CONGRATULATIONS TO KELLY MOTON (SMAC GOLD)!!

Kelly was selected to be a part of the Maryland Swimming LSC training camp held this coming September out at the Olympic Training Center in Colordao Springs, CO!! Congratulations to Kelly and her family!  Kelly was selected based on her "Power Point" scores from her four best individual events this past short course season.

Kelly will be joining Gold teammate Nolan Dennes at this camp, which will be September 26-29. Be sure to congratulate Kelly & Nolan when you see them at the pool!

EC

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Congratulations to NOLAN DENNES of the Gold Group! Nolan was selected to be part of the Maryland Swimming training camp that will take place September 26-29 out at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. Nolan was selected from as one of the top swimmers (based on Power Points) from our LSC, aged 13-16.

When you see Nolan, be sure to congratulate him - and his parents - on this accomplishment!

Friday, April 26, 2013

SMAC Schedule Update, Week of April 28, 2013

There are a few schedule changes to be aware of in the next few days, particularly for the Gold & Silver Groups:

GOLD:
Sunday, April 28- workout is 12-2 p.m. (no drylands); Banquet @ Dream Weaver, 4-7 p.m.!
Tuesday, April 30- workout is 8-9:30 a.m.

SILVER:
Sunday, April 28- NO WORKOUT
Tuesday, April 30- workout is 9:30-11:00 a.m., followed by a PIZZA PARTY right at the pool!

SENIOR II: 
Tuesday, April 30- workout is 8-9:30 a.m.

If you have any questions, email me at erikcollins19@gmail.com.
Thanks for being a part of SMAC!
EC

Friday, April 19, 2013

Congratulations to Kandy Spain, SMAC Assistant Coach, who will be coaching the Kings Landing Summer League Swim Team this summer!

If any SMAC student-athlete would like information on the Kings Landing team ("KLS"), you can email Kandy directly at:
 kls2swim@gmail.com

If you have any questions regarding SMAC, you can email me at erikcollins19@gmail.com

Thanks very much for being a part of SMAC, we're looking forward to a great summer!
EC

Friday, April 19, 2013

SMAC Schedule Update for the weekend of April 19-21

Please note the following schedule changes for the weekend of April 19-21:

Friday, April 19-
Gold and Sr. II, 6-7:15 a.m.
NO GOLD OR SR. II WORKOUT ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Silver- as regularly scheduled, 6-7:30 p.m., with Kandy

Saturday, April 20-
ALL GROUPS OFF

Sunday, Agpril 21-
Gold, 4-6 p.m. swim; drylands until 6:45 p.m.
SILVER- 4-5 p.m., NOT 3 PM AS USUALLY SCHEDULED

Monday, April 22: resume regular schedule.

Email me if you have any questions at erikcollins19@gmail.com
Thanks for being a part of SMAC!
EC

President’s Day Meet- Session Updates

Hi everybody, I’m looking forward to the meet this weekend in Warrenton, VA! There have been several changes to the meet sessions, which I’ve listed below (the 11-12 500’s might be moved to Sunday, and there are now three separate sessions on Sunday).

Session 1- Saturday Morning, 11 & Over prelims; be on deck at 6:55 a.m.

Warmup is 7-8:20 a.m., meet starts at 8:30 a.m. SMAC is in Lane 4 for warmup.

Swimming in this session:

Sarah Cole*; Ashley Devlin; Margaret Foulkes*; Laurel Gallaudet; Melissa Jacobs*; Abby Johnson; Catherine Lemasters; Kelly Moton; Anh-Trang Nguyen; Shea Puhaly; Corri Railey; Amara Soffos;

Dillon Aldrich; Jacob Aldrich; John Aldrich; Logan Confer; Jarret Daniels; Nolan Dennes; Isaiah Johnson; Walter Kuhaneck; Phillip Means; Anh-Khoa Nguyen; David Rozanski; Matthew Rozanski; Zachary Whiston.

*PLEASE NOTE: the 500 Free originally listed for this session may be moved into the 11-12 session on Sunday.

Session 2- Saturday Afternoon, 10 & Under timed finals

Warmup is 1:20-1:55 p.m., meet starts at 2:00 p.m. SMAC is in Lane 4 for warmup, be on deck by 1:15 p.m.

Swimming in this session:

Madeline Frick; Aggie Gullace; Nyah Hartwell; Emma Kuhaneck; Connor Currie; Oliver Zwinge.

