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!

Practice Goals keep us focused

The Stowe Swim Club has been following weekly goals this season to help keep us focused, motivated, and fast!

Week #13, January 17th: Swimming Fast helps you swim Fast
We practices feeling uncomfortable to help us understand what feeling fast feels like, we used tools like flippers and paddles to help our feel of the water and move our bodies Fast! On 1/19 the Senior swimmers had Sprint Day, which sounds easy but sprinting is hard work and they proved it!


Week #14, January 23rd: What Motivates You? Rewards come in all forms!
We wait all season for this week, CANDY LAND DAY! The kids get to enjoy the water, swimming with friends, and of coarse candy. Check out the workout board.
Week #15, January 30th: Trust your Training & let it happen!
With our last regular season meet as the end of this week, and the qualifying Regional Championships in 2 we use this week to complete are training and feel ready for what comes next! Our swimmers that don't compete enjoy the benefits of the speed work and accountability of their workouts, feeling proud of the hard work and what they are able to accomplish!

Week #16, February 6th: Remember the small stuff matters & make it happen!
Take ownership of your training and bring the focus back to what is important, technique and feel! We tapper this week as a team because its feels great to dial back the distance, increase the rest, and feel fast in the water! We also got some early end of season times for some of the swimmers, and they look fast!!! I can't wait to see what early March will bring as we bring our season to an end and really compare how far we've come!

Next week: Recovery is Important
We will be helping our racing swimmers recover from a big meet and bring everyone back together to continue some strong technique work and slowly build the distance back up with some comfortable pace swims. oh, and.... GAME DAY on Monday 2/13. FUN is important too!

We only have 4 weeks left of the season, it goes by so fast and I can't wait for our end of season HOME MEET on 3/16!!

2 sucessfull meets in 2012

Stowe Swimmers raced in 2 successful meets 2012, both at the St. Michael's College pool in Colchester, VT, hosted by the home team Green Mountain Aquatics. A three day meet January 6-8th had 17 Stowe Swimmers racing with 42% personal best time finishes, which is a great place to be in a heavy training month! On February 5th, 18 swimmers attending the Vermont Specialty meet and accomplished 85 splashes with 52% being personal best times. At the conclusion of this meet Stowe had 19 swimmers qualify for New England Regional Championship meet in 106 individual races.

The 2/5 meet also gave Stowe the opportunity to race some relays, one being our only graduating Senior, Rachel Haskins, in her last Stowe relay!!!

You can find the results of both meets on the New England Swimming web site!