Texas Finswimming Association

The Texas Finswimming Association (TFA) is the official governing body for competitive and recreational finswimming in Texas. The TFA consists of competitive teams, high schools, colleges, individual athletes, supporters, and others who are interested in advancing the sport of finswimming in the Lone Star State.

Organization

The TFA is governed by a board of directors. Each board serves for the duration of the Olympiad, with the current board serving until December 31, 2028.

The board of directors for the current Olympiad (2024-2028) is as follows:

President: Darla S. Kelly – Deer Park, Texas Vice president: Kristine Kelly – Deer Park, Texas Secretary: Donna Alicoate – Broadway, Virginia Treasurer: Chris Price - Pasadena, Texas Executive director: Robert H. Kelly – Deer Park, Texas Director of media and public relations: Chris Price – Pasadena, Texas Director of special programs: Taylor Hart – Houston, Texas Athlete representative: Kirstin Kelly – Pasadena, Texas

The executive committee of the board of directors of the Texas Finswimming Association consists of the positions of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and executive director. The executive director is the chairman of the executive committee. This committee has the task of formulating and establishing rule changes for the sport.

Competitions

In addition, Texas has hosted the majority of the finswimming competitions in the US for the past 6–8 years. Texas hosts the Texas Open Finswimming Invitational, the Gulf Coast International Finswimming Invitational, along with the Texas State Finswimming Championships every year.

In addition TFA also host 2–3 high school finswimming meets a year for those schools who have finswimming as part of their official athletic program.

Finswimmers from Texas have competed in numerous national and international competitions over the years, including the 1998 USA Fin Swimming National Championships, 2000 CMAS World Finswimming Championships, 2001 World Scholar-Athlete Games, 2006 World Scholar-Athlete Games, 1999 United States Scholar-Athlete Games, 2003 United States Scholar-Athlete Games, 2008 United States Scholar-Athlete Games and the Gulf Coast International Finswimming Invitational.

Competitive/performance suits

It was decided by the Executive Committee on October 1, 2009, that competitive performance suits would be allowed in all competitions in Texas. There shall be no restrictions on the type of suit worn in any recognized or sanctioned finswimming competition.

Records

Short course yards

Men

The records listed are correct as of July 1, 2022. Updates will be made when official results are confirmed and ratified by the Texas Finswimming Association and its board of directors.

Event Time Name Year Location Surface 25 yards 00:09.84 Derrick Mauk 1998 Pasadena, TX, USA 50 yards 00:18.31 Derrick Mauk 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 100 yards 00:43.08 Derrick Mauk 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 200 yards 01:39.46 Derrick Mauk 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 500 yards 04:57.81 Derrick Mauk 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 1000 yards 12:46.03 Michael Parsons 2001 Pasadena, TX, USA 1650 yards 22:06.72 Michael Parsons 2001 Pasadena, TX, USA Apnea 25 yards 00:07.71 Derrick Mauk 1998 Pasadena, TX, USA 50 yards 00:16.94 Derrick Mauk 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA Immersion 50 yards 00:19.49 Derrick Mauk 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 100 yards 00:45.36 Derrick Mauk 2000 Pasadena, TX, USA 200 yards 01:47.27 Derrick Mauk 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 500 yards Relays 4×50 yards surface 4×100 yard surface 03:10.61 Brian Mauk, Robert Oehrlein, Michael Parsons, Derrick Mauk 1998 Pasadena, TX, USA 4×50 yards apnea 4×50 yards immersion 02:01.88 Jose Arroyo, Robert Kelly, Brandon Bass, Joshua Bass 2002 Pasadena, TX, USA

Women

The records listed are correct as of July 1, 2022. Updates will be made when official results are confirmed and ratified by the Texas Finswimming Association and its board of directors.

Event Time Name Year Location Surface 25 yards 00:10:21 Kristine Kelly 2006 Pasadena, TX, USA 50 yards 00:20.59 Noora Kuusivouri 1998 Pasadena, TX, USA 100 yards 00:45.33 Noora Kuusivouri 1998 Pasadena, TX, USA 200 yards 01:42.01 Noora Kuusivouri 2000 Pasadena, TX, USA 500 yards 04:40.56 Noora Kuusivouri 2000 Pasadena, TX, USA 1000 yards 12:53.53 Kristine Kelly 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 1650 yards 21:29.61 Kristine Kelly 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA Apnea 25 yards 00:09.52 Tiffany Davis 2000 Pasadena, TX, USA 50 yards 00:20.23 Kristine Kelly 2006 Kingston, RI, USA Immersion 50 yards 00:25.50 Kristine Kelly 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 100 yards 00:47.94 Noora Kuusivouri 2000 Pasadena, TX, USA 200 yards 01:50.63 Noora Kuusivouri 2000 Pasadena, TX, USA 500 yards 06:47.96 Kristine Kelly 2000 Pasadena, TX, USA Relays 4×50 yards surface 01:37.07 Kristine Kelly, Clara Ho, Stacey Golden, Jeana Poteet 1999 Pasadena, TX, USA 4×100 yard surface 02:56.21 Kristine Kelly, Noora Kuusivouri, Stacey Golden, Jeana Poteet 1998 Pasadena, TX, USA 4×50 yards apnea 4×50 yards immersion

Long course meters

Men

The records listed are correct as of July 1, 2022. Updates will be made when official results are confirmed and ratified by the Texas Finswimming Association and its board of directors.

Event Time Name Year Location Surface 50 meters 00:21.65 Derrick Mauk 1998 Freemont, CA, USA 100 meters 00:51.70 Derrick Mauk 1998 Freemont, CA, USA 200 meters 02:03.18 Derrick Mauk 1998 Freemont, CA, USA 400 meters 04:47.53 Derrick Mauk 1998 Freemont, CA, USA Apnea 50 meters 00:19.71 Derrick Mauk 1998 Freemont, CA, USA Immersion 100 meters 400 meters 800 meters

Women

The records listed are correct as of July 1, 2022. Updates will be made when official results are confirmed and ratified by the Texas Finswimming Association and its board of directors.

Event Time Name Year Location Surface 50 meters 00:24.20 Stacey Golden 1998 Freemont, CA, USA 100 meters 00:58.32 Kristine Kelly 2000 Palma de Majorca, Spain 200 meters 02:20.98 Stacey Golden 1998 Freemont, CA, USA 400 meters Apnea 50 meters 00:22.03 Kristine Kelly 2000 Houston, TX, USA Immersion 100 meters 00:58.48 Kristine Kelly 2000 Palo Alto, CA, USA 400 meters 05:06.51 Kristine Kelly 2000 Palma de Majorca, Spain 800 meters 10:36.13 Kristine Kelly 2000 Palma de Majorca, Spain

See also

References

External links Texas Finswimming Association Texas Finswimming Association (archive site) Underwater Society of America