2008 SPMA SCM Regionals Results Are Up

Congrats to all who swam last weekend in Long Beach. WH2O came in 6th overall with 588 points. Three WH2O Swimmers were awarded Individual High Point Award including Matt Thunell who was 1st in 18-24 Men, Joel McKenna who was 3rd in 35-39 Men and Amy Dantzler who was 2nd in 40-44 Women. Read all the results online LINK.

WORKOUT CHANGES - SWIMMING + POLO

We have a lot of workout changes for swimming and water polo over the next few weeks due to a three-week closure of VNSO for repairs and maintenance (from Monday, 12/15/08 through Sunday, 1/4/09) and various pool closures for the holidays. The changes for swimming and polo practices are set forth below:

SWIMMING

Tuesday, 12/16 – Glassell Park at 7 AM till 8:30 AM

Thursday, 12/18 – Glassell Park at 7 AM till 8:30 AM

Sunday, 12/21 – Roosevelt High School at 9 AM till 11 AM

Tuesday, 12/23 – Glassell Park at 7 AM till 8:30 AM

Wednesday, 12/24 – West Hollywood at 7 AM till 8:30 AM (one practice only)

Thursday, 12/25 – no practice

Sunday, 12/28 – Roosevelt High School at 9 AM till 11 AM

Tuesday, 12/30 – no morning practice

Wednesday, 12/31 – no practice

Thursday, 1/1 – no practice

Sunday, 1/4 – Roosevelt High School at 9 AM till 11 AM

WATER POLO

Sunday, 12/21 – Roosevelt High School at 10:30 AM till noon

Sunday, 12/28 – Roosevelt High School at 10:30 AM till noon

Sunday, 1/4 – Roosevelt High School at 10:30 AM till noon

If not listed above, we have regularly scheduled practice.

Renewal Time for 2009 SPMA/USMS

USMS has developed an on-line registration system so that you can register/renew quickly and conveniently from your computer, you can pay with a MasterCard or VISA, and you can immediately print out a copy of your USMS card (you will also receive a registration card in the mail). See below for personalized link.

Another option, instead of the personalized link below, to gain access to the on-line registration system is to go to:
https://www.clubassistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=33

If you prefer to register/renew via US Mail, please download the registration form from:
http://www.spma.net/registration/regform.pdf
Please complete it, including signature and date, and mail it to me with your check.

Your total for registering for 2009 will be $40, including $15 for the Southern Pacific Masters portion of the registration fee.

SPMA Santa Clarita SCM Meet Wrap Up

This past weekend a few WH2O'ers headed to Santa Clarita for the SPMA SCM Meet. This year SPMA is hosting 3 SCM before Regionals. The first one was at UCLA, the second one was in Santa Clarita and the third one is on Thanksgiving weekend San Luis. These meets all lead up to the conclusion of SCM Season with the SPMA Regionals in Long Beach Dec 5th - 7th. Check out SPMA.net for more info.

Here are a few WH2O Highlights of Santa Clarita Meet:

Event 4 Men 30-34 200 SC Meter Freestyle

2 D, Adam J 32.75 1:07.69 1:44.97 2:22.97

vent 6 Women 25-29 50 SC Meter Freestyle
3 D, Tamara M 32.77

Event 6 Men 25-29 50 SC Meter Freestyle
6 S., William P 28.98

Event 10 Women 25-29 50 SC Meter Butterfly
1 D., Tamara M 32.29

Event 10 Men 25-29 50 SC Meter Butterfly
4 B., Stephen J 32.49

Event 11 Women 25-29 100 SC Meter IM
1 D., Tamara M 38.59 1:22.68

Event 11 Men 25-29 100 SC Meter IM
2 S., William P 35.38 1:14.46

Event 11 Men 30-34 100 SC Meter IM
2 D., Adam J 33.22 1:13.04

Event 13 Men 25-29 100 SC Meter Freestyle
6 B., Stephen J 30.40 1:04.53

Event 13 Men 30-34 100 SC Meter Freestyle
2 D., Adam J 31.03 1:05.11

Event 14 Men 25-29 50 SC Meter Backstroke
2 B., Stephen J 38.69

Event 16 Women 25-29 50 SC Meter Breaststroke
2 D., Tamara M 44.21

Event 16 Men 25-29 50 SC Meter Breaststroke
3 S., William P 38.87
4 B., Stephen J 40.33

Congrats to all WH2O'er's for some fantastic times.

Web Workout SCY

500 Warm Up

vertical kicking/abs 6 minutes

Main Set takes about 30 minutes

2x75 - 50 free/25 fly 110/115/120
2x50 - 25 back/25 free 45/50/55
4x25 breast 30/35/40
100 IM 130/145/200
100 free 130/140/200
2x75 - 50 free/25 back 110/115/120
2x50 - 25 breast/25 free 50/55/100
4x25 fly 25/30/35
100 IM 130/145/200
100 free 130/140/200
2x75 - 50 free/25 breast 115/120/125
2x50 - 25 fly/25 free 45/50/55
4x25 back 25/30/35
100 IM 130/145/200
100 free 130/140/200

.2750 Yard workout. This is another workout from Coach Bernie's Notebook

US Masters Swimming 2009 Nationals Promo

Deep End Kicking Made Easy: The Lunocet

Web Workout SCY

This week's web workout post is an IM set.  Don't forget to warm up before you tackle the set.  

4x25 fly 30/35/40
3x150 - 25 fly/100 free/25 fly 220/230/245
3x100 free 125/135/150
3x150 - 50 fly / 100 free 220/230/245
3x100 IM 145/200/215
3x150 - 100 free/50 fly 220/230/245

This set is from Coach Bernie's Notebook

Swim Practice Updates

A few quick things:

1) San Vicente will be closed between Melrose and Santa Monica Blvd. starting at 4:00pm today for a Prop 8 rally. Please plan accordingly with parking/walking if you are planning on swimming tonight.

2) Monday Schedule: Regular morning workouts at 6:00am and 7:15am. No evening workout since the City of West Hollywood observes Veterans' Day on Monday.

3) Tuesday Schedule: Unlike West Hollywood, the City of L.A. observes Veterans' Day on Veterans' Day, so morning practice at the VNSO pool is cancelled. Evening practice will be held as regularly scheduled.

Water Polo Practice Update

Reminder #1: If we're interested in participating in the Co-Ed Tournament at ASU (December 6th and 7th, 2009) I need two pieces of information:
A. Whether or not you'll attend. Since the tournament is soon, your firm commitment has to be soon.
B. Whether or not we'll have more than two women who are interested in attending.


Reminder #2: Water Polo Practice on Sunday, November 9, 2008 will be held at Santa Monica High School at 9:00 AM.

Reminder #3: CalTech Masters Water Polo practices at CalTech's Braun Athletic Center from 8:30 PM until 10:00 PM every Tuesday and Thursday. WH2O members are invited to attend for free.

Except for some dates closer to the holidays, all of our practices will all be at VNSO from here on out.

Happy Halloween

On a less urgent note, the City of West Hollywood looks to be closing the park and/or Library parking lots for Halloween starting tomorrow (Thursday) at noon. So, if you are planning on attending Thursday evening or Friday morning practice, please leave yourself some extra time to find parking.

REMINDERS:

Friday, 10/31 - No evening practice.

