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Atlantic Swimming advocates the growth and development of a
diverse swimming community through education, innovation and a
commitment to excellence.
MA News
MA Long Course Senior
Champs New!
May 8, 2007 Meet entry
information is available for the 2008
Middle Atlantic Long Course Senior Championships
at Bucknell University. All information is available
at http://entry.maswim.org
MA Zone Team UpdateNew!
May 8, 2007
The Conference
and Visitors Bureau of Montgomery County, MD has selected
the
Bethesda
Marriott Pooks Hill as the hotel for the Middle Atlantic
team for the Eastern Zone LC Championship meet. The block
rate is $139 plus tax per night. We have rooms reserved
in the block from Tuesday, August 5th up to and including
Saturday, August 9th.
Information and the hotel link are here.
The
meet announcement and qualifying times are now available for
the
2008 Long Course Eastern Zone Age Group Championships
April 8, 2008 The MA Officials
committee is holding two clinics for new officials. Anyone
interested in becoming a certified official is welcome to
attend. Following the clinic, attendees must take the USA
Swimming test and work as an apprentice official at six
sanctioned meet sessions.
Clinics will be held at Germantown Academy, Ft. Washington,
PA on Saturday, April 26 beginning at 9:00 am and at the
Jersey Wahoos Swim Club, Mt. Laurel, NJ on Sunday, May 4
beginning at 1:00 pm. Pre-registration is not required;
clinics last approximately three hours.
Clubs bidding to host MA sanctioned meets are reminded that
they must have enough certified officials to conduct such
meets. Contact the committee at
officials@maswim.org
to arrange a clinic at your club. Additional clinics will be
held when there is sufficient interest.
January 31, 2008 The
Middle Atlantic Swimming Records
have been updated as of 1/31/08! Our
Records Chairman, Bob Platt, has thoroughly reviewed
hundreds of meets recently. Thanks to Bob for all his hard
work and his continued dedication to the Middle Atlantic
swimmers.
Please review the definitions below so that you may better
understand what each designation means. Corrections or
questions should be
e-mailed to our Records Chairman. If you
believe that a faster time has been achieved in a particular
event, please include a link to the meet results for that
time.
D - District Record:
The District Record is the fastest time achieved by any
swimmer from any LSC or a foreign athlete within the
boundaries of Middle Atlantic Swimming.
R - Resident
Record: The
Resident Record is the fastest time achieved by a registered
Middle Atlantic athlete swum in a USA Swimming-recognized
competition whether in the United States or abroad.
C - Championship Record:
The Championship Record is the fastest time achieved by a
USA Swimming-registered athlete at a Middle Atlantic Senior
Championship Meet (short course or long course).
USA Swimming National Team
Rosters
September 27, 2007
The
2007-08 National Team and
National Junior Team rosters have now been posted. The
National Team is composed of athletes who
post the top six
times in Olympic events swum in finals from World
Championships, Pan AMs, World University Games and
Nationals. An age and time standard must be met to qualify
for the National Junior Team.
MA Swim Meet Breaking News
Date
Meet/Host
Update
5/8
Due to the
small number of participants in this year’s
FCA
Mini meet on May 18, we have combined the two sessions into one morning
session. Therefore, the warm-ups will start at 8:45 AM and the meet start
will be at 9:30 AM. There will be no afternoon session! Both boys and
girls are to report for warm-ups at 8:45 AM!!
Meet Changes
5/7
JW Spring Fling at GCIT
JW Spring Fling at GCIT The 11-14 400 freestyles have been moved to after
the Saturday afternoon 11-14 session, starting 5 minutes after event #52
Meet Changes
4/29
Friday & Sunday Age group Sessions of the
JW Summer Solstice are closed. Very little room for Saturday Age
Group Session. Senior sessions are still open.
March 22, 2008
The 2008 version of
the Middle Atlantic Short Course Senior Championships has
concluded from University Park, PA.
All
Meet
Results and Coaches download files are here.
Congratulations to our
Women's High Point award winner Alyssa Vavra from ATAC,
and
Men's High Point award winner Ian Clark from Suburban
Swim Center.
New Penn State University Natatorium records were
established by Ian Clark (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Back), and
Jess Guro (100 back, 200 back). We are in the process of
updating the Middle Atlantic Championship records, as the
last time we held Short Course MIDS was 1999. The
results of the 1999 meet (held at F & M) are here
2008 Junior Olympics concludes
March 28, 2008
The Middle Atlantic Age Group Meet
concluded March 16th with Jersey Wahoos taking the
Overall Team Title as well as the Girls and Boys Team
Titles. Parkland finished second in team scoring and Team
Delaware rounded out the top three.
Age Group High Point Winners
9-10 Girls: Valerie Yoshimora (SSC)
9-10 Boys: Alec Giakas (TD)
11-12 Girls: Colleen Callahan (ACAC)
11-12 Boys: Nathan Smith (CA)
13-14 Girls: Annie Nunes (TD)
13-14 Boys: Will Manion (JW)
This year for the first time the swimmer with highest IMX
score in each age group will also receive an award:
Age Group IMX Winners
9-10 Girls: Frances Erney (GAAC)
9-10 Boys: Brett Saunders (DST)
11-12 Girls: Colleen Callahan (ACAC)
11-12 Boys: Nathan Smith (CA)
13-14 Girls: Taylor O'Brien (ATAC)
13-14 Boys: Justin Tang (GAAC)
Congratulations to all who participated in the meet. A
special thank you to our meet director Stephanie Rozick."
MA Official named to work
at USA Olympic Team Trials
January 29, 2008
Congratulations to Cecil Gordon who has been named to
the officiating staff at the 2008 USA Olympic Team Trials
to be held in Omaha June 29-July 6.
2008 Zone Select Camp
January 11, 2008
USA
Swimming has selected
the
swimmers eligible to participate in the 2008 Zone Select
Camps. Camp locations and coaching staff are being finalized
and will be announced shortly.
The Eastern Zone participants
are
here. Congratulations to these Middle Atlantic
swimmers
Bethesda
Marriott Pooks Hill as the hotel for the Middle Atlantic
team for the Eastern Zone LC Championship meet. The block
rate is $139 plus tax per night. We have rooms reserved
in the block from Tuesday, August 5th up to and including
Saturday, August 9th.
Seville,
Spain for the 5th FINA
Open Water World
Championship Games. 
the
swimmers eligible to participate in the 2008 Zone Select
Camps. Camp locations and coaching staff are being finalized
and will be announced shortly.