Elite News Bulletin -- 03-07-05

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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.

“HOT” ELITE SWIMMERS “MELT” BRONZE: 17 ADD SILVER TIMES;
30 “IRONMEN”

Culminating 8 months of hard work, Elite swimmers individually and collectively performed fabulously this past Saturday and Sunday at the New Jersey Swimming’s “North” Bronze Championships held at Saint Peter’s College in Jersey City.

One of two Bronze Meet’s held this weekend, Elite competed against 22 teams from Northern New Jersey. In 429 splashes, Elite swimmers performed 301 best times in 429 swims (70%)!!!!!

There are 2 goals for each bronze swimmer: 1) is to swim fast enough to qualify for New Jersey’s Silver Championships held this coming weekend and 2) for each swim to be a best time. The following 17 swimmers accomplished the “Silver” cut goal:

1) Carolyn DeMeo qualified for the Girls 11-12 200 yard free with a 2.30.15 time & the 50 free with a 29.68 time

2) Mary Cullen qualified for the Girls 11-12 200 yard breast with a 3.16.75 time

3) Lydia Vollavanh qualified for the Girls 11-12 100 yard butterfly time of 1.18.61, the 100 yard free with a 1.07.30 and the 50 yard fly with a 34.50

4) Victoria D’Altrui qualified for the Girls 11-12 100 yard IM time of 1.15.80 & the 200 IM with a 2.45.74 time

5) Tara Juliano qualified for the Girls 15-18 200 yard back with a time of 2.39.27

6) Rachel Lieberberg qualified for the Girls 13-14 500 yard free with a 5.54.50

7) Maggie Nelson qualified for the Girls 11-12 50 back with a 35.01

8) Nicki Ross qualified for the Girls 11-12 100 free with a 1.06.75 time

9) Victoria Keiser qualified for the Girls 11-12 100 breast with a 1.27.74

10) Priya Duvvuri qualified for the Girls 11-12 200 yard free with a 2.27.77 time, the 100 yard breast with a 1.27.30 time & 200 yard backstroke with a 2.43.28

11) Greg Keiser qualified for the Boys 11-12 50 yard fly with a 36.49

12) Venkatesh Duvvuri qualified for the Boys 13-14 200 backstroke with a 2.37.22 time

13) Brittany Ross qualified for the Girls 13-14 200 yard IM with a 2.28.87 time

14) Alistair Hall qualified for the Boys 15-18 100 yard back with a 104.70 time

15) Kayla Wolonsky qualified for the Girls 15-18 200 breast with a 3.03.65 time

16) Corey Deatly qualifed for the Girls 13-14 100 yard free with a 1.00.59 time

17) Kim Jones qualifed for the Girls 13-14 200 yard butterfly with a 2.43.38 time

Incrediably, the following 30 swimmers were true “Ironmen” and “Ironwomen” as they swam 5 or 6 best times during their weekend exploits: Carly Abenstein, Kristina Beaudouin, Winnie Caetta, Brittany Clark, Grace Cullen, Victoria D’Altrui, Carolyn DeMeo, Priya Duvvuri, Lauren Fedor, Breanna Fitzpatrick, Kristi Froisland, Hannah Gleason, Kim Jones, Tara Juliano, Greg Keiser, Brandon King, Ricky LaSalvia, Sarah McGrath, Melissa Montagna, Ali Morreale, Madison Munoz, Maggie Nelson, Katie Psillakis, Abigail Rollenhagen, Amanda Scherb, Jonathan Scott, Elyse Surette-DiMuzio, Sydney Todd, Lydia Vollavanh & Kayla Wolonsky

Swimmers who participated were:

Carly Abenstein (5) Lindsay Anderson (2) Kristina Beaudouin (5) Katie Bohan (3) Nora Burd (4) Emily Burniston (3) Winnie Caetta (5) Taylor Campolattaro (4) Sarah Carragher (4) Monica Carty (4) Emma Cherry (3) Josh Choi (1) Mark Christenson (2) Brittany Clark (6) Grace Cullen (5) Mary Cullen (4) Monica Cullen (2) Victoria D’Altrui (6) Corey Deatly (3) Tad Deatly (2) Cara Del Duca (3) Isabelle DeMartin (1) Louise DeMartin (2) Carolyn DeMeo (5) Claire DiGiacomo (2) Shelby Dixon (1) Kate Donatelli (2) Sarah Donatelli (2) TJ Dougherty (1)

Brianna Drapeau (2) Priya Duvvuri (5) Venkatesh Duvvuri (2) Lauren Fedor (6) Breanna Fitzpatrick (5) Willy Friedlander (2) Kristi Froisland (5) Audrey Gammel (3) Dana Gilbert (3) Hannah Gleason (5) Katie Haas (1) Alistair Hall (3) Abbey Hone (2) Katie Inglese (1) Kim Jones (5) Tara Juliano (6) Alexander Kalmus (4) Greg Keiser (5) Victoria Keiser (4) Kirsten Kellstrom (4) Lindsay Kellstrom (1) Morgan Kiley (3) Brandon King (5) Ricky LaSalvia (6) Rachel Lieberberg (1) Petey Lurie (2) Sarah Lurie (1) Annie McCullough (4) Katie McCullough

