ELITE NEWS BULLETIN               10-08-07

 

8 ELITE SWIMMERS RAISE $1,960 FOR THE “SUNSHINE KIDS”:  

 

            8 Elite swimmers (actually 7 and a sibling) swam laps this past Saturday & raised $1,960 to raise money for the “Sunshine Kids” Organization, a national organization that provides activities for children with cancer.

 

            Representing Elite were: Chris Dart ($800), Corey Deatly ($50), Tad Deatly ($110), Cassandra Farnow ($100), Taylor Maloney ($250 swimming for brother Robert Maloney), Ricky Martin ($100) & Michael Strand ($500). Approximately 50 swimmers, including adults, participated in this event.

 

            Last year this event, which was sponsored by Prudential New Jersey Properties of New Providence and Summit, raised over $5,000 last year. Preliminary projections is that swimmers raised significantly more than that this year!!!

 

            Attached to this bulletin is a picture of the Elite Swimmers after they had participated. The website for The Sunshine Kids is: http://www.sunshinekids.org/.

 

PARENTS SOCIAL AND OFFICIALS MEETING THIS WEEK:

 

Two major non-competition events will occur this week for parents: on Thursday night from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm there will be class to teach perspective Stroke & Turn judges at Morristown-Beard School and on Friday night Oct 12, ESCPO will host its first parent social from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm at the Chatham Fish & Game Club (41 Fairmount Ave, across from the Chatham train station).

 

            To effectively run meets, Elite needs a variety of parents to volunteer their time and efforts during these meets. This season, Elite will be strongly encouraging those parents who have an interest to become New Jersey certified officials.

 

            To run New Jersey sanctioned meets, certified officials are a necessity. Currently within New Jersey Swimming, there is a shortage of officials certified. Elite, while having 6 certified is understaffed and thus, under represented officiating meets. In addition, Elite likes to have officials present even when we run our dual meets/intraclub meets, as the officials provide significant feed back as to areas the coaches need to focus upon.

 

            Regarding the parent social, 44 families and 85 people have already rsvp’ed that they are attending! If you have not rsvp’ed but would like to attend, please email Moya Chew-Lai at ESCPO@aol.com today!!!

 

LCM JO’S: STATS TELL STORY OF ELITE’S SUCCESS VERSES COMPETITION:

 

            Statistics provided by New Jersey Swimming show just how well Elite performed this past July at the Long Course Junior Olympics against its competition.

 

            In addition to scoring a LCM history high 620.5 points to place 11th overall (last year at SCY JO’s the team scored a history high 768 points to place 12th), Elite had the 2nd lowest percentage of swims over the qualifying times for teams that competed in a minimum of 100 events (Elite competed in 98 events). As a team, Elite had only 7 swims over the Junior Olympic cut times for an 8% average. New Jersey Wave had the lowest at 7.4% in 227 swims.

 

            There were a total of 47 teams whom competed and there were 14 teams with 100 or more events. The over the cut time percentages ranged from NJ Waves low to a high of 38.1%. In addition to swimming spectacular, this tremendous performance also collaborates that there is no correct conversion time standard. Many NJ teams convert times from SCY competition to enter their swimmers; NJ Wave and Elite do not.

 

DISTANCE DERBY IS FULL!!

 

            Distance Derby, Elite’s sanctioned New Jersey Swim Meet held November 17 & 18 is the 1st meet of the 2007-08 calendar to be fully subscribed and closed out!

 

            Co-ordination efforts are underway by Elite parent volunteers to organized this year’s meet. All parents of the team are expected to participate in running this meet (information will be forth coming).

 

Claire Gorman is this year’s volunteers meet coordinator. Claire is looking for volunteers help her organize the volunteers. Please contact her at mailto:cgorman@connellfoley.com.

           

REGISTRATION FORMS IN WELCOME PACKETS NEEDED BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE:

 

                The month is October and we are still missing Registration packets from the following swimmers:

 

Wave Golds: Katie Gorman, Morgan Kiley, Lexi Tedesco

 

Wave Blacks:  Isabelle Morreale

 

Wave Teals: Emma Harris, Cesar Munoz

 

Marlin Blacks: Scott Harris

 

Marlin Teals: none

 

It is critical that these forms be returned to Bill’s mailbox as soon as possible so that each Elite swimmer is registered (and thus insured). 

