THE DOLPHIN

December 2004

 

May your time together with family and friends be special and rewarding.  Happy Holidays and

Season Greetings from the Lake Erie Silver Dolphins.

 

This newsletter is dedicated to those that have come to realize that swimming is a way of life.

 

Plain Talk

            The month of December is always hectic because of the holidays, school performances, middle and high school meets, and, at times, the weather.  It is therefore even more important to call the message service daily, 216-561-3423, to confirm your practices. 

            In December, we will participate in the United States Open on the 2nd-4th at San Antonio, Texas, the Shaker Invitational Meet at Cleveland State on the 3rd-5th, the Brunswick Developmental Meet Dec.12th, the Candy Cane Classic Meet Dec.19th and the Pittsburgh Christmas Meet will be held at Pitt, Dec. 17th-19th (all entries sent in).  In January, we will participate in the Jim Scullion Meet Jan. 8th-9th entry due Dec. 8th; the 2005 Quad Meet Jan. 8th-9th must apply and be selected to participate (Check the Lake Erie website for information at Lakeerieswimming.com); the LSSC Age Group & Open Jan. 15th-16th Meet with entry due Dec. 15th, Winter Wonderland Jan. 23rd (info not available), LESD Pentathlon Jan. 29th (info not available) and Mardi Gras – Swim your Own Age Meet Jan. 30th (info not available).

 

Practice Changes

 

At the Hawken Lower School due to middle school meets

White group practices: Thursday Nov. 11th moved to Wednesday Nov. 10th, Tuesday Nov. 16th moved to Wednesday Nov. 17th, Tuesday Nov. 23rd moved to Monday Nov. 22nd, Thursday Nov. 25th moved to Wednesday Nov. 24th, Thursday Dec. 2nd moved to Wednesday Dec. 1st, Tuesday Dec. 14th moved to Monday Dec. 13th, Thursday Jan. 6th moved to Wednesday Jan. 5th and Tuesday Jan. 11th moved to Monday Jan. 10th.  Additionally, starting and including Friday November 26th 2004 all RED and WHITE Friday practices will start at 4:45pm and conclude at 6pm.  This change will continue until further notice.

 

At the Hawken Upper School - high school meets scheduled at 5pm for the following dates: Wednesday Dec. 8th, Tuesday Dec. 14th, Tuesday Dec. 21st, Thursday Jan. 1st, Tuesday Jan. 11th, Thursday Jan. 13th, Tuesday Jan. 25th, and Thursday Jan. 27th.  On Saturday Jan. 22nd the Hawken High School will host the CVC High School Champs.  We are assuming the high school home meets will end at 6:15pm.  The bronze practice for the above dates will be of an hour starting at 6:15pm to 7:15 pm and will not run later than 7:30pm.  The silver group practice will follow from 7:15pm to 8:15pm not to run pass 8:30pm. 

Very important - The groups practicing right after the conclusion of the high school meets are not allowed in the locker rooms or on the pool deck during the high school meets.  The swimmers must get ready for practice in the pool lobby bathrooms.  Find a place on the stands to sit and do not block the entry to the pool.  Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

 

Message Service

Please remember to call the message service daily to get the practice schedule for the following day and any other pertinent information.  The number is:  216-561-3423

 

Student Achievement

            The following students submitted report card with outstanding marks: Kacy Baker, Carmella Boggess, Jenna Ebersbacher, Kelsey Fischietto, Annie Holy, Jantzen Mace, Quinn McHale, Liam Oznowich, Kelsey Pinkerton Jasen Pinkerton, Lindsay Quinn, Nick Ranallo, Micah Simpson, Erin Striegel, Tim Teresczuk, Jackie Trudeau, Leandra Trudeau and Jubilee Winar.

Well done, swimmers!  We respect those that can perform in the classroom as well as the pool.

            Do you have outstanding remarks on your report card?  Get a copy to your coach and be recognized!

 

 

 

Ideal Swimmer

            The Ideal Swimmers for the month of November include:

White:                                     Julie Bogomolny, Ben Bidwell                                        

Red:                                         Sydney Torok, Justine Ciferno

Blue:                                        Kameron Deiss, Reid Welsh

Bronze:                                    Carrie Bencic, Rachel Ciferno, Austin Quinn,       

Silver:                                      Katlin Dagg, Beau Lajeunesse

Gold:                                        Casey Glassman          

High School:                            Katrina Barnes, Amanda Weatherhead   

Viking Group:                          Amanda Thurman, Marcus Contipelli       

CVAC:                                      Erin Striegel, Griffen Dolan         

 

            These swimmers have been regular in attendance, listened well, followed directions, and lead by example.

