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! 

Spring at The Swimming Hole -

The Stowe Swimmers have been in the pool for 5 weeks of our Spring Stroke Clinic!  One week left and we will be watching the videos of our workouts to check in on technique.  Our goals have been to work on our underwaters off the wall, meaning our dolphin kicks.  To use each wall to gain speed and explode rather than rest off the wall with passive legs.  We have committed one week to each stroke, to practice drills and body position.  This week we revisited intervals and steady cardio efforts, holding pace at 65-70% of max. 

5 swimmers volunteered at the 9th Annual Stowe Triathlon and helped time the participants' 500 meter swims in the pool.  They represented their Club well and cheered for the racers and enjoyed watching a 500 rather than swimming one for a change.  They also got to watch and time their coach race, which was fun role reversal!  Thanks Rachel, Emily, Seychelle, Megan, and Heidi!

Summer Swim Club starts on Monday, June 18th

We are looking forward to a fast and fun 7 week season working toward the Vermont State Swim Championships! 

Sign up to swim this summer with this registration form. 

2012 Award

Awards: Preseason times, Postseason times, improvment

8 & Under age group

9 & 10 Age Group


11 & 12 Age Group
13-14 Age Group & 15 & Over Age Group & over all team improvment!




Personal Best Count (during Stowe Swim Meets)
Swim-A-Thon Records for 2012 (one hour swim)
Stowe Swimmers Team Records (swim meet times)
Yvain Hoekstra, Swimmer of the Year
*Displaying a desire to improve, using technique & effort, setting a goal & achieving that goal. Starting the season not doing flip turns in meets & by the end of the season qualified for Regionals in 2 back stroke events because of his flip turns! Yvain also only missed 2 practices this year, amazing commitment!

Will McIntosh, Coaches Choice For Development Award

*A real leader in practice, making connections in his swimming between effort, technique, and focus and finding results. Trying somthing new, swim meets & using practice as a tool to improve. A great supporter of his lane mates and team mates & a desire to keep it going!

Alexis Faith, Most Personal Bests (23)

At all the swim meets Stowe attended as a team, Alexis improved her swims 23 times! She attachs each race and worked for it in practice!

King & Queen of Freestyle, fastest Senior Swimmers in 50 meter Free (practice times)

Oliver Ames & Emily Haskins

Prince & Princess of Freestyle, fastest Junior Swimmers in 25 meter Free (practice times)

Emily Ames & Ludwig Kumpf

White Cap Winners - most names on the white caps for each lane this season

Lane 1 - Hannah Burdick

Lane 2 - Tanis Hoekstra

Lane 3 - Heidi Brynn

Lane 4- Seychelle Duckworth

15 & over group Rachel Haskins - our Senior moving on to college.... with Oliver & Emily. 13 & 14 Group: Izzy, Seychelle, Megan, Parker, & Max

11 & 12 Age Group: Yvain, Heidi, Alexis, Cassie, Eugene, & Posy

9 & 10 Age Group: Lilly, Tanis, Zach, Owen & Will

8 & Under Group: Lynn, Emma, Anthony, Emily, Eva, Hannah, Sophie, & Alex

March Memmories

March marked the end of our 2012 season & with that we celebrated our achievments with a Home Meet and Award Banquet. The last 2 weeks weeks in practice we raced eachother over and over again, for our end of season times and for fun. Enjoy some picutures:

Lane 1: Girls love to swim! Emaline, Emma, Hannah, Amelia, Sophie, & Anna

Lane 2 hanging around: Justin, Tanis, Will, Owen, Lilly & Gunner

Too cool, Justin, Tanis, Emily, Lilly, Owen & Will

Lane 3, Jazz hands! Posy, Taylor, Samantha, Heidi, Alexis,

Chapman, Miles, Yvain & Owen sneeking in under the lane.

Show me your muscles....

Camera Shy!

Ladies of Lane 4: Izzy, Emily, Seychelle, Megan & our Graduating Senior, Rachel! Much Love!

The girls have Spring Fever, Bikins! A last week tradition at Stowe!

What a great Season!

Bring it on March!

Stowe Swimmers will be back in the water tomorrow, Wednesday, after a week plus of vacation! We have 6 practices remaining before our End of Season Home Meet, Friday, March 16th. Practices will be focused toward this meet and we will also be swimming our post season 25/50 free & 50/100 kick to get new personal best times. I'm excited to see some real improvment, and I think the swimmers will surprise themselves! Looking forward to seeing everyone in the water tomorrow.

Valentine's Day Pracitce, Tuesday 2/14

New England Regional Championships

GO STOWE!

17 Stowe Swimmers competed in 106 individual events & 3 relays this weekend at the Upper Valley Aquatic Club in White River Jct. This was one of 6 sites hosting this same meet for teams in New England with swimmers who meet the qualifying times during the season starting September 2011. Stowe finished the 3 day meet with personal best times in 70% of their individual events & besting all 3 relay seed times. 8 Swimmers were awarded ribbons for top 16 place finishes in 28 events, as well as 2 relays (Girls 11-12 Medley -15th & Free- 11th).
Congratulations to all 18 swimmers for showing excellent sportsmanship- congratulating your fellow racers from other teams, team spirit-for cheering for all your team mates races, respect-for the host facility & other teams, humility-being receptive to praise from team mates & coach and ready for constructive feedback to improve your skills, & of course race attitude-ready to race and give it your all! Check out the full Meet Results!
8 & Unders: Alex Fuss & Lynn Russell
9-10: Lilly Carleu, Grace Dupuis, Zach Fuss, Tanis Hoekstra, Owen LaBombard, Samantha Wisdom
11-12: Heidi Brynn, Alexis Faith, Yvain Hoekstra, Posy LaBombard, Cassie Wisdom
13-14: Megan Gresham & Seychelle Duckworth
15 & Over: Emily Haskins & Rachel Haskins
*qualified but unable to race were Will McIntosh (10) & Max Petrow (15)

Girls 9-10 Medley Relay!

Girls 11-12 Free & Medley Relay

Owen & Megan waiting to swim early in AM!

Tanis & Grace hanging between races under our bannor!