With One week remaining til Age Group Champs 18 Teammates traveled to Oswego for the Regional Champ Meet. In one of the Best Meets of the Season Barrington swimmers teamed up for 88% Best Times 20 Top 8 Finishes and 2 New Team Records. Chris Vega and Anthony Zhou led the charge by placing in the Top 8 in all their events. Chris won the 100Free and 200IM. Georgia Christy, Olivia Gawronski, Sam Miseyka, Catie Olson, and Brandon Schaff all joined Chris and Anthony on the Top 8 podium. Emma...

34 BSC Teammates traveled to West Chicago on Tuesday July 19thfor the Gold Conference Meet. Barrington's swimmers showed their team pride and spirit by racing to 2ndplace overall as a team. The Squad swam to a respectable 73% Best Times with 11 Individual Event Wins and 7 Relay Wins. Our Individual Event Winners were: Olivia Gawronski, Kames Graft, Maggie Graves, Emma Pritchett, Lily Reader, and Ari Schafer. The Following Swimmers Had 100% Best Times:Georgia Christy, Sophia Dennison, Olivia Gawronski, Emma Graves, Maggie Graves, Lauren Holman, Jeremy Kleinjan, Howard Li, Mason...

Solid Swims at Senior Champs 6 BSC Swimmers swam at Stevenson High School at the Illinois. The Team highlight was a 9thPlace Finish by the BSC Girls 4x100Medley Relay—Anne Jacobsen, Mekenna Scheitlin, Olivia Hoffman, and Kelsey Holmes. Mekenna Scheitlin placed 12thin the 100Breast and 17thin the 50Free. Anne Jacobsen placed 16thin the 50Free and 11thin the 100Back. Emma Barnett had a Best Time 200IM in her sole event of the meet. Kelsey Holmes swam to a New Senior Champ time in the 100Back and a Best Time anchoring the Medley...

News Flash!  BSC Wins Overall Team Title at the Coho Classic!! 91 BSC Teammates braved the rising temperatures to bring home the Team Title this weekend at the Coho Classic. The team swam to 66% Best Times, 20New Regional Cuts, 10 New Championship Cuts, 3 Zone Times, and 1 New Team Record. 3 BSC Teammates won High Point in their Age Division--Emma Pritchett, Ally Penrod and Jack Hoppe.  Sophia Dennison, Elyse Kavanagh, Kailey Robinson, Lilly Reader, Griffin O'Leary, Bridget O'Leary, Colin O'Leary, Andrew Fish, and Max Gersten all placed in...

High Practice Attenders for June The numbers are in here are the high attenders for each group in June Seniors—Chris Vega--3rdMonth in a Row—So Far this summer Chris has only missed 1 practice since April! Mustangs—Mitch Gavars--3rdMonth in a Row Ponies—Olivia Gawronski, Ari Schafer--2ndMonth in a Row for Ari Colts—Rhea Banerjee, Katie Schafer--2ndMonth in a Row

USA National Teamer Chloe Sutton did the moring show at swiminfo.com. I thought a lot of what she had to say about swimming fast while working hard, and staying focused and excited could really help BSC Swimmers do the same. Secondarily, as you listen to some of the workout swims she is doing, they are very similar to what we are doing as a team this summer. We still have a long way to go before we are a world class program, but feel encouraged by the similarities and get...

Me-ism, Now-ism and Feelism Anyone who has spent time working to achieve a goal in swimming has learned very quickly that there is much more to a best time than just racing one race. There is hour upon hour, week upon week, month upon month, and yes in some cases, year upon year of relentless dedication to the achievement of a goal. This dedication requires an uncanny attention to detail in attendance, attitude, technique and training. There are three roadblocks that every BSC Teammate needs to be aware of as...

  Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable This week I heard quite a few swimmers mention that they were very sore and very tired, so I thought it would be appropriate to address why it is important to become comfortable with this discomfort. All Great swimmers have a very high ability to become comfortable being uncomfortable. As we all closely watch the Olympic Trials and Olympic Games try to envision the amount of soreness and fatigue that each of those athletes must endure on a day to day, week to week, year...

What the Coach Looks For at a Swim Meet With out first whole team meet I thought it would be a good thing to let everyone know what some of the expectations for racing and parenting at meets.   The coach will stand on the side of the pool and expect to speak with each swimmer before and after each swim. Please be sure to direct your child to the coach before the event. When you see your child after the event ask them if they have spoken with the...

Mustang, Ponies, and Colts Expectations Age group swimming is a really exciting time for both the coaches and swimmers alike. Swimmers at this stage have spent a good amount of time developing their strokes and now it is time to begin to train those strokes to go fast! Most swimmers are between 9 and 14 years old and will train between 6-8 times per week depending on what the head coach thinks will help them improve. Those age groupers that are in 6th grade should attend at least 7 practices,...