Happy Holidays from the Wells College Swim Team

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Coach's Swim Meet

Left to Right: Kait Mullen (SO), Hallie Hanson (SO) and Gwenn Lillie (SR)

In November I gave the team a fun challenge. I was planning on swimming at a U.S. Swimming Master's Meet and when I was thinking about what events to pick, I thought of an idea.....every meet the swim team wins they can pick one of my events! Well, they swam very well and won many times.

They picked the 50 FR, 500 FR, 100 Fly, 200 IM - A few of the women's team came to my meet to cheer me and Wells College Athletic Trainer, Janet.

Coach Trish George

  

Kait Mullen
THANKS TO MY FANS!

Left to Right: Patrick Munroe (FR) and Tyler Fischetti (SO)

The men's team had a great performance this past weekend where they beat Gallaudet University (65-34) for the first time in 3 years! The men also went against SUNY Cobleskill where the tied (50-50). There were many great races and below are some of the highlights.

Patrick Munroe (FR) had another stellar performance by winning all of his events and getting season best times. He swam the 50 BA (31.81) in the medley relay, 200 IM (2:20.54) and the 100 Fly (1:02.33). Munroe also won NEAC Athlete of the Week for the first time!

Team-mate and captain Tom Laier (JR) also had a great day by winning all of his events. He started the day with Munroe, Sleezer and VanArmongen in the 200 Medley Relay where he lead it in the BA (30.86). He also swam the 200 FR (2:05.30) and the 100 BA (1:04.31). Laier took a 4 second drop in the 100 BA which now places him 3rd on the All Wells Top Ten Times.

Sophomores Tyler Fischetti and Alex Lamphear had two great swims in the 1000 FR where they both earned PR. Fischetti dropped 5 seconds (12:39.46) and Lamphear dropped 3 seconds (13:15.49).

Next week is the last week of classes and then finals. It is up to the team to swim on their own until we start our double session training on December 31st. Our next meet will be January 12th at Buffalo State College.

GO EXPRESS!!

Women Win double dual meet!

Left to Right: Stephanie Todd (FR), Gwenn Lillie (SR), Hallie Hanson (SO), Hayley Bloom (FR) and Meghan Terry (FR)

The women's team had a dominating performance this past weekend against SUNY Cobleskill (53 -42) and Gallaudet University (61-34). This is the first time in 3 years that the women's team beat Gallaudet! Below are some highlights.

Hilary Feudale (FR) continues to be a driving force in winning her events. She was part of the winning 200 Medley Relay with Spencer (JR), Terry (FR), Touron (SO). Feudale also swam and won the 50 FR (27.75) and 100 BA (1:08.35). Team-mate Meghan Terry (FR) also had a great meet earning 1st in the 100 FR (1:02.21) and a season best in the 100 BR (1:21.03) earning 2nd place.

The women's team is working very hard in practice and it is showing at every practice and meet. Classes end next week with finals there after. The swim team will return to the pool on December 31st to begin the double session training plus dryland workouts. Our next meet will not be until January 12th at Buffalo State College. 

GO EXPRESS!!

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY to Melanie

Women Win!

On Saturday, November 17th the women's team drove 4 1/2 hours down to College of Saint Elizabeth in Morrisstown, New Jersey. It was a long drive and challenging for the team to get ready to swim but the team pulled it together and won the meet 52-43.

There were many great swims throughout the meet and below are some of the highlights.

Hilary Feudale (FR) earned a season best and 1st place in the 50 FR (27.56). Feudale also earned 1st in the 100 BA and was part of the first place 200 FR Relay with Nina Daniels (FR), Gabby Spencer (JR) and Olive Touron (SO). Hayley Bloom (FR) earned a PR in the 100 Fr (1:07.25). Melanie Canales (FR) earned 1st place in the 100 BR while dropping 4 seconds (1:25.63). Canales also had a great swim in the 200 IM where she earned a PR by 8 seconds (3:01.87)

Hilary Feudale also won NEAC Athlete of the Week for the 3rd consecutive week!

