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

Weekly Email:  2/7-13/16 -- STATE!!

Hello Everyone!

I'm missing most of you already!  I hope a bunch of you are planning on coming with the state swimmers to the meet at BYU!  It will be very exciting, and we are hoping for great swims!  Come cheer on your teammates and/or be inspired to get yourself qualified to swim at the state meet next year! Other than the college meets, the state meets are the fastest meets in the state. We have several swimmers seeded at the top, and in the fast heats.  I’m expecting some team records to go down at this meet! 

The psych sheet is posted on utswimcoach.com (in the 4A column), psych sheet.  I expect the heat sheets to show up there soon.

Parents, and swimmers, interested in timing, please send your name to me, and I can turn that in.  I have not seen a call for timers, so I don’t know if it is full or not, but we can try.

Here is a link for all the State Meet information: STATE MEET info

Friday, Feb 12:

• 7:00 am Bus @ East (Required for State Swimmers, ALL EAST Swimmers are encouraged to ride the bus with us, however only swimmers on the state team are excused from school)
• 8:00 am Spectator tickets go on sale at the Smith Fieldhouse. $8 for adults, $5 for students
• 8:30am Teams are allowed on the deck.  Hurry and grab a spot!  Deck access is controlled. Only swimmers with deck passes are allowed on the deck. Everyone else is expected to be in the stands
• 8:45 am Warm-up begins.  Try to grab a lane of our own
• 10:00 am  Meet begins:  Medley Relay (Girls and Boys), 200 FR (Meghan, Alex), 200 IM (Jack, Nate, Griffin)
• 2:30 pm?? return to East

Saturday, Feb 13th

• 2:00 pm Bus @ East (Again, everyone invited - no school to miss this time!)
• 1:00 pm Spectator tickets go on sale at the Smith Fieldhouse. Usually sells out!
• 1:30 pm Teams allowed on deck - only swimmers with deck passes
• 1:45 pm Warm-up begins
• 2:50 pm Presentation of Academic All-State winners (Jackson and Eleanor)
• 3:00 pm Meet begins: 100 FL, 100 FR (Katy, James), 500 FR (Meghan, Madeline, Jack and Alex), 200 FR Relay (Girls and Boys), 100 BK (Katy, Peyton, Griffin, Cameron), 100 BR (Nate), 400 FR Relay (Girls and Boys)
• 8:30 pm?? return to East

Again, this year tickets must be purchased at the BYU Smith Fieldhouse Ticket Office just south of Richards Building Pool. Spectators should purchase a ticket at the Smith Fieldhouse before standing in line at the Richards Building to enter the spectator balcony.  After the meet on  

Saturday, ALL East swimmers, parents and supporters are encouraged to come have pizza.  We have made dinner reservations at Malawi's Pizza (Shops at Riverwoods, 4801 North University Avenue #110).  It will be $13.25 each, which will include pizza, half salad, drink and tip.  We will be collecting money at Malawi's Pizza.

Thanks to the Hale and Swanson families for breakfasts last week. 

GO EAST!

Cathy

Weekly Email:  2/1-5/16

A huge thank you to Jim and Shauna Van Buren, Joslin Wright, Merica Hale, Randy Philpot, Jeff Bowles, Martha Sloan, Jenn Mayer, Marcy McDonald, Marilyn Colgan, Kristi Knudson, Willie Oviedo, Jesse McDonald, Amy Crane, and Mary Chris Finnigan for all of the help at the Region meet. We could not have done it with out you!

East placed 4^th in the Region meet.  Girls, Boys, and overall.  We had a lot of good swims, and a TON of best times.

Here is a list of our podium finishers:

• Girls 200 Free: 1^st Meghan Rainier
• Boys 200 Free: 6^th Alex Mayer
• Boys 200 IM: 1^st Jack Swanson; 3^rd Griffin Hale
• Girls 50 Free: 4^th Peyton Ledbetter
• Boys 50 Free: 4^th Nate Van Buren
• Girls 100 Free: 1^st Katy Mayer
• Boys 100 Free: 3^rd James Tippets
• Girls 500 Free: 1^st Meghan Rainier; 6^th Madeline Jensen
• Boys 500 Free: 3^rd Jack Swanson
• Girls 200 Free Relay: 3^rd Katy Mayer, Chloe McDonald, Jamie Lewis, Meghan Rainier
• Girls 100 Back: 3^rd Katy Mayer; 5^th Peyton Ledbetter
• Boys 100 Back: 3^rd Griffin Hale
• Girls 100 Breast: 5^th Kanna Crosland
• Boys 100 Breast: 2^nd Nate Van Buren
• Boys 400 Free Relay: 3^rd Jack Swanson, James Tippets, Griffin Hale, Nate Van Buren

Nice Work!