 

WITH MEETS FAST APPROACHING, SWIMMERS & PARENTS ARE REMINDED OF

TEAM SUIT, UNIFORM & RELAY POLICIES:

 

            Starting in two weeks with the BAC dual meets, Elite will begin its competition season that will run thru the middle of March 2008. Elite teams act as a unit and follow procedures set forth by their coaches. Elite has several policies all swimmers and parents need to understand and follow regarding competitions. Elite Simmers are expected to know and follow these procedures:

 

1)      Elite has a team suit policy. Each swimmer is expected to wear their team suit at all non-end of the season championship meets

 

Elite swimmers perform in their team suit until championship season. Each swimmer is provided a team uniform (t-shirts, sweats and racing caps are in but we are awaiting delivery of team suit-expected next week prior to the BAC meet. These items will be distributed to each swimmer at practice to meet). Elite swimmers do NOT wear technically advanced racing suits at any non-championship meet (with possible exceptions being a swimmer trying for a state record or for a national level qualifying standard). Elite coaches believe that the swimmer makes the suit, rather than the suit making the swimmer. Thus, we hold back using these types of suits (fastskins, FS-II, aquablades, etc) until our championship season, when we bring everything together (training, positive mental attitudes, stroke technique and fast suits). This guarantees that swimmers will be excited to perform their best when their best is required! (coaches can and will remove a swimmer from a meet if they are not in the proper team racing attire.

                 

2) At every meet, wear your correct t-shirt!!

 

Each swimmer is provided with a team uniform consisting of two Elite t-shirts, a sweatshirt and a racing cap. Swimmers are expected to wear the team uniform at the meets (it is the swimmer’s responsibility to know which t-shirt to wear on which day of the competition. This information is listed within the meet information of each meet on the team website. Smart swimmers pack both t-shirts so they can never be wrong!). Swimmers are expected to wear the t-shirts (to keep warm, and thus increase the possibility of performing well) at all times at meets when they are not performing. Thus, Elite swimmers look like a team (psychological advantage to Elite) and are the best prepared to perform well. Swimmers and training groups will be penalized if swimmers are not in the team uniform at the meet.

 

3)      Any pre-meet relay combination is subject to change at the meet!!!

 

             At several meets during the season, Elite will enter teams in relays (Fall Festival of X-Cellence Meet being the 1st meet). All swimmers entered in

             relays prior to the meet are done so tentatively. This means the coaches will be determining the fastest relays on the day of the meet. Thus, a swimmer

             who is tentatively scheduled to perform a relay could be removed and a swimmer who is not listed could be inserted. Changes will be made on the

            day of the meet based upon performances at the meet that dictate a change in the relay combination. We want our 4 fastest swimmers to represent

            Elite in the each relay (spectacular and mediocre performances will factor into the coaches decision making process!).

 

SWIMMING PHENOM KATE ZIEGLER & OLYMPIAN JOSH DAVIS TO HANG

WITH THE ELITE SWIM CLUB ON  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21!!! RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!

 

19 year old distance phenom Kate Ziegler & Olympian Josh Davis are on their way to the Elite Swim Club on Sunday, October 21 for a swim clinic sponsored by the Elite Swim Club Parents Organization!!

 

In June 2007, Ziegler shattered the oldest World Record in the books-Janet Evans’s March, 1988 1500 meter free time of 15.52.10 by turning in a head turning, mind boggling time of 15.42.54 (10 seconds under the 19 year old WR time!!!). Ziegler is also currently the top USA swimmer in the 400 meter and 800 meter free. Kate is expected to participate in her first Olympics in China in 2008.

 

Davis is a two time Olympian-1996 & 2000. Davis was the only triple gold medallist at the 1996 Olympic Games, winning gold medals in 400 meter and 800 meter free individual events plus the participating in the 400 medley relay. Davis also placed 2nd in the 400 and 800 meter free in the 2000 Olympics.

 

To reserve your spot in the clinic, please mail a $50 check made out to ESCPO to Moya Chew-Lai at 2 Birch Hill Drive Chatham, NJ 07928. The clinic will be closed to the first 100 swimmers and no additional participants will be added after Oct 17.

 

Each participant will receive a goody bag including an autographed picture of each clinician.

 

AWARDS DINNER: SUNDAY, MARCH 30 AT HANOVER MARRIOTT:

 

            Plans are set for the annual Elite Awards Banquet for the Winter 2007-08 Season: Sunday, March 30 from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Hanover Marriott on Route 10 in Whippany. This is the sight of the last 3 award banquets.

 

SUMMER “20”: PARENTS NEED TO GET INFO TO BILL:

 

            Last summer, the Elite coaches challenged swimmers in the Wavebuster Teal, Marlin Black and Marlin Teal training groups to add Elite swim practices to their summer regiment. Five workouts for each of these training groups plus a calendar were posted on Elite’s website. Swimmers were challenged to do 20 workouts during the summer and parents were requested to keep tabs of these workouts on the calendar.

 

            Parents of the “stud” swimmers who met the challenge and completed a minimum of 20 of these workouts are requested to get the calendar to Bill (by email or place it in Bill’s mailbox) so that Elite can organize and present the earned rewards. This needs to be done by Friday, Sept 22 (end of the 1st week of practice for these training groups).

 

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