Saturday, 11/1 - Morning practice at Roosevelt at 9:00am.

SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!!! Set clocks back one hour.

Sunday, 11/2 - Morning practice at VNSO at 9:00am; No afternoon practice at Weho.

See you at the pool

Web Workout SCY

A few of you have asked for us to post workouts so that when you are out of town or just can't make it to one of our workouts you'd be able to swim on your own. So here is one from Coach Bernie:

Warm Up
200 swim
300 IM -25 kick/drill/swim by stroke
200 swim

2x50 kick (slow lane 1 kick) 105/110/115
75 drill (axis drills only) 110/115/120
50 swim 100/105/110
4x through once for each stroke

3x200 pull 10 seconds rest
(slow lanes do 150s and med only 2)

4x75 - 50 free/25 stroke 110/115/120

Main Set
4x50 - odds fly/evens free 50/55/100
3x100 IM 135/145/155
4x50 backstroke 50/55/100
2x200 IM 300/330/400
4x50 breaststroke 55/100/105
1x400 IM 600/700/800

100 easy free 145/200/215

4x50 freestyle 45/50/55
2x100 IM 140/150/200
3x50 freestyle 45/50/55
200 IM 300/330/400

Good Luck And Have Fun!

Web Workout

A few of you have asked for us to post workouts so that when you are out of town or just can't make it to one of our workouts you'd be able to swim on your own. So here is one from Coach Bernie:

Warm Up

3x200 swim w/ 15 seconds rest in between

Main Set
6x25 fly 35
2x50 free 45/50/55
4x25 fly 30
2x50 free 45/50/55
2x25 fly 25
6x25 back 35
2x50 free 45/50/55
4x25 back 30
.2x50 free 45/50/55
2x25 back 25
6x25 breast 35
2x50 free 45/50/55
4x25 breast 30
2x50 free 45/50/55
2x25 breast 25/30/30


Good Luck And Have Fun!

UCLA Swim Meet

A few WH2O'ers headed over to UCLA to compete at the USMS/SPMA Swim Meet. Here are a few YouTube Clips of our swimmers from that meet.

Web Workout

A few of you have asked for us to post workouts so that when you are out of town or just can't make it to one of our workouts you'd be able to swim on your own. So here is one from Coach Bernie:

Warm Up
600 swim

.6x75 130/150/210
odds kick/evens 50 drill 25 swim
drills: free & back - one arm each length
y & breast - one arm/other arm/stroke

Main Set
2x50 freestyle 45/50/55
3x75 - 50 free/25 stroke* 115/125/130
2x50 stroke (worst non free) 55/100/105
3x100 - 50 free/50 stroke* 130/145/200
2x50 stroke (best non free) 50/55/100
3x125 - 50 free/75 stroke* 200/210/220
2x50 freestyle 45/50/55

*stroke must be different each time
i.e. for the 75s fly is the stroke but for
the 100s it has to be back or breast

Good Luck And Have Fun!

Annual Meeting & Elections Recap

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2008 WH2O annual meeting & elections yesterday. This team is run by volunteers and from the input and contributions from all its members.

So, first off I would like to thank the previous board for all their work over the past year and I would also like to congratulate the next board of directors for 2008-2009. These individuals include:

Brian Olver - President
Gregg Ogorzelec - Vice President Administrative
Drew Pokorny - Vice President Social
Errol Graham - Treasurer
Tamara Draper - Secretary
Adam Davis - Swimming Representative
Fritz Hemker - Water Polo Representative
Amy Dantzler - Facilities & Equipment Coordinator
Chris Smith - Development Coordinator

Your new board will be taking over by November and it looks like the team is in excellent hands for the next year.

In other news at the annual meeting, the team decided to raise dues by $5 per month for both swimming and water polo starting in January of 2009. This was done to offset the rising pool rental costs from the city of LA as well as the additional coaching costs. The new dues rates will be $50/month for all workouts and $25/month for polo only practices. This would be the first dues increase for WH2O in over 6 years.

Furthermore at the meeting, everyone saw the reintroduction of the team newsletter. Download your copy by CLICKING HERE. There are a ton of great photos and articles about the team, its social events, as well as some great results from team members who competed throughout the summer. Hopefully the newsletter is continued throughout 2009 and I bet it will be even better.

Now, before I sign off...I want to remind everyone to sign up for the WH2O 26th Annual Anniversary Party & Awards Banquet being held on Sunday October 26th at the San Antonio Winery. Download your RSVP and awards ballot by clicking here. It is always a lot of fun and a great place to see the whole team together.

Thanks again to everyone who attended the meeting and the past & future board. See you at the party.


-Libit
Bryan Libit
President

SPMA News: UCLA meet NEW DATE 10/18

The meet will now be held on Saturday, October 18th. Please pass this information along to your teammates who may not be receiving this email.

This meet features the ever popular fun t-shirt relay, in addition to 50s and 100s of all strokes, the 200 free and IM, and the 100 IM. The 800 free will lead off the morning, so the sprinters can sleep in.

The pre-entry postmark deadline is Saturday, October 11th. The entry fee is $25 for either pre-entries or deck entries.

For more information:
http://www.spma.net/html.php?bdy=meetforms/2008/2008_ucla_scm_info.htm (html format)
http://www.spma.net/meetforms/2008/2008_ucla_scm_info.pdf (pdf format)

26th Anniversary Party & Awards Banquet

Event Name:	26th Anniversary Party & Awards Banquet
Event Date:	Oct 26, 2008
Registration Deadline:	Oct 17, 2008
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT

Water Polo Practice Sunday, October 12, 2008

Water Polo practice for Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 9:00 AM will be held at Santa Monica High School Pool.

SAMO
601 Pico BLVD
Santa Monica, CA 90405

October Pracice Updates

Sunday, October 12th - AM practice at Glassell

Sunday, October 19th - AM practice at VNSO. No PM practice (park closed; probably related to AIDS Walk)

Sunday, October 26th - AM practice at Glassell. No PM practice due to annual banquet (RSVP!!)

Friday, October 31st - No PM practice due to HALLOWEEN!!!

Yard Sale

Bryan L., Dan A., Joel M., Carole S. and Jan L. all volunteered some time working the streets selling lots and lots of knick knacks and clothing at yesterday's yard sale. The yard sale was a great fund raising event for the amount of time it took to pull it off. Thank you for all who donated items and to those who stopped by and dropped some coin. Thanks!

WH2O Community Loses Valued Member

As many of you have undoubtedly already heard, I am saddened to announce that long time West Hollywood Aquatics water polo player and coach Tom Martinez passed away suddenly on the morning of Saturday, September 13, 2008.


Information regarding memorial arrangements to will follow.

WH2O'ers at La Jolla Rough Water Swim 2008

Yard Sale Info!

We are still looking for donations for the WH2O Yard Sale Fundraiser. Please bring your items to practice or send me an email for a pick up (president@wh2o.org). Also, you could drop your items off early in the morning on the day of the yard sale (7:30-8:00 am) at 8818 Dorrington Ave. house which is steps from the West Hollywood Pool. Please limit drop-offs to the day of the yard sale or the night before. Here is the address and info.

Saturday September 13, 7:30AM
Yard Sale Location
8818 Dorrington Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90048

Also, if you have some free time on Saturday please stop by and help out the team.

