Friday, April 18, 2008

Time Trials or Something Better?

Last night we had our April Spring Time Trials to see how our training has been going. Our Team has been working very hard in practice and it has been truly paying off. Many of our swimmer were swimmig in this meet "tired" and still showed amazing improvements. We had a total of 70 personal best times! That is truly AMAZING!!! There were also team records set by the following swimmers, Keep up the good work and I am looking forward to a great Long Course season!

9-10 Girls:
Alexis Kemp - 25 back (Tied team record)(Hasn't she done this before when she was 8??),
Emily Wolbert - 200 Free, 400 IM, 200 Back and 200 Fly
9-10 Boys:
Colin Naturale - 400 IM
11-12 Girls:
Alex Burns - 25 Free and 200 Fly
Katherine Lutfy - 400 IM
11-12 Boys:
Ben Gendelman - 400 IM, 200 Back
13-14 Girls
Lena Yang - 400 IM

Monday, April 14, 2008

Dick Shoulberg Talks About Team USA

Dick Shoulberg from GAAC talks about how good Team USA is and discusses his legendary 24 hour practice.

Click here for the Video


Michael Phelps Talks Dolphin Kick

Michael Phelps takes some time to talk about the dolphin kick, how it has helped him and when he really started to focus on it for races.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Dream of Going to YMCA Nationals


The 2008 National YMCA Short Course Swimming and Diving Championships was be held April 1 - 4, 2008 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The theme for Opening Ceremonies was an Old Fashioned Carnival! This year we did not have any of our swimmers attend but it is great to see what level we are working toward. Click on the link below to watch videos of all of the Finals races and some interviews of swimmers on Flo Swiiming .org. Click Here
For Real Time Meet Results (Click Here)

Video From SwimNetwork.com at YMCA Nationals 2008


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