ELITE NEWS BULLETIN 6-6-11
“Cultivating Excellence in Academics, Character and Swimming”
“POOL PARTY” FOR WAVEBUSTER TEALS, MARLIN BLACKS &
MARLIN TEALS YIELDS UPDATED TIMES:
Elite held an IntraClub meet for the Wavebuster Teals, the Marlin Blacks and the Marlin Teals this past Saturday at Newark Academy. The meet replaced a competition opportunity usually offered earlier in the training cycle. The meet allowed swimmers to update their times from their past winter season and also allowed swimmers new to Elite to provide their racing times into Elite’s time databank.
Four swimmers (Kelly Peter, Monica Iizuka, Peter Carchia and Gian Soriano) won all three of the events that they competed in.
8 year old Kelly Peter, new to Elite this spring, flexed her muscles as she won all three of her events: 8 & U 50 free (39.09), the 50 back (45.47) and the 50 breast (49.67).
9 year old Monica Iizuka also won all three of her event, touching ahead of the competition in the 50 free (32.42), the 50 breast (47.20) and the 50 butterfly (37.81).
8 year old Peter Carchia also won all 3 of his events, starting with slicing 9 seconds off his 50 back time (42.54) to win the 8 & Under event in a Silver time. Peter also touched 1st in the 50 breast (53.81) and the 50 fly (43.92).
11 year old Gian Soriano was also a triple winner as he chipped .2 off his time (1.18.53) to win the 100 back event. Gian followed with a strong 100 breast swim (1.31.53) and 50 butterfly (33.18).
9 year old Joe Pick won 2 events and placed 2nd in another. Joe won the 50 butterfly in (last season) JO cut time of 36.68 and the 50 free in 34.23. Joe was runner up in the 50 back with a 5 second drop of 41.03.
8 year old Cordelia Burn was the 1st place winner in the Girls 8 & U 50 butterfly (51.80).
12 year old Katie Tselepis outswam her competition in the Girls 11-12 50 butterfly (38.51).
9 year old Alyssa Levy bested her competitors in the 50 back with her 42.19 Silver time performance.
8 year old Dante Soriano beat all of his competitors in the 50 free (45.29).
11 year old Abbie Hartwig dropped 4 seconds in the 100 free to win the 11-12 girls event (1.11.44).
12 year old Fred Nagle was the winner in the boys 11-12 100 free with his best time of 1.16.98.
10 year old Leighton Mayers dropped over 2 seconds in his 50 back event to win the event (37.02-under last year’s JO cut).
12 year old Eloise Burn got to the wall first in the 11-12 Girls back event (1.24.03).
10 year old Jason Rossi knocked .6 off his 50 breast time to be king of the hill in the 9-10 Boys 50 breast event.
11 year old Natalie Pruitt clipped 5 seconds from her 100 breast time to win her event convincingly in a 1.32.83 time.
Complete results are listed on the team website.
Swimmers who participated (# in parenthesis is number of best Elite SCY best times): Tara Balan (1), Milind Bangalore (3), Sheetal Bangalore (1), Isabella Beltran (1), Natalia Beltran (1), Aislin Black (2), Schuyler Bunn (3), Cordelia Burn (1), Eloise Burn (1), Sarah Burn (1), Ben Campbell (3), Jessica Carchia (3), Peter Carchia (1), Richie Carchia (1), Katharina Dowlin (2), Summer Felsen (2), Mia Furtado (3), Jasmine Gulati (2), Abigail Hartwig (2), Gabrielle Hayek (3), Jeffrey Ho (2), Monica Iizuka (2), Katie Iovel (1), Rachel Keselman (3), Jessica Kraus, Chloe Lawrence (2), Sophie Lawrence (2), Grace Levey (3), Alyssa Levy (3), Ben Litvin (2), Livia Maguire (2), Teddy Maguire (2), Danielle Mangabat (3), Angelina Mayers (3), Leighton Mayers (3), Paige McBoyle (3), Justin Mon (3), Shonchori Mukherjee (2), Fred Nagle (2), Will Nash, Sadie Ordower (3), Kelly Peter (3), Joe Pick (3), Natalie Pruitt (3), Michael Rizzo (3), Jason Rossi (2), Joe Siracusa, Samantha Siracusa, Kat Slover (3), Delaney Smith (3), Dante Soriano, Gian Soriano (2), Sachi Tanwar (1), Katie Tselepis (1), Adam Vaynerman (3), Zowie Vukasinovic (1), Doris Xia (3), Katherine Zhang (2) & Grace Zinn (2).
