THE DOLPHIN

September 2005

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

Reminder - Please Mark Your Calendars

The Mile Meet will be held November 12th, Mark Braun Meet will be held November 18^th -20^th and the LESD Distance Meet is January 22^nd. All LESD parents will be asked to work at least one session at the Braun meet even if your swimmer is not participating as well as at the other meets. We need your support and cooperation in these fundraising opportunities. Thank you.

LESD Parent Registration

The LESD Parent Registration meeting is scheduled for Sunday, September 18^th at 7 p.m. at the Hawken Lower School lunchroom. It is mandatory for all LESD parents to attend. We will hold an optional question and answer period for new parents following the meeting.

LESD SWIM-A-THON

The LESD Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday, October 1^st from 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. at the Hawken Upper School. Click here for complete information.

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.

Practice Schedule

White Monday – Thursday 4:45-6:00 PM Notre Dame

Coach: Cheryl Ribic 440-951-9355

Red Monday – Thursday 4:45-6:00 PM Notre Dame

Coach: Paul Wagner 216-382-5035

Note: Red-White practice at Notre Dame until the Hawken Lower School pool is remodeled. Practice will return to the Hawken campus when work is complete. This change will likely occur in October.

Blue Monday-Wednesday 6:45-8:15 PM Hawken Upper School

Friday 5:00-6:30

Saturday 8:45-10:15AM Hawken Upper School

Coach: Betsy Tietjen 440-995-1141

Note: Blue practice will return to the Hawken Lower School at an earlier practice time when work is complete. This change will likely occur in October.

Bronze Monday-Thursday 5:00-6:45 PM Hawken Upper School

Saturday TBA Hawken Upper School

Coach: Rick Stacy 440-951-8241

Hawken Silver/Gold Monday-Friday 3:30-5:00 PM Hawken Upper School

Saturday TBA CSU

Coach: Rick Stacy 440-951-8241

Silver Monday-Friday 5:15-7:15 CSU

Saturday TBA CSU

Coach: Ian Murray 216-521-6946

Senior Team/Gold Monday-Friday 5:15-7:15 CSU

Saturday TBA CSU

Coach: Jerry Holtrey

Note: This is the practice schedule for September and October for Bronze, Silver and Gold. The practice schedule for these groups will change at the onset of the high school season at the end of October and all three of those groups will train at the Hawken Upper School.

Mayfield Practice Schedule

Silver (JV & Middle School) Monday-Friday 3:15-4:30 PM Mayfield

Saturday TBA

Gold (High School) Monday-Friday 4:30-6:00 PM Mayfield

Saturday TBA

Blue (11 & Under) Monday-Friday 6:00-7:00 PM Mayfield

Saturday TBA

Coach: Rick Balcam 440-346-0982

Ideal Swimmer

The Ideal Swimmers for the month of August include:

Red: Morgan Trau, Brian Schlang

Blue: Clayton Torok

Silver: Maryn Bieganski, Jasen Pinkerton

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

Swimmer of the Meet

Parkview: Jackie Miozzi, Stacey Miozzi, Brian Csumitta, Zack Melvin, Dominique Melvin

Zones: Ryan Neff

Sectionals: Sarah Dorenkott, Brittany Strumbel, Ryan Holy, Jeff Montague

Junior Nationals: Brittany Legal

Nationals: Ellis Schieman

World University Games: Alyssa Kiel

Swimming Bars – New Contact

The new contact for the B, BB, A, AA, AAA and AAAA Bars for your swimmers is Angela Cerne. She can be contacted at 216-486-6143.

Volunteer Opportunities Available

There are so many ways swim parents can help to support our swimmers. Here are some ways you could help:

1. Swimmer of the month cap distribution

2. Meet announcers

3. End of the year awards banquet committee

4. Power point slide show at awards banquet

5. Photography at the meets

6. Lower school swimmer of the month photos/bulletin board

7. Any way your business may help (ie.prize and/or food donation, copy services)

If you have interest or questions, please contact Dana Trau at 440-248-9727 or email wdam@adelphia.net

Brand New Parka for Sale

LESD brand new parka for sale (it is in the original package), purchased cost was $ 100. Please contact Kim Joseph at 440-498-4992 or Linda Anderson at 440-943-6788.

