Announcements

8/1/11 - TEAM REGISTRATION

It is finally here! Please review the attached information and register your swimmer online at www.buckeyeswimclub.com/registration.html
Please call or email your questions to laurie@buckeyeswimclub.com or 614-562-0544

VERY IMPORTANT NOTES:

• We are only taking registration information and your $65 registration fee this month.  We will have group meetings at which we will establish your monthly payments.  Monthly payments begin September 1.
• Register quickly; we do anticipate filling all groups.
• We are very excited about the overall value of our program this year.  We challenge anyone to find a better value amongst private sport clubs and bring it to us. 
• The 10 & under program has been greatly revamped, the coaching staff is VERY excited about these changes and what they will bring to our program.
• Please pay particular attention to the recommended attendance of each group.  If a swimmer is placed in a group and KNOWS that s/he will not make the minimum or would like to exceed the maximum, then we’ll need to talk about changing groups and whether that would be appropriate at this time.
• Contrary to the information in the packet - we have not completed our contract with GreenHouse at this time and are exploring our options.  Please do not call GreenHouse for team items.

SELECT PROGRAM SPECIAL NOTES

• All select scheduling will occur in sessions - we will offer 5 sessions each year with 1-3 week breaks between sessions.
• High School Swimmers interested in pre-season only will sign up for Buckeye Select HS and will need to discuss scheduling goals with Coach Karr.
• Swimmers registering for all 5 sessions of Buckeye Select only pay for 4 sessions (buy 4 get the 5th free).

PAYPAL – IMPORTANT NOTE
We are not using active.com to register swimmers this year.  Until we are able to set up our new payment method and go live with our new website, we will be taking registration fees via paypal.  This link is provided in the registration page.  After you submit your registration, you’ll need to go back (via your browsers back button) and submit your payment.  Sorry for the ‘oh so last year’ method, but this is the quickest and easiest available at the moment.

3/16/2011

Congratulations Team Record Breakers!

Jenna Tugaoen, age 15
Jenna broke the 100 backstroke record with a 1:00.20 this record was previously held by Lauren Bambach who went on to swim at Valparaiso. Jenna also broke the 50 backstroke record with a 28.97 which was held by Beth Davidson. Jenna also tied the 50 fly record. She shares this record with Jenny Whitson who swam for Boston College.

Macy Arn, age 10
Macy broke Michelle Goble's 2003 record in the 100 free with a 1:05.47. This swim qualified Macy to the NASA Meet in April.

Ellie Nebraska, age 12
Ellie broke two records this year: the 100 free with a 56.63 and the 200 free with a 2:05.98. The old 200 record was set in 1999 by Chelsea Bailey who went on to swim for the University of Kentucky.

Jeremy Karr, age 12
Jeremy broke the 100 breaststroke with a 1:17.57.. Jeremy shattered the 500 free with a 5:33.23 which was set by Dustin Snow in 1996. Fun fact: Dustin was Jeremy's summer coach at WHCC a few years ago!

Jack Saczawa, age 12
Jack cleared the backstroke record board breaking the 50, 100 & 200 backstrokes with swims of 29.66, 1:01.90 and 2:20.84. These records were set by RJ Lemyre in 1997. RJ went on to swim for OSU where he was an All-American and team record holder.

At Zones Jack tied Nick Ramos's 50 free record, broke the 100 free record and broke Jeremy's recently set 200 free record. He also reset the 50 & 100 back records. Great meet Jack!

Nick Ramos, age 12
This summer Nick broke the 100 m fly record with a 1:16.64, breaking the record previously held by RJ Lemyre.

11-12 Boys 200 Medley Relay 2:04.10
Jack S, Eddie Anders, Skyler Tavenner & Jeremy K
These boys shattered the old record of 2:08!!

13-14 Boys 200 Free Relay 1:39.26
Tommy Dawson, Andrew Davis, Keanan Fomich and Nick Ramos these boys broke a 14 year old record!!

3/8/11
Spring & Summer Information will be released by 3/10. Registration will open to new swimmers on 3/11

9/1/10 Team Meeting Power Point Presentation
This PDF has a lot of great information about how to get the most oput of our website and how to best utulize some of our club resources.
Buckeye Swim Club 2010

Group Guidelines, Goals and Schedules

Fall Meet Registration Form

Personalized Cap Orders

New Video Added to Swimmers Page
May 26, 2010

Click on the swimmers tab to see Tips & Technique video from USA Swimming. This weeks video covers shoulder rotation by Coach Mike Bottom (just ignore his horrific shirt).

Why Swim Long Course

USA Swimming permits competition in three official pool lengths; 25 yards and 25 meters, known as short course; and 50 meters known as long course.  Records and qualifying times are established for all three courses.  International competition is only recognized in 25 meter and 50-meter pools.

The short course season runs from September to March.  The long course season runs April to early August.  Swimmers are encouraged to participate in BOTH seasons, as the key to a great short course season is a great long course season and vice versa.

Another difference between 25 yards and 50 meters is actual length of races.  In the 100-yard freestyle an average 13 year old may actually swim 75 yards (when taking out 7 yards for the dive and 6 yards for each of the three turns.  In the 100 meter long course race is equal to 110 yards.  That same 13 year old will actually swim the equivalent of 97 yards (taking out 7 yards for the dive and 6 yards for the only turn).  This is quite a difference!

The difference is even greater in the 200 distances.  The 200-yard event will require a151 yards of swimming (taking out 7 yards for the start and 6 yards for 7 turns).  The 200 meter long course event is equal to 220 yards that requires 195 yards of swimming (taking out 7 yards for the dive and 6 yards for each of the 3 turns).

The short course season can last as long as 30 weeks, while the long course season lasts only about 16 weeks.  If you start training in the summer for the long course season, you have a 6-9 week season to swim events that are longer and tougher than the short course events.  Hence, you can see the necessity for training in the spring to have a good long course season.

IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING LONG COURSE
When swimmers reach the age of 10-11 years old, continued success comes from swimming the summers with the USA club team.   The short course season ends in March, and not swimming with your USA club will have a definite limiting factor in your progress. 

This does not mean you give up swimming for your summer league team.  We encourage you to participate with your summer league team.  You are the best recruiting tool we’ve got!  Wear your Buckeye Swim Club team cap at practices (not in meets if your summer club has a team cap).

A summer league season lasting 5-6 weeks does not equate to 15 weeks of solid stroke instruction and training with the club.  Swimmers who have not kept up their club membership have lost most of the stroke work established throughout the winter season while their counterparts have leapt significantly ahead in technique and conditioning