2008 Oylimpic Trials

There have been many World Records set and exciting races this week. I hope you are watching on TV. If you have missed the action here are some links to the ACTION!

Official Trials Web Site (Click Here)
Official Trails Results Site with Real Time Results (Click Here)
NBC Web Site with GREAT Videos! (http://www.nbcolympics.com/)
Some Great Videos of the Trials and Interviews with the Swimmers and Coaches
DON'T MISS THESE SITES!
http://swimnetwork.com/
http://swimming.flocasts.org/

Boyertown was a Suprise for Palaski and Jordan

On a Saturday morning when our team was not attending a meet we had 2 swimmers make the trip to Boyertown to try to make some JO cuts. With out a coach attending and swimming in an old pool the girls swam great. Maggie Palaski swam one event the 50 fly and made her JO cut with ease. She swam a best time of 36.25 getting her a spot on our USA Swimming Junior Olympic Team. Liz Jordan also swam very well swimming the 50 free in a 29.40 breaking our team record and also qualifying for our USA Swimming Junior Olympic Team. Liz also swam the 50 breast in a best time and the 200 free breaking our team record as well in a 2:27.08.

Mixing it up

We do our best to keep practices interesting and challenging. Lately we have added some different sets at Stroudsburg Park practices. Taking advantage of the fresh air and grass we added some real cool sets as seen below.

Records fall at HAZY - PFY Meet

The Piranhas win 292-161 in a Summer Duel meet on Thursday June 26th at Pocono Mountian West High School with Hazelton YMCA and shattered 9team records! There were many great races and a total of 73 personal best swims.

Team Records Broken
11-12 Girls - 100 Med Relay - 1:03.08 (Slater, Lutfy, Palaski, Burns)
13-14 Girls - 100 IM - 1:09.23 (Lena Yang)
8 & Under Boys - 25 Fly - 15.20 (Zack Wolbert)
9-10 Girls - 25 Fly - 13.89 (Emily Wolbert)
11-12 Girls - 25 Fly - 13.73 (Alex Burns)
9-10 Girls - 25 Breast - 17.79 (Emily Wolbert)
11-12 Girls - 25 Breast - 16.25 (Katherine Lutfy)
9-10 Girls - 100 Free Relay - 1:04.23 (Cabral, Cruz, Gendelman, Wolbert)
11-12 Girls - 100 Free Relay - 57.64 (Lutfy, Palaski, Slater, Burns)

Kick Off Meet (Kicked Some Butt??)

We has our 7th annual Kick Off meet to start off our Summer Swim Team on Monday June 23rd at Stroudburg Pool. We had over 40 Piranha swimmers attend and it was a fast morning with many records falling and personal best times galore!

Team Records that fell.
8 & under Girls:
100 Free - 2:01.16 (Nadine Parrish)
100 IM - 2:06.00 (Nadine Parrish)
8 & under Boys:
25 Free - 17.60 (Zack Wolbert)
100 Free - 1:38.29 (Zack Wolbert)
25 Fly - 18.18 (Zack Wolbert)
25 Back - 21.98 (Zack Wolbert)
25 Breast - 23.68 (Zack Wolbert)
9-10 Girls:
50 Free - 34.54 (Emily Wolbert)
100 Free - 1:18.26 (Emily Wolbert)
50 Fly - 39.61 (Emily Wolbert)
50 Back - 45.44 (Emily Wolbert)
25 Breast - 21.66 (Emily Wolbert)
50 Breast - 47.15 (Emily Wolbert)
11-12 Girls:
100 Free - 1:13.21 (Kathrine Lutfy)
11-12 Boys:
100 Free - 1:13.70 (Ben Gendelman)
25 Fly - 16.47 (Ben Gendelman)
13-14 Boys:
100 Free - 1:09.29 (Colin Cruz)

Lady Piranahs Place 3rd overall at EMCA USA Meet

With only 15 girls our lady Piranhas swam away with a 3rd place team finish just behind the Lehigh Valley powerhouse EMAC. Our boys team placed 8th out of 15 teams at the meet. We had a total of 3 team record fell and 8 personal best times. It was a great meet and the weather was perfect. The swimmers seemed to enjoy an outdoor meet.

