"Learning Life Lessons in a Lifetime Sport!" 

The Merritt Island Swim Club goes back many years and was most recently known as "Island Aquatics."  Central Brevard Aquatics (CBA) was incorporated by Major and Sue Hall and became a USA Swimming team in May of 2005.  In May of 2006, CBA joined forces with Island Aquatics.  We are now known as Central Brevard Swimming and our swimmers are known as the CBS ISLANDERS.  CBS Islanders are pleased to call Merritt Island High School "home." 

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Brevard County is in East Central Florida, on the "Space Coast."  Merritt Island is situated between the Banana and Indian rivers, approximately four miles west of Cocoa Beach.  Merritt Island is also where the Kennedy Space Center is located! 

COACHING STAFF

MAJOR HALL serves as Head Coach.  Major has a Masters in Education from Boston University and earned his B.A. degree at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.  He has been coaching competitive swimming for nearly 10 years.  Major's coaching background is extensive, beginning with "Junior Fleet," a sailing program he and his brother started on Chicago's North Shore when they were students at New Trier High School.  From the early-80’s until 1991, Major served as Director and Head Coach of the U.S. National Boardsailing (windsurfing) Team, training elite and Olympic boardsailors from the United States and countries around the world.  Major attended several Coaching Colleges at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, including Biomechanics in Sport and others.  He also served on the U.S. Olympic Yachting Committee.   In addition to coaching swimming and sailing, Major coached Olympic development volleyball for several years, both in the Northeast and in Central Florida.  Major has written two books, "Competitive Sailing: Reflex & Decision" and "Sports Illustrated Boardsailing."  He is an English teacher at Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School.   

GINA GRINARML, Intermediate Coach, comes by way of Massachusetts, where she coached with the YNS Swim Team's Salem branch.  Gina has her Level 2 ASCA coaching certification, and she has also coached for the Pasco Aquatic Club and Suncoast Swim Team, both on Florida's West Coast.  Gina swam competitively from the age of six through high school.  She has a BA in Humanities from the University of South Florida and she is a certified Yoga instructor. 

CHRISTY ZIERES and SHELLEY PARKER serve as CBS-Islanders Age Group coaches.  Christy is a teacher at Merritt Island High School and is Head Coach of the Merritt Island High Swim Team.  She is also a triathlete.  Shelley swam competitively as a child growing up in Panama City, Florida, and was on her high school swim team.  In the fifth grade, she was introduced to basketball and pursued it with a passion.  She attended college on a basketball scholarship.  She returned to the world of swimming when her children were old enough to swim competitively, and she began coaching in 2000.  Shelley is also an assistant coach for Merritt Island High. 

Because we are a USA Swimming club, every member is required to join USA Swimming/Florida Swimming.  Forms must be signed and returned by the third day of training.  First-time USA Swimming members must also provide a copy of their birth certificate.  Those transferring from other USA-S clubs must complete a "USA Swimming Club Release and Transfer Form."  A physical exam is recommended, but not required, for all new swimmers.

Check out "Registration & Fees" page for complete details and forms.