Cal women’s head swim coach Teri McKeever and 8-time Cal men’s NCAA swimming champion Duje Draganja are 2 of 10 individuals who will be inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2018. This is the 33rd induction class, and they will be formally enshrined later this fall at the Greek Orthodox Church Conference Center in Oakland.
McKeever has been the head women’s swimming & diving coach since 1992 and has led the team to 4 NCAA team championships (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014) and are currently on a streak of 10 consecutive top-3 NCAA Championship finishes. McKeever was also the head U.S. Olympic Women’s team coach at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
McKeever is also a 7-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, has coached 8 National Swimmers of the Year, and has coached 26 Olympians that have won 36 medals. The Golden Bears have won 61 event national titles in McKeever’s 26 seasons.
Draganja, meanwhile, swam at Cal from 2001-2005, where he won 8 NCAA titles:
2002 (freshman) – 400 free relay (2:50.01)
2003 (sophomore) – 100 free (42.02)
2003 (sophomore) – 400 free relay (2:48.99)
2005 (senior) – 100 free (41.49)
2005 (senior) – 100 fly (45.39)
2005 (senior) – 200 free relay (1:15.78)
2005 (senior) – 400 free relay (1:15.78)
2005 (senior) – 200 medley relay (1:25.30)
His 41.49 in the 100 free was at the time an NCAA Record, and still ranks 2nd on Cal’s all-time lists behind only 2012 Olympic 100 free champion Nathan Adrian.
Draganja has Olympic credentials of his own: he’s represented his native Croatia at the Games 3 times, and won a silver medal in the 50 free in Athens in 2004.
The new honorees will also be honored on the field during Cal’s October 27th football game vs. Washington. The new class brings the total number of inductees to 307 individuals and 6 rowing teams.
The full list of inductees:
Duje Draganja (men’s swimming, 2002-05) – three-time Olympian and eight-time NCAA champion who won a silver medal in the 50-meter free for Croatia in 2004
Ramon Jimenez-Gaona (men’s track & field, 1990-93) – three-time Olympian and school-record holder in the discus (210-11) who was a three-time NCAA runner-up in the event
Geoff McArthur (football, 2000-04) – set five school receiving records and two Big Game marks and earned All-America honors as a junior in 2003
Valerie McClain (men’s and women’s rowing, 1978-82) – two-time Olympian and a pioneering coxswain who earned letters for both the men’s and women’s rowing programs
Teri McKeever (women’s swimming & diving head coach, 1992-present) – the 2012 U.S. Olympic head coach has guided Cal to four NCAA team championships and 10 consecutive top-3 national finishes
Alysia Montaño (women’s track & field, 2004-08) – 2012 Olympian in the 800 meters won NCAA indoor and outdoor titles in the event and is a seven-time USA champion
Leon Powe (men’s basketball, 2004-06) – the 2004 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year was a two-time first-team all-conference pick and a second-team All-American in 2006
Kristina Thorson (softball, 2003-06) – the first Golden Bear softball player named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year and a three-time second-team All-American
Elsie Windes (women’s water polo, 2004-07) – three-time All-American helped the United States to two Olympic medals, including gold in 2012
Joe Starkey (voice of Cal football, 1975-present) – the longtime radio voice of Cal football who enters his 44th year behind the microphone this fall
Ashlyn Fiorilliof Texas Ford Aquatics and Spring Creek Academy has verbally committed to the Cal Berkeley class of 2023. She joins an incoming class consisting of Rachel Klinker, Chloe Clark, and Isabel Ivey
Fiorilli was a C finalist in the 200 LCM butterfly at the 2017 US Summer Nationals, where she placed 18th. She also suited up for Team USA at the 2017 World Junior Championships, where she placed 12th in the 200 fly.
TOP TIMES (SCY)
100 fly – 54.71
200 fly – 1:57.23
200 IM – 2:02.88
400 IM – 4:15.41
500 free – 4:49.92
1650 free – 16:23.48
200 back – 1:58.08
200 fly (LCM) – 2:12.19
Fiorilli’s best events are the 200 fly, 1650 free, and the 400 IM. Her mile is intriguing for Cal — she would’ve been 2nd on their 2017-18 top times list behind Chenoa Devine (16:16.20), but Devine was the only Cal swimmer to race a mile on their entire roster last year, according to the top times list. Meanwhile, she would’ve been 4th on the list last season in the 200 fly and 400 IM.
At the 2018 Pac 12 Championships, with her best times, Fiorilli would’ve placed 12th in the mile and B-finaled in both the 200 fly and 400 IM.
Le Canada enverra 12 de ses meilleurs nageurs de distance aux Championnats du monde junior FINA en eau libre qui auront lieu au mois de septembre prochain.
Six femmes et six hommes participeront aux championnats qui se tiendront à Eliat en Israël du 6 au 8 septembre. L’entraineur de distance et d’eau libre Mark Perry sera le chef d’équipe et entraineur-chef. Les championnats, dont la première édition s’est tenue à Hoorn aux Pays-Bas en 2016, ont lieu aux deux ans. Le Canada avait envoyé sept athlètes à cet évènement.
