BKHY is dedicated to developing and motivating swimmers at all levels. We support student athletes in the sport of competitive swimming by developing the character traits, technical skills and intense desire necessary for maximum realization of each individual's potential. BKHY provides a fun, team-building experience while instilling the YMCA's philosophy of character development. BKHY recognizes the contribution of all of its members and strives to maintain athletic excellence in a supportive team environment.
Columbus Sports Club at the Best Western North
Experience the BUCKEYE difference!
Buckeye Swim Club is a program that cares about our participants. We truly want each swimmer to come away from the program with a love for the sport. We do not overcrowd our lanes with swimmers - we DO personalize the program for each child. You will find a tremendous difference in the attention your swimmers receives and the detail in their coaching. Each swimmer is also able to choose their level of involvement based on their own schedule and goals.
Congratulations to JJ Spangler
Ohio High School State Champion in the 100 Free
Congratulations to our 8 & under girls, 1st place at Mini Meet
4th place overall at the Mini Meet our highest finish since 1998
Clinic opportunity - April 24 March 9, 2010
The HYCAT team in Charleston, WV would like to personally invite the Buckeye Hilliker swimmers to a cutting-edge swim clinic led by Nick Thoman (100m backstroke World recordholder) and Nick Brunelli (American 50 SCM freestyle recordholder).
On Saturday April 24th, 2010, we will be holding a session designed for 8 – 12 year olds and a second session for 13 – 18 year old competitive swimmers. Thoman and Brunelli will be in the water with the swimmers working with them on:
Core body position to maintain streamline
Holding your speed off the start
Proper head position for moving smoothly through the water with good breathing technique
Using powerful dolphin kicks off the walls
Maintaining speed into and out of your turns
Increasing distance per stroke.
Each swimmer will have their technique evaluated and individualized tips and instruction on improving their stroke. As part of the clinic, Jennifer VanAssen Brunelli will hold a nutritional seminar covering pre/post race and workout nutrition, the changing nutritional needs of growing athletes, and more. (Parents can also attend the nutritional seminar for $10.00 to cover the cost of handouts.) The fee for the clinic is $65.00 per swimmer with a sliding fee scale for families with more than one swimmer. COACHES ARE FREE, Thoman and Brunelli encourage the coaches to attend and provide feedback.
Thoman and Brunelli are dynamic, enthusiastic instructors/clinicians who love working with young, up and coming swimmers. Their clinics have been a huge success all over the country. This will be a fun and exciting day that you will not want your swimmers to miss!
OSU Volunteer Opportunity at Big 10's and NCAA Championships February 12, 2010
My name is Kristen Calo and I am working with Mike Penner and Ericka Hoon to acquire volunteers for the 2010 Big Ten and NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. As the championships approach, we are still in need of volunteers for these events. We wanted to be sure that your teams receive the opportunity to work the events that they wanted before we send information out to the general public.
We ask that if any of your swimmers are interested in volunteering that they send in the attached availability forms in as soon as possible. They may either fax them to 614-688-8412 or mail them to the address on the form. As the championship approaches, we will email confirmation to all of our volunteers with additional information about the championship (ie. Dress, Parking, ect.).
USA Dual Meet added Friday, January 29 Thomas Worthington 5:00 warm-up, 6:00 start
This is open to all Hilliker, Elite and Select swimmers
Worthington Swim Club has invited us to participate in a dual meet at their pool Friday, 1/29. Each swimmers can swim 3 events. The cost will be $3.75 per event and $2 to enter the meet. If you would like to swim, please email me your event choices by next Friday.
November 9, 2009
T-shirt and spirit wear SALE!
We will have t-shirts and a variety of spirit wear from previous years on sale at Columbus practice Tuesday, Weds. & Thursday. Please see Vickie Fomich to purchase.
Bellefontaine will have items available for purchase next week – see Kathy Hall for those.
If you ordered a hoodie or gray t-shirt those will be ready in a few weeks.
Team Pasta Fire-up
Friday, November 12 at 6:45 pm
CiCis Pizza Westerville
714 North State Street
Westerville, OH 43082
$4.99 Adult buffet & $3.99 under 10. Pizza, pasta, salad & desserts.
Everyone pays as they go.
Please RSVP total adults and kids under 10 to Krista Davis at kristasue@insight.rr.com Silver Selects – please come right after practice!
Meet Registration October 5, 2009 PDF Columbus Elite swimmers - please complete your fall meet registration form and return by Sunday, October 11.
The USA Swimming House of Delegates, consisting of 438 coach, official and athlete members, voted to implement new swimsuit requirements, beginning on October 1. While this earlier implementation date has created some challenges, it was put in place to both avoid interrupting our short course season and protect the integrity of our competitions in the summer of 2010.
The new swimsuit requirements are very specific and technical in nature, but deal primarily with silhouette and material of the suits.
