2007 Team Photo
2007-2008 Retriever Aquatic Club


May 1
The Summer Practice and Saturday/Memorial Day schedule are now on the Practices page.

The staffing grid for the Abby Seeger Memorial Meet is here. Please contact Amy Lowe at thelowes1@aol.com with job requests.


April 8
The advertisement form for the Abby Seeger Memorial Meet is posted here: DOC / PDF...

March 25
Please note the change of warmups for the afternoon sessions for the NBAC Mini Meet. Both Saturday and Sunday afternoon sessions will have a 12:00pm warm up start and a 1:00pm meet start time.

Due to the NBAC meet this weekend all practices are cancelled, except Senior Gold and Yellow which will be 6:00-7:30am


March 24

Sam Gelb Qualifies for Olympic Trials in the 200 IM; Retriever Aquatic Club Swimmers take a Respectable 5th place at the 2008 Speedo Champions Series

The weekend of March 21-23, 2008 was highlighted with Sam Gelb Qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Trials in the 200 IM. Her time of 2:20.07 beat the qualifying time by 4 tenths of a second and gave her the bronze medal. Sam will compete in the 200 IM in Omaha Nebraska on Tuesday July 1, 2008.

With Sam, seventeen other Retriever swimmers competed at University of Maryland and placed 5th overall (combined Men and Women) scoring 301 points. These swimmers swam their way to 82.2% best times.

Below is the run down for all of our swimmers. We are all proud of you!!

  • TJ Creevy swam five swims with 5 best times. His best placing was 20th in the 200 IM swimming it in a time of 2:18.20.
  • Emily Dean swam her way to 100% best times. She swam in consolation finals with a time of 1:05.77 placing 13th.
  • Elena Donald swam 4 best times in the 50 Free, 100back, 200 Back and 100 Free.
  • Preston Donovan took 16.7 seconds off his 400 Free and swam the 200 Fly.
  • Caitlin Fuller swam both the 1500 Free ad the 800 Free in a great first experience at Sectionals.
  • Brooks Gabel had six best times on the weekend. Brooks finished a strong in the 400 IM taking 12th in a time of 4:42.39 and Tenth in the 200 fly (2:09.42).
  • Sam Gelb as mentioned before qualified for Olympic Trials. She also placed fifth in the 100 Breast in a time of 1:13.60 (best time), 10th in the 100 Fly (1:04.80), Second in the 200 Breast (2:36.27) just tenths off the Olympic Trail cut.
  • Patty Hallberg had two best times in the 200 Free (2:19.31) and the 800 Free (9:36.98)
  • Morgan Joseph was 2 for 2 on best times in both the 50 free (29.23) and 100 Free (1:04.70).
  • Jennifer Kotonias had a great weekend swimming 6 for 6 best times. She finished 13th in the 400 IM swimming a time of 5:12.77.
  • Nick Kotonias was also perfect swimming four events and 4 best times. Nick’s highest placing was 22nd in the 1500 free (17:26.64)
  • Brendan Lorton swam his way to 100% best times. He took off almost 2 seconds in the 100 fly swimming a time of 1:02.17.
  • Brittany Radcliffe had four best times during the meet. She was 19th in the 200 IM taking off 1.4 seconds (2:28.88)
  • Laura Rogers had two best times swimming in her first sectionals. In the 200 back she took off over a second swimming a time of 2:32.84.
  • Colin Stang swam 5 swims with 5 best times. He took off over 5 seconds in his 200 Breast swimming a time of 2:34.87.
  • Daniele Warwick also had a great first sectional meet swimming 100% best times. She took off over 13 seconds in her four events combined.
  • Preston Wolter was outstanding taking off a total of over 77 seconds on the weekend and placing in the top 16 in all of his events. He was 4th in the 800 free (8:38.65); 10th in the 200 Free (1:58.78) and 400 IM (4:41.36); he was ninth in the 400 Free (4:08.70) and 4th in the 1650 free (16:23.83).

March 21

USA Swimming Club Bronze The Retriever Aquatic Club is pleased to announce that it is a Bronze Medal Club in the USA Swimming Club Excellence Program.


March 10

Due to UMBC Making the final game of the America East Championships for basketball all practices for this SATURDAY have been cancelled. The game will be at 12 noon at the RAC on Saturday. It can also be seen live on ESPN2.


March 9

The Retriever Aquatic Club is pleased announce its Summer Warm-Up Clinic. Information about the clinic is located here. Sign up FAST as this clinic DOES FILL UP.


February 13

The new Scrip Order Form is available on the Get Forms page...


January 15

UMBC Swimming and Diving will take on East Carolina in their last home meet of the season this Saturday January 19 at 1:00pm. Due to this meet there will be changes to our Friday schedule.... We have also included this Saturday's workout.

Practices for Friday
SGG: 3:45-5:00 pm
SGY: 3:45-5:00 pm
SGR: 6:15-7:45 pm (dryland first)
AGY: 6:15-7:45 pm (dryland first)
AGR: 6:15-7:45 pm (dryland first)

Practices For Saturday January 19, 2008
College Meet Vs East Carolina @ 1:00pm
MSC Meet - Loyola

SGG: 6:00-8:00 am
SGY: 6:00-8:00 am
SGR: 6:00-8:00 am
AGG: 8:45-10:30 am
AGY: 9:00-10:30 am
AGR: 9:00-10:30 am
AGWA: OFF
AGWB: OFF


January 8
We are pleased to announce that the Retriever Aquatic Club has achieved Level I Club Recognition from United States Swimming.

