Advocating for The Diversity in USA Swimming Initiative

Advocating for The Diversity in USA Swimming Initiative -- November 18, 2009 Guest editorial by Rosemary Camera, LGAC Twister Assistant Coach FLUSHING, New York, November 18. AS a new swim coach I w...

 FCAT Holiday Party!

All FCAT members, regarless of age, (this means you Masters Swimmers) have been invited to attend the "All Aboard for an Evening with Santa"! Taking place Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p...

 Texas, Georgia Lead College Polls

Texas, Georgia Lead College Polls Men?s Poll 1) Texas  (12) - 546 2) Stanford (3) - 527 3) California (1) - 490 4) Florida (3) - 486 5) Auburn (3) - 475 6) Arizona - 435 7) Michigan (1) - 434 8) Virgi...

 CMA Invite Improvement Report

.topTdStyle{border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#999999}    Improvements Report                 Report Generated: 11/15/09   Since Date: 11/12/2009   Until Date: ---   Every Meet vs Base...

 No practice on Saturday, November 14th

All Competitor and Pre-Nat Groups, no swim practice on Saturday November 14th. Both Coaches will be attending swim meets. 

 The Hardest Sets of All-Time

By Casey Barrett // Swimnetwork Columnist All swimmers work hard. Wait... Scratch that. All swimmers think they work hard. Even the sprinters. Pain is a proud partner for all of us, at some point all ...

 CMA Invite Time Line

Licensed To:  Cheyenne Mtn Aquatics S.C. Hy-Tek's MEET MANAGER  11/9/2009  Page 1  2009 CO CMA Invite - 11/13/2009 to 11/15/2009  2009 CO CMA Invite, Sanction #: 2009-107  Cheyenne Mtn. Aquatic Center...

 Durango Vs. Farmington Meet Schedule

Series 2: Saturday, November 14th. Warm-up at 10AM    Meet at 11AM Series 2 located at the Durango Family Recreation Center, located at 2700 North Main Avenue, Durango, CO. The facility includes a 25 ...

 CMA Invite Psych Sheet

Cheyenne Mtn Aquatics S.C. Hy-Tek?s MEET MANAGER  3:38 PM  11/8/2009  Page 1  2009 CO CMA Invite - 11/13/2009 to 11/15/2009  2009 CO CMA Invite, Sanction #: 2009-107  Cheyenne Mtn. Aquatic Center, Tom...

 No practice on Friday, November 6th

There is no practice on Friday, November 6th for all FCAT kids groups. The coaches have been invited to participate in a coaches weekend at the University of Arizona (which is where Coach Trever swam ...

 Competitor Call to Action

Competitor Call to Action To all Competitor athletes and parents: First, I apologize if the tone of this email and subsequent handout to the athletes seems too strongly worded, but I am frustrated wit...

 NAG Top 10 rankings now complete

NAG Top 10 rankings now complete USA Swimming has released the 2008-09 National Age Group Top 10 rankings. The times compiled for this list were from Sept. 1, 2008 through Aug. 31, 2009. To view the c...

 Seven-year-old boy swims from Alcatraz.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/138698/braxton_bilbrey_youngest_person_to_swim_from_alcatraz/

 Drinking Vitamin Water Can Get You Banned From the NCAA

 Nine Kid Foods to Avoid

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1824402,00.html

 Top 10 Worst Fast-Food Meals

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 FCAT moves up 258 places in the Virtual Club Championships

From September 1st, 2007 to August 31st, 2009 FCAT has moved up 258 places in the Virtual Club Championships from 1216th place in the country to 958th.   Purpose: Recognize and highlight clubs that ar...

 SWIMMING OFFICIALS' CLINICS ANNOUNCED!

Swim Parents (swimmers please print or tell your parents),   Have you ever seen a football game without referees? A baseball game without umpires??? Can you imagine what one of these games would be li...

 Are They Unbreakable?

Are They Unbreakable? 10/14/09 By Casey Barrett // Swimnetwork Columnist Back when I was a kid, starting to dream big swim dreams, NAG records were scripture. You knew them, you worshiped them, you ho...

 Stay Hydrated

Stay Hydrated BY KATHLEEN WOOLF, PhD, RD//Correspondent (Coaches note #1: dehydrate a muscle by 2% and you will lose 10% contractile strength in that muscle. Rule #1 for optimum sports nutrion-continu...

