Alison and Sarah Jackson were once again on the records and medals trail at the Sharks Open Meet in Sarasota. Ali raced to a bronze medal in the 9/10yrs 50m breaststroke with a new CIASA & National Record Time of 42.90; she also set new CIASA and National figures in the 9.10yrs 50m butterfy of 37.65 when taking 5th place. Not to be outdone, Sarah powered here way to a silver medal and a new National Record of 38.33 to take silver in the 11/12yrs 50m breaststroke. Alex Dakers and...

Alison Jackson, fresh from setting multiple records at the recent Caledonian Meet, continud this form at the Sharks Open Long Course Meet in Sarasota Florida. Buoyed by a bronze medal winning swim in the 10yrs& U 50m backstroke (39.55), she went on to take silver in the 10yrs&U 100m freestyle; smashing the CIASA and National Record with a 1:11.61. The online results service is currently not working too efficiently but we can report that Alex McCallum raced to a lifetime best of 2:06.42 to make the B Final of the...

A positive mental approach can be the key to improved performance... BUT sometimes it's fine to be honest... " It's not good enough" is probably a little direct and harsh for young developing swimmers...and a little vague " It's Ok..it's fine....it's solid...but you are better than that" is probably a little more appropriate for young swimmers on the cusp of performance focus; particularly when mixed with positives from the race eg good start, clean entry, etc. Ryan Lochte often comes out with some interesting comments but this interview is quite...

Cayman Swim Star, Lara Butler, has returned home to prepare for the forthcoming Island Games which are being held in Bermuda 13th - 19th July. Lara, currently based at Plymouth College in the UK, has recently completed her "A" Levels and, depending on results, will take up a place at Loughborough University this September. Great to have Lara back in the house!

News of the Cayman Swim Maps is spreading like widlfire! http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/06/grand-cayman-open-water-swim-map.html What an exciting initiative! Cayman Swimming... It's out there!!

Justin Lynch just set a new USA Boys 16yrs record for the 100m butterfly (long course) 0f 52.75. His progressions of times has been: 13yrs 58.29 14yrs 54.80 15yrs 53.74 16yrs 52.75 Impressive swimming! Of course, swimmers progress at differing rates an not all young proteges progress to the senior ranks..... BUT sometimes it's best to take it when it's there. Fast Swimming We Love It!

The Grand Cayman Open Water Swim Map is now on the website. Check out the Open Water Section on the Home Page. The Map shows a host of swims around the Island for all levels of swimmer with distances, entry and exit points, degrees of difficulty, etc etc You will be excited when you see it!!! Wow!

Stingray Swim Club travel to Sarasota tomorrow to compete in the Sharks Open Meeet. Following the meet the team will stay on for a long course training camp before racing in St.Petersburg the following weekend. Race....Training Camp.....Race..... Good Combinaton To check out Psych Sheet and Results follow the links http://sarasotasharks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shark-open-psych-sheet-3.pdf http://sarasotasharks.org/ Fast Swimming... Here We Come!

The Swedish National Age Group Championships (17rs & under) are currently taking place. You can check out results here http://www.livetiming.se/results.php?cid=1352&session=1?&lang=2 Know the World Of Swimming!

The Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC) held it's annual Olympic Day at Public Beach on Sunday 23rd June. Several different sports participated in the day, giving demonstrations of their activities. Cayman Swimming set up a mini Open Water course and a good time was had by all. Congratulations to the CIOC on a well organised day