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Nitro Swimming was one of only 23 USA Swimming clubs that achieved Gold Medal status in the 2013 Club Excellence Program! Nitro finished in 7th place out of a record 346 teams that submitted applications for this year’s program. The Club Excellence Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for…

Earlier this month, eight athletes from Nitro Swimming signed Letters of Intent to pursue their sport at the collegiate level. Nitro Swimming is based in Austin, Texas. Back row: Nathan Howells, University of West Virginia; Mackenzie Franklin, Yale University; Will Licon, University of Texas; Rachel Hobbins, University of Houston; Trent Jackson, University of Notre Dame;…

The House of Delegates for South Texas Swimming, the Local Swimming Committee (LSC) that governs the USA Swimming programs in our region met in San Antonio this weekend. We were extremely proud to find out that Coach Mike Koleber was awarded the LSC’s Age Group Coach of the Year and Coach Tim O’Brien was awarded…

The Red vs Black for the Cure meet at Nitro (Bee Cave) held on Saturday and Sunday, September 29 and 30, 2012. This is our annual intersquad meet, and the first meet of the short course season. Warm, ups for Saturday’s session are at 1:30, with the meet starting at 2:30. Warm ups for Sunday’s…

Highlights of Nitro swimmers Matt Ellis and William Licon from the Jr. Pan Pacific Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii: Team USA Captain: Matt Ellis Gold Medal(s): Matt Ellis 100 free ( 49.24 ) and 400 Free Relay Silver Medal(s): Matt Ellis 400 MR and Will Licon 400 MR Bronze Medal: Matt Ellis 100 fly Meet Record:…

9-4-2012 Welcome note to all Nitro Families! 1.       Welcome to the 2012-2013 season. We’re looking forward to working with your kiddos, and hope you enjoy your time with us. This will be a very straightforward, simple introductory note that will begin to answer some basic questions, with more information coming. Please read all 10 points.…

Read Coach Mike’s Intro before watching the video: “I was a bit below my standards this past TAGS Championship meet on the daily postings of score updates, top 8 finishes, event winners, even remiss on sending out a complete TAGS recap after Nitro captured its 5th consecutive Texas Age Group Swimming Championship. Quite the feat from…

Swimmers of the Week for August 13th – 18th, 2012: Intro to Nitro Cedar Park:Kianna Kapa– Kianna loves swimming and helping her teammates out whenever possible.  While learning intervals this week Kianna asked questions to help herself and the group better understand the set.  She has been getting stronger and smarter each practice!  Way to go Kianna!…