Schroeder finished well at the 2014 Speedo Section 1 Championship.  The Women were 2nd, the Men 7th and overall Schroeder came 4th by just 4 points to Minnesota's team. The finale of the meet combined Schroeder's four fastest strokers in their respective events - Schroeder won the 4 x 100 Women's Medley Relay in a new club and state record.  Ashlyn, Gwen , Hannah and Alex led from start to finish in a great performance.  Earlier, we had great miles, sprints and 200 IMs.  (some IMers were fortunate enough to...

  Good Day in Iowa!  SSTY remains 4th in Combined scoring, the Men are now at 7th and the Women are holding steady at 2nd. Highlights from finals: The first event was the 200 M Back.  Holly Stoll raced in the C final, Katie Taylor in the B final and Ashlyn won the A final with a new Team Record!  Chandler Lewis maade the C final and Carl got second in the A final - near team record in prelims. Daniel Kudis put together a strong race in the 400...

  Schroeder enjoyed a good day in Iowa and had a productive finals session tonight.  The team is in fourth overall, 12 th in Men and 2nd in Women. Ashlyn Schoof won the top spot on the podium in the 100 M Back with a 1:02.5 breaking her own team record in the process - it was a brilliant swim!  Both the men and women scored in the 4 x 100 FR with the women narrowly missing the team record in 3:50 ( Abi, Alex, Ashlyn and Hannah) - the...

Schroeder is spread between two venues this weekend at the WI Swimming Silver State meets in Waukesha and at Schroeder.  Lots of good swims at both meets in the longer races today.  Click thru for links to host sites... Schroeder Waukesha  results on Meet Mobile

  Schroeder enjoyed a good first day at the 2014 Speedo Section 1 Championships in Iowa City.  The team is in 4th place in combined scoring behind Wisconsin, Minnesota and Northwestern, the men are 18th and the women are second to Wisconsin.   Two team records were made today.  Kaylyn Schoof took the 11/12 girls 100 Free record (Alex Meyers) and Katie Hayes erased a very old Katie Hazelwood - early 80's - 13/14 200 Breast.   Hannah Saiz won the 200 Fly and Ashlyn Schoof grabbed 4th and Rina...

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HAMBURG, Germany — American Gwen Jorgensen again reached historic heights on Saturday, winning ITU World Triathlon Hamburg for her seventh career ITU World Triathlon Series victory and her fourth consecutive win this season. Jorgensen (St. Paul, Minn.) clinched her win on the 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course with a finish time of 56 minutes, 54 seconds. Her trademark run speed led her to a 15:46 5k run split to finish ahead of Australia’s Emma Jackson, who was second in 57:00, and Canadian Kirsten Sweetland, who also logged a...

Link to many fine photos - thanks Tom! It was really a nice evening and we all enjoyed meeting so many new people.  Let's do it again next year!  Preliminary count was 245 people who ate 432 hot dogs!  Not bad. A shout out to the parents/coaches who really helped pull the picnic off, include Robin Hayes, Scott and Kelly Jacobs,  Shannon Feest and Aaron (who made an emergency dessert run so the senior swimmers would have plenty to choose from), Meredith Dressel, Justin Herman, Julie Martins, Coach Amy, and...

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Julianna W. Miner Become a fan Anatomy of a Swim Meet Posted: 06/24/2014 9:07 am EDT Updated: 06/24/2014 9:59 am EDT Print Article   I have three kids, and they all swim on a swim team every summer. I decided to capture my experience at a morning swim meet, for those of you not in the water cult. 6:00 a.m.: Wake up, drink coffee. Wake up grouchy children. 6:45 a.m.: Arrive at pool. Parking lot is already full. Let the kids out and park far away. Carry/drag chairs, bags and...