CVST Annual Team Pictures - 10/22   We will be taking CVST Team Pictures on Saturday, October 22nd, at 9:30 am, at the pool.  Imediately following the Team Picture, we will be taking individual pictures of each swimmer.  The uniform for the Team Picture will be your CVST Team Suit and the white CVST Team T-Shirt. Packages will be available for purchase and you will be able to review your pictures on-line prior to purchase.   PHOTO DAY INFORMATION FROM CONTEMPORARY PHOTO  PLACE: CVST POOLSIDE – 13985 Club House Drive,...

Concussion Information Sheet for Parents & Swimmers   Dear Parent/Guardian and Athletes, This information sheet is provided to assist you and your child in recognizing the signs and symptoms of a concussion. Every athlete is different and responds to a brain injury differently, so seek medical attention if you suspect your child has a concussion. Once a concussion occurs, it is very important your athlete return to normal activities slowly, so he/she does not do more damage to his/her brain. For the full information sheet click here:  

Five Surprising Reasons Young Swimmers Should Eat Breakfast By Jill Castle, MS, RDN Is your swimmer a breakfast eater or a breakfast skipper? Research tells us that 8 to 12 percent of all school-aged kids skip breakfast, and by the time they enter the teen years, as many as 20 to 30 percent of them have completely given up the morning meal. According to a 2008 study in Pediatrics, kids and teens that ate a daily breakfast had a lower body mass index (a measurement of weight status in relation...

CVST's Griffiths Honored with USA Swimming's Pettigrew Award   Congratulations to CVST's Bob Griffiths, USA Swimming's 2016 recipient of the Kenneth J. Pettigrew Award. The Kenneth J. Pettigrew Award was created to honor Ken Pettigrew, a swimming official who devoted over 30 years to swimming. Each year the recipient is chosen by the USA Swimming National Officials’ Committee and the award is presented at the annual convention.   Last night Bob was so honored in Atlanta, at the Annual USA Swimming House of Delegates Meeting. It was a suprise for Bob and...

USA Swimming Wants to Hear What You Have to Say   Your feedback from this survey will help USA Swimming better understand our members. This survey should take around 12-15 minutes to complete and at the end you can have a chance to win 1 of 3 USA Swimming prize packs including swimming gear and autographed items from Olympic Team members! Thanks in advance for all your help! Take the survey here:

Happy #TBT to #CVST   Happy #CVST #TBT - Anyone remember these CVST Bond Girls from way back? #FunnestTeam #BondGirls #FunnnestSport  

Michael Phelps Plays “Foot Flickers” On The Ellen Sho w   “The Ellen Show” with Ellen DeGeneres is quickly becoming THE place to find 2016 U.S. Olympic swimmers as five-time Olympian Michael Phelps joins the growing list.   Phelps, who now boasts a whopping 23 gold medals and 28 total medals to his name, sat down with DeGeneres and her co-host for the day, Kristin Bell, to talk about his Olympic medals, his dream of being an Olympic champion, and son Boomer Phelps. According to Phelps his 28 medals are kept in a secret place and...

6 Tips for Swim Parents About the Car Ride Home by Elizabeth Wickham   “I’ll never forget the ride home after a swim meet,” one of my Masters coaches said. He’s in his mid-fifties and he doesn’t remember the car ride home in a good way. In fact, he joked that he was scarred for life. It was a meet where he swam really, really badly and the ride home was awful. Is that how we want our kids to remember spending time with us 40 years later?   According...

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USA Swimming Membership Card Goes Digital    Welcome to the 2016-2017 swimming season! This year, USA Swimming will be offering the new membership card through Deck Pass and usaswimming.org. To access your card, please follow the steps below: 1. If you do not have a Deck Pass account, please follow the steps below: a. Visit usaswimming.org b. Select the “Sign In” button at the top right of the screen c. Select the “Need to Create an Account?” link d. Register - Fill out the form and select the "Create Account"...