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...

CVST Announces Official 2016 Boys & Girls Club Nat's Logo   CVST had released the official logo of the 2016 Boys & Girls Club National Championships.  The meet is being held April 8-10, in 2016 at the North Shore Swimming Complex, in St. Petersburg.  For more information visit www.CVST.org or inquire at Info@CVST.org.  

Support CVST When You Shop this Holiday Season and All Year Long!   The holidays are quickly approaching and you will soon be busy shopping for gifts. CVST wants to remind you to shop at smile.amazon.com & SwimOutlet.com and CVST will receive a percentage of your purchases from these on-line Super Stores as a donation tot the team.  This works all year long, but espesially now at the Holiday Season.  All you have to do is enter through our one of our CVST portals to these sites.  Just click on...

Happy #TBT from #CVST   Happy #TBT from #CVST - Remember this crew, with Coach Stacia, from a few years back & at the old pool? #OldDays #CVSTAlum #FunnestSport  

7 Keys to Being the Best Swim Parent You Can Be   As the weather cools and the leaves change colors, kids and parents all over the country are back in the full swing of school and practice routines. Youth athletics can be a very time consuming, stressful, and expensive endeavor. Parents are an essential component in the success of a child-athlete, but they can also be a toxic element. The fine line that parents walk between involvement and respectful distance can be difficult to navigate. Done well, parents of...