WH2O Yard Sale Fundraiser This Saturday!

WH2O is hosting one of our great Yard Sale Fundraisers on Sat. Sept. 13, 2008.

Time to gather your junk...which could be someone else's treasure...in order to raise some money for the team. Daniel Banchik has come forward and volunteered his front yard right off of San Vicente in West Hollywood to be WH2O Flea Market HQ. Thanks Dan!

Over the next 2 weeks please gather anything you would like to donate and bring it to practice. We will have volunteers and board members who will take your items. If you have large items, shoot me an email at president at wh2o.org and I will arrange a time to stop by your house to lug your treasures away or a time when you can drop it off at Daniel's house.

You can donate anything, but I will reference Ash Martin's well crafted list from last year!

* Art & old frames - no not your clay ashtrays from grade school
* CDs, DVDs, box sets
* Electronics
* Computer components - no CRT monitors and nothing from before 2004 please (ink jet printers don't sell much either)
* Clothing - no used underwear this time please
* Musical instruments or components - You know you don't play the oboe anymore
* Jewelry, watches
* Adult items - I'm not kidding, these items sell (DVDs, toys, etc.)
* Schwag - It surprises me every time, but people really like to buy crap with logos that look like free giveaways
* Kitchen items
* Workout items & sporting goods
* Furniture
* Home Decor
* Toys & Games

Annual Team Meeting

The annual WH2O team meeting & elections will be held on Sunday Oct. 5th at Plummer Park in West Hollywood from 1:00-3:00 PM

West Hollywood Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046
MAP

The meeting is an opportunity for team members to discuss WH2O’s accomplishments from the past year as well as plan for the upcoming season and future. Furthermore, we will review the finances of the club, approve a budget for 2008-2009 and elect new officers to the Board of Directors. All active & current members are encouraged to attend.

Please save the date. We will be sending out an email year in review as well as absentee ballot information in the coming weeks. If you are interested in running for the board of directors, have questions about the operations of the team or know any topic we should discuss at the annual meeting, please feel free to email me (president at wh2o.org). Additional team infomation and a description of all 9 positions on the board of directors could be found in our Policies & Procedures.

Looking forward seeing the whole team there. Please eMail president@wh2o.org with any questions. Remember this is YOUR team, help make it great.

Thanks for a great past 2 years everyone. It has been a lot of fun being the president of this amazing aquatics club. Maybe I will go hunt moose in Alaska next year. Remember the Garage Sale...I know you have some treasurers to donate.

Bryan Libit
President
West Hollywood Aquatics
Do not forget to visit our team on-line at http//wh2o.org

Upcoming change for Sunday morning practices!

The VNSO pool will be hosting a series of swim meets for some Catholic school league on the following Sundays:

Sept. 14th & 28th

Oct. 12th & 26th

Nov. 9th

As a result, we will be holding our Sunday morning workouts at Glassell at 10:00am (as opposed to 9:00am) on those dates. I'll do my best to remind you the week of each change! Note that it start THIS SUNDAY, 9/14.


Additionally, the VNSO pool will be drained next week, Sept. 15-19, and I am currently working on securing pool time elsewhere for our Tuesday/Thursday morning workouts.

WH2O Archives

As I'm getting ready for the West Hollywood Aquatics Yard Sale this weekend I found a box of old USMS Swimmer magazine. In one of these issues back from July 2005 our own swimmer Errol Graham writes about his favorite set. According to the article the following set was designed by one time WH2O coach Marilyn Chua. Here it is:

Swim
4x75's on 1:20
4x25's Butterfly Fast on 40

4x75's Freestyle on 1:15
4x25's Back Fast on 40

4x75's Freestyle on 1:10
4x25's Breaststroke Fast on 40

4x75's fly/back/breast on 1:40
4x25's Freestyle Fast on 40

For a total of 1650 yards.

Chlorination Episode 31: "West Hollywood Aquatics"

WH2O on CBS News

CBS Evening News correspondent Sandra Hughes stopped by the West Hollywood Pool an interviewed a few of our swimmers on deck about "The Phelps And Torres Effect". After stunning swims over and record ratings for swimming CBS News asks if this new found love of swimming will last.

You can read the transcript of the piece that aired on CBSNews.com LINK. Here are two snippets from two of our swimmers:

"I have had a number of friends who've asked me about it in the last week," said swimmer Brian Olver.

"I've been really focusing on my technique and some of the things I've seen from the top swimmers," said Amy Dantzler, who practices at West Hollywood Aquatics.

SPMA LCM Regional Championships Recap

Congrats to the Joel, Gregg, Carole and Jessica for incredible showings at this past weekends SPMA LCM Regional Championships in Thousand Oaks. Considering right now WH2O isn't swimming at any long course pools everyone from WH2O had great swims. Just think how much faster they'd all would have been if they had been training long course, Here are the results:

Men 35-39 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
1 Mc Kenna, Joel 19:19.32
1:13.62 1:17.12 1:18.71 1:18.68 1:18.43 1:18.57 1:18.24 1:18.07
1:17.51 1:17.42 1:17.27 1:18.01 1:17.49 1:16.86 1:13.32

Men 40-44 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
3 Ogorzelec, Gregg 19:37.24
1:14.32 1:19.05 1:20.09 1:19.78 1:19.35 1:18.89 1:18.22 1:17.90
1:18.62 1:18.98 1:18.84 1:18.41 1:19.08 1:19.23 1:16.48

Men 35-39 400 LC Meter Freestyle
1 Mc Kenna, Joel 4:50.57
1:09.66 1:14.32 1:14.85 1:11.74

Men 40-44 400 LC Meter Freestyle
3 Ogorzelec, Gregg 4:49.74
1:09.83 1:13.63 1:14.56 1:11.72

Men 40-44 800 LC Meter Freestyle
1 Ogorzelec, Gregg 10:25.17
1:15.75 1:19.30 1:20.56 1:19.67 1:18.55 1:17.68 1:18.01 1:15.65

Women 50-54 50 LC Meter Freestyle
5 Shigaki, Carole 39.60

Women 55-59 50 LC Meter Freestyle
1 Seaton, Jessica 39.88

Women 55-59 200 LC Meter Freestyle
2 Seaton, Jessica 3:13.45
1:33.53 1:39.92

Women 50-54 200 LC Meter Backstroke
2 Shigaki, Carole 3:38.95
1:41.58 1:57.37

Women 55-59 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
1 Seaton, Jessica 3:49.07

With only 4 swimmers WH2O came in 16th place with 73 points. Way to go WH2O'ers. Now let's start training for SCM in December!

    1:51.15 1:57.92  

Aquapalooza

Join Team New York Aquatics for our fourth spectacular meet of the new millenium, Aquapalooza, Columbus Day Weekend: Saturday, October 11, 2008. It promises to be a very special hoiday in NYC. More Info HERE

Save This Date: Flaming Gaytor Swim Meet

DSST
2008 Flaming Gaytor
Swim Meet

Saturday - Sept 6th

Naples Island Swim Postponed

Naples Island Swim postponed due to poor water quality and beach closures. It will be rescheduled for sometime during the month of August. See for more information HERE.

Long Beach Grunions Pink Flamingo: Mission Accomplished

WH2O Bingo Nite Photos

BINGO, BINGO, BINGO! And Bingo Was His Name O!

