Elite News Bulletin -- 01-03-05

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This News Bulletin is emailed to swimmers and parents each Monday by Bill Deatly. If you aren't receiving a copy, please contact to make sure he has your current email address on his list.

INEXPERIENCED “WESTERNERS” RETURN HOME TOUGHER

Elite’s youth and enthusiasm overwhelmed rigorous workouts, overcast skies and a stomach virus on Elite’s 4th annual Senior training trip to Tempe, Arizona.

Twenty-four swimmers survived 12 grueling practices in 6 days (including starting the trip with 3 two-hour practices within a space of 22 hours!!!) at Arizona State University’s outdoor pool facility. Elite trained both long course (50 meters) and short course (25 yards) on a daily basis and swum approximately 13,000 yards each day (over 7 miles) during four hours in the pool.

The training trip was a 1st for 19 of the 24 swimmers. Many of the swimmers left New Jersey on the day after Christmas wondering if they were up to the task. A mild stomach virus, which sidelined 5 separate swimmers for a practice or two early on, did not help ease swimmers concerns.

However, the Seniors learned to breakdown their workouts into small, achievable tasks. By their last two practices (when the swimmers were most tired) they were able to rise to the occasion and post their best two practices (the first being a demanding pace set practice and the second being a duplicate of the “Practice from Hell” consisting of one hundred and five 100 yard swims-a straight 3.25 hour practice)!!! No other Senior Training group has accomplished the latter on a training trip before this group.

Out of the poo and despite the overcast skies, the swimmers managed to muster enough energy to spend six hours at the Tempe Tostito New Year’s Eve Block Party (including dancing!!), attend a college swim meet (Marist verses Wyoming-including Olympian Scott Usher), attend a hour long lecture regarding college admission for high school athletes by Marist Coach Larry Van Wagoner, shop in downtown Tempe, witness the festivites surrounding a college bowl game (ASU is the home of the Fiesta Bowl, which was played during the last night of the training trip) and jump from ASU’s 10 meter diving tower.

Elite swimmers who survived Arizona were:

Lauren Andriesen Jeff Ayres Danielle Basile Maggie Beaudouin Kasey Bond Craig Bostwick Jerry Chiu Corey Deatly

Mickey Ennis Dennis Estok Julianne Furdyna Emily Gadsden Katie Kilcullen Meghan Liu Shayla McDonnell Austin Meszaros

Alix Ober Will Peters Matthew Poloniak Jeff Ruhle Lindsay Scott Veronica Smith Lily Thompson Nick Trojanowski

The Seniors, Bill and Brandy would like to thank Jan Liu, who was the training group chaperone and who performed numerous behind the scene tasks throughout the week.

WINTERFEST UP NEXT

This coming weekend, Elite swimmers will participate in one of the most important meets this year: Winterfest 2005.

For club swimmers, Winterfest is the 1st big meet of each new year. This year, Elite will be sending 83 swimmers whom will participate in 317 events.

All swimmers should check the entry list on Elite’s website.

“NEIL WALKER” REGISTRATION HAS STARTED

Twenty-seven swimmers have already registered for Elite’s 4th annual “Olympian Day.” Flyers describing the January 29th event were handed out to all swimmers several weeks ago.

This year, Elite will host two time Olympian Neil Walker at Morristown-Beard from 2 pm to 6 pm. Walker is a two time Gold Medalist from Wisconsin and the University of Texas.

This clinic is for Elite swimmers only. Due to size constraints, only the 1st 140 swimmers will be accepted into the clinic. Please note that early registration (extended to January 10th) will save each swimmer $15.

In addition to discussing his swimming career, Neil will provide stroke technique and motivation tips along with actually getting into the water and swimming with Elite swimmers. Each swimmer will also receive a training group picture of Neil and a goody bag filled with swimming accessories (including a racing cap).

This is NOT an event to miss!!! Get your registration in now!!!

BAD WEATHER? CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR PRACTICE INFO

The procedure for finding out if practice has been cancelled due to bad weather is to 1) check the website or 2) call Bill’s house to listen to the recorded message.

The basic formula is as follows: both Newark Academy and Morristown-Beard close during snow storms (even minor ones). Even if there is a threat of bad weather, the schools may close. Elite is unable to use the pools when the schools are closed.

Thus, if there is bad weather or even a threat of bad weather, please check the webite or the phone message.

NJ TIME STANDARDS POSTED ON ELITE’S WEBSITE

Time Standards for the End of the Season Championship Meets have been adopted by New Jersey Swimming, are posted on Elite’s website (under time standards) and are posted on the wall at Newark Academy. These standards are final for the 2004-05 season.

Swimmers 10 & Older who perform times faster than the posted Gold times will qualify for Junior Olympics to be held March 18th thru 20th. Swimmers 11 & Older who perform times faster than the Silver times but slower than the Gold times will qualify for the Silver Championships to be held March 12th & 13th. All other 11 & Older swimmers will compete at the Bronze Championships to be held March 5th & 6th.

Swimmers 9 & 10 who do not qualify for Junior Olympics will compete at the 9-10 Silver/Bronze Championship Meet to be held February 26th & 27th (hosted by Elite at Newark Academy).

All swimmers 8 & Under will compete at the Mini-Championships to be held February 26th.