 Results of FCAT Vs. Durango #1

With FCAT?s 31 swimmers vs. Durango?s 9 swimmers we easily defeated Durango in the first of three, 12 and under swim meets. More importantly, FCAT had many first time swim meet participants who had a ...

 The Purpose of Travel Meets for Swim Teams

The Purpose of Travel Meets for Swim Teams   Many parents do not understand why coaches want athletes to travel to ?away? meets, sometimes including overnight meets. There are several reasons, but one...

 FCAT swimmer's make the USA Scholastic All-American list

USA Swimming is proud to announce that 1500 women and men have been named to the 2008-09 Scholastic All-America Team.  This is an increase of over 50 percent from the 2007-08 team. FCAT's own Chris Ri...

 Study: School Drinking Water Contains Toxins

Study: School Drinking Water Contains Toxins   Coaches note: When the Pre-National Group has nutrition training on Saturday mornings, we have learned that the most important nutrient in an athletes ...

 New Research Shows Direct Link Between Soda And Obesity

New Research Shows Direct Link Between Soda And Obesity While health officials have long suspected the link between obesity and soda consumption, research released provides the first scientific eviden...

 No swim practice Friday, September 25th

No swim practice Friday, September 25th for all groups in the afternoon. Masters will be normal time. Coach Brandyn will be racing in the USA National Championships in Ogden, Utah and I will be taking...

 USA Swimming Adopts October 1 Ban on Full-Body Suits

USA Swimming Adopts October 1 Ban on Full-Body Suits   (9/19/2009) At its annual Convention on Saturday, over 400 USA Swimming Delegates, representing swim clubs from all 50 states, voted overwhelming...

 Why kids don't need sports drinks

Why kids don't need sports drinks In some "healthy" school vending machines across the country, soda is out. But rehydrating, sugar-laden sports drinks are still in. Often promoted by popular athletes...

 Stirring a Melting Pot

By Casey Barrett // Swimnetwork.com Columnist There is a very fast 14-year-old female swimmer in New York City with too much pressure on her. Like other supremely talented young swimmers through the y...

 2009 USA Swimming New Member Survey

Dear USA Swimming Coaches and LSC?s,   https://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/83aeg3f1ad   Above is a link that will direct new members and their parents to the 2009 USA Swimming New Member Survey.  USA Swimmin...

 September to feature swimmers in primetime

September to feature swimmers in primetime We're all used to seeing swimmers like Natalie Coughlin, Michael Phelps and Cullen Jones during Olympic and World Championship-time broadcasts on NBC Sports,...

 Fruit Is Even Better For You Than Previously Thought

Fruit Is Even Better For You Than Previously Thought ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2009) ? An international team of scientists has found that the polyphenol content of fruits has been underestimated. Polyphe...

 FCAT Practice schedule for the 2009/2010 Fall/Winter Season.

FCAT Practice schedule for the 2009/2010 Fall/Winter Season.   Developmental: Monday-Wednesday-Friday 5 PM-6PM: 50 minutes of swimming/10 minutes of dryland   Novice: Monday-Friday 4PM-5:30PM: 1:15 o...

 Sixty percent of adults can't drink milk, especially Native Americans

Sixty percent of adults can't drink milk By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO ? Got milk? If you do, take a moment to ponder the true oddness of being able to drink milk after you're a baby. No...

 USA Swimming 2009-2010 National Team

USA Swimming 2009-2010 National Team ? Men:    Qualifying Criteria: Top six times in Olympic events swum at 2009 ConocoPhillips National Championships and World Championship Trials, 2009 U.S. Open, 20...

 Pre-National Team, Required Watching......

http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/22098.asp

 Swimming Aids Asthma Symptoms In Children, Study Finds

Swimming Aids Asthma Symptoms In Children, Study Finds ScienceDaily (Aug. 20, 2009) ? Research has shown that swimming aids asthma symptoms in children. The activity has been proven to be an effective...

 "The Blue" by Brandyn Roark Gray

"THE BLUE" The spirit of XTERRA comes alive in this first-person account of a pre-race "epiphany" had by Brandyn Roark Gray in the Austrian Alps. I'm not often one of those people defined by "one spec...

 Junior Nationals Report, part 2

Thursday, August 13th, Federal Way, WA   Today Chris and Paulina swim the 100 Back and 100 Breast respectively. At Juniors there is a C or bonus final, a consolation or B final and then the main show ...

