NEWS AND NOTES Hillsborough County's 2008 track schedule has a major scheduling conflict. The annual Nash Higgins Relays at Leto - a meet all of the county's public schools are required to attend - is slated for March 1, the same day as the Steak n Shake Invitational at USF. According to Wharton track coach Wes Newton, who has spearheaded hosting the Steak n Shake meet the past several years, March 1 was the only date available for the event. For any number of reasons - none the least of which is that Leto features an unforgiving asphalt track measured in yards - Newton says he would prefer sending his team to the USF meet. He also would prefer the competition at Steak n Shake, which would come from across the state. ...more

December 6, 2007

Given that Newsome High School was the most dominant swim team in Hillsborough County, spots for non-Newsome athletes on the Western Conference All-Star team were tough to come by. ...more

November 28, 2007

ORLANDO — Megan Wolfe is hoping history will repeat itself, and the Sebring girls 200-yard freestyle relay squad is hoping for a little redemption after the preliminary portion of the Class 2A state swimming meet at the Central Florida YMCA Aquatic Center. Wolfe swam a 24.67 in her preliminary 50-free run, good enough for the fifth seed heading into Friday night's final. Last year, the then-sophomore was the eighth seed heading into the finals and swam her way to a tie for third place. Needless to say, Wolfe is looking for a repeat performance. "I went from eighth to third last year, so I should be able to go from fifth to first, right?" Wolfe joked. "I felt like I could've gone faster than I did in prelims, but I always feel like that." ...more

November 3, 2007

SEBRING — The pool was more quiet than usual this week as the state-qualifying members of the Sebring swim team got their last laps in before the Class 2A state finals, which begin this morning at 9 a.m. Three individuals — junior Megan Wolfe in the 50 free, junior Bryan Kirsch in the 100-breaststroke and senior Shanaan Spiegel in the 100-backstroke — join the Wolfe-anchored 200-free relay team at the Central Florida YMCA Aquatic center in Orlando. That's a total of six Streaks representing Sebring at state, two more than coach Pat Caton had hoped for heading into regionals. ...more

November 2, 2007

Teams all across America are gearing up for the 2008 American Cancer Society's Relay for Life campaign. ...more

October 31, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG –– Megan Wolfe's first time at state, during her freshman year, was a self-described "blur." ...more

October 29, 2007

ORLANDO –– Lake Placid's Michael Wilkes picked the right day to swim the races of his life: The senior broke two school records during Saturday's Class 1A-Region 2 meet at Lake Highland Prep and qualifed for state in two events as the lone member Dragon swim squad. ...more

October 29, 2007

During Saturday's Class 2A-Region 3 swim meet at North Shore Pool, Plant girls coach Gil Gonzalez's emotions ran the gamut. ...more

October 28, 2007

River Ridge boys cross country coach Dave Heywood believes humor can help keep his runners motivated. ...more

October 27, 2007

Just five years ago, Newsome girls swimming coach Joanne Grogan said the program had only 23 swimmers. ...more

October 25, 2007