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July 28, 2010
Updated Warm-up and Start Times For JOs This Coming Weekend JO final entries JO entry listed by team
Time line by sessionSince Summer JOs was moved from Lehman College in the Bronx to Felix Festa Middle School pool in West Nyack, Rockland County, the number of summer JO entries has significantly increased. This season the JO qualification times were made faster to reduce number of entries, but they were still not "tough enough". So, like last summer, unfortunately many of the JO sessions will be 5 to 6 hours long. Bring multiple healthy snacks and water bottles (16 oz of fluid in 6 hours is not enough) from home to meet (a lot less expensive than buying it there). Swimmers will not be able to perform well at the end of a 5 to 6 hour meet session, without any or enough food or drink! Other Tips to make you swim better: Training is only one part of being a competitive swimmer. Eating healthy, getting enough sleep, meet preparation are other important aspects! Know you current best times. Know how fast you need to go for a Zone cut in your best event. Visualize your races at home this week. Stay well hydrated (drink enough) a few days before and during meet, Stay out of the sun -- do not go to beach the rest of this week. Get extra sleep this week. A three day meet with 6 hour sessions plus warm-up during hot summer days are exhausting! If you want to swim well, do not play in the hotel pool or go shopping at the mall in between sessions. Take it easy - only this weekend it is OK to be a "couch potato" - take a nap - watch a movie in hotel room, or go to a movie theater. Sports drinks are OK, buy just plain old water is better. Healthy snacks: favorite (healthy) granola bar, banana, zip-lock bag with dry cereal (e.g. Cheerios), pretzels, crackers, power bar (eat with plenty of water), bagel, apple, fresh fruit, Eat light meals - spaghetti is always safe - a bacon cheese burger it not - a Sunday is not - skip the fast food restaurants this weekend - no chips, etc.  
July 25, 2010
Two Gold Medal Winner Valerie Zeffiro 100 and 200 Back ESG swimming results Other medal winners: Silver for Rachael Bertini and Michael Giordano 200 fly; Silver or Colleen Lampe and bronze for Kristen Pozmanter in 400 IM; bronze for Val in 100 fly. 65% best times for 65 Swimmers who competed in the last qualifying meet of the long course season. 22 of them swam all best times. If you qualified for JOs, Sr Mets or Zones, congratulations, If you did not, the long course season is over for you. However, we still would like you to come to three practices a week, to stay in shape, as taking off five or more weeks in competitive swimming is not good. For next two weeks, bring running shoes, as we will do some different things with swimmers, who are done competing in meets. Some Meet High Lights New Zone Cuts: Matt Darcy 200 breast New JO Cuts: Jared Stoller (50 fly - first JO cut ever!), Rachel DiTolla (200 free & 50 fly), Casey Gavigan (200 free & 50 & 100 fly - Casey finally is recovered from a buckle arm fracture right before Counties), Natalia Giunta (100 breast), Alec Huner (100 breast & 100 fly), Phoebe McAuliffe (100 free & 200 breast - Phoebe is finally starting to show what she is capable of), Ethan McCormac (200 free), Eavn Nilsson (50 fly - 15.2 sec drop!), Naomi Park (200 free & 100 breast), and Nancy Shemet (100 fly). All Best Times: Adam Kalinousky, Alec Huner, Andrew Stange, Arthur Bances, Casey Gavigan, Christopher O'Shea, Daniel Infranco, Evan Nilsson, Jared Stoller, Julia Bogdanski, Lara Sarubbi, Megan Haggerty, Nancy Shemet, Nicole Bentz, Peter Li, Phoebe McAuliffe, Rachel DiTolla, Riley Gavigan, Sarah Catterson, Sarah Chan, Victoria Carle, and Virginia Albinson. Only two weeks into the summer vacation and only one more qualification meet left (Jr Mets #3) and only two or three weeks left of the 2010 long course swim season. 