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August 10, 2006
FAST times were plenty during the hump
day of the 2006 Speedo USA Swimming Junior National
Championships in Irvine, Calif., on Wednesday. Overall, 20
Olympic Trial cuts went in the books during the third day of
finals
competition.
In
the Men’s 200 Freestyle a trio of swimmers cleared not only
the Olympic Trial cut, but also the previous meet standard
of 1:52.50 set by Falcon Swim Club’s Cody Weik last year.
Longhorn Aquatics’ Titus Knight touched first in 1:51.74 for
the record, while Fast Swim Team’s Scott Clary placed second
in 1:51.86. Corvallis Aquatics’ Logan Storie earned bronze
in 1:52.21. The 2006 Speedo Junior National Championships section is here Meet Results may be found here. Psych Sheets for the Junior National Meet may be found here |
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August 4, 2006 The 2006 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships have begun at Middle Atlantic is well represented at the most important meet of the quandenium prior to the Olympic Games. Live Meet Results may be found here. Based on the results to date, several MA swimmers will be selected to represent USA on one of the various teams that will be selected from this meet. Qualifying criteria for the five teams to be chosen are here. Meet Psych Sheets are here. Congratulations to all Middle Atlantic Athletes competing at the National meets. |
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September 6, 2006 USA Swimming announced the 2006-07 National Junior Team in conjunction with its international team release on Friday. The following Middle Atlantic Swimmers swimmers earned berths on that team which will compete in the Junior Pan Pac Meet in Hawaii in January, 2007
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March 22, 2006 USA Swimming is pleased to announce the launch of the Toyota Virtual Club Championships Program. This program serves as a key part of the Athlete Development and Performance component of the Club Recognition Program, and recognizes clubs that are developing athletes and achieving success at multiple levels in the club swimming continuum. Read more... |
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MA Swimming begins use of
RSS
May 23, 2005 Did you ever
think that it would be much easier if someone let you know when
certain meet information was posted?? How about when results
from a swim meet were posted?? Welcome to RSS.
Read more here
The MA swimming RSS feeds may be obtained by clicking on this icon
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September 1, 2006 USA Swimming’s National Team Division has released its preliminary rosters for the 2007 World Championships, Pan-American and World University Games teams. These rosters are valid as of Sept. 1, 2006 and subject to change. Congratulations to the following Middle Atlantic athletes that have made one of these international Teams: Leah Gingrich (WSY Swimming) - Pan Am Team, Teresa Crippen (Germantown Academy) Pan Am Team, Fran Crippen (Germantown Academy) World University Games Team, Cameron Hollinger (Lancaster Aquatic Club) - World University Games Team, Alicia Aemisegger (Germantown Academy) World University Games Team, Read More Here |
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Spring 2006 Time
Comparisons
May 15, 2006 USA Swimming has compiled a list of time comparisons from each of the Sectional Meets as well as the American Short Course Championships, NSCA Juniors, and YMCA Nationals. The comparison list is here |
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Sid Cassidy chosen to lead
FINA Technical Committee
May 4, 2006
Former Middle Atlantic Coach at the Atlantic City Aquatic
Club, Sid Cassidy, who is now the Head Coach |
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April 25, 2006 (from the Philadelphia Inquirer) Jim Ellis is still living the movie. As a matter of fact, that's been his motto of late. "That's what I tell people," Ellis said. "I've been living the dream. I just get up every day and do it." For 35 years, Ellis has been doing "it" - running the swimming program of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation - and along the way, becoming a trailblazer and national figure in his field. But the name recognition might not be there for those outside the aquatic ranks. Read More |
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April 2, 2006 Congratulations to the swimmers and coaches that made up the 2006 Middle Atlantic Swimming Zone Team. The Middle Atlantic Team outscored the nearest competitor (Potomac Valley) by over 300 points to capture the Team Title. The MA girls also won the women's team title as did the MA men. Tanner Kurz (Delaware Swim Team) established a pair of 11-12 NAG records. Kurz took down standards in the 100 individual medley and 200 breaststroke with respective times of 55.56 and 2:13.52. His swim in the 100 I.M. broke his own record from early March. A few weeks removed from setting an NAG mark in the 400 I.M., Kurz also set a quartet of Eastern Zone records. The 12-year-old clocked 2:00.19 in the 200 I.M., 1:00.94 in the 100 breaststroke, 49.98 in the 100 freestyle and 54.95 in the 100 butterfly The meet concluded Sunday evening from Long Island. The 2006 Team is here. Real time results may be found here. Thanks to our Head Coach Mickey Termin and his staff.