Swimming Suits for Sale

Erica Rose is offering LESD swimmers some of her brand new suits, never worn and in the original package for half the cost paid for the suits. Erica is moving to Chicago for graduate school and will be doing less competitive swimming so she won’t have the opportunity to wear as many suits as she has. The easiest way to contact Erica is by email er782@aol.com or 216-509-5787. Erica is also willing to mail the suits without charging any shipping cost. Please take a look at these great deals:

- Speedo Fastkin – Black. No legs, no zipper (regular style suit) size 26. Sale price $ 50. (Usual cost $ 100).

- Speedo Aquablade – Black. No legs, no zipper (regular style suit) size 24. Sale price $40 (usual cost $80).

- TYR suit – Short suit, zipper back. Size 28. Sale price $ 50 (usual cost $ 100).

- TYR suit – Blue. No legs, no zipper (regular style suit). Size 26. Sale price $40 (usual cost $ 80).

- Speedo Fastskin (THE NEWEST style – like the ones used in Athens). Blue and silver coloring. No legs, no zipper (regular style suit). Size 32(but they run small-closer to a size 26 or 28). Sale price $50. (Usual cost 180).

Meet Wrap-Ups

District Championships

LESD produced a remarkable TEAM performance at the District 14 and Under Championships held in Canton. LESD won the team title with 5211 points, far put pacing runner-up USC with 1906 points and exceeding the total of the next four teams combined. By gender, the boys won their side of the meet with 2015 points and the girls won their side with 3196 points.

Many, many swimmers contributed to this impressive performance. In the 8 and under age group, Jubilee Winar, Julie Bogomolny, Abigail Forysthe and Susan Wager all placed in the top eight, with Jubilee winning all of her events: 50 free (39.17), 100 free (1:28.70), 50 back (45.40), 50 breast (5251), and 50 fly (49.94). Although the 8 and under boys produced no individual winners, they had many fine swims with Charles Splain, Ryan Gleske and Adam Bozsval all scoring.

Nine 10 and under girls placed in the meet: Carrie Bencic, Emily Gaudiani, Emily Gudbranson, Sarah Koucheki, Kaitlin Cerne, Haley Schubert, Taylor Forsythe, Nelly Bornhorst and Caroline Vexler. Emily Gaudiani produced five individual first places: 200 free (2:32.58), 400 free (5:18.07), 100 breast (1:31.50), 100 fly (1:22.25), 200 IM (2:47.69). In addition, Gudbranson, Vexler, Gaudiani and Bencic won the 400 free relay (4:58.07--one second off the district record) and Koucheki, Gaudiani, Forsythe, and Bencic won the 400 medley relay. And for added excitement, Kaitlin Cerne time trialed and made her zone cut in the 100 fly (1:26.43) while Haley Schubert made her first cut in the 100 breast (1:34.99), the latter an event in which Dolphin girls held six of the top eight places.

For the 10 and under boys, Micah Simpson, Liam Oznowich, Michael Ruddock, Austin Quinn, Nikolai Levinsohn, Marcus Contipelli and Henry Senkfor all placed in the top eight, with Micah winning eight events: 50 free (32.08), 100 free, (1:11.30), 200 free (2:36.48), 400 free (5:27.75), 50 breast (44.19), 100 breast (1:36.99), 100 fly (1:24.99) and 200 IM (2:55.78).

