PCST Swimmers Take Full Advantage of Last Chance Home Meet With New Southeastern Qualifying Times!   Have I ever mentioned before how much I LOVE THIS MEET???  While it is a "PCST only" meet, there is always so much energy and smiling faces at this meet.  Of course, we have only had it for two years now, but it's brought us new best times, new Southeastern qualifiers and lots of great swims.  This year was no different as we added a new SES qualifier, as well as plenty of other...

First Ever Olympic Trials For Michael Duderstadt and Panama City Swim Team! Considering how difficult it is to qualify for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials competition in Omaha, Nebraska, it is nothing short of astonishing to see that over 1,800 athletes from over 600 teams showed up with dreams, hopes and aspirations of their own at the world's most intense meet.  Each and every swimmer in the meet had to put together a mind numbing training regimen in order to earn a spot among the nation's elite.  For some it...

PCST Up And Coming Young Swimmers Lead The Way At Dothan Waterworld Meet! While the Tsunamis did not show up to the Dothan meet in full force this year, we still left our mark with a powerful contingent of youngers swimmers in the competition.  The meet that had over 200 swimmers from 14 different teams in the Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana area brought plenty of tough competition.  With our smaller numbers, we were bound to get overrun by the teams at the meet with a lot more swimmers.  However,...

Tsunamis Are "HOT" As They Finish As The 2nd Place Visiting Team At ATAC! While I may not have been able to attend the June ATAC Long Course Meet this year (my first time missing that meet in over 12 years!!), I still felt like I was there as I continued to receive great news from our coaches, parents and swimmers about all of our awesome swims.  The consensus was that we were HOT!  Yes..........we were hot because it was June in Tallahassee, haha..........very hot from what I understand.  But we...

USA Swimming Olympic Stars & Head Coach Coming To Bay County In September! How cool was it to watch the USA Swimming Olympic Trials on television this week??? To witness the 2012 Olympic Team being assembled was pretty awesome, wasn't it? And to see the Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps battle go to new levels was absolutely spectacular. Well, what if I told you that we were bringing a couple of those stars here to Bay County?? Two 2012 USA Swimming Olympians Coming To Panama City Beach in September! This...

Your Go-To News Source For Following PCST Swimmer Michael Duderstadt To Olympic Trials in Omaha June 25-July2!! updated 6/29 This day in age, there are so many media avenues to keep up with, it is hard to follow all of them at once.  With PCST sending its first ever swimmer to the United States Olympic Trials in Omaha this coming week, my goal is to make sure that you have every opportunity to follow our young aspiring Tsunami, Michael Duderstadt, on his quest to compete and excel side by side...

"Duder" Becomes First Member In PCST History To Qualify For The Nation's Most Prestigious Meet! When one thinks of the most exciting pressure filled swim meet in the world, the first thing that comes to mind is the Olympics.  Those that are deeply involved in the sport, however, will tell you that the United States Olympic Trials take that title hands down.  Every four years the USA hosts the elite competition filled with many of the world's greatest swimmers to assemble the most powerful swimming team on earth.............the USA Swimming...

Team Records, New SES Qualifiers and High Point Awards Take Front Stage At Coast Surf & Swim Classic! The first ever Coast Aquatics long course meet was originally supposed to be in Gulf Breeze at "The Club".  Since the meet was relocated, your Tsunamis took full advantage of the situation as over 100 of our swimmers put together tons of great swims in their home pool.  The recipe was full of some gooooooood home cookin and our Tsunamis finished the meet with bellies full of new best times, team records,...

Tsunamis Have Great In Season Swims at GPAC Distance Meet and Coast Sprint Pentathlon! The month of May is always a difficult one for a hard working swimmer.  These student athletes have a ton going on with school and what not as they prepare for the summer.  Traveling isn't always the easiest to do, and the kids have a lot of stress from finals, AP exams and graduations.  While this is a nationwide phenomena, our Tsunamis proved that you can still have best times and tremendous swims in the middle of this...

PCST Masters Use Tsunamis Tattoo Power at Gulf Coast Triathlon 70.3 Ironman Race! Each year the Panama City Swim Team is a major force at the very popular Gulf Coast Triathlon Race.  However, in years past our presence has been as a volunteer group with a small handful of swimmers, parents and coaches who have competed in the 1/2 Ironman event.  While we were still there as volunteers this year, our impact on the triathlon that brings competitors from all over the country and even world was not limited to that...