April 10, 2006
GA Senior Alicia Aemisegger recently competed in the Short
Course World
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March 21, 2006 Congratulations to all of the younger MA swimmers who competed over the weekend at GCIT for the Annual Mini Championships. Team Delaware captured the Combined Point Title scoring 494 points in a close battle with Golden Ram Aquatics (448.5 points). Total meet results are here. Individual Age Group High Point winners were as follows:
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2006
Southern Region of the Speedo Sectional Series
March 21, 2006 Congratulations to the Middle Atlantic Teams that participated last weekend at Naval Academy at the Southern Sectional meet. The Top MA Team in the Combined point standings was Delaware Swim Team (4th place), while Wildwood Crest Dolphins was the Top placing MA Team on the Men's side, and DST was the highest placing MA team (3rd) on the Women's side. Full meet results are here |
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March 14, 2006 Congratulations to the Middle Atlantic Teams that participated last weekend at Harvard University for the Northern Sectional meet. The Top MA Team in the Combined point standings was Germantown Academy (2nd place), while GA captured the women's title scoring 503 points, while coring 52 points on the men's side. Full meet results are here. |
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MA Junior Olympic
has concluded March 14, 2006 Congratulations to Jersey Wahoos for capturing all three team titles (Boys, Girls, and Combined) at the 2006 Middle Atlantic Junior Olympics at GCIT last weekend. The Top 10 list of team scores is here. Individual Age Group High Point Winners were as follows:
Congratulations to DST's Tanner Kurz for setting a new National Age Group Record in the 11-12 100 IM, and 400 IM. Complete session results are here. |
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April 2, 2006 Results through the Saturday evening session of the West Regional Meet at LaSalle are here. In several of the initial reports we have received from the meet, Sarah Hitchens from Malvern Swim Association won the 9-10 girls 100 breast with a time of 1:29.93. She dropped 14 seconds to record an AA time. Julia Murphy of Golden Ram Aquatics won the Girls 11-12 50 butterfly with a AAA time of 29.86. The meet finishes today (Sunday) |
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NCSA Junior Nationals have
ended March 27, 2006 IT'S done, and what a meet it was. The last night of the National Club Swimming Association Junior Nationals was nothing short of what we have been seeing all week: Fast swimming from up-and-coming stars of the future. Middle Atlantic Swimmer Mark Neiman (Wahoos) won the 1000 Free in a meet record time of 9:05.46 a record that stood for 13 years. On the final evening of competition, Middle Atlantic Swimmer Kristen Shickora (ATAC) won the 50 backstroke as the second Middle Atlantic swimmer to capture gold in an event. Final meet results are here. In the team scoring race, Michael Recine's Atlantis Aquatic Club was the highest scoring MA team (7th) followed closely by Matt Sprang's GCIT (9th). On the men's side Charlie Kennedy's Suburban Swim Club boys placed 4th (180) and John Carroll's Jersey Wahoos boys placed 5th (172.5) Congratulations to all MA swimmers who competed in the meet. |
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February 9, 2006 National Junior Team member Leah Gingrich received your vote for usaswimming.org’s January Athlete of the Month. Gingrich, 15, a member of the West Shore YMCA swim club, took home five medals from the Victorian State Championships in Melbourne, Australia, including two golds read more |
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February 7, 2006 Representing the USA and Middle Atlantic Swimming, three ATAC swimmers (Kristen Shickora, Allysa Vavra, & Jessica Guro) placed in the top 8 at the FINA World Cup Championships this past weekend in Long Island, NY. Kristen placed 3rd in the 50 meter back and 4th in the 100 meter back. Allysa placed 8th in the 200 meter IM and 9th in the 200 breast. Jessica placed 8th in the 50 back, 10th in the 50 fly and 100 back, and 13th in the 100 fly. Representing Trident Swim Club, Joe Kinderwater placed 8th in the 1500 free, and representing BCAT were Brennen Morris and Kailey Morris. Brennan placed 7th in the 400 IM and Kailey placed 6th in the 200 Fly. 55 Countries were represented and over 50 Olympians participated. Results of the meet are here |
