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On the 4th and last day of the Eastern Zone Swimming Championships Angela Zhu breaks another team record. She finished 4th with a best time of 31.25 in the 10 and under 50 free. Benjamin Selnick finished 12th in the same event taking off almost 1 second with a time of 26.71. Trey Perry (14) and Matthan Martir (15) also swam the 50 free. Trey finished 11th swimming a best time of 26.54 and Matthan was 27th swimming a time of 26.71.

Three for Three..... Three days and three wins for Retriever swimmers at the Eastern Zone Championships. Today was the third day of the four day meet and it was highlighted by Chas Brother winning the 15-18 200 Breast with a best time of 2:30.80. Philip Adejumo took off 3.5 seconds in the 100 bk swimming a time of 1:13.97. Mathan Martir finished 10th in the 15-18 100 bk swimming a best time of 1:04.65. Alissa Ling finished 15th swimming a time of 4:45.07 in the 400 free. Angela Zhu finished 8th in the 50 bk with a time of 37.08.

Way to go RAC swimmers!!

Tomorrow meet will run as scheduled in both pools.

A crazy day of power outages and traffic jams at the 2010 Eastern Zone Championships leads to Retriever swimmers second win. Angela Zhu showed up to the pool this morning to see that the power was out and the pool was closed. She had to wait for hours before she took the 50 fly at the 13 and over pool this afternoon. Angela (10) swam under adverse conditions to win in a time of 33.65. Alissa also swam today and finding her pool to not have power as well for over 30 minutes today. She finished 10th with a time of 2:14.64 in the 200 free. Due to the outages the meet will be timed finals tomorrow.

BREAKING NEWS.... Chas Brother WINS the 100 breast; Angela Zhu Finishes Second in the 100 fly Breaking the Team Record. After day one of the 2010 LC Eastern Zone Swimming Championships the Retriever swimmers are off to a great start. Chas Brother won the 15 and over 100 Breast with a time of 1:09.5. Angela Zhu took over 2 seconds off her 100 fly time to finish second just 7 one hundreths out of first in the 10 and under event. Her time of 1:12.89 is a new team record. Angela also swim the 10 and under 100 free taking off 1.2 seconds with a time of 1:09.67. Ben Selnick finished 30th in the 50 breast taking off .5 seconds swimming a time of 44.57. Ben also swam the 15th place 400 free relay on the second leg of the race. Alissa Ling finished 12th in the 13 and 14 100 free swimming a time of 1:02.59. She swam the 100 free again on the 400 free relay tonight going 1:02.0. Two Retrievers swam the 13 and 14 100 free Trey Perry took off 3 seconds finishing 28th in a time of 1:00.10; Philip Adejumo finished 51st taking off over 1.5 seconds with a time of 1:02.59. Mathan Martir was 35th taking off almost 1 second swimming a time of 58.72.

Sixteen Swims fall In The Top 24. From July 30th to Aug 2, 2010 The Retriever Aquatic Club sent eleven swimmers to Boston to swim in the New England Senior Championships. They went up to the meet and made us proud. Ariana Bernstein had three swims in finals and took off over 7 seconds over the weekend. She won the bronze medal in the 100 Bk swimming a time 1:07.35. Clarice Daniel took off almost 30 seconds over the weekend. She finished 21st in the 400 free. Elizabeth Hunter had an amazing weekend finishing 15th in her last event of the weekend the 200 breast in a time of 2:53.18. Alissa Ling had a great experience. On the last day she finished up with an excellent swim in the 800 free taking off almost 5 seconds and finishing 13th. Caitlin Magaw unfortunately was feeling a little under the weather at this meet. She showed the spirit of sport by swimming her events and coming close to her best times. Andrew Mckissick had the meet of his life taking off over 40 seconds over the weekend. He finished 11th in the in the 1500 free. Catharine Shipps had a great meets as well. She took off time in three events the 200 free, 400 free and 50 free. Ethan Smith also took off over 20 seconds over the weekend where he finished 18th in the 200 breast while taking off over 16 seconds. Matt Walls won the 200 Backstroke swimming a time of 2:11.27 while taking off over 4 seconds. Brennan Wolter took off over 25 seconds during the meet. He finished 19th in 1500 free where he took off over 23 seconds in the event. Drew Wolter swam a best time in his 400 free and had a great weekend. He also swam the 800, 200 and 1500 free.

We are pleased to announce our newest member of our staff Ryan Sheatsley. Ryan started swimming when he was 6 and has been competing and/or coaching ever since. During high school, Ryan swam for Parkland High School in Allentown, PA where he won numerous state medals and All-American accolades. This includes leading the team to back-to-back state runner-up finishes. He is still the current Parkland High School record holder for the 200 IM.

For college, Ryan attended the University of Rhode Island on athletic and academic scholarships. He won three Most Outstanding Swimmer Awards and two High Point awards while there. He still holds school records in the 400 IM, 200 Fly, and numerous relays. He graduated in 2008 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Ryan has coaching experience at Parkland Aquatic Club and various summer swim teams in the Allentown area. His previous 2 years were spent at Albright Aquatic Club in Reading, PA, where he worked with all ages ranging from 8 & unders to the senior group. Ryan moved to Baltimore this past spring and works at RMF Engineering, located nearby at Research Park on the UMBC Campus.

In welcoming Ryan to our staff I am also proud to say that our current staff will all be returning in the fall. More details on our staff will be provided in the near future. We also wish Coach Abigail the best over the next month as we wait to hear about the new arrival.

The Retriever Aquatic Club is pleased to announce that we have completed the requirements to take the step from level two to level three in the Club Recognition Program offered by USA swimming. More information about Club Recognition can be found on www.usaswimming.org.

Retriever Aquatic Club is pleased to announce it's Fall Stroke Clinic. Please be sure to sign up as it is expected to fill and it is first come first served.

Please note the following change to the BCSC meet: Saturday, July 24th: Warm-ups 8 a.m., Meet Starts 9 a.m.

Just a quick reminder about the party this Wednesday. Please read everything!!

It will be held on Wednesday July 19th at 5:15pm. 5:15pm awards will be presented dinner to follow. Please be on time so we can start.

Unlike prior years this dinner is catered and I will need a head count. We will be serving Pit beef, Pit Ham and Pit Turkey Sanwiches as well as serving pasta salad and Potato Salad. In order to keep the costs to a managable rate we are asking that you still provide the items below. PLEASE RSVP A NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR SWIMMER NO LATER THAN THURSDAY AS WE NEED A HEAD COUNT. You will not get a reply back.

Please bring the following, based on the first last of your last name:

• A-D Case of water
• E-I Case of soda
• J-O Side chips, fruit snacks (not what is provided above), etc
• P-Z Dessert

We will be in Lecture hall 3 across from the RAC.... This lecture hall is small so we will ask the younger swimmers to sit on the floor in the front.... Our plan is to start as close to on time as possible... please arrive a few minutes early. Dinner and open pool time will follow.

Breaking News....... Angela Zhu Breaks Maryland Swimming's Area and Resident Record. After day 2 of the 2010 RAC/ASC Long Course Invite the Retrievers swimmers have had a great weekend so far. The second day of swimming was highlighted with Angela Zhu breaking the Retriever Aquatic Club, and both Maryland Swimming's area and resident records in the 50 Fly. Angela's time of 31.53 betters the records set by Abigail Iler (32.07-resident) from NAAC in 1997 and Kensey Morris (31.63-Area) from AD and a past Retriever swimmer set in 1998.

The Sunday afternoon session of the Independence meet has changed to the following: Warmups begin at 11:30. Meet will start at 12:30

We are please to announce our annual team awards night will be Monday July 19th. Please save the date. We are working on dinner arrangements now and will have full details in the near future.

Due to all the summer meets this week and very few swimmers who will be able to come to practice we will cancel ALL AGE GROUP PRACTICES. ALL senior groups will swim 6:00-8:00am.

Retriever Aquatic Club Breaking News......

Matt Walls wins 1.1 mile swim

Coach Molly swim the bay with a total of 597 swimmers who finished the swim. This morning was the day of the annual Great Chesapeake Bay swim. They host a 4.4 mile swim and a 1.1 mile swim the proceeds from the day go to the March of Dimes. We had 8 of our own swimmers swim the 1 mile swim and the results were great!! There were 383 total swimmers competing today. We congratulate all of our swimmers on doing so well today!

We congratulate our 4.4 mile coach!! Molly Bolek finished 91st which was 8 places better than last year. She was 4th in her age group and her time of 1 hour 51min and 17 seconds was over 10 minutes faster than last year.

We are proud of our 1 mile swimmers!! Matt Walls took the swim this year in a winning time of 19min 28sec almost five minutes faster than last year. Andrew McKissick took third and FIRST in his age group with a time of 20:01. Joseph Laciny was sixth over all and THIRD in his age group his time of 21.15 was almost seven minutes faster than last year. Joseph�s brother Aaron Laciny was 93rd and 4th in his age group with a time of 26.52. Jacob Walls who is Matts brother swam over 4 minutes faster than last year finishing 109th and 6th is his age group (27.25). Aaron Jacobson was almost nine minutes faster than last year finishing in a time of 29.42 and was 8th in his age group. Veronica Tis (37.50) who is ten years old and Rachel Laciny (37.51) nine finished 8th and 9th respectively in their age groups. We are very proud of our swimmers.

• Friday: Warmups 4:00-5:20pm / Meet Starts 5:30pm
• Saturday/Sunday 13 & Over Sessions: Warmups 6:30-7:50am / Meet Starts 8:00am
• Saturday/Sunday 12 & Under Sessions: Warmups 12:30-1:20pm / Meet Starts 1:30pm
• Saturday/Sunday Finals Sessions: Warmups 5:00-5:50pm / Meet Starts 6:00pm

Retriever Aquatic Club is please to announce that it will be holding tryouts on Tuesday July 6 and Thursday July 8 2010 at 5:00pm. Please e-mail Coach Chad at ccradock@umbc.edu. Please give the following information in the e-mail:

• Parents Name
• Swimmers Name
• Swimmers Age
• Swimmers background
• Which day you would like to attend

There has been an adjustment to the SATURDAY morning and afternoon session warm up and meet start times. They are as follows:

• Saturday Morning: Warm-up 6:30am Meet Start 7:45am
• Saturday Afternoon: Warm-up 12:00 Meet Start 1:00pm

Please NOTE: Workers of these 2 sessions they will need to report 15 minutes earlier for the morning session eg. Timers: (by 7:15am) and 30 minutes earlier for the afternoon session (by 12:30pm). Saturday 12 & U 400/open 1500 Free: Warm-up will start immediately following Saturday afternoon session, (approx 3:45pm) - Session will start 30 following the start of warm-ups. Sunday warm-up and meet start times will run as published in the meet notice. Please be sure to communicate this information to your swimmers and their parents, so events are not missed.

It was just brought to our attention that the directions listed on the Maryland Swimming website for our meet are to HCC. The meet is at the Fairlands Aquatic Center as listed in the meet notice. The directions are correct in the meet notice. I have asked that the information on the site by corrected. The directions are listed below. Please share with your families to make sure there is no confusion.

Fairland Aquatics Center - 13820 Old Gunpowder Road Laurel, MD 20707. 301-362-6060. From I-95 (North of Capital Beltway), exit Route 212 (Powder Mill Road) East. Turn left at first traffic light onto Old Gunpowder Road. Proceed approximately three (3) miles. Pool is on left at intersection with Van Dusen Road (on right)

• SGG Regular
• SGY Regular
• SGR 5:00-7:00pm
• AGY 5:15-7:00pm
• AGWA Regular
• AGWB Regular

• Thursday April 1 - Sunday April 4, 2010
• Thursday April 8 - Sunday April 11, 2010

There was a misprint on this Saturday's practice schedule for the NBAC 10 and under Champs.
Senior Gold - 6:15-8:00am
Senior Yellow - 6:00-8:00am
All remaining practices are cancelled!!!

Please pay attention to the warm up changes for the afternoon sessions of the 10 and Under Championships. They will now start at 12:30 PM and the meet will start at 1:30 PM.

We would like to congratulate all of our swimmers who broke team records at the State Championships last week:

• Angela Zhu broke the 9 and 10 100 fly record set by Daniele Surkovich in 1998. Angela smashed the old record by about 1.5 seconds swimming a time of 1:05.65.
• Ariana Bernstein Broke both 13 and 14 backstroke records. Her time of 2:04.79 in the 200 was 8 tenths faster than the old record set by Laurie Felker in December of 1993. She broke her own record set in December by 1.5 second in the 100 swimming a time of 57.66.
• Colin Stang broke both of his Breaststroke records that he set this past December. His 100 and 200 both were a little over a second faster. The 100 record is now 56.76 and his 200 is now 2:05.42.

