We did it! The East T-birds came and swam! The boys team dominated the relays, winning all three. We only had one individual boys state title, Lars' 100 Breast, but with Aaron's great sprint Free swims, Andrew's 50 Free, Dan's 100 Fly, and Charles' 200 Free, not to mention Lars'200 IM and Brandon's diving, we did just fine. We beat the 2nd place team by over 30 points.
On the girls side, Meghan dominated the 200 Free and 100 Fly with state records swims. It was quite a relief and well deserved. Renee places 2nd in the diving and Kelly placed 2nd in the 100 Back and scored in the 200 IM.
In the end I have to say it was all worth it. While it was going on it was consuming. I could feel it over me for 3 months. Now time seems lighter. I don't know how to describe it.
Time to move on to club swimming. Go NLSC!
Showing posts with label high school swimming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high school swimming. Show all posts
Monday, November 19, 2007
Back to the Lights!
With High School swimming ending it is time to get back to real swimming. Club swimming is the heart and soul of swimming in the USA and Alaska. Without club swimming there would be no fast swimming at all.
Things are looking good for our club. The Palmer branch has finally started to grow to the point that it pays for itself. It is also getting quite fast. We are going to be sending 5-6 Palmer kids to Fairbanks for AG champs next month. I am excited to see things coming along out there.
In Anchorage things are better now that Service Pool is going to be open. We are experiencing an influx of kids. Most of them have not been on a club before and are coming from the South High swimming program. A few are coming from another club team. It is hard because we are not trying to "take" these swimmers from the other club, but they seem to gravitate our way.
I am happy to have them, but it does mean having to watch our backs. Like I said we have not been recruiting, but it may seem as though we are. We are going to make sure we do everything correctly so there can be no accusations. It does seem as though we will be tough to beat.
I don't think that the kids would be joining our club if Ben and I were not so good at what we do. I think that we are approachable, likable, and knowledgeable about coaching fast swimmers. Each of us works off of a combination of intuition, science, and experience. Given that we both have a little different style, we appeal to a wide base of swimmers. That is good for business.
So onward to the AK AG Champs, Great Alaska Open, Sectionals, AG Sectionals, and JO's. Go NLSC!
Things are looking good for our club. The Palmer branch has finally started to grow to the point that it pays for itself. It is also getting quite fast. We are going to be sending 5-6 Palmer kids to Fairbanks for AG champs next month. I am excited to see things coming along out there.
In Anchorage things are better now that Service Pool is going to be open. We are experiencing an influx of kids. Most of them have not been on a club before and are coming from the South High swimming program. A few are coming from another club team. It is hard because we are not trying to "take" these swimmers from the other club, but they seem to gravitate our way.
I am happy to have them, but it does mean having to watch our backs. Like I said we have not been recruiting, but it may seem as though we are. We are going to make sure we do everything correctly so there can be no accusations. It does seem as though we will be tough to beat.
I don't think that the kids would be joining our club if Ben and I were not so good at what we do. I think that we are approachable, likable, and knowledgeable about coaching fast swimmers. Each of us works off of a combination of intuition, science, and experience. Given that we both have a little different style, we appeal to a wide base of swimmers. That is good for business.
So onward to the AK AG Champs, Great Alaska Open, Sectionals, AG Sectionals, and JO's. Go NLSC!
Monday, October 1, 2007
Whats the Word?...
Thunderbird!
I have been coaching the East High Thunderbirds now since August 6th. We have a strong, albeit small, group of boys and girls. I think we have a real shot at a State Championship on the boys side. The girls are strong, but Juneau has a large and dominating group that would be difficult to overcome.
I have been holding back with the stronger line-ups in an effort to keep my cards close to my chest. For the boys, our strength is the relay. We may score some good individual points, but our relays look strong enough to take two, if not three, titles. The key is our unswum hero. We have one of our strongest swimmers playing starting QB for the school football team. It means that we might not have him until the week before regionals. I think we could win 2 relays without him, but for a shot at 3 we definitely need him.
On the girls side we have some good individuals led by a 6 time individual state champ. If she can win her two events this year she will be only the second person to ever go undefeated in AK High School Swimming. She works very hard and I am quite anxious for her to do well. She really deserves.
I will post some practices next time.
I have been coaching the East High Thunderbirds now since August 6th. We have a strong, albeit small, group of boys and girls. I think we have a real shot at a State Championship on the boys side. The girls are strong, but Juneau has a large and dominating group that would be difficult to overcome.
I have been holding back with the stronger line-ups in an effort to keep my cards close to my chest. For the boys, our strength is the relay. We may score some good individual points, but our relays look strong enough to take two, if not three, titles. The key is our unswum hero. We have one of our strongest swimmers playing starting QB for the school football team. It means that we might not have him until the week before regionals. I think we could win 2 relays without him, but for a shot at 3 we definitely need him.
On the girls side we have some good individuals led by a 6 time individual state champ. If she can win her two events this year she will be only the second person to ever go undefeated in AK High School Swimming. She works very hard and I am quite anxious for her to do well. She really deserves.
I will post some practices next time.
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