In an effort to improve the LC Championship Meets, the Board of Directors made a change to the entry standard of LC STX. Starting with the upcoming LC STX meet this summer, the qualifying time has changed from "B" to "BB" for all events. The change will decrease the timeline allowing a more reasonable experience for our swimmers and teams. Additionally, we have added a "B" Championship meet to be held during the LC season. The link to bid on this "B" Champs meet is below. To be sensitive to...

2023 Open Water Zones Team Announced Seven Lakes, NC June 2-4 Congrats to the following athletes who have been selected to this year's Open Water Zones event in North Carolina. Once All applicants have accepted and paid the $400 Copay for the trip, I will be sending out more detailed information. Looking forward to a GREAT trip! 11/12 Girls Gianna Sitter Charissa Higgs Sophie Jones Hanne Peeters Madeline Griffeth Alessia Sciaraffia 11/12 Boys Nicky Gilbreath Kellen Confron 13/14 Girls Sophia Nguyen Isabella Ott Ellison Mandacina Teagan King Saylor Hale Wynne...

We're hiring! South Texas Swimming is looking to hire a Digital Communications and Content Manager. This person will help us as an LSC improve our communication to our members through our website, email and social media. This will be an hourly position with the ability to work remotely. Hourly rate will be commensurate with experience. Knowledge of swimming and the LSC preferred but not required. However, membership to South Texas Swimming will be required. We would love to have someone from our broad swim community fill this role, but you...

Check out these excellent opportunities this spring for coach education, continued club development, and camp opportunities for emerging athletes. FOR ATHLETES National Diversity Select Camp Who: Athletes who represent an underrepresented community and/or ethnically underrepresented population that is less than 10% of the current USA Swimming member base. These populations can include African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian or Pacific Islander, Native American, and others. Where: US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center- Colorado Springs, Colorado. When: May 4th-7th. More Information: The National Diversity Select Camp requires an athlete application. Athletes will NOT...

South Texas will be taking a team of up to 48 swimmers to the 2023 Open Water Zones in Seven Lakes, NC June 2-4.. The team will be selected based on the 2022/2023 Short Course and 2022 Long Course season's distance events and age. Swimmers must have an AA time in the 400/500, 800/1000, or /1500/1650 Freestyle to apply. Previous Open Water experience is also taken into consideration when selecting the team. The 11/12 age group will be based on the 400/500 (Mile time is beneficial). The 13&Over age group...

CULTIVATING AND FOSTERING DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION USA Swimming is committed to committed to growing and celebrating diversity, increasing fairness throughout our organization, and intentionally creating environments where differences are embraced and everyone feels welcome, respected, supported, and valued to fully participate. If you are interested in joining the South Texas Swimming Board of Directors as our DEI chair, please email the General Chair.

USA Swimming recently announced its 2021-2022 Scholastic All-America list, featuring 1,281 athletes in 9-12th grade who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and meet any of the competition criteria during the qualifying period of September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022. Congratulations to the 41 swimmers from ST for this great accomplishment: Joshua Bedford | Austin Swim Club Daniel Bishop | Nitro Swimming Levi Bose | Nitro Swimming Shane Burns | Longhorn Aquatics Kevin Cai | AAAA Kate Christian | Longhorn Aquatics Jillian Cox | Longhorn Aquatics Evan...

Congratulations to Carli Cronk on being awarded The Trischa L. Zorn Award by USA Swimming. This annual award honors the “swimmer or relay team with a disability with the most outstanding performance during the previous year.” Among previous award recipients are Rebecca Meyers, Jessica Long, Marcus Titus and Erin Popovich. Carli, a 16-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, won 12 gold medals at the 2022 Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. She holds multiple USA and world deaf swimming records.

July Records set for South Texas! Congratulations to the South Texas swimmers who set new standards in their events! Gender AgeGrp Course Event Name Meet M 13-14 LCM 100BK Rowan Cox 2022-NT MARS LC TAGS M 13-14 LCM 100FL Rowan Cox 2022 Speedo Junior National Championships M 13-14 LCM 400MED-R TXLA - Austin Ross, Daxs Schoenbeck, Rowan Cox, Ty Shapley 2022-NT MARS LC TAGS M 15-16 LCM 50FR Evan Croley 2022 Speedo Junior National Championships M 15-16 LCM 100FR Evan Croley 2022 Speedo Junior National Championships M 15-16 LCM 200FR...

The nominating committee is looking for athletes to serve on the Board of Directors and the Board of Review committee. Nominations will close August 31. Any USA Swimming member can nominate an athlete although only athletes 13 and over will be able to vote for BOD athlete rep. Any questions please contact the nomination committee chair, [email protected] Athlete Representative Criteria: At the time of election, the Athlete Representative must (a) be an athlete member in good standing; (b) be at least a sophomore in high school or at least 16...