Summer 2012 Recap

Another quick summer season has ended, here are the highlights....

Open Water Swimming



Megan, Emily, Seychelle, Heidi
after their 2+mile swim & rock jumping at Waterbury Res.





Heidi, Seychelle, & Reade before the Memphramagog 1 mile open water race



Green Mountain District Championships

Stowe Boys 1st Place

Stowe Girls 2nd Place

Team Total 2nd Place

All the meet results including Districts can be found here.

Candy Land Day 

Always a practice favorite! 





Captain Hook Day

Last day of Summer Season -

 

  

 

Vermont Swim Association Championships (States)

Stowe Swimmers finished in 2nd place in their Division V by only 26.5 points.  10 swimmers competed in 2 events a day at the 2 day meet on August 4 & 5 in White River Jct.  Meet results and other info can be found here.

Stowe also had a 1st place finish, by Reade Lawson, in the boys 9-10 age group for the 25 Fly, by one one hundredth of a second! (.01!)

End of Season Statistics & Awards

Lane leader awards (white caps) -

Lane 1 Oliver Branch, Lane 2 Natalie Doehla, Lane 3 Eric Nicholson, Lane 4 Emily Haskins

Attendance Award - Male: Ludwig Kumpf & Female: Annabelle Mullins

Personal Bests: (# of times a swimmer betters their best time in a meet, 1st time events count)

Natalie Doehla 1

Oliver Branch 2

Emily Haskins 2

Megan Gresham 3

Annabelle Mullins 3

Emaline Ouellett 3

Heidi Brynn 5

Grace Dupuis 8

Eugene Petrow 8

Max Petrow 8

Seychelle Duckworth 9

Ludwig Kumpf 9

Aidan Kratt 12

Eric Nicholson 12

Reade Lawson 19

1st Season Swimmers

Teague Barnett

Gabby Doehla

Anne Lackey

Zach Lewis

Jeffery Meyers

Aaron Nichols

Gabriel Nichols

2012 Summer Olympics

The US Swim Team brought home 31 metals total, 2 more than the US Track & Field team, and more than all the countries combined who metaled in swimming in this Olympic Games.  Way to go!  You can be apart of that same team:  The Stowe Swimmers is a US Swimming registered club, choose to compete as a Stowe Swimmer and be a member of US Swimming!

Fall Season -

Stroke Clinic/Winter Swim Club Prep

Here are all the details, get signed up today!

Open Water Experience

Open Water is biggest trend in swimming right now!  The Stowe Swimmers are right there out in front with 3 Friday's available this summer to give it a try.  Our USS registered swimmers are motivated to conquer the open water, ready to over come any anxiety about being out in the lake, and some are taking on a race!

Best of luck to Reade Lawson, Heidi Brynn, & Seychelle Duckworth who are taking on the 1 mile, at The Kingdom Swim, on Lake Memphremagog in Vermont.


FACT: 2012 Olympics in London will host the first 10K open water event!  US Swimmers are expected to do very well!
Here are some great pictures from our 1st outing at the Waterbury Reservoir on 6/22.  It wouldn't be a fun open water practice if we didn't get to cover someone in the sand!

post swim play!

poor Tanis... it looks like she's enjoying it!

Grace & Seychelle

Yvain, preparing a mud pie for Reade

Reade ready to launch one at Yvain

The gang!

We swam our the far shore behind them!

They got Coach Cara out the boat for this shot!

Olympic Trials - Last Night!

Tonight we can watch the men in the longest race, 1500 meter free & the women in the shortest race, 50 meter free!  Check out all the results here!

We have an exciting team going to London this year, some returning veterines who keep getting stronger and some 1st time olympians who just blow your mind with thier pace of improvment!

Stowe's Tasija Karosas, swimming for her High School & USS team, St. Andrews Swimming of Boca Raton, Florida, had a great first Olympic trails!  Her family said it was the most exciting sporting event they have ever attended!  Tasija finished 156th in her 200 Back, 2:21.52 & 86th in her 100 back, 1:04.16

Tasija on the deck at Olympic Trials 2012

US Olympic Trials - Monday, June 25-July 2

How to watch:

10am every morning, live webcast to watch the prelim heats.
7pm every night, on NBC Sports network, to watch the faster prelims & semi finals
8pm every night, NBC for final heats!  Top 2 finishers will make the US Olympic Team!

Stowe's 2011 assistant coach, Tasija Karosas, at the age of 16 is competing in the 100 back on Tuesday, and 200 back on Friday!

Tune in and watch, your swimmers will be so excited to see thier sport on display for the nation to admire!

June 4, 2012

The Swimming Hole offers its 4^th annual Swim Club Scholarship Contest ~

Best essay earns tuition for 2012 Summer Swim Club season! 

Topic:

The 2012 Summer Olympics are taking place in London, England starting July 27^th.  Swimming will be viewed on the world’s stage along with other sports that we might see on major network television every 4 years.  During the Games new heros immerge as we learn about their struggles & triumphs.  We learn about athletes from all over the world and find ourselves routing for them to succeed based on their stories.   

Please tell us about your sport’s hero.  What makes this athlete special in their sport and how you came to learn about the sport and the athlete.  Explain the struggles and hard work they may have experienced and how you can relate to them.  Talk about the characteristics of the hero that you respect the most and how they have used their success to help others.      

Rules:

• Kids ages 6-18 are welcome to submit.
• Entries must be submitted via email to bridgetm@theswimmingholestowe.com
• Entry deadline Thursday, June 14^th, 2012
• Open to Swimming Hole Members AND Non Members
• Essays should be 300 words minimum & 800 maximum.
• Be sure to include child’s name and age, parents name, phone contact and email.
• Winner will be chosen by Monday, June 18th and notified with a phone call.

Stowe Swimmers Swim Club is geared to recreational swimmers ages 6 & up looking to have fun and improve their fitness and skills in the water ~ AND ~ to competitive swimmers of any age and ability looking to enjoy the experience of competitive swimming.  Swim meets are optional. 

Stowe Swimmers was founded in 2001 and was formed with a goal of creating an environment where swimmers experience success in the water through stroke improvement, with a focus on improving personal best times, appreciation of team friendships & team spirit.  Practices consist of a warm-up period, stroke drill period for technical development & a cardiovascular period to help kids improve their swimming & overall fitness, followed by a cool down period & practice on starts.  Fun is emphasized as much as the workouts with team games, relays and more.

For more information about Stowe Swim Club or The Swimming Hole, call (802) 253-9229 or stop by 75 Weeks Hill Road in Stowe.

Less than a month and over 2000 swimmers will give thier best to be the first 2 swimmers into the wall during the finals heat.  Its the only way to make the US Olympic team!

Exciting information leading up the US Olympic Trials in Omaha, from swimming's own Rowdy Gaines and Brooke Bennett.  Watch the report and learn about the names you hear!

30 Days till the US Olympic Swim Trials

June 25-July 2 in Omaha, NB at the CenturyLink Center

The pool is being put together now, check out the details

A Stowe Swimmer alumni and record holder Tasija Karosas will be competing in the 100 & 200 Backstroke races.  We are all so proud of Tasija, her dedication, commitment, passion, and love of swimming is amazing to watch.  Good luck and swim fast!

Tasija Karosas

You can find more about the US Olympic Trials and look forward to watching them on the tv!