82 swimmers competed in Jr Mets #2 and 35 of them swam all best times and 73% of all races were best times. Most Novice and new Junior swimmers swam mostly personal bests, while most seniors and many veteran juniors did not, as at this time of the long course season their bodies are "broken down" from hard pracices. For these swimmers, the hard work in the pool is done, and they are now starting their "taper" or resting for the end of the season championship meets. Some Meet High Lights New Zone Cuts: Alec Huner 50 free All Best Times: Alec Huner, Andrew Stange, Annie Loscalzo, Casey Gavigan, Christopher O'Shea, Daniel Infranco, Elisabeth Sundberg, Emily Anderson, Erin Burke, Georgina Stampelos, Hayley Adams, Jake Vincel, James & Sarah Catterson, Jessica Vairo, Julia Bogdanski, Julia Melucci, Katie Wang, Kathryn Forcone, Lara Sarubbi, Megan & Molly Haggerty, Michael Giordano, Naomi Park, Nichole Visintin, Peter Crawford, Phoebe McAuliffe, Rachel Chan, Ray Chen, Rita Chen, Ryan Burke, Virginia Albinson, Yige Kong, and Ryan and Zach Kaplan. New JO Cuts: Haley Adames 50 free, Rachael Bertini 100 breast, Emily Bardak 200 IM, Nicholas Bogush 200 IM, Ryan Burke 200 IM, Ray Chen 200 back, Brittany Coughlin 200 IM, Rachel DiTolla 50 free, Faniel Infranco 100 free & 200 IM, Devin Jackson 200 back, Ryan Kaplan 50 free & 50 breast, Ethan McCormac 50 free, Naomi Park, 50 free & 100 back & 200 IM, Emily Shutowich 50 breast & 200 IM, Kate Stansburt 200 IM, Jessica Vairo 200 IM, Katie Wang 100 free & 100 breast, and Cassandra Willie 100 breast.
July 13, 2010
2010 Metropolitan Fran Schnarr Open Water Championships Individual results Meet results Pictures A record 57 TVSC athletes competed in the 2010 Metropolitan Open Water Championships in Huntington Bay. The youngest participants swimming the 1,000 yards were: rookie Ethan McCormac (8), veteran (competed last summer) Henry Shemet (8) and rookie Christopher Stange (8). There were 30 first timers or rookie open water swimmers and 28 veterans. This year, Matt Darcy was TVSC's only 5K swimmer and he finished 3rd in 1 hour 20 minutes and 32 seconds. Open Water swimming is slowly gaining popularity. While in previous years, TVSC entries accounted for 90+% of all entries, this year, with 57 swimmers, TVSC entries accounted for only 42% of entries and this is great for open water swimming. While in previous years TVSC athletes often were the top-3 finishers in each event, with more competition this is not the case anymore. This year a swim team of Australia and a strong open water team from the New England area competed and both teams won a bunch of the medals / trophies. Top-3 finishers for TVSC were: 5K 3rd Matt Darcy (14); 1,000 yards 10 & under boys 3rd Ryan Kaplan (10); 2,000 yards 11-12 boys 2nd Ryan Burke (12) and 3rd Daniel Infranc (12); 3,000 yards 13-14 girls 2nd Charlotte Broadbent (14) and 3rd Sarah Catterson (14); 3,000 yards 13-14 boys 3rd Michael Giordano. Congratulations! 49 of our younger and "rookie" swimmers participated in the Sachem LC meet at Holtsville this past weekend. Our athletes did well and of almost 200 races, 77% resulted in best times. Many of the "veteran" swimmers (and parents too) were a little jalous about not being entered in the "tent meet". An outdoor swim meet on a warm summer evening beats any indoor meets. Outdoor evening summer meets are actually quite popular in other parts of the country, in summer club league swimming. Being close to the south and north shore beaches, summer club swimming never caught on in Suffolk County. With the Nassau Aquatic Center, Lehman College, Felix Festa and Hofstra 50 meter indoor pools, the Holtsville meet may be the last outdoor long couse meet left in Metro area. Before these 50 meter indoor pools were built, the Holtsville pool hosted many long course JO meets. Some Meet High Lights All Best Times: Alishia Qadri, Alyson Wertheim, Charles Shemet, Chester Pergan III, Dylan Dugourd, Jacqueline Holden, Jimmy Ryan, Kasidy Chirico, Katie McCabe, Kiera Thompson, Kylie Kramer, Matthew Chirico, Megan O'Neill, Michael Ruggiero, Molly Infranco, Neoklis Kelly, Nikita Tcherevik, Shannon Ryan, Stephanie Alvarez, Victoria Grosskopf, Victoria Holden, Will Bradshaw, Xiaokang Zhou, and Daniel DiBua. Almost All Best Times: Allison Kaspar, Brooks Fassett, Jason Louser, Julia Loguercio, Matthew Chan, Rosalinda Romero, Victoria Bogdanski, and Brett Adams.
