What does it take to make it to the Florida
Age Group Championships, Senior
Championships, Southern Zones, Nationals,
the Olympic Trials?  Click here to find out!
Three Pools, One Team
DBS Levels Defined
Senior II
9 workouts per week - 5 afternoon and 4 mornings.  The
Senior team consists of swimmers, generally 13 & up
who have demonstrated a high level of  swimming and
workout ability.  The Senior Team competes at the
Junior Olympic and State Championship level.

Senior I
9 - 11 workouts per week.  The National Team consists
of those competitors who have demonstrated a skill level
commensurate with that needed to compete at the
Speedo Championship Series, the Phillips 66 / Senior
National Championships and the Olympic Trials

Gold
5 days per week - 1 ½ hours each day (Mon - Fri).  
Emphasis on endurance and perfecting stroke
techniques.  Swimmers are encouraged to attend all
team designated meets and set goals for practice and
competition.


Criteria for level advancement
Silver to Gold
Advancement Testing

3 X 200 IM's no DQ and no time
10 X 100's -
5 on 1:50 and 5 on 1:45
8 X 50's IM order on 1:00

Silver
Monday through Friday -  1 hour per day.  Emphasis on
stroke technique, goals and beginning competition.

Criteria for level advancement
Bronze to Silver
Advancement Testing

1 X 100 IM no DQ no time
10 X 50's on 1:10
8 X 25's IM order on 40

Bronze
3 days per week - 1 hour each day  (Mon, Wed, Fri.).  
Intro to strokes build endurance, intro to low-level
competition.

Bronze - must be able to swim 25 yards
(one length of the pool)
Great Swimmers have Awesome ABS!
Click here for printable checklist.  Do crunches every Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

Congratulations!
Congratulations Shaun Casey who was named 2011 Swimmerof the year for Girls 17-18 (Long Course) by Florida swimming!  
We are so proud of you!

Nicole Maldonado (50 Fr), McKenna Harris (100Br, 200Br), Olivia Carter (50Fr), Ginny Grams (50 Fr, 100Fr, 200Fr, 400Fr,
100Fly), Shaun Casey  (200Fr*, 100Bk, 100Fly*, 200Fly, 200IM, 400IM*) and Kendal Casey (50 Fr, 100Fr, 200Fr, 400 Fr, 800Fr)
who all  made the FL Swimming Top 10 Rankings for Girls Long Course!

Matthew Pokorny (200IM) and Will Harris (100 Br) made the FL Swimming Top 10 Rankings for Boys Long Course

Kendal Casey, Hallie Petersohn, Berklee Littlejohn, Donovan Ward, Shaun Casey, Olivia Carter, Courti Parenti, David
Collum, John Nunnelley, McKenna Harris, Christian Tullius, Nikki Parenti, Lindsey Breneman, Kelly Derr, Will Harris, Kylie
Klotzbach and Richard Devins,  competed in the Senior Championships in Ft. Pierce  July 21-24.  DBS had 17 Top 10 finishes!