ST. AUGUSTINE SWIM TEAM: Welcome

ST . AUGUSTINE "CYCLONES" SWIM TEAM

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The purpose of SAST is to provide a valuable opportunity and enriching experience for age group swimmers of all abilities in the St. Augustine area , to participate as a member of Florida Swimming and United States Swimming, Inc, and to be governed by the following goals:

*to develop competitive swimmers in an environment that not only reinforces training and dedication to the sport but fun and enjoyment as well.

*to develop shape, train and build quality swimmers as well as a appreciation for the sport of swimming.

*to encourage and promote the development of the individual as a swimmer and athlete at developmental, regional, and state and national level.

* to promote and encourage swimmers to set personal & team goals ,show good sportsmanship, and learn quality life skills through the sport of swimming
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Wednesday, May 2
Cyclones start Summer Developmental Program June 3



2013 St. Augustine Cyclones Swim Team Developmental Swim program for swimmers 5-12 will begin their Summer session on Monday, June 3rd  from 4:30 pm- 5:30 pm. Practice  days will be Monday  & Wednesday and held at the Solomon Calhoun Community Center Pool  located at 1300 Duval Street. The 8 week program will run through July 23rd  . Swimmers must be able to swim 25 yards of the pool any style to be eligible. Emphasis of this program is stroke technique, starts, turns and finishes.  

The cost for the program is as follows:

*Florida Swimming Registration fee $59.00  make check payable to FLORIDA SWIMMING. All swimmers must be registered with Florida Swimming to participate.  Click Link below for Florida Swimming registarion form.

  http://www.floridaswimming.org/szfllsc/UserFiles/File/2013Application-Y-RAthlete.pdf


*$100.00 per eight week program  made check payable to ST AUGUSTINE SWIM TEAM

*All swimmers must have a program participant waiver on file with the team.


Handout: St. Augustine Swim Team Registration Form

2013 Ultimate Swimmer
Ultimare Swimmer High Point Winners and Runner up!
Monday, April 29
Cyclone swimmers claim Ultimate Swimmer titles at EAJ Ultimate Swimmer Invitational



The SAST Cyclones competed at the Episcopal AmberJax Ultimate Swimmer Invitational in Jacksonville April 26-28. Swimmers competed in 10 Events and the swimmer with the lowest aggregate time was declared " Ultimate Swimmer" in each age group. The follwing Cyclone swimmers received High Point Awards:  Senior Girls Vien Nguyen  ,  11/12 girls  Quynh Ngo,  and 11/12 boys Cole Crane .  First Runner up  in the 13/14 Girls Madolyn Aucremann. Other swimmers competing and setting personal best times were Thao Le , Kylie Allen, Hannah Ferreira, Xana Ferreira, Madison Mannka, Samantha Roth, Taryn Trimble , and Conlan Trimble

400 free style sectionals
400 frestyle Relay: Alex Shatto, Vien Nguyen, Bella Garofalo, Sam Roth
Monday, March 18
Cyclones make big noise at Southern Zone Sectionals



The Saint Augustine Cyclones Swim Team competed at the Southern Zone Sectional Championships held March 14-17 at Swimming Hall of Fame Pool in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Cyclones placed 16th overall in the combined  Team score and the Lady Cyclones  placed 10th in their divison. The following Cyclones swimmers qualified for championship finals and finshed in the top 40:

Vien Nguyen

3rd place   1500 meter  freestyle   17:06.49 

6th place    200 meter  freestyle     2:04.78   

1st place     400 meter individual medley   4:53.19  

3rd place     400 meter  freestyle  4:19.73

3rd place     100 meter  freestyle     58.29

1st place     800 meter  freestyle    8:51.70

Bella Garofalo

33rd place   50 meter freestyle   28.97

Nicholas Loomis

21st place    100 meter backstroke   1:03.72

22nd place   200 meter butterfly       2:15.90

16th place    200 meter backstroke   2:17.97

Relays

16th place                     400 Meter Medley Relay

 

                                       Saint Augustine-FL  'A'          4:46.72

 

                                         1) Nguyen, Vien 16                       2) Roth, Samantha 15           

                                         3) Aucremann, Madolyn 13        4) Garofalo, Isabella 15

 12th place                    400 Meter Freestyle Relay

                                      Saint Augustine-FL  'A'           4:14.62   

                                         1) Nguyen, Vien 16               2) Roth, Samantha 15           

                                         3) Shatto, Alexandra 15       4) Garofalo, Isabella 15       



Cole 2013 all star
Cyclone Cole Crane selected to Florida All Stars
Saturday, March 9
Cyclone make waves at 2013 Florida Age Group Championships



Several members of the Saint Augustine Cyclones Swim Team competed at the Florida Swimming Age Group Championships held March 6-9 at the Sarasota YMCA Selby Aquatic Center.

