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March 2013<br />
Volume 6<br />
Issue 5<br />
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:<br />
Senior & Senior Prep<br />
Update 2<br />
HS Prep 4<br />
National & National<br />
Prep Update 4<br />
Caruthersville Site<br />
Update 5<br />
Age Group 6<br />
Trivia question 6<br />
Team<br />
Breakfast/Poster<br />
Party Pictures 10<br />
Trivia Answer 10<br />
Thank you 11<br />
Coming up 11<br />
<strong>FAST</strong>-<strong>Dispatch</strong><br />
<strong>FAST</strong> logo evolves as team grows<br />
After 10 great years as a team, the<br />
coaches and board of directors<br />
decided the <strong>FAST</strong> logo needed to<br />
catch up with the team’s expansion.<br />
As the team continues to emerge on<br />
the regional and national stage, the<br />
team’s leadership felt it was important<br />
to differentiate <strong>FAST</strong> from several<br />
other clubs around the country that<br />
also use the acronym “<strong>FAST</strong>.”<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> places 2 nd at Division I Championship<br />
by Jim Halliburton<br />
Congratulations to the 94 <strong>FAST</strong><br />
Division I swimmers on another great<br />
championship meet performance. CSP<br />
won a very close meet with <strong>FAST</strong><br />
placing second, Rockwood third and<br />
Parkway fourth.<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> won 31 individual events<br />
compared to Rockwood with13,<br />
Parkway with 7 and CSP with 3.<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> won a total of 8 relays<br />
compared to Rockwood with 9,<br />
Parkway with 4 and CSP with 1.<br />
As you can see from the results, CSP<br />
was able to win the meet with their<br />
depth, as they had 115 swimmers<br />
making Division I cuts compared to<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> having 94 swimmers and<br />
Rockwood 75.<br />
With the inclusion of the Gateway<br />
Arch, the new logo unmistakably<br />
links the team to the St. Louis<br />
region. The logo also has a clean<br />
appearance, making it easy to display<br />
on swim caps and team clothing.<br />
The logo made its first appearance<br />
on the t-shirts worn by Division I<br />
swimmers last weekend, and there<br />
will be an apparel order shortly for<br />
all team members.<br />
Congratulations to the following<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> individual-event champions:<br />
Maddy Rey in the 10-andunder<br />
200 IM<br />
Karisa Franz went 7 for 7 in<br />
the 11-12 age group winning<br />
the 100 free, 200 free, 100<br />
back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 100<br />
IM and 200 IM<br />
Evie Pfeifer in the 13-14 500<br />
free, 200 breast and 200 IM<br />
Gavin Giandinoto won the<br />
10-and-under 100 free, 200<br />
free, 100 back, 50 fly, 100 fly<br />
and 200 IM<br />
Alex Rosenkranz won the 10-<br />
and-under 50 breast, 100<br />
breast and 100 IM
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Division I recap continued<br />
Austin Mayer won the 13-14<br />
50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100<br />
fly and 200 fly<br />
Nick Alexander won the 13-14<br />
100 back, 200 back, 100<br />
breast, 200 breast, 200 IM and<br />
400 IM<br />
The following swimmers swam on<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> winning relays:<br />
<br />
Rosenkranz and Gavin<br />
Giandinoto won both the 200<br />
medley and 200 free relay<br />
13-14 boys–T. J. Halliburton,<br />
Nick Alexander, Austin Mayer<br />
and Micheal Franz won all<br />
four relays: the 200 medley,<br />
400 medley, 400 free and 800<br />
free<br />
Evie Pfeifer and Libby Dorsey<br />
get ready to swim the 500<br />
freestyle at Ozark Division I<br />
Championships. Pfeifer went<br />
on to win the event.<br />
<br />
<br />
10-and-under girls–200 free<br />
relay team of Maddy Rey,<br />
Abby Pfeifer, Emily Traube,<br />
200 medley relay team of<br />
Maddy Rey, Meg Heveroh,<br />
Emily Traube and Abby<br />
Pfeifer<br />
10-and-under boys–Caleb<br />
Bahr, Alex Rosenkranz, Sam<br />
Many new <strong>FAST</strong> team records were<br />
also set.<br />
Congratulations to Nick Alexander<br />
who won the Outstanding Swimmer<br />
of the Meet, and to Maddie Pearl and<br />
Karisa Franz on making new sectional<br />
cuts.<br />
Senior and Senior Prep update<br />
by Maggie Kroemer<br />
Columbia Last Chance Meet<br />
A handful of swimmers from the Senior and Senior Prep groups traveled to the<br />
University of Missouri to race at the Tiger Invite Last Chance Meet. This meet<br />
served as a final tune-up before the championship portion of the season. These<br />
swimmers took advantage of swimming in one of the best pools in the country and<br />
had several great swims.<br />
The Mizzou Aquatic Center was host<br />
to the Columbia Last Chance Meet.<br />
Jake Gauvain had an outstanding meet, swimming best times in all of his races and<br />
obtaining two new Division 1 cuts in the 200 free and 200 back. Other swimmers<br />
who had new BB times were Jillian Bommarito (50free), Elena Coleman (400 IM,<br />
500 free) and Mark Franz (200 free, 200 breast, 100 breast). Cole Giandinoto<br />
acheived a new A time in the 200 free, while Jack Wessell made a new AAA time in<br />
the 200 back.