 

Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet

            The following swimmers have been selected as the outstanding swimmers for the following meets:

Mile Meet:                                Stephanie Nemeth, Taylor Pearl, Beau Lajeunesse, Jimmy Ranallo

Peg Neal Pentathlon:                Megan Splain, Kevin Stang                    

Hudson Odd Age Trophy Meet: Caroline Vexler, Jubilee Winar, Ryan Gleske, Austin Quinn                                 

USC Developmental:                Carrie Bencic, Michael Braun, Andrew Malone

Mark Braun:                             Kelsey Pinkerton, Brittany Strumbel, Joey Cerer, Kevin Stang      

                       

USA Swimming Registrations for 2005 – FEES DUE!!!!

            LESD will be sending in the registrations for 2005 in Mid December.  All swimmers must submit the registration fee immediately if you are intending to swim in a meet in the early part of January 2005.  Please call Marie Salibra if you require additional information at 440-423-3852

           

LESD Booster Fee

            The second $75.00 installment of the LESD Booster fees is no later than December 15th.  Please do not include the Booster fee with your monthly coaching fees.  The Booster fee payment is made to LESD Booster Club and mailed to Claudia Bacon, 7615 Thistle Lane, Novelty, Ohio 44072

No reminder will be mailed out.  If your second installment is not received by 12/15/04 meet entries for your swimmers will be suspended until the funds are received.

 

LE Zone Surcharge

            The Lake Erie Zone surcharge for meets has been raised from $1 per swimmer per meet to $2 per swimmer per meet, starting September of 2004.  If you are using old meet entry forms, please make this correction. 

 

Mark Braun

Special thanks to Amanda Kiel for the great success of the 2004 Mark Braun Classic and to all the Dolphin parents contributing to make it happen. Your hours of work and dedication on the pool deck were indispensable.

 There are a handful of people who worked on the meet months before the big weekend. Marie Salibra made sure that all of our own swimmers were entered in the meet correctly. She also organized the computers with all of the software and brought them down to CSU. Kevin Stang made sure that the donated "back-up" computer was ready to step in, if the main computer developed problems. Kevin also put fresh batteries in our stop watches and repaired some broken ones. Janet Ranallo worked long hours with all of the visiting teams to insure that their athletes were entered, and kept the sessions to a five hour limit-- no matter how much they begged to get in! She also set up the meet program with time standards and meet records. The QoH Donna English and her co-host Mimi Hable organized the entire food portion of the meet (and every thing was delicious once again. We're waiting for the two of them to open a restaurant). Special thanks to Margot Brooks and Family for sponsoring the Saturday night finals meal for the officials and coaches.

Jim Aronoff printed our name tags again with LESD logo and all! And then there were all of the Pop ladies who wrangled a 12- pack out of just about all of us (and we still have enough left over to get us through the January Distance Meet). Carol Dumont made the midnight run to pick up the Panera donations for breakfast while Linda Anderson made sure that our kids were all in LESD garb. Brett Seaman announced at every session all weekend long and still never missed a play in the OSU-Michigan game! Entertainment was once again provided by the coordinated outfits of the copy room volunteers and competing with them for the first time was the check –in parents!  Dr. Monica Gliga left her hospital rounds to surgically remove paper from our very sick copy machine ---all weekend. Dr. Dan and Nurse Nora took care of all of the stubbed toes and fingers.

All in all, LESD parents are the most "meet-knowledgeable" group to be found in Lake Erie.  They know their jobs and how to make a meet run smoothly. They are the reason that teams come back year after year. Hats off to all!    Enjoy the holidays because it is only 4 months to the Sectional Meet. Rest up!

