a little bit there, all pays huge dividends in the long run. Something that many swimmers highly struggle with or even implement poorly into their IM events is the ability to perform a crossover turn. Back-to-breast turns are one of the biggest steps that a swimmer can take towards narrowing the gap between everyday swimmers and professionals. This being such a tricky turn,...
REMINDER: As of August 29, at 3:30 pm, a number of members have not completed their CVST Registration for the 2017-2018 Swim Year. Please complete the registration by Thursday, August 31, so your swimmer does not miss any practices or upcoming Swim meets All CVST Re turning Swimmers Must Re-Register Now First Posted: August 15, 2017 All returning CVST swimmers need to be re-registered with CVST for the 2017-18 Swim Year. This registration is done on-line via our website at www.CVST.org and clicking on the Start Registration link on the...
CVST Fall Practice Group Changes Released Bronze to Silver Group: Peyton Balseiro, Kaitlyn Coles, Molly Polk, Ben Smith & Melissa Umholtz Silver to Gold Group: Matthew Healey & Landen Lee Gold to Senior 2 Group: Sam Forman Congratulations and keep up the hard work!
CVST Holds Annual Banquet, Hasara & Repak Swimmers of the Year August 26th, the Carrollwood Village Swim Team held their Annual Awards Dinner & Dance at the Carrollwood Country Club. Congratulations to all of our swimmers on a great year! Here is a list of all the Award Winners: Most Time Dropped For The Year Award Henry Walz – 786.10 Best Overall Attendance Award Bronze Group – Kaitlyn Coles & Kylie Coles (Tie) Silver Group – Sky Steele Gold Group – Jayden Repak Senior 2 Group – ...
CVST Annual Awards Banquet Registration Deadline Tomorrow August 18 at 5:00pm Download a Copy of the Invitation Here.
Great American Eclipse | August 21 IMPORTANT SAFETY: Don’t Look Up! It is never safe to look right at the Sun, even during a partial eclipse! It can hurt your eyes in a way that even doctors can-not fix. If you want to watch this special eclipse, there are three safe ways: ON TV AND ONLINE — You can watch video of the eclipse while it is happening on TV and on the Internet. WITH SPECIAL GLASSES — If you have special eclipse glass-es, you can...
All CVST Returning Swimmers Must Re-Register Now All returning CVST swimmers need to be re-registered with CVST for the 2017-18 Swim Year. This registration is done on-line via our website at www.CVST.org and clicking on the Start Registration link on the right side of the page. You will be billed for your Annual CVST Registration Fee of $25.00 and your 2018 USA Swimming Registration Fee at the time of this registration. Your dues will be billed at the beginning of September. This registration must take place by August 31, 2017, in...
Hasara Named CVST's August SOM CVST's Sophia Hasara (14) has been named the team's Swimmer of the Month for August 2017. This was based on her outstanding performance at the USA Swimming Southern Zone Senior Championships, held August 1-5th, at Texas A&M University, in College Station. Sophia swam six individual events in the meet, the 200, 400, 800, & 1500 Freestyles and the 100 & 200 Butterflys. Of those events, five were personal best times. She also went personal best times in the 400 split of the 800 Freestyle,...
