Life Time Oregon Swim Team Weekly Update: 2/11/2024
Hello Swim Team!
I hope that you are having a nice weekend! Here is your weekly swim team update. Please reach out with any questions that you may have.
Developmental Team
New Team Members:
We are looking forward to having the following swimmers start on our developmental team this week!
- Makayla Bolden
- Luci Dubauski
- Olvia Dubaski
- Vivian Silver
- Michelle Xiao
Developmental Meet:
We have a developmental meet on Friday, February 16th. We hope that you all will attend. To sign-up please log-in to Swimmingly Clubhouse and follow the steps: https://support.swimmingly.app/complete-meet-declarations
If you have not swum in a developmental swim meet with Life Time please let me know so I can help get your account in Swimmingly set up.
USA Team
Canby Meet Recap:
Congrats to all the swimmers who participated in the Canby Meet on Sunday, February 11th! It’s fun to see the progress that are team is making! Here are some key highlights:
- Aurelia Anderson*: Dropped 7 seconds in the 100 Free!
- Simon Boariu: Dropped 5 seconds In the 50 Free!
- Noa Champman*: Dropped 17 seconds in the 100 Free!
- Mikey Davila: Dropped 7 seconds in the 100 Free!
- Sonia Ellefson*: Dropped 7 seconds in the 50 Breast!
- Paige Fejfar: Dropped 4 seconds in the 50 Breast!
- Morgan Lee: Dropped 8 seconds in the 50 Breast!
- Dylan Mason: New best time in the 50 Breast!
- Luci Rakers: Dropped 2 seconds in the 50 Free!
- Patrick Schremer*: New best time in the 50 Breast!
- Indy Shumate*: New best times in the 50 Free and 50 Back!
- Elowyn Thomas: Dropped over 2 seconds in the 50 Free!
* Indicates swimmers who competed in their first USA meet!
Developmental Meets for USA:
USA team members are encouraged to swim our developmental meets. However, I strongly encourage USA swimmers to pick some new events. We are offering 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 IM, 200 IM, 100 Back, 100 Breast and 100 Fly at this next meet. Developmental meets are great opportunities for USA swimmers to try an event for the first time in a more low-key setting.
Additional Notes for USA Team
- Equipment- As we develop as a team, I want to start introducing different equipment to enhance our training.
- Fins- I mentioned this in practice, but our team has gotten to the point where Life Time does not have enough fins for every swimmer. Many pairs are also starting to break because of the constant wear from swim team. I would like all swimmers on the USA team to purchase their own. I do recommend the Kiefer Elite Power Fins. These are shorter than the fins at Life Time and swimmers will not go quite as fast. However, the kicking motion with these fins translates better to the correct motion and movement that is optimal without fins.
- Swim Snorkel- The swim snorkel is my favorite piece of equipment. When swimmers can remove the breathing aspect from freestyle, and butterfly strokes they can pay closer attention to their arm pulls beneath the surface. The snorkel is great for technique work. I recommend the Finis Snorkel or Finis Junior Snorkel. The junior snorkel is recommended for swimmers under the age of 12 because it’s smaller and easier to “clear.”
- Mesh bag- With swimmers needing more equipment, they will need a mesh bag to stow their gear. In addition, to the snorkel and fins, swimmers can also keep a water bottle, extra goggles and caps in the bag. Swimmers are welcome to bring their own kickboards and pull buoys but I am not requiring those pieces of equipment to be purchased at this time.
*Note: Some families have had trouble accessing these links. Others have let me know that they had to access these links either through our website or on a smart device.
Upcoming USA Meets:
- John Haring Memorial Classic @ Chehalem Aquatic Center- March 16th-17th (More info coming soon!)
That’s it for now! See you at the pool!
Life Time Coaching Staff