Team Records Broken
9-10 Girls - 50 Breast - 45.88 (Emily Wolbert)
Open Girls - 50 Free - 29.72 (Liz Jordan)
11-12 Girls - 200 Free Relay - 2:20.50 (Lutfy, Slater, Palaski, Burns)

PFY Mini's Swim Fast at NRG Meet

On a steamy almost 100 degree day we had 6 of our 8 & Unders traveled to Neshaminy Middle School just north of Philly for the NRG June 7th USA Mini Meet. There were swimmer from NJ, PA and DE attending. The Piranhas swim 11 best times and broke 2 team records. The team record were broken by Zack Wolbert (8), 25 fly (15.55) and the 25 breast (18.44).

Best Swims:
Emma Boyle (7) - 25 back, 25 fly and the 100 IM.
Liam Naturale (7) - 100 IM
Ivan Puskovitch (7) - 100 IM
Colin Walters (7) - 25 fly
Olivia Wint (8) - 50 free, 25 breast
Zack Wolbert (8) - 25 breast, 25 fly, 100 IM

For Meet Results (Click Here)

42 Swimmers 73 Best Times at June Trials

Piranhas are on FIRE!!!!! We had 42 swimmers attend our June Trials and there was 73 best times for a total of 424.28 Seconds!!!! There were also several team records set. The "IRON MAN" award goes to "Coach B.J." who swam all races except for the 25's and the 200 Fly. Several times he never left his lane to just swim in the next race.

Team Record Breakers
Zack Wolbert (7-8 boys)
100 Back - 1:29.90
Emily Wolbert (9-10 girls)
25 Free - 13.42
500 Free - 6:11.44
25 Fly - 14.23
25 Back - 16.95
200 Back - 2:47.63
200 Breast - 3:08.23
Colin Naturale (9-10 boys)
25 Breast - 20.24
200 Breast - 3:39.91
Ben Gendelman (11-12 boys)
25 Free - 13.32
200 Fly - 2:41.64
Alex Burns (11-12 girls)
200 Fly - 2:40.81 (Also Monroe / Pike Record)
Click Here For Meet Results

Constant Improvements for PFY at Mayfly

Every team wishes to see constant improvements and this is what we are being accustomed to at PFY and why should the Mayfly be any different. On Saturday we had our Mayfly meet at Pocono Mountain West High School. local YMCA teams that attended were GSY, HAZY and a few other swimmers from other teams in the state. The meet had nearly 100 swimmers ranging from ages 5 - 21. There were many meet records and personal best times from all of the teams but the Piranhas stood out with their constant improvements.

We had 59 swimmers attend with 116 personal best swims! 2 Team Records and 17 meet records, and 7 High Point Trophy Winners!
Record Breakers and High Point Winners included:
Julia Delaney: 6 & Under Girls
25 Free - 24.09 (Meet Record)
25 Fly - 22.58 (Meet Record and Team Record which was held by Emily Wolbert)
William Cerbone: 6 & Under Boys (High Point Winner)
Zack Wolbert: 7-8 Boys (High Point Winner)
25 Free - 14.43 (Meet Record and Team Record which was held by B. J. Conklyn)
100 IM - 1:25.28 (Meet Record)
25 Fly - 16.83 (Meet Record)
50 Free - 35.75 (Meet Record)
25 Free - 19.23 (Meet Record)
Emily Wolbert: 9-10 Girls (High Point Winner)
100 IM - 1:15.91 (Meet Record)
50 Fly - 33.6 (Meet Record)
50 Free - 28.98 (Meet Record)
50 Back - 35.52 (Meet Record)
50 Breast - 40.55 (Meet Record)
Ben Geldenman: 11-12 Boys (High Point Winner)
100 Free - 1:05.35
Abby Palaski & Janay Parrish: 13-14 Girls (Tie for High Point Winners)
B. J. Conklyn: Open Boys (High Point Winner)
50 Free - 22.19 (Meet Record)
50 Breast 27.58 (Meet Record)
Ian Walsh: Open Boys
100 IM - 56.35 (Meet Record)
50 Fly - 24.68 (Meet Record)

Form More Piranhas Results (Click Here)