Barracuda Swimworks

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Passages: Brad Glenn Remembered for a Life in Service to Swimming Brad Glenn, former ISCA Vice President of Marketing, coach, mentor, and swimming leader, is being remembered for his service to the sport.

MISSING🚨 The Escambia County Sheriff's Office is alerting the public about missing 29-year-old Nebraska man Pawan Gaire after authorities located his vehicle abandoned at Park East on Pensacola Beach.

Gaire reportedly left Nebraska in early March to travel to Florida.

Nebraska news outlets report his vehicle was last spotted on March 11 in Milton.

Gaire was reported missing on March 16 with the Lincoln Police Department in Nebraska.

Read more: weartv.com/news/local/missing-29-year-old-nebraska-mans-vehicle-located-at-park-east-on-pensacola-beach

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Cameron McEvoy has beaten Cesar Cielo's longstanding 50m Freestyle World Record: the new mark is 20.88! 🇦🇺

I get this question on a daily basis. My answer is always the same. On top of that, everyone’s definition of “swimming” is different - my standards are high: to move from point A to point B in a calm, efficient, effective, and proactive manner, take a breath (side, front or back) and continue on in the same manner to point C. Make sure your standards match your instructors! You could be talking apples and oranges. — For Adult learners don’t worry! You learn much faster!

Introducing OFF THE STEPS — Parent-Child Swim Foundations
Text 850.860.6525 For any Questions!
This is a 4-week foundations course for littles ages 1–3 where you and your child learn together — the basics of swim safety, water holds, back float, breathing cues, kicking, and building the kind of comfort in the water that carries forward for life.
We keep it small — just 4 parent/child pairs per class — so every family gets real attention.
📅 Starting April 7 | Tuesdays and/or Thursdays | 9:00–9:30am
💰 $35 per class
☀️ Weather makeups on Fridays
Because of limitations on the square platform, the sessions must be signed up individually instead of monthly. So you need to sign up for each individual class. You can sign up for all 8 classes in the month. It is highly recommended you at least sign up for 4. Classes with only one sign up participant will be cancelled.

If your child is 3–5 and struggles with water on their face, eyes, or ears, our new WETr program on Monday mornings might be the better fit — drop me a message and we’ll figure it out together.

Are bath time and hair washing a battle in your house? Does your child flinch, panic, or melt down when water hits their face? Having problems getting your child to submerge at swim lessons? 💙
You’re not alone — and there’s a reason it’s hard. Some kids are genuinely sensitive to water on the face, nose, and eyes. It’s not defiance. It’s not a phase. And forcing it only makes it worse.
That’s exactly why I created WETr — Water Exposure Training & Remediation.
It’s a small, gentle class — just 3 parent/child pairs — built around a proven desensitization method I’ve been using for years. No force. No melt downs. Just calm, steady progress your child can feel — at their own pace.
What they learn at the pool, you take home. Bath time, the shower, hair washing — it all starts to shift.
📅 Mondays starting April 20 | 9:00–9:30am
👶 Ages 3–5
💰 $45 per class
⚠️ Pre-approval required to screen out high fear clients that may need private lessons to deal with issues other than desensitization — text 850.860.6525
Already in swim lessons with another provider? No problem — WETr works alongside any program.
If your little one is 1–3 and ready to get in the water, check out Off the Steps, our parent-child foundations class starting April 7. 🐟
👉 DM me or text 850.860.6525 to get started

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Swimming loses an Icon in Carol "Penny Taylor at age 96 - International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) Carol “Penny” Taylor just completed 96 years of service, achieving significant milestones. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 11, 1929 and passed peacefully yesterday, November 4, 2025, in New Orleans, LA, where she had been living for some time. Penny was a member of the 1948 Olympic ...

I have availabilities in the morning and afternoon, Monday through Saturday.

📅 Schedule here:
https://barracuda-swimworks.square.site

🌊 Back-to-School Special
• Requires at least two 30-minute lessons per week for 4 weeks (or the equivalent).
• Lessons can be shared.
• This special is invoiced.

📝 First-time clients
• $15 annual registration fee.
• A PDF with important information and registration details will be sent — please bring it with you on the first day.

👶 For children under 3
Parents/caretakers may be asked to get in the water to help with the transition if the child is shy with new people or environments.

📲 Text me with any specific questions — I’m happy to help!

