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7 - 03 - 09 - Weekend Practice Schedule:
FRIDAY = normal schedule
SATURDAY = no practice
SUNDAY = no practice
7 - 1 - 09 - Mike Peppe Info:
Very good meet this coming weekend! Traffic around campus might be interesting with Rt. 315 under construction/destruction. Let's be ready to race!!!
Warm-up times:
FRIDAY - warm-ups @ 3:30 - be at the pool by 3:15!
SAT / SUN AM = stretch @ 6:45 - in pool @ 7:00 AM
SAT / SUN PM = stretch @ 12:45 - in pool @ 1:00 PM
SAT / SUN FINALS = stretch @ 4:20 - in pool @ 4:30 PM
6 - 30 - 09 - Y Championships Update:
ENTRIES ARE DUE FOR Y CHAMPIONSHIPS - THIS COMING THURSDAY!!!
WE NEED TO GET AS MANY SWIMMERS TO THIS MEET AS POSSIBLE!!!
ALL ENTRIES ARE ON DIRECT ATHLETICES - SO GET SIGNED UP NOW!!!!!
Please check in the SPY room on the pool deck to pick up your entry packet for the Y Championships at Miami. Each "qualified" family has a packet with their name on it. You need to have participated in 2 "Y" meets this summer to be "qualified" for the Championship meet. Entries are being made on Direct Athletics.
6 - 30 - 09 - Meet Report: Nashville Summer Inv.
Our SPY swimmers travelled south this past weekend to race some great teams and great competition. We had some outstanding results as almost every swim made it back to finals in a meet of over 900 swimmers! Kendra Crew really showed what she was made of in the breaststroke events by winning both the 100 and 200 events for 13-14, and would have been right up with the top finalists in the open division! Crew took the 100 breast at 1:13.80, making her first summer Junior National cut and is now ranked 7th in the country in her 14 year old division!.For the 200 breast, Crew went 2:45.19, going out in an outstanding 1:15 for the first 100! This time currently ranks her as 14th in the country.
Margo Geer swam well as this meet was a tune-up for the World Trials coming up in less than 2 weeks. Geer took 3rd in the 200 free (2:05.65), 2nd in the 50 free (26.39), and 1st in the 100 back (1:05.20). After prelims on Sunday, Geer was seeded 3rd inthe 200 back and 2nd in the 100 free.
Andrew Abeysinghe, tuning up for a shot at making World Trials at Peppe this weekend, placed 2nd in the 100 back (59.48), and was seeded 2nd in the 200 Im and 1st in the 200 back for sunday finals.
Our Team Records were updated again by some great swims. New Team Records included Kendra Crew (100 breast, 100 fly, 200 breast), and Andrew Abeysinghe (100 back and 200 IM).
Make sure to check out floswimming.org and see not only the races in finals but 2 great interviews with Margo Geer and Kendra Crew!
6 - 21 - 09 - Junior Olympic Entries:
Entries for the Ohio Swimming Junior Olympics for 14 & Unders must be submitted to the coaches/Geers by Monday, July 6th. Only Junior Olympic cuts made at Y Championships will be accepted on Sunday, July 12th.
6 - 21 - 09 - Update with SwimTeam - UP (Kimber):
Our updated schedule for this week. Let's see how this works:
Tuesday = 6 - 7:00 PM (same as this winter)
Friday = 3 - 4:00 PM (no training on Thursday)
6 - 17 - 09 - Meet Report - Classic Inv.:
Our SPY swimmers headed into their 2nd big Invite of the summer and again continued to rewrite the record books with 14 new Team Records! In the 11-12 girls, Morgan Massie set a new record in the 200 breast (3:14.69). For the 11-12 boys, Gavin Mickelson set new records in the 200 free (2:26.95), 200 back (2:41.60), and the 200 IM (2:49.24). In the 13-14 girls, Justice Spicer in the 800 free (10:31.31), and Kendra Crew in the 200 breast (2:45.72). For the 13-14 boys, Matthew Abeysinghe set new records in the 400 free (4:35.11), 100 fly (1:06.41), and 200 fly (2:33.13). and for the 15-18 guys, Andrew Abeysinghe set records in the 100 back (1:00.38), 200 back (2:08.09), 200 breast (2:34.55), 200 IM (2:14.50), and the 400 IM (4:47.77).
