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Day 1 Greetings from the Olympic Training Center! I wanted to give a quick recap of what we discussed today because it pertains a lot to what we talk about not only with AG1/JR1, but with the whole Schroeder program. The first talk was from the national team director regarding his observations with national team athletes. The best way to describe it, in my opinion, is: they experience everything 11-14 athletes go through, but they are just bigger haha! I offered to share our “To Be my Best” sheet with...
High School Aged Schroeder athletes are making commitments to their future college programs across all three divisions. Below are athletes who have made decisions - Congrats!! Evan Harrison - Swimming - Senior - Kenyon College Nadia Switalski - Swimming - Senior - UW-Milwaukee Anna Miler - Swimming - Senior- Johns Hopkins Olivia Small - Swimming - Senior - St Olaf Wylde Chupich - Diving - Senior - University of Nevada - Las Vegas Trevor Graham - Swimming - Senior - St. Cloud State Paige Seehawer - Swimming- Senior - Univeristy...
Last weekend Maggie Dickinson was at the Zone Select Camp hosted by USA Swimming at the Olympic Training Center. 50 athletes from the Central/Western Zone are invited based on their previous summer's Long Course performances. There were four total practices, several talks, and lots of new friends made! We are looking forward to hearing her share her experiences with the team! Way to go Maggie!
Ziyad Saleem won the first Gold Medal for Sudan at an African Championships. The competition is in Angola and the water is very warm at 89 degrees. Ziyad has the 50 and 100 back events remaining. The 50 Back should be around 1:30 PM CST today, Thursday, May 2 link to a live stream
New lane lines are on order and should arrive in the late spring. Two groups have funded nearly 100% of the cost of replacement: Mike Kass has donated $25,000 and Wi Swimming through its facilities grant program added $10,000 to the aquisiton of new lane lines for the Schroeder pool. Huge thanks to both the Kass family and to WSI! In 2015 Stan Kass, pictured with his son Mike, donated the last set of lane lines for both LCM and SCY. Those lane lines have had a good life over...
After two days, Schroeder is in a fist fight with a fine team from NJ again this year. Schroeder is trailing in combined by a handful of points, leading in men's and trailing in womens's both by similar small margins. On Day 1 - Schroeder lead the way in both men's and women's 2 MR qualifying, scored 2 boys in the 1000 and finished 2nd and 3rd in the 800 free relay. On Day 2 - We finished the session with two blistering performances in the short relays and won...
Chandler and Dave have both had several expereinces this season with our girls and wanted to just raise the awareness among parents and athletes about regular blood work especially for female athletes. As coaches, we see athletes most days and have a feel for their effort, pace in training and progression in results and general energy levels. Our swimmers work very hard week in and week out and when perfomances do not come as expected and frustration sets in, one of the things we go to is a check list...
Over the weekend, 46 Schroeder 11-14 aged athletes competed at the Age Group State meet in Pleasant Prairie. It was a fast weekend filled with great swims and copious amounts of energy. Thank you to all athletes and families who were a part of this experience! Congratulations to our new YMCA National Qualifiers: Lauren Komassa (100 free, 100 fly) Vivian Utschig (100 free) A new team record was established in the 13-14 girls 400 medley relay: Maggie Dickinson, Kennedy Goes, Aibhy King, Vivian Utschig (3:53.23) Great work everyone!!! We are...
