Great Job at the Elmhurst and Nike Meets

Great Job at the Elmhurst and Nike Meets

88 BSC Teammates traveled to the Nike and Elmhurst meets this past weekend. The team swam to 60% Best Times at the Elmhurst meet and 70% at the Nike Meet. There were 145 New Regional and Championship Qualifying Times, and 11 New Team Records. Barrington Swim Club improved last year's 7th place finish by Swimming to Second place Overall at the Nike Challenge! Great Job—way to close out 2012 Strong.

 

The Following Teammates Achieved 100% Best Times: Bridgette Caulfield, Aumkar Girap, Brandon Hao, Jake Lee, Eric Pan, Sara Kate Capel, Evelyn Ciskowski, Mike Delach, Becca Elrod, Charlie Farmer, Becca Galovich, Olivia Gawronski, Izzie Parenti, Ally Penrod, Lily Reader, Gracie Roper, Val Tarazi, Lupe Vega.

 

The Following Teammates Achieved a Regional or Championship Time: Emma Barnett, Sara Kate Capel, Mike Delach, Georgia Christy, Sophie Denison, Becca Elrod, Dan Emary, Maggie Emary, Charlie Farmer, Andrew Fish, Becca Galovich, Mitch Gavars, Olivia Gawronski, Max Gersten, Ellie Graves, Emma Graves, Alice Han, Will Hobbs, Jack Hoppe, Kirsten Jacobsen, John Lagoni, Dan Langlois, Sarah Langlois, Riley Lehmann, Maddie McFarland, Bridget O'Leary, Colin O'Leary, Griffin O'Leary, Catie Olson, Heidi Pallan, Izzie Parenti, Ally Penrod, Emma Pritchett, Maria Pritchett, Tea Ragnini, Addy Reader, Lily Reader, Scottie Robinson, Gracie Roper, Ari Schafer, Mekenna Scheitlin, Katie Schneider, Brittany Snyder, Rachel Snyder, Foster Swanson, Val Tarazi, Emma Toth, Andrea Vega, Willa Wu, Anthony Zhou.

 

The Following Teammates Set New Team Records:

Lily Reader 8&Under 100Free, 50Back

Ally Penrod 11-12 100Breast

Kirsten Jacobsen 13-14 100Free, 200Free, 500Free, 200Fly

Val Tarazi 13-14 100Back

Becca Elrod 13-14 200IM

Mekenna Scheitlin Open 100Free

 

Here are some things we did well:

  1. Aggressiveness-- BSC Teammates did a great job pushing the front half of our races. This is a key skill to have looking forward to late February/Early March and National Level swimming. You have to be able to get up and compete—Good Job Team!

  2. Tough Swimming in the Morning—Tougher Swimming at Night—BSC Teammates did a great job of swimming fast in the morning to make finals and then making necessary adjustments to be even better at Night. Swimming to a Second place finish as a team shows that developing ability.

Here are some things we need to work on:

  1. Finish the Race—There were too many races this weekend where BSC Teammate were fading on the back half of their races. As a Team we take great pride in our toughness and our fitness. Everyone should race with that in mind. When you turn at the ½ way point everyone needs to increase kicking and tempo and battle til they touch the wall. In the next month focus on finishing each repeat, each set, and each practice HARD!

  2. Technical Details—There were too many fundamental technical mistakes that are directly contrary to what we have been coached to do in practice. A great example was swimmers not holding standard breathing patterns early in races. Oxygen is fuel—no O-2 equals no fuel at the end of a race when you need it. Swimmers need to stay calm, focused and disciplined at all times both in practice and while racing.