West Hollywood Aquatics will be hosting Drag BINGO at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood on July 23rd at 7:00pm.

Bring your friends and enemies to help raise money for WH2O and send our coaches to the Gay Games.

Hamburger Mary's West Hollywood
8288 Santa Monica Blvd

http://www.hamburgermarysweho.com/Main.html

SPMA Regional Long Course Championships

Long Course Season is almost over and that means it's almost time for the SPMA Regional Long Course Championships.

Entry deadline is coming up fast. Here is the info: Flat fee of $40.00 if postmarked on or before Tuesday, July 22nd. Entries postmarked or submitted after midnight on July 22nd will be subject to a $10.00 late fee. ALL ENTRIES WILL BE REJECTED IF NOT RECEIVED BY 8:00 p.m., Saturday, July 25th. NO INDIVIDUAL DECK ENTRIES ARE ALLOWED.

Check out more info at SPMA LINK

If you need to convert your SCM times to LCM check out this LINK at Swimming World.

If you plan on swimming let our swim rep know by emailing him at swim @ wh2o . org

Bingo Night

West Hollywood Aquatics will be hosting Drag BINGO at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood on July 23rd at 7:00pm. Bring your friends and enemies to help raise money for WH2O and send our coaches to both IGLA and Nationals.

Hamburger Mary's West Hollywood
8288 Santa Monica Blvd

WEEKEND WORKOUT CHANGE

This Saturday's practice at Glassell (July 5th) has been cancelled. Thanks to Jim Rhyne's email to mail, I was alerted that Glassell scheduled a swim meet this Saturday. VNSO also has a swim meet. Therefore, in the eleventh hour, and with the national holiday tomorrow, I have no choice but to cancel practice. (I'm thinking attendance wouldn't be so great anyway though, right?)


FYI, Glassell also has another swim meet next Saturday (July 12th). However, with a little more time to find an alternative, hopefully we can practice somewhere else, so STAY TUNED.


Also, for the water polo team, VNSO just notified me that they are hosting diving meets for the next five Sundays (July 6th - August 3rd) so the deep end of the pool will be unavailable until 12:00pm. They forgot this detail when our permits were approved. Anyhow, now you get to sleep in!!! Practice will be from 12:00-2:00pm during this time, starting THIS SUNDAY.


The swim team practice will be unaffected by this swim meet, and will continue as normally scheduled, from 9:00-11:00am.

Mission Viejo Relay Meet, Sunday, July 13th

Mission Viejo will be hosting a relay meet on Sunday, July 13th. Here's your chance to swim any or all of the relays and set some records! Everything will be deck entered, so make plans now to bring some of your teammates down for a LOT of relays.

More information can be found at:
http://www.spma.net/html.php?bdy=meetforms/2008/2008_mvn_lcm_relay_info.htm (html format)
http://www.spma.net/meetforms/2008/2008_mvn_lcm_relay_info.pdf (pdf format)

Philadelphia Fins' Pink Flamingo: In Hot Water

Double Dip: Competing in both Water Polo and Swimming at DC IGLA '08

by Mike Crosby:

I had another blast playing water polo and swimming for WH2O at IGLA/Gay Games! It is always an exhausting experience, since I like to socialize, perform in Pink Flamingo, and see the city as well. This year, the logistics were especially difficult with a subway AND a shuttle to the swimming pool (in the past it’s been just one or the other), and competitions at remote venues. However, the pools themselves were very nice and it certainly helped WH2O polo that they had us battle QUAC at University of Maryland on the last day in a regulation-sized pool (the Tacoma Park courses were a lil’ small).

Thanks to my coaches and teammates for being understanding of me missing a game and a half (out of 6) and 2 events (out of 8). Those I did make were sportsmanlike and successful: many medals, fast races, steals, assists, and goals. Even better of course was the honor and joy I had competing with such fun, friendly, and fantastic aquaholics.

Congrats to Brian Murphy, Bryan Libit, Luis Bahamón, Mike Baron, and Jackie Cole who were my fellow "ironpeople" this year doing two sports (we won't disclose that the latter two played polo for WH2O but swam for the triumphant Long Beach Grunions ☺). Bernie both swam and coached! Carlos not only swam well but also put up with my always-in-a-rush shenanigans! Hope we can increase the numbers of multi-sport athletes even more at future practices and competitions.

An unexpected but pleasant surprise was being nominated IGLA Co-Chair by Jim Cude, our own Secretary and current IGLA Co-President. Thanks, Jim! Everyone, please feel free to give us (and Bernie) feedback (mikecrosby@post.harvard.edu) to pass on to the planners of Copenhagen 2009 and Cologne 2010. I am especially curious how to get more to the awards banquet/dance party (besides making the tickets more affordable).
For those who like to reminisce, here’s a little list from my eight years on this team. It’s definitely worth considering which “Type” the IGLA is before deciding which sport(s) and events you wish to do. I’ve heard Copenhagen has venues that are very close—NICE!!!

Type 1 (lowest conflicts): One venue with swimming in morning, polo in afternoon
Recent Examples: Sydney 2002, Fort Lauderdale 2004, and Atlanta 2005
Type 2 (medium conflicts): Swimming and water polo simultaneous but at same venue
Recent Example: San Francisco 2003
Type 3 (most conflicts): Swimming and water polo simultaneous and at remote venues
Recent Examples: Toronto 2001, Chicago 2006*, Paris 2007, and DC 2008

*Despite the commute, I remember commending the 13 WH2O athletes competing in at least two aquatic sports at the Gay Games, so it is certainly doable!
See you at the pool or out and about!

WH2O's Winning Pink Flamingo Relay

Diving For Gold

Congrats to Luis Bahamon for winning the Gold in the Men's 1M Diving Age Group 45-49.

A Swimmer's Review of IGLA

From WH2O'er Jon Bauer:

I had the best IGLA ever. I completed my four year term as the IGLA FGG delegate. I had the privilege to represent IGLA at Federation of Gay Games meetings in Koln, London, Lyon, and San Francisco. It is great IGLA Board position. This completes eight years of serving IGLA. IGLA is still in great hands with our new Co-President Jim Cude and Co-Chair, Mike Crosby. Jim did a great job running the IGLA banquet. I am forever retired.

I felt really good with our training and taper. Our 240 plus 4 X 200 relay with Paulo, Neill Weiner, Brian Murphy won a gold medal. I felt great in the water, swam my best times in about twelve years and won all five of my events. Paulo, Neill, Brian, and I set an IGLA record in the 240 plus 4 X 50 relay.

Riding the DC metro and night time dinners provided the opportunity to have quality time with lots of teammates who swim in other lanes or at different workouts.

(pictured via Neil Weiner: Paulo, Neil and Jon minus Brian from the 240+ Relay)

More IGLA 2008 Swimming Photos

IGLA 2008 Results Are Up

DCAC has posted the results for the 2008 IGLA Championships. Check them out online at the DCAC website.

WH2O Water Polo Takes Gold

Here is a picture of the 2008 IGLA Water Polo Championship Team. Way to go WH2O. This photo and many more photos can be found on the Washington Blade one of the official sponsors of IGLA 2208. Click HERE for the gallery.