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Senior & Senior Prep continued<br />
Division II Meet<br />
Many Senior and Senior Prep swimmers<br />
had an outstanding meet at the Division<br />
II meet. Some swimmers used this meet<br />
as an opportunity to acquire additional<br />
Division I cuts, while others already had<br />
their cuts and used this meet as a tune-up<br />
before Division I.<br />
There were 20 new Division I cuts from<br />
swimmers in these groups. Those who<br />
made new cuts were Connor Flack (100<br />
fly, 200 back, 200 free, 100 back),<br />
Miranda Foster (400 IM, 1000 free), Jake<br />
Gauvain (100 back, 1000 free), Millie<br />
Gegg (100 free), Sam Grasso (400 IM,<br />
200 free, 50 free), Alex Heveroh (200 IM,<br />
400 IM), Kyle Irvine (100 back), Jessie Le<br />
(400 IM, 100 back) and Mason Shipp<br />
(200 IM, 200 free, 1000 free). Gina<br />
Gherardini (100 free, 200 free) and Alex<br />
Heveroh (100 breast) achieved new A<br />
times.<br />
Several Senior and Senior Prep swimmers<br />
made finals. Those who finished in the<br />
top eight were Connor Flack (3 rd in the<br />
200 back and 200fly, 4 th in the 200 free<br />
and 100 fly, 6 th in the 100 back), Miranda<br />
Foster (4 th in the 400 IM, 6 th in the 1000<br />
free, 7 th in the 50 free), Jake Gauvain (5 th<br />
in the 1000 free, 6 th in the 400 IM, 7 th in<br />
the 200 IM, 8 th in the 100 back), Millie<br />
Gegg (8 th in the 200 breast), Gina<br />
Gherardini (1 st in the 200 free, 2 nd in the<br />
200 fly, 3 rd in the 100 free, 5 th in the 200<br />
back), Sam Grasso (2 nd in the 400 IM, 6 th<br />
in the 200 free, 7 th in the 100 back), Alex<br />
Heveroh (3 rd in the 100 breast, 6 th in the<br />
400 IM), Kyle Irvine (4 th in the 50 free,<br />
6 th in the 200 back), Kristen Jacobs (5 th in<br />
the 400 IM, 6 th in the 200 fly), Jessie Le<br />
(3 rd in the 400 IM, 4 th in the 100 breast),<br />
Mason Shipp (6 th in the 200 IM and 1000<br />
free), and Meredith Traube (7 th in the 200<br />
fly).<br />
Coach Maggie shares<br />
advice with Sam Grasso<br />
and Jake Gauvain at the<br />
Division II meet.<br />
Division 1 Championship<br />
This was a strong meet for <strong>FAST</strong>. Many swimmers swam very well<br />
and helped our team place second overall. New A times were made<br />
by Cole Giandinoto (500 free, 200 IM, 100 free), Shannon<br />
McFarland (500 free, 100 back), Mitch Orf (50 free, 100 free), and<br />
Sidney Rey (400 IM, 100 back). Danielle Bickel had new AA times<br />
in the 100 back and 50 free. Jack Wessell had a new AA time in the<br />
100 free, and new AAA times in the 200 free, 100 IM and 100 back.<br />
Scoring points for <strong>FAST</strong> were:<br />
Danielle Bickel (3rdin the 200 free relay, 7 th in the 400 free relay, 9 th<br />
in the 800 free relay, 14 th in the 200 fly, 16 th in the 100 back),<br />
Connor Flack (6 th in the 800 free relay, 12 th in the 1650 free), Jake<br />
Gauvain (13 th in the 1650 free), Gina Gherardini (7 th in the 200<br />
medley relay, 7 th in the 400 free relay, 8 th in the 200 free relay, 9 th in<br />
the 800 free relay), Cole Giandinoto (5 th in the 200 medley relay, 6 th<br />
in the 400 medley relay, 6 th in the 200 free relay, 6 th in the 400 free<br />
relay, 6 th in the 800 free relay, 8 th in the 200 fly, 11 th in the 500 free,<br />
13 th in the 200 IM, 14 th in the 200 free, 14 th in the 100 fly, 15 th in the<br />
50 free, 16 th in the 100 free), Sam Grasso (6 th in the 800 free relay,<br />
11 th in the 1650 free, 15 th in the 500 free), Shannon McFarland (7 th<br />
in the 200 medley relay, 9 th in the 800 free relay, 12 th in the 1650<br />
free, 13 th in the 400 IM), Mitch Orf (2 nd in the 200 free relay, 5 th in<br />