Our gold medalists included Morgan Massie, Abi Thompson, Dillon Abeysinghe, Gavin Mickelson, Kendra Crew, and Andrew Abeysinghe!
For our "biggest loser" we had some great drops this meet by everyone, but the the 'biggest loser" overall was Justice Spicer, dropping over 103 seconds for the meet! On the guy's side, Seth Seibert was the "loser" with drops of 49.8 seconds! Other "losers" included Emma Sampson (51.7), Laramie Reed (47.1), Jordan Dockter (39.6), Alyssa Rogers (23.6), Matthew Abeysinghe (22.3), and Gavin Mickelson (20.9).
6 - 14 - 09 - Practice Schedule:
Check the "Practice Schedule" page for the latest schedule changes and updates. A number of things change this week, so make sure you know where you are supposed to be!
6 - 12 - 09 - Practice Time Changes:
Due to Summer League Meets starting up - the following practice schedule change will take effect as of WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17th -
On Wednesdays evenings only - 6:15 - 8:15 PM @ the Y - for 11 & older swimmers with a minimum of at least 1 "AA" time from last winter. - We stretch @ 6:00 - We still have our normal morning practice at Northwood Hills Country Club from 7 - 9 AM.
6 - 05 - 09 - Springfield YMCA 1st Annual Triathlon:
The Springfield YMCA in conjunction with SPY and National Trails, will be hosting a Kid's Triathlon on August 9th at the Splash Zone! More information will be coming as plans are finalized! There will be an adult "sprint" triathlon as well, as a practice run before the Triathlon at the C J Brown Park the following weekend.
6 - 03 - 09 - Morning Summer Training:
Now that some schools are finishing up for the summer, we are ready to begin our summer morning training at Northwood Hills Country Club! The Club is located at 1536 Villa Road, Springfield, 45503.
We will be starting this coming Friday, June 5th, from 7 - 9 AM. This is a 6 lane, 25 meter pool and it is heated! These workouts will be limited to swimmers who are 9 years of age and older and must have achieved a "AA" time or better this past season. We will also be offering one lane for our masters program as well, so space could be limited.
Please check the "practice schedule" page on the left for the complete summer schedule.
We will begin evening long course training in Marysville as soon as the pool is up and running. We will be in Marysville on Thursday and Sunday evenings (tentative)
Once Springfield Summer League dual meets begin on Wednesday evenings, we will only offer a 6:15 - 8:15 PM practice on Wednesday evening at the Y for our 11 & older swimmers. We will post a start date once we have it. All other afternoon practices are off. We will still have the AM practice on Wednesday mornings at Northwood Hills.
6 - 03 - 09 - Meet Report - Clippers Arctic Splash:
SPY swimmers went back into competition for the long course season with an excellent showing down in Kentucky! We were led by our event winners which included Kendra Crew (100 breast), Margo Geer (50 free), John Spencer (50 free), Dillon Abeysinghe (50 back), and Andrew Abeysinghe (200 back, 200 breast, 200 IM).
Junior Olympic cuts were established by Kyle Abeysinghe, Morgan Massie, Dillon Abeysinghe, Kendra Crew, Mary Kallinicou, and Matthew Abeysinghe.
Our newly established Long Course Team Records are already beginning to fall in just 1 meet! In the 11-12 boys, Dillon Abeysinghe broke the 200 free (2:29.36) and the 50 breast (41.09). In the 13-14 boys, Matthew Abeysinghe broke the 200 fly (2:35.14). For the 15 & older girls, Elizabeth Malone broke the 200 fly (2:38.53). And in the 15 & older boys, Andrew Abeysinghe broke the 100 back (1:00.96), 200 back (2:09.69), and the 200 IM (2:16.85).