The 11-12 girls produced an extremely strong effort, with thirteen swimmers scoring in the top eight: Amanda Thurman, Megan Splain, Dana Shaker, Lauren Choban, Annie Holy, Laura Tramer, Logan Arnold, Brooke Bieganski, Taylor Pearl, Andrea Chan, Meggie Pernsteiner, Sam Santoscoy, and Carmella Boggess. Perhaps even more amazing, five of them won individual events: Splain in the 50 fly (33.07), 400 IM (5:34.19), 200 free (2:20.63) and 400 free (4:56.43); Shaker in the 100 free (1:04.85--her 13-14 Zone cut) and 200 IM (2:44.81); Holy in the 100 fly (1:12.30) and 200 fly (2:36.51); Choban in the 200 back (2:38.81); and Tramer in the 200 breast (2:59.85). In addition, Choban, Splain, Holy and Shaker won the 400 medley relay (5:08.30) while Carolyn Vekstein added real excitement to the meet, time trialing and making her first Zone cut in the 50 free (30.53).

The 11-12 boys also produced a strong effort, with Mike Gaudiani, Nicholas Crane, KJ Stang, Jasen Pinkerton, Ted Bornhorst, Nick Ranallo, Brian Csumitta and Sam Ruddock all placing in the top eight. Individually Mike won the 400 free (4:47.61), 100 fly (1:10.97), 200 fly (2:30.81) and 400 IM (5:19.03), while Nicholas won the 50 fly (32.98), 100 back (1:15.27) and 200 back (2:35.33). Crane, Csumitta, Stang and Gaudiani combined to win the 400 free relay (4:53.76) and Stang, Crane, Gaudiani and Pinkerton combined to win the 400 medley relay (5:23.20).

In the 13-14 age group, Alana Arnold, Meghan Stang, Maryn Bieganski, Kaitlin Dagg, Erica Gliga, Emily Splain, Brittany Rospierski, Maddy Strohl, Jordan Hawn, Lindsey Quinn, and Casey Glassman all scored in the top eight, led by Stang with a win in the 400 free (4:49.71), Dagg with wins in the 100 back (1:12.27), 200 back (2:36.19), 100 fly (1:09.79) an 200 fly (2:30.48), and Splain, Arnold, Dagg and Strohl who combined to win the 800 free relay (9:35.28).

Not surprisingly, LESD had many high point winners: Winar for the 8 and under girls; Gaudiani for the 10 and under girls (Bencic 2nd); Simpson for the 10 and under boys (Levinsohn, Ruddock and Contipelli all in the top eight); Megan Splain for the 11-12 girls (Holy, Shaker, Tramer, Arnold and Choban in the top eight!); and Gaudiani for the 11-12 boys (Crane 2nd).

Truly an excellent meet and one the entire team can be proud of.

Zone Meet

A large group of LESD swimmers qualified for and competed in the Central Zone Meet in Ann Arbor, MI [that inferior school up north!] in mid-August. In an elite meet that draws many of the best age group swimmers from across the Midwest, Meghan Stang, Brittany Rospierski, Maryn Bieganski, Alana Arnold, Bettina Hahn-Lawson, Claire Pavlak, Jen Aronoff, Emily Gaudiani, Caroline Vexler, Carrie Bencic, Annie Holy, Megan Splain, Amanda Thurman, Micah Simpson, Mike Gaudiani, Chris Nemeth, Ryan Neff, and Tim Montague all scored for Lake Erie. In addition Aronoff won the 100 breast (1:17.43) and Emily Gaudiani won the 200 IM (2:44.67--the 7th fastest time nationally for her age group). A very good job in challenging circumstances!

Speedo Champions Series

For the 4^th straight summer Bloomington, Indiana was the site of the Speedo Champions Series – Central Zone Section 3 Championships. The Dolphins had 21 athletes compete over the five day event. Leading the way for the women’s side was Brittany Strumbel who finished 3^rd in the 200 free and 5^th in the 200 IM. She also achieved her first Junior National time standard in the 200 free with a time of 2:06.25. Laura Clark finished 4^th in the 400 IM, while Sarah Dorenkott did the same in the 100 free. Brittany Legal had the women’s top finish with a 2^nd place showing in the 800 free.

Jeff Montague turned the best performance on the men’s side for the Dolphins. Jeff had our best finish with a 3^rd place effort in the 400 IM. His time of 4:39.77 was his first qualifying standards for Junior Nationals. Ryan Holy was our only other men’s top 8 finish with an 8^th place showing in the 400 IM.

