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SYS Last Chance Meet Volunteer Sign-up Sheet in Lobby of Selby beginning July 5th
 Shark Appreciation Night @ Chipotle - 7/3/09Monday, July 13th from 5 - 9 pm is Shark appreciation night at the Chipotle Mexican Grill on US #41 directly across from Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Chipotle is a new sponsor of the Shark swim team. They will be providing one of their monster burritos free to every Shark swimmer who attends and wears their team shirt. It would be a great gesture if paying family members would attend as well to return the favor.
August Practice Schedule - 7/3/09From Coach Klein: Dear families and athletes - During most of the month of August we will continue to run our program with a "Break Schedule". There will be two levels of practices offered in the AM and PM, Monday through Thursday, for 90 minutes each. The practices will be focused on "skills & drills" as well as "gimmicks & games" though truthfully more of the former and less of the latter. The two groupings for practices will be 12 & up as well as 11 & younger for white through Senior 1. Each is what we call an "all comers" practice, another words all 12 & older or 11 & younger regardless of ability level. If the family is going on vacation during that time the suggestion is to be on vacation, be active but you need not go out of your way to find a place to swim. If you are in town it is in your best interest to continue working on becoming a better swimmer and athlete. Right now the schedule looks to be the following, with the exception of the swimmers training for Junior Nationals during the week of Aug. 4th. Tuesday (8/4) thru Friday (8/7), Monday (8/10) thru Thursday (8/13), and Monday (8/17) thru Thursday (8/20): 12 & Up 7:15 – 8:45 am or 3:30 – 5:00 pm 11 & Un 9:00 – 10:30 am or 5:00 – 6:30 pm Monday August 24th First day of school, no practice Tuesday August 25th Begin school year schedule U.S. Nationals/World Trial TV Schedule - 7/2/09
The television broadcast schedule for the U.S. Nationals/World Championship Trials is available HERE. The meet runs from July 7th - 11th. Shark Open Results - 6/28/09
Four hundred swimmers from 14 different teams enjoyed beautiful summer weather (no rain, for once) at the 10 session, 4 day Shark Open held June 25th through 28th at the Selbyy Aquatic Center. No records were broken at this meet, but many personal bests were turned in by the Shark swimmers. Finishing in the top 5 of their respective age group high point competitions were the following Shark swimmers: 10 & under Girls - Stasia Pietraszun (1st); Grace Patrice (2nd); and Kate Patrice (5th). 10 & under Boys - Keanan Dols (1st); Michael Knoch (3rd); and Tyler Carmichael (5th). 11 & 12 Girls - Nancy Hu (1st); Spence Atkins (2nd); Natalie Hegwein (3rd); and Shealyn Atkins (5th). 11 & 12 Boys - Campbell Lee (2nd). 13 & 14 Girls - Charlotte Wilhelm (2nd); Cameron Davis (3rd); Kara Plocharsky (4th). 13 & 14 Boys - John Ferretti (4th); and Patrick Wall (5th). 15 & 16 Girls - Shelby Leonard (1st); Ashlee Linn (2nd); Rachel Harrington (T-3rd); Mckenzie Clark (T-3rd); and Cha-cha Bugatti (5th). 15 & 16 Boys - Derek Pridemore (2nd). Senior Girls - Kata Fodor (1st); Rocky Raybon (2nd); and Corey Allison (5th). Senior Boys - Patrick Ceddia (1st); John Orban (2nd); Nicholas Caldwell (3rd); and Mark Cox (4th). Making new Junior Olympic cuts were: Hayden Aristizabal, Maxime Auge, Ellen Berdusco, Alex Boehm, Katie Boehm, Samantha Cahoone, Tyler Carmichael, Sophie Cattermole, Jack Clark, Talia Daniel, Grace DiMeo, Cindy Dong, Faryn Duff, Justin duTreil, Eric Erlenmeyer, Matthew Garcia, Megan Griffiths, Tyler Habib, Dirk Hamel-Wood, Karl Hegwein, Natalie Hegwein, Michael Knoch, Paiton Krebs, Bethany Leap, Peyton Leeson, Niamh O'Grady, Carter Page, Grace Patrice, Kate Patrice, John Pelton, Matthew Pelton, Stasia Pietraszun, Lexy Raybon, Isabel Traba, and Madison Tyle. Making new Junior National Cuts were: Nicholas Caldwell (200 free) and John Orban (200 free and 200 fly). Special congratulations to Patrick Ceddia who attained a 2008 Olympic Trial cut in the 400 free with a sub 4 minute time of 3:59.75. The Full Meet Results and Individual Shark Results are posted. USA Swimming Adopts FINA Revised Suit List - 6/23/09FINA has revised their list of approved suits to include almost all high-tech suits, and USA Swimming has followed their lead by adopting the revised list for competition. Read the Swimming World article and the FINA revised list of approved suits HERE. Sharks Hit the Open Water - 6/16/09
Several Shark swimmers were in Ft. Myers the weekend of June 12th - 14th to compete in National and State level Open Water competitions. After attending the 2009 National Open Water Select Camp, Marissa Harrington and Kata Fodor swam in the the USA National Open Water 5K held Friday, June 12th, and finished 11th and 12th, respectively, closely following winner Chloe Sutton with times of 1:01:04 and 1:01:05. A photo of the National Camp participants is linked HERE. On Saturday, the water was calm and it was a beautiful day in Ft Myers, but the age group swimmers had jellyfish and baby brown stingrays to deal with. The water was extremely warm and not the usual temp in which the kids are used to swimming. The following boys participated in the Jr. Olympics 2.5K: Patrick Wall won the event with a 30:22, Roman Zaremba placed 4th with a 32:03, and Dirk Hamel-Wood was 6th with a 32:08. The Sharks only female swimmer, Meghan Buckley, placed 5th in Sr. Champs with a 34:12. SYS placed 6th overall at the Open Water Jr. Olympics with only 3 boys representing the Sharks, and 11th overall in Sr. Champs with only one Shark swimmer. Congratulations to these swimmers! Results are at the following link - http://www.openwaterfestival.org/#results. Shark Triathlon Volunteer Meeting - 6/15/09