« Nous sommes ravis de la sélection. Il s’agit de la plus grosse équipe canadienne à participer à cet évènement, » a dit le directeur de la haute performance de Natation Canada, John Atkinson. « Je suis impatient de voir les athlètes poursuivre leur progression. »
La majorité des nageurs participeront aussi à la compétition en eau libre BestFest du 26 mai au 2 juin à Mallorca en Espagne. Cette compétition sera essentielle pour la préparation de l’équipe avant les Championnats du monde juniors.
« Je suis vraiment enthousiaste à l’idée de travailler avec cette équipe de jeunes nageurs talentueux, » a dit Perry. « Notre stratégie pour les Championnats du monde junior FINA en eau libre fut de sélectionner les meilleurs nageurs de distance au Canada et leur offrir des compétences en eau libre. Le BestFest à Mallorca au moins de mai servira de préparation ciblant les différentes tactiques et stratégies individuelles. Certains des nageurs sélectionnés ont déjà très bien représenté le Canada lors de compétitions en eau libre junior et sénior.
Bei allem Feintuning an der Technik im Training, dem Ausbau der Ausdauer, einem gezielten Krafttraining, braucht der Körper wie ein Auto Treibstoff, um optimal zu funktionieren. Dabei ist die Ernährung an den Wettkampftagen und vor den Rennen sehr wichtig.
Hier sind ein paar Vorschläge für eine richtige Ernährung während der Wettkämpfe. Ergänzend zu nährstoffreichen Mahlzeiten sind Snacks zwischendurch empfehlenswert, um dem Körper genug Reserven zu verschaffen, die Muskeln mit ausreichend Energie zu versorgen.
Vorschlag #1
Auch wenn das Einschwimmen schon früh beginnt und der erste Start sehr früh angesetzt ist, sollte ein Sportler nie auf das Frühstück verzichten, denn es ist ein Kick für den Stoffwechsel und sollte je nach Körperbau und Gewicht aus 500 bis 1000 Kalorien bestehen. Ein eher leichtes Frühstück ist empfehlenswert bei einem sehr frühen Start, ein gehaltvolleres Frühstück bei einem späteren Vorlauf, der vielleicht erst gegen Mittag stattfindet.
Geeignet sind: Haferflocken mit fettarmer Milch, Vollkorntoast mit Erdnussbutter, Trockenmüsli mit Joghurt und Obst oder eine Vollkornwaffel mit geschnittenem Obst und Hüttenkäse. Dazu solltet ihr ein Glas Wasser trinken, Milch oder frischgepressten Fruchtsaft.
Vorschlag #2
Wenn es Mittag ist und du genug Zeit zwischen den Rennen hast, hier einige weitere Vorschläge. Die Zeit zwischen dem nächsten Rennen und dem Mittagessen sollte mindestens 2 Stunden betragen, damit das Essen richtig verdaut wird, die Nährstoffe im Körper ankommen und dem Körper zur Verfügung stehen.
Versucht: Vollkorn-Nudelsalat mit einigen deiner Lieblingsgemüsesorten und einer Tomatensauce, ein kleines Sandwich aus Vollkornbrot mit magerer Pute und eine Scheibe fettarmen Käse oder einen gemischten grünen Salat und dazu etwa Naturrreis (brauner Reis). Und nie vergessen: ausreichend Wasser trinken oder mal ein Glas Milch.
Vorschlag #3
Auch wenn es mit dem Mittagessen später wird und der ganze Tag mi Finalrennen nicht vor 20.00 Uhr endet, sind kleinere Portionsgrößen besser als ein zu großes Mittagessen, das bis spätabends halten soll. Aber immer an das 2-Stunden-Fenster denken, diese Verdauungsdauer ist für den Körper wichtig. Zu große Mahlzeiten machen auch eher müde, das der Körper sich auf den Verdauungsprozess konzentriert.
Geeignet sind als Mahlzeiten Vollkorn-Spaghetti mit fettarmer Fleischsauce oder ein mageres Stück Huhn, Gemüse mit einem mageren Stück Huhn mit Kartoffeln oder Reis. Und auch nach den Rennen nie das Trinken vergessen
Grobe Richtwerte für die Verweildauer im Magen: (Quelle: http://www.limmatsharks.com/svlimmat_ernaehrung.html)
Braten, gebratener Fisch, gebratenes Steak oder Schnitzel, Erbsen, Linsen, weisse und grüne Bohnen, Bolognese Sauce, Buttercrème-Patisserie
ca. 6 Std.
Speck, geräucherter Lachs, Thon in Öl, Gurkensalat, Peperoni, fritierte Speisen (Pommes Chips!), Pilze, Schweinebraten und -cotelettes
bis zu 8 Std.
Ölsardinen, Gänse- und Entenbraten, Terrinen, fettes Gnagi, Sauerkraut, Kohl und Kabis
Vorbereitungen für den nächsten Tag.
Meistens dauern Wettkämpfe länger als einen Tag und nachts hat der Körper die Möglichkeit, sich zu erholen und er sollte mit allen wichtigen Nährstoffen versorgt werden.
Ergänzend zu einem Abendessen -siehe Vorschläge 2 und 3- sind vitamin- und mineralstoffreiche Nahrungsmittel, z.B. ein Proteinshake oder auch ein Glas Vollmilch.
Möglichst vermeiden:
Vermeiden solltet ihr die nachfolgenden Nahrungsmittel, weil euer Magen sie nicht gut verdauen kann und eure Leistung im Wettkampf beeinflusst werden könnte.