5 IN SEARCH OF A MILE FIND SUCCESS IN
SOUTH JERSEY!:
SEBASTIAN ADDS 4TH SECTIONAL
SWIM!:
Finding a long course 1500 meter race within New Jersey Swimming is a very difficult task, so 5 Elite swimmers went outside the LSC (New Jersey Swimming is one of 50 LSC that comprise USA Swimming) to race the mile yesterday (Sunday, June 5). The results were worth the two hour drive each way.
Competing at Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Deptford, New Jersey, 14 year old Ryan Sebastian dropped 27 seconds to win the Open Boys event in a Sectional qualifying time of 17.19.99. This is Ryan’s 4th second qualifying time for this summer’s competition.
13 year old Sarah Slepian, competing in the event for the 1st time in her career, placed 3rd with her 19.03.71 time. Following closely behind was 13 year old Kaitlin Stearns in 4th place with a 19.10.66 time (a 28 second drop) and Caroline Watt in 6th place with a 19.20.75 performance. All 3 of these times were JO cuts for 15 & Older swimmers.
13 year old Chris Balbo, who was entered in the meet but below the top 16 seeded swimmers originally slated to compete, took his chance and traveled to the meet hoping there would be enough scratches to allow him a swim. Luck was on Chris’s side and he scratched into the event. Chris then took full advantage of his opportunity and dropped 29 seconds to place 6th overall with a 18.22.87 time (also good enough for a 15 & Older JO cut!).
LAST WEEK OF TRAINING FOR PRE-ELITE & MARLIN TEALS; MARLIN
BLACKS HAVE OPTIONAL PRACTICE THIS SUMMER:
This is the last week of training for the Pre-Elite program and the Marlin Teals for the Spring 2011 session. Newark Academy eliminates our pool time with the start of their summer camp and school sessions.
This summer, Elite is offering
optional practice for swimmers in the Marlin Blacks (twice a week at Morristown-Beard
School). All Marlin Blacks are welcome to attend. A bill will be sent to the
family at the conclusion of the summer season.
ELITE AWARDED LEVEL
2 CLUB RECOGNITION STATUS
BY USA SWIMMING;
USA Swimming has recognized the Elite Swim Club as a Level 2 Club within its Club Recognition Program. A quick search of USA Swimming’s website reveals only 2 teams within NJ Swimming (out of 62) are at this level: Elite and Wyckoff Y. There are about a dozen NJ teams at Level 1. USA Swimming has 4 levels of club recognition.
As a result, Elite will proudly display USA Swimming’s Level 2 Recognition logo on its website and on its letterhead. USA Swimming has already added the Level 2 Recognition logo to its website when a person searches out information regarding Elite: search for Elite at this link: http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1802&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en.
The Club Recognition Program is one of two programs USA Swimming provides recognizing clubs: the other is the Club Excellence Program. Elite was recognized last June with Level 1 status. Elite applied for Club Excellence last winter, but was not recognized within that program. Elite is taking steps to be recognized as within USA Swimming’s Club Excellence Program this winter.
USA Swimming’s recognition of Elite as a Level 2 team acknowledges the careful planning and implementation of Elite’s strategy as a swim club developing swimmers as well as recognizing Elite as an ongoing business. In order to receive this recognition, Head Coach Bill Deatly and Coach Patty Martin (frankly, Coach Patty spearheaded and coordinated Elite’s effort!) spent dozens of hours preparing and providing documents to USA Swimming describing Elite’s structure and how Elite does what it does at each level within its program. Elite’s ultimate presentation provided USA Swimming with more earned “points” than the minimum requirement for Level 2 Recognition.