January 8
We would like to welcome everyone this weekend to 2008 The Retriever Classic. Please pay attention to the following announcements:
MEET WARM-UP AND START TIMES: changes in bold
Day Session Warm-up Start Time
Friday 13 and over preliminaries 6:30-7:50am 8:00am
Friday 12 and under preliminaries 11:30-12:20pm 12:30pm
Friday Finals 5:00-5:35pm 5:45pm
Saturday 13 and over preliminaries 6:30-7:50am 8:00am
Saturday 12 and under preliminaries 12:00-12:50pm 1:00pm
Saturday Finals 5:00-5:35pm 5:45pm
Sunday 13 and over preliminaries 6:30-7:50am 8:00am
Sunday 12 and under preliminaries 12:30-1:20pm 1:30pm
Sunday Finals 4:30-5:05pm 5:15pm

PARKING:
On Friday classes are still in session. Parking will be enforced across the campus. There are three options for you to park:

  1. You may park in Lot # 17 (outer loop) for free
    Directions: Turn Right on Hilltop Circle; Pass Administration drive; Turn right into Lot 17
  2. You may park in the meters and pay the meters
  3. You can go to parking services (follow signs) and get a day pass for a fee
Friday evening, Sat and Sunday please feel free to park at the meters and loop for free.

USE OF LAWN CHAIRS:
Swimmers: May use lawn chairs on the pool deck only.
Spectators: Lawn chairs will not be permitted at the meet. Please use stands provided.

WOMEN�S LOCKER ROOM:
The women�s locker room is under construction. It will be open for this weekend. Please pardon the cement floor. The improvements are ongoing.

On Saturday UMBC Men�s and Women�s Basketball have a double header. You are more than welcome to watch the game. Please take a seat in the stands. All swimmers MUST have shoes, shirt and shorts to enter the gym at all times.


January 5
Retriever Aquatic Club is pleased to run the Winter Clinic. The clinic information can be found on the Camps and Clinics page.

January 2
Click here to pre-order the Retriever Classic t-shirt... Deadline for ordering is Monday, January 7th at 12:00 (noon)...

December 28

Click here for 2008 Retriever Classic staff roster...

Families with swimmers participating need to work a minimum of 6 sessions.
Families with no swimmers participating are asked to work at least 3 sessions.

E-mail Amy Lowe with your work request at thelowes1@aol.com... Be sure to include which day and session you would like to work.

Any questions, please contact Peggy McKissick at pmckissick1@comcast.net


December 24
Click one of the following links for the advertisement form for the 2008 Retriever Classic: DOC / PDF

December 19
2007-2007 Coaches Holiday Pic

Happy Holidays from our family to yours.

Love
The Retriever Aquatic Club Coaching Staff


December 19
The holiday and Saturday (until Sat January 19th, 2007) schedule is now on the practices page.

December 12

MAC/GTAC Winter Frolics Meet Information and Changes:

  1. Warm-up/Start Time changes
  2. Saturday and Sunday am warm-ups 7:05am
    Saturday and Sunday am meet start 8:30am
    Saturday and Sunday pm warm-ups 1:15pm
    Saturday and Sunday pm meet start 2:15pm
  3. There will be no relays in the am sessions.
  4. We will be using dive-over starts for all 9-over swimmers. Please be sure your swimmers understand to stay in the pool until the next heat has been started.
  5. We ask that only coaches bring chairs for the deck. We have benches and hopefully plenty of deck space and hallway space for the swimmers.
  6. This year we will again implement an alternate list for certain events. Last year every swimmer on the list made it into the event and we are hoping it goes just as well this year. Should you have a swimmer on the list who does not make it in, you will be reimbursed for those entry fees.

Below is the list of alternates and their events:

Event 10 boys 11-12 100 free
1. Jacob Carlsen MAC

Event 13 Girls 8-under 25 free
1. Jaime Byrnes HUHU
2. Elisabeth Hovis HUHU

Event 14 Boys 8-under 25 free
1. Ricky Farrell RAC
2. Robert Luette GTAC

Event 15 Girls 12-under 200 breast
1. Jacy Icard MAC

Event 22 Boys 8-under 25 breast
1. Benjamin Leahy GTAC

Event 33 Girls 11-12 50 fly
1. Kate Zimmerman HUHU

Event 35 Girls 8-under 25 fly
1. Maya Lowman GTAC
2. Sophie Schmidt GTAC

Event 85 Girls 9-10 100 breast
1. Holley Coffey MAC

Event 95 Girls 8-under 50 back
1. Eden Goold GTAC

Event 105 Girls 10-under 200im
1. Cara Brainerd MAC


December 6
The updated form for the UMBC Swim Lessons for Winter 2008 is now posted and can be downloaded using the "Swim Lessons" link to the left, from the top of the Get Forms page, or from here.

December 5
Just a reminder that the Uncle Ralph's Cookie Dough will be delivered Thursday, December 6th at 6:00 p.m. Please meet the truck at 6:00 p.m. outside in the alley across from the lower level of the parking garage. Thank you!!!!

December 4

The Stroke, Start, and Turn Clinic form has been updated and can be download from the camps/clinics page...

The final Scrip order before Christmas is due by 6:00pm on Monday December 10. We should have the cards no later than Wednesday December 19.

The most current order form is available here or on the Forms page. It is OK to use the old order form. However, keep in mind, some of the discounts may have changed. There is one new vendor many of you may be interested in: Walmart/Sam's Club. Their discount is 2%. Again, feel free to visit the great lakes scrip website for additional cards at www.glscrip.com.

If you have any questions, please contact Peggy McKissick at pmckissick1@comcast.net

If you are ordering Giant cards with your scrip order - please write a seperate check for the Giant cards. Also, the fundraising will apear on a seperate line from the other scrip cards.


December 1
For RAC parents who want to become an S&T judge, there will be a clinic held on Dec 3 in Columbia. The following link leads to more information:
http://www..mdswim.org/Officials/CAAWinter2007Clinic.pdf

November 27

We are pleased to announce our annual holiday party will be on Tuesday December 18, 2007 at 6:00pm. It will end at 7:15pm. All age group practices will be cancelled. All senior groups will practice 4:00-6:00pm.

There will be no meet this year just open pool.

We ask each family to bring the following:
Last names ending in A-H Drinks
Last names ending in I-P Side
Last names ending in Q-Z Dessert

November 19

Due to the swimmers not having school on Wednesday November 21st we will change all practices to the morning. This is for those of you who would like to hit the road earlier.

8:00-10:00am Senior Gold, Yellow and Red
10:00-11:30am Age Group Gold and Age Group Red

We hope you have a great holiday!!


