EST swimmers set 32 team records during the long course season. You can check out the updated records here. We will be doing a full rundown of the records in the next EST newsletter, look for it next week!

It had been 18 years since all four divisions of the Granite State Swimming Association had come together at one location to determine its league champions. But when the venue for the Div. 2 and 4 Championships became unavailable this summer, the Raco Theodore Pool in Manchester welcomed them this past weekend for a three-day mega event that included over 1000 swimmers ranging in age from 5 to 19. That larger audience is what the Exeter Swim Team had been waiting for and shocked the 28 teams in attendance with...

Swimming in the 100 back finals at the Super Sectional meet in Buffalo, NY Kellen Gray posted a time of 58.78 which qualifies him for the Summer Junior Nationals. His time was also a new team record and only .19 seconds off the Senior National cut.

Zach Bishop set two new team records at the Super Sectional meet in Buffalo, NY. His time of 4:49.37 broke the mark set by Connar Patterson last summer. He also set re-broke his own 200 fly record that he set the weekend before at New England Seniors with a time of 2:09.23.

Exeter Swim Team has been selected to receive a Harvard Pilgrim Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant. The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation greatly appreciates the work that you do in our communities and is proud to award you this grant. About the Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grants Program: To commemorate those Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, Harvard Pilgrim and its Foundation created the Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program. This program enables employees from Harvard Pilgrim, Health Plans Inc. (our affiliate) and Dell Services (our IT partner)...

Tony Min set the EST team record for 11-12 boys 50 meter free. His time this evening was 28.93 which broke the previous record of 29.81 set by Sam Fontaine in 2000.

Over the past two weeks EST swimmers have broken four team records. Meghan Gray set the first team record of the summer with her 800 meter free at the UCONN Senior Meet. Her time of 9:52.59 broke the previous record of 10:00.90 set by Isabel Reis in 2012. At the EST 12 & under meet, Tony Min set three team records. He started with the 100 free where his time of 55.25 knocked over a second off the record set by Thomas Choquette earlier this year. Tony then broke the...

This past weekend EST sent a group of 24 swimmers to Beverly YMCA for a one day distance meet. Many of the swimmers were competing for the first time in a distance event and did an excellent job with the 400,800 and 1500 meter swims. Our biggest time drop of that day went to Katie Arend, who cut over two minutes from her previous 1500 time. There were also big drops from Alex Bouvier (52 seconds in his 400 IM), Meg Gray (70 seconds in her mile), Becca Stevens (29...

The majority of the Exeter Swim Team completed its fall/winter season this past weekend at the NHSA Swimming Championships held at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center (UVAC) in Vermont. Teams from all over New Hampshire were in attendance and Exeter had a great showing with many winning performances, a couple of record breaking swims and a first place finish from the 12-under group. Exeter placed third overall, with the Exectutive Swim Club of Manchester taking first and host team UVAC placing second. With many of the team's older swimmers participating...

The Exeter Swim Team came home with a 16th place finish and numerous team records broken at the New England 12-Under Swimming Championships held last week at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center in White River Junction Vermont. Over 70 teams from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island attended the 3-day affair, which is the fastest end-of-season New England meet for swimmers from ages 8 through 12. Leading the way were the 11-12 year-old boys team of Thomas Choquette, Tony Min, Andrew Benson and Max Reich, who set EST team...