For the "biggest loser" catagory, on the girl's side we had Laramie Reed drop over 65 seconds in her events, followed closely by Ali Miller dropping over 61 seconds in her events! For the guy's, Jacob Dockter swam away from everyone with a drop of nearly 100 seconds in his events! Other great drops came from Jenna Snyder (38.1), and Mary Kallinicou (28.2). So an outstanding start to our long course season!
5 - 23 - 09 - SPY Swimmers Busy:
SPY swimmers are keeping busy over the holiday weekend! We have Kendra Crew at the USA Swimming Zone Select Camp at Miami University. This is a select camp for top swimmers in the area in certain age-groups. USA Swimming tracks the progress of these athletes as they are the next group of up and coming potential stars for the future!
Margo Geer is picking up where she left off after Y Nationals. Margo is representing the United States on the National Junior Team (National Youth team) in Vancouver, British Columbia in International competition! As of Saturday night, Margo had placed 6th in the 50 free (26.40), 11th in the 50 back (30.19), 22nd in the 200 back (2:19.47). Margo was also on the gold medal and meet record setting 400 free relay! ( All of these times are in long course meters). Competiton continues on Sunday where Margo will be swimming the 100 free and 100 back.
4 - 29 - 09 - Coaching Addition:
SPY is pleased to announce the addition of a new coach for the summer! Manoj Abeysinghe has joined our coaching staff for the summer! Manoj will be working with both our Green and Senior groups. Manoj comes to us with a wealth of experience in both the age-group levels as well as international levels! This gives our program a chance to have more individualized coaching and training during the summer. Please welcome Manoj and his 4 sons to our program when you get a chance!
4 - 12 - 09 - Meet Report: Y-Nationals Huge Success:
Our SPY National Team made our program very proud this past week! We definately raised the bar on the quality of our program by the record breaking performances we achieved in Florida! As a Team, SPY placed 12th overall out of 220 teams and over 1600 swimmers at the meet! We were the 2nd best team from Ohio, behind M.E.Lyons. Our girl's Team ranked 6th overall, but 1st out of Ohio Teams!
Margo Geer was definately the talk of the meet, winning 4 National Titles along with 3 National Records, and 3 finals on relays! First for Geer's National Titles, 1st in the 100 backstroke, 54.19; 1st in the 50 freestyle, 22.68; 1st in the 200 freestyle, 1:47.21; 1st (tie) in the 100 freestyle, 49.02. National Records were set in the 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle, and 100 freestyle! This was one of the most dominating performances by any single swimmer in Y - Nationals history!
The impressive swims did not end with Geer. Lauren Funk made her first Final at Nationals, winning the consolation heat of the 50 free (23.54). Pat McHugh placed 13th overall in the 100 back (51.29)and 22nd overall in the 200 back (1:54.90). Kendra Crew made her first National Finals by placing 13th in the 200 breaststroke (2:20.13). She was the top female from Ohio and this time qualifies her for the USS Short Course National Championships! In the 100 breast, Crew swam a 1:05.27 and placed 18th overall. Next was Drew Keriazes making his first Y-Nationals Final in the 100 breast, placing 22nd at 59.15!
Our relays were very impressive as well, our girl's 200 medley relay (Margo Geer, Kendra Crew, Elizabeth Malone, Lauren Funk) placed 5th overall, best from Ohio with a time of 1:45.69 and the best relay finish in SPY history! Our girl's 200 free relay placed 8th, 1st from Ohio with a 1:37.40, (Geer, Crew, Funk, Liz Samuelson). Next was our girl's 400 medley relay team of Geer, Crew, Malone, Funk, placing 8th, 1st from Ohio with a 3:53.47!
Congratulations to our entire National Team on their outstanding performances!
3 - 31 - 09 - Meet Report: Zones:
A group of our SPY swimmers headed north for the YMCA Zone Championships in Michigan the week after the "AA"s. Our swimmers had an excellent showing, swimming against some of the best age-group kids from a 5 state area.