the 200 medley relay, 6 th in the 400 medley relay, 6 th in the 400 free<br />
relay, 9 th in the 50 free, 14 th in the 200 back, 16 th in the 100 fly),<br />
Sydney Rey (7 th in the 200 free relay, 7 th in the 400 free relay, 9 th in<br />
the 800 free relay, 14 th in the 400 IM, 14 th in the 1650 free), Mason<br />
Shipp (6 th in the 200 free relay, 14 th in the 1650 free, 15 th 400 IM),<br />
Meredith Traube (15 th in the 1650 free), Jack Wessell (3 rd in the 100<br />
IM, 4 th in the 200 IM, 4 th in the 500 free, 4 th in the 100 breast, 4 th in<br />
the 100 bk, 5 th in the 100 fly, 5 th in the 200 free relay, 5 th in the 400<br />
free relay, 6 th in the 400 medley relay, 7 th in the 200 medley relay ),<br />
Mason White (5 th in the 200 medley relay, 6 th in the 400 medley<br />
relay, 10 th in the 200 fly, 14 th in the 400IM, 15 th in the 200 IM).
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High School Prep update<br />
by Cooper Lovera<br />
“Sydney Allen and<br />
MJ Topp had stand-out<br />
swims for the High<br />
School Prep group.”<br />
Coach Lovera<br />
February started with the Division II meet and ended with the Division I<br />
championship. Sydney Allen was at both representing High School Prep, and had<br />
best times at both. She started the Division II meet with a first-time swim in the<br />
200 IM, and achieved a BB time to begin the meet on the right foot! She went on<br />
to drop 2 seconds in her 100 free and 5 seconds in her 200 breast during prelims,<br />
qualifying for finals in the 200 breast in the process. Later that evening in finals,<br />
she cut another 3 seconds in the 200 breast (over 8 seconds dropped total) and a<br />
little over a half second more in the 100 free. Later on at Division I, Sydney swam<br />
the 200 breast again as well as the 50 free. She was right at her time from Division<br />
II in the 200 breast, and finished off by dropping over a half second in the 50 free,<br />
getting under 29 seconds for the first time. Great job overall, Sydney! Looking<br />
forward, March will start off immediately with the Senior Championship meet, at<br />
which MJ Topp will be hoping to improve upon his great first swims from our<br />
home meet at the beginning of the year. MJ has been training very hard, and his<br />
hopes are high for more best times at his second meet with <strong>FAST</strong>. Best of luck to<br />
MJ, and keep swimming <strong>FAST</strong>!!<br />
National and National Prep face a month of<br />
championship meets<br />
by Ian Cross<br />
Congratulations to Nick Alexander<br />
for winning the outstanding<br />
swimmer award at Division I<br />
Championships. Alexander is the<br />
first Ozark swimmer to win the MVP<br />
award back-to-back at the Ozark<br />
Long Course Championship and at<br />
the Division I Championship.<br />
The end of February started what is to<br />
be a four-week gauntlet of swimming<br />
known as the short- course<br />
championship season for the National<br />
and National Prep Groups. Division I<br />
Champs, Senior Champs, Sectionals<br />
and Junior Nationals are all conducted<br />
on consecutive weekends from Feb.<br />
22 until the conclusion on March 16.<br />
Starting it off last weekend was<br />
Division 1 Champs, where eight<br />
members of the two groups competed<br />
and helped our team to a tough and<br />
well-deserved second-place finish.<br />
Michael Franz, Evie Pfeifer, Shelby<br />
Duessel, TJ Halliburton, Amanda<br />
Dreyer, Libby Dorsey, Nick<br />
Alexander and Austin Mayer all<br />
competed and swam exceptionally<br />
well. For Dorsey, Franz, Dreyer and<br />
Halliburton, it was their shave and<br />
taper meet. Mayer won four<br />
individual events, including a blazing<br />
1:46.6 200 free while not being rested<br />
yet. Shelby Duessel narrowly missed<br />
