BSC Opens Long Course Season with a 91% Best Time Effort

Great Job at the NASA Meet

BSC Teammates traveled to Northwestern University for the NASA Meet. The team swam very well to open the long course season. BSC Teammates swam to Third place in the Women's , Men's and Combined Team scoring. Barrington Swim Club swam to 91% Best Times with 200 of the 333 swims being a Regional or Championship Qualifying time—that is 60% of all swims being a Qualifying time! 50 of the 62 Teammates that swam in the meet had 100% Best Times—that is 81% of the team had 100% Best Times. AMAZING START!!

The Following Teammates Had 100% Best Times: Sam Burrell, Andi Capel, Sara Kate Capel, Georgia Christy, Will Christy, Evelyn Ciskowski, Sophie Dennison, Dan Emary, Maggie Emary, Andrew Fish, Becca Galovich, Mitch Gavars, Olivia Gawronski, Max Gersten, Ellie Graves, Maggie Graves, Emma Graves, Zoe Green, Alice Han, Will Hobbs, Jessica Hoffeller, Katherine Holman, Lauren Holman, Marg Kitzman, Dan Langlois, Sarah Langlois, Riley Lehmann, Maddie McFarland, Bridget O'Leary, Griffin O'Leary, Catie Olson, Izzie Parenti, Emma Pritchett, Maria Pritchett, Paige Ramel, Addy Reader, Lily Reader, Scottie Robinson, Grace Roper, Liam Rorison, Ari Schafer, Brandon Schaff, Katie Schneider, Brittany Snyder, Rachel Snyder, Willa Wu, Winnie Wu, Anthony Zhou, Andy Zhou.

The Following Teammates Achieved a Regional or Championship Qualifying Time: Emma Barnett, Georgia Christy, Will Christy, Evelyn Ciskowski, Colin Cross, Becca Elrod, Dan Emary, Maggie Emary, Andrew Fish, Mitch Gavars, Max Gersten, Emma Graves, Alice Han, Will Hobbs, Kelsey Holmes, Jack Hoppe, Anne Jacobsen, Kirsten Jacobsen, Dan Langlois, Sarah Langlois, Riley Lehmann, Maddie McFarland, Bridget O'Leary, Griffin O'Leary, Colin O'Leary, Catie Olson, Izzie Parenti, Ally Penrod, Emma Pritchett, Kael Ragnini, Scottie Robinson, Liam Rorison, Ari Shafer, Brandon Schaff, Mekenna Scheitlin, Katie Schneider, Willa Wu, Winnie Wu, Anthony Zhou, Andy Zhou.

The Following Teammates Achieved a AAA-Zone Qualifying Time: Becca Elrod, Maggie Emary, Mitch Gavars, Emma Graves, Jack Hoppe, Kirsten Jacobsen, Maddie McFarland, Bridget O'Leary, Ari Schafer, Mekenna Scheitlin,

Here are a couple things the team did well:

  1. Starts---BSC did a good job of being first at the 15meter mark. A good start helps get momentum rolling for the race.

  2. Acceleration into the Finish—BSC Teammates really did a good job the last 15 meters of every race. There were some races that were close until the last 15meters when BSC Teammates brought up their kick, increased their stroke rate and got their hand on the wall first.

Here are a couple of things the team needs to work on:

  1. Maintaining Stroke effeceincy—This item refers to both technique and tactics. BSC teammates need to concentrate on having the technique coaches are asking for in practice when they race. Also we need to do a better job of holding on to stroke changes at the proper effort level when we get tired.

  2. Doing the little things well—BSC Teammates did a great job racing to the wall, but there were too many times where we took a breath inside 5 meters, or did not accelerate into a turn properly. Another item is swimming hard through the middle of a swim. BSC swimmers were really good the first and last quarter of our races, but the middle ½ of the swim was very soft. Like an Oreo cookie—crisp on the ends and marsh mellow in the middle. We need to focus on splitting properly in practice to counter this trend.

 

PRACTICE LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY!!

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