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News Digest: February 2008
USA
Sectional Underway in Columbia
29 FEBRUARY 2008
The final meet of the season is
now underway in Columbia, Missouri. As it is in every Olympic year the
Sectional meet is run in the long course format. Representing Saluki at the
meet are Elizabeth Bell, Caitlin Boren, Braci Dutton and Maria Kolmakova.
In finals action on Friday, Elizabeth
Bell finished in 10th place in the 100m fly with a 1:05.3 setting a new club
record.
Winter Session Ends on Friday, 7
March
29 FEBRUARY 2008
The Winter training session will end on
Friday, 7 March after practice. For those who registered and for new
athletes, the Spring training session begins on
Monday, 17 March.
Reservation Deadline for
Saluki Awards is 1 March
26 FEBRUARY
2008
All reservations for the
Saluki Awards dinner must be received by Saturday, 1 March. The 2008 Awards
dinner will be held at Ace's Catering in Herrin on Sunday, 16 March.
OZARK CHAMPIONSHIP
Saluki Finishes in 10th
Place; Bell Sets New Club Record and Clinches High Point Award
25 FEBRUARY 2008
Saluki athletes finished the 2008
Ozark Short Course Championship in 10th place overall this past weekend amid
a flurry of best performances and 21 new National Age Group standards.
Leading the way for Saluki was
Elizabeth Bell who won 3 individual events and placed well enough in her
other 4 that she won the 15 & over girls high point award for the meet. Bell
also cracked her club own record in the 100 fly and turned in a 'AAAA' time
in the 50 freestyle.
The biggest time drops in the meet
came from Alex Mehrtens who took over 10 seconds from his previous best time
in the 1650; Darren Hale and Kelsie Walker who took 8 and 7
seconds respectively from their 500 free times and Halli Lincoln who
took over 6 seconds from her 200 free.
11 Saluki achieved 21 new National
Age Group times including 6 first-time 'A' swims. Austin Stogsdill turned in
'A' swims in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and 50 free. Jacob Stone got 2 'A'
times in his 200 free and 100 IM and Ashlee Kuan got her 'A' in the 100 IM.
Saluki result
Club records
Meet Registration for Spring and
Summer Meets is Open
21 FEBRUARY
2008
The partial competition schedule
for the Spring and Summer is now posted on the calendar page.
This years long course season will start about three weeks earlier than
previous years because the Gators have moved their long course Kick Off into
April. This will give us a good idea of our long course capabilities about a
month before our own Saluki International meet and gives us better spacing
between competitions.
If you are not participating in the
Spring or Summer session please do not sign up for these meets.
OZARK CHAMPIONSHIP
Next Stop: St. Peter's
17 FEBRUARY
2008
As the short course swim season
continues barrelling to a close, the next
competition for the Saluki Racing Team is the Ozark Championship in St.
Peter's, Missouri this weekend.
All athletes are reminded to bring their
Saluki team caps and a water bottle. Since warm ups will be crowded and
limited in duration all athletes need to be ready to go as soon as warm ups
begin.
SPRING REGISTRATION
Current Racing Team Athletes Can Register for Spring
13 FEBRUARY
2008
Athletes currently
enrolled in the Winter training session have until 25 February to
register for the Spring
training session. After that date slots will be released to newly
evaluated athletes wishing to join the Racing Team.
New Athlete Evaluations to be
Held on 25 February
19 FEBRUARY
2008
Athletes wishing to join the Saluki
Racing Team for the Spring training session can come to Pulliam pool on 25
February for evaluation beginning at 5:30p.
Click here for full information on
how to join.
Missouri Valley Championship
Means Practice Changes for the Racing Team
11 FEBRUARY 2008
The Missouri Valley Conference Swimming
& Diving Championship is coming to town this week resulting in some changes
to our practice schedule. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the Jedi will
practice from 5:00-6:00p and Group 4 will train at Pulliam from 6:00-7:30p.
Other groups are not affected. There will be no practices for any group on
Saturday.
TRI-STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP
Saluki 4-Peats in the
First End-Of-Season Meet
10 FEBRUARY 2008
The Racing Team pulled off their
4th-in-a-row Tri-State Championship win yesterday outpacing their closest
rival, the Gator Swim team from Cape Girardeau, 408 to 312. In the process
Saluki turned in 7 new Ozark qualifying standards and 26 improved National
Age Group times.
Recording the largest time drops were
Carrie Thompson who dropped over 27 seconds in the 100 IM and Jared King who
dropped 26 seconds in the 100 fly. Michael Stone dropped 18 seconds in
the 100 IM and Jace Brossart dropped 18 seconds in the 50 breast.
21 Saluki turned in 26 new National Age
Group Times. Leading the way with first time 'A' swims were: Caitlin Boren
and Darlene Sao in the 200 IM and Kelsie Walker in the 100 IM, 50 fly and 50
free.
Full Saluki result
Volunteers Sought to Help Run Missouri
Valley Championship
08 FEBRUARY 2008
Any Saluki parents who can help in
running the MVC championship meet next week are asked to email Gustavo Leal.
The meet gets underway on Thursday, 14 February and runs through Saturday.
Prelims are held in the morning and finals in the evening.
CORRECTION
Cameron Kuan (not Ashlee) Drops
26 Seconds in 200 IM
07 FEBRUARY 2008
Judging from the calls and emails
pouring into HQ over the past 48 hours we made one whopper of an error in
Update #153. We reported that Ashlee Kuan dropped 26 seconds in the 200 IM
in Cape Girardeau. She didn't, her brother Cameron did.
Website
Issues Fixed (Maybe)
06 FEBRUARY
2008
If you can read this then we have solved the various problems visitors have
been experiencing here for the past day or so.
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Ozark Championship Sign Up
Will Close on Sunday, 10 February
05 FEBRUARY
2008
Athletes who wish to be entered
in the 2008 Ozark Short Course Championship have until Sunday, 10 February
to register for the meet. Our final qualifiers
list will be published on Saturday afternoon following the Tri-State
Championship.
Order Your Championship
T-Shirt
05 FEBRUARY
2008
We will be taking orders for
Ozark and USA Sectional championship team t-shirts on Saturday at the
Tri-State meet. The shirts are $5.00. To order your shirt see Eileen Walker
at the meet.
Tri-State is This Weekend
05 FEBRUARY
2008
Over 70 Saluki are primed for the
Tri-State Championship this Saturday at Shea Natatorium. This is our annual
nickname meet and any swimmer who wants a nickname but doesn't have one must email them
to HQ now. Check the meet sign up page
to see if you have a nickname.
GATOR GREAT TIMES
Racing Team Finishes Regular
Season
04 FEBRUARY 2008
About 30 local athletes closed out the
regular season of competition at the Gator Great Times meet in Cape
Girardeau over the weekend. The squad turned in 15 new Ozark Championship
cuts and 32 improved National Age Group times.
Leading the way with the biggest
single-event improvement in the meet was Simone Corpora who cut over 71
seconds from her 200 IM time. Cameron Kuan had the second largest drop of
over 26 seconds in the 100 IM and Halli Lincoln turned in a 17 second drop
in the 100 breaststroke.
14 Saluki turned in 32 improved National
Age Group times including 10 first-time 'A' swims. Calvin Kolar
collected 'A' times in the 200 free and 200 breast, Ashlee Kuan in the 100
back, Halli Lincoln in the 50 free, Emily Stroud in the 50 back and 50 free,
Kyle Walker in the 200 free and Kelsie Walker in the 100 & 200 free and the
100 fly.
More details will be available in Update
#153. Click here for the
Saluki result.
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