Raffinierter Zucker. Zucker verursacht zwar einen kurzfristigen Energieschub oder erzeugt ein glückliches Gefühl, aber Zucker hat viele negative Auswirkungen auf den Körper, er macht nach einem kurzfristigen Kick schlaff, antriebslos und müde, depressiv und krank. Natürlicher Zucker, der in Früchten, Gemüse und vollwertigen Lebensmitteln enthalten ist, ist für den menschlichen Organismus jedoch wichtig.
Die sogenannten Energy Drinks. Diese solltest du vermeiden und stattdessen lieber gesund essen, um dem Körper Energie zuzuführen.
Fangt nicht unmittelbar vor einem Wettkampf oder während eines Wettkampfes an, deine Erährung umzustellen. Dann bleibe lieber bei den gewohnten Nahrungs-mitteln, von denen du weißt, das du sie verträgst.
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Vom 12. bis 28. Juli 2019 finden in Gwangju in Korea die 18. FINA Weltmeisterschaften statt. Ausgetragen werden Wettkämpfe im Beckenschwimmen und Freiwasser, Wasserball, Wasserspringen, Synchronschwimmen und High Diving.
Angefeuert werden die Athleten auch von zwei niedlichen Ottern, die nun die offiziellen Maskottchen der WM sind.
Es handelt sich um Flussotter, die im Fluss Yeongsangang in Gwangju leben. Die Weltmeisterschaften stehen unter dem Motto “Dive into Peace”.
Stai cercando di migliorare i calci a delfino in subacquea?
Spesso i nuotatori vogliono migliorare le subacquee dopo aver visto qualcuno come Michael Phelps , Florent Manaudou, Tom Shields o Caeleb Dressel abbattere decimi importanti con i loro calci a delfino.
È impressionante da guardare, ed è difficile non sentirsi bruciare dentro dalla voglia di andare in piscina e fare la stessa cosa.
Quello che succederà dopo è questo: il nostro nuotatore andrà in piscina, proverà a spingere la subacquea fino a 15 metri per poche centinaia di metri. Poi si renderà conto che in superficie è più veloce che in subacquea e lascerà perdere, ritornano alle vecchie abitudini..
Il segreto per sviluppare un buon calcio subacqueo non è quello di passare da un breakout di 5 metri ad un breakout di 15 metri durante la notte. Innanzitutto sarà difficile trattenere il respiro per un nuotatore che non è abituato. Secondariamente, è probabile che la tua subacquea passata dai 5 ai 15 metri non sia attualmente più veloce della tua velocità in nuotata.
COME MIGLIORARE I CALCI A DELFINO IN MODO SOSTENIBILE
Il modo sostenibile per migliorare il calcio nel delfino è attraverso il noioso (e provato) metodo dei guadagni marginali.
Si fanno piccoli miglioramenti fattibili sia a breve termine che a lungo termine.
Il segreto è aggiungere un solo calcio ogni volta che ti stacchi dal muro, per tutto l’allenamento. Uno solo.
Né più né meno.
Un solo calcio non ti sembra abbastanza per migliorare?
Allora rifletti.
Diciamo che i tuoi allenamenti hanno una media di 4.000 metri. Se nuoti in vasca corta avrai circa 160 calci extra a delfino. Ad ogni allenamento.
Ora, se ti alleni 6 giorni a settimana, ed aggiungi un paio di doppi, per un totale di 8 allenamenti, stiamo aggiungendo altri 1.280 calci a delfino a settimana.
Pensi che inizierai a vedere dei miglioramenti abbastanza rapidamente facendo così tanti calci a delfino?
Puoi scommeterci.
Sicuramente migliorerai di più rispetto a provare standard irrealistici e poi bruciarti velocemente.
Ancora più importante, lo farai a tutte le velocità se lo fai dall’inizio alla fine dei tuoi allenamenti. Farai quell’unico calcio in più durante l’intensa attività di gara, durante il tuo lavoro in soglia e così via.
L’esperienza di Phelps
Michael Phelps, nella sua autobiografia del 2009 No Limits, ha descritto dettagliatamente come ha lavorato con Bowman nel 2002 sulla subacquea a delfino.
Allenatore e nuotatore hanno cominciato a includere progressivamente sempre di più nella loro formazione:
“Le regole dicono che ti è permesso di calciare sott’acqua per 15 metri. Durante l’estate del 2002, Bob e io decidemmo di lavorare quel calcio a delfino nel mio allenamento. Iniziammo nei miei set di Misti. Se avessimo fatto 10×400 misti ad esempio, avrei fatto una subacquea di 15 metri negli ultimi due, dalla rana allo stile. Poi lo inserivo negli ultimi quattro, poi sei, otto e infine dieci. “
La chiave per migliorare la subacquea è la coerenza. Non ti cimentare a fare subacquee di 15 metri per un allenamento e poi sentirti frustrato perché non vedi risultati abbastanza veloci.
DI OLIVIER POIRIER-LEROY
Olivier Poirier-Leroy è un ex nuotatore di livello nazionale. È l’editor di YourSwimBook , un diario di dieci mesi per i nuotatori professionisti.
È anche l’autore del libro di esercizi per l’allenamento mentale pubblicato di recente per i nuotatori esperti , Conquer the Pool: la guida definitiva di Swimmer ad una mentalità ad alte prestazioni .