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January 7, 2006 The U.S. National Junior Team added an exclamation point to a stellar performance at the Victorian State Championships (Jan. 3-7, Melbourne, Australia), capturing 10 medals on the final night of competition, including six gold, three silver and a bronze. During the course of the five-day meet, Team USA hauled in 39 total medals: 15 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze. The Americans were especially successful at the 50-meter races on Saturday, capturing three individual golds at that distance. Kristen Shickora (Tamaqua, Pa. / Atlantis Aquatic Club) swam to gold in the 50m backstroke (29.44), while teammate Karlee Bispo placed first in the 50m freestyle. Click for the Day 5 Top 10 results or a full team summary of results by name. Also, download the National Junior Team media guide. |
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January 6, 2006 Leah Gingrich (Enola, Pa. / West Shore YMCA) captured her first individual gold on Day 4 of the Victorian State Championships (Jan. 3-7, Melbourne, Australia), highlighting another strong day of performances for the U.S. National Junior Team. The Americans captured six medals on Friday to bring its meet total to 29: nine gold, eight silver and 12 bronze. During the first three days of the meet, Gingrich had earned a medal of every color: gold as a member of the 800m freestyle relay, silver in the 400m free and bronze in the 200m butterfly and 1500m free. It was only the individual gold that eluded her. Gingrich got her chance on Friday, swimming down Australian National Team members Elka Graham, Haley Reddaway and Caroline North to win the gold with a time of 8:39.89. In a stacked American field, five additional U.S. swimmers finished in the top 10. Kristen Shickora (Atlantis Aquatic Club) advanced from the semi's to tonight's finals in the 50 free and 50 back “The women’s 800 free was an outstanding race,” said Mike Parratto, women’s assistant coach. “It has to give all of those distance girls and their coaches great confidence in their ability. I think their training will move to a whole new level.” Read more from USA Swimming here |
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January 4, 2006 The Event Page from USA Swimming is here
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December 28, 2005 Here is the 2006 list of USA/Middle Atlantic Swimming Clubs. If your club is not on this list, then you are not a registered club and MUST be registered before January 1, 2006 or you will lose your club status. If you are not registered, the form is in the "Forms Depot" Section of this website, fill out the form and attach your check for $100 and send to our new office: Middle Atlantic Swimming, 2150 New Castle Avenue, New Castle, DE 19720 - Attn: Kim Southmayd. You cannot enter meets as a club if you are not a registered 2006 club. Email Kim Southmayd with questions at kim@maswim.org |
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December 5, 2005 Entry information for both Sectional meets is now available here. We have been advised that hotel accommodations in Annapolis may be tight that weekend as there are other events happening at that time therefore, it is recommended that teams plan to make their reservations early. Here is the official web site for hotel reservations |
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Delaware State Meet Results November 28 2005 Congratulations to Coach Jay Lynch and the Delaware Swim Team for their Championship at the annual Battle in Delaware, more commonly known as the Delaware State Meet, held last weekend at the University of Delaware Natatorium. Delaware Swim Team scored a total of 9018 points to win over second place finisher Team Delaware who finished with a point total of 7,656. The third place finisher in the state battle went to Brandywine-Delaware YMCA. Results of the meet that saw 14 new meet records are here A great article from the News Journal is here |
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Trident TYR Cup Holiday Meet Results
December 12, 2005 The 10th Anniversary of the Trident TYR Cup has come to a close. One of the fastest meets in the Eastern Zone, this meet lived up to it's expectation. Meet Results may be found here, as well as team scores, and individual scores. Congratulations to Coach Illan Noach's YWCA Middles of White Plains, New York for winning the Men's Women's and Combined Team titles.
