Swimming at UNCFSU

USA Swimming states that:

• Approximately 10 people drown every day in the U.S. (Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)).
• More than one in five fatal drowning victims are children younger than 14 (Source: CDC).
• Drowning is also a silent killer—most young children who drowned in pools were last seen in the home, had been out of sight less than five minutes, and were in the care of one or both parents at the time (Source: Present P. Child Drowning study).
• Participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning by 88 percent among children aged one to four years. (Source: Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 2009)
• Seventy percent of African-American and sixty percent of Hispanic/Latino children cannot swim. (Source: National research study by the USA Swimming Foundation and the University of Memphis)
• African-American children drown at a rate nearly three times higher than their Caucasian peers. (Source: CDC)
• If a parent does not know how to swim, there is only a 13 percent chance that a child in that household will learn how to swim. (Source: National research study by the USA Swimming Foundation and the University of Memphis)

So we here at FSU continuing education program believe that swimming is indeed a highly needed skill and we will be holding swimming camps here at the university this summer. The first one will be the “Fast Minnows” Summer 2015 Swimming Camps for ages 3-6 years old, from 9:00am-10:00am. Parents feel free to stay and watch or get in on the fun. Second class “Fast Swim Team” will be for ages 7-18, beginners, intermediate, and advanced levels, from 5:30-7:00pm.

June 15-18

July 6-9

July 20-23

August 3-6

Sign up for multiple sessions to build skill, strength, and stamina. Register online now at www.uncfsu.edu/continuing-education. For questions contact the FSU Office of Continuing Education at 910-672-1228 or email continuingedu@uncfsu.edu. Camp will be held in our Olympic –size pool in the Capel Arena.

Camp coordinator and head coach Oscar Roverato of the Fayetteville Aquatics Swim Team, contact 910-574-6393 or visit the website at www.fast -swimteam.org.