NTN's Maximus Williamson was a star at Long Course TAGS last summer as a fourteen year old. Last month, he showed off in the 200 i.m. at USA Swimming Junior Nationals in Austin:
Seniors - Please get me bios for the district meet ASAP! Include parents' names, activities/clubs/sports you've been involved in at BCHS, swim team info, and plans for the future.
HS Swimmers - We'll discuss individual events for the district meet this week. Deadline is Wednesday! We'll also discuss the taper schedule (District or Region?).
JH Swimmers - We'll discuss individual events for the champs meet this week. Deadline is Friday!
Monday
8th period to pool for dry-land
After school JH/HS swim/dive until 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday
8th period and after school HS swim/dive until 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday
8th period to pool for dry-land
After school JH/HS swim/dive until 5:00 p.m.
Thursday
8th period and after school HS swim/dive until 5:00 p.m.
Take a look at the last 30 yards - especially the last 15m - of Kristina Schneider's anchor leg (:48.74) of UNLV's 400 free relay at last night's Mountain West Conference meet:
There's a lot to unpack here, so let's get started!
First, we've been going in a lot of different directions lately. Let's standardize the way we'll make our communications work going forward so we can all be on the same page.
The last item on your "Swimming/Diving: #TBW" handout says:
Be whereyou're supposed to be whenyou're supposed to be there doing whatyou're supposed to be doing!
I'd like to think we're all doing that, but I cannot be in multiple places at once to monitor y'all when you're unable to be with our group.
From here on out, if you need to miss things like a swim practice for physics tutorial, robotics meeting for a swim meet, swim practice for a soccer game, a band practice for a diving competition, etc.:
YOU need to communicate schedule conflicts to your teachers, sponsors, and/or coaches in advance,
YOU should politely ASK permission to alter schedules and/or attend the higher-level event (competitions over practices/meetings), and
YOU should politely ASK that the teacher, sponsor, and/or coach send notification on your whereabouts (written note, text, or email).
We have not been keeping Coach Williams informed. I should be letting him know when one of his players misses a basketball practice to work on his diving. That's got to change on our end, right?
On the other hand, J.D.P. brought me a written message from a teacher Friday that noted where he'd been and why he was late for practice. Bravo! That's the way it's supposed to be done!!
Let's make sure we work with all our school's teachers, sponsors, and coaches! We've got to make certain each knows how much we value their efforts and cooperation.
This Week
We are still in the "Make three (3) practices per week," early part of our training season, but are offering five (5) practice options for those who want more. We'll start the "Make five (5) practices per week," regular training season soon, but will offer a Saturday option for those who want still more.
Monday
8th Period - A Day Dryland
After School - Swim/Dive to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
8th Period - B Day Dryland
After School - Swim/Dive to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday
8th Period - A Day Dryland
After School - Swim/Dive to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
8th Period - B Day Dryland
After School - Swim/Dive to 4:30 p.m.
Friday
8th Period - A Day Dryland
After School - Swim/Dive to 4:30 p.m.
Looking Ahead
We'll start our junior high kiddos the last week of this month. I'll work with our J.H. coordinators to figure out a practice schedule that doesn't interfere too much with basketball practices. All athletes need to be "green" in RankOne before they "splash"!
We'll be hosting Brazosport & Sweeny on Tuesday, the 27th. Both our girl and boy teams enter the meet with 4-0 records.
We'll try to get diving completed earlier than last time, since neither visiting team will have divers. The start time for swimming has been moved up to 5:00. We're hoping that will keep us from swimming the 400 free relay in the dark!
We have an early out day on Friday, November 13. I'll have to check with our administrators to see if/when we'd be able to practice that day.
On Saturday, November 14, we'll have another Time Trial event. We'll go through our high school events from 9:00 to 11:00 and swim junior high events from 11:00 to noon. Van Vleck is hosting a meet starting at 2:00, so we'll need to clean up and be out of their way before they arrive to set up.
Finally, watch Lily King go 1:03.16 in the 100 SCM Breast:
From last year, Caeleb Dressell vs. Michael Andrew:
Notes:
You'll recall that Gregg Troy has retired from the college program, but is still coaching a few elite club athletes in Florida.
Maxime Rooney left Florida and is now with Eddie Reese at Texas. Anthony Nesty (Suriname) won gold in the 1988 Seoul Games in the 100 butterfly. He beat Team USA's Matt Biondi by a hundredth of a second.
Italy's Federica Pellegrini is the world record holder in the 200 LCM freestyle (1:52.98) and was the first woman under 4:00 for the 400 LCM freestyle.
Pellegrini is preparing now for Tokyo in what would be her fifth Olympic
Games. She’s been a world-class performer for 16 years. Between 2004
and 2019, she’s medaled in the 200 free at major meets (Olympics, SC
Worlds, LC Worlds or Europeans) every year except 2018.
If she races in the 200 free in Tokyo, she'll be just a few days shy of turning 33 years old.
She can REALLY finish races!
Here's some great race footage of some of Pellegrini's top swims.
Distance queen Katie Ledecky (Stanford/Team USA) has held the world record in the 1500 LCM free since 2013.
Some of you may have swum in the Conroe ISD Natatorium. Did you know she broke her own mile record in that pool during a senior meet (June of 2014) hosted by The Woodlands Swim Team?
The women's 1500 has been added to the Olympic program for the 2020 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The 800 has been the longest Olympic pool event for the gals up to now.
How is Katie adapting to the changes brought about by the virus?
Below are some dry-land exercises used by Team USA to improve both strength and range of motion.
Columbia dual and JH time trial results are posted on pool office window.
Great job by those who trained yesterday & today! We got stronger and faster!!
Updated attendance figures will be posted Monday.
Enjoy a few days off, but try to get in some dry-land work and some running.
Tentative plan is to have our annual "Splash-n-Dash" on Wednesday of next week. HS & JH athletes will need shorts, shirts, shoes, suits, & goggles for that one.
First, some nutritional info here Many young swimmers are caught in a desire to eat healthy, eat “clean,”
and adopt a plant-based diet, worthy goals to be sure. However, ensuring
that enough calories are eaten throughout the day can be challenging
when school, training, social activities, and family life get in the way
of planning meals and snacks. Without enough calories from food,
physiological functions can go awry including metabolic rate, menstrual
function, bone health, immune function, protein synthesis, and
psychological health.
Next, the superstars in USA Swimming were honored at the Golden Goggles Awards. Full article here
Olympic champions and world-record holders Simone Manuel (Sugar Land, Texas/Alto Swim Club) and Caeleb Dressel
(Green Cove Springs, Fla./Bolles School Sharks/Florida), who led Team
USA with standout performances at last summer’s FINA World
Championships, took home Athlete of the Year honors on Sunday at USA
Swimming’s annual Golden Goggle Awards.
Former Longhorn Garrett Weber-Gale is one of the smartest, hardest working athletes out there. Bobby was fortunate to be Garrett's "Locker Buddy" in his freshman year at UT. He's a great teacher and motivator!
Unfortunately, a battle with high blood pressure almost ended GWG's swimming career...then he got into eating healthier.
Using only the best foods to "fuel" him, Weber-Gale not only qualified for the 2008 US Olympic team, he was a huge part of one of the greatest relays in our nation's history:
p.s. Bobby was fortunate to be Garrett's "locker buddy" during his freshman year at UT. GWG was a great influence on the entire team...especially that Button kid...
Men's NCAA 1650 free video (originally posted in March) was pulled by YouTube shortly after it was posted. Another version of that same race is available:
