June 25, 2007

Schedule Changes and Announcements

• Big training week and open water state championship week… keep up the great effort. Keep up the ear drops!!!

• No a.m./p.m. practice Wednesday, June 27^th due to the open water state championships.
• No practice Wednesday, July 4^th, “Independence Day”.
• Sr Turpin practice: We can move up due to the team that was coming in before us has cancelled their time slot. Flex 4:15, water 4:30-6:30 and Run/Dryland 6:30-7:10 on the following days… Monday July 2^nd, Monday, July 9^th and Wednesday July 11^th (last day).
• A-2 swimmers will have their Clermont Y practice on Thursday from 7:00-8:30 a.m. on June 28^th and July 5th due to the open water and the 4^th of July being on Wednesday.
• A-1 swimmers starting this Friday, June 29^th until the season ends may also come to practice with the A-2 group from 5:30-7:30. This is due to summer meets on Thursday.
• Breakfast at Frisch’s this Thursday, June 28^th after a.m. practice.
• Wow! Great meet this weekend at the NKC  David Webb Inv. We finished 3^rd out of 12 teams. This was a great step up meet as we had a ton of LTBS, heat and event winners, as well as record breakers 9meet and team).
• Over 80% of our  final swims at night were faster than in the prelims. Great team spirit Hawks… we are on a roll!!! Here are the top 8 team scores… 1) NKC 4,941.5 2) DR 4,664.5, 3) CAC 3,270.5, 4) Mason 3,168.5 5) ME Lyons 1,813, 6) SFF 969, 7) Wildcats 567, 8) Springfield YMCA 343.

Status Of Meet Entries

Fisher Summer Jam; Fisher (Indianapolis), IN; July 6-8, 2007: This meet is closed.  Details will be available the week of the meet. 

Ohio Junior Olympic (AA) Championships; Miami U; July 19-22, 2007: All Age Group swimmers who have JO cuts are expected to participate in this meet.  Some swimmers without individual cuts will be swimming on relays.  If you will not be able to attend this meet, please tell your coach ASAP! Coaches will be selecting events for this meet. 

III.  Coaches Corner

Final Countdown…   2weeks                 Fishers Summer Jam (Fishers H.S.)

                                          4 weeks               Ohio J.O.’s A-G State Champs (Miami)

                                          6 weeks               USA Senior National Champs (IUPUI)

                                                                               A-G Zones (Cleveland State)

A-1 and A-2Sydney Borger … Leader by example, great Clermont YMCA practice on Wednesday, I.M. improved and BR technique. 6 LTBS at NKC Inv.

 A-3 See Coach Ken.

T-1 Cara Norris… Great practice week, improved start technique, 8-8 LTBS at NKC.

T-2 Gabe Baumgartner… Leadership during workouts, great meet performance at NKC and 6 LTBS.

Sr Lauren Weaver  … Improved aerobic/ threshold training, great practice leadership, breakout NKC meet 5 LTBS, equipment starter, spirit, positive attitude.

 “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” –Billy Jean King

The following swimmers were event winners at the CAC Classic…

* Gabriel Baumgartner             13/14 boys             200 breast

* Nathan Butler                           Men                            100 breast, 200 breast

* Rob Jackson                              Men                            200 free

*Devin Landstra                          8/under girls            50 back, 100 free

* Mack Rice                                   13/14 boys              100 fly, 200 fly

*Jackie Smith                               11/12 girls               100 fly, 50 fly

* Men 200 free relay ( Rob Jackson, Sam Lipari, Andrew Spurling, Nathan Butler)

* 9/10 boys 200 medley relay ( Zach Getty, Sam Vester, Jack Dowling, Jack Mantkowski)

* 13/14 boys 200 medley relay ( Max Mantkowski, Gabriel Baumgartner, Mack Rice, Bob Taylor

* Men 200 medley relay ( Andrew Spurling, Nathan Butler, Rob Jackson, Aaron Roberts)  

To print this week's Seahawk Talk click below

Access to a WORD document                            Access to a PDF Document