10 Things Swimmers Miss When They Stop Swimming   At this time of year a lot of swimmers are finishing their championship meets and hanging up their fast skin for the last time. For some, they will be leaving the sport on their own terms, satisfied and pleased with a career they can look back on with pride. For others, they are leaving the sport earlier than they liked, perhaps under circumstances they aren’t wild about.   Whatever the case may be, here are but a few of the things...

New CVST Sponsor, Sonny's BBQ, Helping CVST Seniors get to 2016 Sone Meet!   The CVST Senior 1 Group is excited to announce that Sonny’s BBQ is now a sponsor for CVST! There will be Spirit Nights at Sonny’s on North Dale Mabry once a month through December. All you have to do is show up at these Spirit Nights and give the waitress the flyer you received in your mailbox or form here on the CVST Web Site. Don’t stop at just your flyer! Spread the BBQ to all...

CVST to Participate in Crazy Big Swim!   What - The largest swim meet in history. Takes the place of the CVST October FNR. Why - To bring the swimming community together to break a world record, and to raise money to fight childhood cancer. When - Registration opens Tuesday, August 25th. Our meet will be held on October 2nd. Where - The Carrollwood Country Club TAC Pool. Who - All CVST Swimmers are STRONGLY encoutaged to participate and our swimmers' times will be compared nationwide with swimmers from teams...

Happy #TBT to CVST!   Happy #TBT CVST!  Do you remember these two from the 2008-2009 Swim Year?  They were the CVST Male & Female Swimmer of the Year Award Winners. The 2014-2015 Swim Banquet is this Saturday, who will be this year's winners?

Missed NBC's Race For Gold? No Problem   If you didn't get to watch watch the new USA Swimming magazine show #RaceforGold on NBC, don't worry, we've got you covered. Click here to watch  some clips from the program featuring Olympians Natalie Coughlin, Connor Jaeger, Cullen Jones, Michael Phelps and Allison Schmidt.

Health Experts: Kids, Energy Drinks Not a Good Mix Las Vegas Review-Journal For younger people looking for a quick jolt or pick-me-up by sipping on an energy drink, health experts advise them to think again. Research from the American Heart Association and the Academy of American Pediatrics shows those drinks and young children don't mix.   More

Speedo and Misfit Team Up for a Swimming-Focused Fitness Tracker Gizmodo Misfit's button-sized Shine fitness tracker is already waterproof to a depth of over 160 feet, so swimmers don't need to take it off while training. But since accurately measuring laps is different than measuring steps, Misfit has teamed up with Speedo to create a new version of the Shine that's customized to track underwater activities.   More Info  

CVST Releases Fall Practice Groups                        Bronze                    Silver                         Gold                            Senior 2               Senior 1 Ana Avellan              Ivan Boroweic             Reagan Cassels          Talia Bagby           Zach Bowles Bruno Borowiec        Sam Forman               Ava Edwards               Sophia Hasara      Abby Forman Bodi Burrill               Taylor Cassels            Jackson Houck            Emma Herron       Daryl Pickerell Noah Buscemi          Lauren Clark              Madison Houck            Logan Ingerick       Maria Zambito McKinnley Cassels   Asher Gonzalez         Savannah Kaddouri       Kara Kivenas Matthew Davis          Ella Herron                 Jayden Repak             Kaityly Labella John Gleason           Madison Ratchford      Kayla Rodriguez         ...

Parents, Stop Hovering! It’s Not Your Job to Remove Every Obstacle from Your Kids’ Paths By Jessica Lahey. Salon.com Excerpted from "The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed" I became a parent and a middle school teacher in the same year, and these twin roles have shaped the way I’ve raised my children and educated my students. Over the course of my first decade raising two boys and teaching hundreds of children, I began to feel a creeping sense of...

CVST at Area 3 Championships   On July 31, to August 2, CVST traveled to St. Petersburg’s North Shore Pool for the Area 3 Championships.  The meet featured over 800 swimmers from Area 3.  Like other meets the past three weeks, this one was swum in the rain. Friday was swum in the rain, Saturday was delayed so late that the 12 & Under age group was finishing up their afternoon session at the same time that their evening session was starting at the other end of the pool. Through...