USA Swimming Teams up with Disney*Pixar to promote the Sport of Swimming USA Swimming has joined forces with Disney*Pixar to promote the sport of swimming in 2012. A “Just Keep Swimming” public service announcement is now available online to help drive people to USA Swimming’s SwimToday campaign website. The site is designed to help anyone get started swimming, whether you’re looking for swim lessons, a competitive team or if you want to swim for fitness. The PSA can be found here. Some of the top swimming stars in the world...

CVST Sending Four to FLAGS Meet   The CVST Coaching Staff announced that they would be sending four swimmers to the Florida Swimming Age Group Championships, being held July 19-22, at the University of Florida's O'Connell Center, in Gainesville.  Those attending will be Abby Forman (10), Demmi Parrino (12), Darryl Pickerell (13) and Fitz Rawls (14).   Congratulations, and Good Luck in Gainesville!  

CVST Releases March, April & May SOM Winners   May 2012 May 2012 –  Kaitlyn Labella (7) – Kaitlyn Labella has been named the May 2012 CVST Swimmer of the Month by the CVST Coaching Staff.  Katie swam in 3 PCL Meets over the month and dropped a time in all four strokes, including a drop of four seconds in her 50 Backstroke.  Katie is a leader in the CVST Bronze Group and we are looking forward to many more time drops in the near future.  Keep up the great...

Important USADA Update:  Supplement411.org   Be an Informed Athlete & Parent! USADA Launches Supplement411.org   to Provide Facts about the  Risks Involved with Dietary Supplement Use. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today the launch of its new dietary supplement awareness website, Supplement 411, in an effort to meet the growing demand in the U.S. for accurate information, resources and guidance as potential consumers navigate the dietary-supplement marketplace. “The current marketplace has created a dilemma in which all athletes must balance their beliefs that these products provide a nutritional benefit,...

Parents - Top Five Recovery Snacks By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, CSSD Recovery is a hot topic for swimmers and for good reason. A long pool and/or land workout burns muscle fuel and causes muscle protein breakdown. Eating a recovery snack within an hour of a workout speeds needed carbs and amino acids (the building blocks of protein that make up the protein-rich foods you eat) to replenish muscle glycogen and repair and build muscle tissue. Do you need to buy expensive protein shakes? No, because the same amino acids...

CVST Fourth at FS Open Water Champ's   CVST finished 4th as a team at this weekend's Florida Swimming Open Water Championships, at Mirromar Lakes, in Ft. Myers.  CVST sent five swimmers to the event and all five medaled and scored in their respective events.  Corey Stein (17) finished 4th in the Senior Men's 5K Race in spite of being sick that morning with a gutsy time of 1:13:08.00.  Jackie Kenny (16) finished 5th in the 15-16 Girls 5K Race with a great swim of 1:14:59.00.  Also finishing 5th in...

CVST's Stein Directs Special Olympics PSA   CVST's Corey Stein (17) directed his first television commercial this month and it is now available for viewing via YouTube.com.  Corey also enlisted the help of another CVST swimmer, Sky Steele (18) who was one of the many stars of the commercial.  The project was for his Youth Group and will run as a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for Special Olympics Florida.    Click Here  to view the PSA entitled: Special Olympics Florida - Hillsborough County PSA.    

First Florida Swimming Athlete Newsletter By CVST Reps   Florida Swimming has released the first issue of their new Florida Swimming Athlete Newsletter titled "Through Our Goggles".  This issue has ties to CVST, since the the two Athlete Reps elected to the Florida Swimming Board of Directors were Jackie Kenny and Emma Volz.  This Newsletter was their idea and has already proven to be a huge success with interest on swimming's dryside pouring in from athletes across the state.   Click Here   to download a copy of the Newsletter. ...

Florida Swim Network To Air Replays Boys & Girls Club Nationals Parts of two sessions from this years Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships will be rebroadcast on the Florids Swim Network, a web based swimming network that covers major meets throughout Florida and beyond.  The sessions are Finals fromFriday, March 30 & Sunday, April 1.  Be sure to let anyone interested in watching, like Grandparents, etc.. , know all they have to do is go to www.floridaswimnetwork.com  and they will be able to pick up the reairiing.  

Volz Wins Mile, Boys & Girls Club National Champion   CVST's Emma Volz (17) won the Women's 1650 Yard Freestyle today at the Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships, in St. Petersburg. The meet is being held this weekend at the Northshore Aquatic Complex with Prelims beginning at 9:00 am and Finals st 5:00 pm each afternoon..  Each evenings Finals are also being broadcast over the Florida Swim Network at www.floridaswimnetwork.com.  Volz swam to a personal best time of 17:48.27, winning the event and claiming the title National Champion. ...