her junior national cut in the 50 free,<br />
and Evie Pfeifer won two individual<br />
events as she is gearing up for<br />
Sectionals and Junior Nationals.<br />
As the championship season moves<br />
forward to the second week of<br />
competition, it is important that all of<br />
the swimmers keep a loose and<br />
relaxed attitude at practice every day,<br />
as well as at the meets. They are all<br />
showing signs of having a ton of<br />
energy, and Jim and I are very happy<br />
with the speed and intensity that we<br />
are training with right now. The<br />
swimmers must understand that this<br />
should be the most enjoyable time of<br />
the season. They have put in a lot of
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National & National Prep continued<br />
time, effort, sweat and undoubtedly<br />
some tears, into this short course<br />
season. They had to deal with my<br />
constant yelling and intensity all<br />
winter long. The technical issues that<br />
we worked on for the last six months<br />
now give way to race strategy, tempo<br />
and percentage of effort. I am at my<br />
most relaxed on deck this time of year<br />
because I know how well we are going<br />
to swim, and so should all of the<br />
athletes. The hard work is done, and<br />
now it is time to reward ourselves by<br />
getting up and racing our best. We still<br />
need to get plenty of rest and keep the<br />
intensity up in workout, but we are<br />
geared up to swim very well. The<br />
swimmers are rallying behind each<br />
other, and getting very close as a team.<br />
If that continues, we will race great, as<br />
one unbreakable unit. To paraphrase<br />
the late, great Al Davis, “Just Swim<br />
Baby.”<br />
<strong>FAST</strong>-Caruthersville<br />
by Spence Royer<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> Caruthersville is entering its sixth week of existence and continues to show growth and expansion.<br />
Coach Royer has had a consistent stream of new inquiries and tryouts each week and is excited about the<br />
future prospects for the squad. During the first five weeks, the emphasis has been on the four competitive<br />
strokes and starts, turns and touches. Considering that many of the Caruthersville swimmers are brand new<br />
to the sport, their progression has been strong.<br />
The Caruthersville squad is excited about the upcoming Intra Squad meet on March 16. An Intra Squad<br />
meet is the perfect introduction for athletes new to the sport. Recently, the Caruthersville squad had a suitand<br />
fin-fitting night and the order from B&B Sports will be coming in this week. The pool is now filled with<br />
yellow and green caps and the <strong>FAST</strong> presence is on display via car decals etc.<br />
The City of Caruthersville continues to be a strong supporter of the <strong>FAST</strong> team. Recently, the backstroke<br />
flags have been replaced with yellow and green pennants. In addition, two pool lights that needed to be<br />
repaired have been received and will be installed soon. Also, the Colorado timing system has been<br />
refurbished and will be shipped back to the pool soon. The next step with the timing system will be for a<br />
technician to troubleshoot all of the components. Once this is accomplished, <strong>FAST</strong> will be ready to host<br />
meets in the Boot heel.<br />
Coach Royer continues to stay busy with building the <strong>FAST</strong> program and also developing lifeguard, WSI,<br />
and swim lesson operations for the city. According to Coach Royer, the swim lesson operation will be<br />
critical for future growth of the swim team. The entire lifeguard staff in Caruthersville will be WSI certified<br />
by March 24 with the kick-off of swim lessons this spring.