Combina ricerca psicologica sportiva, fogli di lavoro e aneddoti. Esempi di passato e presente dell’Olimpo per dare ai nuotatori tutto ciò di cui hanno bisogno. Conquisterai il lato mentale di questo sport.
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Dal 12 al 18 Luglio 2019 a Gwangju, Corea, si svolgerà il 18 ° Campionato Mondiale FINA.
Dodici mesi prima del grande appuntamento con le Olimpiadi di Tokyo 2020, gli atleti degli sport acquatici di tutto il mondo si sfideranno nelle rispettive gare di nuoto, pallanuoto, nuoto sincronizzato, tuffi e open water.
Ogni grande evento ha la sua Mascotte. Ad acclamare gli atleti e colorare gli spalti ci saranno le lontre di fiume, il cui aspetto è stato annunciato dagli organizzatori.
Il logo dell’evento rappresenta “una figura strenuamente impegnativa per il sogno futuro “. Le ” Onde della pace “, una rappresentazione del Monte Mudeung (caldo abbraccio) e Youngsan River (fontana della vita).
La scelta è ricaduta sulle lontre, una specie ammiraglia del Monte Mudeungsan che è ritornata al fiume Yeongsangang a Gwangju.
La lontra che nuota liberamente nell’acqua simboleggia la passione per la sfida dei nuotatori e infondono lo “spirito della pace” ai cittadini del mondo che si godono la festa armoniosa.
Lo spirito dei Campionati di Gwangju– Dive into Peace
Trey Freeman of the Baylor Swim Club has won six events through two sessions of the Arena LC Invite, while his teammate Addison Smith has five. Check out recaps of the first two sessions below:
Day 1
Baylor Swim Club members Trey Freeman and Addison Smith both had an impressive double on day 1 of the Arena Long Course Invitational, as both won the 400 free and 400 IM in their home pool.
Freeman, an 18-year-old who will start his collegiate career with the Florida Gators in September, started off with a big win in the 400 IM in a time of 4:39.86. 16-year-old Ross Valdez of the Carpet Capital Aquatics Club took 2nd in 4:53.74.
Freeman followed up less than 90 minutes later with another decisive win in the 400 free, clocking a time of 4:06.72.
His teammate, 16-year-old Addison Smith, completed the same double, winning both events by well over ten seconds. In the 400 IM, she went 5:00.66, registering a new best time. Alex Massey of Ensworth Aquatics was 2nd in 5:14.76.
Smith notched a second PB in the 400 free, posting a 4:21.30 to get under her previous best of 4:23.94. Her teammate Sarah Riley (4:37.32) took 2nd.
Day 2
Freeman followed up with four events wins on Saturday morning, taking the 200 IM (2:13.38), 100 free (53.35), 200 back (2:10.98) and 100 fly (59.29). Fellow Baylor swimmer Luis Weekes won the only event Freeman didn’t enter, taking the 100 breast in 1:10.20.
Smith had a similar haul on day 2, winning the 200 IM (2:24.67), 100 free (59.09) and 100 fly (1:03.41). She also placed 4th in the 200 back, where Kallie Chelsvig of Ensworth won in 2:27.30. The 100 breast was won by Cecilia Porter of Baylor in 1:15.48.
The meet will continue this afternoon with a 12 & under session, while the likes of Freeman and Smith will hit the water again on Sunday morning.
2018 California Interscholastic Federation Swimming & Diving Championships – Overview
Most of the California Interscholastic Federation section meets will take place the second weekend in May, having aligned their schedules to accommodate the all-state championship meet on May 18-19, 2018 at the Clovis Olympic Swim Complex, at Clovis West High School in Clovis (see qualifying rules below). We will fill in this table when results links are published.
Clovis Olympic Swim Complex
Clovis West High School
1070 E. Teague Ave
Fresno, CA 93720
Results link
CIF State Meet Qualifying Standards
As a reminder, the various California Sections may send swimmers and divers to the State Meet, using the following formula for each event:
CIF Southern 5
CIF North Coast 3
San Diego 3
CIF Sac-Joaquin 3
CIF Central Coast 3
CIF Central 2
CIF Los Angeles 2
CIF Northern 1
CIF San Francisco 1
CIF Oakland 1
At-Large Entries
Swimming: Once allocated automatic qualifying spots from each section are filled, sections may enter additional competitors provided they have met or bettered the “At-Large” Automatic or Consideration standard for their event in their Section Meet that qualifies athletes for the CIF State Swimming & Diving Championships. In the event that there are not 40 automatic qualifiers, consideration times will be used to fill each event to 40 qualifiers/relay teams. “At-Large” qualifying times must be achieved in Finals of the Section Championships. All times must be recorded on “Fully Automatic Timing” systems (FAT). No hand times will be accepted.
Diving: No At Large Qualifiers. Each section will get one additional entry for diving.
CIF State Meet Qualifying Time Standards (Times must be obtained at Section Championship meet in individual events. No relay lead-off times permitted.)
“As soon as I stepped on the UVA grounds and met the coaching staff I knew it was the place for me. The sprint focused team and academics are amazing, and the team vibe was great. I can’t wait to be a wahoo!”
Wheal is a junior at Westlake High School where she specializes in sprint freestyle. A NISCA All-American, she was runner-up in the 50 free (23.11) and third in the 100 free (50.65) at the 2018 Texas UIL 6A Swimming & Diving State Meet. She led off Austin Westlake’s state-champion 200 free relay and anchored the second-place 200 medley relay (22.66). Her lifetime bests in the 50/100 free come from her sophomore year high school season.
Wheal swims year-round for Western Hills Athletic Club. She had some outstanding performances at College Station Sectionals in March, going best SCY times in the 200 free and 100 fly and finaling in all her events: 50 free (5th), 100 free (9th), 200 free (34th), 100 back (21st), and 100 fly (10th). Last year she competed in the 50/100m free and 100m fly at Summer Junior Nationals.
Top SCY times:
50 free – 22.62
100 free – 49.81
200 free – 1:51.11
50 fly – 26.68
100 fly – 54.16
50 back – 26.47
100 back – 56.74
Fun trivia fact: Wheal’s father, Jamie, founded The Flow Genome Project.
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After the National 10K for both men and women kicked off the 2018 U.S. Open Water Nationals on Friday, the Junior National 5K went off on Saturday morning. The 5K, only for swimmers aged 14-15, acted as a qualifier for the World Junior Championships, with the top two of each gender earning a qualifying slot. There was a stark contrast between the number of swimmers in each race, with only ten for the boys and 32 for the girls.
In the boys event, Jackson Carlile from the Fishers Area Swimming Tigers won a close finish over Ridgefield Aquatic Club’s Conner Hunt, as Carlile was the only one to crack the one hour mark in 59:57.91. Hunt was just over two seconds back in 1:00:00.26, nabbing the second World Junior spot. Gabe Machado from Boise YMCA was close behind for 3rd (1:00:04.36), while 4th place Brice Barrieault (1:01:07.39) was just over a minute back of them for 4th.
Per USA Swimming Live on Twitter, this was amazingly Carlile’s first ever open water race.
Fun fact: this was Jackson Carlile’s first ever open water race
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Sorry for the lack of content lately. Just been slammed with client work that wraps up before the summer. I’ll be up in Tallahassee with the Coach Studd and the FSU team this weekend, so I should have a neat video for you come next week
Below, check out both winner interviews and race finishes of the National 10K Open Water event held on Friday in Tempe, Arizona. The Junior National 5K took place on Saturday, and the majority of the national 10K competitors will be back in action on Sunday in the National 5K.
The winner of the women’s event was Ashley Twichell, who defended her title from 2017. Check out her post-race interview below:
For the men, it was Jordan Wilimovsky, who won his third national 10K title after also winning in 2015 and 2017. Check out his post-race interview below:
You can also check out the finish of both races below. Both Twichell and Wilimovsky won by a wide margin, but the race for 2nd in the men’s race was particularly close, even requiring a photo finish. In the end, the 2017 National 5K winner David Heron ultimately got the nod for 2nd place and the second spot on the Pan Pac team over Michael Brinegar.
The 2018 Pacific Coast League Finals were among the first of dozens of California High School league meets to be run this weekend. The league, incorporating mostly large high schools in Orange County, feeds up into the CIF – Southern Section Division I level, for the league’s biggest schools.
Final Team Scores
The boys of Northwood, who placed 3rd in the 2017 CIF-Southern Section championships last season, ran away with the overall team title on Friday at the Pacific Coast League Finals.
The girls’ meet was significantly more competitive, coming down to the final relay where Irvine won and Woodbridge was 2nd: which was just enough to give Irvine a 6.5-point win. Had Woodbridge won the relay, the title would have been theirs.
The Woodbridge girls placed 4th at last year’s CIF – SS Division I finals, while Irvine was just 16th.
Boys’ scores:
Northwood – 550
University – 425
Corona del Mar – 359.5
Irvine – 322.5
Beckman – 214
Woodbridge – 143
Girls’ scores:
Irvine – 481.5
Woodbridge – 475
Northwood – 329
University – 263
Corona del Mar – 244
Beckman – 221.5
Boys’ Meet
Northwood sprinted out to a lead thanks to winning the first 8 swimming events of the meet. That included a pair of wins by senior and Columbia University commit Shawn Lou, who won both the 200 free (1:37.95) and 500 free (4:38.10). Those are both new lifetime bests for Lou, including the 500 by four-and-a-half seconds.
He was supported by a win in the 100 free from his longtime Irvine Novaquatics teammate Hunter Hitchens, who touched in 45.84. The two were a part of National Age Group Record-setting relays when they were 13-14s, and now both will head to the Ivy League together – Hitchens is signed with Columbia.
Other winners for the veteran Northwood team included senior Gabe Munoz in the 200 IM (1:52.93), senior Collin Press in the 50 free (21.12), senior Hwa Min Sim in the 100 fly (49.49 – the only swimmer under 50 seconds), and a sweep of the day’s 3 relays.
The first non-Northwood winner didn’t come until the boys’ 100 back, where University’s Caedon Ng swam a 51.66 to run-down Munoz – who was the top seed coming into the final. University’s Ryan Schildwachter won the 100 breaststroke in 55.57 – his new lifetime best by more than a second – to fill out the winners.
Girls’ Meet
The girls’ meet wasn’t quite so one-sided as the boys’ affair was. Woodbridge, the defending league champions, took an early lead thanks to 4 wins in the day’s first 5 events. That included a 1-2-3 finish from Jamie Yeh (2:03.37), Sydney Okubo (2:05.20), and Amanda Anderson (2:05.28) in the 200 IM for a 53-point event.