Sarah McGrath (6) Meghan Montagna (3) Melissa Montagna (6) Ali Morreale (5) Madison Munoz (5) Kendall Murray (4) Maggie Nelson (5) Alex Nevitt (3) Emily O’Neil (1) Sarah Peay (1) Bud Peters (3) Katie Psillakis (5) Abigail Rollenhagen (6) Brittany Ross (3) Nicki Ross (3) Amanda Scherb (5) Henry Scott (1) Jonathan Scott (5) Alex Smith Wang (4) Chas Stewart (3) Elyse Surette DiMuzio (5) Erica Takahashi (2) Lexi Tedesco (2) Sydney Todd (6) Jennifer Torre (2) Lydia Vollavanh (5) Kayla Wolonsky (5) Devan Zambito (4)

SILVERS CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND: JO’S NEXT WEEKEND

Silvers: Sixty-nine Elite swimmers have qualified for 271 events in this week’s New Jersey Swimming’s Silver Championships to be held this weekend at Rutgers University.

The final event list, which will include swims from this past weekend’s Bronze Championships, are to be posted later today. Session information will be updated upon receipt from New Jersey Swimming, likely to be mid-week.

Junior Olympics: Twenty-five Elite swimmers have qualified to swim in 95 individual events at next weekend’s New Jersey Swimming’s Junior Olympics to be held at Rutgers University. In addition, there are approximately 15 swimmers whom will swim in relay events (all Silver level swimmers should check the JO event list on the website to see if they are slated to swim relays at Junior Olympics-those swimmers are expected to train thru next weekend).

Please be advised that Silver and Junior Olympic swimmers should not perform any “new” physical activity prior to their meet (including shoveling or a new sport) as the swimmers are in a rest period. “New” physical activitiy will have adverse consequences on the resting body!!!

SPRING SESSION ROSTER

Elite will hold a spring session from Monday, April 3 thru Friday, June 10. The practice schedule will be identical to the 2004 Fall practice schedule (4:30 pm start time).

Swimmers who are registered for Spring Session are:

Marlin Teals: Arlynn Baer, Sam Barback, Kaity Brosnan, Maggie Burd, Will DeMartin, Andrea Ferrell, Sean MacInnes, Cesar Munoz, Kaitlin Stearns, James Sullivan & Amber Teetsel

Marlin Blacks: Alex Aiello, Matthew Aiello, Isabelle Cherry, Frank Farinella, Madeline Faust, Katie Golway, Lydia Gracey, Zachary Katz, Aaron Levin, Michael Pepper, Maddie Stearns, Grace Thompson, Andrea Tyminski & Alex Wolfson

Wave Teals: Carly Abenstein, Arjun Arora, Courtney Brosnan, Meg Brosnan, Ryan Buckham, Nora Burd, Nicky Braunruether, Taylor Campolattaro, Emma Cherry, Brannon Cho, Joshua Choi, Spencer Cielsa, Brittany Clark, Peter Davey, Dillon Denehy, Amna Farooqi, Kristen Fedor, Willy Friedlander, Hannah Gleason, Katie Gorman, Greg Keiser, Brandon King, Regan Kology, Ricky LaSalvia, Jessie Lowe, Claire Mason, Chris Plunkett, Katie Rouse, Andrea Shepard, Lindsay Stearns, Kara Stevens, Jennifer Torre, Nicole Weissman, Maggie Woodruff & Zach Yanes

Wave Blacks: Kristina Beaudouin, Monica Carty, Marshall Cohen, Isabelle DeMartin, Carolyn DeMeo, Shelby Dixon, Kaitlin Farinella, Kristi Froisland, Audrey Gammel, Victoria Keiser, Sarah McGrath, Melissa Montagna, Madison Munoz, Alyssa Pepper, Zinta Putenis, Abigail Rollenhagen & Erica Takahashi

Wave Golds: Lindsay Anderson, Sarah Carragher, Victoria D’Altrui, Tad Deatly, Louise DeMartin, Lauren Fedor, Dana Gilbert, Duncan Hall, Kim Jones, Morgan Kiley, Michael Li, Danielle Martinez, Annie McCullough, Katie McCullough, Kendall Murray, Maggie Nelson, Katie Psillakis, Katie Ragan, Nicki Ross, Amanda Scherb, Alex Smith Wang & Lexi Tedesco

Senior Preps: Katie Bohan, Christian DeFluri, Brianna Drapeau, Alistair Hall, Tara Juliano, Claire Mason, Meghan Montagna, Sarah Peay, Brittany Ross, Henry Scott, Kayla Wolonsky & Devan Zambito

Seniors: Danielle Basile, Maggie Beaudouin, Craig Bostwick, Corey Deatly, Claire DiGiacomo, Mickey Ennis, Julianne Furdyna, Emily Gadsden, Katie Kilcullen, Shayla McDonnell, Austin Meszaros, Veronica Smith, Lily Thompson & Nick Trojanowski

316 ELITE SWIMMERS AND PARENTS TO CELEBRATE SEASON AT “END OF THE SEASON” BANQUET

At total of 316 swimmers and parents are planning on attending Elite’s annual party ritual to be held at the Hanover Marriott Hotel’s Grand Ballroom in Whippany on Sunday, April 3.