IGLA 2008 Swimming Photos

Santa Clarita LCM Swim Meet

Tamara Draper, Adam Davis and Dan Adams represented WH2O at the Santa Clarita Masters LCM Swim Meet on May 18th. It was hot outside—the pavement was too hot to walk on bare foot—but the pool was chilled to perfect competition temperature. The afternoon races moved quickly with 1-3 heats in most events. Getting enough fluids was a constant effort. There were some good performances put in at the meet. Adam and Tamara each swam four races. Adam started off with a nicely paced 200 free and met his goal time (cited just before the race to Tamara and Dan). Adam showed good endurance with a fast final lap of the race. Adam and Dan each put in good efforts in the 200 IM. They were in the same heat so that might have contributed to it. Tamara swam most (if not all) of the 50 meter races. Both Tamara and Adam swam the 50 fly and 50 back. Tamara used an efficient side-breath butterfly stroke and generally seemed pleased with her performances. Concerns were raised about a hesitation in Adam’s backstroke but there were no signs of it during the video-taped race! Dan rested up for the 50 breast and managed to put in a personal best in the event that came late in the meet. The whole meet was wrapped up in less than three hours. As they left the pool, Dan, Tamara and Adam talked about the opportunities for more long course meter races at the Mission Viejo meet on June 1st.

By Dan Adams

Gaysports.com Covers WH2O At Nationals

The leading website that covers gay sports GaySports.com has two great photo galleries. Check them both out here and here .

From The Email Bag: Pacific Open Water Challenge

OPEN WATER SWIMMING – THE NEWEST SPORT IN THE OLYMPICS

10K of No Lanes, No Lines, No Walls and No Mercy

The Pacific Open Water Challenge (www.pacificopenwater.com) will be on June 29^th near Belmont Plaza and thought you and your team members might be interested in the race or the free pre-race open water swimming clinic on June 21^st near Belmont Plaza or the Olympic open water swim preview on June 13^th (see below), if anyone is in the area.

The newest sport in the Olympics is open water swimming. 50 athletes will swim 10 kilometers in the Beijing Olympic rowing basin and the fight for the gold medal will come down to a frantic sprint where anything goes.

Who are the stars of this sport? What does it take to swim 10,000 meters at a pace close to 1 minute per 100 yards? Where do they train? Why do they do this? How long does it take? And, very importantly, how can you get involved?

Learn the answers at next free Olympic Open Water Swimming Talk in the REI Huntington Beach store on June 13^th at 7:00 pm (in the Bella Terra shopping mall off the 405 Freeway at 7777 Edinger Ave. Huntington Beach 92647; tel: 714-379-1938).

Steven Munatones, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee and a former USA Swimming National Team open water coach, will explain the sport and show photos and video clips from elite open water races around the world.

The talk will include a special Olympic swimming preview of the battle between two American stars – both from Southern California – and the rest of the world’s best.

The 90-minute presentation is free and will cover the following topics:

1. What is Open Water Swimming?

2. Great Open Water Swims in History

3. Modern-day Open Water Swimming

4. Open Water Swimming Tactics & Strategies

5. How Do You Get Involved?

6. Equipment

7. The Beijing Olympics

For more information, contact Steven Munatones at headcoach@10Kswim.com.

2007 Relay All Americans

A big congrats goes out to our 2007 Relay All Americans!

WH2O WEST HOLLYWOOD AQUAT

Justin S Brannock 26
Brian J Olver 29
Jonathan Russell 24
Matthew B Schmidt 28

IGLA Info Update

IGLA 2008 Registration is closed
Igla registration is now closed. Any transactions/changes made on the igla2008 website will not be processed. Please email igla2008@gmail.com with any questions.

If you haven't done so already, IGLA 2008 encourages you to attend the closing night Banquet & Dance party, the social highlight of every IGLA! Tickets to the banquet and dance (as well as igla t-shirts) can be purchased here: http://www.swimdcac.org/IGLACheckout.html

Information on the Banquet is here: http://www.igla2008.org/socialActivities.php

Hotel Reservations
If you still are in need of a hotel room in DC, we still have rooms available in one of our host hotels, the Hotel Rouge. It's a great hotel, in a fantastic location and it's within a block of the other host hotels.

IGLA 2008 has negotiated a special IGLA rate of $179 per night for the dates of June 18th - June 23, but we can no longer guarantee that the rate will be available. We would like as many people as possible to use our host hotels, so please contact Allison Cutting at the hotel on 202-939-6409 during business hours (Eastern time) to access the rate. You may also send her an e-mail at allison.cutting@kimptonhotels.com, You will not be able to access the rate by calling the hotel's 800 number, or through their web site.

Pink Flamingo
If your team is planning on participating in Pink Flamingo, please email pinkf@igla2008.org.
The theme for this year's Pink Flamingo is "In Hot Water."

A Pink Flamingo planning meeting and time to rehearse in the pool with music will take place after the conclusion of the swimming competition on Friday, and before the start of the Synchronized Swimming competition.

FINA Registration Cards
Just a reminder, if you haven't already, please send IGLA 2008 a copy of your FINA Registration Card (i.e. USMS, USWP, Swim Alberta, etc). You can send via email, igla2008@gmail.com; fax, 202-293-1880; or mail: IGLA-2008/DCAC, PO BOX 12211, Washington DC 20005. You will not be able to compete if you do not provide IGLA 2008 with proof of your FINA registration.

SEE YOU IN 2 WEEKS!

Culver City Workouts

We will have evening practices at Culver City during the West Hollywood pool closure starting TOMORROW.

It will be short course yards, and we will have 6 lanes, with the exception of Thursday when we will be limited to 4 lanes.

Below is the evening schedule, in addition to our morning workouts at VNSO (very well attended this morning, btw) and regularly scheduled weekend workouts:

Wednesday, June 4th: 7:00-8:30pm

Thursday, June 5th: 6:30-8:00pm

Friday, June 6th: 7:00-8:30pm (yes, an extra 30 minutes!)

Monday, June 9th: 7:00-8:30pm

Tuesday, June 10th: NO EVENING PRACTICE

Culver City Plunge. 4175 Overland Avenue Culver City, CA 90230.

IGLA Kick Off Party Photos / Team Photo

IGLA Relay Sign Ups

If you are going to IGLA in DC and swimming (there are 36 of you out there!)....please download and fill out the following relay sign-up form.

DOWNLOAD FORM HERE
http://www.teamunify.com/wha/__doc__/IGLA%20Relay%20Form.pdf

This form is to help Kiley and Bernie figure out what relays you want to swim and your times. There are printouts available at the pool too. Please return your completed forms to the black box at the WeHo pool no later than Friday June 13, or you can eMail your response to Bernie at BernieJL@aol.com. Bernie can also answer any questions you may have.

Thanks for taking the time to fill out this relay form.

IGLA HEAT SHEETS

Ppsych sheets for the 2008 IGLA swimming competition are available.

If you have registered but did not receive an e-mail with them please email vpadmin@wh2o.org for a copy.

When you do get the heat sheets please look this over to ensure that all your information is correct (i.e., events, times, team, sex, age...)

To ensure that the heat sheets in the program are accurate, please email IGLA @ igla2008@gmail.com with any corrections by tomorrow, Tuesday, June 3, by 6:00pm Eastern Standard Time.