But as strong as Woodbridge’s front-half was Irvine’s back-half of the meet. Their surge began with a dominant 18-second margin from UCLA commit Julia Wright in the 500 free (4:54.60), which was part of a 1-4-5 finish for Irvine.
Irvine then won the 200 free relay by just .01 seconds ahead of Woodbridge (another result that would’ve swung the team title), anchored by their fastest split, a 24.02 from Wright shortly after that 500 win.
Yeh from Woodbridge picked up a 2nd individual win of the meet, part of another 1-2 for her team, in the 100 back with a 54.70. but Irvine’s depth kept them within striking distance, and a half-point lead, going into the 400 free relay. That meant whichever team placed higher in the final event would win the meet. Woodbridge entered with the top seed, but with neither showing their hands in prelims, Wright was able to lurk on the anchor for one more magical swim, splitting 50.72 to pull her team away from Woodbridge anchor Melodie Pugar (51.55) and the meet win.
Other event winners on the girls side include Northwood’s Amanda Hsieh in the 200 free in 1:50.77, just beating-out Wright’s 1:50.90; Juliana Witting of Woodbridge won the 50 free in 23.75; Woodbridge’s Molly McCance won the 100 fly in 55.97; Hsieh picked up her 2nd win, the only double winner of the day for the girls, with a 51.58 in the 100 free; and Corona del Mar’s Michelle Tekawy giving her team their only win of the meet with a 1:03.34 in the 100 breaststroke to close the day. Tekawy, just a freshman, had never been under 1:04 coming into this meet and never under 1:05 coming into February.
The national 5K events, originally scheduled for 8:00 am (men) and 8:05 (women), have been bumped up by half an hour to 7:30 and 7:35. The junior national 7.5K, consisting of swimmers aged 16 and 17, have been moved up from 11:00 and 11:05 to 9:30 and 9:35.
SCHEDULE CHANGES
Men’s National 5K: 8:00 -> 7:30 am
Women’s National 5K: 8:05 -> 7:35 am
Boys Junior National 7.5K: 11:00 -> 9:30 am
Girls Junior National 7.5K: 11:05 -> 9:35 am
Bumping up the 7.5K by an hour and a half will enable racing to be done around 11:00 am (compared to around 12:30 pm with the original schedule), ensuring the safety of the athletes with water temperature expected to rise as the afternoon progresses.
Der Deutsche Schwimmverband hat ebenfalls das Team für die Junioren-Europameisterschaften im Schwimmen in Helsinki vom 4. bis 8. Juli bekannt gegeben.
23 Athleten werden teilnehmen. Neun Aktive hatte sich über Einzelstrecken qualifizieren können, für die Staffeln wurden weitere Schwimmer ergänzt.
Mit Isabel Gose (Potsdam), Celine Rieder (Neckarsulm) und Peter Varjasi (Mittelfranken) gehören auch drei Aktive zum Team, die einen Monat später bei den Europameisterschaften in Glasgow (Wettbewerbe im Beckenschwimmen vom 3. bis 9. August 2018) an den Start gehen werden.
23 athletes will participate. Nine athletes managed to qualify for a start in an individual event, more swimmers have been added for a start in a relay. Usually the relay swimmers will also get a chance to compete in individual events.
With Isabel Gose, Celine Rieder and Peter Varjasi three members of the team for Glasgow are nominated for the junior team. Gose (born 2002) is the fastest 200m freestyle junior swimmer so far in 2018 in Europe (1:58,80), Celine Rieder (born 2001) ranks first in Europe in the 1500m freestyle and Germany’s Anna Elendt (born 2001) is the fastest breaststroke sprinter (50m – 31,43) in Europe’s youngsters ranking 2018 (Girls 17-year old or younger). Isabel Gose is qualified for the German 4 x 200m freestyle relay for the 2018 Open Class European Championships. Rieder is set to compete in the 1500m freestyle. Rieder ranks on the 19th sport in the current FINA world ranking.
Girls (13): Alexandra Arlt, Anna Elendt, Mareike Ehring, Giulia Goerigk , Isabel Gose, Malin Grosse, Yara Hierath, Hannah Küchler,, Lucie Kühn, Lena Riedemann, Celine Rieder, Barbara Schaal, Maya Tobehn
Boys (10): Sebastian Beck, Maurice Ingerieth, Lukas Matzerath, Lukas Märtens, Rafael Miroslaw,, Fleming Redemann , Paul Reither, Michael Schäffner, Danny Schmidt, Peter Varjasi
Grit, mental toughness, fortitude—whatever we’re calling it this week, is essential to your swimming success. Here’s why resilience is the difference maker you’ve been looking for in the pool.
Imagine for a moment you are the greatest swimmer in the history of our sport.
You are coming off an 8-gold medal winning performance in Beijing, the most dominant performance in Olympic history.
At your first big meet since the Games, the sport is being rocked left and right with new world records (43 in total) from swimmers wearing head-to-toe rubber suits.
Now imagine that while warming up for the final, just an hour before you are going to go race, that you swim head-first into another swimmer in a crash so vicious that it cracked your goggles and left you with blurred vision.
This was the situation that Michael Phelps faced on an August night in Rome in 2009 at the FINA World Championships.
Some swimmers would have buckled.
Instead, Phelps got up on the block, and became the first man to break the :50 second mark in the 100m butterfly, taking gold and reclaiming his world record.
