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ALERT: New World Anti-Doping Association Rule Sent by Jim Sheehan, USA Swimming President On behalf of USA Swimming, I want to make you aware of a new World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rule called Prohibited Association that went into effect on January 1, 2015. This rule prohibits athletes from associating with coaches, trainers, physicians or other Athlete Support Personnel who are currently sanctioned for and/or criminally convicted of doping. Examples outlined in the WADA Code of “association” include assisting athletes with training, nutrition or medical advice, and/or serving as an agent...
5 Things You Must Do If You Want to Fail at Swimming By Wayne Goldsmith There’s a lot of swimming articles about how to be successful: bet you’ve never read one that will tell you 5 Things You Must Do If You Want to Fail at Swimming. There must be a lot of swimmers who prefer to fail than to succeed…..because in every squad, in every city, in every nation it seems like a lot of swimmers are doing just that – choosing to fail. Coaches say...
CVST #TBT Happy TBT from CVST! Do you remember these "Biathlon Award Winners" from a few years back?
You’re a Mentally Tougher Swimmer Than You Realize by Olivier Poirier-Leroy. Typically we talk about elite swimmers in terms of talent and performance that borders on reverence. She is so fast because she has such a good stroke. He’s so much more gifted than other swimmers. She must have really good genetics to be able to swim so fast. But there is certainly more to the equation of high performance swimming than being tall and being talented. (Although having those two can almost seem like enough for some swimmers.)...
Mike's Mailbag: The Swimmer Plateau By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent Dear Mike, I have been swimming for almost 12 years now and I just finished my freshman year of college swimming. I wasn't happy with my results. I haven't dropped time since I was a junior in high school, and I'm frustrated. I always go to practice, do everything I'm told, work hard, and focus. I watch what I eat, and I even go to bed as early as possible every night. It seems like I'm doing...
Ingerick Picks Up CVST February SOM Honors The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Logan Ingerick as the February Swimmer of the Month. By swimming to six best times in seven events, the 11 year old St. Lawrence Fifth Grader, dropped a total of 65.72 seconds off of his previous best times. Swimming at the TBAY Gasparilla Invitational held at the Tampa Preparatory High School Colwell Aquatic Center, Logan lowered his 100 yard Freestyle time (59.15) by .70 seconds, and swam to new Florida Age-Group Swimming Championship (FLAGS) time...
2015 Florida Swimming Open Water Championship Qualifiers as of 3/1/2015 10&Under Girls Madison Houck (500) Kaitlyn Labella (500) 11-12 Girls Mabry Bishop (500) 13-14 Girls Abby Forman (1500) Open Girls Maria Zambito (1500) 10&U Boys Sean Kenny (200) Jayden Repak (500) 11-12 Boys Logan Ingerick (1650) 15-16 Boys Zach Bowles (1500) Tyler Bowles (500) Daryl Pickerell (1000) Qualifying/Entry Deadline - April 16, 2015 - 11:00 pm
CVST Goes the Distance At Berkeley Prep, last Friday, a handful of CVST swimmers rose to the challenge of a distance swim meet on Friday the 13th no less. Logan Ingerick (11) led the group off with a Florida Age Group Championship cut in the 1000 freestyle to go 12:01.45. More impressive, he did it in his 1650 freestyle toughing the wall in 20:28.68. Kayla Rodriguez (11), Madison Houck (10), Jackson Houck (10), Reagan Cassels (10), Jayden Repak (8), and Ava Edwards (8) all earned their Boys and...
3 Sleep Habits to Boost Your Performance Bridge Athletic | February 17th, 2015 Swimmers are constantly on the verge of sleep deprivation. It takes focus and no small amount of discipline to get to bed at an appropriate time before every morning practice, of which there are many. Swimmers see 3 to 4 sunrises per week, often warming up in the dark before dawn. It is difficult to get up early and work your tail off in the pool at 5 a.m., but it is even harder if you...
