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Head Coach Report January 2008
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The long course format was used in preparation for the Olympic trials later in April and the racing was jam packed with exciting swims. | ||||
Michelle
Williams led the team swimming a blistering time of 57:77 in the women's 100m
Freestyle, becoming a first time Senior Provincial champion. People who watched
were treated to a great display of how the event should be swum. Just itching
to go out with the top seed Laura Pomeroy at the 50 mark, all I could do was to
get her to be patient. "The last 15 meters is called the dead zone for a
reason", I reminded her, "split less than one second between your 50's
and focus on coming home strong". She was 7th at the turn (28.6) and with
every stroke she was gaining on Laura on the way back. Now we're in the dead zone
and sure enough people are dying, with Michelle passing the entire field and just
out touching Laura for the win - (2nd 50 was 29.1) wow! |
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 Nick Karpov |  Kyungsoo (Rocket) Yoon |  Neta Yokev |  Andy Townsend | |
Our
boys relay team consisting of of Nick, Rocket, Neta and Andy
won the men's 4x100 free relay beating all the university teams. With a time of
3:36.84 just off the Canadian record of 3:34.52 set last summer, it was not bad
for our 15-17 boys up against the men in college. | ||||
Kyle
Resnick was eager to swim his 200 fly on the last day anxiously wanting to
make a national time to go to Olympic trials. Again a great display of how to
split a race - out in 1:03:2 and back in 1:06:7 - the last three 50's were all
exactly the same! Kyle was fourth and shaved two seconds off his best time! |  Kyle Resnick | |||
Andy
Townsend put on an awesome display in the Men's 100m freestyle. Technical
advancements in his stroke are paying big dividends as he swam a 52:8 and the
first time under 53:00 seconds. |  Andy Townsend | |||
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For a meet that was timed finals and early in the season, we swam exceptionally for the most part. Strength of will and determination are key ingredients when you're not feeling rested and ready. Put that together with a knowledge of how to split races and fast swimming is the result. Murray
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