 Junior Nationals Report, part 1

Federal Way, WA Chris Riley and Paulina Gralow competed at the Junior National Championships on Tuesday Aug 11th at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, WA. The Junior National Champs is the...

 High school swimming disqualifies advanced suits

High school swimming disqualifies advanced suits By Thomas O'Toole, USA TODAY High school swimmers will be banned from wearing high-tech suits under a rule announced Tuesday by the National Federation...

 FCAT's future bright under Gray's leadership

FCAT?s future bright under Gray?s leadership Staff Writer Posted: 07/28/2009 11:22:34 PM MDT ? By Christopher Smith ? The Daily Times FARMINGTON ? A footstool-sized girl walked up to a lanky man at th...

 Results From Rome (World Champs)

http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/index.htm

 FCAT Breaks 4 NM State Records at Sectionals!

FCAT swimmers break NM State Records in the following events: Boys 17-18 200 Medley Relay- Chris Riley, Ryan Roberts-Nutt, Clint Larson and Colt Villers. The boys swam a 1:55.96 dropping 2 seconds off...

 Day 3 Report NM State Champs

FCAT was still in 5th place going into the final day and Swim Rio Rancho was only 20 points behind us. We had to perform well and we were starting to feel the effects of racing at 100% effort the prev...

 Day 1 Report NM State Champs

FCAT came into the meet with a sixth place finish last summer. Coach Trever was looking for a 5th or 4th place finish by the end of the meet Sunday. On Friday the team's spirits were high and everyone...

 Day 2 Report NM State Champs

Coming into day 2, the teams energy was still high. The previous days races did not take much out of us. By this point I knew that the teams taper was timed perfectly. It should be noted that some of ...

 Chris Riley Breaks State Record!

Chris Riley breaks the State record in the 50 meter Backstroke at the State Championships in Las Cruces. He broke his own record dropping the time from a :28.17 to a :28.03. Great job Chris. 

 Day 1 Report From Sectionals

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Sectional meet, the following LSC?s or Local Swim Committees participate at the Western Sectional meet:     ?    Alaska     ?    Arizona     ?    Colorado ...

 Want to Swim Faster? Try Sleeping!

By Phillip Whitten // Swimnetwork.com Columnist Looking for an easy way to improve your best times? Try sleeping longer. So says Cheri Mah, M.S., a researcher at the Stanford University Sleep Disorder...

 FCAT places 5th at the NM State Championships!

FCAT had a number of outstanding swims this past weekend at the New Mexico State Champs in Las Cruces, NM. More details will come.....

 FCAT has now achieved level 2 of the Club Recognition Program.

FCAT has now achieved level 2 of the Club Recognition Program. The Club Recognition program is a multi-tiered program created to recognize clubs that are successful and developing toward eligibility f...

 JULY 2009 SWIM SCHEDULE

July 2009   Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat       1 2 3 4               5 6 7 8 9 10 11   REGULAR WEEK:           12 13 14 15 16 17 18   Regular Practice All groups Regular Practice all groups Regular Pra...

 Updated weather this weekend for NM State Champs

Coaches, Team reps, and officials   I have decided on consultation with several of you and after consulting the weather forcast for Las Cruces this weekend (low 100's for temperature) that it is in th...

 Torres, 42, still rules pool in 50 free

Torres, 42, still rules pool in 50 free By Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY INDIANAPOLIS ? In last year's Olympics, a lot of 20-somethings got beat by a 41-year-old woman in the 50-meter freestyle. In the U...

 Swimmer Hoff is suffering the 'hardest year of my life'

By Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY INDIANAPOLIS ? Katie Hoff was still feeling the effects of a respiratory illness that forced her to drop out of a swim meet last month when she arrived at this week's U.S...

 After operation, swimmer Shanteau going for wall

By Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY INDIANAPOLIS ? While many of his teammates on the 2008 Olympic swimming team were taking time away from the pool last fall, Eric Shanteau was recuperating from cancer sur...

 From North Dakota, swimmer Knutson eyes splash

By Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY INDIANAPOLIS ? Dagny Knutson trains alone in the unlikeliest of places for a top-level swimmer ? her hometown of Minot, N.D. In the winter, the 17-year-old rises in subze...