July 9, 2010
There are 2 reasons to drink fluids: (1) to stay hydrated, and (2) to provide the body with fuel.
Hot Humid Summer Days - Drink Early and Often During Workout - Regardless of age or length of workout, all swimmers need fluids during practice to stay hydrated. Easily accomplished with a couple of sips from the water bottle every 15-20 minutes. As swimmers progress, workouts get longer and tougher. It’s well established that exercise beyond 90 minutes benefits from a supplemental fuel source. The sports drink can provide it. But we still have hydration to think about. Drinks that are too strong, or “concentrated,” can provide the fuel but also inhibit fluid absorption and often lead to cramping. More . . . . Due to the "energy zapping" heat wave, the conditions for competition were not ideal, but still 39 of 83 TVSC athletes swam all best times and 66% of all races resulted best times! Some Meet High Lights New Zone Cuts: Michael Carlin 200 fly; Dylan Champagne (9) 100 free & 100 fly; Michael Giordano 200 fly. All Best Times: Siblings Matthew, Rachel, and Sarah Chan; siblings Nicole and Simone Chin; siblings Ryan and Zach Kaplan; siblings Karen amd Peter Li; twins Megan and Molly Haggerty; siblings Eric and Katie Wang; Troy Lov, Ryan Burke, Rachel DiTolla, Patrick Robertson, Nichole Visintin, Natalia Giunta, Naomi Park, Michael Giordano, Meghan Friberg, Lara Sarubbi, Jared Stoller, Jake Vincel, Jacky Chen, Emily Crawford, Emily Bardak, Elisabeth Sundberg, Dylan Ludecker, Dylan Champagne, Destiny Marino, Charles Schnebel, Cameron Kubik, Bethany Ostrander, Annie Loscalzo, Andre Rastegar, and Alexa Stanco, First time 200 fly long course: Charlotte Broadbent, Peter Crawford, Daniel Infranco, Devin Jackson, Adam Kalinousky, Destiny Marino, Chase McHugh, Patrick Robertson, Charles Schnebel, Nancy Shemet, Jessica, Vairo, and Eric Wang. First time 100 fly long course: Emily Anderson, Emily Bardak, Nicholas Bogush, Victoria Carle, Dylan Champagne, Jacky Chen, Megan & Molly Haggerty, Cameron Kubic, Annie Loscalzo, Troy Lov, Bethany Ostrander, Amanda Sarubbi, Jared Stoller, and Nichole Visintin.
July 6, 2010
The heat wave this week is ideal for acquiring swimmer's ear, a possibly very painful inflamation or infection of the outer ear canal.
With only five weeks to go this long course season, and only a few meets left to qualify for JOs or other championships meets, now is not the time to be out of the water due to swimmer's ear.
Hot Humid Summer Days Perfect for Getting Swimmer's Ear After practice (or after swimming at the beach or backyard pool), make sure that no water remains in ear canal. Local drug stores sell products to prevent swimmer's ear, but A few drops of rubbing alcohol diluted with water or white vinegar is a less expensive home remedy. A hair dryer could be use to speed up evaporation of water / fluid in the ear canal. Last year a company sold a small battery operated "ear dryer". Mild cases of swimmer's ear can be treated with home remedies, but for more severe cases, a doctor's visit, antibiotic ear drops and staying ouf of the pool may be the required cure. More home remedies
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