           

LESD Ronald McDonald Intrasquad Meet – Saturday, December 18, 2004 at the Hawken Lower School

Every year LESD has a holiday intrasquad meet (only LESD swimmers and families invited) which raises money for the University Hospital Ronald McDonald House. The fee is of $ 5 per participant (swimmer, sibling, parent, coach).  The meet is primarily for Red, White, and Blue swimmers -- in lieu of practice that Saturday for each of these three groups, all said swimmers are asked to participate in the Intrasquad meet.  Events are as follows: for all 6&Unders, a 25 of each stroke; for all 7-8 year olds, a 25 of each stroke, for all 9-10 year olds a 50 of each stroke, and for all 11-12 year olds a 50 of each stroke. Afterwards there will be the "Mom’s race" (a 25 free) and then the "Dad’s race" (also a 25 free). This will be followed by the "Coaches’ Relay Races" where the coaches challenge all comers (make you own relay!) to a 100 Medley Relay race. After the "meet" portion of the event is over, we will have 1/2 hour of "free play" for all participants. You may bring rafts and inflatable for this time. We ask that you bring no "hard" objects or balls -- any soft "nerf" item is perfectly acceptable.                                                                                                                                     There will be meet participant ribbons handed out to all non-adult swimmers. There will be no officials and no DQ’s at this meet -- however, there will be no stars or bars awarded then either. We would like to have a parent timing behind each lane; please be prepared to volunteer in this fashion.  Warm - ups for youth at 8:30-9 AM; the meet will start at 9.  Warm - ups for parents and coaches for ten minutes at the conclusion of the youth events.  Usually the meet is over by 10:30ish, potential free play time will NOT extend later than 11:30 AM! We ask that everyone bring a holiday treat to be eaten after the meet is concluded. 9&U girls bring baked goods; 9&U boys bring chips/crackers; 10&Over Girls bring drinks; 10&Over Boys bring paper goods (napkins, plates, cups).

Remember, the will be no Red, White or Blue swim practice that Saturday -- the Intrasquad meet is your practice for that day. Please join us and have fun!

Meet Results Wrap-Ups

 

Peg Neal Pentathlon

The Silver Dolphins had their usual good showing at the Peg Neal Pentathlon.  Over seventy Dolphins came out on Halloween to show how versatile they were.  The 10 & under girls were led by Kelsey Pinkerton, Emily Gaudiani, and Stephanie Nemeth.  All three girls finished in the top 8 in all their events, with Gaudiani winning the 50 breast and Nemeth winning the 100 IM.  In the 11-12 girls, Alana Arnold picked up wins in the 50 fly and 100 IM, and Megan Splain came away with the 50 breast.  The 13-14 girls dominated the competition by winning every event.  Emily Splain picked up the top spot in the 100 free, 100 back, and 100 fly.  Brittany Rospierski claimed the top spot in the 100 breast and 200 IM.  Laura Clark was the only champion in the 15 & over girls, leading the way in the 200 IM.  It should be noted that our girls managed to win the individual medley in every age group.  Nice job ladies!

Although the club had only 18 boys at the meet, they still managed to make their presence known.  KJ Stang stole the show for the 10 & under boys.  He was the only swimmer in the meet to win every event in their age group (50 free, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly, and 100 IM).  Way to go KJ!  The 11- 12 boys were led by Mike Gaudiani, who placed in the top 8 in every event, with his best finish in the 100 IM (2nd). 

Other Silver Dolphins finishing in the top 8 in individual events were: Ryan Pearl, Brian Csumitta, David Aronoff, Andrew Malone, Cody George, Nick Ranallo, Micah Simpson, Austin Quinn, Nikolai Levinsohn, Jacqueline Trudeau, Christine Misterka, Stacey Miozzi, Katie Marini, Jordan Hawn, Margaret Wu, Nicole Santantonio, Annie Holy, Alex Giordano, Maria Kolesar, Caroline Vexler, Elizabeth Aronoff, and Sarah Koucheki.

 

Mile Meet

            Dolphin swimmers performed well in the distance meet held at CSU in late October.  In the 10& under age group, Emily Gaudiani won the 1000 (12:24.66) while Stephanie Nemeth won the 1650 (21:19.82) and Maggie Pernsteiner placed third (22:24.57).  The boys performed equally well, with Nickolai Levinsohn winning the 1000 (16:00.91) and KJ Stang the 1650 (19:30.91) (one of only a handful of LESD 10 & unders to break the twenty minute barrier), and Micah Simpson third (23:37.17).  In the 11-12 age group Lindsey Quinn placed third (12:26.12) and Carmella Boggess fifth (13:32.82) in the 1000, while Taylor Pearl placed third (20:13.99) and Laura Tramer fifth (20:33.63) in the 1650.  On the male side Mike Gaudiani placed first (11:32.23) in the 1000, while Jasen Pinkerton placed fifth (20:37.65) and Cody George eighth (22:36.72) in the 1650.  In the 13-14 age group Bettina Hahn-Lawson placed first (11:17.20) and Margaret Wu third (11:57.57) in the 1000 with Casey Glassman fifth (19:24.49), Jordan Hawn sixth (19:59.26), and Maria Chan tenth (20:36.90) in the 1650.  Among their male counterparts, Beau Lajeunesse placed second (12:21.33) in the 1000 and Jimmy Ranallo second (17:51.93) and Nathan Eckersley thirteenth (20:40.98) in the 1650.  Among the 15 and over swimmers, Laura Clark placed first (10:40.80) and Lauren Schaefer second (11:31.49) in the 1000, while on the male side Max Geiger also placed first (10:43.00) in the 1000.

