ELITE PERFORMANCE SIMPLY “SIZZLING”:

SEBASTIAN, KATZ, M. HONG & DONG BREAK STATE 12 & U MEDLEY RELAY RECORD:

4 MEET RECORDS BROKEN BY ELITE SWIMMERS/RELAYS:

COYNE, CRITCHLEY, DART (3), IIZUKA, MANGO (3), SEBASTIAN (2), L. STEARNS & 4 RELAYS WIN EVENTS!!

GROEL POSTS 2 SECTIONAL CUTS;

COYNE, A. DUREN, HALL, M. HONG, KATZ (2), KOLOGY (2), MANGO (4), K. MILLER-RADEST, SEBASTIAN & L. STEARNS ADD ZONE CUTS

AHLMEYER (2), C. BALBO (5), BIGHAM, CHU (2), DONG, A. DUREN (2) K. DUVVURI (2), J. FELSEN (6), GALEA (2), E. GORHAM, GROEL (2), A. GUACELLI (2), M. HONG, KATZ, KEISER, I. LARAIA (2), S. LOWE, MANGO (6), MELCHIOR (2), K. MILLER-RADEST, SEBASTIAN (2), K. STEARNS, STRAND, M. TORTORELLA (1) & A. WEINBROM ADD 50 JO CUTS

POINT TOTAL 800 POINTS MORE THAN LAST YEAR (1,877.5):  

            Ranking with last spring’s team wide performance at Junior Olympics as the best performances in team history, the Elite Swim Club was simply magnificent at the 2009 Summer Sizzle Invitational Swim Meet at Rutgers University this past weekend. Combining the Elite point (1665) total with the Unattached Elite point (212.5) total put Elite at an astounding 1,877.5 points to place 3^rd (behind Scarlet and Team Suffolk-Long Island) out of 29 teams!!! Elite bested its 2008 performance at the same meet by 800 points. 

            The performance of the meet was 12 year olds Ryan Sebastian, Zach Katz, Matthew Hong & Jeff Dong breaking the 16 year old Boys 11-12 4 x 50 Medley Relay record held by a Ridgewood quartet. Sebastian (back), Katz (breast), Hong (fly) and Dong (free) shattered the record by more than 1 second on Saturday and then came within 1 second of breaking the 4 x 50 Free Relay on Sunday (held by the same Ridgewood quartet)! Both swims were Sizzle meet records. 

            The foursome of Scott Groel (back), Chris Dart (breast), Michael Strand (fly) and Adam Weinbrom (free) broke the Sizzle Meet Record for the Open 4 x 100 Medley Relay on Saturday night. This quartet bested a 2 year old meet record held by swimmers named Strand, Dart, Alex Morrison and Ricky Martin by over 6 seconds!! The same boys also won the 4 x 100 Free Relay, when Dart ran down a Scarlet swimmer on the anchor lap.   

NEW SUIT POLICY IN EFFECT: 1) CHAMPIONSHIP SUITS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP STYLE MEETS  2) ELITE WILL ONLY USE WINTER 2010 APPROVED SUITS: 

            During the last 8 years and particularly in the last year, the sport of swimming has seen a tremendous amount of focus and money spent on “highly technological” suits. As World Class Swimmers have broken a record number of world records since the introduction of such suits as the Speedo LZR and the Blue Seventy suits in the spring of 2008, the swimming public has “raced” to buy these suits to help performances.  

            Given the current circumstances, Elite will, from this moment forward, adopt the following two team rules regarding technologically advanced suits: 

1)      Elite swimmers can race in a technologically advanced suit (or simply: a championship style suit) at any championship style meet Elite attends. This means the meet must be structured as a prelims/finals format for at least the 13 & Olders. All swimmers, no matter what age, will be able to wear a technologically advanced suit at the championship style meet. The Elite team suit will be worn at all other meets. 

The list of meets is as follows:  

Winter Season/ short course season:  NYC Open, Holiday Classic, CeraVe, Jr. States, Sr. States, Silver/Bronze and JO competitions

Summer Season/ long course season: Memorial Day, Summer Sizzle, Silver/Bronze and JO competitions                             

Obviously, Eastern Zones, Sectionals, Junior Nationals, Senior Nationals, Grand Prix and International competition meets will also apply. 

2)      Elite will limit its swimmers to compete in suits that have FINA and USA Swimming approval as of January 1, 2010. This means the suits on the amended FINA list are NOT Elite approved suits.  

WINTER 2009-10 ROSTER DEPOSITS DUE SATURDAY, JULY 11;

84 HAVE COMMITTED TO ELITE; LIST ON WEBSITE UNDER TRYOUTS:

            Information regarding the Winter 2009-10 Season has been mailed to each swimmer. 

            Within each swimmer’s packet was a note inviting them to train within a specific training group and that the practice schedule next winter will be identical to this past Spring (and last Winter). 

            In order for an Elite swimmer to reserve their roster spot for next winter, a $300 deposit (per swimmer) must be mailed to Bill Deatly 32 Prospect Street Summit NJ 07901 prior to Saturday, July 11. The deposit allows Elite to understand the training group sizes prior to Tryouts (to be held Tuesday, July 21 at MBS). Receipt of the deposit will trigger the purchase of the team uniform (suit, t-shirts, sweatshirts, racing caps) in late July for each registered individual. This procedure also allows Elite to understand how many openings there are per training group prior to the July 21^st tryouts. 

AWARDS DINNER TO BE HELD SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010:

            The 15^th annual Elite Awards Dinner will be held on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the Hanover Marriott Hotel on Route 10 in Hanover (site of the last 6 dinners). The dinner will be from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

FOR THOSE WHO NEED A NEW CHALLENGE: LOCAL TRIATHLONS SCHEDULED THIS SUMMER:

            Marty’s Reliable Cycle in Morris Township is sponsoring 3 separate Triathlons this summer geared for athletes under 16.

            The dates and locations are as follows: 1) July 18 in Morris Township (date of 12 & U Silver Bronze Champs!) 2) August 15^th in Bernardsville and 3) September 5 in Chester.

            The link is: http://martysreliable.com/page.cfm?PageID=594. For more information, contact Jessica McGinn at Jessica@martysreliable.com.  

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Elite Swim Club's affiliations:    New Jersey Swimming, Inc      USA Swimming