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A new USA Swim club has been formed in New England, and will be based at The Cedardale Health and Fitness Club in Haverhill, MA. You may contact Matt Williams , or call him at 603-475-8730 for further information. WELCOME TO NEW ENGLAND SWIMMING!
Open Water Champion, Eva Fabia, of GMSC placed second for a silver medal, in the OW 10K at the PAN PACIFIC Championships in Irvine, CA. Her USA teammate beat her by only 2 seconds! For a full story, click HERE. Congratulations EVA!
Elizabeth Beisel (ABF) is continuing to swim strong at the Pan Pacifics out in Irvine, CA. After placing 2nd in the pre-lims of the 200 backstroke, Elizabeth managed to pull away from her USA teammate for the win! Congratulations Elizabeth! For live results, click HERE.
Elizabeth Beisel, (Bluefish Swim Club), won the 400 IM at the PAN PACS in Irvine, CA. Her pre-lim swim of 4:34.04 set a new meet record. USA Swimming states: "Elizabeth Beisel took advantage of a strong backstroke leg to separate herself from the rest of the field in the women’s 400m IM, winning gold in 4:34.69, just 65-hundredths of a second off the Pan Pac record she set in this morning’s prelims. Australia’s Samantha Hamill was second in 4:37.84, followed by Beisel’s teammate Caitlin Leverenz in third in 3:38.03. American...
New England Swimming would like to recognize 149 swimmers who are graduating this year. Click HERE for an updated list of our seniors and a listing of their future plans. Congratulations, good luck, and thank you for your many years of dedication to the sport!
AGE GROUP COACH OF THE YEAR The New England Coaches have spoken! Christie Batchelor, from The Bluefish Swim Club (ABF) has been elected as New England Swimming's Age Group Coach of the year! Christie Batchelor joined the Bluefish in September 2005 as Age Group Head Coach, Swim School Program Director, Vice-President and Co-owner with her husband Chuck. Christie is a graduate of Kenyon College, Gambier Ohio, were she was a part of NCAA Championship teams. Christie received her BA in Psychology with a concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies. Christie...
Fielding one of the largest teams in New England Swimming's Eastern Zone history certainly paid off with a 3rd place finish! The team placed behind Potomac Valley and Virginia Swimming, and managed to pull ahead of Mid Atlantic to beat them by 14.5 points. Our Boy's team placed 3rd and the Girl's team placed 5th. Strong relays were a big reason for the 3rd place finish, as New England relays were placing in the top 6 for almost every age category. However, the distance events are where we were the...
New England Swimming will be well represented at the PAN PACS held on August 18-21 in Irvine, CA. Elizabeth Beisel from ABF, who won the 200 Backstroke at Nationals, Eva Fabian from GMSC, who won the 10K Open Water at Worlds and Alex Meyer from CRIM, who won the 10K Open Water, have been selected to compete for the USA Swim Team. Chuck Batchelor, from ABF, was selected to be the Assistant Women's Coach. Good luck and we look forward to seeing the results!
At the New England Open LCM Championships, Alex Forrester of the Bluefish Swim Club broke the New England 100 LCM Butterfly record. Her time of 1:02.28 was good enough to break the 1989 record of 1:02.68 set by Olympian, Jenny Thompson. Alex also holds the New England Resident record set in 2009 with a 59:31. Congratulations Alex!! Long distance specialist, Eva Fabian from Greenwood Memorial Swim Club, broke yet another of her own New England records in the 1500 Freestyle. She dropped 16 seconds in one year to clock a...