 

The 2004 Hudson Odd-Age Trophy Meet

Over 50 LESD swimmers attending the Hudson Odd-Age Trophy meet held in Akron University’s Natatorium on November 6 & 7.  Winners of individual events included: Jubilee Winar (7&U 50 Free, 50 Breast), Caroline Vexler (8-9 50 Breast, 50 Fly), Taylor Forsythe (8-9 100 Breast), Megan Splain (10-11 100 Free), Andrea Chan (11 & U 200 Free, 500 Free), Jordan Hawn (12-13 100 Breast), Brittany Rospierski (12-13 200 IM), Ryan Gleske (7&U 25 Free, 25 Back, 50 Back, 50 Breast), Austin Quinn (8-9 50 Free, 50 Back, 100 IM), and Joey Cerer (8-9 50 Breast, 100 Breast).

Finishing in the top ten and thus scoring points for the overall team trophy additionally were: Gabriela Cerer, Susie Wager, Sophia Freese, Sarah Senkfor, Mara Ursu, Alexis Zahuranec, Sydney Torok, Abby Forsythe, Kaitlyn Cerne, Jillian Tompkins, Sarah Koucheki, Nelly Bornhorst, Haley Schubert, Sammie Fox, Amanda Trau, Kelsey Fischiettto, Taylor Pearl, Carmella Boggess, Jacquilynn Anderson, Leandra Trudeau, Andrea Chan, Katie Marini, Jillian Herbst, Lisa Choban, JacquelineTrudeau, Charles Splain, Jon Vexler, Jeff Jones, Robert Ranallo, Brian Schlang, Marcus Contipelli, Liam Oznowich, Quinn McHale, Nikolai Levinsohn, Henry Senkfor, Nick Ranallo, Michael Braun III, Beau Lajeunesse, and Danny Bender.

Finally, in the 14 events where LESD fielded relay teams, 12 teams emerged victorious! Of those 12 winning combos, 7 set new meet records!  Nice team effort, swimmers!

 

USC Developmental

            51 swimmers represented LESD at the USC Developmental meet.  Event winners in the 8 and under boys, Ryan Gleske 100 back (1:49.65), in the 9-10 girls Carrie Bencic 100 breast (1:31.92), 100 fly (1:24.26); in the 9-10 boys age group Michael Braun III placed 1st in the 200 free (2:48.83), 50 Back (40.60), 100 fly (1:43.88) and 100 IM (1:27.80); in the 11-12 girls age group Abigail Russo placed 1st in the 100 free (1:15.64); in the 11-12 boys Colin Daney placed 1st in the 50 fly (37.97) and Andrew Malone had two 1st places in the 200 IM (2:52.29) and 50 back (37.90); in the 13 and over girls age group Angela Iannucci placed 1st in the 100 breast (1:32.42).  Finishing in the top ten were: Jordan Alter, Danielle Anderson, Jacquclynn Anderson, Nicole Anderson, Nicky Bester, Kelsey Csumitta, Griffin Dolan, Sara Dolan, Julia Gilinsky, Alexandra Graham, Leah Grcevich, Haley Herchek, Rachel Kennedy, Jake Kusa, Mark Kusa, Jantzen Mace, James Martin, Quinn McHale, Maggie Moore, Greg Morawski, Danny O’Sickey, Amy Pilat, Zachary Radziszewski, John Reagan, Marykate Reagan, William Reitan, Christina Rogers, Sam Santoscoy, Kyle Torok, Halle Uveges, Kelsey Verderber and Andrew Zahuranec.  Well done swimmers!!!

