REMINDER - Tech Suit Restriction for 12-and-Under Swimmers Tech Suit Restriction for 12-and-Under Swimmers by USA Swimming The following rule, proposed by the Age Group Development Committee, will take effect September 1, 2020. 102.8 SWIMWEAR .1 Design F. No Technical Suit may be worn by any 12 & Under USA Swimming athlete member in competition at any Sanctioned, Approved or Observed meet. 1) A Technical Suit is one that has the following components: a. Any suit with any bonded or taped seams regardless of its fabric or silhouette; or b....

Southern Zone Athlete Representatives Issue COVID-19 Statement The Southern Zone Athletes’ Commission has issued a statement regarding the current status of the coronavirus in the United States. USA Swimming’s Southern Zone consists of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, West Virginia, Georgia, North & South Carolina and Florida. Two of those states: South Carolina & Florida have had a big spike in coronavirus cases according to The New York Times in the last couple months since states have begun to re-open. The statement can be read in full below: Over...

Southern Zone Athlete Rep's Ask Peers to Wear Masks, Social Distance Annie Norris and Ryan Gibbons, the two athlete representatives for the Southern Zone of USA Swimming, have released a letter imploring their fellow swimmers to practice social distancing, wear masks, and follow health guidelines provided by government agencies. As battles rage, both online and in public spaces, about the efficacy of masks or the legality of requiring them, cases in the states represented by the Southern Zone LSC have exploded over the last 6 weeks as those states have...

Job Sign-Up Portal for #CVSTvsCOVID Swim Meet Now Open The Job Sign-up Portal for the #CVSTvsCOVID Meet, on Friday, July 17th, is now open for parents to volunteer for jobs at the meet. The jobs range from Timer to Meet Marshall, from Swim Wrangler to Announcer, and best of all they take almost no experience so anyone can do them. Just go to the Events Page of the website, find the meet and click on the Job Sign-up link and pick your job. This meet is not one of the...

CVSTvsCOVID Meet #1 Rescheduled for Friday, July 17 The Potential #CVSTvsCOVID Meet #1 has been Rescheduled for Friday, July 17, and is no longer "Potential" The meet is on and sanctioned by Florida Swimming. The one week delay is due to the new Supplemental Information required by USA Swimming for sanctioning. Now that we have recieived some clear answers as to what is required in the new Application for Sanction procedures and by us as a team in order to host a meet, we are ready to go. All CVST...

Athlete Temperature Screening Begins at CVST Practices Beginning with this morning's practices CVST has added Temperature Screening for all athletes to the already established COVID-19 Protocols used for our swim practices. Our Coaches were already being screened prior to each practice. Until further notice,in order to work this out smoothly, swimmers will enter the TAC via the main entrance and will include health screening questions and temperature screening at the TAC front desk, no swimmer shall be admitted with a temperature over 100.4 F in accordance with USA Swimming and...

CCC - COVID-19 Notice Dear Carrollwod Country Club Members, It came to our attention late yesterday evening that a Member has tested positive for COVID-19. As this Member had been at Carrollwood seven days ago today, we have felt it appropriate to notify all Members of this occurrence. Any Members who had close contact with this Member at the Club have been notified and asked to stay away for the necessary period, or to return with a negative test result, and doctor's note. No staff members were reported to have...

USA Swimming Return to Competition Plan Last month, USA Swimming introduced the concept of a crawl, walk, race approach to our return to competition. As part of that return to competition plan, for July 2020, the USA Swimming Board of Directors has approved sanctioning of meets comprised only of athletes and clubs registered within the sanctioning LSC.* Furthermore, with the recognition that many of our clubs have limited or no access to facilities, and to maintain a level playing field, times achieved in sanctioned meets during July 2020 may not...

CVST Placing Team Mask Order Hey CVST - Order your CVST Face Mask today or at least before 11:00am, on Monday, June 29th. Visit www.CVST.org for more information. These are limited edition Face Masks and will take approximately 2 weeks for production and delivery. The CVST Masks are made using the sublimation process and produced by the same company, Agon Swim, that produced our CVST Equipment Bags from last year’s Green Goggles Awards Night. Click Here for more information and the CVST Mask Order Form.

CCC - More Spectacular Artwork in Process ATTENTION CCC MEMBERS With the assistance of local artist, Sara Mullins of Galleries on the Go, the Club has asked several artists to show off their talents this Summer here at CCC. Each week a different artist will create remarkable sidewalk art on the Terrace. This week, we are proud to present Live Chalk Art by 'Maestro' Level Artist, Ken Mullen! Ken Mullen is an award-winning chalk artist, street painter, and muralist from West Palm Beach, FL, USA. Whether working alone, with his...