Session 3- Saturday Evening, 11& over finals

Warmup is 5:10-6:00 p.m., meet starts at 6:10 p.m. (or 1 hour after the start of warm-ups; open warmup for all finals swimmers)

The fastest eight swimmers in each age group from prelims return to swim in finals (where they’ll score points for their club), followed by the fastest eight swimmers in each individual age group (i.e., fastest eight 11 & 12 year olds, then the eight fastest 11 year olds, then the eight fastest 12 year olds).

Session 4- Sunday Morning, 10 & Under timed finals (200 Free/200 IM & 500 Free are positive check in events)

Warmup is 7-7:35 a.m., meet starts at 7:40 a.m., be on deck by 6:55 a.m.

Swimming in this session:

Madeline Frick; Aggie Gullace; Nyah Hartwell; Emma Kuhaneck; Connor Currie; Oliver Zwinge.

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Session 5- Sunday mid-Morning, 11 & 12 timed finals (positive check in for all 200 yard events, 400 IM & 500 Free closes at 10:30 a.m.)

Warmup is 10-10:40 a.m., meet starts at 10:45 a.m. (or 45 minutes after Session IV finishes) SMAC is in Lane 3 for warmup, be on deck by 9:55 a.m.

Swimming in this session:

Sarah Cole; Ashley Devlin; Margaret Foulkes; Melissa Jacobs; Abby Johnson; Catherine Lemasters; Kelly Moton; Corri Railey; Logan Confer; Nolan Dennes; Isaiah Johnson; Walter Kuhaneck; Phillip Means; Anh-Khoa Nguyen; Zachary Whiston.

Session 6- Sunday Afternoon, 13 & over timed finals (all events are positive check in, which closes at 2:30 p.m.)

Warmup is 2-2:45 p.m., meet starts at 2:50 p.m. (or 50 minutes after Session 5 concludes). SMAC is in Lane 4 for warmup, be on deck by 1:55 p.m.

Swimming in this session:
Anh-Trang Nguyen; Shea Puhaly; Amara Soffos; Jarret Daniels; David Rozanski; Matthew Rozanski.

Email me with any questions at:

erikcollins19@gmail.com

Thanks, I'm looking forward to the meet!

EC

SMAC Weekly Update, February 4, 2013

It’s a great week to be a part of SMAC as we head into the championship portion of our season! We’re very excited to have all of you on board as part of the SMAC family! Congratulations to everybody who competed in their first meet Jan 25-27 down at St. Mary’s. It was very exciting to see so many new swimmers competing for SMAC. Everybody swam very well; we continue to have fewer & fewer disqualifications compared to the first couple years at that meet.

Several schedule reminders, and one schedule change to keep in mind this week…

·         Wednesday Morning, February 6 workout schedule: Gold 8-9:30a; Silver 9:30-11a; Sr. II 11-12:30p- members of Sr. II are encouraged to email me & let me know if you WON’T be coming to the 11 a.m. workout on Wednesday, February 6. This schedule is on the monthly calendar for February.

·         SCHEDULE CHANGE- Friday, February 8: there will be morning workout from 6-7 a.m. (or until whenever your child has to get out for school) for anybody who plans on leaving for the meet right after school on Friday. Anybody swimming in the meet this weekend has to swim on Friday, so if you want to leave Friday after school, plan on swimming Friday Morning before school. There will be regular afternoon workout on Friday as well, although please email me if you plan on NOT coming to workout on Friday Afternoon; if enough people plan on coming to workout Friday Morning, I might alter the Friday Afternoon workout schedule so we all can finish up early and get an early start to our trip to VA. PLEASE NOTE: this workout schedule for Friday, February 8 is NOT on the February calendar, it is a schedule change.

·         Monday, February 11: no workout for any SMAC group. Regular workout schedule resumes on Tuesday, February 12.

There are several other important things to be aware of this week…

·         Mid-term grades have been distributed; make sure your child brings in a copy of their report card so I can see how they’re doing in school. PLEASE NOTE: this is a requirement for every student-athlete member of SMAC, thanks for your attention to this matter!

·         MEET FEES: please be sure to stop by the Front Desk and make sure your family is current on their meet fees. The most recent meet we need to be paid up for is the President’s Day Meet in Warrenton, VA this coming weekend.

·         MEET UPDATE: updates to the schedule & timeline for this weekend’s President’s Day Meet in VA will emailed directly to those families participating in the meet later today.

