Congrats to the 4 CWAC swimmers the competed at the Mile meet in Wisconsin last weekend. All four swimmer had best time with drops over ten seconds. Tavion Brown picked up a new 14 year old boys state cut and Cristian Banini achieved a new 14 year old boy regional cut. Great job distance crew!!

The American Swimming Coaches Association has announced the 2025 Top 50 Age Group Teams for large, medium and small size teams. Working collaboratively with USA Swimming, who provided the data, ASCA updated the criteria to recognize more teams and more coaches who are doing a great job in age group development. This year, the recognition is based on athletes ages 10-14, and all clubs were ranked using both the total number of athletes achieving AAA and AAAA+, as well the percentage of athletes achieving AAA & AAAA+ time standards relative...

CWAC swimmers put on a great showing at the Aquajet Summer Spectacular. Six new team records were set and four swimmers achieved their first ever NCSA qualifying time - Charlie Cali, Kennedy Fitzgerald, Kinsley Fitzgerald and Greta Mikulaninec. Click here for meet results. New Team Records Isabella Chow - Overall and 17-18 girls 100 fly Biko Hooper Haviland - Overall and 17-18 boys 200 free Liv Cremer - 15-16 girls 400 IM Harper Rauch - 11-12 Girls 1500 free New Winter Junior Championship Cuts: Feagin Kaminski (1) New NCSA Cuts:...

Sleep More and Prevent Injuries By Dan McCarthy, USA Swimming High Performance Consultant Sleep is not a new topic on the High Performance Tips web page. The importance of sleep as a recovery tool, napping, and most recently how sleep is more important than almost every other recovery modality have all been featured articles. Add to the list the growing stack of evidence that the hours of sleep an athlete gets at night is a significant predictor of injury. The Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics published the results of a survey...

CWAC came away victorious at the Southeastern Summer Sizzler in Wisconsin over the weekend. Congrats to all participants. George Ivascu set new meet records in the 200 free and 400 free. Click here for full meet results. Event Winners: Kylie Carman, Sheela Chen, George Ivascu, Jake Moldovan, Corene Mui, Delaney Mulcrone, Zaynar Nisar, Grace Shu, Tom Wang, Emily Xu New NCSA Cuts: George Ivascu (2) New Sectional Cuts: George Ivascu (2) New State Cuts: August Anderson (3); Magdalena Calahorrano (1); Kylie Carman (1); Ethan Chen (1); Justin Chen (1); Xingyu...

You’ve dedicated hours of your practice to perfecting your technique, and hours more repeating drills with your coach. You’ve trained hard all season, and you have probably thrown in a few extra practice sessions in preparation for a big race day. You feel ready, but before you set off, there are three common mistakes swimmers make on, and just before, race day. Don’t let these dietary blunders jeopardize your performance on the big day. MISTAKE ONE: EXPERIMENTING BEFORE RACE DAY Being a top level swimmer requires that you stick to...

Swim parents share in the excitement and disappointments of our children’s journey in swimming. We cheer for our kids when they dive off the blocks for the first time or swim the 200 IM without a DQ. There are many milestones to celebrate like making their first Blue, Junior Olympic, Sectionals, Futures or Junior National cuts. We’ll cherish these memories for years to come. Every child is different and their journey to the next level may be fast and smooth, or they may have bumps along the way. I remember...

CWAC came away victorious at the Lake Central Summer Sizzle over the weekend. Quinn Bartels set new team records in the 8&Under boys 100 and 200 freestyles and the 200 free record was 15 years old!! Congrats to all of the participants and to our new state and regional qualifiers. Click here for meet results New State Cuts: Anthony Bartels (3); Quinn Bartels (1); Tavion Brown (1); Sheela Chen (2); Benjamin Eggleston (2); Ellery Ekdahl (1); Jackson Hayes (1); George Ivascu (1); Cyrus Lin (1); Alexandra Luzi (1); Hunter Maceira...

When you’re heading to your next swimming workout, from work or class, nutrition may be the last thing on your mind. However, the right nutrition can be the difference between you crashing mid-workout out having a great session. Here are three tips to help you get ready for a great workout. 1). Prevent Hunger How much time you have before your workout will determine how much food you eat. Even if you don’t have a lot of time, you should still eat something small to avoid hunger pains and fatigue....

While they did not keep score at the Swim Fest meet the CWAC swimmers were performing at a high level and posted many new best times and achieved new qualifying standards. Event winners include Mariposa Arroyo, Alexia Brockmann, Joy Cheng, Isabella Chow, Kale Chow, Liv Cremer, James Guth, Jackson Heinlein-Preseault, Biko Hooper-Haviland, Alex Ivascu, George Ivascu, Eliana King, Briana Mingmuang and Larry Rattler. Click here for meet results. New NCSA Cuts: Joy Cheng (2); James Guth (1) New Sectional Cuts: Joy Cheng (1); Alexander Ivascu (1); Max Moldovan (2) New...