 2009 FCAT Summer Invite Improvment Report

.topTdStyle{border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#999999}  Improvements Report                 Report Generated: 07/06/09   Since Date: 06/25/2009   Until Date: ---   Every Meet vs Baseli...

 Results from 2008 New Mexico State Swimming Championships LCM

NMHSAA Championship Meet Hy-Tek's MEET MANAGER  Page 1 2008 NMS LC Championships - 7/25/2008 to 7/27/2008 West Mesa Swimming Pool, Sanction #: NMS06C03 Elevation5124  Time Trial Sanction #NMS08TT06 Re...

 Week of Fourth of July Practice Schedule (revised)

Tuesday June 30th: Normal practice time exept an additional practice for Pre-National and National groups 2-4PM and 5-7PM Wednesday July 1st: Normal Thursday July 2nd: Normal practice time exept an ad...

 Top 10 Things Triathletes Should Know About Masters Swimming

Top 10 Things Triathletes Should Know About Masters Swimming Liz Hichens, Online Editor Written by: Kevin Koskella Many people in the triathlon community, particularly the beginner crowd, believe that...

 To Improve Fitness, Try Sleep

To Improve Fitness, Try Sleep By TARA PARKER-POPE   Most people training for a race or sport focus on adding more miles, workouts or weight training to improve their fitness. But new research suggests...

 Masters Swimming with Dr Coach Chris: What's your story?

Masters Swimming with Dr Coach Chris: What's your story? By: Andrew Silver, Sr Editor I've been coaching masters swimming for almost two decades.  Everywhere I go, the swimmers I meet have one thing i...

 2009 FCAT Summer Invite Timeline

             Session: 1    Friday, June 26th, 2009             Day of Meet: 1    Starts at 04:00 PM    Heat Interval: 15 Seconds / Back +15 Seconds   Round             Event             Entri...

 Practice Schedule Update

There is no FCAT Practice for Thursday afternoon (Novice/Competitor) and Friday/Sat no practices scheduled for all groups. There is Masters practice as usualy Friday AM and Thursday at Noon and regula...

 Play the Part of an Optimist

Optimism is a learned skill and there are a variety of ways to acquire it, says psychologist Mary Ann Troiani, co-author of Spontaneous Optimism. Through her research, Troiani has come up with three t...

 Michael Phelps freestyle multi angle camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax77_hHq9Dc

 New USA Swimming Suit Rules, PLEASE READ!

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 Pictures from the FCAT Rafting Trip!

Enjoy!

 Pictures from the FCAT Rafting Trip Part 3

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 Pictures from the FCAT Rafting Trip Part 2

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 Great Inspirational Interview

http://www.floswimming.org/videos/speaker/3741-/182667-annamay-pierse-uncut

 F is for Fear

BY AIMEE KIMBALL, PhD//Special Correspondent One of the worst four-letter words in an athletes? everyday vocabulary is ?fear.?  It is an emotion that most athletes don?t admit to, yet when experienced...

 Excessive Cola Consumption Can Lead To Super-sized Muscle Problems, Warn Doctors

ScienceDaily (May 20, 2009) ? Doctors have issued a warning about excessive cola consumption after noticing an increase in the number of patients suffering from muscle problems, according to the June ...

 Kate Ziegler: "I thought about quitting swimming"

By Bob Schaller // Swimnetwork.com Senior Writer Kate Ziegler broke all the distance records, turned professional, and then had a rough Olympics, not coming close to a medal in Beijing. She talks abou...

 Narrowhorse 1500m on Memorial Day

Farmington?s Masters were well represented this year with six participants out of a total of sixty swimming in the Narrowhorse 1500m on Memorial Day.   The day began with a swim from Patti Glover who ...

 Garrett Talks Goal Setting

The last thing I see when I go to sleep at night is a number... A number of the time I want to go... maybe you should too. Goals have always been and will always be a focal point of discussion between...

 Hard work pays dividends for Knutson

It?s 5:15 in the morning and Dagny Knutson is crawling out of bed. She gets dressed and heads to her high school, where she swims from 6-8 a.m. Then she attends classes from 8-3 -- her first class of ...

 E is for Emotional Control

BY AIMEE KIMBALL, PhD//Special Correspondent Whether it?s yelling at a parent, kicking a bleacher, or letting an expletive fly, most people have lost their ?cool? at some point. Emotions are a part of...