Maddie Shaffer led the way with 2 Zone Championship Titles, winning both the 200 free and the 50 fly! Matthew Pettit also claimed a Zone ChampionshipTitle in the 100 back! Our other Top - 8 finishers included T J Borawski (6th - 50 breast), Annelise Gibson (6th - 50 breast), Morgan Massie (5th - 100 breast), Jeff Ross (3rd - 100 fly), Chris Vandiford (7th - 200 breast), Maddie Shaffer (2nd - 50 free, 2nd - 100 free, 5th - 100 IM), and Matt Pettit (2nd - 50 back, 5th - 100 fly).
Our biggest "loser" for the meet was Matt Pettit with an impressive 10.7 second drop in his individual events! Right behind Matt was Ian Collins, dropping over 7 seconds in his events! Great job by all of our SPY swimmers!
3 - 26 - 09 - Meet Report: SPY TAKES 3rd At AA's:
For the first time in around 16 years one of the "big 3" Cincinnati teams were knocked out of the Top 3 at Championships! SPY was able to swim past Powel-Crosley this past weekend and placed 3rd overall, with our girls coming in 2nd overall, just behind M.E. Lyons. Our boys came in 5th overall. Team scores were as follows:
M.E. Lyons = 5462, Countryside = 4611, Springfield = 3069, Powel-Crosley = 2743, Kettering = 2386
New National Team members include Chip Samuelson ( 50 free, 100 breast), Mary Kallinicou (100 breast), and Jeff Ross (200 fly). New National cuts were made by Drew Keriazes (50 free), Kendra Crew (200 IM), Lauren Funk (100 breast), and Patrick Greitzer (200 breast).
Our record books were rewritten again with a record 14 new Team Records in the 3 day event! Margo Geer led the way with new Team Records in the 100 fly (55.90), 400 IM (4:33.95), 50 fly (26.36), 200 back (1:59.28) and the 200 IM (2:04.02). Next was Kendra Crew in the 13/14 age-group setting new records in the 100 breast (1:06.39), & 50 breast (31.30), and Elizabeth Malone (15) set a new record in the 200 fly (2:09.12). On the boy's side, Jeff Ross (14) set a new record in the 200 fly (2:01.91), Drew Keriazes in the 200 breast (2:11.14), and Pat Greitzer in the 50 breast (27.86). Next we had new relay records on the girl's side including: 15/18 girls 400 free relay (Margo Geer, Lauren Funk, Allison Lohnes, Liz Samuelson); 400 medley relay (Margo Geer, Kendra Crew, Elizabeth Malone, Lauren Funk); and the 800 free relay (Kendra Crew, Lauren Funk, Margo Geer, Elizabeth Malone).
Next we had a number of new Zone and cuts achieved during the weekend to go along with the new National cuts listed above! New Zone cuts were achieved by: Annelise Gibson (100 IM), Emma Sampson (50 fly), Maddie Shaffer (50 breast), John Spencer (200 free / 50 back), Chandler Vandiford (50 back), Morgan Massie (50 free), Courtney Speakman (50 back), Alexis Vaske (50 breast), Ian Collins (100 free), Justin Crew (100 free / 100 back), Gavin Mickelson (100 IM), Mary Kalliniicou (200 breast), Quinn Mickelson (200 back), Joey Mullen (100 fly), Jeff Ross (200 back ), Victoria Burcham (200 back), Liz Samuelson (100 breast), Danny Powderly (100 back), and Chip Samuelson (100 free).
Our Gold medals were numerous this year, showing the quality of our swimmers! Our Gold Medalists included T J Borawski (50 free), Kendra Crew (200 breast, 200 IM, 100 breast), Lauren Funk (100 free), Margo Geer (400 IM, 50 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 fly, 200 IM), Annelise Gibson (50 breast), Drerw Keriazes (200 breast), Elizabeth Malone (200 fly), Ali Miller (100 free, 100 IM, 50 free), Matt Pettit (50 back, 100 back), Laramie Reed (25 free, 25 breast), Maddie Shaffer (200 free, 50 fly, 50 free, 100 IM, 100 free), and Courtney Speakman (50 fly).
