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The team that was previously known as CRUSH-(Unattached) has now officially become a USA Registered Club! Lattitude Crush Swim Team (LCST-NE) is based at the Lattitude Sports Club in Salisbury, MA. and will be run by Head Coach, Stepanie Smith. Feel free to welcome Stephanie and her team!
Coach of Cannonball Swim Club, JJ Sabatino, will be taking a group of four NE Swimmers to the Santa Clara Swim Club National Disability Meet this weekend. Victoria Arlen from SYP, Chelsea Brown, Samantha Cousins and Hannah Kendrick, all from Cannonball Swim, will represent NE at this National Meet for swimmers with a disability. New England wishes you all the best of luck! For more information, click HERE for the Santa Clare Swim Club page.
2011 Adolph Kiefer Safety Commendation Award winner The Adolph Kiefer Safety Commendation Award went to Meghan Healey a coach at Crimson Aquatics. The award is presented to the individual who has made a significant contribution to safe swimming. Healey’s resuscitation efforts helped save a swimmer’s life and doctors said that without her immediate response and knowledge of life-saving protocol the swimmer would not be here today. Meghan is a long time New England swimmer and was the Junior group coach at Crimson Aquatics for the last two years. She is...
New England Swimming a strong representation at the PAN AM GAMES: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Forty-eight swimmers will represent Team USA Oct. 14-30 at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Highlighting the U.S. team are 2008 Olympic silver medalist Elaine Breeden (Lexington, Ky.), 2011 World University Games gold medalist Annie Chandler (San Antonio, Texas), and five-time Pan Am Games medalist Robert Margalis (Flushing, N.Y.). The open water team will be led by 2011 USA Swimming 10K Open Water National Champions Eva Fabian(GMSC-NE,Keene, N.H.), and Alex Meyer(CRIM-NE, Ithaca, N.Y.)....
NES AGE GROUP COACH OF THE YEAR! Susan Trainer joined Shawmut Aquatic Club in 2003 and now serves as Co-Head Coach along with Matt Craven. Susan directs the training for the top two levels of the club while also working with the age group program. Since 2003, SAC has risen to the top levels of New England swimming across all age-divisions highlighted by 3 team titles - 12 & Under Championships (2007 & 2011) and 14 & Under Championships (2011). SAC has also produced numerous National, Junior National, and Sectional...
Bob Bowman, Dave Salo, Tim Murphy Added to U.S. Olympic Coaching Staff -- September 1, 2011 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, September 1. USA Swimming today named Tim Murphy, Bob Bowman and Dave Salo to its 2012 Olympic swim team coaching staff. Murphy will lead the U.S. open water Olympic team, Bowman will serve as an assistant coach for the men's swim team and Salo will be an assistant coach for the women's team. Leading up to next year's Olympic Games, Bowman will work with Olympic Men's Head Coach Gregg Troy and...
JULY SWIMMER OF THE MONTH Despite a battle with Mono in the Spring, that caused her to miss 7 weeks of swimming, Lindsey Thorpe of the Kairos Swim Club lost no hope and patiently built herself back up to full speed at practice. She lifts weights and runs with her Mother and sister ,3 times a week, in order to be the best swimmer that she can be. Her hard work paid off at the Qualifier meet in July when she dropped 9 seconds off of her 200 M Freestyle...
NE SWIMMER RESULTS BY ATHLETE NE SWIMMER RESULTS BY EVENT The 2011 New England Swimming Zone’s All-Star team placed 4th overall at the recent 2011 Eastern Zone LCM Championships, held at Penn State University, PA. The girl’s team placed 3rd overall, led by Kathleen Golding of MST. Kathleen placed 1st in highpoint for the 10 & Under age group. She placed first in 5 events; the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 400 free and 200 IM and 5th in the 100 breaststroke. Andrea Wei of SAC, placed 4th in...