 FINA Posts Final Approved Swimwear List for 2009

FINA Posts Final Approved Swimwear List for 2009 -- May 19, 2009 LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 19. AFTER burning the midnight oil, the FINA Commission has released its list of approved swimwear through D...

 Farmington distance runner (and FCAT swimmer) Madera to compete at state

Farmington distance runner Madera to compete at state By Christopher Smith The Daily Times Posted: 05/13/2009 12:00:00 AM MDT FARMINGTON ? Wearing nothing but Reebok running shorts and Oakley sunglass...

 Prep Athlete of the Year nominees announced

Prep Athlete of the Year nominees announced By Darren Vaughan The Daily Times Posted: 05/18/2009 12:00:00 AM MDT Saturday's state track, softball, baseball and tennis competitions brought the 2008-09 ...

 Phelps to debut new stroke in return to competition

Michael Phelps, training last week in Baltimore, has worked on a new freestyle stroke in which he keeps his arms straighter to produce more tempo in the shorter-distance events he'll be racing.      A...

 Charlotte UltraSwim is generating a lot of buzz.

Scott Fowler sfowler@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Saturday, May. 09, 2009 Charlotte?s big series of May races has bloomed like never before this year. The sport?s hottest stars will participate. Some...

 World Record Bull Run Spills Into 2009

World Record Bull Run Spills Into 2009 Craig LordMay 10, 2009 2009 Best Performances We have started counting again just in case the numbers run away from us: 126 world records since February 2008, 18...

 D is for Dedication

D is for Dedication BY AIMEE C. KIMBALL, PhD//Special Correspondent For many swimmers, their sport is more than just a hobby. It?s more than just something they do to get fresh air, meet people and ge...

 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides

METHODOLOGY The Shopper?s Guide to Pesticides ranks pesticide contamination for 47 popular fruits and vegetables based on an analysis of 87,000 tests for pesticides on these foods, conducted from 2000...

 At 17, McCrory dives headfirst into world competition

By Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY Nick McCrory will test himself against the world's best divers this week at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale. But first, he had the not-so-small matter o...

 Hardy Decision Handed Down Monday

An independent, arbitration panel ruled Monday that Jessica Hardy will serve a one-year suspension due to a positive drug test during last year?s U.S. Olympic Trials.   Hardy presented evidence the su...

 Gralow to swim at the University of Wisconsin

Gralow to swim at the University of Wisconsin Posted: Tuesday, Apr 28, 2009 By ERIC PLUMMER Sports editor SANDPOINT ? Sandpoint senior Paulina Gralow, one of the top high school swimmers in Idaho hist...

 Summer Practice Schedule is now availiable

FCAT Summer Practice Schedule is now available to view. Please go to the?Swim Groups? tab at the top of our website and click on ?Practice Schdule? Please call or email for any questions you may have ...

 Reducing Excess Calorie Consumption By Substituting Water For Sugar Beverages

Reducing Excess Calorie Consumption By Substituting Water For Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Article Date: 10 Apr 2009 - 1:00 PDT Replacing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with water could ...

 New Team Captains Elected

Colt Villers and Paulina Gralow have been elected your new Team Captains for the 2009 spring/summer swim season. They will do a great job for the team in being leaders and examples to follow. Feel fre...

 10 Questions for Dara Torres

10 Questions for Dara Torres Thursday, Apr. 09, 2009 Which has been your favorite Olympics? Lindsay Mulford SADDLE RIVER, N.J. At my first one, being 17, I was in awe of everyone else, thinking, Oh, w...

 Beverage Consumption A Bigger Factor In Weight

Beverage Consumption A Bigger Factor In Weight When it comes to weight loss, what you drink may be more important than what you eat, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of P...

 Sleep May Help Clear Brain For New Learning

Science News Sleep May Help Clear Brain For New Learning ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2009) ? A new theory about sleep's benefits for the brain gets a boost from fruit flies in the journal Science. Researche...

 Six Worst Kid Health Habits

Here are the most common mistakes parents make when it comes to creating a healthy environment for their children. By Daniel Stone | Newsweek Web Exclusive Apr 3, 2008 | Updated: 3:46  p.m. ET Apr 3, ...

 Men's NCAA Final Team Rankings

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21 1. Auburn 526 2. Texas 487 3. Stanford 460.5 4. Ca...