November 10
The new Scrip order form is available for download from the forms page... Orders due by 6:00pm on Wednesday, November 14.

November 2

We have decided to move the warm up and start times of the 12&U session of the meet on Saturday. This switch will be for SATURDAY ONLY. Sunday will remain the same. The new times are:

Warm Up: 12:30 PM
Start Time: 1:30 PM

We estimate that the 1650 warm ups will start around 5:15-5:30 PM on Saturday. We would love to have at least 30 minutes of warm up for the 1650. The 1650 will most likely start between 5:50 and 6:00 PM and will not start before 5:50 PM.

Meet Times:
Friday, November 2nd
Warm ups: 4:00 PM
Start 5:00 PM
Saturday, November 3rd
13-14/Open
Warmups: 6:30 AM
Start 8:00 AM
Sunday, November 4th
13-14/Open
Warmups: 6:30 AM
Start 8:00 AM
  Saturday, November 3rd
10&U/11-12
Warmups: 12:30 PM
Start: 1:30 PM
Sunday, November 4th
10&U/11-12
Warmups: 1:00 PM
Start: 2:00 PM
  Saturday, November 3rd
1650 Warmups: Immediately
following the
afternoon session.
Approx. 5:30 PM

Start: 20 minutes
after the conclusion
of the afternoon
session.
Approx. 5:50 PM

October 30
All practices for Friday will be cancelled due to the NBAC meet. Age group Red will have a practice on Thursday from 7:00-8:15pm.

October 13
Just announced 2008 All star cuts.

October 12
October 2007 - Scrip Order Form

October 7
A larger version of the new 2007-08 team photo can be accessed by clicking on the photo above!

October 1
This is a reminder that practice tomorrow has changed due to a coaches meeting. Please pay attention to the following:
Practice Tuesday October 2, 2007
AGWA and AGWB 5:30-6:30pm
AGG 5:00-6:30pm

September 19
The Columbus Day Classic meet ad form is here - DOC / PDF.

September 12
Fall Kick off Pizza Party and Picture Night
Thursday September 27, 2007
  • Team photos will be taken
  • Photos must be paid for that night (Bring a check)
  • The Age group Photo will be taken at 5:45pm
  • The senior Picture at 6:00pm
  • The Team photo at 6:10pm
  • Pizza to follow
  • PRACTICE Cancelled for all Age group Groups, Senior Red, Yellow and Gold will run as scheduled

If you would like parents meeting notes from Tuesday September 11, 2007 please click either of the following - DOC / PDF.


September 10
Swim Pro will be at the pool Wednesday September 12, 2007 from 6:00-7:30pm. This is an opportunity for swimmer to get sized and order your equipment. Orders should be placed by this date to in order to get the equipment in by our first meet in October. It is recommended to have all new swimmers come for this date as well. This is the one time that Swim Pro will be at our pool.

Don't for get the parents meeting is tommorrow (Tuesday) at 6:30 at the outdoor pool.


September 7
This is a reminder of practice time tommorrow.

The following is the practice times for Saturday September 8, 2007:

SR Gold 8:00-10:00am
SR Yellow 8:00-10:00am
SR Red 8:00-10:00 am
AG Gold 10:00-12:00pm
AG Yellow 10:00-11:30am
AG Red 11:00-12:30pm
AG white A 10:00-11:00am
AG White B 10:00-11:00am


September 4
We are please to announce the newest addition to the Retriever Aquatic Club family. Samantha Brooke Randell arrived on Saturday at 8:58am. She weighed in at 6 lbs, 12 oz and measured 20 inches long. After a slightly prolonged stay at the hospital, Coach Abigail (Mom), Dad and Samantha are all home and doing well.

Congratulations!!!!!


August 13
BUFFALO, NY

MARYLAND SWIMMING FINSHES THIRD IN THE 2007 LC EASTERN ZONE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Maryland Swimming finished a respectable third at zones this year. The team from Virginia took the meet as the racked up 1002.5 points, Potomac Valley second with 948 points and Maryland took third with 935.5 points.

On day three we had two swimmers on the free relays; ALICIA BAZELL swam the 200 Free relay which finished 3rd over all. Alicia swam a 31.31 to help her team to a time of 2:09.52. CATHERINE FREDIANI swam the third leg of the 400 free relay swimming a time of 1:07.79 as her team finished in 14th (4:24.20).

The final day of competition was great for out team as Frediani finished 37th in the 11 and 12 200 IM (2:43.25). GEORDIE ENOCH took off over 3 seconds to go a 2:40.60 and finish in 22nd place. Bazell swam the 200 IM in personal best of 2:45.81 to finish in SECOND PLACE.

MACKENZIE MILLER was the only swimmer to swim the 50 free and she finished 11th (lifetime best 32.20).

Two Retriever swimmers hit the water to swim the 1500 free. CAITLYN FULLER swam hers in 18:40.66 to take 13th. ADAM ENOCH took off over 21 SECONDS to finish in 9th over all (17:46.83).

Alicia swam the 400 Medley Relay and swam the fly leg in a time of 1:15.13 as her relay took 4th (5:23.83). Catherine ended the meet for us as she swam on the silver medal relay team (2:08.80). She swam her backstroke leg in a time of 34.47.


BALTIMORE, MD

SIXTEEN RETRIEVER AQUATIC CLUB RECORDS FALL IN THE 2006-2007 SEASON
Retriever Aquatic club announces that 16 records have fallen in the 2006-2007 short and long course season. Fourteen of the records were individual and two were relays. We would like to take the time to congratulate the following swimmers on this tough feat.

