It’s time for everyone to take a small break from swimming and recharge their mental and physical batteries. Â For the next few weeks your webmaster will be on vacation and definitely NOT checking his email or this website, so don’t be surprised if nothing new is posted until late September.
Day 4 results are available here. Complete meet results, including a listing of all individual scores and team scores, are available on our Results page. In the team competition, North Coast Aquatics claimed the overall team title with with 4422.5 points, followed by Pacific Swim with 3271, Heartland Swim Association with 2333, and Rancho San Dieguito with 2292.5.
Although it was a beautiful day for swimming, the over 13 hours of almost non-stop action left most participants exhausted, longing for a cool drink and a soft bed. Â However, for those who witnessed the spectacle, there were some awesome swims completed by SI swimmers. Â 9 new JO records and 5 new SI records were set, with some in spectacular fashion. New records were set by:
With any luck, the complete Day 3 results will be available here. In the team competition after 3 days, North Coast Aquatics leads with 3114 points, followed by Pacific Swim with 2219, Heartland Swim Association with 1541, and Rancho San Dieguito with 1522.5.
Over 600 San Diego-Imperial Swimmers filled the Coronado pool (and I mean filled – there were so many, they broke a lane line during warmups) starting at 7:00am and stroked their way to numerous personal bests and more than a few new JO and SI records during the first full day of heats and finals competition.  Swimmers competed in 32 individual events and 4 – 800 free relay events, and in the process set 9 new JO records and 3 new SI marks.  The record setting swims were:
The 2010 edition of the San Diego-Imperial Swimming Long Course Junior Olympics got under way today in Coronado at the Brian Bent Memorial Aquatics Complex. Â The temperature were, well – like summertime, and the skies were clear and blue. Â Although there were only 4 events contested (the 1500M freestyle is not for the faint of heart), one new JO record was set and another was nearly broken. Â Scott Clausen of NCA bettered his existing 13-14 Boys JO mark with a time of 16:35.11, and Tommy Andersen of CAST came within 3 seconds of Eric Hedlin’s 2008 JO record for the 15-18 Boys in a time of 16:26.68. Â Katya Rakotz of NCA won the 13-14 Girls race, and Roni Meyer of HSA prevailed in the 15-18 Girls race.
Competition resume tomorrow with prelims beginning at 9:00am – warmup at 7:00am. Â See you there.
There is an interesting article in today’s Union-Tribune newspaper entitled “Shallow pool of premier talent: Why isn’t San Diego producing more world-class swimmers?” Â The article features several comments from our own Administrative Vice-Chair, Mike Saltzstein. Â You can read the full text of the article at SignOn San Diego.
The 2010 Western Zone Swimming Championships have concluded and the small but spirited San Diego-Imperial Swimming squad placed 7th out of 16 teams. Â Complete meet results are available.
San Diego-Imperial Swimming has published a list of swimmer’s entries for the upcoming 2010 Junior Olympics which could not be verified in SWIMS, the USA Swimming times database. Â 31 entries from 20 different swimmers could not be verified. Â All swimmers who have an unproven entry time MUST provide verification of their entry time, or correct their entry time to a verifiable entry time that is equal to or faster than the event time standard, prior to the beginning of the meet (Thursday, 19 August at 5:00pm) or they will be scratched from the event. This information has been emailed to all affected team coaches but just in case, here is the listing of unverified entries. Â Swimmers who have entries listed on the report should contact their coaches to ensure their entries are properly corrected. Â Unattached swimmers can contact the meet coordinator, Mary Redmond, directly.
San Diego-Imperial Swimming has released the estimated meet timeline, warm-up, team job and lane timing assignments for this week’s upcoming championship meet. Timelines (approximate and subject to change) are as follows:
Warmup assignments, except for Thursday night, Â are by age group: Thursday: Â 4:00-4:50pm (event 1-4 swimmers only)
The results of the ICAC-hosted JOMAX North Meet (aka the Summer WrapUp Meet) held 6-8 August 2010 at the incomparable Palomar College pool in San Marcos have been posted on our results page.  Rancho San Dieguito narrowly edged out Pacific Swim for the overall team title with 1075 points to 1048 points, and host team ICAC collected the 3rd place trophy with 668 points.
The results of the recent SBA-hosted JOMAX South Meet (aka the Summer WrapUp Meet) held 6-8 August 2010 at the fabulous Loma Verde pool in Chula Vista have been posted on our results page.  SBA took home the overall team title with 949 points, followed by Heartland with 773 and CAST with 532 points.
South Bay Aquatics has announced the estimated timeline for this weekend’s upcoming JOMax South Meet to be held at the Loma Verde pool in Chula Vista. Friday Night: Start 6:00pm, Finish 7:15pm Warm-up Assignments for both Saturday and Sunday: Lane Timing assignments: (2 chairs/lane)
Inland Coastal Aquatic Club has announced the estimated timeline for this weekend’s upcoming JOMax North Meet to be held at Palomar College in San Marcos.  As a reminder: Park at lot 14, on Mission Road just east of the campus access road (Comet Circle). The pool is a short walk up Comet Circle. Friday Night: Start 5:00pm, Finish 5:50pm Warm-up Assignments for both Saturday and Sunday: Lane Timing assignments:
San Diego-Imperial Swimming has announced the 28 swimmers and 4 coaches who have been selected to represent our LSC at the 2010 Western Zone Swimming Championship, to be held August 10-14 in San Jose. The swimmers selected are:
The 4 coaches selected for this year’s zone team are: Head Coach Sean Redmond (FAST), Grace Van der Byl (PS), Skye Johnson (NCA), and Lizette Patterson (SBA). Congratulations and good luck to all. |
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With the completion of the Junior Olympics Championships today, another long course season is “in the books”. Â In a glorious day of age group swimming, SI swimmers rallied to crash a few more JO and SI swimming records, and showed tremendous team spirit and enthusiasm. Â The meet was perfectly capped off by a thrilling dead heat tie for first place in the final heat of the meet between the 15-18 Boys 400 Free relay teams of Heartland Swim Association and College Area Swim Team. Â New records were set by the following swimmers:
The San Diego-Imperial Swim Office has a new but limited supply of embroidered white polo shirts available for SI officials. Shirts are currently available in sizes M, L, XL and XXL for men, and S, M, L, and XL for women. Â The cost of these polo shirts has been subsidized by SI Swimming, and any registered SI official can obtain one (while they last) for a “donation” of $10.00 to San Diego-Imperial Swimming. Â For more information, stop by the All-Sports office during normal business hours and ask for Judy or Genina.