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.

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...