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Elite News Bulletin -- 05-23-05
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.
Summer Session Information Posted
Summer Competition Coming Into Focus
Elite & Madison Community Pool to Host Summer Meets
Practice Schedule Changes
Practice Schedule this Week
ACTIVE WEEKEND FOR ELITE: CHARITY SWIM ON SATURDAY, YOUNGSTERS RACE ON SUNDAY
Elite swimmers completed an extremely active weekend by participating in the 4th annual Elite-a-thon and the New Jersey League Champsionships.
Elite-a-thon: In truly demonstrating their “Eliteness,” 29 swimmers unselfishly swam (frolicked?) for two hours to raise money for their favorite charities this past Saturday afternoon at Morristown-Beard School. Elite-a-thon, conceived three years ago by Will Peters; was again coordinated from start to finish by Will.
Like the previous three Elite-a-thon’s, this year’s event was structured so each indvidual participating raised money for the “charity of their choice.” Swimmers got their family and friends to “sponsor” their swims, which money will then be donated to the charity of their choice. According to Will, the 1st three Elite-a-thon’s raised a combinted total of approximately $25,000.
Swimmers who participated in the swim on Saturday were: Carly Abenstein, Arjun Arora, Ryan Buckham, Sarah Carragher, Monica Carty, Marshall Cohen, Clarice Davey, Peter Davey, Corey Deatly, Tad Deatly, Mickey Ennis, Amna Farooqi, Alistair Hall, Duncan Hall, Kirsten Kellstrom, Katie Kilcullen, Jesse Lowe, Annie McCullough, Katie McCullough, Maggie Nelson, Alix Ober, Bud Peters, Will Peters, Abigail Rollenhagen, Lindsay Scott, Veronica Smith, Lindsay Stearns, Kara Stevens, Sydney Todd & Nick Trojanowski
Because of a slew of late pledges, information regarding the amount of money raised this year is not yet available. Those swimmers who have raised money for outside charities are reminded to 1) collect the money and forward it directly to the charity and 2) submit a total of money raised to Will Peter (ok to place in Bill’s mailbox) so that a final tally can be ascertained.
For the 2nd year in a row, Bill swam and he completed 120 laps (twice last years total!!). Bill’s swim will raise money for Our House Foundation: a public, non-profit organization that provides residential, employment, social and recreational programs for adults and adolescents with developmental and learning disabilities.
Swim Meet: the swimmers in the Marlin Teals, Marlin Blacks and Wavebuster Teals competed in the New Jersey Swim League Championships held yesterday (Sunday) at the Union Boys & Girls Club in Union, New Jersey. Swimmers from 6 other teams participated, with Elite fielding the largest team.
As of Monday morning, Tidal Wave had not yet provided the official results of the meet. However, from observations of the coaches, the Elite swimmers performed fabulously, with many swimmers dropping significant times (especially in the IM’s-a real indication of all round swimming improvement).
Information regarding the performances will be provided within next week’s bulletin.
Swimmers who participated were: Carly Abenstein, Arjun Arora, Arlynn Baer, Sam Barback, Katie Brosnan, Meg Brosnan, Ryan Buckham, Maggie Burd, Nora Burd, Taylor Campolattaro, Emma Cherry, Brannon Cho, Josh Choi, Brittany Clark, Ethan Cohen, Clarice Davey, Peter Davey, Parker Dixon, Avinash Duvvuri, Caroline Ellis, Madeline Faust, Kristen Fedor, Andrea Ferrell, Willy Friedlander, Hannah Gleason, Dominque Gordon, Katie Gorman, Lydia Gracey, Andrea Guacelli, Julia Guacelli, Zackie Katz, Greg Keiser, Mark Kellstrom, Brandon King, Regan Kology, Aaron Levin, Jesse Lowe, Claire Mason, Isabella Morreale, Cesar Munoz, Bud Peters, Gabrielle Pick, Michelle Pick, Christopher Plunkett, Collin Reilly, Jonathan Scott, Andrea Shepard, Kaitlin Stearns, Kara Stevens, James Sullivan, Amber Teetsel, Grace Thompson, Andrea Tyminski, Michael Wang, Nicole Weissman, Alex Wolfson, Maggie Woodruff, Zach Yanes
SUMMER SESSION INFORMATION POSTED
Information regarding Elite’s Summer 2005 Session has been posted on the website.
The tentative schedule for Seniors and Senior Preps is for Elite to start Saturday, June 11 at Springfield. “Doubles” will start the following Monday, June 13 at Springfield in the am and Morristown-Beard in the pm. Swimmers still in school would be expected at the pm practice only. The practice times will be announced shortly.
The tentative schedule for the Wave Golds and Wave Blacks would be to start Monday, June 13 at Morristown-Beard in the pm. The practice times will be announced shortly.
Swimmers promoted this spring into Seniors, Senior Preps, the Wave Gold and Wave Black groups are expected to train with Elite this summer (remember it was a condition of swimmer excepting the invitation to train with the new training group). Swimmers training at these levels are committed to year round training with Elite.
SUMMER COMPETITION COMING INTO FOCUS
As New Jersey Swimming has begun distributing meet announcements, Elite’s summer competition schedule is coming into focus. Below is the tentative schedule (please note that only current Wave Blacks, Wave Golds, Senior Preps and Seniors will be entered into these meets-there is no formal training or competition for Elite Wave Teals, Marlin Blacks or Marlin Teals who should train with their summer clubs).
Heat Madness: All Elite Seniors, Senior Preps and Wave Golds will compete in this one-day meet on Sunday, June 5 at Rutgers University. Because the meet is only one day and is long course, there is a limited amount of events offered. Meet entries and information are posted on the website.
