2009 Hour of Power

Hour of Power flyer
We had a great time taking part in the 2008 Hour of Power and will be participating this year on November 10th!

Getting back into the swing of things

One week of working Hamilton College swim camp down, two more to go! Being back in the pool coaching has obviously gotten me energized to start our season. It has also reminded me that I should remind you to make sure you are staying in shape. Start setting some goals for yourself, we are going to need everyone to be excited and motivated next season. It's always good to be an underdog, as long as you have a little fight in you. When I think about what you accomplished last season, I get goosebumps thinking about the possibilities ahead of us. Keep in touch!

Why reinvent the wheel

Instead of getting into writing on the whole suit disaster, check out some of these links.

http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2389&Itemid=9

http://scaq.blogspot.com/2009/05/usa-today-fina-to-announce-approved.html

http://swimviking.blogspot.com/2009/05/finas-list-is-on-my-list-if-you-know.html

http://www.blueseventy.com/news/story/blueseventy_addresses_finas_suit_approvals

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/athletesfirst/

http://www.collegeswimming.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3972

and she says it's natural

Good job with grades!
Women - 3.31 gpa
Men - 2.99 gpa
Women will be an academic All-American team, and the guys missed by .01 (next time...)
Marianne Munson and Paul MacMahon both got 4.0! congrats!

Video from Nationals

Video from Nationals

Thanks John!

a good part time gig

click here if you dare

Nationals

We just got back from Nationals in Minneapolis! It was an awesome week for us!
Congratulations to Jenny VanEtten, Shawn Merlin, and Eric Messina - they represented us well with great performances and brought home 6 All-American Awards.
Jenny started things off for us with a school record performance in the 200 IM with a 2:08.77.
Things only got better from there.
In the 100 breast, Jenny came in with a best individual time of 1:07.17, and was seeded somewhere around 32nd. We were hoping for at least a best time, she shocked us all with a 3 second drop, clocking in at 1:04.16 and grabbing a spot in (top 8) Finals and her first All-American award! The swim was also a new conference record by almost 2 seconds.
In the 200 breast, the event that she qualified in for the National meet, she was seeded 10th. Jenny swam to a new school and conference record in the prelims, qualifying 8th to make Finals. In Finals she again lowered the school and conference record with a 2:20.29, finishing in 7th place for her second All-American performance.
For the Men, both Shawn and Eric qualified for the meet in Diving.
The first Diving event was 1 meter. Shawn finished in 7th place to earn his first All-American award of the meet. Eric just missed out on the top 8 and finished in 9th for an Honorable Mention All American award. Not that I know a lot about diving but they both looked great, and I am pretty good at guessing scores now.
The second diving event was 3 meter. Shawn finished this event in 5th place for his second All American honor, while Eric once again narrowly missed out on top 8 (by less than 2 points) and finished in 9th and picked up his second Honorable Mention All American award. On a sidenote after the first dive on both boards Eric was in first place, that will be his claim to fame until next year, when he moves up the ranks.