November 23, 2005 Congratulations to the following Middle Atlantic Swimmers who have been selected for the USA swimming Zone Select Camp in the Spring of 2006. To read more about the Zone Select Camp, go here. Girls Age 12-13
Boys Age 13-14
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November 23, 2005 The final USA swimming Top 16 lists are now available. |
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November 23, 2005 As of November, 2005 the USA Swimming National Age Group Records are updated. Long Course Short Course |
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December 3, 2005 The 2005 U.S. Open drew to a close Saturday at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center. The meet gave swimmers one of the first opportunities of the season to gauge where they stand after a few months of tough training, and also gave up-and-comers a chance to compete against some of the best swimmers in the world – including members of the U.S. Olympic and World Championship teams. Meet Results of the meet are here. One of the standout swims for all Middle Atlantic Swimmers represented at the meet was Trident swim Club's 16 year old Josef Kinderwater who placed 5th in the 1500 free, with his first 2008 Olympic Trial cut. Josef's time was 15:48.77. Congratulation to Josef and Coach Clark of Trident Swim Club as well as all Middle Atlantic Swimmers who competed at the meet. |
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October 28, 2005 The International Olympic Committee Executive Board announced today that it will add the men’s and women’s 10K open water races to the Olympic program in Beijing. The decision comes on the heels of a number of requests made by the international federations of various Olympic sports. Read More |
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September 23 2005 The amendments passed at the 2005 U.S. Aquatic Sports Convention to the USA Swimming rules regarding the breaststroke and backstroke to conform to FINA rule changes can be found on the here in the rules section of the USA Swimming Web Site |
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October 25, 2005 USA Swimming has released the names of the individuals who will represent the United States at next year’s World Short Course Championships in Shanghai, China. The World Short Course Championships are scheduled for April 5-9 and members of the United States squad will also take a trip to Beijing, site of the 2008 Olympics. Here are the individuals who will represent the Stars and Stripes in China. |
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November 17, 2005 THE Ivy League received a major boost in its talent pool when Germantown Academy’s Alicia Aemisegger recently decided to take her vast skills to Princeton University. A standout in the individual medley events, breaststroke and distance freestyles, Aemisegger trains under coach Dick Shoulberg. She also considered Florida, Southern California and Virginia. Read more from SwimInfo.com |
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November 4, 2005 We have updated the MA Officials Section to include new order forms for Officials Shirts |
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October 21, 2005 USA
Swimming is pleased 30 athletes were selected for each camp. The fastest two eligible athletes were invited in each event (excluding the 50 free). Four additional athletes were invited based on IMX scores. Athletes who are on or have been on any National Teams or USA Swimming international trips, including the 2006 National Junior Team were not eligible for the National Select Camp. Boys must be aged 16 or under while girls must be aged 14 and under at the time of performance, (May-August, 2005). |
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October 21, 2005 DEIDRE Dlugonski, a former standout at Penn State University, has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Dlugonski is the 40th Penn State student-athlete to receive the honor and the sixth in the past three years. She is also one of the 10 finalists for NCAA Woman of the Year. The award recognizes senior student-athletes in intercollegiate athletics for their outstanding achievements in athletics, academics and community service. Read more here |
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October 10, 2005 Three Middle Atlantic women have been selected for the 2006 USA Swimming National Junior Team. This team will represent the United States at the Victorian Open in early January in Melbourne, Australia. Congratulations to Teresa Crippen of Germantown Academy (coach Dick Shoulberg), Leah Gingrich of West Shore YMCA (coach Michael Gobrecht) and Kristen Shickora of Atlantis Aquatic Club (coach Rob Herb.) |
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October 10, 2005 Charlie Kennedy (SSC) has been chosen as the Head Coach for the Boy’s 2006 USA Swimming Select Camp. Mike Gobrecht (WSY) was selected as one of three Assistant Coaches for this camp. Congratulations to Mike and Charlie. Middle Atlantic swimmers named to the National Select Camp will be available in a week. |
