Friday, October 31, 2008

Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn.

I wanted to congratulate everyone on last years team for our academic accomplishments. Both the Women's and the Men's teams were named Academic All-American teams last season. Great Job! Additionally both Kevin Morgan and Chris Dotson were named individual Academic All-Americans! The women were one of four SUNYAC schools to make the list and the men were the only SUNYAC school to make the list. This was one of our major goals, keep up the great work in the classroom.

The Hour of Power and a little donation of our precious time

November 6th at 5 pm we will be participating with over 87 other swim teams from around the country in the 3rd annual Ted Mullin "Leave it in the Pool" Hour of Power Relay for Sarcoma Cancer Research. We are excited to be a part of this event and it will be a great chance for us to be together, work hard, and raise team spirit. For more info on this event click here.
On November 9th part of our team will be taking part in the Leaf Raking Project, we will be going around town and cleaning up the yards of those people in need of some help (i.e. the elderly). The rest of our team will be volunteering as timers for the Oswego Laker Swim Club's Fall meet. Busy, busy, busy- doing good of course (and working hard)!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

First two meets are in the books (plus the old relay meet)

Our first two real meets have come and gone. They both went really well and I am happy with how things are looking. We have put a lot of work into making changes and we have been working hard.
Our first meet was against LeMoyne, last year their women beat up on us pretty bad, so I was surprised when we came out and beat them this year. The men lost to a talented LeMoyne team, but swam very well. We definitely had some impressive swim for a first meet.
Our next meet was at the Cortland relays, but that was really just a practice, so enough said.
This past Tuesday we swam at RIT and both teams again swam really well, with the women defeating RIT and the men losing another hard fought battle.
Regardless of the outcomes, this team is looking good, and swimming well. You can get the full results and highlights from our teams webpage. This weekend we travel to Oneonta!

The Great Coupon Incident of 2008!

Soooo... on a warm summer's eve, Little Tessie Greenfield finds herself working at a decrepit old Friendly's restaurant in the black heart of Syracuse, NY. Now I am going to be honest, the details from here on out may or may not be accurate (I mean honestly, it is all a little hazy). We all know how Tessie loves to hoard Friendly's coupons, and then deal them in the back alleys late at night. For many weeks she was living large off the windfall. A good thing can only last so long and as it goes, all criminals will eventually make a mistake (i.e. leave a fingerprint, a strand of hair, leave behind their Friendly's fanny pack stuffed full of illegal Friendly's coupons). Little Tessie was no different. On that fateful night, when she finally did slip up and left her bounty of coupons behind, she rushed back to Friendly's to retrieve them. Tessie then rushed back home laughing to herself, thinking she had just gotten away with her perfect little crime. The next day as she strolled into work, thinking nothing of her past indiscretions, as she walked past the cooler full of watermelon and orange creme rolls - security whisked her away to the managers office. Apparently someone had looked inside her fanny pack and noticed her stash of coupons. In the cutthroat world of waitressing, her coworker did not hesitate to turn her in for their own gain. Her boss, Mr. Fribble, was not happy and immediately fired Tessie and black balled her from every Friendly's restaurant this side of the Mississippi. As Tessie cried herself to sleep that night she was determined to not go out like that. First thing in the morning, Tessie called her defense lawyer (her mother- and as all of Fredonia knows, you do NOT mess with her). Mrs. Greenfield esq. was quick to call Mr. Fribble and give him a piece of her mind, he never knew what hit him. The next day, Friendly's called Tessie and begged her to come back to the restaurant, the Happy Endings (sundaes) were just not the same without her there, the restaurant could not survive without her waitressing skills. Well, 'ol Hoss was having none of that. She still had a little dignity left, so she stuffed it in her fanny pack and moved on to greener pastures, and by greener pastures I mean you can now find her at IHOP. I love ya Tessie!!!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

It's been way too long - I've never been that good with words anyway

I apologize for not getting on here sooner, it has been a busy and hectic beginning to the year. Things are going well though. We are starting to look good in the water and recruiting is going well. I certainly look forward to this season and to the future!
Since I last really wrote on here I have been to 3 great shows and my wife and I just bought our first house. I got to see the Old 97's in NYC, Lucero in Providence, and a special live tv taping concert of the Hold Steady in NYC. All ridiculously awesome shows. Now though its all swimming, all the time.
Last weekend was both our Black/Green intersquad meet and our alumni meet. Thank you to all the alumni and parents who made it this year, and especially to the parents for all the great food! It was also great to have some of my old teammates there this year!
I am going to make my best attempts at keeping this up to date with meet highlights, etc. throughout the season.
Best Regards.