PARENTS ORGANIZATION UPDATE

FUNDRAISER COMMITTEE: Rita Furdyna (rfurdyna@watsonpharm.com) and Peter Wolfson (pjwolfson@pbnlaw.com) have agreed to be co-chairs of the Fundraiser Committee.

Initial ideas focused on including fundraising efforts during the Elite End of the Season Banquet scheduled for April 3. Suggestions included gift baskets, program, 50-50’s and raffles.

Rita and Peter would welcome outsided ideas for the above and/or additional fundraisers. Please contact Rita or Peter at the above email addresses with your ideas and/or your willingness to volunteer.

TIMERS COMMITTEE: The timing committee and coordination of timing assignments is evolving. All Parents attending meets are requested to:

1) volunteer to time and/or 2) volunteer to organize the timing at each session at the meets. More information will be provided shortly.

MEET ENTRIES ON THE WEBSITE

All meet entry information and session information for swim meets is posted on Elite’s website under Meets (please click on both the entry information and session information to get all the information you need).

EACH SWIMMER should check EACH swim meet to see if they are entered into it. Session information and start times are listed on the “Session Info” list accompanying each entry list on the website.

The following meet entries and directions/session times are posted on Elite’s website (eliteswimclub.org):

1) Winterfest-Saturday, January 8 & Sunday, January 9- Final Revision-Seniors, some Senior Preps, some Wave Golds, some Wave Blacks, some Wave Teals and some Marlin Blacks

2) Burgdorff Invitational-Friday, January 14 thru Sunday, January 16

8 Swimmers entered in this meet

3) Open Distance Meet (addition to Meet Schedule)-New- Sunday, January 16-

Seniors Only swimming the 1650.

With regards to any Elite meets, all athletes have the following obligation if they are unable to attend the meet or any session of the meet:

YOU ARE TO EMAIL (ELITESWIMCLUBNJ@COMCAST.NET), PHONE (908-273-6542) OR LEAVE A WRITTEN MESSAGE IN BILL’S MAILBOX

MEET RESULTS NOW POSTED ON THE WEBSITE

In addition to being posted at Newark Academy, results from each meet are now posted on Elite’s website. Check the “Meet Results” category in the table of contents and then click on the results of the meet you wish to review.

PRACTICE CHANGES IN EARLY/MID JANUARY

High School Swim Meets will alter the practice times of many Elite practices during January (high school’s busiest portion of their season). Please follow the two week schedule carefully.

1) Tuesday, January, 4: Due to a high school swim meet, the Senior Prep

practice will end at 8:00 pm.

2) Wednesday, January, 5: Due to a high school swim meet, the Wavebuster Black practice will start at 5:30 pm.

3) Saturday, January, 8: Due to a wrestling tournament, Newark Academy is closed and there will not be a Wave Teal or Wave Gold practice. Due to Winterfest, there will not be a Senior or Senior Prep practice.

4) Sunday, January, 9: Due to Winterfest, there will not be a Senior or Senior Prep practice.

5) Tuesday, January, 11: Due to a high school swim meet, the Marlin Teals and Marlin Blacks will start at 5:30 pm. The Wavebuster Blacks will start at 6:15 pm. The Senior Preps will end at 8:00 pm.

6) Wednesday, January, 12: Due to a high school swim meet, the Senior Preps will start at 7:30 pm.

7) Thursday, January 13: The Senior Preps will end at 8:00 pm.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

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MONDAY
1-03-05

WAVE TEAL-AT NA
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

WAVE GOLD-AT NA
D: 5:15 PM - 5:55 PM
P: 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

SENIOR PREPS-AT MB
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

SENIORS-AT NA
D: 5:35 PM - 6:25 PM
P: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

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TUESDAY
1-04-05

MARLIN TEAL-AT NA
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

MARLIN BLACK-AT NA
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

WAVE BLACK-AT NA
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

SENIORS PREPS AT NA
D: 6:15 PM - 6:55 PM
P: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

SENIORS-AT MB
D: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
P: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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WEDNESDAY
1-05-05

WAVE BLACK-AT NA
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM

WAVE GOLD-AT NA
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM

SENIOR PREPS-AT MB
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

SENIORS-AT NA
D: 5:45 PM - 6:40 PM
P: 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM

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THURSDAY
1-06-05

WAVE TEAL-AT NA
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

WAVE GOLD-AT NA
D: 5:15 PM - 5:55 PM
P: 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

SENIORS PREPS-AT NA
D: 6:00 PM - 6:40 PM
P: 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM

SENIORS-AT MB
D: 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM
M: 6:45 PM - 7:10 PM
P: 7:15 PM - 9:00 PM

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FRIDAY
1-07-05

MARLIN TEAL-AT NA
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

MARLIN BLACK-AT NA
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

WAVE BLACK-AT NA
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

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SATURDAY
1-08-05

WINTERFEST
AT RUTGERS

NO PRACTICE
NEWARK ACADEMY
WRESTLING
TOURNAMENT

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SUNDAY
1-09-05

WINTERFEST
AT RUTGERS

MARLIN TEALS-AT MB
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

MARLIN BLACKS-AT MB
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

WAVE BLACKS-AT MB
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

WAVE GOLDS-AT MB
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM