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 Emerald Greens Poolside Karaoke Family Night This Thursday!!!

Emerald Greens Poolside Karaoke Family Night This Thursday!!! Stay after practice this Thursday, September 9th, from 5:30 to 9:00 pm, and join us for Family Night with kid?s happy meals and our DJ TJ ...

 Annual CVST Aqua-Thon Coming September 30th

Annual CVST Aqua-Thon Coming September 30th The annual CVST Aqua-Thon will be held Thursday, September 30th. The money raised will help offset some of the expenses we are incurring ...

 CVST Athlete Rep Election September 10th

CVST Athlete Rep Election September 10th CVST?s 2010-2011 Athlete Rep Elections will be held immediately following the clean-up after the Friday Night at the Races on Friday, September 10th. To b...

 CVST Returning Athlete Registration Instructions

CVST Returning Athlete Registration Instructions Everyone should have received their Fall Session Billing and payment and registration is due in to the Pool by September 5th. Please Click Here and ...

 CVST Celebrates 2009-2010 Swim Season

CVST Celebrates 2009-2010 Swim Season CVST celebrated the 2009-2010 Swim Year yesterday with their Annual Awards Panquet and a Splash Bash Party. The event was a three hour ezxtravaganza with a fanta...

 Meredith's Monthly Message

Meredith's Monthly Message I hope everyone enjoyed their Back to School Break and took advantage of the last few weeks of summer! This Monday, August 23, we will be resuming afternoon practices. The...

 Last Chance To Sign Up!!!

Last Chance for the 2010 Annual CVST Awards Banquet & Splash Bash Party You and your family are invited to come out and join us in celebrating the 2009-2010 CVST swim year. Don't miss your chance...

 CVST Coaches Release Fall Practice Group Moves

CVST Coaches Release Fall Practice Group Moves The CVST Coaching Staff has released the names of those swimmers taking the next step in their swimming careers. Those swimmers who have proven that t...

 CVST Annual Awards Banquet & Splash Bash Party

2010 Annual CVST Awards Banquet You and your family are invited to come out and join us in celebrating the 2009-2010 CVST swim year. We will be holding our Annual Awards Banquet & Splash Bash Party...

 USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Meet Concludes As It Started For CVST... Fast!

USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Meet Concludes As It Started For CVST... Fast! The USA Swimming Southern Zone Senior Championships concluded tonight in Orlando and for CVST things ended just as they ...

 Randy's World:

Randy?s World: Thank you parents and swimmers for a successful season. Parents, thank you for your bringing your child to practice so that the coaches have an opportunity to work and develop them in...

 USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Recap of Last Prelim Session

USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Recap of Last Prelim Session In the last morning session of the meet, Maria Zambito started CVST off with a blazing 50 freestyle. Maria went a personal best, dropping...

 USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Volz Picks Up Bronze In 400 Free

USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Volz Picks Up Bronze In 400 Free Emma Volz led the way tonight for CVST's 400 Freestylers at the USA Swimming Southern Zone Senior Championship. She picked up the Bron...

 USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Volz 2nd, Kenny & Zambito In Consolation Finals

USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Volz 2nd, Kenny & Zambito In Consolation Finals For 400 Free Emma Volz cranked out a 2nd place finish in the 400 Meter Freestyle at this mornings preliminary session ...

 USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Volz & Zambito Swim Big In 200 Free

USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Volz & Zambito Swim Big In 200 Free Maria Zambito and Emma Volz swam in the Women's 200 Meter Freestyle tonight at the USA Swimming Southern Zone Senior Championsh ip...

 USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Zambito & Volz Heading To Finals In 200 Free

USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Zambito & Volz Heading To Finals In 200 Free Day 3 of the USA Swimming Southern Zone Senior Championships are complete and CVST's Maria Zambito and Emma Volz have qua...

 Volz Opens Senior Zone Meet With Silver Medal

Volz Opens Senior Zone Meet With Silver Medal The USA Swimming Southern Zone Senior Championships got underway tonight in Orlando and CVST's Emma Volz opened with a silver medal in the meets first eve...

 USA-S SZ Senior Champ's: Day 2 Finals Update #2

USA-S SZ Senior Champ's: Day 2 Finals Update #2 Day 2 Update #2 - Women's 200 Backstroke Jackie Kenny - 9th Place - 2:38.29* Emma Volz - 11th Place - 2:46.22* * Personal Best Time Be sure to che...

 USA-S SZ Senior Champ's: Day 2 Finals Update #1

USA-S SZ Senior Champ's: Day 2 Finals Update #1 Day 2 Update - Women's 100 Freestyle Emma Volz - 11th Place - 1:03.72* Maria Zambito - 20th Place - 1:05.40* * Personal Best Time Check back for r...

 USA-S SZ Senior Champ's: Kenny, Volz & Zambito All Final On Day Two

USA Swimming SZ Senior Champ's: Kenny, Volz & Zambito All Final On Day Two Day Two of the USA Swimming Southern Zone Senior Championships is complete and CVST's jackie Kenny, Emma Volz and Maria Zambi...

 The Swimmers of America

The Swimmers of America By: Anne Marie Yatsula The Author is a new member of the CVST Bronze Practice Group and attends St. Lawrence Catholic School. It was a sunny day in Florida as Jim Kelly, the ...

 "JO Jackie" Shines at Junior Olympics

"JO Jackie" Shines at Junior Olympics CVST's Jackie Kenny was the team's only representitive at last weekend's Florida Swimming Long Course Junior Olympic Championships, held in Orlando, at the YMCA A...

