During the First Session of competition at the Regional Championship Meet, Mitchell Gavars and Jeremy Kleinjan brought home victories in the 200Back and 1000Free Respectively.   Jeremy's swim in the 1000Free was a new Age Group Championship Cut. BSC Teammates swam to 77% Best Times!  Emma Graves led off the meet with a 4th Place in the 200Fly. Alice Han 3rd and Heidi Pallan 4th followed up in the 200Breast. On the Boys side of that event Scottie Robinson scored a 7th place. Great Job Keep the Momentum Going Be Aggressive--Finish...

Barrington Swim Club Is Seeking New Teammates for the 2012 Summer Season   We Want You on Our Team!   Who Are We? Barrington Swim Club is a Member Club of USA Swimming that has been helping young swimmers of District 220 Reach their swimming dreams for over 30 years.   What Do You Need To Be Able Do To Join Us? Try-outs will be at 7:00 p.m. On Tuesday March 20th. Just Bring yourself, suit, goggles and an enthusiastic attitude. Perspective Teammates need to be able to swim 25...

It's Bobsled Time!! I use this phrase from the movie Cool Runnings all the time to let kids know it is time to go FAST. Championship Time is finally here! BSC Teammates have been working since August to get to the next four weekends of Championship meets. With Championship Meets often times all of us: athletes, parents and even coaches; tend to put an undue amount of pressure on ourselves and each other. I want us as a BSC Family to have an attitude that reflects a “Free to Swim”...

Peaking at the Right Time As our BSC Short Course season begins its' final month it is a great time to reflect on what the Team has accomplished to this point and look forward to the opportunities that await in the next few weeks. This Short Course season Barrington Swim Club athletes have set 21 Team Records, and qualified over 60 Individuals for Regionals, Championships and Sectionals. We have qualifier two Individuals and three Relays for the Indianapolis Grand Prix in March. You all should be really proud of how...

BSC Rocks The House at the Winter Classic 124 BSC Teammates stepped up on the blocks at home during the 18th Annual Winter Classic this weekend. The Team did a Great Job grabbing Second Place Overall behind perrenial state champion Saint Charles! Barrington Swim Club Swimmers finished with 80% Best Times, 12 New Team Records, 58 New Championship Cuts. All tolled BSC finished with 361 swims that were Regional Qualifying Times or Faster-- or nearly 50% of all swims! Kudos to temmates for a job well done. Special recognition to...

The Second day of the 18th Annual Winter Classic saw BSC Teammates continue with muliple 100% Best Time Perfromances, Mulitple Championship Qualifying Standards, 3 More Team Records! Daniel Langlois set a new 8 and Under Record in the 100Free Griffin O'Leary set a new 8 and Under Record in the 100Back Maggie Emary set a new 11-12 Record in the 200Fly. There were also a several Records and were missed by less than 1 second--Bridget O'Leary in the 100Free and 100Back, Emma Barnett in the 100Back, and Mekenna Scheitlin 100Free,...

BSC Teammates opened up the 18th Annual Winter Classic with some great swims on Friday night. The team saw nearly 100% Best Times, Several new Regional and Age Goup and Sectional Qualifying Times. Of the many highlights from the evening Team Records were Broken by Jack Hoppe in the 9-10 500Free--Jack also posted double wins in the 500 and 200Frees. Maggie Emary bettered her own record in the 400IM by over 5 seconds and a Bronze Place Finish. Bridget O'Leary set a new BSC mark in the 500Free with an...

By Katie Arnold//National Team Coach Fellow Every swimmer, coach, and fan knows that underwater dolphin kick is a big part of swimming fast: up to 30% of a long course race and 60% of a short course race can be swum underwater. This was very obvious at the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool because the short course meters format highlighted the athletes’ starts, turns, and under waters. Though it is widely accepted that the first 15 meters off each wall is vital, many athletes and coaches have wondered...

When Your Mechanic Does Your Taxes What do you think would happen if someone had their taxes done by their auto mechanic and the car repaired by their CPA? I am sure an IRS audit and road service towing call would ensue. YIKES!! The same is true in swimming. Lets use our favorite swimmers Sally Swimfast and Billy Bathwater. Mrs. Swimfast and Mr. Bathwater are very supportive swim parents. They are at every practice critiquing their swimmer's strokes and turns as well as making comments about what the Coach should...

Here is a great video segment from USA Swimming illustrating good freestlye kick.  The ability to swim fast at the elite levels has become all about the ability to kick for the duration of a race--Regardless of the distance.  Case in point, Ous Mellouli 1500Free Gold Medalist, from Tunisia but trains at University of Southern California, showed a great active 6 beat kick for the entire race. If you watch any freestyle event from the 2008 games you will see that everyone in the final has this trait. Here at...