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Thursday, March 13
Jewel Shop 'n Save Days
We will be having Jewel Shop 'n Share Days on April 14,15, and 16. This is a fundraiser for the Neptune Swim Team. Slips will be available to turn in to the cashier when you make your purchase at any Jewel/Osco on these days. Scan the sales ads prior to these dates and plan to do at least some of your shopping on these dates. A portion of your purchase price will be donated by Jewel to our swim team.
Thanks for your support.
Wednesday, March 5
Stroke & Turn
Stroke And Turn
Register at the front desk for the upcoming Stroke and Turn program.
Sunday, October 28
Congratulations to all of our Swimmers on a great Out of Shape Meet!!
The neptunes race with their pumpkin to the finish in the 2007 Out of Shape Meet, Pumpkin Relay.
Wednesday, September 5
Friday-Practice Schedule
To help keep track of the Friday Practice Schedule, here is a copy of the Fridays. The schedule is also posted on the team board. Please note that Red/Purple/Blue practice every Friday--both All-Team and Technique Fridays. Please note that Green/White/Yellow/Orange practice alternating Fridays--only All-Team Fridays.
See everyone this Friday for All-Team Practice!
If you have any questions, please let us know.
The Neptune Coaching Staff
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Fridays
All Team Fridays All Technique Fridays
The team comes together for All-Team The groups Red/Purple/Blue get
Warm-Ups. The groups then separate to together to improve their technique.
work on group technique. Then Green/ The focus covers strokes, starts, turns,
White/Yellow/Orange work together on a finishes, pacing, and more. Aerobic
specific group activity (i.e. relay hand offs, work is included but the focus is to
meet protocol, etc.). Then the whole team improve technique.
comes back together for an ending activity.
Sept. 7th
Sept. 14th
Sept. 21st
Sept. 28th
Oct. 5th
Oct. 12th
Oct. 19th
Oct. 26th
Nov. 2nd
Nov. 9th
Nov. 16th
Cancelled—Nov. 23rd
Nov. 30th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 14th
Dec. 21st
Cancelled—Dec. 28th
Jan. 4th
Jan. 11th
Jan. 18th
Jan. 25th
Feb. 1st
Feb. 8th
Feb. 15th
Feb. 22nd
Feb. 29th
Mar. 7th
Mar. 14th
Saturday, March 31
NEPTUNE SWIM TEAM BANQUET
Sunday April 22, 2007
11:30 am to 4 pm
Casa Royale
783 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL
Please RSVP by April 13 to:
Grant Hough 224-234-7076
grantlee221@yahoo.com
Adult: $18 each (13 and over)
Child: $13 each (12 and under)
Payable at the Y front desk
If you cannot join us for lunch at noon, come by for the awards from 1 to 2:30, and music/dancing 2:30 to 4 pm.
Monday, April 9
NEPTUNES TAKE FOURTH AT DISTRICTS!!!
Both the boys and girls took fourth place at the district swim meets.
Congratulations!!!!!
Monday, April 9
NEPTUNES SUCCEED AT Y AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Girls' team got 20th place at the Y Area championships at the University of Missouri on 3/10/07.
Top 8 finishers for the girls were: The 11-12 Medley Relay team of Bethany Figiel, Stefanie Kintzle, Kelsey O'Donnell, and Hope Chrzan came in 8th place. 8 and under Julia Boesche got 3rd place in the 25 free and 25 fly. 15 and over Marissa Reeve got 6th place in the 500 free. And 11-12 Bethany Figiel got 4th place in the 50 back.
The Boy's team got 16th place at the Y Area championships at the University of Misouri on 3/11/07.
Top 8 finishers for the boys were: The 8 and under Free Relay team of Danny Garza, Jack Suwinski, Ricky Reeve, and Nathaniel Guenther came in 8th place. 13-14 Ed Martin came in 7th place in the 50 free. 15 and over Robert Deering came in 6th in the 50 free and 4th in the 100 back. And 15 and over Chad Mikesell came in 6th in the 100 breaststroke.
The 13-14 boy's Medley Relay team of Ed Martin, Damian Zabielski, Alex Roznai, and Jon Hill came in 6th at the Area meet.
Sunday, September 24
Meet Schedule and Qualifying Times in Handouts
Click on the 'Handouts' at the left to go to the 2006-07 swim meet schedule. Also you can find the District Qualifying times and the State swim meet qualifiying times.
These files are in .pdf format. If you cannot open these files, you can download a reader from Adobe for Windows XP at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Wednesday, March 22
Stroke and Turn Info and Summer Swim Team
Click on HANDOUTS to the left to see more information about Stroke and Turn, starting in April and Summer Swim team, starting in June.
Tuesday, September 5
New Practice Times
Note that all Neptune practices have been moved up 15 minutes. This is to allow all swimmers additional time for dryland training. This is not weight lifting. It is used to increase the core body strength and flexibility of the Neptune swimmers. Please have your swimmers at the Y early enough so they are ready to start working at 5:15 or 6:15 depending on the color group. Swimmers should wear shorts, tee-shirt, gym shoes or other appropriate dryland workout clothes OVER their swimsuit. After Dryland they will go directly to the the pool for swim workout. Though dryland will often be on the patio outside Blake pool, please meet by the registration desk to be directed to the proper location (in case of rain or other activities)
Sunday, March 5
Classics Results
At the Chicago District Classic Swim Meet, the NEPTUNES captured a THIRD place overall. It was a very impressive meet with most Neptune swimmers consistently showing best times and many swimmers dropping several seconds. Hard work and determination can go a long way. (scores: Leaning Tower-681, McGaw-631, NEPTUNES-565.5, Hastings-553.5, Buehler-532, Lake Cty-469, Irving Pk-285, Foglia-272, Richport-167, Lakeview-130)
Monday, March 13
State Meet
Click on the title to see all the results
The Neptunes were able to send 17 boys and 7 girls to the State swim meet at Carthage College. On Saturday the boys finished 34th out of 43 teams with 47 points. On Sunday the girls finished 35 out of 45 teams with 31 points. Everyone put their whole heart into each swim.