Parents and swimmers may have noticed Elite’s recently revised Mission Statement (prominently featured on the website and at the top of this weekly bulletin). This revised Mission Statement is a direct result of the Club Recognition process. Elite’s Mission Statement now precisely and concisely describes Elite’s mission as a professional organization.
Coach Bill will begin the programs preparation for Level 3 Recognition.
38 SWIMMERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT 10th ANNUAL
ELITE-A-THON!!
HARTWIG, ORDOWER &
LEVEY COMBINE TO RAISE OVER $3000!!!! 8 SWIMMERS TOTAL AT $4,150!!
The
10th Annual Elite-a-thon fundraiser equaled last year’s
Elite-a-thon, which was the largest in recent memory!! 38 Swimmers spent 2
hours Saturday afternoon swimming to raise money for their own charities!! The
back-to-back successes are a result of Elite swimmers who care about giving
back to the community.
7 year old
Sadie Ordower has raised over $1600 for American Liver
Foundation, showing fabulous support for her sick grandfather. 11 year old Abbie Hartwig has raised $885
(and expects more!).
8 year old Grace Levey raised over $1085 in her spectacular effort to help her friend and neighbor Sydney thru her charity: Make Some Noise. This charity is a foundation that is helping Sydney, who has been diagnosed with bone cancer. Grace reports: “This charity is trying to help find treatments for kids with cancer and let more people know about pediatric cancer. The day of the swim-a-thon was also Sydney's bat mitzvah! I was at her service in the morning. I feel really proud of what I did to help my friend.”
Lindsay Stearns reports that only 7
swimmers have reported results; but the total is at $3,265!! Swimmers are
highly encouraged to email Lindsay with their totals!!
The
following were the Elite swimmers who participated:
Chris
Balbo: Celiac Sprue Association, Lindsay Behar: Susan
B. Komen Breast Cancer, Caitlin Brown: Arthritis
Foundation, Hannah Brownstein: Pulmunary Foundation, Cordelia Burn: Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer, Eloise Burn: Susan B. Komen Breast
Cancer, Sarah Burn: Make a Wish Foundation, Ben Campbell: World Vision (A Water
Well), Juliet Felsen: Dystonia Research, Summer Felsen: Dystonia
Research, Emily Fu: Japan Relief, Ariel Gelman: Red Cross Disaster Relief,
Emily Gorham: St. Judes, Jess Gorham: St. Judes, Abby Hartwig $885 to Camp
Boggy Creek, Angharad Healey $50 to St. Huberts Animal Shelter, Erica Iizuka: St Huberts Animal Shelter, Monica Iizuka: American Cancer
Society, Cloe Lawrence $201 to Anti-Hunger Coalition,
Sophie Lawrence $201 to Jersey Animal Coalition, Grace Levey $1085 for Make
Some Noise, Alyssa Levy: Valerie Fund, Ben Litvin: Emet
College Outreach, Greg Macchia: tba, Isabelle
Malinowski $50 to Autism, Daniel Mangabat: American Cancer Society, Alex Mango:
Mt. Pleasant Animal Hospital, Katie McGrath: Make A Wish, Darragh O’Gorman: Red
Cross Disaster Relief, Sadie Ordower $1,453 for American Liver Foundation,
Andrea Shepard: Down the Block, Inc, Delaney Smith: Juvenile Diabetes, Kaitlin
Stearns: Bridges, Lindsay Stearns: Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer, Will Stearns: Cora Hartshorn
Arboretum, Sachi Tanwar:
Make a Wish, Cullen Walsh $225 to Wildlife Conservation Society, Ryan Wyer: Red Cross Disaster Relief
14
year old Lindsay Stearns, who has participated in the Elite-a-thon for each of
her 8 years on the team, took over coordinating the event last year and has
mustered a tremendous amount of enthusiasm each year. If each of the
participants raises just $150 each, the total raised will exceed $5,000. This
shows what the power of enthusiasm can accomplish!!
