UPDATED: The Weekly Wave (6/19)

Jun 19, 2010
"The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary."
- Thomas Edison

DRAW A DEEP BREATH, PARENTS, BLUE WAVE SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE . . . next Monday that is.  On Monday, we will head into the summer winds and partake of a changed practice schedule. That schedule has been posted on the website and I hope all BLUE WAVE families have had a chance to check it out. It is different from the school year schedule: our express purpose is to preserve some family dinner time and to work around the summer league schedule as much as possible.

SNOW LC Invitational…was the final meet to qualify for the upcoming championship meets besides the distance meet this weekend.  The meet was full of great swims!  It was very exciting to see everyone challenge themselves and really put to the test everything that they have been working on at practice each day.

We broke 8 individual team records:

  • Lydia Qianbroke 2 more 9-10 records this summer; She took down the 100 free record with a time of 1:15.42 and shaved another 1.5 seconds off her previous 200 IM record with a 2:08.89.
  • Megan Thiede took down the 11-12 200 back record with a time of 2:56.94
  • Caroline Haines set the team standard in the 13-14 800 free with a time of 12:06.15
  • Jonathan Del Valle took down the 9-10 100 fly record by 3 seconds with a time of 1:48.56
  • Stephen Clendenin took down his previous mark in the open 400 free with a time of 4:42.13
  • Becky Shaak in her first meet with us took down the open 200 back record with a time of 2:46.07
  • Rachel Mihalic set the standard in the 9-10 200 breast with a time of 3:47.43 and in the May meet I failed to catch the 200 back standard she set with a time of 3:20.74

The following swimmers achieved time standard improvements:

  • Trang Dinh: B-breast; B-fly; B-free
  • Gina Lair: BB-fly
  • Megan Marshall: BB-breast
  • Karleigh Pollock: B-breast; B-back
  • Juhi Seth: B-breast
  • Lizzy Thornton: BB-back

We have some new members that have earned a spot in CLUB TSUNAMI:

  • Madison Gupton made the jump into SILVER level earning over 2000 points.
  • Megan Patterson gained BRONZE level status with 1130 points
  • Megan Marshall earned BRONZE with 1112 points
  • Rex Larrabee earned BRONZE with 1091 points

MEET YOUR 2010 BLUE WAVE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM!

14 & Under Championship qualifiers:

  • Kari Allen: 50 Back; 50 Breast
  • Marissa Coggins: 50 & 100 Breast; 50 & 100 Fly; 50 & 100 Back; 50 Free
  • Brittany Dolan: 50 & 100 Back; 50 Free; 50 Fly
  • Trang Dinh: 50 Breast
  • Madison Gupton: 50 & 100 Breast; 50, 100, 200 & 400 Free; 50 & 100 Fly; 200 IM; 50 & 100 Back
  • Caroline Haines: 400 IM
  • Taylor Harper: 50 & 100 Breast; 50, 100 & 200 Free; 50 & 100 Back; 200 IM
  • Lexi Jimenez: 50 Breast; 200 IM
  • Kyra Johnson: 50 Breast
  • Campbell Lucas: 200 IM; 50 & 100 Back; 50 Breast; 50 Free
  • Lizzy Mandrgoc: 50 Breast
  • Lauren Mandrgoc: 50 Breast; 200 IM
  • Megan Marshall: 50 Breast; 50 Fly; 200 IM; 50 & 100 Back; 50, 100, 200 & 400 Free
  • Elise Nguyen: 50 & 100 Breast; 100 Free; 50 & 100 Fly; 50 & 100 Back
  • Kaitlyn Pollock: 50 Breast
  • Lydia Qian: 50 & 100 Breast; 50, 100, 200 & 400 Free; 50 & 100 Fly; 200 IM; 50 & 100 Back
  • Juhi Seth: 50 Free
  • Megan Thiede: 400 IM
  • Peyton Webb: 50 Breast; 50 Fly; 200 IM
  • Tori Webb: 50, 100, 200, & 400 Free; 50 Fly; 50 & 100 Back; 50 Breast
  • Nico Burbano: 50 Fly; 100 Back; 50 Free
  • Jackson Lucas: 50 & 100 Back; 50 Free
  • Danny Marron: 100 Breast
  • Brennan Maxwell: 100 Fly; 100 Back; 50, 100 & 400 Free
  • Jack Morrisroe: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 Free; 100 & 200 Fly; 200 & 400 IM; 100 & 200 Back
  • Drew Scherer: 50 & 100 Back
  • Megan Patterson: 100 fly

Senior Champs Qualifiers:

  • Amber Kerico: 100 & 200 Breast; 100 & 200 Fly; 200 & 400 IM; 400 Free
  • Abby Pasztor: 100 Fly
  • Stephen Clendenin: 50 & 200 Free; 100 & 200 Fly; 200 & 400 IM; 100 & 200 Back
  • Becky Shaak: 500, 800, & 1500 Free; 100 & 200 Breast; 200 & 400 IM
  • Caylyn Tate: 200, 500, 800, & 1500 Free; 200 Back; 200 Breast; 200 & 400 IM

Great job to our swimmers who have qualified for the championship meets!  This is shaping up to be a very exciting summer.  Below are the swimmers who have qualified so far for these meets.

Zones Qualifers thus far:

  • Amber Kerico: 100 & 200 Breast; 100 Fly; 400 IM
  • Lydia Qian: 50 & 100 Fly

Super Sectional Qualifiers thus far:

  • Amber Kerico: 200 Breast
  • Stephen Clendenin: 100 & 200 Fly; 400 IM
  • Becky Shaak: 800 & 1500 Free
  • Caylyn Tate: 400, 800, & 1500; 400 IM

GO BLUE WAVE!

WANT TO KEEP YOUR SWIMMER AT A HIGH LEVEL OF SUMMER FUNCTIONING?
Consider these two common summer swimmer maladies while appreciating how easily they can be avoided: swimmer’s ear and dehydration. The latter seems obvious but far too many swimmers will become “naturally” and quietly dehydrated through daily summer activities and the omnipresent heat. So generously drink water, thoroughly hydrate with fluid replacement products and avoid this dread downer. A swimmer who is dehydrated regularly will undergo a subtle but steady decline in practice performance. Drink more than is needed - the human body can eliminate the excess, but it cannot create water that is lacking. And swimmer’s ear? A wet and warm ear channel is a perfect breeding ground for swimmer’s ear. Introduce a 50/50 mix of alcohol and white vinegar on a daily basis and banish swimmer’s ear to the realm of distant memories.