Volunteering and Meet Update

A Note from Kay Browning, Wahoos Volunteers Rep!




 
Congratulations to all Wahoos swimmers who competed in the meet on 
Saturday. Even though we did not win, many swimmers had best times. 
Check out the swim team bulletin board to see who was chosen as the 
swimmers of the week.
 
*Thanks* to the many parent volunteers who worked during the meet. 

Unfortunately we had more than 10 volunteers who did not show up to 
their assignments. As you saw on Saturday it takes all of us to 
ensure the meet moves smoothly. Please review the volunteer assignments 
on the pool bulletin board and in the e-mail sent to all swim team
families. If you cannot work during your assigned position, we would 
appreciate it if you let us know early in the week. It would be much
appreciated if you could try to make a switch with another family or 
find a substitute.

Swimmers of the Week: July 11, 2009

10-Under Swimmers of the Week
For week ending 7/11/09

Female: Abigail Jones - 7

Abigail is new to the swim team this summer and has worked hard to improve all her strokes. She had a great meet at Hammond Park, doing personal best times in all three of her events. She took off 3 seconds in freestyle and nearly 3 more in backstroke. She also shaved off an amazing 11 seconds in butterfly after learning this difficult stroke just a few weeks ago!!!

Male: Ethan Welsh – 10

Ethan is a veteran Wahoo swimmer who is very dedicated with excellent practice habits. This week he even took the initiative to swim in two practice groups each day! His efforts paid off when he swam 3 best times on Saturday, shaving off 3 seconds in breaststroke, almost 2 in fly, and a huge 9 seconds in 100 IM!!!

11-Over Swimmers of the Week
For week ending 7/11/09

Female: Lanie Swanhart - 15

Lanie has been on our team for many summers and has developed excellent technique in all of her strokes. She displayed perfectly on Saturday how to finish a race strong into the wall, touching out an opponent by just a tenth of a second in 100 free! This resulted in a personal best by nearly 3 seconds, and in her 100 IM she improved by another 2 seconds!!!

Male: Brendan Caffey - 14

Brendan is second-year Wahoo swimmer who had three great swims at Hammond Park. He swam more than 5 seconds faster in 100 free, took off another second in 50 breaststroke and had a great 50 on the relay. His consistent practice attendance has helped him come a long way in just two seasons on swim team!!

Swimmers of the Week: July 3, 2009

10-Under Swimmers of the Week
For week ending 7/03/09

Female: Morgan Stolba - 6

Morgan is a first-year team member with a lot of determination. Her hard work in practice has helped her to improve her freestyle time by more than 18 seconds since time trials and another 48 seconds in backstroke! At the meet against Springlake she took off 8 seconds in free and 13 in backstroke since the last meet, going under a minute in both events for the first time!!!

Male: Ryan Jones - 9

Ryan just joined the Wahoos this summer and has advanced greatly since the season began. He has worked hard to improve his freestyle and backstroke, and has learned breaststroke and butterfly in a few short weeks! He had a great meet on Friday, taking 21 seconds off of 50 free, 5 seconds in breaststroke and competed in butterfly for the first time!!

11-Over Swimmers of the Week
For week ending 7/03/09

Female: Kathleen Mensing – 12

Kathleen is a returning swimmer who always has a happy, positive attitude both in and out of the pool. She had a great meet on Friday with personal best times in all three of her events! She took off over a second in 50 free from just a week ago, and 8 second in back and 6 in breaststroke since time trials!!


Male: Robert McClure – 14

Robert is another veteran Wahoo swimmer who had some great swims on Friday. Consistent practice attendance helped him take time off both of his individual events and swim a personal best relay split. He went 3 seconds faster in 50 breaststroke, and nearly 8 seconds faster in 100 IM!!!

Swimmers of the Week!

Last week's meet was a hard-fought loss of 276 to 210. Here's to a good showing on Friday against Springlake. Swimmers take your marks!

10-Under Swimmers of the Week
For week ending 6/27/09

Female: Grace Meissner – 6
Grace is a second-year swimmer who swims with incredible “grace” for a six-year-old. She has quickly learned all 4 strokes and showed off her butterfly in a meet for the first time last Saturday. She also improved her freestyle by nearly 7 seconds and placed third, and shaved another 4 seconds off of her backstroke to win first place!!

Male: Joseph Roschella – 10
Joseph is a veteran Wahoo swimmer with great determination whenever he’s in the pool. He had a great meet against Andover with three very exciting first place finishes, each of them by fractions of a second! All three races resulted in new personal best times for Joseph as well!!!

11-Over Swimmers of the Week
For week ending 6/27/09

Female: Amanda Baldwin - 14
Amanda has been a Wahoo swimmer for several summers and always displays a great attitude in both practice and at meets. Her efforts paid off in our second meet where she scored two third place finishes and swam a personal best relay split. She also improved her 100 IM time by nearly 5 seconds and took off more than a second in 50 breaststroke!!

Male: James Sirenne – 11
James is a new swimmer this year who has come a long way in just a few short weeks as a first-time swimmer. He has improved significantly in both freestyle and backstroke, and has quickly learned breaststroke as well! Last Saturday he swam personal best times in all three of his events, improving by 11 seconds in 50 free, 16 seconds in backstroke and almost 6 seconds in breaststroke!!

Congratulations to all Swimmers of the Week from Coach Jill!

Swimmers of the Week for Week Ending June 20, 2009

From Coach Jill...

10-Under Swimmers of the Week
For week ending 6/20/09

Female: Sarah Kemp - 7
Sarah is a second-year swimmer who has a great enthusiasm for swimming. She is doing a great job in her freestyle and backstroke technique, and has also perfected her breaststroke (quite an accomplishment for a 7-year-old!). In Saturday’s meet, she did 3 personal best times, improving by a total of 6 seconds in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke!!!

Male: Matthew Poltorak - 10
Matthew is new swimmer who has shown amazing improvement since the season began. He is always willing to do whatever the coaches ask and has already accomplished doing a legal breaststroke! His hard work resulted in three great races on Saturday where he took off over 4 seconds in freestyle, 5 in backstroke and another 5 in breaststroke – all just since time trials!!

11-Over Swimmers of the Week
For week ending 6/20/09

Female: Jessica Smith - 13
Jessica is a new swimmer on the team this year who has made great improvement in a very short time. She works hard in practice and has even been seen doing extra work on learning flip turns on her own time. Jessica did best times in her two individual events at our first meet and gave her winning relay team a great head start as lead-off swimmer!!

Male: Peter Valavanis - 17
Peter is a veteran senior Wahoo swimmer who is always consistent in practice and dependable at meets. He swam two personal best times on Saturday, including a 2.5 second improvement in 100 freestyle, resulting in a 3rd place finish! He also swam a personal best lead-off split in the 15-18 relay, gaining a sizable lead on South Carroll for his team which won 1st place!

Editor's Note: Photos of Swimmers of the Week to follow. I am unable to load photos due to Blogger.com issue.