Our next meet with be at SUNY Cobleskill (with Gallaudet University) on December 1st.

Hour of Power Relays

Carleton College swimmer, Ted Mullin died of a rare soft tissue disease called Sarcoma Cancer in 2006. His team-mates wanted to honor him and designed an event called, "Hour of Power Relays". Basically the swim team swims an hour in relay fashion. The goal is to swim each 50 in an all out sprint and also to make sure the lanes stay together.

This is our 5th year in a row that the Wells Swim Team has participated in this event. Every year we include the student body as well as faculty and staff. This year there were about 10 students, an athletic trainer, swim coach and the entire Wells Swim Team that participated in this event.

It is a tough event but it is a great way to not only bring the team together and get a great workout but it is for a better cause! We raised awareness and funds to go towards Cancer Research.

Leave it in the Pool!!!

Hayley Bloom (FR) on the blocks in Lane 2 and Nina Daniels (FR) in the water in lane 3

Matt VanArmerongen (FR)

NEAC Athletes of the Week

Feudale Feted By North Eastern Athletic Conference

GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – With her team-leading performance this past weekend against Utica College, freshman Hilary Feudale (Coal Township, Pa.) was selected as the North Eastern Athletic Conference Women's Swimming Student-Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. Feudale and the Express posted a 65-57 victory over the Pioneers this past Saturday.

Feudale, a freshman, made appearances in four events for the Express on Saturday, finishing first in all but one event while contributing to a total of 21 points in the team's victory. Feudale set a personal record in the 100-yard backstroke, posting a time of 1:08.35 to rank her fourth all-time in program history in that event.

She also claimed first place in the Women's 50 Yard Freestyle (0:28.57) and second in the Women's 200 Yard Backstroke (2:34.00), trailing the event leader by just greater than one second in the latter event. In relay competition, Feudale helped her team take first place in the Women's 200 Yard Medley Relay with an overall time of 2:05.42.

The selection of Feudale by the NEAC is her second career conference award nod, having also received the award earlier this season on Oct. 22.

Sleezer Named NEAC Student-Athlete Of The Week

GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – Junior Matthew Sleezer (Gloversville, N.Y.) was named the North Eastern Athletic Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for his performance against Utica College this past weekend, the conference office announced Monday.

Sleezer, a junior, set the program record in the Men's 1000 Yard Freestyle and placed first in all three of his individual events during the Express' dual against Utica on Saturday. In the aforementioned freestyle event, Sleezer posted a field-best time of 11:36.93, which ranks first all-time in program history and shatters the previous team record by 19 seconds.

In the Men's 100 Yard Freestyle, Sleezer also captured first place with a time of 0:51.96.  In his only relay appearance in the Men's 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, Sleezer also posted his team's fastest time (0:22.37) while swimming the final leg. Sleezer, who also set the Express record in the Men's 50 Yard Freestyle last Saturday, now has the top-two marks in that event after finishing with a first-place finish time of 0:22.50 against Utica.

With the award, Sleezer has now received Student-Athlete of the Week honors five different times dating back to his sophomore season.

Wells Women Win!

The Wells swim teams went against Utica College this past Saturday. Both teams had amazing races and even better times!

The women's team gets the honors of winning this dual meet. This is first time the women's team has won over Utica within my career here at Wells. The last time Wells beat Utica was in 1996! Below are the reasons why the women's team did so well.

Meghan Terry (FR)

Women's Team Highlights
- First event of the day was the 200 Medley relay (2:05.42), where Feudale (FR), Terry (FR), Spencer (JR), Touron (SO) beat the competition by almost a full 4 seconds. This race also put the ladies 5th of the Top Ten List, just shy of a full second off of the record.
- Olive Touron (SO) is a great racer. If anyone is near by she will fight till the very end and that is exactly what she did in the 200 FR. She fought hard and earned 1st place (2:14.52).
- Hilary Feudale (FR) and Gabby Spencer (JR) were ahead of the competition by over 5 seconds in the 100 BA and both recieved season bests earning 1st and 2nd place respectively.
- Many of the swimmers swam a new event including Hallie Hanson (SO) and Gwenn Lillie (SR) in the 200 Fly; Meghan Terry (FR) and Melanie Canales (FR) in the 200 BR. Terry earned 3rd place at the meet and 7th place on the Top Ten List; Feudale in the 200 BA.
- Spencer (JR) and Terry (FR) also took 1st and 2nd place respectively in the 200 IM.