Please also check that all your teammates appear to be properly registered.

SCY Nationals 2008

IGLA Kick Off Party

It’s almost IGLA!! Therefore, it’s time for a party!

This year we have a fabulous afternoon planned with all your team mates and lots of BBQ! Our team mate Jon Bauer and his partner Len have very generously agreed to host this event at their oh so exclusive and oh so fashionable Hollywood Hills home. They have a wonderful back yard with a pool so come prepared for a POOL PARTY and BBQ!!

The festivities will start on Saturday at 3PM and go until Jon kicks us out or 6PM, whichever is earlier :) T

To help pay the costs of the caterer for the BBQ, there will be a charge of between $15-$20 a person. This will be fabulous BBQ food from Zeke’s (we’ve eaten there before and they’ve catered some events for us in the past so we know it’s good!)

Bring your swimming suits, towels, and appetites. This will be THE summer party! See you soon!

Go to the team website http://wh2o.org more for info. As always to attend WH2O events you must be a member of the team in good standing.

Pool Closure Alert

Hello everyone,

By now most of you have seen the signs posted outside the West Hollywood Pool announcing the pool closure for L.A. Pride. For those of you who have not, the pool will be closed from Tuesday, June 3rd, through Tuesday, June 10th. This is an inconvenience we must deal with every year, but at least this year we have a couple other workouts to choose from. We will still have our practices in other pools as normally scheduled:

VNSO Pool: Tuesday/Thursday 7:00-8:30am; Sunday 9:00-10:30am (plus bonus 30 minutes)

Glassell Pool: Saturday 10:00-11:30am

Additionally, we will keep our Sunday afternoon practice this weekend, June 1st, at WEHO from 3:00-4:30pm for those of you wanting to get in an extra workout before the closure.

While we have not been able to acquire official workout time at other facililities, below is a list of lap swim hours for a few pools. I'd encourage you, especially those of you going to IGLA, to take the initiative to recruit a friend or two for open lap swim. It's always easier with other people.

Culver City Plunge: M-F 6-9am, 11am-1pm (LCM); MWF 6:30-8:30pm (SCY); TTh 6:30-8pm; Sat 7-9am (LCM), 12:15-2pm (SCY)

VNSO Pool: M-F 6-10am, 12-8:30pm (SCY)

Glassell Pool: M-F 6-8am, 12-2:30pm, 3-7pm (SCY)

Sunday Practice Updates

Starting this SUNDAY (May 18, 2008) morning practice will be held at Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Pool from 9:00-10:30 AM. VNSO pool is located at:

14201 Huston Street,
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE MAP

It is off the 101 Freeway, Woodman exit. Parking lot located at Huston & Tyrone.

This will be a permanant change for WH2O until Roosevelt reopens. VNSO is a great outdoor 50 meter pool, and for most people will be closer than Glassell! The pool however, will be setup short course, but will have ample space for our team to practice. We are still looking into the availability of setting up the pool long course in the future, but currently they have other permit groups sharing the pool with us.

In addition, until IGLA the water polo team will be practicing on the other end of the pool at the same time due to the SAMO pool being out of commission. This is a great opportunity for the whole team to practice together leading up to IGLA in June. Swimming will have 10+ lanes in the shallow end and polo will have 6 lanes in the deep end.

Come out to practice on Sunday...get in shape for IGLA...and enjoy the beautiful weather!!

-Libit

Bryan Libit
President

IGLA Host Hotels Selling Out!

Greeting from IGLA 2008

IGLA Host Hotels Selling Out!

The Special IGLA Rate at our our last available host hotel, Hotel Rouge is selling out! Additionally, in order to recieve the Special IGLA Rate, you must make your reservation by MAY 19TH.

Click here to make your reservation today!

IGLA Deadline Countdown

Greeting from IGLA 2008

Just a reminder, registration closes on June 1. We are expecting a great turnout and loads of fun.

Please visit: https://www.igla2008.org/registration.php to register.

SEE YOU IN JUNE!

WH2O @ USMS Nationals

Hey WH2O'ers-

I wanted to send a message out to the team with news from this past weekend. 24 team members competed in US Masters Swimming Nationals in Austin, TX and West Hollywood Aquatics had an amazing performance.

The meet started off great with WH2O winning overall, 3 of the 4 distance events, the mens and womens 1650 and the mens 1000.

At the end of the weekend WH2O finished 9th out of 131 teams in the mens scoring and 18th out of 157 teams in the overall scoring! That is a great performance and earned our team a top 10 banner.

Now it is time to gear up for IGLA in Washington, DC. Lets get ready!

-Libit

Bryan Libit
President
West Hollywood Aquatics

IGLA 2008 UPDATE

Greeting from IGLA 2008

A few items:

Swimming Entry Times

After MAY 15th, IGLA 2008 will begin entering swimmer information to create heet sheets for the swimming competition. If you are planning to edit your swimming registration information (i.e. events, times) after May 15th, do not make changes via your online account. Instead, please email swim@igla2008.org with your changes. If you make changes online after May 15th, your events/times will be incorrect in the swim meet program and heet sheets. All changes must be received by IGLA 2008 by June 1st, when registration closes.

Water Polo Team Registration closes May 16th

Water Polo team registration closes on May 16th. If your team has not completed registration, do so as soon as possible. For the first time, IGLA will be hosting a Women's Division, in addition to the Open-Competitive and Open-Recreational Divisions. If you have any questions, please email polo@igla2008.org.

FINA Registration Cards

If you have not already done so, please send IGLA 2008 a copy of your FINA Registration Card (i.e. USMS, USWP, Swim Alberta, etc). You can send via email, igla2008@gmail.com; fax, 202-293-1880; or mail: IGLA-2008/DCAC, PO BOX 12211, Washington DC 20005. You will not be able to compete if you do not provide IGLA 2008 with proof of your FINA registration.

Closing Banquet/Dance Party Tickets, etc.

If you have not already done so, you can still purchase your Banquet tickets, IGLA T-shirts, etc online. You can login, click "Check Out" and purchase these items. https://www.igla2008.org/login.php. Very limited numbers of Banquet tickets and T-shirts will be available for purchase during the competition.

Tell a Friend!

Spread the word. Remind your friends, teammates, mother, tricks, hair stylest, ect., that registration closes June 1. Get them to register today!

SEE YOU IN JUNE!