Short Course:

9-10 GIRLS - GEORDIE ENOCH broke 5 records
200 FREE 2:09.62
500 FREE 5:39.94
100 BREAST 1:15.94
100 IM 1:08.37
200 IM 2:24.49

13-14 Girls - THE TEAM OF SELENA MARTIN, PATTY HALLBERG, CAITLYN FULLER AND NORA CONISDINE broke the record for the 800 FREE RELAY

11-12 Boys - ADAM ENOCH broke 2 records
200 BREAST 2:29.53
200 FLY 2:13.42

13-14 Boys - THE TEAM OF COLIN STANG, SAM BEATTY, BROOKS GABEL, MATTHEW FITZENRIETER broke the record for the 800 FREE RELAY with 7:34.91

Long Course

9-10 Girls - ALICIA BAZELL broke 6 records
100 FREE 1:07.95
200 FREE 2:26.26
400 FREE 5:07.84
100 BREAST 1:29.79
100 FLY 1:15.74
200 IM 2:45.81

11-12 Girls - CATHERINE FREDIANI broke the record for the 100 BACK with 1:12.47

CONGRATULATIONS TO RETRIEVER SWIMMERS ON A GREAT YEAR!!!


August 11
Buffalo, NY

FREDIANI PART OF GOLD MEDAL RELAY TEAM ON DAY TWO; DAY THREE SWIM COMPLETE

Last night there was fire in the air as Maryland Swimming 11 and 12 relay team took to the water. CATHERINE FREDIANI swam the backstroke leg swimming an official time of 1:12.47 and the relay took off finishing in a winning time of 4:40.97. All four swimmers in the relay did best times. Also on a relay yesterday was ALICIA BAZELL as their relay placed second with a time of 2:30.10. Alicia swam the breaststroke leg and went 43.19.

A for today here are the times and results. We started our day with SELENA MARTIN finishing 26th in the 100 Back swimming a time of 1:13.23. ARIANA BERNSTIEN swam the 50 back in a time of 34.37 finishing 9th.

Several of our swimmers swam the 400 free and here is the run down:
Alicia Bazell finished 2nd 5:07.84
Catherine Frediani finished 35th with a time of 5:03.18
GEORDIE ENOCH Finished 27th with a time 5:00.38
CAITLYN FULLER finished 28th with a time of 4:48.55
SELENA MARTIN was 32nd with a time of 4:49.81
ADAM ENOCH swam a 4:31.39 an finished 16th

The breast events were also conducted today as MACKENZIE MILLER finished 15th with a time of 1:34.80. Geordie finished 27th with a time of 1:26.31 and Adam swam a 2:48.72 in his 200 breast finishing 24th.

Stay tuned for more result.


August 11
BUFFALO, NY

BREAKING NEWS.......

MARYLAND SWIMMING HOLDS STEADY AFTER DAY TWO OF THE 2007 EASTERN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS; BAZELL WINS 200 FREE

Maryland swimming is holding steady as they stay in second place after day 2. The team from Virginia is first with 520 points, Maryland is catching them with 491.5, and Potomac valley is third with 453 points. Retriever swimmers continue their success in the pool.

They day started off with the 11 and 12 200 back where CATHERINE FREDIANI was 17th (1:15.08) and ARIANNA BERNSTIEN was 31 swimming a lifetime best of 1:15.81. SELENA MARTINS swam the 200 back in a time of 2:34.31 to finish 19th.

The next event was breastroke. GEORDIE ENOCH took off OVER 5 SECONDS to go 3:01.83 and finish 17th in the 11 and 12 200 breastroke.

ANDREW MCKISSICK started off his meet by swimming the 200 free and went 2:23.45 finishing 34th.

Frediani and Brenstien took to the water for a second time on day two swimming the 50 fly finishing 16th (31.96-lifetime best) and 42nd (33.69) respectively.

The 400 IM was the last event at the 13 and over pool where CAITLYN FULLER finished 31st swimming a time of 5:34.08 and ADAM ENOCH swam his was to 5th going a life time best 4:58.26.

What a day for our 10 and unders swimming their to 4 best times in all four events. ALICIA BAZELL'S day started off by swimming the 100 back and finishing 11th with a time of 1:20.28. Bazell then too to the water winning the 200 free in a time of 2:26.26 taking off over 3 seconds. MACKENZIE MILLER was 10th taking off almost 4 seconds and swimming a time of 2:32.81. Miller also swam the 50 fly and finished 20th swimming a time of 36.51.

Keep up the great work Retrievers!!


August 10
There will be no practice this Saturday August 11 for any group.

Monday August 13 -Wed August 15 practice will be from 6:30-8:00am for all Senior Groups

Thursday August 16-Sunday August 18 there will be no practice.

There will be three practices during the next week Monday August 20, Wed Aug 22 and Friday August 24 6:30-8:00am. This is for all senior groups.


August 9
Buffalo, New York -Breaking News...

BAZELL TAKES ONE SECOND AND TWO THIRDS; ENOCH TAKES OFF MORE THAN 10 SECONDS ON DAY ONE OF THE 2007 LC EASTERN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Retriever Aquatic club swimmers have had a great day on day one of the 2007 zone championships. Over all Maryland swimming is currently second with 206 points trailing behind Virginia with 252.5 points.

ALICIA BAZELL took two individual thirds as she swam lifetime best swims in both events. In the 100 free she swam a great time of 1:07.95 and the 100 fly 1:15.79 taking off almost two seconds on the day! Alicia was also the anchor on the silver medal 4X100 free relay team. Alicia went 1:08.23 and the team went a combined time of 4:42.30.

ADAM ENOCH started off the day swimming the 200 Fly where he finished 18th and went 2:25.65. Enoch also managed to take off over 10 seconds in the 800 free coming into the race with a time of 9:25.85 and ending up the day with a 9:14.69. Adam finish 9th in the event.

GEORDIE ENOCH started off her meet swimming the 50 breast finishing 38th with a time of 39.50.

CATHERINE FREDIANI swam two individual events finishing 17th in the 200 back (2:40.91) and 43rd in the 100 Fly with a time of 1:14.96. Catherine was also a member of the 11&12 4X50 free relay team swimming 2nd with a time of 29.48 and the relay team finished 10th with a time of 1:59.88.

CAITLYN FULLER started off her day swimming the 100 free finishing 34th with a time of 1:05.09. Fuller took off OVER 5 SECONDS in the 800 free and finished 11th with a time of 9:41.25 (previous time 9:46.88).

MAKENZIE MILLER finished 11th in the 100 free taking off over two seconds and finishing 16th with a time of 1:10.99. Miller also finished 34th in the 50 breast (45.19)

August 1
Please note the following practice changes:
Thursday August 2, 2007
All Groups Regular workout

Friday August 3, 2007
All Groups Regular

Saturday August 4, 2007
6:30-8:00am -All of SGG, SGY, SGR all remaining zone swimmers

Sunday August 5, 2007
8:00-9:30am - All Zone Swimmers

Monday August 6, 2007
7:30-9:00am - ALL of SGG, SGY, SGR, AGG and any other remaining zone swimmers
AGY OFF

Tuesday August 7, 2007
6:30-8:30am All of SGG, SGY, SGR and AGG
AGY OFF

Wednesday August 8- Wednesday Aug 15, 2007
6:30-8:30am All of SGG, SGY, SGR

****Please note practices will get shorter they will not end earlier than 8:00am

We would like to take this time to congratulate and wish all Zones swimmers who will be attending the meet the best of luck.

The following are the swimmers attending the meet:
Alicia Bazell
Ariana Bernstein
Geordie Enoch
Catherine Frediani
Caitlin Fuller
Selena Martin
Makenzie Miller
Adam Enoch
Andrew McKissick

We just recieved an e-mail last night. There will be NO zone meeting at UMBC this year. There will be practices leading up to the meet please see the next e-mail.

As far as coaches the Retriever Aquatic Club will be sending three coaches coach Devin will be at the 12 and under pool and Coach Josh and Coach Chris will be at the 13 and over pool.

We been assigned a warmup time at in Buffalo on Tuesday August 7th at 6:00pm at the Flickinger Aquatic Center in downtown Buffalo.

We have been told that we will have the clothing and caps for the meet and will hand them out before you all leave.


July 28
Retriever Aquatic Club Breaking News.....

CANWELL MAKES SENIOR CUT AND RETRIEVERS SWIM 81% BEST TIMES

Swimming well.... is how the seniors are swimming at the 2007 LC Virginia Senior Championships. The swimmers have managed to have 34/42 which is an amazing 81% best times after Friday finals.

Tina Cantwell hits the head lines as she make her second senior cut of her career in the 100 breaststroke. Tina swam a 1:13.28 and finished first on the day.

Other top 24 swims for Thursday and Friday include:

Preston Wolter finished 4th in the 1650 free with a personal best 16:54.81.

200 Free
Daniele Surkovich finished 4th with a personal best 2:06.52
Brittany Radcliffe finished 16th with a PB 2:11.81
Rob Belamy finished a strong 2nd with a time of 1:57.27
Brooks Gabel 8th with a PB 1:59.57
PJ Sterba 13th with a PB 2:00.74
Aidan Considine 14th with a PB 2:00.42
Matt Fitzenreiter 23rd with a PB 2:02.83

100 Breast
Tina Canwell 1st 1:13.28
Kate Baust 11th with a PB 1:18.18
Rebecca Godwin 16th with a PB 1:18.77
Colin Stang 21st with a 4 second drop 1:11.59

100 Fly
Daniele Surkovich 10th with a PB 1:05.98
Emily Dean 15th with a PB 1:06.76
Ann Miller 21st with a PB 1:07.48
Nora Considine 23rd with a PB 1:07.87
PJ Sterba 14th with a PB 59.26

400 IM
Ann Miller 4th with a PB 5:10.71
Brittany Radcliffe 10th with a PB 5:14.09
Aidan Considine 4th with a PB 4:44.68
Brooks Gabel 5th with a PB 4:44.76
Preston Wolter 17th with a PB 4:46.39

Keep swimming Fast!


July 24
The following are the warmups for the BCSC meet this weekend:
Saturday and Sunday AM 8:00-9:00am
Saturday and Sunday PM 12:00-1:00pm
Please note the changes for the morning sessions

July 17
*****The following swimmers have made Zones and from our understanding will be potentially attending the meet:
Alicia Bazell
Ariana Bernstien
Geordie Enoch
Catherine Frediani
Caitlyn Fuller
Alissa Ling
Selena Martin
Mackenzie Miller
Sjonya Scott
Andrew Coe
Adam Enoch
Andrew Foong
Andrew McKissick
These swimmers will be sent home with Code of Conduct Forms DOC / PDF. If for some reason you do not get them at home please click on the previous link or go to the Forms Page. The form must be filled out and in our hands NO LATER THAN THURSDAY at 9:00am. By filling out this form you are telling us that your swimmer is attending.

*****Due to the awards party there will be NO practice Thursday afternoon.


July 3
RETRIEVER AQUATIC CLUB AWARDS DAY ANNOUNCED................

The Retriever Aquatic Club will be hosting their annual Awards Day on Thursday July 19, 2007.

5:30pm Awards in Lecture Hall 3
6:45pm Dinner at pool
Last names ending in:
A-G Please bring soda
H-0 Please Bring side dish/appetizer (chips, salad etc okay)
P-Z Please Bring Dessert

July 2
Practices for July 4th will be as follows:
All Senior Group will practice regular time.
All Age Group workout are cancelled!!!
Please enjoy your holiday.
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Retriever Aquatic Club is pleased to announce open tryouts for the 2007- 2008 swim season!!!!

They will be held on the following dates and times:

Monday July 16 at 6:00pm
Tuesday July 17 at 4:30pm
Wednesday July 18 at 4:30pm

Although these are open tryout we ask that you e-mail Coach Cradock at ccradock@umbc.edu to schedule which day and time you will be coming.


June 30
The Summer Scrip Order that will count towards the 2007/08 swim season will be due on Tuesday July 10. To be in and ready for pick up approximatly Tuesday July 17. Now is the time to buy your back to school cards - ie: Kohls, Staples, JC Penneys.

The next scrip order will be placed in mid to late September.