Finally in our "biggest loser" competition, Justin Crew was our big "loser" by dropping over 27 seconds in his events. On the girl's side, Margo Geer was the "loser" by dropping nearly 19 seconds in her events! The rest of our big "losers" included Danny Powderly (16.4), T J Borawski (15.8), Jeff Ross (15.7), Gavin Mickelson (14.8), John Spencer (12.5), Stella Petroff (11.8), Chris Vandiford (11.5), Justice Spicer (11.1), Ian Collins (10.6), Maddie Shaffer (10.5), Courtney Speakman (10.3) and Emma Sampson (10.3).
Congratulations to our entire 81 member AA Championship team!
3 - 23 - 09 - Meet Report - Sectional Results:
An outstanding effort by all of our SPY swimmers this past weekend! We added 34 new swims for AA's, that is a record for this meet! SPY easily won the meet by more than double the score of the 2nd place team, Beavercreek!
Our new "AA Championship additions include: Audrey Shaffer (25 fly), Charlie Thompson (25 back), Annelise Gibson (50 back, 50 fly), Kacie O'Conner (50 fly), Emma Sampson (50 back, 50 breast), Micah Haynes (100 free, 50 back), Andrew Johnson (50 back), Bradley Johnson (50 back, 50 free, 100 free), Doug Klang (50 fly), Alyssa Rogers (100 breast), Jordan Dockter (50 free, 400 IM), Kacie Miller (50 free, 200 free, 200 back), Amelia Samuelson (100 free, 200 free, 100 fly), Trevor Keriazes (200 free), Joey Mullen (100 free, 500 free, 200 IM), Gabe Rastatter (50 free), Hans Schubert (100 back), Chip Samuelson (200 free, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 IM), and Joey Snyder (1000 free)!
Our Sectional gold medalists included: Stewart Collins, Jordan Dockter, Abby Funk, Annelise Gibson, Andrew Johnson, Bradley Johnson, Trevor Keriazes, Stephanie Lohnes, Brennan Miller, Kacie Miller, Joey Mullen, Molly Mullen, Kacie O'Conner, Jordyn Reynolds, Alyssa Rogers, Emma Sampson, Amelia Samuelson, Chip Samuelson, Hans Schubert, Audrey Shaffer, and Joey Snyder.
In our "biggest loser" competition, we had an outstanding number of kids dropping huge amounts of time! Our top "losers" were Audrey Bonn, dropping over 33 seconds in her events, Jack Sheehan dropping over 33 seconds, and Joey Mullen dropping over 33 seconds! The rest of our "losers" includes Korbin Smith (26.3), Mia Simonton (25.3), Jordan Navarro (22.4), Conner Kelly (21.7), Hans Schubert (20.7), Gabe Rastatter (20.5), Ryan Groehl (20), Maddi Gaier (19.9), Mark Stickford (19.6), McKenna Burkhardt (19.5), Libby Hawk (18.6), Lizzi Lohnes (18.5), Sarah Snapp (17.3), Kacie Miller (16.5), Chip Samuelson (16.4), and Andrew Johnson (15.9)!
3 - 05 - 09 - Margo Geer's Columbus TV10 NEWS Sports Interview:
Click here to see Margo's interview with Columbus TV10 NEWS Sports.
3 - 03 - 09 - State Champions - Geer & McHugh:
SPY swimmers again made their mark on the history books and record books at this past weekend's Ohio High School State Championships! Margo Geer led the way with 2 State Titles, 2 State Tournament Records, 2 Pool Records, and 2 Ohio Swimming Records! Geer won both the 50 free (22.58) and the 100 free (49.39) to make her collection of State High School Titles move up to six! ( The actual State Records were done at Districts at OSU, going 22.40 and 48.99 respectively.) The previous pool record in the 100 free (49.72) had been held by Olympian Jill Sterkel way back in 1977! At that time, the 49.72 was a new American Record!