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Age Group update<br />
by Derek Shipp<br />
Age Group Prep<br />
Winter finally found us in February, but that didn’t<br />
cool down the progress of Age Group Prep in the<br />
pool. We have been continuing to work on freestyle<br />
and backstroke flip turns each day in preparation for<br />
our next meet performances. The work paid off early<br />
in the month at the Columbia meet on Super Bowl<br />
Sunday. Kaitlyn Crancer and Nicholas Wingerter each<br />
competed in the 100 backstroke and did three<br />
backstroke flipturns!<br />
The following weekend, we had about 20 swimmers<br />
in the Division II Meet that was held at two locations.<br />
This was a prelim/final meet, so we recommended<br />
that most of our swimmers in Age Group Prep set<br />
their sights on the 8 & Under Championship or our<br />
own Intrasquad meet in March. That said, we did<br />
have several swimmers make it to finals at the<br />
Division II meet – Kaitlyn Crancer, Reagan Martin,<br />
Delaney O’Neill, Doug Portner, Kayla Weik and<br />
Nicholas Wingerter! Delaney also dropped 10<br />
seconds in her 100 backstroke to qualify for the<br />
Division I Championships! So, while the Division II<br />
meet was not a focus meet for much of our group, we<br />
did see a lot of good things. Unfortunately, we also<br />
continued to have disqualifications that took away<br />
some really big time drops. Strokes have largely<br />
looked much better, but mistakes like pushing off on<br />
our stomach on backstroke and one-handed touches<br />
in fly and breast should not be happening at this point<br />
in the season.<br />
We will continue to add work on starts and turns to<br />
each practice in preparation for the 8 & Under<br />
Championship and our Intrasquad meet on March 13,<br />
where we should see the best performances of the<br />
year!<br />
Age Group 1<br />
After a fairly quiet month in<br />
January, February was packed with<br />
meets for Age Group 1 and great<br />
performances, too. Practice<br />
attendance has been up for many<br />
of our swimmers, either because of<br />
the new year or trying to get ready<br />
for our big meets (or both). In any<br />
case, practices have been a lot of<br />
fun. We’ve continued to do turn<br />
work at least a couple times per<br />
week and re-emphasized our<br />
streamlines off the wall. It is safe to<br />
say that February was a great<br />
month for Age Group 1.<br />
We had a few swimmers go to the<br />
meet in Columbia the first week of<br />
February. Swimmers could only<br />
swim three events each day, so it<br />
was mostly a meet to stay sharp<br />
heading into Championships, but<br />
Lexi Martin and Joe Watson picked<br />
up their first “BB” times and<br />
Sophia McLeod picked up two<br />
more, so it was a good way to start<br />
the month.<br />
March Trivia Question<br />
What is the closest swim<br />
race in Olympic history that<br />
did not end up in a tie?
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The Division II meet was the next weekend, and most of the group competed in the prelim/final meet. The<br />
goal of the meet is to make finals and get new BB times. Mission accomplished! We had 20 Age Group 1<br />
swimmers compete in finals and achieve the following new BB times: Lauren Bailey – 50 free, 50 fly, 100 IM;<br />
Emily Carlson – 50 free, 50 back, 100 breast, 100 IM; Kylie Chitwood – 50 breast; Molly Dorsey – 200 free,<br />
50 back, 100 back, 200 IM; Grace Dutch – 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly; Isabelle Kohler – 100 free, 200 free, 50<br />
fly, 100 IM; Lexi Martin – 100 breast; Sophia McLeod – 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100<br />
fly; Aspen Shipp – 50 back, 100 back; Seth Steinbrueck – 50 fly; Michael Streb – 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly;<br />
Jack Villa – 100 breast, 100 IM; Joe Watson – 50 back, 50 fly, 200 IM.<br />
Two weeks later, we had the Division I Championships at the St. Peters RecPlex. If you just qualified for the<br />
meet at Division II, the challenge was to do better than you did two weeks before. If you came in with cuts<br />