·         MD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE: The SCY State Championships will be March 7-10 up at the USNA. I’ve started reviewing entries with individual qualifiers this week, so that immediately following the President’s Day Meet this weekend I can submit the State Meet entry. For parents with swimmers qualified for the State Meet, please be anticipating these entries on Monday, February 11, so you can pay those fees at the Front Desk on Tuesday, February 12. We need to process that check IMMEDIATELY, so thanks for your attention to this matter.

·         MD Junior Champs @ St. Mary’s, March 15-17 Anybody qualifying for the Junior Champs Meet (minimum BB time standard, but not faster than the MD State Champs qualifying time in any event), should look for the email announcement of that meet next week, probably by Wednesday, February 13 (the latest). Please respond to that email in a timely fashion so I can get that entry submitted. The subject line in that email will read: “MEET ANNOUNCEMENT: Junior Champs.”

Lastly…

     As always, please take a minute to read the articles on the bulletin board, as they’re an excellent source of information on the world of swimming. AND, when entering and exiting the pool, please if at all possible, use the doors on the far left of the facility when entering (or on the far right when exiting); these doors are “manual” and will close quickly behind you. The other sets of doors are “automatic” and stay open for some time, which tends to freeze the Front Desk Staff. If you’re able to use the “manual” doors that would be greatly appreciated by the Front Desk Staff.

Email me with any questions at erikcollins19@gmail.com

Thanks for being a part of SMAC, I’m looking forward to a great week!

EC

SMAC Weekly Update- Week of January 14, 2013

Good morning to all SMAC families & student-athletes!

Hopefully everybody survived the Storm That Wasn’t- #6. It sure is aggravating that we missed out on a day of training for a little rain. I’ll think twice before cancelling workout again.

Schedule changes to keep in mind over the coming week:

·         Regular schedule for Friday, January 18; any Gold student-athlete is welcome to come swim their workout at 4:00 p.m. (this is for Gold only); anybody swimming in the RAC meet this weekend will only swim for an hour. Everybody else will swim for the usual 90 minutes.

·         The RAC meet up at UMBC is this Sat/Sun/Mon. PLEASE NOTE: warmup for the PM session on Sat/Sun/Mon is at 11:30-11:55 a.m. for SMAC 10&Under’s and 11-12’s; AM warmup on Sun/Mon is 7:25-7:50 a.m. for SMAC 13&Over’s (Bekah Johnson only); anybody qualifying for Finals will have warmup at 5:00 p.m., Finals begins at 5:45 p.m.

·         NO WORKOUT FOR ANY GROUP on Sunday, January 20 (I’ll post a workout for Gold so you can come swim on your own. I will be at the RAC meet);

·         NO WORKOUT FOR ANY GROUP on Monday, January 21 (I’ll post a workout for Gold so you can come swim on your own. I will be at the RAC meet);

·         HOLIDAY WORKOUT SCHEDULE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 22: Sr. II, 8-9:30 a.m.; Silver 9:30-11 a.m. (makeup workout for missing Mon 1/21); Gold 11-12:30 p.m., then lunch at Dream Weaver;

·         Regular workout schedule for next Tues/Wed/Thu; look for an email with the Friday, Jan 25 workout schedule next week;

·         CBAC meet is next Fri/Sat/Sun (Jan 25-27) at St. Mary’s; NO WORKOUT FOR ANYBODY on Sunday, January 27 or Monday, January 28. Regular schedule resumes on Tuesday, January 29.

MEET UPDATES:

·         All meet entries for the RAC, CBAC and OCCS (President’s Day Meet in VA, Feb 9-10) have been completed, submitted and accepted.

·         All entry fees for the RAC Meet and CBAC Meet should be paid in full by now. If you haven’t already done so, please stop at the Front Desk and let them know how you want to cover those fees. All fees have been emailed to everybody participating, and are also posted on the bulletin board.

·         Entry fees for the President’s Day Meet in VA will be posted once the RAC Meet and CBAC Meet are “closed out” (meaning, all fees for the January meets have been collected);

·         Upcoming meets: MD State Champs (SCY), March 7-10 @ USNA; Jr. Champs (SCY), March 15-17 @ St. Mary’s; MD 10&Under Champs (SCY), March 23-24 @ UMBC (we’ll be going just one day, stay tuned for meet information.

Email me if you have any questions.