If you have any questions, please contact Peggy McKissick at pmckissick1@comcast.net or 410-796-8142

June 21
The GTAC meet here at UMBC this weekend has had warmup changes please note the following:
Sat PM       2:00 pm Warmup / 3:00 pm Start
Sun AM       8:00 am Warmup / 8:40 am Start
Sun PM       11:00am Warmup / 12:00pm Start

June 10
Retriever Aquatic Club Breaking News......

Colin Stang wins the 1 mile swim with a time of 23:56.

This morning it was the day of the Great Chesapeake Bay swim. They host a 4.4 mile swim and a 1 mile swim the proceeds from the day go to the March of Dimes.

We had 14 of our own swimmers, parents and coaches swim the 1 mile swim and the results were great!! There were 360 total swimmers competing today.

As mentioned before Colin Stang got out of the water with a time of 23:56 winning both the 15-18 and the over all category. Other swimmers placing in their age group were Joseph Laciny (first) and Andrew Coe (second) in the 14 and under age group. In the girls 14 and under category Retriever swimmers took 1st, 2nd and 3rd with Taylor Hollingsworth, Catherine Frediani and Shelby Stang placing in the top 3.

We congratulate all of our swimmers on doing so well today!

Here are the over all final standings of our swimmers:

1.    Colin Stang 23:56
22.  Taylor Hollingsworth 29:52
23.  Catherine Frediani 29:52
37.  Shelby Stang 31:35
93.  Joseph Laciny 35:26
94.  Josh Nachman 35:28
132. Betsy Coe 37:50
133. Andrew Coe 37:50
148. Rachel Latzko
171. Allie Caulfield 40:35
173. Michael Caulfield 40:40
245. John Latzko 42:21
305. Emily Long 49:23
306. Joanne Propert 49:24


May 25
The Summer schedule is now available on the practice page. SUMMER SCHEDULE STARTS JUNE 21, 2007!!!

May 22
We will run one workout on memorial day for Senior Gold, Senior Yellow, Senior Red from 8:00-10:00am

All other Practices are cancelled.

Enjoy your holiday.


May 14
Scrip forms available here

Abby Seeger Info:
WARM-UPS for Friday night 5/18/07 will begin at 3:00 pm and meet will START at 4:00 pm
WARM-UPS for Saturday afternoon 5/19/07 will begin at 1:00 pm and meet will START at 2:00 pm


May 9
Please note the warm-up times for the mini meet this weekend have been changed to 8:00 am for both Saturday and Sunday.

April 27
We would like to inform everyone that Al Gore will be speaking at the RAC on Tuesday May 8, 2007.

ALL PRACTICES WILL BE CANCELLED THAT DAY.

Enjoy your day off.

April 26
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING:
DISREGARD ALL PRIOR E-MAILS ABOUT THE NAVY MEET AND FOLLOW THIS ONE!!!!
We are sorry that changes continue at this meet. They are pretty much back at the original plan except what is below. We were waiting to get all of the information about the meet but were pressured to get the information out before it was all finalized.
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE MEET NOTICE ON THE WEBSITE mdswim.org
Sorry for any confusion.
Please pay attention to the following:
  • As some noticed the meet notice change disappeared from the meet website yesterday. MD Swimming has weighed in on the matter of the 7th session and has directed that we do not add this, maintain the original event order per the meet notice, and limit the sessions to 4hrs by removing swimmers from non-LSC teams first, then in entry order fashion (last to first) next. We will lose swimmers and will be working later into Friday and Sunday night, which is the exact opposite of what we were attempting to do. Unfortunately we did not catch the oversubscription in time to be able to properly apply for a deviation on the meet notice. Attached is the current scratch sheet and new session timeline. On the Website you find the current meet notice and complete psych sheet.
  • The 800 Free session... we are ensuring enough heats to fill all LSC swimmers and then filling in Alternates from non-LSC teams who positively checks in by 9:30am. Please note the only change to the meet notice that is now current are the Session start times on Sunday. We will plan to settle entry fee issues after seeding the 800 Free on Sunday.

April 17
We are sorry for the late notice. I was just informed that we must be out of the pool Friday at 5:30pm due to a concert being held in the RAC.

This is the intended practice schedule for Friday:
  • 3:45-5:30pm Senior Gold, Yellow and Red
  • 4:00-5:30pm Age group Yellow and Red

***Good news the outdoor pool heat was turned on.
***PLEASE NOTE IT ALL COULD CHANGE IF THE OUTDOOR POOL IS NOT A TEMP. IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE OR CANCEL WE WILL E-MAIL FRIDAY MORNING.

This weekend is quadmania the spring campus festival. The parking will be tight. Please watch out for pedestrians as they have the right away on campus.

***Saturday practice schedule.
  • 7:00-9:15am Senior Gold
  • 7:00-9:00am Senior Yellow
  • 7:00-9:00am Senior Red
  • 9:00-11:00am Age Group Gold
  • 9:00-10:30am Age Group Yellow
  • 9:00-10:30am Age Group Red
  • 9:00-10:00am Age Group White A and B

***If the outdoor pool is ready this weekend we will send out the rest of Saturday schedule next week.


April 10

Practice for this Saturday will be as follows:

Senior Gold 6-8:30am
Senior Yellow 6:00-8:00am
Senior Red 8:00-10:00am
Age Group Gold 8:00-10:00am
Age Group Yellow 10:00-11:30am
Age Group Red 10:00-11:30am
Age Group White A & B     10:00-11:00am

We are going to have to take the Saturday practice schedule week to week until the outdoor pool is open. This depends on the weather. Lets hope it warms up!!


March 22
Dear USA Swimming Club Members,
On Friday, March 23rd one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year opens in theaters across the nation. Pride is based on the life of Coach Jim Ellis, who in the early 1970�s founded and coached the Philadelphia Department of Recreation (P.D.R) swim team in one of Philadelphia�s most impoverished neighborhoods.

Through the sport of swimming troubled youths learned positive life lessons that helped them overcome the adversity in their lives. Pride stars Oscar nominee Terrence Howard as Coach Ellis and features popular comedian and Actor Bernie Mac.