Winning his first State Title Crown, senior Pat McHugh took the top honor in the 100 backstroke in a State Record and State Tournament Record time of 50.78! McHugh's time is also a USS National qualifying time!
This is the first time in SPY history that our swimmers brought home 3 State High School Titles!
Right on their heels was senior Lauren Funk, taking the Runner-up State Champion Title in the 50 free (23.86) and 3rd overall in the 100 free (52.60)! Only 1 other event in the entire meet featured Club teammates taking 1 - 2 in an individual event! Next was freshman Elizabeth Malone in her first State Championship meet, bringing home a 5th place finish in the 100 fly along with an 11th place in the 200 IM. Freshman Allison Lohnes was our next State Finalist, finishing 11th in the 100 backstroke! In the relay events, the Catholic Central 200 medley relay of Maureen Day, Liz Samuelson, Stella Petroff, and Allison Lohnes finished 14th overall.
On the guy's side, Pat McHugh finaled in the 50 free (11th) to go along with his State Title. Patrick Greitzer won the consolation heat in the 100 breast for his first State Finals appearance! Senior Drew Keriazes came in 14th in the Division I State Finals in the 100 breast for his first trip to Canton and the first swimmer in history to qualify for State competition for the new Springfield High School! Senior Danny Powderly just missed making finals in the 100 breast with a 17th place finish at his first State Finals! And the Catholic Central 200 medley relay of McHugh, Greitzer, Stewart Collins, and Chip Samuelson placed 9th overall with a new Y Nationals cut as well!
2 - 23 - 09 - Crew Selected for USA Camp:
Our own Kendra Crew has been selected to attend the USA Swimming Zone Select Camp which takes place at Miami University in May. USA Swimming evaluates results from the summer long course season and determines who the up and coming potential stars of the future are, then holds Zone Camps to get to know the athletes better. Now that Kendra has been selected, she will be on the USAS radar which tracks each Zone Select Camp member to see their progress. The next goal will be to make a National Select Camp and travel to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs!
1 - 30 - 09 - National Rankings:
United States Swimming annually ranks the best swimmers in the country for each age-group and each event so swimmers can see how they fare against the rest of the country. USA Swimming used to rank by age-groups and list the fastest top-16 in the country. Now the swimmers are being ranked by their current age, not age-group, and are only being ranked up to the top-10 for each age.
SPY can now boast 2 Nationally Ranked swimmers in our program! Both Margo Geer and Kendra Crew made the Top-10 list for last year's (2007-2008) rankings in short course (25 yards).
Margo Geer is ranked as both a 15 and a 16 year old with her March birthday. Geer as a 15 year old is ranked 4th in the 50 free (23.35), 4th in the 100 free (50.30), and 7th in the 200 back(1:59.56). As a 16 year old and with only 1 short course meet at that age, Geer is ranked 8th in the 100 free (50.20), and 9th in the 100 back (55.73).
Kendra Crew made her first National Ranking as a 12 year old, taking the 10th spot in the 100 breast (1:07.98). All of our rankings were the fastest swimmers in Ohio! Congratulations to both Margo and Kendra!!!!!
09 - 24 - 08 - Geer on 08 - 09 USA National Junior Team:
Margo Geer has qualified for the USA Swimming's National Junior Team for the 2nd year in a row! Geer qualified based on her times at both the U S Olympic Trials and U S Open meets this past summer. The National Junior Team is comprised of the fastest girls in the country, ages 17 and younger; and the fastest guys in the country, ages 18 and under. Margo is currently ranked 3rd in the country in the 100 free and 4th in the 50 free! Now an international trip will be on Geer's schedule just as she and Coach Bruce headed to Australia last January. Congratulations to Margo and her success over the summer!
09 - 22 - 08 - YMCA National Top - 16 Rankings:
The National YMCA ranks all the times that are established at Y meets all over the country and then lists the best 16 swimmers in the country in each event for each age-group. Our SPY swimmers are making their mark on a National level by having 9 swimmers listed in the Top-16 rankings.
