On Sunday June 21st, Dan Beisel, Jerry Meyer, and Coach Ray went down to College Park for the Terrapin Cup held at the University of Maryland.  The pool was configured for a 50 meter course, also known as Long Course or Olympic size.  Coach Ray started things off in the 40-44 age group by breaking his own 200 Freestyle record of 2:57.06 set in June of 2008 at the Upper Main Line YMCA with a 2:50.28.  He then broke his own 100 Backstroke record of 1:37.04 set at the same meet at the Upper Main Line YMCA with a 1:35.42.

     In the 55-59 age group, Dan Beisel broke Jerry Meyer's 50 Freestyle record of 39.19 set in August of 2008 at UMBC with a 35.55.  Next, Dan set a new standard in the 100 Freestyle with a 1:19.48.  Turning to the backstroke events, Dan first broke Jerry Meyer's 50 record of 44.03 set at the Colonies Zone Long Course Championships at the University of Maryland with a 42.74.  He then broke Jerry's 100 Backstroke record of 1:40.50 set at the August 2008 UMBC meet with a 1:32.01.  He finished his day with a new team record in the 50 Butterfly with a 37.59.

     In the 60-64 age group, Jerry Meyer broke in this category with four new team records in the 400 Freestyle (7:28.34), the 50 Backstroke (43.02), the 100 Backstroke (1:35.97), and the 200 Backstroke (3:25.63).

     Great job!

     On Saturday March 28th, four of our CMYM swimmers were among the 100 or so gathered for the Swim Series Finale meet held at Big Vanilla in Pasadena.  The meet was held in a 25 meter course, also known as Short Course Meters (SCM).  On the women's side, Rena Jacobson started things off in the 40-44 age group by setting three new team records in the 50 Freestyle (1:00.19), 50 Breaststroke (1:11.47), and 100 Breaststroke (2:24.44).

     In the 50-54 age group, Anneliese Thomson broke her own 50 Breaststroke record of 46.16 set at Big Vanilla in June of 2008 with a nice drop of 45.11.  She also set a new record in the 50 Backstroke with a 45.01.

     Over on the men's side, Coach Mike first broke Coach Ray's 100 Backstroke record of 1:23.60 set just a week before at the Albatross Open at the Montgomery Aquatic Center with a 1:15.09.  He then broke Coach Ray's 400 Freestyle record of 6:20.27 set at the Bayside Recreation Center in Virginia Beach in November of 2008 with a 5:34.23.

     Finally, Jerry Meyer set three new standards in the 60-64 age group with times in the 100 Freestyle (1:27.80), 100 Backstroke (1:33.17), and 400 Freestyle (6:56.51).

     Kudos to all!

     On Saturday March 21st, Ryan McGirr and Coach Ray went down to the Montgomery Aquatic Center in Rockville for the Albatross Open Short Course Meters meet.  192 swimmers registered to participate.  Ryan started by setting three new team records in the Men's 30-34 age group.  He started with the 100 freestyle with an impressive 1:04.99, moved on to the 200 freestyle with a 2:27.23, and finished with the 100 breaststroke turning in a 1:29.27.

     In the 40-44 age group, Coach Ray filled out the team record board with a 3:22.56 in the 200 backstroke.  With that swim, a member of our team has swum every single event in the Short Course Meters program for that age group, joining the 35-39 men as the other age group in that course with a full record board.  In addition, Coach Ray broke his own 100 backstroke team record of 1:26.03 set at the December 2008 Colonies Zone Short Course Meters Championship at Rutgers University with a 1:23.60.

     Both enjoyed the competition immensely.