Other teams:
Boys 1-BR Ryall, 2-DeKalb, 3-Edwardsville, 4-Leaning Tower, 7-Hastings, 9-Irving Park
Girls 1-BR Ryall, 2-Edwardsville, 3-Champaign, 5-Leaning Tower, 10-McGaw, 11-Hastings
Wednesday, March 1
District Results
Congratulations to all of the Neptune District Meet swimmers. With a relatively small number of swimmers, the Neptunes were able to take fourth place in both the Girls and Boys meets at Niles West. The relay teams all made their swims count. NICE JOB!!!!
Sunday boys finalists included Tyler, Eric, Dan, Josh, Jacob, Mike, Andrew, Damian, Robert, Chad, Jamey, Alex, Ryan, Jon, Mark, Matt O, Matt R, and Matt W. Tyler and Eric finished 2-3 in the 200 free. The 15 and over medley relay finished 3rd and their free relay came in 2nd. Matt R took 3rd in the 500 free. Matt O was the Breastroke Champion for 15 and over. The 13-14 Neptune boys team finished first for their age group. (team scores: LTY 1051, Hastings 737, Irving Park 625, NEPTUNES 569, McGaw 509, Buehler 199, Foglia 189, Lake Cty 145, Richport xx, Lakeview 48)
Saturday girls finalists included Jessica, Marissa, Jennifer, Stephanie, Patty, Heidi, Macey, Christine, Grace, Julia, Sarah L, Edina, Sarah Z, Yassmeen, Lenna, Colleen C, Kelsey, Amy N, Jasmina, Rachael P, Katie R, Rachel M, Kristen, Jenny, Abby, Colleen K, Katie P, Marie, Jennifer P, Amy F, and Ellen. Marissa was the District Champion in the 200 and 500 free and took 2nd in the IM. The 9-10 medley relay finished 3rd. Heidi got a 2nd in the 25 free. Macey was 3rd in the 25 back. Christine took 2nd in the 50 back. Patty finished 3rd in breastroke. And the 15 and over free relay finished 3rd. (Sorry, I didn't get the team scores on Saturday and I apologize if I missed anyone)
Thursday, March 2
MIDWEST REGIONALS
The Midwest Regional Swim meet will again be held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, March 25 and 26. For more information on the facilities, click on the title line of this article. This is a great way to start off Spring Break. It is a fun meet, in a great pool, with good competition, and in a fantastic town. This meet always makes for fun weekend for the whole family. Besides the swim meet, there is the Mall of America, Planetarium, Children's and Science Museums, the Sculpture Garden, the Humphrey Dome and many more attractions. The time standards are shown in 'Handouts' in the menu on the left. For more information, contact Nicole or Tracy.
2006 Meet Schedule
Sat. Jan 7 HOME v Irving Park (noon at Lattof)
Sat. Jan 14 UIC for Iguana Invite
Sat. Jan 21 Lyons meet at Lyons Township H.S.
Sat. Jan 28 HOME v Buehler (noon at Lattof)
Sun. Jan 29 Master meet-swimmers to help time
Sat. Feb 4 away at Lake County
Sun. Feb 5 away Distance Meet
Sat. Feb 11 HOME v McGaw (noon at Lattof)
SAT. Feb 25 GIRLS DISTRICTS AT NILES WEST
SUN. Feb 26 BOYS DISTRICTS AT NILES WEST
SUN. Mar 5 CLASSICS AT MCGAW
Sat. Mar 11 Boys STATE at Carthage (Kenosha)
Sun. Mar 12 Girls STATE at Carthage
Sat. Mar 25 Midwest YMCA Regionals at Minneapolis, MN
Sun. Mar 26 Midwest YMCA Regionals at Minneapolis, MN
Breastroke Photo
Here is a picture of Brendan Hansen at the start of a breastroke event.
Note that Brendan, in the center lane has finished his underwater armstroke and his hands are in a streamlined glide. The other two swimmers are just completing armstrokes.
All three are looking at the bottom of the pool.
All three are starting a kick to bring them to the surface.
The kicks show the knees are down and feet are turned outward.
Wednesday, March 1
Backstroke Photo
This photograph of Erik Vendt shows great technique. Note the straight and streamlined body position with body roll (shoulders and hips down) on the extended arm side that is about to stroke.
Wednesday, April 6
Stroke & Turn Started in April
For more information concerning Stroke & Turn, contact Lattof YMCA at 847-296-3376.
Summer swim season begins June 11.
Tuesday, May 8
Congratulations to Alex Roznai
Hersey high school senior Alex Roznai did well at the Y Nationals swim meet.
Alex also set the Hersey record for the 100 fly and was part of the record setting 200 free relay this year!!!
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