 

I've included the full region meet results, and results by swimmer.  (Negative numbers mean a best time.)

I will send out more detailed state information soon.  The website is currently down, but should be back up anytime. 

Thank You:  

• Swanson family for providing breakfast last Wednesday.
• Thompson and Day families for providing bus and deck snacks for the Region meet.

This Week:  Normal practice schedule.

• Wednesday, 2/3 - Breakfast provided by Griffin Hale and Family
• Wednesday morning – 5:30am – mandatory ONLY for Meghan, Jack, Griffin, Alex, and Madeline 
• Friday, 2/5 - Breakfast provided by Jack Swanson and Family – LAST MORNING PRACTICE!!

Heads Up for Next Week:

• Mon – Thurs, 2/8-2/11 – Afternoon practices only
• Friday, 2/12 - State Meet!
• Saturday, 2/13 - State Meet!
• Saturday, 2/13 - Celebration dinner at Malawi's Pizza after the State Meet! (more details to come)

Meghan: 200 Free

Alex, 200 Free

Jack & Griffin, 200 IM

Peyton, 50 Free

Nate, 50 Free

Katy, 100 Free

James, 100 Free

Meghan & Madeline, 500 Free

Jack, 500 Free

200 Free Relay: 
Jamie, Meghan, Katy, Chloe

Nate, 200 Breast

Griffin, 100 Back

 

400 Free Relay:  Griffin, Jack, James, Nate

 

January 31, 2016 -- Regions and State

Congratulations to EVERYONE, parents and swimmers, both!!!

Everyone was so great!  The region meet, really, could not have come off so well without all the help from parents.  You were so supportive and helpful that I hardly know what to say.  The thanks I owe to Jodie Swanson and Jim VanBuren are beyond what I even know how to express.  I could not have done it without you.  There was a hiccup here and there, but the meet was held, and the kids swam great, and we shouldn’t have to do that again for a while!!  THANK-YOU!  

Swimmers!!  You were amazing!  Almost everyone on the team had at least one best time.  Some dropped huge chunks of time.  It was so fun to see the red EAST caps out in front!  We won 4 events!  Meghan won the 200 and 500 free, with a new Region V record in the 500 free.  Jack blew the field away in the 200 IM, and Katy somehow got her hand on the wall first to win the 100 free. 

The Top 50 is finally up, and I have gone through to estimate state qualifiers.  The GOOD news that I am certain of – ALL relays are IN!!!  That makes me so happy, and proud of you!  We haven’t had all relays in for several years. Individual entries are more difficult to determine.  State entries are due on Wednesday.  After they are processed, they come back to me with who has gotten in.  Here is a list of who I think is in, and who is on the bubble.

• Meghan – multiple events
• Jack – multiple events
• Katy – multiple events
• Nate – Breast, probably in IM, and on the bubble in the 50 FR
• Griffin – Back, and on the bubble for IM
• Madeline – probably in 500 FR
• Peyton – probably in back
• Alex – probably in 200 FR
• James – probably in 100 FR
• Cam – on the bubble for both fly and back

Practice this week will be a normal schedule for the above swimmers. 

Tomorrow morning 7 am, Monday: Meghan, Jack, Katy, Griffin, Madeline, Alex. 

Tomorrow afternoon 3 pm: Meghan, Jack, Katy, Griffin, Madeline, Alex, Nate, Peyton, James, Cam.

Also tomorrow afternoon: Jared, Noah, Zach, Maddie, Chloe, Kanna, & Jamie.  These swimmers may be on relays or alternates.

Everyone else on the team is welcome to come to afternoon practices this week, 3-4 pm, if you want to.

I will send out some more details about the upcoming week, and region results, in another email.

The State meet is Feb 12 & 13^th.  More info will be coming about that too!

GO EAST!

Cathy