Congratulations to all of our state swimmers. It was a great meet with fast swimming for our program. It was also great to see so many smiles and positive attitudes on the pool deck.

We would like to congratulate all of our state champions for 2010:

• Ariana Bernstein in the 100 and 200 back
• Colin Stang in the 100 and 200 Breast
• Angela Zhu in the 50 fly, 100 Fly, 50 back, 100 back, 50 free and the 100 IM

Thank you to all of our parents who helped with the meet. You all make our program look great!!!

Good luck to all of our swimmers swimming over the next few weeks at the Junior Champs, the 10 and under Champs and the Speedo Champions Series (Sectionals).

• Announcer - Thursday Finals - report to announcer table at 4:30 p.m.
• Awards - report to Jennifer Frediani or Lori James
  • Friday Finals - 1 volunteer
  • Saturday Finals - 1 volunteer
  • Sunday Finals - 1 volunteer
• Timers
  • Friday Prelims - 2 timers Lane 4 -- report at 7:45 a.m.
  • Friday Prelims - 1 or 2 relief timers
  • Friday Finals - 2 timers Lane 4 -- report at 5:00 p.m.
  • Friday Finals - 1 or 2 relief timers
  • Saturday Prelims - 2 timers Lane 4 -- report at 7:45 a.m.
  • Saturday Prelims - 1 or 2 relief timers
  • Saturday Finals - 2 timers Lane 4 -- report at 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday Finals - 1 or 2 relief timers
  • Sunday Prelims - 2 timers Lane 4 -- report at 7:45 a.m.
  • Sunday Prelims - 1 or 2 relief timers
  • Sunday Finals - 2 timers Lane 4 -- report at 5:00 p.m.
  • Sunday Finals - 1 or 2 relief timers

We have looked at everyones spring break this year and it turns out that every county except Howard county has the same spring break. Do to this and the fact that it is better for our athletes to not take a full week off we will take two long weekends as we have in the past.

This years break will be: April 1-4, 2010 and April 8-11, 2010

Surprise, Surprise UMBC is closed. We will be making the following changes to the day:

Senior Gold 1:45-4:00pm
Senior Red 3:45-6:00pm

Due to inclement weather and the closing of the CCBC-Catonsville campus on Friday, February 12th, the Friday night session of the GBSA Last Chance Qualifier meet will now be held on the evening of Saturday, February 13th at the conclusion of the Saturday afternoon session. Warmups for the Saturday evening session begin at 4:35pm and the meet will start at 5:30pm

At this time it looks like UMBC might run on a regular schedule tomorrow...So guess what so will we. Friday all practice will run as scheduled. We will be tight but we would like all Age group Gold swimmers to come at 3:45 -6:00pm too. Saturday practice will run as scheduled please check schedule on practices page of racswim.org. Sunday all senior swimmers not in the GBSA meet will have practice 4:00-6:00pm. Monday is a regular day for UMBC and all practice will run as scheduled.

UMBC is closed tomorrow as well. If you come to UMBC for practice you will be coming at your own risk. Please be careful as sidewalks do have some ice on them.

All senior groups will swim 9:00-11:00am. Age Group Gold, Red and Yellow will swim 11:00-12:30pm.

Seeing that most of us can not get out of our driveways we will not run any practices today (Sunday)!!

At this time Senior practice for Sunday has been postponed. We hope to have it later in the day. Please check tomorrow for updates.

This is the e-mail that you all have been waiting for.
UMBC is now closing at 1:00pm. We have made the decision to cancel all practices TODAY Friday Feb 5, 2010 and TOMORROW Saturday Feb 6, 2010.
SENIORS there will be a practice for all seniors Sunday Feb. 7, 2010 11:30-1:30pm.
REMINDER the ASC meet is Cancelled
Be Smart and have fun...

Please note the following changes to Saturday AM practice.
Saturday January 9, 2010
MSC Meet
UMBC vs Drexel and Howard 1pm HOME
SR Gold 6:30-9:00am
SR Yellow 6:30-8:30am
SR Red 6:30-8:30 am
AG Gold 9:00-11:00am
AG Yellow 9:00-10:30am
AG Red 9:00-10:30am
AG white A 9:00-10:00am
AG White B 8:00-9:00am