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John Calnan
National Develoment and Provincial 1 Coach
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Welcome to our
Swimmer Zone!

"I believe that each day presents a set of opportunities and choices to improve ourselves. Our physical well being is directly related to our emotional and psychological lives. The goals we set in our athletic careers and the improvements we make, easily overflow into all aspects of our lives."

 
 
Swimmers of the Month
 My apologies to all of you "swimmer of the month" fans, who have been waiting anxiously for our next installment …..

After logging many long hours in front of my computer (I can feel your sympathy while writing this - haha), here is the swimmer of the month feature for February and March 2008, which takes into consideration many exciting and standout moments for both the P1 and ND groups. These two months were extremely busy with Central regions, Provincials and Pittsburgh.

Many thanks as always for Steve Lim for taking all of the swimmers' photos and William Williams for all his help with the website

Talk to you in May.

So - with that said here we go….

John

 

National Development Group
Click on pictures for swimmer profiles.

 
 
Provincial 1 Group
Click on pictures for swimmer profiles.
 

Jacquelyn Kicksee
 

 
Congratulations !
 
New NYAC records set at the 2008 Div 1 Team Championships:
 

 

Nathaniel Hu - Boys 11/12
100 SC Fly - 1:06.80

 

New Provincial Qualifiers:
 
Radu Vezeanu - Boys 14 - 100 Fly
at the 2008 Div 1 Team Championships
 
Tessa Henley - Girls 13 - 100 Free - 1:05.44
at the 2008 John Grootveld meet
  
 
New NYAC records set at the 2008 SC Provincials:
 

 

Alex Mierzynski - boys 11-12
200 Free - 2:08.02
200 Back - 2:25.63
800 Free - 9:23.01

 




Caitlin Hodge - girls 13/14
1500 Free - 18:08.31
 


Previous Eastern National Qualifiers

Casey Gallagher
Caitlin Hodge

 

New Age Group National Qualifiers

Connie Yang - girls 13 - 200 Fly

Previous Age Group National Qualifiers

Roland Drews
Casey Gallagher
Alex Hamilton
Caitlin Hodge
Nathaniel Hu
Katie Martin
Alex Mierzynski

 

New Provincial Qualifiers at Central Regions:

Melanie Gavan - girls 12 - 400 Free
Yaakov Oumanski - boys 14 - 100 Free
Arthur Macioszek - boys 15 - 100 Free
William Lim - boys 16 - 50 Free

New Provincial Qualifiers at the 2008 Oakville SC Invitational:

Lev Oumanski - boys 12 - 50 Free
Clement Cheng - boys 12 - 400 Free

Previous Provincial Qualifiers

Roland Drews
Casey Gallagher
Alex Hamilton
Caitlin Hodge
Nathaniel Hu
Katie Martin
Alex Mierzynski
Connie Yang

 
 
Latest News
 

Report for March 2008

 
For our National Development and Provincial 1 swimmers, the Central Region Champs on Feb 28, at the Olympium, the Provincial Championships on March 2 in London, along with a trip on March 6 to compete in Pittsburgh for their Age Group Championships provided real challenges for the conclusion to the short course season.
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Report for November 2007
 
The whirlwind month of November is slowly coming to an end, and now that we have a few moments to ourselves, it's nice to look back and reflect on some of the highlights that stood out during this very busy and exciting month for both the National Development and Provincial 1 groups.
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Report for September and October 2007
 
As the saying goes "Rome was not built in a day" and this statement rings very true for both the members of the National Development and Provincial 1 groups. We have slowly started to gain some momentum over the past month with a steady increase in the number of practices per week, along with the amount of mileage we are swimming at each workout.
Read more...
 
 
Happy Birthday !
Jacquelyn Kicksee - April -1
Vinny D. - April -3
William Lim - April 20
Casey Gallagher - April 20
Alex Mierzynski - April 21
Lev Oumanski - April 21
 
 
Motivational Messages
 

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit'.
Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
- Muhammad Ali
 
 
I also came accross the following website on the internet and would like to share the link with you:
 
 
 
National Development Group
 
Downloads
 

Provincial 1 Group
Downloads
 
 

Useful Links
 

SwimInfo

Michael Phelps

USA Swimming - Cool Articles

Swimstars

Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating

Dieticians of Canada

Time Standards for Oontario and Canada

Power Rankings

21 Top Laws of Swimming by Jerry Heidenreich


 


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