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OnDeck Parent Will No Longer be Supported after January 15th Dear Carrollwood Village Swim Team Member, You're receiving this email from Carrollwood Village Swim Team team to invite you to be better connected with our team. Our team's technology provides a FREE and simple-to-use mobile application called OnDeck, available in the App Store and on Google Play. Click here to access the OnDeck Quick-Start Guide OnDeck is available for both Apple and Android mobile devices and provides the following amazing features for you: View and edit your account and...

Finding the Right Fit Goggles By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent Every Monday, I answer questions from swimmers, coaches, parents, and swim people around the country. Dear Mike, I am a 14-year old swimmer who has been having trouble finding a pair of goggles that work. Until I started swimming more than once a week, I used a variety of cheaper-brand goggles that worked fine for me because I didn’t over-use them, but when I started swimming for exercise (about two years ago) I began using a more expensive model. These...

Important Info For GCST Meet Available Version 3 of the Psych Sheet & Version 3 of the Estimated Timelines for this weekend's GCST Meet, in Ft. Myers, are now available. Also available for download are all of the Heat Sheets for the Meet. Be sure to print yours before heading down to Ft. Myers. They may have some at the meet, but you will pay a premium for them. Click Here to go to the Event Page on the CVST website for all of the information.

Important USADA Information and Tools Please note the links to the 2017 updated USADA publications. Please review carefully and remind any athletes you work with to check all medications for 2017 at www.globaldro.com or with USADA at 719-785-2000! 2017 Athlete Handbook: 2017 Pocket Guide: 2017 Wallet Card: 2017 Prohibited List:

GCST Meet Psych Sheet 2.0 Available UPDATED 1/5/2017 3:37pm Version 2.0 of the Psych Sheet for next weekend's GCST Meet is now available on-line. Click Here to go to the Event Page on this web site to do download a copy and check out how you stack up against the competition. Also available for download are the estimated timelines. Version 1.0 of the Psych Sheet for next weekend's GCST Meet is now available on-line. Click Here to go to the Event Page on this web site to...

#CVST's #ThrowBackThursday Happy #TBT to #CVST - Anyone remember the SR Car Washes to raise money for Christmas Training Trips? #SeniorTrip #FunnestTeam #FunnestSport

What's The Best Advice For New Swim Parents? While swimming Masters, I introduced myself to a fellow swimmer and learned she had a four- and six-year-old in learn-to-swim and the youngest group on our club team. I told her, “You’re going to have so much fun in the years ahead. Enjoy it!” I felt a tinge of jealousy along with a flash of memories driving to meets in the early mornings with my kids, laughing with other parents in the stands, and watching my kids dive off the...

Congrat's 2016 CVST Mystery Week Survivors Congratulations to our 2016 CVST Mystery Week Survivors. The swimmers are truly the strongest and most resilient. They have traversed the Law of the Jungle and proved that they have made it through the Survival of the Fittest! Each Survivor will receive a World Reknown and Famous Mystery Week T-Shirt for their efforts. Congratulations to all of you, and great job! Alex Myers, Kaitlyn Coles, Kylie Coles, Steven Cox, Maddie Stenberg, KK Healey, Matthew Healey, Jayden Repak, Julia Cox, Lea Visher, Ava...

CVST Announces Practice Group Changes for Winter 2017 The CVST Coaching Staff has released the names of the swimmers who will be moving groups this Winter Session. Congratulations to the following swimmer on a job well done. All changes take effect at practice on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Bronze Group to Silver Group McKenna Smith Maddie Stenberg Sophie Nichols Morgan Labella Ayan Patel Senior 2 to Senior 1 Kaitlyn Labella Congratulations to these swimmers and keep up the hard work in practice!