Other Dolphins turning in excellent individual swims and relay performances were; Bill Anderson, Jennifer Aronoff, Beth Bacon, Katlin Dagg, Erica Dorfman, Nicole Dumont, Hallie English, Norm Ference, Louise Gliga, Christine Misterka, Tim Montague, Ryan Neff, Claire Pavlak, Ryan Pearl, and Courtney Tumbush. Well done!

USA Swimming Junior Nationals

The Lake Erie Silver Dolphins had a very good showing at USA Swimming’s first Junior Nationals since 2000 in Irvine, California. With the new time standards, the meet proved to be very competitive. Three Dolphins qualified in individual events. Jeff Montague competed in the 400 freestyle and the 400 individual medley. He was joined by Brittany Legal, swimming the 400, 800, and 1500 freestyles. Finally, Brittany Strumbel highlighted the team’s performance with a 6^th place finish in the 200 freestyle. Well done swimmers!

Senior Nationals

The Senior Nationals produced some fine swims with the 800 free relay placing 7^th with a time of 8:21.61 and the 400 free relay placing 9^th with a time of 3:53.08, a new district record. Ellis Schieman placed 14^th in the 200 fly – 2:15.34, 17^th 400 free – 4:16.89, 400 free relay lead-off – 58.54, 800 free relay lead-off – 2:04.42. Diana Munz placed 5^th 800 free – 8:36.48, 6^th 400 free – 4:15.22, 12^th 200 free – 2:02.41. A very fine meet for Ellis Schieman, Diana Munz, Lauren Preyss and Fiona O’Donnell-McCarthy.

Red and White Swimmers Short Course Swimming Schedule

Coaches Cheryl and Paul would like to have the Red and White swimmers attend the following meets in the upcoming short course season:

**Oct. 8-9 SWAT Strongsville Recreation Center Season Opener

**Nov 5-6 HEAT University of Akron Odd Age Meet

**Nov 18-20 LESD Cleveland State University Braun Invitational

**December 17 the LESD Intrasquad meet

**Jan 6-7 LRST Lakewood HS Slower than B

**Feb 12 WEST Lakewood HS Swim your own age

**Feb 26 BMSC University of Akron 8-under Champs

**March 4-5 Possible Barbara K. Meet??

**March 10-12 FAST University of Akron 14-under champs (for those Red/White swimmers that make the cutoffs)

Short Course Schedule 05-06			Click here for detailed schedule.
Oct. 8-9	SWAT	Strongsville Recreation Center	Season Opener
Oct 15-16	CCS	CT Branin	Age Group & Open
Oct 22-23	USC	Orange HS/University	Girl/Boy Open
Oct 29	LRST	Lakewood HS	Pentathlon
Oct 30	STARS	Solon HS	Freestyle Meet
Nov 5-6	HEAT	University of Akron	Odd Age Meet
Nov 12	FAST	Firestone HS	Slower than B
Nov 12	LESD	Mile Meet, Hawken Upper	Cuts	Parents assigned
Nov 18-20	LESD	Cleveland State University	Braun Invitational	Parents assigned
December 2-4	SHSH	Cleveland State University	Shaker Shark Invitational
December 11	BRST	Brunswick Rec Center	Slower than B
December 18	VSC	Perkins HS	Candy Cane Meet-no cuts
Jan 6-7	LRST	Lakewood HS	Slower than B
Jan 14-15	LSSC	Rocky River HS	Faster than B
Jan 22	LESD	Hawken Upper School	Distance Meet	Parents assigned
Jan 28	WRS	Kent Roosevelt HS	10-under meet
Jan 29	CCS	CT Branin	11-over meet
Feb 12	WEST	Lakewood HS	Swim your own age
Feb 19	BRST	Brunswick Recreation Center	Last Splash
Feb 19	STARS	Solon HS	Last Splash
Feb 26	BMSC	University of Akron	8-under Champs
March 3-5	LESI	Cleveland State University	A champs
March 10-12	FAST	University of Akron	B Champs
Mar 16-19	CCS	CT Branin	Sectionals