USA Swimming is excited to announce the Pride in Your Club contest. During the following period, March 23rd �April 15th, all USA Swimming club members are encouraged to go see Pride at their local theater. After seeing the full movie members are asked to fax or mail a copy of their ticket stub along with the name of their club and LSC to USA Swimming. The club that sends in the most Pride ticket stubs will receive Dartswim software ($1,000 cash value) for their club, and a Pride Movie Prize Pack. Family members who attend the movie will have their ticket stubs count toward club totals.

USA Swimming encourages all clubs to gather ticket stubs from club members and club member's families and send ticket stubs to USA Swimming as a group of tickets. Clubs will be broken up into the following levels:

  • 75 or smaller
  • 76-125
  • 126-200
  • 201-400
  • 401+

One Dartswim software program will be awarded to each club level. Clubs are encouraged to see the movie as many times as possible as this will increase the chances of your club winning the Dartswim software program. This contest is only open to USA Swimming Club members. Ticket stubs must be postmarked by April 16th. Winning clubs will be announced on April 23rd. Remember that Pride opens in theatres March 23rd.

For more information please log onto makeasplash.org or contact Manny Banks, Director of Consumer Marketing at (719) 866-3580. All ticket stubs need to be faxed or mailed to USA Swimming at the address listed below.

USA Swimming
Attn: Pride in Your Club Contest
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Fax: 719-866-4761


March 20
RETRIEVER AQUATIC CLUB TAKES SECOND AT THE 2007 SPEEDO CHAMPIONS SERIES (SECTIONALS). NBAC finished first ahead of the Retrievers and just behind in third was Team Delaware.

After a great weekend of swimming we are very proud of our swimmers.

For full results pleas look at PVswim.org.

Below are the team standings:

Combined Team Scores
Place Team Points       Place Team Points
1 North Baltimore Aquatic Club - NBAC-MD 685.5 2 Retriever Aquatic Club - RAC!-MD 585
3 Delaware Swim Team - DST-MA 555 4 Eagle Swim Team - EST-MD 517
5 Williamsburg Aquatic Club - WAC-VA 470 6 Arlington Aquatic Club - AAC-PV 440
7 All Star Aquatics - ASA-PV 242 8 Pine-Richland Aquatics - PRA-AM 230
9 RAMS Swimming Club - RAMS-NE 194 10 Loyola Blakefield Aquatic - LBA-MD 185
11 Aquabears - BEAR-CT 173 12 Seneca Valley Swim Club - SVSC-AM 162
13 Three Village Swim Club - TVSC-MR 160 14 Annapolis Swim Club - ASC-MD 147
15 Jewish Community Center Sailfi - JCCS-AM 136 15 Greater Toledo Aquatic Club - GTAC$-OH 136
17 Team Delaware - TD-MA 122 18 Central Chesapeake Swimming - PEAK-PV 111
19 Rockville Montgomery Swim Club - RMSC-PV 110 20 Naval Academy Aquatic Club - NAAC-MD 109
21 Hydro-Sonic Tiburones - TIBU-PV 106 22 Team Pittsburgh - TPIT-AM 100
23 Sea Devil Swimming - SDS-PV 98 24 Columbia Aquatics Association - CAA-MD 83
25 TigerFish Aquatic Club - TAC-MD 79.5 26 Tidal Wave Swim Team - TWST-AM 76
27 Coast Guard Blue Dolphins - CGBD-VA 72 28 Bel Air Aquatic Club - BAAC-MD 62.5
29 Fox Chapel Killer Whales - FCKW-AM 60 29 Burkwood Aquatic Club - BAC-VA 60
31 Wagner Aquatic Club - WAC!-MR 58 32 Potomac Raiders Swim Club - RAID-MD 55
33 QDD Swim Team - QDD-VA 54 34 Adirondack Aquatic Club - AAC$-NE 51
35 Green Terror Aquatic Club - GTAC-MD 49 35 Poseidon Swimming - PSDN-VA 49
37 Ridgefield Aquatic Club - RAC-CT 45 38 Monocacy Aquatic Club - MAC-MD 41
39 Machine Aquatics - MACH-PV 38 39 Aqua Hoya Swim Club - HOYA-PV 38
41 Battlefield Area Star Swimmers - BASS-VA 37 42 Dallas Mustangs - DM-NT 36
43 Long Beach Aquatics - LBA!-MR 34 44 Sharks Swim Team - SHKS-CT 32
45 Parkland Aquatic Club - PAAC-MA 31 46 Southeastern Virginia Aquatics - SEVA-VA 29
47 Upper Saint Clair Swim Club - USCS-AM 25 48 Flying Gull Aquatic Club - FGAC-PV 23
49 Malvern Swimming Assoc. - MSA-MA 22 50 PDR Swim Team - PDR-MA 20
51 Centennial Aquatic Club - CAC!-MA 19.5 52 Southside Virginia Family YMCA - SVFY-VA 18
53 Connecticut Aquatic Club - CAC-CT 15 53 Joe Flaherty's Dolphins - JFD-PV 15
55 Winchester Swim Team - WST-VA 14 56 Southwest Aquatic Team - SWAT-VA 13
57 Herndon Aquatic Club - HACC-PV 10 58 Baltimore City Swim Club - BCSC-MD 8
59 Trident Swim Club - TSC-MA 7 59 Curl-Burke Swim Club - CUBU-PV 7
59 Atlantis Aquatic Club - ATAC-MA 7 59 Five Star Swim Club - FSSC-MA 7
63 TIDE Swim Team Inc 2006 2007 - TIDE-VA 6 64 Prince William Swim Club - PWSC-VA 5
64 Fairland Aquatics ST - FAST-PV 5 66 Valley Area Swim Team - VAST-VA 4
66 Occoquan Swimming - OCCS-PV 4 68 Stingrays Swim Club - RAYS-VA 3

Delaware.

After a great weekend of swimming we are very proud of our swimmers.

For full results pleas look at PVswim.org.


March 17
Breaking News.......

Retriever Aquatic Club Still in second place after Day three. Take a look at the results at pvswim.org. Team scores below.

