All is going well here at Harvard! The 13-14 boys started us off by swimming to a 7th place finish in the 800 Free Relay last night. After a strong morning which saw us get 9 swims coming back for finals, Ethan Thompson led the 10-u boys (Jacob Bishop, Thomas Choquette and Nicholas Bernier) to a 6th place finish in the 400 Free Relay and picked up a 6th place individual finish in the 50 Free. Tonight we have swims from Sophie Kenny, Isabel Reis, Kyra Sarazen, Zach Bishop, CJ...

Yet another great session for the EST swimmers here at MIT. We are progressing so well over the summer- keep the focus up and lets fix all the 'little things' these next few weeks! Sophie Kenny 200 bk (14 sec drop) Meghan Gray 200 bk (4 sec drop) Zach Bishop 200 bk (age group cut) Sophie Kenny 100 br (age group cut) Serena Soterakopoulos 100 br (11 sec drop) CJ Patterson 100 br (4 sec drop) Zach Bishop 200 fly (12 sec drop) Kellen Gray 200 IM (5 sec drop)...

Sophie Kenny got our morning going with a 14 second drop in the 200 backstroke!

Another great session for EST swimmers with new cuts, team records and best times coming faster than the coaches can keep up with! Standout swims include: Zach Bishop 100 fly (team record) Kellen Gray 100 fly (3 sec drop) Caroline Seekins 100 fly (5 sec drop) Cassidy Curl 100 fly (2 sec drop) Marissa Patterson 100 bk (1 sec drop) Morganne Hodsdon 100 bk (zone cut) CJ Patterson 200 br (team record) Patrick Carignan 200 br (team record) Hannah Wagner 50 fr (2 sec drop) Meghan Gray 50 fr (1...

10 swims, 10 best times! It can't get any better than that. Congrats to Hannah Wagner who broke her first EST team record in the 13-14 girls 400 free, and also to CJ Patterson (13-14 boys) and Morganne Hodsdon (15-19 girls and Open) for breaking team record in the 400 free. A special mention for Zach Bishop who was also under the previous 13-14 boys record. Let's keep the momentum rolling!

Brianne Terrance and Morganne Hodsdon have started the weekend off with a bang- Bri made her 14-u 400 IM cut and Morganne got her Open cut dropping 17 seconds in the process. Let's keep the ball rolling!

Caroline Seekins and Hannah Wagner kept it up with some big swims... Caroline dropped 11 seconds and Hannah dropped 13. This is my favorite pool in New England- EST lights up the building here!

We can't start swimming until we DANCE!!!

Please be there by 8:20 and remember to wear EST gear and bring some drying towels if possible. It's the Sunoco across from Dunkin Donuts in Exeter.

(This article is from the ASCA Swim Parents newsletter and captures much of what the EST coaches feel about young swimmer development.) The Awesome 8 Year Old By Guy Edson, ASCA Staff I have never met a coach who didn’t want all their athletes to be the best they can be. I have never met a parent who didn’t want their child to be the best they can be. So why do we have so many conflicts between coaches and parents? The simple answer is that each sees a different...