2017 USA Swimming Highlight Video Now Available Online!   USA Swimming is pleased to distribute our annual highlight video, Inside the Lane Lines, which includes footage from the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary! The link to the video library below includes medal-winning performances and World & American records by USA National Team members. Also included are several promotional videos produced by and for USA Swimming.   The footage of the 2017 FINA World Championships is owned by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and is used with its permission....

GCST Meet:  Important Info from Host Club   We have a few changes that had to be made for the GCST Winter Open as follows:   1. Saturday morning will be run in 2 courses.  Girls in the 10 lane locker room end, and Boys in the 8 lane scoreboard end. 2. Saturday 1650’s will run in the Girls end in 10 lanes.  The 12 & under’s can start warm up in the Scoreboard end and the 25 yd diving well.  We need to move right into the pm session after the am is completed...

Total Team Wares Offering 25% Off Tech Suits at GCST Meet   Total Team Wares will be offering 25% off Speedo tech suits this weekend at the GCST Meet, in Ft. Myers  They will be taking orders and sending them to the Club so there is no shipping expense to you.  Total Team Wares will not be at FLAGS or Senior Champ's, so please get your suit beforehand.  Best of Luck!  

USADA Update   On January 1, 2018, the 2018 WADA Prohibited List goes into effect and athletes will be responsible for understanding and complying with those rules. To get a better understanding of how the rules about prohibited substances and methods impact athletes, take some time to review the Athlete Guide to the 2018 Prohibited List, which includes advisories on key substances and methods in each category of the Prohibited List.   2018 Athlete Handbook:    https://www.usada.org/wp-content/uploads/2018-USADA-Athlete-Handbook.pdf   2018 Pocket Guide:  https://www.usada.org/wp-content/uploads/2018-USADA-Pocket-Guide.pdf   2018 Wallet Card:  https://www.usada.org/wp-content/uploads/2018-USADA-Wallet-Card-for-Web.pdf  

Info for Those Swimming in Tonight's TBB SR Distance Meet   We have posted the psych sheet and time line for the meet to night. The wrestling room next to the pool will be open for the swimmers to stay warm. We will need to provide our own timers throughout the evening so parents, please be prepared to help out with that. The meet letter does state that everyone needs to provide their own timers.    Be sure to dress warm and bring extra dry towels along with drinks to stay hydrated..  ...

Year-End Reflection: Why Kids Benefit from Reviewing the Past 12 Months   At the dinner table each night I ask my children questions about their day to reflect on their successes and their failures. I’m not the only one. In 2016 Meg Conley wrote an article for Huffington Post’s ‘The Blog’ entitled We Ask Our Children the Same 3 Questions Every Night . Conley asks her children three specific quesitons: How were you kind today? How were you brave today? and, How did you fail today? This line of questioning...

Macro…what? A Swimmer’s Cheat Sheet to Proteins, Fats and Carbohydrates   At some point, we’ve all heard from friends, parents, or even thought ourselves that it doesn’t matter what you eat when you’re a swimmer training at high volume, because you’ll just burn it off, right? So why do we need to talk about nutrition? Michael Phelps eats 12k calories a day worth of McDonald’s burgers and fries and can still win 8 golds at one Olympics, right? WRONG. First of all, Phelps doesn’t do that, and if he did,...

CVST Veggie Challenge Begins Monday, January 8th     If you have any questions, please see your Practice Group Coach at the Pool.

Happy New Year from CVST   Best Wishes from CVST to All of Our CVST Families, Alumni, Friends and Supporters. We Wish You All a Very Happy, Healthy & Fast Swimming New Year!  

Resolutions to Swim By By Mike Watkins//Contributor  | Thursday, December 28, 2017 Every year as the clock strikes midnight on January 1, many of us make New Year’s Resolutions that we keep for a few weeks and then often casually (and secretly) abandon. But if you have high aspirations for achievement in swimming in 2018, you need to stay true to your resolutions and goals, so you can hit those times and finishes. Following are some resolutions and tips from top swimmers and coaches to help you meet those goals –...