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Start Dates: Senior, National Prep and National- Thursday September 4th, 2014 Developmental, Junior Prep, Junior and Senior Prep- Week of September 8th, 2014
The towels and suits are barely dry, but planning is in full swing for the 2014-2015 WHAT Swimming Season. August Maintenance Program will begin Wednesday August 6th The WHAT Coaching staff instituted this program several years ago to keep the aerobic base of the "senior" level athlete. WHAT training groups participating in this program are: Senior Prep, Senior, National Prep and National. This program will run Mondays, Wednesday and Thursday at the University of Saint Joseph from 7:00pm-8:30pm. Swimmers are reminded to arrive in strength and conditioning clothes, because the...
This past weekend, at Wesleyan University, WHAT Swimming attend the 2014 Connecticut Long Course Age Group Championships. WHAT Swimming finished the competition in 5th place out of 52 teams. WHAT swimming was the highest placing team in the Hartford County area and was only surpassed by teams that had an average on 50 additional athletes in their programs. WHAT Swimming compiled 117 lifetime best swims, 14 team records, 79 "Top 16" finishes and crowned 8 state champions. WHAT swimmers achieving best times were: Michael Baldini, Kate Bell, Clara Capone, Haley...
WHAT Swimming heads into final day of Connecticut Age Group Championships in 5th place out of 42 scoring teams. Many lifetime best swims and team records have been set. Keep up the great work!
This past weekend, WHAT Swimming attended the Connecticut Swimming Long Course Regional Championships. WHAT Swimming accumulated 221 lifetime best swims, 156 "Top 16" finishes and an additional 11 Connecticut Age Group qualification times. The WHAT swimmers recording lifetime best times were: Victoria Apuzzo; Clara Barnes; Kyla Barry; Brian Berry; Samantha Cote; Mariela D'Alessandro, Emma Dowd, Sean Ennis, John Gallant, Coleen Gauthier, Christina Guertin, Elise Hildebrandt, Haley King, Taylor Lemus, Will Litwinczyk, Avery Metcalfe, Owen Perks, Sydney Perks, Libby Phillips, Isabella Randall, Harrison Saperstein, Drew Spero, Aubrey Surian, Priyanka Tomar, Jackson...
HERE IS THE COACHES REPORTS FROM THE 2nd DAY of REGIONALS!! VERY IMPRESSIVE SWIMMING!! 13 and Over Report 200 Fly: Aubrey Surian- 3:02 200fly LBT; L. Phillips - Regional Champion 2:56 100 Breast Dowd - 1:23.9 LBT; Barry- 1:36 LBT; Barnes- 1:35 LBT; Randall- 1:30.9 LBT 50 Free- Metcalfe-31.71LBT; Hildebrandt - 31:31 LBT; Spero- 33.85 LBT; Berry-28.09 LBT; Tully-30.44 LBT 200 IM- Gallant LBT; Perks LBT; Guertain LB 200 Back- Gallant LBT; Perks LBT 15-18 boys 200 Medley Relay Regional Champions (Berry; Saperstein; Litwinczyk; Jackson) 13-14 girls 200 Medley Relay...
Today started the Long Course CT Swimming Regional Championships. This evening the 400 IM and the 400 free were swum at Wesleyan University. WHAT swimmers were off to a FAST start by recording the following results: Sydney Perks: 400 IM- 10 second drop; LBT and AGE GROUP Qualification Time Annie Wertheimer: 400 Free- 25 second drop; LTB Emma Dowd: 400 Free- 12 second drop- LTB Christina Guertin: 400 Free- 7 second drop; LTB and AGE GROUP Qualification Time Brian Berry: 400 Free- 9 second drop; LTB Will Gallant: 3 second...
Important Update: The Age Group Championship WESLEYAN morning sessions 13/14 and 15/18 have been combined into a single session. 7:00 Warm-up, 8:15 Start.
Great article about WHAT Swimming at SPEEDO Sectionals in the West Hartford News... Here are some of the locations the paper is distributed if you are interested in a hard copy of the article: Newsstand Locations Where to pick up a copy in West Hartford: Crown Supermarket, 2471 Albany Ave. Starbucks, 2481 Albany Ave. Troy's Mobile, 2507 Albany Ave. Shell, 2508 Albany Ave. West Hartford Shell, 905 Farmington Ave Luna Pizza, 999 Farmington Ave CVS, 1240 Farmington Ave Goldroc Diner, 61 Kane St Post Office, 102 Lasalle Rd. Liggets Equipment...