SCY NATIONALS: The 100 Butterfly

 Event 38  Men 25-29 100 Yard Butterfly

 21 Libit, Bryan A         29 WH2O          
                28.61      1:01.91 (33.30)

 Event 38  Men 35-39 100 Yard Butterfly

 27 Tester, Bram P         39 WH2O            
                27.60        57.93 (30.33)

 Event 38  Men 60-64 100 Yard Butterfly

 10 Figueiredo, Paulo      61 WH2O          
                32.80      1:15.13 (42.33)

SCY NATIONALS: The 200 Breaststroke

 Event 36  Men 25-29 200 Yard Breaststroke

  6 Wadley, Brian          28 WH2O          
                34.50      1:10.54 (36.04)
       1:46.71 (36.17)     2:22.73 (36.02)

 Event 36  Men 30-34 200 Yard Breaststroke

  2 Schmidt, Matthew B     30 WH2O          
                28.95      1:01.26 (32.31)
       1:34.80 (33.54)     2:11.68 (36.88)

 Event 36  Men 40-44 200 Yard Breaststroke

 14 Tobin, Scott A         42 WH2O           
                32.39      1:09.07 (36.68)
       1:46.58 (37.51)     2:22.94 (36.36)

 Event 36  Men 45-49 200 Yard Breaststroke

 16 Knight, Matthew W      46 WH2O             
                36.24      1:16.63 (40.39)
       1:57.01 (40.38)     2:36.77 (39.76)

 Event 36  Men 50-54 200 Yard Breaststroke

  2 Reudy, Tom             53 WH2O           
                32.40      1:08.53 (36.13)
       1:45.25 (36.72)     2:23.31 (38.06)

 7 Bordovsky, Mauro       51 WH2O            
                33.35      1:12.58 (39.23)
       1:52.08 (39.50)     2:33.03 (40.95)

16 Adams, Daniel P        52 WH2O            
                37.17      1:17.92 (40.75)
       1:59.75 (41.83)     2:42.40 (42.65)

SCY NATIONALS: The 500 Freestyle

 Event 34  Men 25-29 500 Yard Freestyle

  3 Wadley, Brian          28 WH2O         
                26.53        55.75 (29.22)
       1:25.40 (29.65)     1:55.28 (29.88)
       2:25.57 (30.29)     2:55.85 (30.28)
       3:26.10 (30.25)     3:56.81 (30.71)
       4:27.60 (30.79)     4:56.12 (28.52)

10 Below, James C         28 WH2O           
                28.15        59.58 (31.43)
       1:31.88 (32.30)     2:04.14 (32.26)
       2:36.55 (32.41)     3:09.24 (32.69)
       3:42.35 (33.11)     4:15.78 (33.43)
       4:47.94 (32.16)     5:17.90 (29.96)

17 Libit, Bryan A         29 WH2O           
                29.96      1:03.02 (33.06)
       1:36.50 (33.48)     2:10.92 (34.42)
       2:45.33 (34.41)     3:20.21 (34.88)
       3:54.66 (34.45)     4:29.42 (34.76)
       5:04.13 (34.71)     5:38.20 (34.07)

 Event 34  Men 30-34 500 Yard Freestyle

  1 Olver, Brian J         30 WH2O            
                25.72        54.16 (28.44)
       1:23.05 (28.89)     1:52.53 (29.48)
       2:22.17 (29.64)     2:51.60 (29.43)
       3:21.35 (29.75)     3:51.00 (29.65)
       4:20.43 (29.43)     4:49.09 (28.66)

 7 Kaufmann, Jon C        31 WH2O            
                27.62        58.28 (30.66)
       1:29.46 (31.18)     2:01.12 (31.66)
       2:32.84 (31.72)     3:04.42 (31.58)
       3:35.94 (31.52)     4:07.47 (31.53)
       4:39.31 (31.84)     5:09.70 (30.39)

 Event 34  Men 35-39 500 Yard Freestyle

  4 Tester, Bram P         39 WH2O            
                29.46      1:00.65 (31.19)
       1:31.85 (31.20)     2:03.05 (31.20)
       2:33.23 (30.18)     3:03.33 (30.10)
       3:33.45 (30.12)     4:03.71 (30.26)
       4:33.70 (29.99)     5:02.40 (28.70)

23 Deangelis, Rocky R     35 WH2O              
                29.62      1:01.70 (32.08)
       1:35.10 (33.40)     2:08.84 (33.74)
       2:42.95 (34.11)     3:17.21 (34.26)
       3:52.03 (34.82)     4:27.18 (35.15)
       5:02.55 (35.37)     5:36.12 (33.57)

 Event 34  Men 40-44 500 Yard Freestyle

  8 Tobin, Scott A         42 WH2O           
                29.52      1:01.88 (32.36)
       1:34.11 (32.23)     2:06.45 (32.34)
       2:38.68 (32.23)     3:10.83 (32.15)
       3:42.74 (31.91)     4:13.89 (31.15)
       4:44.65 (30.76)     5:14.73 (30.08)

22 Shandrew, Jerry S      42 WH2O             
                30.56      1:04.35 (33.79)
       1:38.56 (34.21)     2:13.26 (34.70)
       2:47.60 (34.34)     3:21.80 (34.20)
       3:55.77 (33.97)     4:29.58 (33.81)
       5:03.03 (33.45)     5:35.93 (32.90)

 Event 34  Men 45-49 500 Yard Freestyle

 17 Genkinger, Scott D     49 WH2O             
                30.52      1:03.69 (33.17)
       1:37.68 (33.99)     2:11.67 (33.99)
       2:45.91 (34.24)     3:19.68 (33.77)
       3:52.97 (33.29)     4:26.15 (33.18)
       4:59.38 (33.23)     5:32.08 (32.70)

34 Bahamon, Luis E        46 WH2O              
                36.79      1:17.71 (40.92)
       1:59.67 (41.96)     2:41.42 (41.75)
       3:23.84 (42.42)     4:05.79 (41.95)
       4:48.95 (43.16)     5:30.93 (41.98)
       6:13.31 (42.38)     6:53.08 (39.77)

SCY NATIONALS: The 200 Freestyle Relay

 Event 32  Men 18+ 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

  3 WH2O  'A'                           1:30.40    1:27.92 
    1) Smith, Christopher S M23      2) Schmidt, Matthew B M30      
    3) Wright, Brian W M33           4) Olver, Brian J M30          
                21.22        43.43 (22.21)
       1:06.14 (22.71)     1:27.92 (21.78)

 Event 32  Men 25+ 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

18 WH2O  'A'                           1:36.30    1:37.68 
    1) Kaufmann, Jon C M31           2) Libit, Bryan A M29          
    3) Below, James C M28            4) Wadley, Brian M28           
                24.11        50.28 (26.17)
       1:13.49 (23.21)     1:37.68 (24.19)

 Event 32  Men 35+ 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

 19 WH2O  'A'                           1:38.20    1:38.24 
    1) Deangelis, Rocky R M35        2) Tobin, Scott A M42          
    3) Tester, Bram P M39            4) Shandrew, Jerry S M42       
                25.66        49.25 (23.59)
       1:13.84 (24.59)     1:38.24 (24.40)

 Event 32  Men 45+ 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

 22 WH2O  'A'                           1:44.60    1:39.48 
    1) Reudy, Tom M53                2) Bordovsky, Mauro M51        
    3) Genkinger, Scott D M49        4) Knight, Matthew W M46       
                24.93        50.37 (25.44)
       1:14.17 (23.80)     1:39.48 (25.31)

29 WH2O  'B'                           1:53.10    1:46.23 
    1) Hatton, Bruce R M51           2) Graham, Errol M48           
    3) Adams, Daniel P M52           4) Figueiredo, Paulo M61       
                27.10        52.02 (24.92)


       1:19.92 (27.90)     1:46.23 (26.31)

SCY NATIONALS: The 200 Medley Relay

 Event 29  Mixed 18+ 200 Yard Medley Relay

  3 WH2O  'A'                           1:57.44    1:49.61 
    1) Ames-Klein, Kiley C W31       2) Smith, Christopher S M23    
    3) Olver, Brian J M30            4) Dantzler, Amy L W43         
                31.60        59.41 (27.81)
       1:23.16 (23.75)     1:49.61 (26.45)

