ELITE NEWS BULLETIN 05-14-07
LONG COURSE PRACTICE STARTS TODAY (MONDAY, MAY 14):
Long course practice at Summit Municipal Pool on Ashwood Avenue, Summit will start today Monday, May 14th. The Seniors, Senior Preps, Wave Golds & Wave Blacks will train outside and long course during the month of May (although both the Wave Golds and Wave Blacks will also train at Newark Academy during this time). The altered long course practice schedule is posted on the team website under the Practice Schedule.
The Wave Teal practice time is also
affected. Swimmers and parents are requested to study the practice schedule.
Wavebuster Blacks and Wavebuster
Golds whom are unable to get to the long course practice at Summit are welcome
to come to the Wave Teal practices at Newark Academy as make-ups.
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SWIMMERS PARTICIPATE IN 6th ANNUAL ELITE-A-THON:
Twenty-four
Elite swimmers participated in the 6th Annual Elite-a-thon
fundraiser held last Saturday at Morristown-Beard.
Like all past “Elite-a-thons,” this year’s event was structured so each individual participating will be raising money for the “charity of their choice.” Swimmers swam for charities such as Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer, St. Huberts, Make-a Wish Foundation, Alzheimers, Healing the Children, Habitat for Humanity, Bridges, Special Olympics, Goryeau Children Center, The John Taylor Babbitt Foundation, the Turtle Back Zoo, National Downs Syndrome & Darfur.
Swimmers who participated were: Abbie Bigham, Courtney Brosnan, Katie
Brosnan, Brannon Cho, Corey Deatly, Tad Deatly, Alli Doreno, Juliet Felsen, Andrea
Ferrell, Emmie Lai, Jessie Lowe, Greg Keiser, Danielle Martinez, Katie McGrath,
Caroline Nash, Evan O’Hara, Christina Pick, Gabrielle Pick, Michelle Pick, Brittany
Ross, Nicki Ross, Kaitlin Stearns, Lindsay Stearns & Rachel Tortorella
In a tradition begun three years ago, Bill also swam and completed 1000
yards to raise money for his charity (although Bill was short of his goal, he
did swim most of the laps with 8 year olds hanging onto his back, legs and feet.
Corey Deatly requests that all participants email her at corey32@comcast.net with their pledge
totals!!!
WINTER 2007-08 PRACTICE SCHEDULE TO
CHANGE; MORE TIME SLOTTED FOR MARLINS & WAVE GOLDS; SCHEDULE POSTED UNDER
PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
In its never ending pursuit of using the allotted pool time as efficiently as possible, Elite will have a new practice schedule starting September 2008. The practice schedule is now posted on the team website under Practice Schedule. The schedule changes allows Elite to offer significantly more pool time to 3 of the 5 Age Group Training Groups training at Newark Academy.
The Marlin Blacks and the Marlin Teals will now practice at the same time on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. In keeping with its policy of never having more than 36 swimmers in a training group, the total number of swimmers between the two groups will never exceed 36. By using the pool for both training groups simultaneously, both groups will be offered 4 practices a week for a total of 3.75 hours. In addition, the Marlins will start 15 minutes early from Sept thru November 15 (5:00 pm) so they can get a full hour of practice when the pool is available.
The Wavebuster Gold training group will also gain practice time. Currently, the Wave Golds have 10 hours of practice a week. Under the current schedule, when a swimmer earns a promotion from the Wave Golds to the Senior Preps, the amount of practice time jumps to 17 hours a week. The change in the practice schedule will better prepare the Wave Golds for this expanded practice time as a Senior Prep.
ELITE AGE GROUPERS TO PARTICIPATE IN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET ON
MAY 20:
All Elite Swimmers who are in the
Age Group Program (Wavebusters and Marlins) will be entered into a short course
yards meet called New Jersey League Championship Meet. The meet is scheduled
for Sunday, May 20 at the Union Boys & Girls Club in Union, New Jersey.
Details of the meet and meet entries are expected to be posted on Elite’s
website (under Meet Schedule) later this week.
All swimmers participating in the
Wavebuster Golds, Wavebuster Blacks, Wavebuster Teals, Marlin Blacks and Marlin
Teals should plan to attend. The coaches will enter swimmers in the meet-there
is nothing for a swimmer to do except check the meet information. If you are
unable to attend, swimmers are requested to email Bill as soon as you know.
COACH
MIKE TURKOT TO PARTICIPATE IN POLICE UNITY TOUR THIS WEEKEND; ELITE HAS
CONTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY $1,000 TO CAUSE; TURKOT THANKS ELITE:
Michael
Turkot, an Elite assistant coach, will be riding in the Police Unity Tour
beginning on May 9th and continuing until the 13th. Michael’s daytime job is as
a police officer working at the Morris County Sheriff's Office in Morristown.
The Unity Tour is a 300 mile bicycle ride that departs from Morris Township and
ends in Washington, D.C., a total of over 300 miles!
Officers from around the country fly into New Jersey to participate in
the event. Each rider is tasked with not only completing the ride, but also
raising $1700 towards the charity. The money is donated to the National Law
Enforcement Memorial in Washington. Over the past 11 years, the Tour has become
the largest single donor to the memorial. Donations are then gifted to the
families of fallen officers from around the country. The Tour's singular focus
is to help support the families of these brave, selfless men and women who gave
their lives protecting the general public.
Michael estimates that the Elite community has pledged over $1,000
towards the ride. In response to this fabulous effort by Elite, Turkot stated
‘It is heartwarming to know that people care about this cause. Although police
know they are risking their lives to do their job, it is a real tragedy when
this actually occurs and the affect it has on the families is devastating.
Anything we can do to ease the burden of those left behind is a tremendous gesture.”
For more information about the Police Unity Tour, becoming a sponsor, or to see pictures from past events you can go to www.policeunitytour.com. Feel free to ask Michael any questions at practice or through email (mailto:zzturkzz@hotmail.com). Michael and the families of the fallen officers offer their sincerest thanks for your consideration.
SCHOLAR/ATHLETE
AWARD APPLICATION POSTED:
The Scholar/Athlete Award Application, which will address the age-up situation, has been posted on the website. Swimmers are to fill out the application and get it to Bill (place it in the mailbox or mail it to Bill).