ELITE NEWS BULLETIN               3-24-08

 

TRAINING CYCLE STARTS ANEW TODAY FOR SENIORS/SENIOR PREPS:

 

            Hard as it may seem, Elite’s training cycle begins today for a portion of the Seniors and Senior Preps. The rest of the team will phase in over the next two weeks.

 

            14 Seniors and Senior Preps who’s season concluded with the 13 & Older Silver Bronze Meet in early March will begin their new training cycle tonight. These swimmers will build-up their aerobic base and review stroke technique for the next two weeks, before hitting the aerobic training hard in preparation of the long course competition season this summer.

 

            The remaining Seniors and Senior Preps will begin next Monday, March 31, 2008 and will follow the same training formula.

 

            The Age Group Program (the Wavebusters and the Marlins) will start on Monday, April 7 (the day after the banquet).

 

For the Marlin Teals and Marlin Blacks, the Spring Session will run until Friday, June 6th .

 

For the Wavebusters (Wave Teal is optional) and the Senior program, the Spring Summer Session will run thru July 31st .

 

P. DUVVURI, KOLOGY, LEVIN & A. MORREALE SELECTED FOR ZONES:

BECKY MARCELLIANO NAMED NJ ZONE COACH:

 

            Priya Duvvuri, Regan Kology, Aaron Levin and Ali Morreale have been selected to represent New Jersey Swimming in the annual Eastern Zone Championship Meet to be held this year April 3 thru April 5 in Buffalo, New York.

 

            All LSC’s within the Eastern Zone (New Jersey Swimming is a LSC-local swim committee), which extends from Maine to Virginia and out to eastern Indiana, will field all-star teams and will gather in Buffalo to compete to see who has the strongest LSC. Only the top swimmers in each event in each LSC are chosen to represent New Jersey.

 

            14 year old Priya Duvvuri, based upon her fabulous Junior Olympic performance last week, will represent NJ in the backstroke and butterfly events.

 

            11 year old Regan Kology, based upon her 3rd place finish in the 500 yard free, has been chosen to represent NJ in that event. Due to academic conflicts, Kology may not be able to attend Zones.

 

            10 year old Aaron Levin, based upon his tremendous Junior Olympic performance last week in the 500 free, will represent NJ in that event.

 

            14 year old Ali Morreale, based upon her wonderful 100 and 200 yard breaststroke swims at JO’s will race in Buffalo in those events.

 

            New Jersey Swimming has named its 2008 Zones Coaching Staff and has included Elite Coach Becky Marcelliano to its staff.

 

            Elite will be well represented in Buffalo in early April!!! 

 

TRYOUT INFORMATION NOW POSTED:

 

            Information regarding Elite’s tryouts and Spring Practice Schedule is now posted on the website. The practice schedule is identical to the Winter 2007-08 until long course begins. Long course schedules are still being worked on.

 

NOMINATIONS WANTED FOR ESCPO:

 

            Nominations for positions are wanted and needed for the Elite Swim Club Parents Organization. Parents who are interested or who have nominess should email Moya Chew-Lai at moya.chew-lai@prudential.com.  

 

THINKING SUMMER? THINK SUMMER SWIM CAMPS!:

 

            Although the hot sun and humid weather seems millions of years away, summer is only 6 months away and top-notch swim camps are already taking registrations for the summer of 2007. When planning the upcoming summer, please consider sending your Elite swimmer to one of the numerous swim camps.

 

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). On the website, under Swim Camps, there is a list of swim camps. Many of these swim camps close out in late February and early March!!!

 

Thinking about summer? Think Swim Camps!!

 

WHEN IN DOUBT, CHECK THE WEBSITE:

 

            If you have questions about Elite, your first source of information is Elite’s website located at eliteswimclub.org.  When in doubt, first check the website!!! If you do not see what you need, email Bill at eliteswimclubnj@comcast.net