 

Mark Braun

            The younger Silver Dolphin swimmers performed quite well against strong outside competition in the Mark Braun meet.  For the eight and under girls Rachel Kennedy, Katie Opacich, Amy Pilat, Jubilee Winar, Alexandra Rick, Gabriella Cerer, Anna Kolesar, Lena Goren and Mara Ursu all placed in the top ten, while Rachel Kennedy won the 25 backstroke (20.45) and Katie Opacich won the 50 fly (42.80).  The latter two girls teamed up with Cerer and Winar to win the 200 free relay (2:44.52) and with Winar and Pilat to win the 200 medley relay (3:07.45).  On the male side Joey Cerer, Justin Ciferno, Ryan Gleske, Henry Senkfor, Alex Stotter, and Jon Vexler placed in the top ten for the eight and under boys, while Joey Cerer won the 25 breast (20.49) and 50 breast (44.68) and teamed up with Senkfor, Gleske and Stotter to win the 200 free relay (2:41.03) and 200 medley relay (2:59.25).

            The ten and under girls provided a strong effort, with Emily Gaudiani, Kelsey Pinkerton, Maria Kolesar, Brooke Bieganski, Meggie Pernsteiner, Lizzi Aronoff, Emma Smith, Rachel Ciferno, Carrie Bencic, Taylor Forsythe, Caroline Vexler, Sarah Koucheki, and Rachel Shimrock all placing in the top ten.  Individual winners included Kelsey Pinkerton in the 100 back (1:12.02) and Emily Gaudiani in the 100 breast (1:23.41), 200 IM (2:35.90 meet record) and 500 free (6:08.11 meet record), and the two girls teamed up with Bieganski and Kolesar to win the 200 free relay (2:03.26) and with Bieganski and Aronoff to win the 200 medley relay (2:21.93). For their male counterparts among the 10 and unders, KJ Stang, Micah Simpson, Ted Bornhorst, Justin Quinn, Nikolai Levinsohn, Liam Oznowich, Michael Braun, Michael Ruddock, and Marcus Contipelli all placed in the top ten.  KJ Stang led the way for all Dolphin swimmers in individual wins, taking first in the 50 back (32.72), 100 back (1:08.81), 50 breast (39.37), 100 breast (1:24.31), 100 fly (1:13.83), 200 IM (2:30.80 meet record), 200 free (2:11.49) and 500 free (5:38.84 meet record), and he joined with Bornhorst, Simpson and Quinn to win the 200 free and medley relays (2:25.31).

            In the eleven and twelve girls age group, Alana Arnold, Megan Splain, Amanda Thurman, Alex Giordano, Annie Holy, Maryn Bieganski, Jackie Miozzi, Laura Tramer, Lindsey Quinn, Erica Gliga, Jackie Gleske, Lauren Choban and Taylor Pearl all placed in the top ten.  Alana Arnold won the 50 fly (28.81) to capture the Dolphin’s sole individual win in this age group and she teamed up with Thurman, Splain, and Bieganski to win the 200 free relay (1:48.40) and with Giordano, Splain and Bieganski to win the 200 medley relay (2:00.67).  Among their male counterparts, Mike Gaudiani, Jasen Pinkerton, David Aronoff, Cody George, Alec Janda, Brian Csumitta, and Nick Ranallo placed in the top ten and Mike Gaudiani won the age group’s sole individual tittle in the 400 IM (5:00.94).  Mike teamed up with Ranallo, Csumitta, and Aronoff to win the 200 free relay (1:59.48) and with Csumitta, George and Janda to win the 200 medley relay (2:16.09).

 

The Mark Braun Classic was again the first big meet for the senior swimmers.  As usual, it brought stiff competition from all over the east.  Even though our athletes were still in hard training, they performed well and raced hard.

Friday night was led by some good early season swims from the 13-14 girls.  They claimed 5 of the top 10 spots in the 400 IM.  Alyssa Kiel finished second in the tough 400 IM for the 15 & over girls.  The biggest highlight of the night was probably the surprise visit by Norm Ference to swim the 1650 free.  Norm came all the way from school in Bloomington, Indiana to get the swim in.  Top 10 finishers for the night were: Katlin Dagg (400 IM), Jennifer Aronoff (400 IM), Brittany Strumbel (400 IM), Maria Chan (400 IM), Alyssa Kiel (400 IM), Laura Clark (400 IM), Stacey Miozzi (400IM), Brittany Legal (400 IM & 1650 Free), and Norm Ference (1650 free).