The
swimmers swam laps for 1 to 2 hours. Some swimmers swam laps, then swam competition relays.
This event, suggested by Elite Swimmer Will Peters 10 years ago, helps develop the “character” portion of Elite’s Mission Statement: Cultivating Excellence in Academics, Character and Swimming.
COLLEGE PAGE ADDED TO WEBSITE:
Coach Patty Martin recently compiled a list of recently graduated Elite swimmers and what schools they attended. This list is now posted on the team website and will be updated each year. Check it out!!
ELITE’S NEXT MEET HOSTING CHALLENGE: OFF-SITE HOSTING;
CONSTRUCTION AT NA NEXT FALL/WINTER WILL CHANGE PLANS FOR DISTANCE DERBY
& 9-10’S:
Elite’s newest meet hosting challenge: hosting a meet off site from Newark Academy!
Last week, Newark Academy informed Elite that there will be, starting in July, major construction on the building which will significantly reduce the size of the “upper” parking lot during construction. NA has confirmed that Elite’s practice schedule will not be affected by the construction.
Elite has already begun exploring alternative sites to run both Distance Derby (in November) and the 2012 9-10 Silver/Bronze Championship Meet (in February).
PUT IT ON YOUR
CALENDAR!
ESCPO PLANNING 2ND ANNUAL TAILGATE PARTY AT SUMMER SOLSTICE MEET!
ESCPO is planning a Tailgate/Potluck for Saturday June 18 at the Summer Solstice meet at Rutgers University. All ESC Swimmers and Parents are welcome and encouraged to stop by!!
ESCPO will
have a table and canopy set up on the lawn near the Rutgers pool entrance from from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. ESCPO will provide
Pulled Pork as the main course as well as buns and condiments. Families
are asked to bring sides, snacks or desserts to share with
the crowd. Details will be forthcoming in a flyer later this week.
TOP 10 ALL-TIME SCY TIMES LIST UPDATED & POSTED;
Elite’s Top 10 All-Time SCY Times List has been updated and posted on the team website. Congratulations to all those swimmers who earned top 10 times this year!!
USA SWIMMING’S SPLASH MAGAZINE NOW
AVAILABLE ON-LINE:
USA Swimming’s Splash Magazine, which is mailed to each USA Swimming Registered Swimmer, is now available online at: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/usaswimming/splash_20110506/#/0. Get the same up-to-date National Team news, training tips, photos and event coverage you get in the print edition, along with special online enhancements such as sound and video. Post the articles you like to facebook for all your friends to see, or save each issue to your hard drive to read offline. Access each issue with the web browser on your mobile phone, and read back issues in our archive. These are just a few of the capabilities the digital edition of Splash offers.
In the May-June issue of Splash, we break down the mechanics of each of the four strokes. Take a look, keeping in mind that the perfect stroke for you is always the goal. Work with your coach to develop the best mechanics to maximize your strengths. Check out the May-June issue of Splash now!
The May-June issue feature’s New Jersey Swimming’s world record and Olympic Gold medalist Rebecca Soni!!
ELITE
TO RENT MILLBURN MUNICIPAL POOL THIS SUMMER
FOR
WAVE TEAL & WAVE BLACKS;
MARLIN BLACKS NOW PROVIDED OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AT MBS
THIS SUMMER:
Millburn has tentatively agreed to rent Elite the Millburn Municipal Pool, located just off Parsonage Hill Road (near JFK Turnpike) during the summer mornings. Elite will be renting the Millburn pool Monday thru Thursday, from 7:15 am to 8:30 am.
The Wavebuster Teals will train all 4 days at Millburn; the Wavebuster Blacks will train at Millburn on Mondays and Wednesdays (alongside the Wavebuster Teals). The Wavebuster Blacks will also train at Springfield Municipal on Tuesdays and Thursdays (as previously set).