from earlier in the season, the challenge was to score points for this team championship. We did a pretty<br />
good job on both accounts. Lauren Bailey, Molly Dorsey, Seth Steinbrueck, Michael Streb and Joe Watson<br />
were all able to improve on their qualifying performances from Division II. In addition, we saw Caleb Bahr,<br />
Michael Streb, Jack Villa, Madigan White and Brooke Zimmerman competing in finals! Congratulations to<br />
Caleb Bahr for his part in two first-place relays for the 10 & Under boys and Brooke Zimmerman for her 7 th<br />
place finish in the 100 IM and a new AA time!<br />
Now that the short -ourse meets are done for a while. We had some fun days and have begun to re-tool our<br />
strokes for long-course swimming. Remember to sign up for long-course meets early as many of them fill up<br />
quickly.<br />
Age Group 2<br />
After long months of hard work, the season seems to wrap up very quickly and then it’s over. That is what<br />
the month of February was. The month is short enough on its own, but for Age Group 2, it seemed like one<br />
long meet and then it was time to get ready for long course.<br />
We started our path to the Championships with the meet in Columbia. This meet was mainly a meet to stay<br />
sharp for Division I if you were fully qualified for that meet. We had a few good swims and had time to fix<br />
things before Championships. Everyone was right on their best times or a little under, but it gave us a good<br />
idea where we were heading into the next three weeks.<br />
Two of the next three weeks, the group was split based on whether we were getting ready for Division I or<br />
Division II. The group did a good job of focusing on getting ready for their own meet and not worrying<br />
about what the other group was doing. By splitting our focus, we were able to compete very well at both the<br />
Division II and Division I meets.<br />
Division II – Awesome results! The group swam 86% best times, but with some swimmers getting their best<br />
time twice in the same event by swimming in prelims and finals, it seemed like even more than that.<br />
Speaking of finals, they were packed with AG2 swimmers. It was not unusual to see five of our 11-12 boys<br />
in the same heat of finals. Congratulations to Henry Volkmann for winning the 100 Breast and 100 free with<br />
new A times and to Jake Sigman for winning high point for the 11-12 boys age group.
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Division I Champs boys 10 & under,<br />
first -place high point winner, Gavin<br />
Giandinoto, prepares for a great day<br />
of racing.<br />
It is going to be a long list, but here<br />
are the swimmers who achieved new<br />
BB times to qualify for the Division I<br />
meet: Natalie Appelbaum – 100 free,<br />
100 back, 200 back, 100 breast, 200<br />
breast, 200 I.M; Hope Brazel – 100<br />
breast; Ryan Dorsey – 50 free, 200<br />
free, 500 free, 100 back, 100 IM; Gabi<br />
Fischer – 100 free, 500 free, 100 back,<br />
50 fly; Dominic Grasso – 200 free,<br />
100 back; Zach Hartfelder – 50 free,<br />
200 free, 500 free; Bridget Heartlein –<br />
200 free, 500 free, 1000 free; Caleb<br />
Huettenmeyer – 100 free, 500 free, 50<br />
fly; Alex Hughes – 100 free, 50 back,<br />
100 IM; Katie Kostecki – 200 free,<br />
500 free, 50 fly, 100 fly, 100 IM, 200<br />
IM; Blake Obert – 100 back, 200 IM;<br />
Paden Shipp – 50 free; Jake Sigman –<br />
50 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 back,<br />
50 fly, 100 fly, 100 I.M; Emma<br />
Thurman – 50 back, 100 back; Steven<br />
Truong – 100 back, 100 IM; Jack<br />
Ullery – 100 free, 200 free, 50 back;<br />
Henry Volkmann – 100 free, 100<br />
back, 100 breast; Jennie Weaver - 50<br />
breast, 50 fly, 100 fly.<br />
The next challenge up for Age Group<br />
II was to go to Division I and top that<br />
great Division II performance, and<br />
they didn’t disappoint.<br />
Congratulations to Hope Brazel, Gabi<br />
Fischer, Zach Hartfelder, Jake Sigman<br />
for achieving their first new A times in<br />
the 11-12 age group. Congratulations<br />
to Maddie Mather and Jack Ullery<br />