Highlights of this year’s dinner will include: attendence awards, participation awards, a slide show and dancing (music spun by a professional DJ!!!).

In addition, 13 familys who can not attend have generously given to the coaches gift fund!

TOP 10 TIMES NOW POSTED ON WEBSITE

Thru an excellent parental suggestion, the Top 10 Times list is now posted on Elite’s website. Thru last weekend’s Open Distance Meet, 52 Elite have added 154 new top 10 times (better than 20% of the Elite swim team!!).

The computer allows to Elite to easily keep track of the top 10 fastest times in each event ever achieved by club members within “Elite” competitions. This “Top 10” list has been updated and a copy of the list is located in the back of the mailbox located at Newark Academy.

The following swimmers have already added one or more times this season to Elite’s fastest times ever: Lauren Andriesen, Jeffrey Ayres, Danielle Basile, Courtney Brosnan, Jerry Chiu, Corey Deatly, Christian DeFluri, Carolyn DeMeo, Jonathan Denby, Shelby Dixon, Sarah Donatelli, Brianna Drapeau, Priya Duvvuri, Venkatesh Duvvuri, Mickey Ennis, Kevin Estok, Frank Farinella, Kaitlin Farinella, Breana Fitzpatrick, Julianne Furdyna, Duncan Hall, Ben Inglese, Zackie Katz, Katie Kilcullen, Aaron Levin, Michael Li, Rachel Lieberberg, Andrea Luallen-Egg, Danielle Martinez, Collen Mason, Annie McCullough, Shayla McDonnell, Austin Meszaros, Meghan Montagna, Alix Ober, Alyssa Pepper, Michael Pepper, Brittany Ross, Nicki Ross, Jeffrey Ruhle, Henry Scott, Lindsay Scott, Ned Scott, Veronica Smith, Lindsay Stearns, Kara Stevens, Lily Thompson, Nick Trojanowski, Lydia Vollavanh, Devan Zambito.

Dozens more of Elite swimmers are within reach of obtaining a top 10 time this season!!! Check out the website!!!!

SUMMER: THINK SWIM CAMPS

When planning the upcoming summer, please consider sending your Elite swimmer to one of the numerous swim camps available within driving distance.

Each summer, numerous Elite swimmers spend a rewarding week (or two) at a summer swim camp. The benefits of such a camp are: 1) individual attention by reknown swim coaches 2) an increased knowledge of the sport of swimming and 3) personal growth that occurs as a result of “being on one’s own.”

The formula that seems to work best is finding an Elite friend to spend the week with at the swim camp.

If you are considering sending your swimmer to a swim camp, now is the time to do the research and make decisions (many of these camps are sold out by mid-Spring). In the back of the mailbox, there are a list of swim camps which Elite swimmers have attended in the past and where to find more information about each camp. In addition, Bill can email this list to you at your request.

This summer: think Swim Camps!!

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.

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) Silvers Championships- Saturday, March 12 & Sunday, March 13

2) Junior Olympics-Friday, March 18 thru Sunday, March 20

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 SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

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MONDAY
3-7-2005

WAVE TEALS-
DONE TIL SPRING

WAVE GOLD-AT NA
P: 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
D: 6:30 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
3-8-05

BOTH MARLIN Teals and MARLIN Blacks
DONE TIL SPRING

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

SENIORS PREPS AT NA
D: 6:15 PM - 6:55 PM
P: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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

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WEDNESDAY
3-9-05

WAVE BLACK-AT NA
5:15 PM - 6:30 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
3-10-05

WAVE TEALS-
DONE TIL SPRING

WAVE GOLD-AT NA
P: 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
D: 6:30 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 - 6:55 PM
P: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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FRIDAY
3-11-05

BOTH MARLIN Teals and MARLIN Blacks
DONE TIL SPRING

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

SILVERS/JO'S
SENIORS PREPS
SENIORS-AT NA
D: 6:00 - 6:15 PM
P: 6:20 PM - 7:10 PM
(SILVERS)
P: 6:20 PM - 8:00 PM
(JO'S)

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SATURDAY
3-12-05

SILVERS CHAMPS
AT RUTGERS

JO SENIORS
P:  8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
D: 10:05 - 10:30 AM

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SUNDAY
3-13-05

SILVERS CHAMPS
AT RUTGERS