X-Celence: All Elite Seniors, Senior Preps, Wave Golds and Wave Blacks will compete in this two-day long course meet held Saturday, June 18 & Sunday, June 19 at Princeton University. Because this is a “new” long course meet, the slower cut times allow for all levels of Elite swimmers to compete. In addition, Princeton University’s pool now boasts a state of the art “Diamond-Vision” scoreboard!!!
Summer Sizzle: The most prestigious and competitive meet of the summer season, Elite has entered 7 qualifying swimmers into this meet held at Rutgers University. The meet will be held Friday, June 25 thru Sunday, June 27. Entries and meet information are posted on the website.
Fast Factor Challenge I: As previously announced Elite, in conjunction with Madison Community Pool, will be hosting a 12 & Under New Jersey Swimming sanctioned meet on Saturday, July 9 at the Madison Community Pool. This will be the only New Jersey Swimming meet held “outdoors” this summer (and the first in almost 10 years!!). All Elite Wavebuster Golds and Wavebuster Blacks, whom are 12 & Under will be entered in this meet. Meet information and entries will be posted within the next two weeks. Parents of those Elite swimmers participating will be asked to volunteer their services to time, marshall, etc.
12 & Unders Silver/Bronze Long Course Championships: Due to the increased participation in summer meets, New Jersey Swimming has gone to a Silver/Bronze format in an attempt to accommodate as many swimmers as possible. The 12 & Under Silver/Bronze Long Course Championship will be held Saturday, July 16 & Sunday, July 17 at Rutgers University. All Elite Wave Golds and Wave Blacks training with Elite this summer will be entered into this meet.
13 & Older Silver/Bronze Long Course Championships: The 13 & Under Silver/Bronze Long Course Championship will be held Saturday, July 23 & Sunday, July 24 at Rutgers University. All Elite swimmers training with Elite this summer will be entered into this meet.
Long Course Junior Olympics: All those Elite swimmers whom have qualified for long course Junior Olympics thru their summer 2005 competition will be entered into JO’s, to be held Friday, July 29 thru Sunday, July 31 at Rutgers.
Eastern Long Course Zones: Any Elite swimmer who has qualified to represent New Jersey Swimming in the Eastern Zones Meet will be highly encouraged to apply for this prestigious meet. In the summer, “Zone” teams are fielded by long course qualifying times. This summer’s Eastern Long Course Zones meet will be held in Buffalo, New York from Wednesday, August 10 thru Saturday, August 13.
ELITE & MADISON COMMUNITY POOL TO HOST SUMMER MEETS
The Elite Swim Club and the Madison Community Pool (“McP”) will host two separate swim meets this summer during the weekend of Saturday, July 9th and Sunday, July 10th.
Believing that the local area swimmers need more opportunities to compete against higher level competition during the summer months, Elite and McP have come up with a unique formula to provide that competition.
On Saturday morning July 9th, Elite, McP & New Jersey Swimming will host a 12 & Under New Jersey Swimming sanctioned swim meet at the Madison Community Pool (located at Rosedale Avenue at Parkside-just off Route 124-Main Street Madison). This meet will be held solely for swimmers currently registered with New Jersey Swimming (all Elite swimmers are so registered). All Elite Wave Golds and Wave Blacks whom are 12 & Under and whom are training with Elite this summer will be entered in this meet by Bill. Those Elite swimmers who are not training with Elite but would like to compete in this meet will need to contact Bill to enter (and pay the required entry fee).
On Sunday morning July 10th, Elite and McP will host a meet for 12 & Unders for all swimmers participating in summer leagues. All Elite swimmers will be encouraged to enter this meet thru their summer league teams.
The entry deadlines for both meets is Wednesday, June 29.
Meet information on both meets will be posted shortly on Elite’s website. All 12 & Under Elite swimmers are encouraged to participate in each meet! There is nothing in this world like swimming fast outdoors!!!!
PRACTICE SCHEDULE CHANGES
The following are the anticipated practice schedule changes mid/late May:
1) Friday, May 27 (Memorial Day Weekend): No practice for any training group
2) Saturday, May 28 (Memorial Day Weekend): Practice for the Seniors & Senior Preps only: 8:00 am to 11:00 am. No practice for Wave Golds or Wave Teals
3) Sunday, May 29 (Memorial Day Weekend): No practice for any training group
4) Monday, May 30 (Memorial Day Weekend): Practice for the Seniors & Senior Preps only: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. No practice for Wave Golds or Wave Teals
PRACTICE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
[ Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | top ] MONDAY 5-23-2005 WAVE TEAL-AT NA 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM WAVE GOLD-AT NA D: 5:00 PM - 5:25 PM P: 5:30 PM - 6:45 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
[ Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | top ] TUESDAY 5-24-05 MARLIN TEAL-AT NA 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM MARLIN BLACK-AT NA 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM WAVE BLACK-AT NA 5:45 PM - 7:00 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
[ Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | top ] WEDNESDAY 5-25-05 WAVE BLACK-AT NA 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM WAVE GOLD-AT NA 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM SENIOR PREPS-AT MB 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM SENIORS-AT NA D: 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM P: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
[ Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | top ] THURSDAY 5-26-05 WAVE TEAL-AT NA 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM WAVE GOLD-AT NA D: 5:10 PM - 5:40 PM P: 5:45 PM - 7:00 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 P: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
[ Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | top ] FRIDAY 5-27-05 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND NO PRACTICE
[ Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | top ] SATURDAY 5-28-05 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND NO PRACTICE FOR WAVE GOLDS OR WAVE TEALS COMBINED SENIOR & SENIOR PREPS -AT MBS P: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM D: 10:05 - 11:00 AM
[ Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | top ] SUNDAY 5-29-05 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND NO PRACTICE
[ Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | top ] MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND COMBINED SENIOR & SENIOR PREPS -AT MBS D: 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM P: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM