The food and drink of swimming

Worried about keeping up with your early season workouts after the summertime break? Well, the "food and drink" of getting yourself back in shape is...... food and drink.

KidsHealth site will help you understand what your body needs - you can read it right here. USA Swimming has a bunch of stuff to show you how important your food is - and that its not totally important compared to good training....... I really like their Quick Tips for carbohydrate-rich snacks and tasty rehydration.

And if you ever wondered if its worth the extra money for that rehydrating sports drink, here's an excellent summary in the London Times Online by Kate Wighton, a British sports dietitian.

So....bon appetit .... and swim hard!

AG Nats - Cascade early lead over Etobicoke

AG Nats first night of finals brought fast swims out of Canada's best youth swimmers and when the spray settled, Cascade have the early lead in overall points. Amanda Reason's (WEST) stand-out swim in the 50Fr showed that the 14y old has a bright future in National teams beckoning.

50Fr
Girls 12y
1 Jozwiak, Alexan MSSAC 28.53, 2 Stoyan, Jillian TSC 28.72, 3 Kwiatkowski, Me Ubc Dolphins 29.04
Girls 13y
1 Keire, Jacqueli ESWIM 27.34, 2 Lapointe, Marie C.A. St-Eustache, 27.49, 3 Mittermaier, Em PSW, 27.76
Girls 14y
1 Reason, Amanda WEST 26.47, 2 Ste. Marie, Dev AAC 26.86, 3 Vanlandeghem, C Manta 26.95
Girls 15y 1 Ackman, Alyson Pointe-Claire Sw 26.79, 2 Matthews, Drew LASER 26.82, 3 Gabor, Alexandr Glacier Bears 27.13
Girls 16-18y
1 Williams, Miche NYAC 26.26, 2 MacLean, Heathe ESWIM 26.56, 3 Mielnichuk, Bob OSC 26.71

Boys 13y
1 Zhao, Edward Ubc Dolphins 26.48, 2 Gilchrist, Robe Whitby 26.56, 3 Burlton, Graham NEW 26.64
Boys 14y
1 Greenley, Conno AAC 24.97 , 2 Liu, Edward TSC 25.02 , 3 Wray, Bryan Manta 25.84
Boys 15y
1 Fedak, Zach AAC 24.31 , 2 Grillo, Matthew Pointe-Claire Sw 24.39 , 3 Peddie, Luke OSC 24.89
Boys 16y
1 Troskot, Kyle LASC 23.68 , 2 Manning, Chris WRMS 23.85 , 3 Ur, Jo Jo HTAC 24.24
Boys 17-18y
1 Goodway, James CP 23.66, 2 Tapp, Charlie LOSC 23.70 , 3 Aspinall, Kelly RAC 23.79

Canadian Age Group Nationals Kick Off in Calgary

The first preliminaries session has set up a night of finals for youngsters aspiring to the title "National Champion".
Members of the World Juniors National Team are setting the bar high for swimmers from clubs across the country.
Finalists for tonight include Jillian Stoyan (TSC) and Alexandra Jozwiak (MSSAC)leading the field into the 12y women's 50Fr, with all 8 finalists' times spanning only 1.1 secs. The 14y women's final will see Amanda Reason (WEST) demonstrate the degree of her supremacy in this event - her qualifying time 26.92 s would have her qualify as fastest in the 15-18y final.
Stoyan features in the 12y 200IM final as well, and 13y women are led by Marni Oldershaw (OAK) whose times remain dominant, as do those of Sinead Russel (BAD) among 15y women.
Men's 200IM qualifying times are desparately close and exciting racing is expected between David Dimintrov and Nicholas Sinclair for the 16y men, Curtis Lutsch and David Hibberd (17-18y men).

Power Rankings 12y girls LC 100m breast stroke

CHENA swimmer Charlotte Philpotts holds the fastest 12y time for girls 100m LC breaststroke this season. She beats out Dolphin's Lauren Dixon and TORP's Justine Rheaume, the only 11y old who makes the top 10, which looks like this:

1 Charlotte Philpotts (CHENA British Columbia) 1:18.60
2 Lauren Dixon (DS Ontario) 1:18.84
3 Justine Rheaume, (TORP Québec) 1:19.77
4 Kate Thomson (LOSC British Columbia) 1:20.42
5 Bridget Jordan (OAK Ontario) 1:21.57
6 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (NKB Ontario) 1:21.64
7 Cino Ling (TSC Ontario) 1:21.79
8 Jillian Stoyan (TSC Ontario) 1:22.12
9 Liane Tatigian (PCSC Québec) 1:22.97
10 Amelia Zhou (NYAC Ontario) 1:23.00

QC Provincial Records fall at CAMO

Pointe Claire SC relay teams were on fire Saturday evening in Montreal and the Provincial recordbook will tell the tale.

12y olds Carlina Robinson, Carmen Robinson, Liane Tatigian and Gabrielle Murphy produced a 4x50 medley relay time of 2:12.11, more than 2 seconds faster than the previous 1995 DDO record. Their 13-14y teammates (Alexia Zevnik, Alyson Ackman, Ashley McGregor, and Katerina Cardi) also finished quicker than any previous QC team, at 2:04.16.

The CAMO 13-14y boys (Samy Eid, Kevin Bustamante, Vincent Pressault and Gabriel Gagne) were not to be outdone, and swam a blistering 1:57.60 to take the record away from the 2002 HIPPO team.

Overall PCSC keep their lead, but are only 50.5 points ahead of CAMO. The PCSC boys are pushing CAMO into second place, whilst the CAMO girls have so far outscored PCSC. The lower order is SAMAK, CSQ, UL, and CNPPO.

QC Division 1 Championships at CAMO get underway

Quebec's top clubs go head-to-head in the pool this weekend at the Province's Division 1 Championships. CAMO have taken an early lead in overall points (426), over Pointe Claire (397), Club de Natation CSQ (252), Samak (248), CNPPO (217) and Rouge et Or (212).

Point Claire Swim Club Friday showed their dominance in the 11-12y age group, sweeping the girl's 200Fl (Gabrielle Murphy, Sarah Kennedy and Bianca Grasso) and taking a 1-2 in the boy's (Nicholas Quigley and James Guest).

Raphaelle Charron (28.96s) and Yasmine Mekallach (29.77s) put CAMO on the podium in the 11-12 girls 50Fr, while Antoine Villeneuve (CNCSQ) took the boy's short sprint in 29.15s.

In this year of breaking records, Quebec's Age Group Provincial Records stayed safely untouched, but some exciting racing kept spectators on the edge of their seats. The 15-16y boy's 100Fr was won by Pascal-Hugo Cantin (Rouge et Or), who touched the wall just 0.2s ahead of Taylor Bond (PCSC).

Girl's 200IM finals were won convincingly by Gabrielle Murphy (PCSC, 11-12y), Ashley McGregor (PCSC, 13-14y) and Genevieve Cantin (Rouge et Or, 15-16y). Point Claire took gold in all the age group boy's 200IM finals (Nicholas Quigley, Lyam Dias and Daniel Jensen).

Friday evening finished with the 400FR, and victories for Elyanne Lamothe (CAMO, 11-12y), Katerine Savard (CNCSQ, ,13-14y), Barbara Jardin (CNPPO, 15-16y), Antoine Villeneuve (CNCSQ, 11-12y), Kevin Bustamante (CAMO, 13-14y) and Simon Villeneuve (CNCSQ, 15-16y).

TSC girls break Canadian 4x50IM relay

The TSC quartet of Zsofi Balazs (17y), Helen Pitchik (17y), Paige Schultz (16y) and Hilary Bell (16y) finished the 4x50IM relay in 1:57.93, wiping 2.2 seconds off the PCSC Canadian Record set in 1976. High fives and coaches dancing on deck celebrated the girls third long course national relay record at the end of the Ontario Division One Championships, in which TSC came second overall to ESWIM.

Power Rankings - 50Fr

WIth the long course season underway adn some important meets completed this weekend, the LC Power Rankings are taking shape.

 

The fastest LC swimmers in Canada over 50m freestyle so far this year are:

 

10&U:    Natalie Blouin (MM) and Zachary Fitzgerald (RHAC)

11y:       Justine Rheaume (TORP) and Lukasz Kosiorek (TSC)

12y:       Sarah McLean (BTSC) and Etienne Dubreuil (CNSH)

13y:       Lauren Earp (ESWIM) and Edward Liu (TSC)

14y:       Amanda Reason (WEST) and Anders McIntyre (VKSC)

15y:       Heather Maclean (ESWIM) and Kyle Troskot (LASC)

16y:       Hannah Riordan (CSL) and James Goodway (CP)

17y:       Hayley Nell (LAC) and Kyungsoo Yoon (NYAC)

Open:    Victoria Poon (CNPPO, 23y) and Frederick Bousquet (TNTC, 26y)

ESWIM pulling away after Saturday p.m. session at Ontario Div 1

A gap of more than 100 points now separates ESWIM from second place TSC after the 10&u and 11-12 age group sessions Saturday afternoon in Nepean.  Jillian Stoyan (TSC) and Cino Ling (TSC) scored in the IM, fly, breast and back, but were not enough to counter the depth and strength of the ESWIMmers.  Ross Hagan, Melanya Zaraska, Ross Hagan, Tristan Cote and Matvei Selezen drove ESWIM's 10&u agenda, while Ioana-Maria Negru helped out in the 11-12 category.

 

Relays and a massive list of finals this evening will give some idea if there is any hope for a TSC comeback, or for another hopeful club to rise from the also-rans...

400IM swimmers add points at Ontario Div 1

This morning the 400IM swimmers had their chance to score for their teams before the prelims began. Although way under his seed time, Sean Francis Domingo (TSC) won for the 13-14y boys in 4:56.26, but ESWIM increased their points lead with a 4th, 5th and 7th places (Abdel-Khalik, Khan and Pond).

Bogdon Knezevic (ESWIM) led home the 15-16y boys ahead of Ryan Cockell (NKB) and the TSC duo of Jeremie Holdon and David Dorian. GMAC's Andrew Ford won in the 17&o boys.

Overall, TSC cut ESWIM's lead in the 15-16y girl's 400IM finals, with strong swims from Paige Schultz (1st), Rebecca Hinds (3rd), Kayleigh Heard (5th), Jenna Bull (6th), and Kathryn MacKinnon (8th). ESWIM's Monika Stitski and Alex Komarnycky took 1st & 2nd in the 17&o girls 400IM to redress the balance.

In the 13-14y girls, Sinead Russell (DS) swam a blistering 4:53.88 to take first place, touching the wall 15s ahead of Julie Calvert (BAD).

Current points standings have ESWIM well ahead on 225, TSC second with 138, then NYAC 81, NKB 60.5, DS 58, ROW 42, BT 41, MSSAC 37.5, GMAC 36, STARS 33, BAD 32, SCAR 25, WEST 21, VAC 12, and TRENT 9.

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Early sessions put ESWIM ahead in Div 1

ESWIM showed depth in the youmger age groups and the older 400fr swimming to take a strong lead after the first day of Division 1 Championships in Nepean. With a points tally of nearly twice their nearest rival TSC, ESWIM will particularly thank their 13-14y 400fr boys and girls who scored 46 points for the club. TSC relied on the strong 15-16 and 17&o girls, as well as their impressive group of 11-12 boys in the 50fr.

NYAC also had a good Friday evening, a close third behind TSC after high scores in the boys 11-12 100fl and girls 11-12 400fr.

Many more twists and turns lie ahead this weekend before the champions are crowned to decide who has the happiest bus ride home late Sunday night.

Results after Friday sessions:
182 pts ESWIM
82 TSC
81 NYAC
43 DS
40.5 NKB
36 GMAC
25 STARS
25 Barrie Trojans
24.5 MSSAC
23 ROW

All eyes on Nepean for Ontario Division 1 Championships

The best swimmers from Ontario's top clubs are bussing into Ottawa today for the big Spring meet - Div 1 Championships! Etobicoke, Oakville, Toronto, or someone else this year? Your AGS Blogger will keep you in touch with latest results as the future stars of Canadian swimming show the results of those hours of training.........

John Grootveld Snr Officials Classic

Long course swimming got underway in Toronto this weekend at the U of T pool.

Carly Sauve (10y, BTSC) stole the show for the 10 and under girls with first place swims in the 50fr, 100fr, 100bk, 50fl and a 3rd place in the 200IM. For the boys, Zachary Fitzgerald (10y, RHAC) put out a 1st place in 50fr, 100fr, 50bk, 4th in 100fl and 5th in 100bk, 100fl.

Jillian Stoyan (12y, TSC) made all the news in the girls 11-12 competition, first in 100fr, 100br, 100fl, 200IM and 2nd in the 100bk. This places Jillian 1st in the Long Course Power Rankings for 12y girls 100Fl (1:08.79). In the 11-12y boys, Lukasz Kosiorek (11y, TSC, 1st in 50fr, 200fr, 50bk) and Justin Fedorowski (11y, RHAC, 1st in 50br, 100br, 200IM) fought for top honours. Lukasz takes top spot in the Power Rankings for 50fr 11y boys.

13-14y girsl was less clearly dominated, but Bronwyn Colford (13y, TSC) swept the 50, 100 and 200Fl with some big times. Edward Liu (13y, TSC) continues to dominate the Ontario scene for his age group - 1st in 50fr, 100fr, 50bk, 100bk, 50fl, 100fl, & 200fl.

Age Group Swimmers swim fast at CN Olympic Trials

A teenage rampage swept the CN Olympic trials this week, forcing the twenty-somethings to fight for seats on the Beijing plane. Many teens won't make China, but staked their claim for London 2012 in a great week of fast swimming.

Notable big-time swims from future stars included:

On Wednesday, the 15 year old Savannah King held everything together for 400 metres of freestyle, touching the wall in second place after 4 minutes 10.28 seconds. The UBCD teen swimmer will be swimming in Beijing in August.

Barbara Jardin (CNPPO) completed a 4:50.14 5th place in the 400IM, a great finish at just 16 years of age, with a perfect peak performance age for London 2012 in the offing.

16y old Paige Schultz of Toronto Swim Club, after a 10th place 4:54.89 in 400IM on Tuesday evening pulled out a 2:19.50 in the 200IM on Friday, taking 6th place and finishing more than a second off her PB.

Kendra Chernoff came to Montreal with the Goldfins and blew away that Saskatoon winter with her 4th place 1:00.92 in a 100Fly that placed the 16y old just 1.5 seconds behind the in-form Audrey Lacroix.

Anders McIntyre (VKSC) showed that its not impossible for teens to get amongst the men. 4:00.34 saw the 15 year old BC bullet snatch 6th place in the 400Free, and later in the week a 2:03.99 gained the 200Back 6th place one quarter second behind Newmarket's Matthew Swanston (17y).

Curtis Lutsch (UCSC) finished 7th in the 100Fly in 54.65 seconds.

At 15 years old, Lindsay Seemann was keeping the Newmarket Stingrays on the map with an impressive 4th place 1:02.77 in the 100Back on Wednesday evening. By Saturday she lifted the sell-out Montreal crowd to their feet in the climax of the 800Free, beating her fellow Age Groupers 15 year old Savannah King (UBCD) and 16 year old Barbara Jardin (CNPPO), taking 2nd place in 8:37.98, just outside the qualifying time for Beijing.

When a 14 year old makes an Olympic qualifying final, there's something special afoot. Amanda Reason continued her rise to stardom with a 5th place in the 100Breast, 1:09.93, and the Windsor/Essex Swim Team will be looking forward with great confidence to four years from now.

Hillary Bell took the 200Free 7th place, and TSC teammate Zsofi Balzs finished 4th in the 200Fly and, after leading the early stages, held on for an impressive 5th place in the 800Free, followed by 15 years young Julie Harrison from Scarborough in 8th.

The 200Breast saw three young swimmers in the 6-7-8 positions, Chelsey Salli (16y, LOSC, 2:31.59), Helen Pitchik (17y, TSC, 2:32.29) and Ashley McGregor (15y, PCSC, 2:33.21).