May 20, 2016 -- Swim Banquet Photos!

2015-2016 Swim Banquet photos have now been posted!  Please check them out on the Team Photo's tab at the top.

Additional State Team dinner and State dinner (after the meet) photos have also been added to the State Meet photo's link.

Have a great summer!

Just Keep Swimming!

 

May 20, 2016 - Volunteer Opportunity

36th Annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games - Looking for Volunteers for the Swim Events

Dear Coaches,

My name is Valerie Lambiase, I’m a nurse at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and I am the Event Coordinator of the Swimming Events at the Veterans Wheelchair Games which will be hosted in Salt Lake City June 26^th through July 2nd.  One of my responsibilities is recruiting volunteers to assist the athletes in and out of the pool, before and after their event.  This will required approximately 40 teams of two and is a specific volunteer opportunity for individuals who are comfortable in the water and are in good physical condition to withstand lifting and lowering athletes of various sizes and with various levels of paralysis.  We hoped that reaching out to the many coaches of high school and college swim teams could assist with this recruiting process, if only to post the volunteer link on a web page or better yet, actively recruit members. Volunteers need to be at least 14 years old.

The swimming events will be held at the indoor and outdoor pools at Steiner on Wednesday, June 29th, with races starting at 6:00 PM, ending by 10:00, if all events run smoothly.  There will be both paraplegic athletes and quadriplegic athletes. These specialized volunteers will work in teams of two, one team at each end of the pool (for the 25 meter events), with one person in the water and one on the deck; each assisting the athlete in or out of the water and back into their chair. We will have physical therapists to train how best to accomplish the task and there will be medical staff on deck throughout all the events should anyone need any assistance, or if the athlete has a problem. There will be certified lifeguards on deck as well.

The link to the volunteer registration is http://wheelchairgames.org/volunteers/.  When registering, please just click on the Swimming Event option to be assigned to my volunteer team.

If anyone has any questions regarding the Games or the actual volunteer responsibilities, please feel free to contact Jacob Bowman at Jacob.bowman@va.gov.  I’ll be out of the country until May 17^th but will be happy to answer any questions after that. I can be reached at Valerie.lambiase@va.gov or please feel free to call at 303-548-4026.

Thank you for taking the time to read through this email and consider our request for help.  The Salt Lake VA is very excited to be hosting these Games and thanks to the generous people who are volunteering their time, we are confident we will be able to provide a truly amazing experience for these Veteran wheelchair athletes.

March 29, 2016 -- Swim Team Banquet

 

We hope to see everyone at the banquet!

Online RSVP:   East Swim Banquet

OR

Email RSVP: joslincw@gmail.com

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Banquet Parking Map

 

March 9, 2016 -- Actually... Save This Date!

Due to unseen circumstances we need to change the Swim Banquet date.

Mark your calendars Again! A new Swim Banquet date has been set!!!

March 8, 2016 -- Save the Date!

Mark your calendars!  A Swim Banquet Date Has Been Set!!

 

February 27, 2016 - Water Polo!

Hi Everyone!

Are you all rested up, and recovered?

 

We still don't have a definite date for the banquet, but it looks like it will be in April sometime.

 

I can't get pool time for one last get together because water polo now has the pool from 3-5 pm every day.

BUT - it is NOT too late to join the water polo team!  Water polo is a nice break from swimming - totally different.  It keeps you in the water and having fun.  Water polo helps your swimming, and swimming helps your water polo.  I'm sure you can just show up at the pool and give it a try, or talk to Meghan or Zach or James or ???  It is an East club team, but has players from other area schools, as well as East.

There was a time when water polo was at least as important in our house as swimming was, and Dane would have rather played polo in college than swam, but there are so few collegiate water polo teams and he isn't 6'10", 300 lbs, and from an Eastern European country.  Still - he had a lot of fun, made good friends, and got to go on a few trips. You should try it!!

Another way, of course, to get a jump ahead for next year is to join a club swimming team.  There are several in the area - Swim Utah, Race Swami, Fish Market, etc.  There are also summer country club teams - JCC, SL Tennis Club, Northcrest, SL Country Club, etc.  You can find more information online for any of these teams.  If you have questions, email, or call me, and I can help direct you to more information.

I hope to see you all soon!  Get in the water!

Cathy

February 15, 2016 -- STATE WRAP-UP

Hello All!

Thank you to everyone, swimmers, and parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, etc, who came to support our team at the state meet! You were a great cheering section. We improved over last year, with the girls placing 9th and the boys 12th. Everyone tried their best. As always, emotions were high with tears, and smiles - sometimes all within a few seconds!  Complete results can be found in the 4A column at utswimcoach.com.  Also down under EAST Swimmers, there is a file for each swimmer with times and results graphed for each meet this year, and, if not a freshman, previous years.

Thank-you to the Day and Wright families for supplying treats and drinks for the swimmers on the deck at State. And, as always, through the entire year, the Swanson family for treats, and yard signs, and banners, and shirts, and going above anything we could hope for.  Also, a huge thanks to the Rainiers for hosting a beautiful state dinner, and helping our state team feel special.  

Here are some highlights from the weekend:

We started with the excitement Friday morning of NO BUS, ok, a LATE bus that we shared with Highland, who had NO bus.    

Meghan was a STATE CHAMPION in the 200 Free with a 1:54.02, breaking the school record held since 1977 by Robynn Masters!  It was SO fun to see her at the top of the podium.

Of 16 individual swims at the meet - 14 of them were personal best times!  Awesome!

Meghan was 2nd in the 500 free with a 5:07.81.  It was a very tight race!  She smashed the school record  by nearly 3 seconds, held since 2009 by Alina Fong.

Nathan finished 3rd in the 100 Breast with a 1:01.45, which was also a new school record! He broke the record held by Drew Bowles (Alexis' brother) since 2003.  Nathan also finished very well in the 200IM, dropping a lot of time, and shootingup to 8th.  

Jack had a great meet finishing on the podium in 4th in the 200IM, and also scored points in the 500 free, finishing just off the podium in 7th, and just missing the school record.

Katy swam well in the always extremely competitive 100 Free, finishing 9th.  She also scored points in the 100 Back, finishing 12th.

The biggest drop by an East swimmer was by Alex Mayer who snuck into the 500 free, qualifying in 24th place, but dropped over 6 seconds to jump up to 19th place. Way to go Alex!

And Cameron, tried again to break that 1:00 barrier in backstroke, coming in with his umpteenth 1:00.xx, but moving up a place in the standings.

Scoring points in the state meet for the first time were:  Griffin-15th in 100 Back; Madeline-16th in the 500 Free; and Peyton-16th in the 100 Back.  Congrats!!

Relay highlights were the boy's Medley relay of Griffin, Nathan, Jack, and James which finished 8th; and the girl's 400 Free relay of Katy, Madeline, Peyton, and Meghan which ran away with their heat and finished 9th.  

Looking ahead:

The banquet for swimmers and their parents will be held after spring break this year - the end of March, or first of April.  We will let you know as soon as we have a date. You don't want to miss it!

I am thinking it would be fun to meet as a team one last time and play capture the flag.  I'll let you know if I can get some pool time in the next two weeks.  

Attachments:

I've included two files.

• The list of state results, by name.
• And a Top12 list of each event for our team for the year.

Everyone did a great job, and I am proud of all of you!!

GO EAST!

Cathy