There will be a brief Volunteer Meeting this Thursday, June 18th, at 5:30 pm at Selby. The Triathlon needs sponsors to underwrite race expenses. Please click on the following links for further information - Triathlon Information and Sponsorship Information. 2009 USA Swimming Scholastic All Americans - 6/15/09The information for this program and the applications can be found at the USA Swimming website, you can get directly to that page from this URL - http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=2453&mid=2943 . Application deadline is Aug. 1, 2009 Shark Summer Camp Info. - 6/8/09
Click HERE for Shark Summer Camp Information. Tampa Bay Swim Classic - 6/8/09
Over 100 Sharks participated in the Tampa Bay Swim Classic held June 5th through 7th at the SPA pool in St. Petersburg. Despite the absence of the Senior 1 swimmers, the Sharks won the overall combined team title with 1,477 points, far out-pacing runner-up St. Pete Aquatics. Finishing in the Top 10 of their age group high points were: 8 & under: Girls - Hannah Bradbury (5th); Boys - Nicholas Hernandez-Tome (1st), Christopher Pelton (9th). 10 & under: Girls - Stasia Pietraszun (1st), Kirsten Quinn (T-5th); Boys - Keanan Dols (1st), Michael Knoch (3rd), Tyler Carmichael (T-5th), Matthew Smithburger (7th), Tyler Habib (9th). 11 & 12: Girls - Nancy Hu (2nd), Bethany Leap (5th), Natalie Hegwein (7th), Spence Atkins (8th); Boys - Drew Maddy (4th), Carter Page (6th), Matthew Garcia (7th), Alex Boehm (9th), Jack Clark (T-10th). 13 & 14: Girls - Danielle Valley (2nd), Charlotte Wilhelm (T-5th), Ellen Berdusco (T-5th), Kara Plocharsky (7th), Cameron Davis (9th), Joanna Murphy (10th); Boys - Roman Zaremba (3rd), Patrick Wall (4th), Liam McKane (5th), Michael Berdusco (6th), Rees Cattermole (7th), Ian Amistoso (9th). Senior: Girls - Ashlee Linn (3rd). Making new J.O. cuts were: Ellen Berdusco, Sarah Bradbury, Samantha Cahoone, Tyler Carmichael, Cameron Davis, Matthew Garcia, Dirk Hamel-Wood, Natalie Hegwein, Nancy Hu, Bethany Leap, Peyton Leeson, Drew Maddy, Joanna Murphy, Carter Page, Grace Patrice, Kate Patrice, Matthew Smithburger, Samantha Smithburger, Danielle Valley, Patrick Wall, and Chyna Yelding. The Full Meet Results and the Individual Shark Results are posted. Clearwater Meet Results - 6/8/09
The Senior 1 team swam at the Clearwater Aquatics "Escape the Heat" meet held June 5th thru 7th at the CAT pool. The Full Meet Results and Individual Shark Results are posted. More on Suits - 6/2/09From Coach Klein: The attached PDF file will further clarify the USA Swimming position on suits for competition. We have entered a new era and these rulings have to be created to ensure fair and equitable competition for everyone. FINA, the international parent organization, has made a determination of which suits currently meet their standards. USA Swimming automatically adopts whatever rulings are made by FINA. The basics are that 202 High Tech suits have been passed for competition while 136 have been denied. Those denied can apply with a new variation, so the list might change. All the suits we use from our sponsor, Speedo, are okay for competition. Of note in the file is the comment that suits not on the list, that are not consistent with the High Tech materials, are still allowed [such as our Speedo Endurance], but they are limited for males - knees to navel, and women - hips to shoulders. None of this affects what we have been doing, we remain ahead of the curve. We will keep everyone abreast of any further changes. Senior 1 News - 5/22/09A couple of news items regarding the Sharks Senior 1 team: Marissa Harrington and Kata Fodor have been named to the 2009 National Open Water Select Camp Roster. The national select camp will bring together the top 24 distance swimmers (12 girls and 12 boys) for a 4 day open water camp to be held in Fort Myers, June 10th through 13th. Congratulations to Marissa and Kata! John Orban, as a member of the U.S. National Youth Team, will be competing in Vancouver, B.C., May 22nd through 24th, at the 46th Annual Mel Zajac, Jr, International Swim Meet. Coverage including real-time results and psych sheets are available at the following link: http:/www.pacificdolphins.com/results/. Congratulations John! What Suits You? - 5/22/09Coach Klein has written an informative article about the recent FINA ruling on competition suits and how it affects the Sharks. To view the entire list of approved suits click on the following Swimming World Magazine LINK. Attention - Graduating Seniors - 5/19/09Florida Swimming's "Bud & Irene Hackett Award" - Florida Swimming will present two $1,000.00 awards to one male and one female Florida Swimming/USA Swimming athlete member, in 2009. Graduating Seniors - Shark swimmers have won one of these awards in each of the last two years. Please visit the Florida Swimming website award page and fill out the enclosed form and return it by July 10, 2009. The awards committee will review the applications and announce the recipient July 26, during the “2009 Long Course Senior Championship” being held at Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, Florida. Meet Billing Codes - 2/21/09Please see the "Parents Page" section of this website for clarification of the meet billing codes on your monthly SYS billing invoices.  (some downloads on this site require Acrobat Reader, to get your free copy click the Icon above) ^back to top |
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