Saturday’s finals proved to be a good session for the 13-14 girls.  Brittany Strumbel won the 50 free (25.31), while Jennifer Aronoff finished third.  The two also finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 free.  Louise Gliga and Bettina Hahn-Lawson also finished in the top 8 in the event.  Gliga and Hahn-Lawson also finished in the top 8 in the 500 free, along with teammates Courtney Tumbush, Maria Chan, and Meghan Stang.  Strumbel and Dagg also finished in the top 10 in the 100 back, as did Tumbush, Aronoff, Brittany Rospierski, and Jordan Hawn in the 200 breast.  Gliga won the 200 butterfly (2:09.92), while Dagg finished third (2:12.46).  Both girls obtained a sectional cut with the swim.  The 15 & over girls had numerous top 10 finalists.  Jennifer Nemeth was 8th in the 50 freestyle.  Fiona O’Donnell-McCarthy won the 100 backstroke (57.96) and managed a 4th place finish in the 500 freestyle.  Other top 10 finishers were: Alyssa Kiel in the 200 free, 200 breast, and 500 free; Margot Brooks in the 200 and 500 free; Laura Clark in the 200 free, 200 fly, and 500 free; Hallie English in the 200 free; Emily Mekesa in the 500 free; Brittany Legal in the 500 free and 200 fly; and Sarah Dorenkott in the 200 fly.

The 13-14 boys were highlighted Saturday by Andrew Moragne who was 5th in the 50 free and Jimmy Ranallo was 7th in the 500 free. On the 15 & over side, Norm Ference finished 3rd in the 500 free, while teammate Ryan Holy was 7th.  Holy also managed a 6th place finish in the 100 back and a 10th place finish in the 200 fly.

Sunday’s session was another good showing for the 13-14 girls. Strumbel and Aronoff fished 1-2 respectively in the 100 free, while Hahn-Lawson was 8th.  Hahn-Lawson, Chan, and Stang all placed in the 1000 free.  The 200 back had Strumbel, Dagg, Gliga, and Michaela Dumm all scoring.  Hawn, Katie Marini, and Brittany Rospierski all scored in the 100 breast, as did Aronoff, Dagg, and Gliga in the 100 fly.  Finally Strumbel, Aronoff, Dagg, and Gliga all finished in the top 8 in the 200 IM.  For the 15 & over girls, Jennifer Nemeth finished 5th in the 100 free, while Brittany Legal, Erica Dorfman, Jacqueline Trudeau, and Christine Misterka all placed in the 1000 free.  Other top 10 finishers were Alyssa Kiel in the 100 breast and 200 IM, Emily Mekesa in the 200 back, Nicole Dumont in the 100 fly, and Laura Clark in the 200 IM.

Andrew Moragne picked up where he left off in the sprints on Saturday night, and finished 5th on Sunday in the 13-14 boys 100 free.  He also finished 9th in the 100 fly and Nathan Eckersley finished 10th in the 100 breast.  The 15 & over boys were led by top 10 finishes from: Ilya Byzov in the 1000 free and Ryan Holy in the 200 back and 200 IM.

           

PARENTS, YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:

 

            Please read carefully this communication received from Lake Erie Swimming:

Meet Entry Times - As clubs begin to send meet entries, please remember that Lake Erie Swimming passed legislation to check times for "slower than" and "faster-than" time standards.

Faster-than meets will be checked after the meet for swimmers that do not make the qualifying time and do not have a qualifying time in the LE Times database.  A time verification report will be emailed after the meet to clubs having swimmers who appear on the Times Verification Exception List. Clubs will have one week to either prove the time or be assessed a $10/swim fee.  Slower-than meets will be handled by Lake Erie Swimming Time Investigation until the electronic software (being programmed by USA Swimming) is available. Anyone can anonymously ask that a swimmer be investigated  if it appears that they have a faster time than is allowable for the slower-than meet time qualification.  This form is available through the meet host or a brief note can be sent to Pam Cook.  If a swimmer is found to be incorrectly entered into a slower-than meet, a fee of $25 will be assessed.

Swimmers should be entered in meets that are appropriate to the times they have achieved.  Example:  B swimmers should not be entered in A meets, A swimmers should not be entered in B meets.  Bottom line:  Adhere to the time standards for the meets when entering swimmers in events and use times that they have achieved.  If you have entered a swimmer in a meet and then they achieve a time which is faster than the qualifying time, please notify the meet host and remove them from that event.  You will be allowed to enter them in another event or receive a refund.