Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel Nominated for Kids’ Choice Awards   American swimmers Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel have been nominated for 2017 Kids’ Choice Sports Awards. The annual awards show is a sports-specific spinoff of the original that has been put on by children and teens television network Nickelodeon every year since 1988, which makes 2017 the 30th edition of that show. The Kids’ Choice Sports Awards were launched in 2014. Winners receive a ceremonial orange blimp trophy, which was a logo for the network for the first 25 years of the channel’s existence....

IOC Adds Women’s 1500, Men’s 800 Distance Events, Mixed Medley Relay for Tokyo 2020 Olympics   The International Olympic Committee has added three new races to the Olympic program for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to a report from Inside the Games. A press release from...   More  

Ryan Lochte, Kayla Reid Welcome Son Caiden Zane Lochte   Ryan Lochte and his fiancee Kayle Reid just announced the birth of their son Caiden Zane Lochte. The couple welcomed their child at 5:46 a.m. on June 8. Never seen a miracle happen   More  

CCC - Indoor Mini Golf   Hey CVST - Why not join in for some and food up at the CCC Clubhouse this Wednesday evening?  Lookslikea  lot of fun and  rumor has it that Coach Meredith, Coach Randy & Coach Jim may all be there after their afternoon practices for the event!  Hope to see you there!  

Macro ... What? A Swimmer's Cheat Sheet to Proteins, Fats and Carbohydrates Reach for the Wall Food is energy, and at this high of a training volume, you're probably going to burn it all off. But that doesn't mean putting all kinds of junk food in your body is going to be doing you any favors, in the pool or out of the pool.    Read More

NBC Sports Home of USA Swimming Through 2024 NBC Sports   NBC Sports will be the exclusive home of USA Swimming meet coverage through 2024. The agreement includes TV and digital streaming coverage of the U.S. Championships and Winter Nationals, the six-stop Pro Swim Series and the Pan Pacific Championships in 2018 and 2022.    Read More

Thanks for Making this Year's Classic a Success!   WE DID IT!  We pulled off a great event!  Shorthanded for timers due to last minute cancellations didn't matter, this year's Tampa Bay Swim Classic was a great  event and we couldn't have done it with out all of our CVST Parents and volunteers.  Thanks to our CVST Officials, Parents, Volunteers, Coaches and anyone else who helped to put the meet on!  We received numerous compliments from Coaches, Parents and swimmers from the other teams on all aspects of the meet,...

USADA Update   Supp411 knows of > 80 companies selling anabolic agents in their #supplements.  What's in your supplement?  

7 Reasons Every Swimmer Should Go to Swim Meets   Swim meets are a little unforgiving when viewed in a certain manner. You spend months training a countless number of hours, only to have your performance completed in a manner of minutes, with no recourse if you disagree with the numbers on the scoreboard.     But on the other hand, they are also places where swimmers learn the value of hard work, of setting and chasing goals, and other life skills including dealing with setbacks, developing sportsmanship, to even...

What is a Healthy Food... And Does it Matter? By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD, May 25, 2017 When talking to young athletes, someone will always ask about a specific food or beverage and says, “is this healthy?” My answer is, “it depends.” More on the reason why it depends a little later in the column. Food marketers have a simple goal: get you to buy more of their food. What they know is that if a food carries a health claim on the package, sales go up. (Check out...