  Auburn wins eighth men's NCAA title

Updated: March 29, 2009, 12:11 AM ET Auburn wraps up final-day rally by Texas   v Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Auburn won the 400-yard freestyle relay to complete a final-day rally pas...

 National Youth Team

Dear Members, As we get ready for the summer season I wanted to send you some information regarding the USA Swimming National Youth Team. First, you will notice a change in the name. We have changed t...

 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Championships Leads To Tougher Recruit Rankings

2009 NCAA Women?s Division I Championships Leads To Toughening of Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Powered by Take Your Marks -- March 23, 2009 PHOENIX, Arizona, March 23. WITH the conclusion o...

 NCAA Women's Division I Championships: California Clinches Team Title

NCAA Women?s Division I Championships: California Clinches Team Title With U.S. Open, NCAA Record 400 Free Relay; Stanford Sets American Record; Teri McKeever First Female Coach to Win National Title ...

 NCAA Women's D1 Championships - Thurs

Licensed to NCAA Division I Champ. Meet                                        HY-TEK?s Meet Manager 3/19/2009 09:33 PM             NCAA Women?s D1 Championships - 3/19/2009 to 3/21/2009              ...

 Nutrition key for young athletes after workouts

I witness this so often: young athletes really going for it in a workout, as they hammer a long run or whip through an intense bout on the track. Then, in the hour or so after the session, many of the...

 School Lunches Too Fatty and Sugary, Critics Say

Despite some improvements, U.S. school meal programs are still laden with unhealthy fat, salt and sugar, nutrition experts contend. Students also have limited choices in foods available in vending mac...

 Eat your fruit and vegetables everyone!!!!

Science News Inadequate Fruit And Vegetable Consumption Found Among U.S. Children ScienceDaily (Mar. 6, 2009) ? Children and adolescents aren?t meeting guidelines for fruit and vegetable consumption, ...

 Mandatory membership meeting

Mandatory membership meeting, Monday, March 16th at Crestview Baptist Church,4400 East Main, 6PM (half hour practice for Competitor and National Groups) Topics of discussion: Annual Swim-A-Thon inform...

 Chili's Donation to FCAT!

CHILI?S®IS PROUD TO SPONSOR FOUR CORNERS AQUATIC TEAM Chili?s proudly supports FCAT   With each flyer presented on FCAT Night, Chili?s will donate 10% of the sales you bring in to your organization. L...

 Level I Club Recognition Achieved

Club Recognition Program Description The Club Recognition Program offers our club members a working blueprint for developing strong, stable, financially sound and athletically productive organizations...

 See High School State Champs on You Tube!

Watch the Farmington and PV High swimmers at the Albuquerque Academy for the New Mexico State High School Championships February 20-21. Highlight and paste the link below to watch! http://www.youtube....

 FHS boys sixth, girls 10th at state

FHS boys sixth, girls 10th at state By Eric Butler For The Daily Times Posted: 02/22/2009 12:00:00 AM MST     ALBUQUERQUE ? Both Chris Riley and Clint Larson of Farmington High had the capability to g...

 Speed to burn

Speed to burn By Darren Vaughan The Daily Times Posted: 02/17/2009 12:00:00 AM MST   Click photo to enlarge   « 1 2   FARMINGTON ? Four years ago, Clint Larson was part of a group of eighth-graders pr...

 Scorps capture district swimming crown

  Scorps capture district swimming crown By Darren Vaughan The Daily Times Posted: 02/15/2009 12:00:00 AM MST     FARMINGTON ? The Farmington High boys swim team has been one of the most improved squa...

 No Swim Practice Friday, February 6th

Swim Practice is cancelled Friday, February 6th due to an staff event at the aquatic center. This is only for afternoon groups, masters will not be affected.  Thanks,  Coach Trever

 Change in Swim Practice Schedule

Pre-High School swim schedule will resume on Monday, February 23rd. The schedule will be as follows:   FCAT Practice schedule for the  2009 Winter/Spring Season.   Developmental:   Monday-Friday 4PM-5...

 Bring a Friend to Practice Month

One of our main needs for FCAT right now is to get our numbers up! Focusing on recruiting for the next few months will greatly increase opportunities for FCAT and your kids. The coaches are attending ...

 Winter Break Practice Schedule

  Here is the FCAT Winter Break Schedule. These practice times are REQUIRED for High School, Pre-National and National Groups and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for the competitor group. Developmental and Novice ...