Margo Geer and Kendra Crew led the way, both earning at least one #1 National ranking in their numerous events! Geer is ranked 1st in the country for 15 & older girls 100 free and 200 backstroke, while Crew is ranked 1st in the country for the 11-12 girls 200 breaststroke! Both Geer and Crew have 6 Top -16 National rankings each. Geer is ranked 2nd in the 50 free, 4th in the 100 back, 4th in the 200 free, and 10th in the 200 IM. Crew is ranked 2nd in the 11-12 girls 100 breast, 3rd in the 50 breast, 10th in the 100 free. In the 13-14 girls, Crew is ranked 5th in the 100 breast, and 8th in the 200 breast. Rounding out the girl's rankings is Morgan Massie ranking 16th in the 9 - 10 girls 50 breast!
On the boy's side, 10 year old Gavin Mickelson led the way by being ranked 7th in the 200 free, 12th in the 200 IM, and 12th in the 100 backstroke. Mickelson teamed up with Justin Crew, John Spencer, and Chandler Vandiford for a 16th place ranking in the 9 - 10 boy's 200 free relay! Next was Patrick Greitzer, ranked 8th in the 13-14 boys 100 breast, and 16th in the 200 breast. Finally we had Pat McHugh ranking 7th in the 15 & older boy's 100 backstroke.
Congratulations to all of our SPY swimmers and their National Rankings! Now let's double the number of National rankings in 08-09!
06 - 16 - 08 - SPY Achieves Level 1 - Club Recognition
For the first time in the history of SPY, we have achieved Level 1 in the USA Swimming Club Recognition Program! Clubs must reach a certain number of benchmarks within each componet area to achieve each level, up to level 4. This program is designed to recognize Club Programs that are being run as USA Swimming desires programs to be operated under their guidance. We are now eligible for grants from USA Swimming through the Club Excellence Program inwhich SPY is a Silver Medal Club!
03 - 14 - 08 - SPY REACHES SILVER MEDAL STATUS IN CLUB EXCELLENCE!
For the first time in the history of SPY, we have reached Silver Medal Status in the USA Swimming Club Excellence Program! This a program where USA swimming honors the top 200 USS Programs in the country. Last year SPY attained Bronze Medal Status, meaning we were climbing the ladder towards being one of the Top 200 clubs based on performance at the National level, club organization, club leadership, and coaching staff. Being a Silver Medal Club, we will be eligible for grants to help further the development of our program for the future! Go the USA Swimming website to read more about the Club Excellence Program.
02 - 07 - 08 - NATIONAL AGE-GROUP TOP 16 - Long course results:
These are the National rankings for the 2006 - 2007 long course season which ended in August with the U S Nationals in Indianapolis. Margo Geer again proved that she is one of the best 15 year old girls in the country. Here are her results and rankings compared to the rest of the country:
13 - 14 GIRLS - 50 free - 27.23 - Ranked 15th
15 - 16 GIRLS - 50 free - 26.68 - Ranked 16th
100 free - 57.11 - Ranked 11th (Olympic Trials Cut)
100 back - 1:04.04 - Ranked 12th (Olympic Trials Cut)
Congratulations to Margo and her successes over the past long course season!
01 - 30 - 08 - National Age - Group Top 16 - Short course results
The national rankings are out for the 2006 - 2007 short course season, and Margo Geer proves again how strong she ranks among the best in the country. The Top 16 Rankings are comprised of all USS and Y swimmers and their best times within each age-group. Then top 16 in each event are listed annually to show who the best in the country are. Margo's rankings come in the 13-14 age-group since all of last year's short course season she was 14. Here are her rankings:
50 FREESTYLE - 23.50 - RANKED 2nd
100 FREESTYLE - 51.34 - RANKED 6th
100 BACKSTROKE - 56.23 - RANKED 6th
200 BACKSTROKE - 2:01.93 - RANKED 11th
Congratulations to Margo and her latest accomplishments!
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