Leading the Cyclones was Cole Crane, who in the 11/12 year old age group, was selected to Florida Swimming All Star Team. Cole placed 6thin both 50 yard backstroke (29.71) and 50 yard freestyle (25.57), 9thplace in the 100 yard individual medley (1:05.50), 50 yard butterfly (28.24) and 100 yard backstroke (1:03.35). All of his swims were lifetime bests. Other Cyclones posting personal bests were:

13 & 14 Girls Madolyn Aucremann 

 100 yard butterfly 1:03.19

500 yard freestyle 5:25.00

13 & 14 Boys Brian Hodang                                    

400 yard individual medley 4:50.70

100 yard butterfly :59.59

100 yard freestyle :53.73

50 yard freestyle    :24.34

200 yard individual medley    2:15.36      



2013 Sr Championship Team
2013 Senior Chammpionship Team
Monday, February 25
Cyclone swimmers make big splash at Florida Swimming Senior Championships



Several members of the Saint Augustine Cyclones Swim Team competed at the Florida Swimming Senior Championships in Orlando February 21-24.
The Cyclone swimmer making the biggest splash  was Vien Nguyen who in the 14-16  year old girls age group took home the Individual High Point award and also set two Florida Swimming Championship records. Nguyen took 1st place in record time in the 400 yard individual medley (4:10.11) and 200 yard backstroke (1:57.48). Vien also took 1st place in 1000 yard freestyle (9:49.22) and 500 yard freestyle (4:46.30), 2nd place in the 200 yard Individual medley (2:00.52) and 3rd place in the 100 yard backstroke (56.40).
Isabella Garofalo finished 16th in the 14-16 girls 100 yard freestyle with a personal best time of 54.15. Other Cyclones making personal best times were Nicholas Loomis in 14-16 boys 200 butterfly (2:05.64) and Samantha Roth in 14-16 girls 100 yard breaststroke (1:14.93). Alex Shatto competed in the 100 yard breastroke, 200 yard individual medley and 200 yard individual medley as well.


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High Ponit Award Winner Vien Nguyen

PRACTICE SCHEDULE
Monday, January 2
2012 SAST Winter Practice Schedule



Starting  Monday January 7  

 Age Group/Senior Swimmers

 PM Practice                    Monday through Friday                              4:30 PM-6:30 PM 

AM Practice                     Saturday                                                        TBA

 



Meet Schedule
Tuesday, February 26


                                                        

2013 SPRING & SUMMER MEET SCHEDULE

    April 13-14                Daytona Beach Swimming                                  LCM           Port Orange

    April 26-28                 Episcopal  AmberJax                                         LCM           Jacksonville

    May  9-12                   Charlotte Grand Prix                                         LCM/QT     Charlotte, North Carolina

    May 17-18                  Central Florida Marlins                                     LCM            Ocala

    June 1- 2                    JCLA/SAST "1st Annual Ancient City Mile"  SCY             St Johns/St Augustine

                                         & Loggerhead Penthalon

    June 7-9                      Florida Sunshine State Games                  LCM            Gainesville

    June 20-23                  Key West Training Trip                            LCM            Florida Keys

    July 8--10                   Episcopal Amberjax                                   LCM/SCY   Jacksonville

    July 18-21                  FLAGS                                                         LCM/QT     Gainesville

    July  25-28                 Florida Senior Championships                  LCM/QT      Fort Pierce

    July 28-Aug 4            Fina World Swimming Championships    LCM/QT      Barcelona, Spain

    August 3-4                 Titusville Swim Team                                  SCY              Titusville          

    



FHSAA 09
Saturday, December 1
Congratulations to our Cyclone High school swimmers!



This was a great year for our high school Cyclone swimmers.

Our Pedro Menendez swimmers,  Viktor Cieslik  (200 free, 500 free), Leah Rondinelli (100 back ), and  Emilia Sopranzi (200 Individual medley,  placed in the top eight at Class 2A District 3 Championships and  qualified for individual events to the regional competition.