Men's Team Highlights
- Matt Sleezer (JR) won all 3 individual events including breaking the 1000 record by over 20 seconds, 11:36.93. He also took first in the 50 FR (22.50) and 100 FR (51.96).
- Patrick Munroe (FR) and Tom Laier (JR) earned 1st and 2nd place respectively in the 500 FR. Munroe also swam the 200 Fly for the first time and missed the record by only a second with a time of 2:22.20.
- Tom Dougherty (SO) earned 2nd place at the meet, 8th place on the Top Ten List in the 100 BR (1:16.63) and dropped 7 seconds for a PR.

Captains: Gwenn Lillie (SR) and Tom Laier (JR)

What an amazing meet!

Our next meet will be this Saturday @ College of St. Elizabeth

GO EXPRESS!!

Left to Right - Stephanie Todd (FR), Tyler Fischetti (SO) and Matt Sleezer (JR)

On Saturday, November 3rd the Express went on the road to SUNY Brockport for a dual meet. It was a tough meet however there were MANY great swims by both the men and women's team. Below are the highlights.

Women's Team
- Nina Daniels (FR) - earned 2nd place in the 1000 FR and took off 15 seconds (12:51.33). She also had a large drop (15 seconds) in her 500 FR (6:18.76)
- Gabby Spencer (JR) - earned 2nd place in the 200 IM (2:30.72). She currently holds the record (2:25.46). Also part of the 400 Medley relay where she took off 4 seconds in her 100 Fly.
- Meghan Terry (FR) - earned 3rd in the 100 FR (1:01.87) and 2nd in the 100 BR (1:22.25).
- 400 Medley Relay earned the 4th spot on the All Wells Top Ten List - Feudale, Terry, Spencer, Touron

Left to Right - Stephanie Todd (FR), Hayley Bloom (FR), Melanie Canales (FR) and Hallie Hanson (SO)

Men's Team
- Matt Sleezer (JR) earned 1st place and broke his own 50 FR record - 22.48. Matt also swam the 100 Fly (1:00.26) earning 2nd at the meet and 4th on the All Wells Top Ten List.
- Patrick Munroe (FR) took 4 seconds in the 200 IM (2:22.71) and  over 10seconds in the 500 FR (5:38.78).
- 400 Medley Relay earned the 5th spot on the All Wells Top Ten Times with VanArmerongen (FR), Dougherty (SO), Munroe (FR) and Sleezer (JR). 

Our Motto: Lovin' Life

Happy Halloween

Wells Swimming vs SUNY Brockport this Saturday. Check back for results!

Obstacle Course

The Team had a tough week so I surprised them with a fun practice. They broke up into teams and had to do various tasks including a 1 mile team run, 100 team push-ups, stacking cups, hill runs and a relay. Afterwards the team played some waterpolo. The picture in the middle is the view from the top of the hill run. What a beautiful Fall day!

NEAC Swimmers of the Week

I wanted to share the good news with you. Starting yesterday swimmers were nominated for their past meet proformances and I just recieved noticed that two Wells swimmers where named NEAC Swimmer of the Week!

Hilary Feudale (FR) from Coal Township, PA earned this award for finishing first in all four of her events again Bard College at Simon's Rock on September 29th. She captured first place individually in both the 100BA (1:09.33) and the 50 BA (0:31.38) and also led off  the 200FR relay (2:04.83) and the 200 Medley relay (2:06.31). In the 100BA, Feudale’s time of 1:09.33 ranks her fourth all-time in program history, trailing the all-time record holder, Jennifer Ingold, by only 2.91 (Nov. 19, 1991 – 1:06.42). Feudale also partnered with Meghan Terry (Delmar, N.Y.), Gabby Spencer (Trumansburg, N.Y.) and Olive Touron (Cato, N.Y.) to turn in the sixth fastest time in program history in the 200-yard medley relay.