Combined Team Scores - Through Event 25
1. Delaware Swim Team - 413 2. Retriever Aquatic Club - 369
3. North Baltimore Aquatic Club - 365.5 4. Eagle Swim Team - 277
5. Williamsburg Aquatic Club - 276 6. Arlington Aquatic Club - 258
7. All Star Aquatics - 155 8. Pine-Richland Aquatics - 128
9. Loyola Blakefield Aquatic - 123 10. Aquabears - 121
11. Jewish Community Center Sailfi - 117     12. Seneca Valley Swim Club - 114
13. Rams Swimming Club - 109 14. Team Delaware - 100
15. Three Village Swim Club - 98 16. Rockville Montgomery Swim Club - 86
17. Greater Toledo Aquatic Club - 78 18. Naval Academy Aquatic Club - 74
19. Central Chesapeake Swimming - 69 20. Hydro-Sonic Tiburones - 67
21. Annapolis Swim Club - 66 22. Team Pittsburgh - 59
23. TigerFish Aquatic Club - 53.5 24. Green Terror Aquatic Club - 49
24. Poseidon Swimming - 49 26. Sea Devil Swimming - 48

March 16
Germantown, MD
The prelims session has come to and end with another great morning for the Retrievers.

As for the results of the morning. In the 200 Fly Ann Miller went a lifetime best 2:07.74 and is in 5th going into finals. Brittany Radcliffe was 31st with a 2:12.75 and Emily Dean was 44th with a 2:17.74. As for the men Brad Reitz is in 4th and will swim in finals tonight going a lifetime best 1:53.77, Brooks Gable will swim in consols and is in 12th with a lifetime best of 1:56.37, Swimming in the bonus heat tonight Dan Weston-dawkes with a lifetime best of 1:58.63 and Preston Donovan also a life time best and making it back at night in his first sectionals his time was 1:59.15, TJ Creevy was 38th going 2:00.71 a lifetime best, Preston wolter was 43rd 2:01.30.

The 50 free Nora Considine made it back in 16th with a time of 25.02, Kate Baust 37th 25.30, Danielle Cruz 47th 25.58, Sam Gelb best time 25.64 54th place, Rebecca 56th 25.67, Patty Hallberg lifetime best 26.23. For the Men Rob Bellamy is 6th 21.86, Brad was 31st 22.33.

In the 200 breaststroke Kate Baust and Ann Miller swam lifetime best finishing in 10th (2:24.91) and 11th (2:24.92) respectively. Dan is 23rd swimming a time of 2:15.02.

In the 100 Backstroke Emily is 6th swimming it in 59.47, Sam is 15th 1:00.05 lifetime best.

The last individual event was the 500 free Brittany is 10th 5:04.75, Rebecca is 14th 5:07.21, Patty with a life time best is 19th 5:08.38 and Nora is 24th with a 5:11.28. For the men Aidan Considine was 4th with a time of 4:45.39, Brooks's lifetime best 4:42.58 has him in 7th place, Preston's time also a lifetime best has him in 10th 4:45.6, Brendan is 32nd with a time of 4:54.27.

Please check back tonight for the finals results.......

   

March 16
Retriever Aquatic Club Breaking news......

The second day of competition has come to an end with the Retriever swimmers swimming with pride. The have emassed enough points to be in second place.

The meet started off great on Thursday with the women swimming the 1650 and the men swimming the 1000 free. Rebecca Gdowin finished 4th with a time of 17:11.97, Patty Hallberg in her first sectional meet finished 9th with a time of 17:54.22. The men swam strong with Brooks Gabel finishing 8th in 9:40.43, Preston Wolter was 12th with a time of 9:50.99. Brendan Lorton went 10:02.22 and TJ Creevy went 10:11.95.

Friday evening started off with the 200 free.....Nora Considine finished in 13th with a Personal best time of 1:55.59, Brittany Radcliffe was 12th 1:55.59 and Rebecca Godwin was 11th 1:55.37. The men swam well with Brooks Gable 19th with a great time of 1:45.15, Aiden Considine 10th 1:43.40, Brad Reitz 8th 1:45.07 and Rob Bellamy finished 7th 1:43.57.

The second event of the night was the 100 Breast. Kate Baust finished 3rd with a life time best of 1:06.73.

The next event was the 100 Fly where Nora swam a great time of 58.97 and finished 11th. Emily Dean finished 6th after making her first Junior National cut in the morning 58.41. For the men Aiden went 53.24 and Brad was 5th with a time of 51.58.

The forth and final individual event of the night was the 400 IM where Patty finished 21st with a time of 4:40.80, Brittany was 14th -4:36.24, and Ann Miller was 7th and swam a great time of 4:31.01. For the men Brendan was 22 swimming 4:19.71, Dan Weston-Dawkes was 14th 4:11.21, Brooks was 12th swimming 4:08.99, Preston was 11th with a great freestyle leg 4:08.90, Aidam fished the night with a 4:07.07 finishing 6th.

Combined Team Scores - Through Event 12

1. Delaware Swim Team - 197 2. Retriever Aquatic Club - 179 3. North Baltimore - 169
4. Eagle Swim Team - 124 5. Williamsburg Aquatic - 117 6. Arlington Aquatic Club - 92
7. All Star Aquatics - 78 8. Pine-Richland Aquatics - 76 9. Aquabears - 75
10. Loyola Blakefield Aquatic - 65 11. Three Village Swim - 57 12. Rams Swimming Club - 56
12. Greater Toledo - 56 14. Rockville Montgomery - 49 15. Jewish Community - 45
16. Naval Academy Aquatic Club - 44 17. Seneca Valley - 43 18. Team Delaware - 40
19. Tidal Wave Swim Tea - 38 20. Annapolis Swim Club - 35 20. Team Pittsburgh - 35
22. Central Chesapeake Swimmin - 34 23. Green Terror Aqua - 25 23. Bel Air Aquatic Club - 25

March 15
2007 Aqua Dawg Swim camp, 2007 Aquatic Games Camp and 2007 Summer warm-up clinic are now available on camps clinics page.

March 6
New Saturday Practice Schedule Posted... DOC | PDF