St. Augustine High school swimmer  Nicholas Loomis was District Champion  in the  boys 100 yard butterfly and placed seventh in the 100 yard backstroke.  Lady Jackets Rachel Hackney (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle)  Alex Shatto (200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke) and boy Jacket Dustin Cribbs  (500 freestyle)  placed in the top 8 and moved on to regional competition as did Nease High School'ss Samantha Roth ( 200 individual medley, 100 freestyle) 

At the Class 1A District Championships, St Joesph Academy Bella Garofalo (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle), Dominic Garofalo (500 freestyle, 100 breaststroke) and Madelyn Snodgrass (100 fly, 500 freestyle) placed in the top eight and moved on to regional competition.  

At Regional championships, St. Augustine's Nicholas Loomis (100 fly & and 100 back) and St. Joseph Academy's Bella Garofalo  (50 freestyle) and Pedro Menendez's Emila Sopranzi (200 individual medley) went on to final at the regional meet and qualify for FHSAA Class 2A & 1A Championships in Orlando where Loomis took 16th place overall in the 2A boys 100 butterfly, Sopranzi finished 21st in the 2A girls 200 individual medley  and Garofalo went on to finish 9th in the 1A state in the 50 yard freestyle.

( *To get high school championship results click FHSAA logo above .....)

Way To go Cyclone swimmers!



Recordbreakers
Tuesday, January 1
Cyclone Swimmers end the 2012 year establishing new Team records.!



The St. Augustine Cyclones Swim Team ended the 2012  year rewriting the our team records. Cyclone swimmers estabished 46 new SCY team standards and 33 LCM team standards  this year. Congratulations to all of our new record holders!   To see where you stand check the new team rcord  pdf. files below!
Handout: SAST CYCLONE TEAM RECORDS

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Saturday, December 1
SAST Cyclone Vien Nguyen becomes first Vietnam National swimmer to medal at Asian Championships !



SAST Cyclones and Vietnam National  swimmer  Nguyen Thi Anh Vien  took home two medals at the 9th Annual Asian championships  at the Hamdan Mohammed Bin Rashid Sport Complex in Dubai UAE. Vien took home the silver medal in the 200 meter backstroke and bronze in 400 individual medley becoming the first swimmer in Vietnam swimming history to medal at the meet. 



Friday, May 28

SAST PROGRAMS & FEES

Cyclones : History

ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF.........

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Monday, January 7
ST. AUGUSTINE SWIM TEAM MASTERS



Starting March 1st

Workouts for Adult Swimmers

Workouts: Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings

6:00-7:00 a.m.

Year round

At the Solomon Calhoun Community Center Pool on  1300 Duval Street in West St. Augustine. Average workout is 3000 yards

Slow lane is available for new or returning swimmers

To Register:

* All swimmers must be registered with United States Masters Swimming. The cost to register for USMS for  2011 is $37 . Registration is good  through December 31, 2011. 
To register  :
For mail in interactivepaper registration:
* Program fee is $25.00 per month checks made payable to St. Augustine Swim Team

More info call: Clark Pace 904-201-3345

cpace11@cfl.rr.com

 

 

  

 



Wednesday, December 19
Click here to get your swimmers best times at the USA Swimming SAST Club Portal

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Cyclone Swimmers & Parents,
Check your swimmers performance and keep track of their times.
1. Click the above Headline.
2. Click "Meet Results"
3. Click Meet you want to get results.
It is that easy!


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2009-2012 USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards


Florida Swimming
Saturday, January 1
2012 Florida Swimming Junior Olympic Qualifying Standards

Click link above for the 2012 FLAGS (Florida Swimming Age Group Championships)   Qualifying Times Standards.

Saturday, January 1
2012 Senior Championship Qualifying Standards

Click The Link Above To get  the 2012 Florida Swimming Senior Championship qualifying standards .

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Thursday, April 23
Our New Home!

The SAST Cyclones will be  holding all of our team practices at the new Solomon Calhoun  Community Center and  Aquatic Complex located at 1300 Duval Street in West St. Augustine starting May 11. The pool is a  8 lane 25 yard by 25 meter , 250,000 gallon aquatic facility  with adjacent teaching area  is part of the Westside Sports Complex that also includes a gymnasium and office spaces for various not for profit groups . It is the brainchild of the West St. Augustine CRA and St Johns County Recreation Department. In the future , plans  also to include to add ball fields, a walking track and dog park to the complex. Our local First Coast Family YMCA will be providing lifeguard services and swim lesson instruction at the facility. The Cyclones will be providing all the competitive programs. Special thanks goes out to the West St. Augustine CRA, St Johns County Recreation Department and Family First Coast YMCA for allowing us to use the facility!



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