Sarasota YMCA Sharks Swimming

Pan Am Practice Schedule

Allen Hillman — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:52:38 +0000

Pan Am Practice Schedule

Shark Open June 28th – 30th, 2013

JayClark — Thu, 09 May 2013 03:28:15 +0000

Preliminary meet announcement and TM events file above.

Kent B. Holdren Memorial Meet – Results

RachelBowman — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:49:43 +0000

May 17-19, 2013

Selby Aquatic Center, Sarasota, Florida

We will be restricting the number of heats for the 800 Free and 1500 Free.

WFLA Meet- May 3-5, 2013

RachelBowman — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:37:34 +0000

This is a 50M Long Course Age Group and Senior Timed Finals in Largo, Florida.

Ellie Berdusco selected for National Open Water Swimming Camp

RachelBowman — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:57:20 +0000

Ellie Berdusco has been selected to attend the National Open Water Swimming Camp on June 4-8, 2013 at the Florida Gulf Coast University. Only ten girls and ten boys from around the country attend this camp. Athletes are selected ‘off of the top 2012 times in the Swims database in the 1500 meter freestyle’ . More information can be found in this article on USA Swimming website.

April Meet Results – All Stars/SPA

JayClark — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:49:58 +0000

Individual results for All Stars. Alex Webster set the Boys 11-12 200 Freestyle record with the new standard of 1:53.05.

Results for SPA Meet Held April 13-14, 2013

Coach Sherwood Watts Featured in USA Swimming

RachelBowman — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:02:34 +0000

Coach Watts is featured in this weeks “Coaches You Should Know” article on USA Swimming’s website, USASwimming.org. ”Coaches You Should Know” features “some of the best age group and grassroots coaches in the nation.”

In addition to the recognition of USA Swimming, Coach Watts was awarded the Florida LSC 2012 Age Group Coach of the Year.This is the seventh year that Coach Watts has received that distinguished award!

Sports Illustrated features Danielle Valley

RachelBowman — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:42:04 +0000

Danielle Valley has been featured in the Sports Illustrated, “Faces in the Crowd” article, that will be on newsstands on April 15th and is now posted online. The link to the online article is here. Congratulations Danielle!

US Paralympics Champion-Liz Smith

RachelBowman — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:28:08 +0000

Elizabeth (Liz) Smith has represented and trained with the Sharks as a Senior 2 seasonal swimmer for the last several years. Liz recently competed at the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Spring CanAm Nationals that were held at the University of Minnesota. Liz won 6 events (50 & 100 free, 50 & 100 fly, and the 50& 100 back) setting 2 US para-swimming records in the 50 fly and 50 back. She is currently ranked #1 in the 50 fly and 50 back, #2 in the 100 fly and #4 in the 50 free for the 2013 International Para-swimming season rankings.

With her incredible showing at the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Spring CanAm Nationals Liz has been chosen for the 2013 U.S. Paralympics IPC Swimming World Championship Team that will compete in Montreal, Canada on August 11-17 this year.

See article link for more details: Swim Swam Paralympics Article

SPA Meet- April 13-14, 2013

RachelBowman — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:31:55 +0000

Location- 901 North Shore Drive NE, St. Petersburg, Florida