 Meredith's Monthly Message

Meredith's Monthly Message I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July Holiday despite the spurts of rain we got for the weekend! We?ve had some GREAT Friday Night at the Races the past few weeks wi...

 Randy's World:

Randy?s World: Hey CVST, this is Coach Randy's new monthly swim column to keep you up to date on all of the Age Group info you need to help you on your way to becoming the best you can be! It will be...

 Athlete Protection Policies, Reporting Procedure Top Agenda at USA Swimming and

Athlete Protection Policies, Reporting Procedure Top Agenda at USA Swimming and Child Welfare League of America Meeting COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ? Building on the national partners...

 USA Swimming Partners with Child Welfare League of America

USA Swimming Partners with Child Welfare League of America Nation?s Oldest and Largest Child Welfare Organization to Provide Independent Expertise in the area of Athlete Welfare COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo...

 Meredith's Monthly Message

HAPPY SUMMER TO ALL!!! Now that school is out for summer, we have a new practice schedule that started last week and will continue until our end of the summer break. As a reminder, the Bronze Group...

 Boys & Girls National Championships and Tampa Bay Swim Classic

Boys & Girls National Championsh ips and Tampa Bay Swim Classic Congratulations and thanks are in order for the many volunteers, officials, coaches, and swimmers which made both meets the ...

 What Happened To The Good Old Days?

What Happened To The Good Old Days... Guess Who?

 Meredith's Monthly Message

Meredith's Monthly Message Hey CVST, this is my new monthly swim column to keep you up to date on all of the Bronze Group happenings! I will be publishing it on the 18th of each month on the web site?...

 More Emerald Greens Pool Records Fall

More Emerald Greens Pool Records Fall CVST hosted another Private Club League (PCL) Meet this past Thursday. A Quad-Meet with Belleair Country Club, Carlouel Yacht Club and Walden Lake Golf Club....

 CVST Has Some Slick Swims In The Gulf

CVST Has Some Slick Swims In The Gulf CVST headed over to St. Petersburg Beach last weekend for the Annual Hurricane-Man 2.4 Mile Rough Water Swim and the Pass-A-Grille 1000 Meter Challenge. Both r...

 Pool Records Fall at TYCC Dual Meet

Pool Records Fall at TYCC Dual Meet CVST hosted the Tampa Yacht & Cluntry Club tonight and saw numerous Emerald Greens Pool Records fall with some great swims by CVST swimmers. Congratulations to a...

 Blue Team Wins Close One By 2

Blue Team Wins Close One By 2 In one of the closest meets in the 21 year history of CVST's Annual Blue/Green Meet, the CVST Blue Team Barracudas, captained by Rikke Bukh (14), came away with a sli...

 Stein - March Swimmer of the Month

Stein - March Swimmer of the Month Corey Stein (15) has been named the CVST Swimmer of the Month for the month of March 2010. Corey receives this award based on his performance at the Florida Swimmi...

 Tank Versus Phelps

Tank Versus Phelps In a spin off of the now famous Shaq Versus television series, CVST's Corey Stein (15) starred in an episode of his own entitled Tank Versus Phelps. It turns out to be a clos...

 LaVoy February Swimmer of the Month

LaVoy February Swimmer of the Month Erica LaVoy (17) of the CVST Senior 1 Practice Group has been named the February 2010 CVST/Speedo Swimmer of the Month Award winner. In her only competition of t...

 Kenny CVST January Swimmer of the Month

Kenny Named CVST January 2010 Swimmer of the Month The CVST Coaching Staff has selected Jackie Kenny (14) of the CVST Senior 1 Practice Group as the CVST/Speedo Swimmer of the Month for January 20...

 Yatsula December Swimmer of the Month

Yatsula Named CVST December 2009 Swimmer of the Month The CVST Coaching Staff has announced that Christopher Yatsula (12), of the CVST Silver/Gold Practice Group, has been named the CVST/Speedo Swim...

 CVST SR 1 Holiday Training Trip - CHICAGO '09

CVST SR 1 Holiday Training Trip - CHICAGO ?09 This year?s Holiday Training Trip was to Chicago, where we swam at Marmion Academy, in Wayne?s World (Aurora, Illinois). Marmion is a Private Catholic Bo...

 CVST's Nelson Signs With Nova Southeastern

CVST?s Nelson Signs With Nova Southeastern CVST?s Allison Nelson (17), a Senior at Gaither High School signed her National Lettrer of Intent and Scholarship Contract with Nova Southeastern University ...

 Yatsula Leads CVST at Invite

Yatsula Leads CVST at Invite CVST?s Christain Yatsula (6), led the way for the team at the Annual CVST Invitational this morning with four individual Pool Records and assisting with a relay Pool Rec...

 LaVoy, Sheridan, Volz Lead HS Teams to Orlando

LaVoy, Sheridan, Volz Lead HS Teams to Orlando The FHSAA High School State Meets are being held this week, in Orlando and Erica LaVoy, Molly Sheridan and Emma Volz are headed that way after th...

 Sheridan Named to USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team

Sheridan Named to USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team CVST's Molly Sheridan (A Senior at Academy of the Holy Names) has been named to the 2009-2010 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team. M...

 Arctic Blast Hits Ocala, CVST Heats It Up!

Arctic Blast Hits Ocala, CVST Heats It Up! CVST traveled to Ocala this weekend for the Annual CFM Fall Swim Meet and as usual they were met with an Artic Blast from the North. But while tempera...