SCY NATIONALS: The 200 Freestyle

 Event 27  Women 40-44 200 Yard Freestyle

  5 Dantzler, Amy L        43 WH2O      
              28.75        59.95 (31.20)
     1:32.15 (32.20)     2:03.64 (31.49)

 Event 28  Men 18-24 200 Yard Freestyle

3 Smith, Christopher S   23 WH2O          
                24.83        52.12 (27.29)
       1:19.72 (27.60)     1:47.73 (28.01)

 Event 28  Men 25-29 200 Yard Freestyle

 10 Wadley, Brian          28 WH2O             
                25.88        54.08 (28.20)
       1:22.60 (28.52)     1:50.08 (27.48)

 Event 28  Men 30-34 200 Yard Freestyle

  1 Olver, Brian J         30 WH2O          
                24.83        51.67 (26.84)
       1:18.68 (27.01)     1:45.79 (27.11)

11 Wright, Brian W        33 WH2O             
                26.42        56.15 (29.73)
       1:25.28 (29.13)     1:53.04 (27.76)

12 Kaufmann, Jon C        31 WH2O          
                26.57        55.78 (29.21)
       1:25.13 (29.35)     1:53.79 (28.66)

 Event 28  Men 35-39 200 Yard Freestyle

 22 Tester, Bram P         39 WH2O           
                26.90        54.79 (27.89)

40 Deangelis, Rocky R     35 WH2O          
                28.61        58.36 (29.75)
       1:29.63 (31.27)     2:01.01 (31.38)
       1:23.71 (28.92)     1:53.24 (29.53)

 Event 28  Men 45-49 200 Yard Freestyle

 43 Genkinger, Scott D     49 WH2O         
                26.70        56.45 (29.75)
       1:28.99 (32.54)     2:02.54 (33.55)

 Event 28  Men 50-54 200 Yard Freestyle

  7 Reudy, Tom             53 WH2O           
                27.01        55.33 (28.32)

33 Adams, Daniel P        52 WH2O          
                30.95      1:03.94 (32.99)
       1:37.51 (33.57)     2:10.33 (32.82)
       1:24.39 (29.06)     1:53.30 (28.91)

SCY NATIONALS: The 50 Breaststroke

 Event 26  Men 18-24 50 Yard Breaststroke

  5 Smith, Christopher S   23 WH2O    28.34

 Event 26  Men 30-34 50 Yard Breaststroke

  4 Schmidt, Matthew B     30 WH2O    26.58 

 Event 26  Men 45-49 50 Yard Breaststroke

  19 Knight, Matthew W      46 WH2O   30.70

SCY NATIONALS: The 100 Backstroke

 Event 24  Men 25-29 100 Yard Backstroke

  3 Russell, Jonathan P    25 WH2O             
                25.42        52.30 (26.88)

11 Below, James C         28 WH2O            
                28.03        57.25 (29.22)

 Event 24  Men 30-34 100 Yard Backstroke

  4 Wright, Brian W        33 WH2O             
                26.69        55.50 (28.81)

 8 Kaufmann, Jon C        31 WH2O              
                29.02      1:00.00 (30.98)

 Event 24  Men 35-39 100 Yard Backstroke

 25 Deangelis, Rocky R     35 WH2O            
                33.08      1:07.94 (34.86)

SCY NATIONALS: The 200 Butterfly

 Event 22  Men 25-29 200 Yard Butterfly

  3 Wadley, Brian          28 WH2O        
               27.30        57.83 (30.53)
      1:30.45 (32.62)     2:02.44 (31.99)

9 Libit, Bryan A         29 WH2O         
               30.13      1:04.78 (34.65)
      1:41.71 (36.93)     2:21.20 (39.49)

SCY NATIONALS: The 100 IM

 Event 20  Men 18-24 100 Yard IM

  6 Smith, Christopher S   23 WH2O           
                26.20        55.52 (29.32)

 Event 20  Men 25-29 100 Yard IM

 22 Below, James C         28 WH2O             
                26.96        58.67 (31.71)


 Event 20  Men 30-34 100 Yard IM

  3 Olver, Brian J         30 WH2O             
                24.33        53.50 (29.17)

12 Schmidt, Matthew B     30 WH2O            
                25.56        55.99 (30.43)

16 Wright, Brian W        33 WH2O               
                26.41        58.86 (32.45)

19 Kaufmann, Jon C        31 WH2O            
                27.16        59.28 (32.12)

 Event 20  Men 40-44 100 Yard IM

 21 Tobin, Scott A         42 WH2O            
                26.97        58.98 (32.01)

 Event 20  Men 45-49 100 Yard IM

 45 Genkinger, Scott D     49 WH2O   
               28.87      1:02.67 (33.80)

53 Knight, Matthew W      46 WH2O             
                30.46      1:04.49 (34.03)

75 Bahamon, Luis E        46 WH2O             
                36.01      1:19.40 (43.39)

 Event 20  Men 50-54 100 Yard IM

  5 Reudy, Tom             53 WH2O              
                27.32        58.16 (30.84)

SCY NATIONALS: The Women's 500 Freestyle

 Event 17  Women 40-44 500 Yard Freestyle

  2 Dantzler, Amy L        43 WH2O          
                29.97      1:01.93 (31.96)
       1:34.90 (32.97)     2:08.00 (33.10)
       2:41.10 (33.10)     3:14.12 (33.02)
       3:46.88 (32.76)     4:19.80 (32.92)
       4:52.80 (33.00)     5:24.60 (31.80)

SCY NATIONALS: The 200 Freesytle Relay

 Event 15  Mixed 18+ 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

  4 WH2O  'A'                           1:36.81    1:36.13 
    1) Russell, Jonathan P M25       2) Ames-Klein, Kiley C W31     
    3) Dantzler, Amy L W43           4) Smith, Christopher S M23    
                21.38        48.01 (26.63)
       1:14.54 (26.53)     1:36.13 (21.59)

WH2O National Results

Keep checking back here as we will continue to post in as close to real time results of our fellow WH2O'ers who are swimming at Nationals over the weekend. You can view all the real time results online at http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats08/realtime/

SCY NATIONALS: The 50 Freestyle

Event 14  Men 18-24 50 Yard Freestyle

  3 Smith, Christopher S   23 WH2O                21.37      21.12

 Event 14  Men 40-44 50 Yard Freestyle

 53 Shandrew, Jerry S      42 WH2O                23.85      24.47

 Event 14  Men 45-49 50 Yard Freestyle

76 Graham, Errol          48 WH2O                25.25      27.77 

 

SCY NATIONALS: The 100 Breaststroke

Event 11 Women 40-44 100 Yard Breaststroke

10 Dantzler, Amy L 43 WH2O
36.56 1:17.14 (40.58)

Event 12 Men 30-34 100 Yard Breaststroke

5 Schmidt, Matthew B 30 WH2O
27.81 59.10 (31.29)

Event 12 Men 40-44 100 Yard Breaststroke

25 Tobin, Scott A 42 WH2O
31.80 1:06.71 (34.91)

Event 12 Men 45-49 100 Yard Breaststroke

18 Knight, Matthew W 46 WH2O
33.52 1:09.77 (36.25)