UCN SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
VIGIL FOR TRINITY

A Ceremony for Trinity will be held Saturday at Mattie Kelly Park and Nature Walk on Saturday at 7 PM.

825 Beach Drive, Destin, FL. 32541. Property is adjacent to Joe's Bayou Boat Ramp.

This guy is the director and meteorologist for RedZone and provides very detailed and up to the minute information for Alabama and Northwest Florida. Best I’ve found….

DANGEROUS TORNADO OUTBREAK ABOUT TO BEGIN... Intense, long track tornadoes will be possible across the Deep South through tonight. We ALL have a significant severe weather risk in place with a rare Level 5 (out of 5) high risk zone in place for parts of Mississippi and Alabama. This is the first time since we introduced the five tier alert system in our RedZone Weather app that I am choosing to send a Critical-Level Alert to ALL app users. This will likely be a high-end tornado event for parts of the Deep South. Please be "weather aware" through tonight! The core tornado risk will set up for inland counties over the next several hours. You will likely get a new Tornado Watch a bit later if you are closer to the coast. To be clear: This is only due to a delay in timing and not in overall threat. It is likely that the PDS watch will be extended eastward a bit later.

NEW PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION TORNADO WATCH TILL 8PM... The Storm Prediction Center has issued a new Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch valid until 8PM. Locally, this includes Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Clarke, and Washington counties. Many more counties to our north (Choctaw, Marengo, Wilcox, Dallas, Lowndes, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Shelby, etc.) are also included. This Tornado Watch is considered a Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) watch as more long-tracked, strong tornadoes will be possible locally in the hours ahead. We have already had several tornadoes due to this same weather system in areas to our north overnight. It cannot be stressed enough: Have multiple ways to hear warnings through tonight and TAKE ACTION when you get a warning to protect yourself. Another Tornado Watch will likely be required further south and east later today or tonight.

HIGH (LEVEL 5 OUT OF 5) RISK INLAND; LEVEL 4 (OUT OF 5) RISK FOR MOST... Regardless of which risk level you are involved with, please understand that we ALL have a major risk of severe weather over the next 12-15 hours across Alabama and northwest Florida. The highest probability of tornadoes will happen across parts of central and north Alabama, but a few intense tornadoes will be possible across parts of south Alabama and northwest Florida as well. Some communities will simply have rain and not much else, in fact, I suspect MANY communities will be just fine with no major issues. Where tornadoes happen, however, you'd better be ready for major issues being possible. These will be long track, significant tornadoes that are on the ground for quite some time. No matter which risk you are in, specifically, be ready for WARNINGS!

WHAT TO EXPECT - THROUGH 3PM... Please understand that the next several hours probably will be fine in many communities across south Alabama and northwest Florida. There is a real chance that 6PM to midnight ends up being the main six hour window for severe weather for many communities across our local area. The imminent concerns over the next three hours will happen across Mississippi and potentially parts of west Alabama where supercell thunderstorms will be possible. These supercells will be capable of producing all severe weather hazards: Large tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, and damaging, large hail up to tennis ball size. The threat will very gradually spread eastward through tonight.

ALL CLEAR MESSAGES BY COUNTY LATER TONIGHT... I will be sending "all clear" messages for each county, as I can, in the RedZone Weather app tonight. We will finish the round of storms tonight into early Sunday morning and when I am able to do so, I will send a Medium-Level Alert with the final, big "all clear" for the night.

TORNADO WARNING POLICY... Any time there is an active tornado warning in effect for southwest Alabama or northwest Florida, we provide uninterrupted, live video coverage on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, and in the Live tab of the RedZone Weather app. Our detailed coverage commitment is outlined at redzoneweather.com/coverage. We are proud to cover all parts of Escambia (AL), Covington, Monroe, Conecuh, Baldwin, Mobile, Clarke, Washington, Butler, Escambia (FL), Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties. If you live in any locale in those counties, be sure to tune into our coverage whenever there is an active tornado warning!

SET UP COUNTY ALERTS IN RZW APP... Make sure your specific county is toggled on to be able to get alerts in our RedZone Weather app. The app is totally free for you! redzoneweather.com/app is the link where you see the download links to your respective app store for iOS and for Android devices. Once you have the app downloaded to your smartphone or tablet device, be sure to visit the Alerts tab to customize the alerts you would like to receive straight from me.

We will go into live video coverage in the hours ahead when/if a tornado warning becomes required for any part of our local area. Stay weather aware in the hours ahead!

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