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October 5, 2005 USA swimming recently released the listing of the 2005 Scholastic All-America team. Many Middle Atlantic Swimmers are listed. The girls list is here, led by Kailey Morris (BCAT) as the highest MA female. The men's listing is here, with TJ Southmayd (SSC) leading the Middle Atlantic swimmers on the list. Congratulations to all swimmers on the 2005 Scholastic All-America Team |
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September 21 2005 All coaches that have completed their first year of membership in USA Swimming, must take and pass the USA Swimming Coaches test prior to registering as a coach for the second year. The test is available on the USA Swimming website; http://www.usaswimming.org If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the registration chair at kim@maswim.org or at 302-429-6288. |
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September 13, 2005 Former Penn State swimming standout Deirdre Dlugonski (Washington, Pa.) has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the 2005 NCAA Woman of the Year award, one of the most prestigious honors the NCAA bestows. The award recognizes senior student-athletes in intercollegiate athletics for their outstanding achievements in athletics, academics and community service. Dlugonski, who graduated in May with a 3.96 grade point average, previously had been selected as the Pennsylvania winner in the NCAA Woman of the Year program. The Woman of the Year Selection Committee chose the finalists from 352 entries. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the 2005 NCAA Woman of the Year and the winner will be announced at an awards dinner on October 29 in Indianapolis. Full Story! |
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August 16, 2005 Lead by Head Coach Mickey Termin and his coaching staff, the MA Zone team swam some impressive times at the 2005 Eastern Zone Long Course Championships. Event by event results are here. Team scores are here. Full meet results are here |
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June 2, 2005 USA Swimming is pleased to announce the 2005 rankings of the Club Excellence program. A complete list of teams and rankings can be found at 2005 Club Excellence Program Results. Middle Atlantic Clubs that appear in this yearly ranking include (in order of placement) Germantown Academy, Delaware Swim Team, West Shore YMCA, Trident Swim Club, and Lancaster Aquatic Club. |
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August 11, 2005
(FROM SWIMINFO.COM) IT was one heck of a night for Cody
Weik at the Speedo Junior Championships, held at the
William J. Woollett Aquatic Center. Representing Falcon Swim
Club, Weik appeared in a pair of championship heats on
Thursday and posted an impressive victory in the 200
freestyle, winning the race by more than a second. |
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MA Junior Olympics
Concludes August 1, 2005 Congratulations to all swimmers that competed at the Middle Atlantic Junior Olympics at Golden Meadows in Lancaster, PA. Full meet results are here. Delaware Swim Team won the combined team title in a race with second place Atlantic City Aquatic Club. Atlantic City captured the boys title, and Delaware Swim Team won the girls title. Full team scores are here Individual Age Group winners are here |
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USA
Swimming Super Sectional UPDATE July 24 2005 Middle Atlantic swimmers have been swimming very well at the Eastern site of the Speedo Championship Series. Middle Atlantic swimmers that have won events thus far include: (through Sunday finals)
There are no "real time" results for this meet, however results are being posted here One Middle Atlantic Club (Spirit Swimming) is competing at the Southern Sectional in Fort Lauderdale. Real Time Results of the Southern Sectional are here |
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June 28, 2005 USA Swimming formally announced that the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming will be held at the new Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. This is going to be an extraordinary partnership that will serve the best interests of our athletes, their coaches, and our sport. Omaha, which has been hosting the College World Series for more than 50 years, is the perfect partner for USA Swimming. This is a wonderful city that has flown below the national radar and is now poised to debut itself with a renovated historic district, a revitalized downtown, a vigorous business environment and a sports-mad population ready to embrace our athletes. The city’s civic and corpo |
a total of nine
preliminary events. Swimming finals begin Tuesday, July 17
with semifinal and final races beginning at 10 a.m. local
time. Preliminary races resume Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.
local time.
Middle
Atlantic Zone Team for capturing the Team Title at the Zone
All-Star Championship.
at the 2007 Junior Pan
Pacific Championships, Jan.
11-15 at the Kihei Aquatic Center in Kihei, Maui,
Hawaii.
at the top of your screen.
at the
of
Philadelphia are “in the can,” Jim Ellis remains skeptical.
The coach and driving force of the swim program at the
Philadelphia Department of Recreation (PDR), Ellis said
he’ll only believe the feature film about his life and the
many kids he’s mentored over the past 35 years is a reality
when he finally sits in a theater and watches it. 
to announce the participants in the