Phelps, despite what was happening around him, was able to rock out and swim at an other-worldly level.
That night in Rome, Phelps showed what it was like to have world-class resilience.
Here’s how you can get yourself some of that sweet, sweet stuff, too.
Resilience: The Ability to Use Tough Moments to Excel
One of the common characteristics of champions is that they are resilient. Like anyone, they’ve experienced significant adversity and challenges on their quest to making the most of their natural talents and genetic gifts, and thrived because of it.
Would Phelps had performed as well as he did had there not been sizable adversity? I’m not so sure—adversity, and the resilience that develops as a result, brings the best out of high-level athletes.
Essentially, adversity has a way of pushing elite-minded athletes to perform better, not worse.
These moments of brilliance are born from adversity.
Commonly, swimmers will view adversity or a painful setback as proof that they aren’t deserving. Or it will make them realize that things won’t be nearly as they anticipated, shattering the image of how they thought things would go down.
It sounds simple, even cliché, but it’s true: what doesn’t break you, makes you better.
It’s not that elite swimmers don’t feel the same disappointment and frustration that comes when things fall apart: it’s the way they redirect their anger and focus that makes the difference.
Where one swimmer will use adversity as an explanation for why they will never succeed, another will use it as fuel to work harder than ever.
How to Develop a Mindset of Epic Resilience
The mindset of a swimmer who is mentally tough in trying and challenging situations is part genetic and part process/environment. Some swimmers simply “have it” while others spend their whole careers trying to develop that killer mindset.
No matter where your resilience levels are at these days, there are things you can do to sharpen your resilience.
Here are a couple ideas.
1. Take moments of adversity as opportunities to develop a competitive edge.
The attitude you bring with you on the pool deck has a way of epitomizing your potential for success.
If you approach that impossible test set or workout with an outlook of—“I bet my competition isn’t doing this set”—you are building yourself a competitive edge that compounds every time you show up for that extra workout, or stay late, or go above and beyond in training.
One of the pillar training beliefs of Michael Phelps and his coach Bob Bowman was a simple commitment to do what no one else was willing to do. This meant training every day for five consecutive years before the Beijing Games. It meant training on holidays, including Christmas and his birthday. The confidence that comes from this kind of “all in” approach is impossible to fake.
In a study of a dozen Olympic champions, one of the common thoughts they had was that moments of intense stress in training provided them with a “psychological and competitive edge.”
The way that they approached the really hard stuff in training was with the mindset that it would make them tougher, faster, and harder to beat.
What will you do that the competition simply won’t? This doesn’t have to be a straight-up contest of who is doing the most meters: think of all the competitive advantages you can accrue outside of total yardage: getting more sleep, eating better, working on your mental training, swimming with more focus, and so on.
2. Find situations to display resilience.
The problem with wanting to be more resilient is that we only want to be more resilient when things are going our way. When it’s easy. When training is going well, there are no bad surprises, and our swimming and the progress we are making is under our control.
It’s when things go south on us where we need to show up with a six-pack of resilience. It’s not enough to read this article, realize how important it is, and declare: “I am now the resilientist!”
You need to practice. You need to take your licks in training and stand back up. You need to approach the setbacks and stressors: both anticipated, a really hard set, as well as the unanticipated: a sudden injury or illness, with the same attitude and asking the same question, “How can I make this the best thing to happen to my swimming?”
Another study of championship athletes looked to figure out the difference between those that graced the top of the podium and those who came up short, the “almosts.”
One particular thing that all the champs possessed was a willingness to face and overcome challenges. No matter what was in front of them, they would tackle it with everything they had.
“I always felt that there’s no chance, nobody or anybody that could train more than I did,” said one of the super champions.
What are the moments in training that you’ve been gun-shy about dominating? It could be something as simple as pumping the brakes too early on your effort in a main set, not committing to doing your underwaters, or getting up for early morning practices. No matter what happens to you and your swimming, resolve to approach each challenge with a mindset of: “I will make this the best thing to ever happen to my swimming.”
3. Use small moments of aggravation to strengthen your resiliency muscles.
We always want more resiliency when the big things pop up: when we blow a shoulder, our coach gives us a ridiculous workout, or we are trounced in competition. We want it for the big moments because we know that mental toughness is critical to our success.
But resiliency isn’t something you use once in a while. It’s a skill—something you sharpen each day in training and in life.
Resiliency is necessary for a wide range of events and stressors: from the day to day annoyances (having to share a 25-yard lane with nine other swimmers, getting cut off in traffic) to the life-rattling moments (loss of a loved one, serious injury).
One of the things I always tell athletes when they ask what my favorite “hack” is for mental toughness is simple: How you react to the little things is a preview of how you are going to react when things really turn on you.
You probably know this already on some level: if you swim sloppy when things are easy, you are going to swim sloppy when things get more challenging.
Train your resilience with the mini-frustrations you experience in the pool. How do you react to the small annoyances and challenges—you forget a piece of swim equipment, you slap hands with a passing swimmer, you feel like garbage in the water during the opening sets? Use these little moments as resiliency training and building for the really big stressors down the road.
Resiliency is in your thoughts.
Viewing setbacks as opportunities is one thing. And you will benefit so greatly with this approach that frankly, it’s flat-out nasty.