for achieving their first 3 new A<br />
times in the 11-12 age group. In<br />
addition to those firsts, we had an<br />
amazing amount of new time<br />
standards: Glorie Fischer – A –<br />
100 fly, AA – 50 Back, 100 back;<br />
Gavin Giandinoto – AAA – 100<br />
back, AAAA – 200 IM; Bayley<br />
Helfrich – A – 200 IM, AA – 50<br />
back, 100 back, 100 IM; Meg<br />
Heveroh – A – 100 breast, AA –<br />
50 free, 100 fly; Carter Nelson – A<br />
– 500 free, AA – 50 fly, 100 fly;<br />
Ella Pearl – AA 100 back; Abby<br />
Pfeifer – AAA – 100 free, 100 fly;<br />
Maddy Rey – AA – 50 breast, AAA<br />
– 100 free, 200 free, 50 back, 200<br />
IM; Alex Rosenkranz – AAA – 100<br />
fly, 200 IM, AAAA – 100 breast;<br />
Sam Rosenkranz – AA – 200 free,<br />
50 fly, AAA – 50 back; Emily<br />
Traube – AA – 200 IM, AAA –<br />
100 free, 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly,<br />
100 fly.<br />
This was a great meet to finish a<br />
great season with.Gavin<br />
Giandinoto and Alex Rosenkranz<br />
were both high point winners for<br />
the 10 & Under Boys and Maddy<br />
Rey was in the running for 10 &<br />
Under girls. Emily Traube was hot<br />
on their heels with five new AAA<br />
times. Just a lot of great swimming.<br />
Long course should be fun!
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Age Group 3<br />
While February is still early in the new year, it is near the end of the short-course season. It is time for a<br />
long (swim) year of practice to culminate in our biggest age group meet of the year – Division I<br />
Championships. During the month of February, we continued to work on kicking, improve our<br />
streamlines and touch up turns and starts, but the majority of the preparation was done during the<br />
previous months. A few of our swimmers also prepared for Championships by attending the Tiger<br />
Invitational in Columbia. This was a good tune-up meet about three weeks out from Champs. It gave us a<br />
good look at what we needed to focus on during the last weeks of the season. Most people were right on<br />
their best times, but Maddie Pearl did jump up and get her first sectional cut in the 100 backstroke<br />
(1:00.83) and Morgan Ribaudo competed for the first time in the 13-14 age group.<br />
The following week, we also had swimmers in the Division II meet. As now about half of the group is 13<br />
& Over, we had a combination of swimmers competing a full-schedule and some picking up additional<br />
events for the Division I Champs. Results were largely positive with Tyler Lewis achieving five new BB<br />
times and AJ Kohler dropping from a B to an A in the 100 IM in one day! The results at Division II<br />
showed we should be ready to do great things at the Division I Champs.<br />
Division I was definitely a great meet for Age Group 3. While we have had some age ups since our<br />
November Champs, both Maddie Pearl and Jack Wever were able to score in multiple events in the 13-14<br />
age group. And while Joe Jellinek missed a month with a broken arm, he came back and swam with grit<br />
and got four new A times! However, the swimmer of the meet had to be Karisa Franz, who not only won<br />
all seven of her individual events, but achieved six new AAAA times in the process. Here is a complete list<br />
of new time standards for the group: Karisa Franz – AAAA – 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 100 breast,<br />
100 fly, 200 IM; Ryan Groszek – A – 100 back, 200 IM; Joe Jellinek – A – 50 free, 100 breast, 50 fly, 100<br />
IM; AJ Kohler – A – 200 IM; Maddie Pearl – AAA and Sectional Cut – 200 backstroke; Haley Rey – AA<br />
– 50 back, 200 IM; Jack Wever – A – 200 back, 200 breast, 400 IM, AA – 100 back.<br />
Now that champs are over, we will be making some changes to the group, but will work on stroke<br />
technique and kicking to get ready for long-course season. We should have a good number of swimmers<br />
at Zones in August!<br />
The Age Group 3 Swimmer of the Meet for the<br />
Division I Championship is Karisa Franz. Franz<br />
won all seven of her individual events and<br />
achieved six new AAAA times in the process.