Thanks for being a part of SMAC, I'm looking forward to the meet this weekend!

EC

erikcollins19@gmail.com

Happy New Year to all SMAC student-athletes and their families! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and are now excited for 2013 with SMAC!

Regular schedule this week for all groups (Jan 6-12), with just a few things to keep in mind:

• ·         The Winter Session of the Bronze Group starts this week (Tue/Thu); they get the three lanes closest to the bulkhead from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tue/Thu.

• ·         If anybody from the GOLD GROUP wants to come to early workout on Friday, January 11 (4-5:30 p.m.), please let me know. It would be fine to have some Gold Group members swimming at that earlier time. This earlier time is just for members of the Gold Group.

• ·         I’ll be at the pool on Sunday, January 13 from 3-4 p.m. if anybody from the SILVER GROUP wants to come get some extra work in on turns, breakouts, etc…

• ·         Keep in mind, ALL GROUPS ARE OFF ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28; NO WORKOUT THAT DAY FOR ANY GROUP.

• ·         Look for the FEBRUARY 9-10 MEET ANNOUNCEMENT later today (it’s called the “President’s Day Meet,” even though it’s held on the 9 & 10). There are NO TIME STANDARDS for that meet, and Saturday is prelims/finals, so it’s a great opportunity for everybody to race in a good meet. The deadline for hotel rooms is today, January 9. Rooms are reserved at the Hampton Inn/Warrenton (540-349-4200; ask for a room from the “SMAC” block). All rooms are non-smoking doubles for $116 a night, which includes the hot breakfast on Sunday Morning.

The entries for the Retriever Meet up at UMBC on Jan 19-21 (Sat-Mon) have been submitted & accepted. A hardcopy of events & fees has been handed out to everybody entered in the meet. Please stop by the Front Desk as soon as you can & let them know how you want to cover those fees.

The entries for the CBAC Meet at St. Mary’s College on Jan 25-27 have been submitted & accepted. I started handing out hardcopies of events & fees last night at workout. If you responded YES to the CBAC meet announcement, pleased be sure to ask your child for that handout. Also, stop by the Front Desk at your earliest convenience and let them know how you want to cover those fees. Everybody’s fees are listed below:

Dillon, Jacob & John Aldrich- $39 each;                     Matthew Baker- $45.50;

Carlos Balazs- $39.00;                                               Olivia Cole- $39.00; Sarah Cole- $45.50;

Logan Confer- $52.00;                                               Connor Currie- $32.50;

Jarret Daniels- $19.50;                                               Nolan Dennes- $6.50;

Chris Endress- $39.00;                                                Evan Fee- $39.00;

Margaret Foulkes- $52.00;                                         Madeline Frick- $39.00;

Laurel Gallaudet- $45.50;                                           Aggie Gullace- $45.50;

Nyah Hartwell- $26.00;                                               Jasmine Hinton- $39.00;

Melissa Jacobs- $52.00;                                              Abby & Bekah Johnson- $26.00 each;

Isaiah Johnson- $26.00;                                               Trinity Johnson- $26.00;

Jessica Kiger- $45.50;                                                 Emma Kuhaneck- $32.50; Walter K- $52.00;

Catherine LeMasters- $45.50;                                      Conner Lowery- $45.50;

Phillip Means- $45.50;                                                Rachel Morales- $39.00;

Kelly Moton- $52.00;                                                  Anh-Trang Nguyen- $45.50;

Haylee & Victoria Plaudis- $45.50 each;                    Corri Railey- $45.50;

David & Matthew Rozanski- $39.00 each;                 Sophia Santoyo- $39.00;

Michael Scott- $19.50;                                                Abigail Setzfand- $45.50;

Teddy Spain- $45.50; Zack Spain- $39.00;                  Zachary Whiston- $45.50;

Katherine Wojcieszek- $39.00;                                   Maddy Wojcieszek- $19.50;

Rachel Zamperini- $19.50;                                         Oliver Zwinge- $45.50.

Please stop by the Front Desk as soon as possible and let them know how you want to cover these fees. Thanks very much for your attention to this matter!

Look for the FEBRUARY 9-10 MEET ANNOUNCEMENT later today (this email is NOT the Feb 9-10 meet announcement); reply ONLY to that email if you want your child to swim in the Feb 9-10 meet in Warrenton, VA.

That’s all for this week. Email me at erikcollins19@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Thanks very much for being a part of SMAC!

EC