 Discounted Swim Suits

Money is tight this Holiday Season, but kids still need suits!  FINIS , founded over 15 years ago by Olympic Gold Medalist Pablo Morales, has developed great technical training products (monofins, sno...

 Check This Out!

http://www.floswimming.org/videos/coverage/view_video/271/80787-friday-afternoon-texas

 Swimming Toward the Desert

  Swimming toward the desert By Louie St. George III The Daily Times Posted: 11/19/2008 12:00:00 AM MST FARMINGTON ? Like a certain other decorated swimmer who hauled home eight gold medals from the B...

 New Practice Schedule

Because of the high school teams starting practice and the big influx of athletes (apparently the biggest ever!) FCAT coaches are changing the practice schedule. Basically everything will start 15 min...

 Training Equipment Needed

FCAT needs equipment. If anyone has any of these training items at home, laying around, it would be greatly appreciated if they were donated for the benefit of the team. Also if you are at a yard sale...

 SWIM PRACTICE CANCELLED, staff pool party

There is NO SWIM PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 as there is a staff pool party at the aquatic center. Practice will be offered for Masters, morning and noon, but not the age groupers. Call if you h...

 Free Suits!

FREE SUITS!!!   COACHES:  If you have swimmers who  need  competitive suits, we have a newly donated supply of aquablades and fastskins.  Please send $1/suit requested to help off-set the cost of ship...

 FCAT wins team title at the 2008 Short Course Kickoff!

The Four Corners Aquatic Swim Team won the annual FCAT short course swim meet October 4-5 at the Farmington Aquatic Center. Great team effort by all to start the racing season off on a good note.  Mor...

 FCAT Saturday Practice starts 10-11-08

FCAT Saturday practice for Competitor, Pre-National and National Groups starts October 11th. 

 FCAT Mentioned at the USA Swimming HOD Meeting

The reports are rolling into the USA Swimming offices almost daily about the record number of kids who are beating a path to the doors of their local swim club to sign up and tryout. In Mount Laurel, ...

 Phelps' Ripple Effect

  FARMINGTON ? A month after the Olympics, Michael Phelps is still making waves. Only now, it's the decorated swimmer's effect on his upstart sport rather than the gold-medal frenzy he stirred up in B...

 FCAT Practice Schedule

  FCAT Practice schedule for the 2008-2009 Fall/Winter Season.   Developmental: Monday-Friday 4PM-5PM 45 minutes of swimming 15 minutes of dryland Novice: Monday-Friday 4PM-5:30PM 1:15 of swimming 15 ...

 Tiger, Lance ... and Michael

Before Tiger Woods, golf was about as hip as suede sportcoats, a timeworn pursuit reserved for our fathers and grandfathers. Before Lance Armstrong, bike riding belonged to pre-teens and messengers. T...

 Prestigious swim meets on horizon

FARMINGTON ? It may have been only four months since coaches Trever and Brandyn Gray took over the Four Corners Aquatic Team, but the results so far have been difficult to argue with.   Chris Riley, a...

 Gray to lead FHS, PV swimmers

FARMINGTON ? For the fourth time in as many seasons, the Farmington High and Piedra Vista swim teams will have a new coach. Trever Gray, who took over as head coach of the Four Corners Aquatic Team in...

 First time's a charm

FARMINGTON ? Perhaps the most common phrase heard at the finish line for Saturday's XTERRA Four Corners Off-road Triathlon was "Best course I've ever been on." Race winner Ed Oliver said precisely tha...

 Gray looks to take FCAT to next level

  FARMINGTON ? The Four Corners Aquatic Team already is an accomplished group, having hosted the 2007 Western Zone Championships and having multiple state champions at the high school level. For new h...

 New FCAT Coach Gray a cancer survivor

FARMINGTON ? Trever Gray has seen a little bit of everything in the swimming world, from his own humble beginnings as a youth swimmer in Seattle to competing at the 2000 United States Olympic Trials. ...

 New Mexico: Academy Swimmers Three-Peat

      Swimming: Academy Boys Claim Record, State Title   From the start of the 2007-08 high school swimming season, a talented group of Albuquerque Academy juniors had their eyes set on a state record...

 Pool party

  FARMINGTON ? It takes a lot to build a championship swim team. Fortunately for Dick Taylor, who serves as the head swim coach for both Farmington and Piedra Vista, the pieces are slowly but surely c...