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<strong>FAST</strong> team breakfast and poster making party pics<br />
Trivia Answer for March<br />
Sweden's Gunnar Larsson beat USA's Tim McKee in the 400 free by 2/1,000th of a second.<br />
Note: Until 1960, people measured swimming times to the 10th of a second. They used to have<br />
3 timers and use the middle time of the 3, or average the 3 times. But there were a lot of ties,<br />
and a lot of controversy over bad timing or unfair timing. Between 1961 and 1972, swimming<br />
was timed by an electric timing system to the 1,000 th or 10,000 th of a second. In 1972, at the<br />
NCAA, a swimmer got beat in the 400 IM by 3/10,000 th of a second, and then, in the 1972<br />
Olympics, a swimmer won the silver medal by 2/1,000 th of a second. Swimming thought that<br />
this was unfair for a swimmer to lose a race by so little, so for the last 30 years, swimming<br />
changed to always measured times to the 100 th of a second.<br />
Congratulations to Nick Alexander for winning the outstanding swimmer award at the Division I<br />
Championships. Nick is the first Ozark swimmer to win the MVP award back to back at the Ozark Long<br />
course champs and at the Division I Championship.
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Thank you…<br />
Flyers Aquatic<br />
Swim Team<br />
Coaching Staff:<br />
Jim Halliburton<br />
Derek Shipp<br />
Ian Cross<br />
Maggie Kroemer<br />
Spence Royer<br />
Melanie Choc<br />
Karen Kearney<br />
Rob Laux<br />
Karen Lebeau<br />
Cooper Lovera<br />
Michele Shinn<br />
Team Administrators:<br />
Angie Dorsey<br />
Muriel Gassner<br />
Board of Directors:<br />
Karen Fries<br />
Shelly Helfrich<br />
Aaron Kohler<br />
Dale Schulz<br />
Peter Thurman<br />
John Traube<br />
Mike Vickery<br />
Cindy Vinyard<br />
Matt Wever<br />
We offer our appreciation this<br />
month to those who helped in<br />
the following ways:<br />
Thanks to Andy Fries<br />
for taking the team<br />
photo. The photo is<br />
coming soon to the<br />
website.<br />
Thanks to Brenda<br />
Alexander, Marie<br />
Keltner, and Angie<br />
Dorsey for organizing<br />
and serving the team<br />
breakfast. The event was<br />
a great success!<br />
Thanks to all <strong>FAST</strong><br />
coaches and parents who<br />
spent most of their<br />
Coming up<br />
March 12-16<br />
March 14-15<br />
March 16<br />
March 17<br />
April 1<br />
April 2<br />
April 6<br />
April 7<br />
April 19-20<br />
weekends in February at<br />
swim meets. We<br />
appreciate all of the time<br />
you devote to the team.<br />
Thanks to Shelby<br />
Duessel and Megan<br />
Ouhl for putting the<br />
finals music together for<br />
the Division II meet. It<br />
sounded great!<br />
Thanks to Shelly<br />
Helfrich for designing<br />
and organizing the<br />
Division I Champs t-<br />
shirts. They were a huge<br />
hit!<br />
NCSA Jr. National Meet<br />
Red Mango Fundraiser<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> Winter Intra-Squad<br />
Entry deadline for RCA Long Course Invitational meet<br />
Parent meetings for Age Group 1 & 2 (emails with info<br />
coming soon)<br />
Parent meeting for Age Group 3 (emails with info coming<br />
soon)<br />
Parent meeting for Age Group Prep in Sperreng cafeteria<br />
during AG Prep practice<br />
<strong>FAST</strong> Banquet at Royale Orleans from 4-7pm (rsvp info<br />
coming soon)<br />
First annual <strong>FAST</strong> Swim-a-thon<br />
Thanks to all 15 & over<br />
swimmers who took<br />
time out of their own<br />
weekend to cheer on<br />
their <strong>FAST</strong> teammates at<br />
the Division I meet.<br />
Thanks to our<br />
Communications<br />
Committee, Matt Wever,<br />
Jamie Gagliarducci, and<br />
Rosemary Douglas, for<br />
all of their continued<br />
work on the website.<br />
Our Mission Statement<br />
The mission of <strong>FAST</strong> is to<br />
have a nationally recognized<br />
aquatics program that<br />
emphasizes good<br />
sportsmanship, team unity,<br />
family participation and<br />
individual excellence of<br />
swimmers at all levels.<br />
The <strong>FAST</strong> experience will<br />
provide opportunities for<br />
social, emotional and<br />
educational development of<br />
swimmers, empowering<br />
them to face challenges in<br />
and out of the water<br />
throughout their lifetime.