FINA will be the ultimate judge of which materials will be acceptable. However, in an effort to provide clearer guidance to its membership, USA Swimming asked the major suit manufacturers, in good faith, to indicate which of their suits meet the specified criteria. The list of those suits is below.
Please note, none of these suits should be considered “FINA approved” until FINA issues its list of 2010 suits.Once FINA publishes its list, some of the suits below may no longer be acceptable.
Tyr Fusion Racer (Style#RFUS6) 2006 Male
Fusion Jammer (Style#SFUS6) 2006 Male
Fusion Aeroback (Style#AFUS6) 2006 Female
Fusion Aeroback Short John (Style#ASFU5) 2006 Female
Tracer Light Racer (Style#TLRA6) 2007 Male
Tracer Light Aeroback (Style#TLAB6) 2007 Female
Tracer Light Aeroback Short John (Style#TLSJ6A) 2007 Female
Team Meeting Notes September 28, 2009
Click on this PDF for notes from the team meeting. Notes of interest from questions asked during the meetings:
Silver Select swimmers, if you are looking for more meet opportunities then you probably are in the wrong group. You should discuss with the coaches moving to an elite program.
All Select and Elite swimmers will receive a team t-shirt and caps. You can now order extra shirts, and (beginning Tuesday) a sweatshirt online at your active.com account.
Team hotels – if you follow the team hotel link, you will find information on hotels for our upcoming away meets. Some of these expire soon. Our first 2 meets can be booked online!
Make-up practices – we do allow kids to make up practices in other groups, however we ask that make-ups be used sparingly. Most swimmers that need make-ups are utilizing this once every couple of weeks, which is just fine. Should you need to schedule a make-up with a different group, please contact me.
Meet registration forms will be out later this week – check your mail folders.
OSU Practice - Waivers September 27, 2009
Please open this PDF and compelte and bring to your first practice at OSU. Thanks!
Little Bucks Sign-ups and Information NOW Available! September 18, 2009
Our Little Bucks pre-competitive program is now available. Session 1 will run 8 weeks from October 2 to November 22. You can find all the information in this PDF. Registration is open through our online registration process.
Congratulations Buckeyes! September 16, 2009 Buckeye Swimming moved up from 1245 (in 2007-2008) to 802 (in 2008-2009)in the nation in the USA Swimming Toyota Virtual Club Championship rankings. Now that is a stroke in the right direction.
Team Share Site with secure login September 11, 2009
I've created the site “Buckeye Swimming” for coaches, parents and swimmers to have a central and SECURE place to communicate throughout the season and to post and share pictures and videos.
On the site, you'll be able to do the following:
Access the team roster and parent contact information
Receive email reminders of upcoming social events, swim meets & email notifications of site updates
Share your pictures and videos from team events, and order pictures and photo gifts from pictures shared by other parents
To become a member of the site simply follow the Buckeye Swimming link above and ask for permission. I will mass add everyone's active.com emails alter in the week which should streamline the membership process.
It's a record breaking summer!!
Macy Arn, age 8, broke a 10 year old team record in the 50 free that was previously held by Margo Geer. Margo is currently a rising star in US Swimming. Click on this article about Margo in Swimming World.
Michael O'Brien, age 14, broke two 12 year old team records in the 50 free and 100 fly.
This is a very tentative schedule that will give you and idea of where we are as to schedules and prcing for the winter. Please note that we are still very flexible, if you need to subsititue a different practice location or time (other than your scheduled group time) we will try to accomodate you- just contact Coach Laurie to set up your schedule.
Please check back next week for pre-registration
Kroger Rewards
Please register your Kroger Plus card at your next visit to Krogers. Simply print this form to have scanned at the register with your card.
Congratulations 2009 Record Breakers!
Taylor McCabe
200 IM record with a 2:11.63 - Surpassed Jenny Whitson’s 1999 record of 2:11.79. Jenny went on to swim at Boston College.
Michael O’Brien
100 back with his 55.99 at Nationals. He shattered Kevin Snowden’s 1997 record of 57.01. Kevin went on to swim at Ohio university.
200 back with his 2:00.76 at Zones. He shattered Brian Dillard’s 1996 record of 2:03.56. Brian went on to swim at Harvard.
50 free with his 23.44 at Nationals, breaking Kevin Snowden’s 1997 record of 23.51.
Drew Gillespie
Broke both the 1000 free and Mile in 1 swim!
1000 free with at 13:15.79, breaking Rishi Subbaryan’s 1995 record of 13:33.76. Rishi went straight from high school to medical school through the combined program at NEOUCOM and is now a resident at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Mile with a 22:00.21, breaking Matt Finney’s 1998 record of 23:16.77. Matthew went on to swim at John Carroll.
Buckeye Swim Club is a premier Central Ohio Swim Team. We offer swimming to Columbus and Central Ohio youth. We are a competitive swim team with quality coaching.
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