Hillsborough County - School Reopening Plan for the 2020-21 School Year On Thursday during the School Board Workshop, Superintendent Addison Davis presented his detailed School Reopening Plan for the 2020-21 school year. This plan evolved after extensive discussions with our health partners at Tampa General Hospital and USF Health. It is a fluid plan that we will continue to modify as the need arises. The plan includes information about what returning to school will look like, an extensive look at each of our three learning options, and what steps will...

USA Swimming Meet Sanctioning (July 1 - 31, 2020; Indefinitely) TO: USA Swimming House of Delegates CC: Operational Risk Committee, Rules & Regulation Committee FROM: Bob Vincent, USA Swimming Board Chair SUBJECT: USA Swimming Meet Sanctioning (July 1 - 31, 2020; indefinitely) DATE: July 21, 2020 Pursuant to Article 4.7 of the USA Swimming Corporate Bylaws, and in the interest of member safety due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the USA Swimming Board of Directors has taken the following actions related to meet sanctioning, with the advice and consent of...

CORRECTED - Hillsborough County Delays Start of School Sports, May Push Back Academic Year TAMPA, Fla. — Public school sports are delayed in Hillsborough County. Superintendent Addison Davis announced Tuesday he is pushing back the athletics start date by two weeks until Aug. 10. And, the academic year could be delayed, too. While the Florida High School Athletics Association voted Monday to let sports teams begin the season as scheduled, Davis said he was committed to keeping kids safe amid the pandemic. At this time, student-athletes will keep conditioning on...

Florida Swimming Sanctioning - August Hello Florida Swimming! The most recent update from USA-Swimming for sanctioning in August includes: LSCs will be limited to the sanctioning of meets comprised only of athletes and clubs registered within the LSC.* There will be no restrictions on the use of times (*A club, geographically isolated within their LSC, may be granted the opportunity to compete in an adjacent LSC with permission from both the club’s LSC and the adjacent LSC.) Florida Swimming can sanction duals, intra squads, virtual and small invitational meets –...

FHSAA Votes to Start Fall Sports on July 27 TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)– The Florida High School Athletic Association executive board voted 10-5 in favor of maintaining the state’s July 27th start for high school fall sports, including football. Teams in the bay area and the rest of Florida can begin full practices next Monday. The ruling also states that schools that cannot begin practices on the 27th will have to declare an intention to not compete in the state series (playoffs). This would allow a later start date and give...

Florida High School Athletic Association Votes to Start Fall Sports July 27; Swim Season Is On The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) voted after a lengthy Board of Directors meeting to go forward with a July 27 start date regarding fall sports. After a four-hour meeting that discussed various options, including pushing back the start of fall sports to August 10, the board voted to allow schools to return to the playing field next week. However, each individual school district will have the option to withhold its teams from...

USA Swimming August Sanctions Update Dear members, As we continue to navigate these challenging times, we remain focused on supporting our teams and members in their return to training and competition. We are aware of the considerable differences and effects of the COVID-19 crisis across the country and are being mindful of these as we further develop our “crawl, walk, race” strategies, initially introduced in June. Following input from athletes, coaches, committee volunteers, and staff, the USA Swimming Board of Directors approved the following event sanctions for August 2020: LSCs...

CVST Parents - This is information You Need to Know for Tomorrow's Swim Meet Statement of the Local Protocols and Requirements – In applying for this sanction, the Host, Carrollwood Village Swim Assn., Inc. (CVST) agrees to comply and to enforce all health and safety mandates and guidelines of USA Swimming, Florida Swimming, the State of Florida and Hillsborough County, Florida. Facility Requirements – Strict social distancing will be adhered to at all times. One timer per lane will be used Pool deck will be closed to general spectators. One...

CVST Swimmers Support AdventHealth Foundation Carrollwood The CVST Senior Group along with Coach Maria came up with an idea to help out some of our local frontline workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and have a little fun designing a #CVSTvsCOVID t-shirt. The t-shirts were then sold, with all of the profits going to the AdventHealth Foundation Carrollwood. The Foundation supports all aspects of the Hospital, from getting the Personal Protection Equipment needed by hospital staff, to supplying meals for Doctors and Nurses, to just supplying individual care packaged to those...

CVST Looking to Hold 2 More #CVSTvsCOVID Meets This Summer CVST is looking to run two more #CVSTvsCOVID Intersquad Meets befor the end of the summer season. The two meets will offer half of the events of #CVSTvsCOVID Meet #1 , being held this Friday, and between them will offer all events minus the distance events run in the first meet. We are now awaiting approval and sanction from Florida Swimming and will let everyone know when the meets are approved. Check back with CVST.org for the latest information.