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CVST Announces Tirheimer as October SOM The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Chance Tirheimer as the October Age Group Swimmer of the Month. At the Central Florida Marlins invitational in Ocala, Florida the twelve year old, gold practice group member swam to five best times out of seven events. For the meet Chance dropped a total of 47.88 seconds with his biggest drop of coming in his 500 yard freestyle where he improved upon his best time from two months earlier by a whopping 29 seconds. Chance also...
SYS Turkey Meet Recap By Coach Randy The Carrollwood Village Swim Team sent four swimmers to the Sarasota YMCA Sharks Tom Herrington Turkey Invitational held the weekend before Thanksgiving at the Selby Aquatics Center in Sarasota, Florida. With a weekend calling for a steady rain, Madison Houck (11), Jackson Houck (11), Sophia Hasara (13), and Henry Walz (13) all traveled to Sarasota to swim their first swimming mile, 1650 yard Freestyle where Madison and Jackson both placed first in their age-group, Sophie placed second in her age-group and Henry...
6 Swim Parent Tips on Why Your Child Isn't Getting Best Times Courtesy of Elizabeth Wickham “Why did my child add time in her best event?” I heard two parents say at a recent age group meet. “What’s wrong? Why isn’t she swimming best times?” I was asked about my daughter, who is swimming in college. Many parents complain or worry when their kids aren’t dropping time. I’ve explained to my fellow swim parents that if our kids dropped time, every single time they swam, they’d be in...
USADA Launches New Supplement Education App in Conjunction with Federal Dietary Supplement Initiative USADA, along with five federal agencies, announced the results of a national dietary supplement initiative. USADA stands together with the Department of Justice, Food & Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Department of Defense to rid the U.S. marketplace from poorly manufactured or dangerous dietary supplements, especially those containing illicit or performance-enhancing drugs. Learn more here:
Eight Tips for Feeding Young Athletes Without Going Broke By Stack.com, November 13, 2015 Parents know that every child they bring into their family adds to their monthly food bill, and that food costs only go up as the kids grow up, get bigger and reach the age where they can play sports. For parents of multiple athletes, hefty grocery bills are a weekly occurrence. "We easily spent $500 a week on food," says Mindy Gallagher, a Cleveland-area mother of three boys who were all multi-sport athletes. "I would go...
Facts on Vitamin B12 By Chris Rosenbloom, RHD, RDN, CSSN A swim coach wrote to me expressing concern about age group swimmers taking shots of vitamin B12 without professional guidance. Let’s clear the air about what vitamin B12 can and cannot do for swimmers. Vitamin B12 is a vitamin found in milk, meat, fish, eggs and other animal protein-rich foods. It is not found in grains, fruits or vegetables, although breakfast cereals add vitamin B12, so fortified foods are a good source of the vitamin for those who don’t eat...
12 Performance Nutrition Thoughts for the Holiday Week By Alicia Kendig, USOC Sport Dietitian 1. It’s the holidays! A time to celebrate with family and friends, but during this small break from training, it’s wise to continue to make healthy performance based food choices…most of the time. With only eight months until the peak of the summer season, even small holiday set-backs can significantly push you behind in preparation for Rio. 2. When given cookies/treats, share them with your family. If given lots of treats throughout the holidays, freeze some...
Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps Win Top Honors at USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards Olympic champions and world-record holders Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) and Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) claimed top honors as repeat Athlete of the Year winners Sunday at the 2015 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. Ledecky was the night’s big winner, claiming three awards – Female Athlete of the Year, Female Race of the Year for the 200-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA World Championships and Relay Performance of the...
10 Reasons Swimmers are Thankful for Swimming By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent Oh, we swimmers love to [sometimes] loathe swimming. Like any love-hate relationship, swimming is like the vegetables you consume but only-because-you-should, or like that long history textbook that takes a year to finish but makes an impact on you forever. It is good for you. It is cold. It gives you self-esteem. It is cold. It improves your goal setting and time management abilities. It is cold. As we approach the annual Time of Thanks, and beyond that...
