It is November in the pool!

A big training month for the Stowe Swimmers as we focus on team work in the lane, using the pace clock for accountability, putting negative thoughts out of our head, and enjoying the feeling we get after working hard!

Sunday, 10/30 IMX Challenge Meet

10 swimmers posted 18 personal best times and 26 top 10 finishes in their respective events!

Great job to Heidi Brynn, Seychelle Duckworth, Alex Fuss, Zach Fuss, Megan Gresham, Emily Haskins, Rachel Haskins, Tanis Hoekstra, Yvain Hoekstra, & Samantha Wisdom!

IMX is a USA Swimming program that encourages all swimmers to race all the competitive strokes and an IM in one meet! Megan Gresham (13) and Rachel Haskins (18) both swam the full IMX Challenge with 500 Free, 200 Fly, 200 Back, 200 Breast, & 400 IM! They are contenders for 1st place in their age group at this meet, we are awaiting the points result!

Learn more about the IM Ready and IMX Challenge programs from USA Swimming.

Monday was a fun Halloween workout that involved a monster tombstone kick set!

RIP:

We focused alot of our sets this week on using the clock every time, flip turns and coming off the wall in the correct positions, & working hard enough to get uncomfortable in the water. All things that will help us swim faster in 4 months! The Juniors continue to work on technique to improve the efficiency, building endurance by swimming 400-600 meters a practice, & started Breaststroke this week as well.

COUNT DOWN to the SWIM-A-THON: 12 days!!!! November 16th

Start collecting pledges and set your goal high - How many laps can you swim in 1 hour!

We will need parent and friend volunteers to come and count your swimmers laps please. Remember that his a team building event that will help keep all the Stowe Swimmers in sharp team apparel. This event gives all the swimmers a strong sense of individual and team pride, in the water and also out of the water in the community!

Next Week: #4 (marks 1 month in the pool!)

Week Goal: Positive Thoughts out way negatives

Message in a Bottle Practice - Wed 11/9