But for elite swimmers, this is one part of the resiliency equation. The other is the ability to understand that resiliency is a decision they ultimately have control over. Not the other swimmers in the pool. Not the coach. Not your parents. Not the turd-muffin who swam head-first into you in the warm-up pool.
How resilient you are is on you. Not the environment.
For example, if you show up to finals, and the swimmer who you’re going head to head with later is swimming like a greased-up tech suit during the warm-up, your thinking could go a familiar route:
“What the Fartlek, he is swimming so fast. I’ve got to compete against that later tonight? This is gonna be impossible…”
Wide-eyed and with your heart in your throat, this could be the moment where the mindset of our example swimmer tanks. A prime set-up for some world-class choking.
The resilient swimmer, acknowledging that the competition—being part of the environment which they have no control over—has nothing to do with them. Instead of focusing on the competition, they focus on their own thoughts:
“Whoa, whoa, let’s relax here. Remember the last meet when I swam so powerfully and smoothly en route to crushing my PB?”
Resiliency comes from your thoughts—not the people around you. It comes from focusing on the things you have control over: this is ultimate power.
You can benefit greatly from your struggles—if you choose to do so.
The Olympic champion, and the victories they amass, always appears cleanly. We don’t see the struggles, the frustrations, the defeats and the injuries. All we see is an epic performance that comes together perfectly at the right time.
As a result, we can mistakenly assume that their path to the pinnacle of the swimming world was straight-forward. But this is never the case.
Behind the smiles, the world records and the medals is a history of overcoming defeats. Of facing painful setbacks. Of countless moments of doubt and grueling sets that bend their confidence to the point of snapping.
But buried in those painful setbacks and moments of frustration are the seeds of what they will often credit for shaping them into champions.
The Olympic champions surveyed acknowledged that if were not for the moments of high stress; the nearly career-ending injury, parental divorce, serious injury and being passed over for other athletes, they would never have achieved the success they eventually did.
The defeat can beat you down.
The injury can leave you feeling like it’s a lost cause.
Olivier Poirier-Leroy is a former national level swimmer. He’s the publisher of YourSwimBook, a ten-month log book for competitive swimmers.
He’s also the author of the recently published mental training workbook for competitive swimmers, Conquer the Pool: The Swimmer’s Ultimate Guide to a High Performance Mindset.
It combines sport psychology research, worksheets, and anecdotes and examples of Olympians past and present to give swimmers everything they need to conquer the mental side of the sport.
COACHES & CLUBS: Yuppers–we do team orders of “Conquer the Pool” which includes a team discount as well as complimentary branding (your club logo on the cover of the book) at no additional charge.
After winning six events over the first two sessions of the Arena LC Invitational, Baylor Swim Club’s Trey Freeman won five more events throughout the weekend to finish with eleven event wins total. The 18-year-old won the mixed 1500m freestyle on Saturday afternoon, and then went 4-for-4 to finish things off on Sunday morning.
In the 1500, Freeman cruised to a 43-second win in a time of 16:18.34, followed by Carpet Capital’s Ross Valdez (17:02.03). With the event being swum mixed, 16-year-old Addison Smith, who had five wins through two sessions of swimming for the girls, took 3rd overall in 17:21.67.
Freeman then added wins in the 200 free (1:54.85), 100 back (1:00.27), 50 free (25.02) and 200 fly (2:13.54) on Sunday, with Alex Mays of Prime Aquatics winning the 200 breast in 2:39.63. Mays also took 2nd in the 100 back (1:02.09), and Valdez was 2nd to Freeman in the 200 free (2:02.20).
For the girls, Smith won the 200 free in 2:05.10 and the 50 free in 27.78, adding a runner-up finish in the 200 fly (2:24.46) and a 4th place finish in the 100 back (1:11.66). Alex Massey of Ensworth Aquatics won the 200 fly in 2:20.87, and Baylor‘s Ellie Waldrepwon the 100 back in 1:05.92. Her teammate Cecilia Porter took the 200 breast in a time of 2:47.37.
Santa Margarita emerged victorious on the boys’ and girls’ side earlier this week, claiming the 2018 Trinity League titles.
Sophomore Ella Risticcame up big for Santa Margarita, claiming the 200 free (1:46.98) and the 100 free (50.05). Ristic also led off the winning 200 medley relay with a 26.27. Samantha Shelton, a senior, also contributed two individual wins. Shelton dueled with her teammate and fellow senior Isabelle Odgers in the 200 IM, coming out on top 2:00.63 to 2:00.88, while she was 55.97 to win the 100 back. Odgers, meanwhile, posted a 1:02.82 to win the 100 breast.
Anicka Delgado, a Santa Margarita sophomore, took the 50 free in 23.09. She would later take the 100 fly, too, with a time of 54.17. Santa Margarita won all three relays.
Stephanie Su, a Mater Dei junior, was the sole winner not from Santa Margarita, as she swam a 4:49.53 to take the 500 free.
Santa Margarita’s boys also won the conference title, with senior Kevin Tuadding two individual wins to propel them to victory. Tu was 1:42.24 to win the 200 free, then edged out his teammate AJ Rossman in the 100 back, 50.36 to 50.54.
Jackson Odgers, another Santa Margarita senior, was also a double winner. He posted a 58.99 to win the 100 breast and was 1:52.47 to win the 200 IM. Odgers also split a 22.67 fly leg on Santa Margarita’s winning 200 medley relay.
