Sunday's Fenwick meet was one of our most successful of the season in terms of individual performances. While I don't have all results in front of me and they haven't been posted online yet, I'm almost positive there were scores of personal bests scored by team members. Those that come to mind include Rachael, Chad, Lonny, Mark, Marilyn, Mary and John. I'll have more information (and videos) when the meet results are posted online.
NOTES: I've been promised team sweatshirts by Wednesday.
One of the terms that you hear a lot of in swimming freestyle is rotation--the idea that your body should rotate along an invisible axis that runs through your head to the bottom of your feet. I thought I'd post a video I found online that shows this perfectly--it's Alexander Popov. Now this is roation: By the time he's going into the stroke, the chest and hips are pointed exactly 90 degrees horizontal. Meanwhile, notice his head position--almost always looking straight down. Notable, too is the elbow that points straight up while going into the stroke. It's a truly amazing stroke. Try doing this drill during your next warm-up--doing it this well is a lot harder than it looks, and doing it while going fast is even harder.
Team Notes: Elgin is the next meet up on this season's meet schedule, and from the looks of it, we should have a decent showing. If anyone is interested in car-pooling, please use the comments here to find a ride or offer one.
Just a reminder, there is NO Practice on Monday night in observance of the Presidents Day holiday.
Finally: I just updated the team records to include a few more records set in the women's 50-54 age group, where at least four team records have already been shattered this season. (Great job, Marilyn.) I think that to make things easier, if you have set a team record at any meet, please send me the event, meet and your time in an email.I will make the updates as soon as I receive them.