Having the Wavebuster Blacks train at Millburn will free up space at Morristown-Beard School on Mondays and Wednesdays which will allow Elite to offer an optional Marlin Black practice on those days. The optional Marlin Black practice will be held from 4 pm to 5 pm. Elite will charge a per practice charge for the Marlin Blacks.
With all changes made at Elite, the ultimate goal is to make the program stronger. The decision to rent the Millburn pool was based upon the following:
1) Last summer, Elite rented the Cromwell Pool in Morristown. While Cromwell provided the space for the Wavebuster Teals to train in during June & July, the pool lanes were not wide enough and the pool was just not large enough to properly accommodate Elite.
2) The Millburn Pool is a recently (within the last 10 years) renovated, 6 lane pool with additional space for coaches to work on stroke technique “outside” the pool lanes.
3) The Millburn Pool is significantly closer to the Springfield Municipal Pool, which will help those families who have swimmers training at each location
4) Renting the Millburn Pool will provide a consistent practice schedule for both the Wavebuster Teals & Wavebuster Blacks as all practices for both these training groups will be held in the am (rather than the alternating am and pm practices the previous summer schedule provided). The one exception is that the Wavebuster Blacks will still be offered a Friday pm practice at MBS
5) The larger Millburn pool allows for Elite to offer two practices a week for the Marlin Blacks at Morristown Beard School, which training group previously had no summer practice time with Elite. This allows more swimmers training with Elite this summer.
The updated Master Schedule for June 20th thru July 27th is now posted on the team website.
PARKING AN ISSUE AT NEWARK ACADEMY:
As we head into the Spring 2011 Session, parents are reminded that there is a distinct shortage of parking spaces at Newark Academy, especially on weekdays between 5:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Parents are welcome to “drop off” or “pick-up” their swimmers by the field house entrance during this time period if the driver remains in the car. If a parent is coming into the building, they are requested to park in the “upper” lot and walk thru the school to reach the pool. Newark Academy is also now requesting the cars do not idle. Obviously, if the lot is not crowded, parking in the lower lot is acceptable.
Please remember to drive slowly thru the parking lots and do not park in the fire lanes, as the Livingston Police will ticket improperly parked cars.
PARENTS: PLEASE BE PROMPT IN PICKING UP SWIMMERS:
Parents are requested to be prompt in picking up their swimmers at the end of practice. Recently, especially after the Wave Golds on weekdays and the Wave Teals on Saturday, swimmers have had to wait 30-45 minutes after practice for their ride.
Bill has asked the coaches to remain at practice until the last child has been picked up (for the obvious safety reasons). Coaches are more than willing to do so occasionally. But Elite coaches have other full time jobs and several are attending school in addition to their primary jobs and coaching. It is unfair to ask the coaches to spend an additional 30-40 minutes waiting for parents to pick up their children.
Elite is prompt about ending practice on time. Please help out the coaches by being prompt to pick up your child.
TIMING
COORDINATORS ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN RESPONDING TO EMAILS:
Parents of
Elite swimmers are asked to add the following four email addresses to your
e-mail address book to ensure you receive important information regarding Elite
Hosted Meets, Timing Information for all other meets and Parent Association
Information. Adding the e-mail addresses will insure that these important
e-mails do not go to your junk/spam folder.
Carolyn Balbo
-
cbalbo@comcast.net
Sanjeeta
Mukherjee - sanjumukhe@gmail.com
Sue Duren -
sueduren@aol.com
Antone Balbo -
abalbo@comcast.net
NEXT UP: SUMMER SOLSTICE GO ELITE!!!; MEET INFORMATION POSTED; PLEASE RESPOND TO TIMER
COORDINATORS EMAILS:
Elite’s next competition will be the Summer Solstice Meet for qualifiers on Saturday, June 18 at Rutgers University. Elite will have a timing assignment. Please have your swimmer get in the habit of checking the team website on a regular basis (and report back to you about details such as warm-up times, entries, meet locations!).
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!!!