New England Swimming is losing two major contributors in Rosemarie Meissner, NTV Chair, and Rick Osterberg as webmaster. The countless hours and attention to detail that both exhibited in their positions was unprecedented and went above and beyond their expected duties. For the last eight years Rosemarie has spent hours and hours scouring over meet results to insure that our swimmer’s times were accurate, current, and entered into the SWIMS database correctly. She took special care of managing the New England Records by tracking meet results all over the country...

As the H1N1 flu spreads around the world, age group and college athletes are unfortunately coming down with the flu in high numbers. Athletes are more likely to be physically and mentally stressed, making them more susceptible to illness, warns Charlie Thompson, the chairman of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association’s college and university athletic trainers committee. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2009 H1N1 flu can vary in severity from mild to severe. But the flu doesn’t have to put a damper on your swimming season,...

click HERE to see the complete list of athletes and coaches. Congratulations Maggie!

USA Swimming selects 2009 Mutual Duel in the Pool team (10/28/2009) Thirty-six top American swimmers, including 17 Olympians, will battle against a squad of European swimmers Dec. 18-19 at the 2009 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool in Manchester, England. The event, which will be broadcast on NBC on December 27 from 2-4 p.m. ET, will star Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.), Rebecca Soni (Plainsboro, N.J.), Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and Aaron Peirsol (Irvine, Calif.). The bi-annual Duel in the Pool is a made-for-TV event, designed...

The Scholastic All-America Team is comprised of high school student-athletes, who have a grade point average of 3.50 or higher, and have achieved a specific time standard in an individual event during the qualifying period. They must have completed 10th, 11th, or 12th grade and be a USA Swimming member athlete. Congratulations to the swimmers of New England who have achieved this award! Click HERE for the Women’s Team Click HERE for the Men’s Team

Congratulations Coach Chris Sheppard (CRA) for being selected by your coaching peers as the ASCA Age Group Coach of the Year for New England.

Congratulations to our New England Swimming Zone Team for your 4th place finish at the Eastern Zone Championship Meet. Great job to our swimmers, coaches and chaperones for your excellent team effort!