Matther Sleezer (JR) from Gloversville, NY opened the season with three first-place finishes, winning the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.02), the 100-yard freestyle (0:52.38) and the 100-yard individual medley (1:03.63) in the Express’ 86-28 victory over Bard College at Simon’s Rock on Saturday, Sept. 29. During the Hartwick College Relays on Saturday, Oct. 13, Sleezer led all seven operating lanes with a time of 22.94  through the first 50 yards of the men’s 850-yard crescendo free relay. In the men’s 200FR relay, Sleezer finished the final 50 yards for the Express, posting the event’s second-best final lap time (0:22.74). Sleezer also partnered with freshmen Patrick Munroe (Williamsville, N.Y.), Jacob Cohn (Upland, Calif.) and Matthew VanAmerongen (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) to set the sixth-fastest time in program history during the men’s 400 Medley relay (4:25.37). Sleezer was a member of the four-man relay that captured the program’s best time on Feb. 17, 2012 with a time of 3:58.57.


Our next meet with be Saturday, November 3rd at SUNY Brockport.

Last weekend was a tough meet at Hartwick College for the Hartwick Relay meet. The other team's were SUNY Oneonta and College of St. Rose, both very competitive teams. 

Hilary (FR) leading the 300 BA Relay

Tyler (SO) in the 300 Fly Relay

Patrick Munroe (FR) already put himself on the Top Ten Board at our last meet and he continued with this meet. He placed 6th in the 200 IM (2:26.60). Jacob Cohn (FR) came all the way from California and at his 2nd meet he put himself on the Top Ten Board earning 9th in the 100 FLY. Team-mate Matt VanAmerongen (FR) also earned the 10th spot in the 100 BA.

Olive (SO)

Our next meet is an away meet at SUNY Brockport on 

November 3rd. If you can't wait that long, plan a visit to Wells. 

You can visit for the day or overnight, during an Open House date, weekend or weekday. 

Call/email for more information!

Wells WINS first meet!

It is only 3 weeks into season and the Wells men and women have already won their first meet for the season. Before we began this meet, we celebrated the 2011-2012 women's swim team on their NEAC Championship win.

The women's team earned a 1st place in every event to bring the score to 95 over Bard College @ Simon Rock (22 points). Freshmen, Hilary Feudale already posted the 4th spot on the Top Ten Times in the 100 BA (1:09.33). Feudale was the lead swimmer in the 200 FR Relay (2:06.31) to earn the 6th spot on the Top Ten Times with Meghan Terry (FR), Gabby Spencer (JR) and Olive Touron (SO).

Gabby Spencer (JR)

The men's team also had an exciting meet by winning every event except for three events where they earned 2nd place. Wells earned 86 points over Bard College @ Simons Rock (28). Freshmen, Patrick Munroe earned himself two spots on the Top Ten List in the 100 Fly (1:04.07) and 100 BA (1:08.52). Matt Sleezer (JR) also helped the team by winning every event he swam including 200 FR, 100 FR and 100 IM.

Matt Sleezer (JR)

 Our next meet will be at the Hartwick Relays on October 13th.

Fun Day in the WoodsHil

Wells College is located on the beautiful Cayuga Lake and as I stated before the swim team swims and workout near the Boathouse. One of the hidden treasures on campus is the low ropes course. In the beginning of each season we walk over to Woods Lot (freshmen parking lot) where the trail begins.

Hilary Feudale (FR) getting ready to walk into the woods blindfolded

Freshmen are lead through the woods with the help from the upperclassmen

 On Left: Melanie Canales (FR) helping to figure out the Lave Experiment - the whole team must fit on 5 cinder blocks and 2 pieces of wood without ever touching the floor.
Above: Tyler Fischetti (SO) about to do a Trust Fall into his team-mates

 

The WALL - The entire team had to figure out a way for everyone to get over this wall.

 

Birthday Cap

We have a birthday tradition on the swim team. If you have a birthday in season you have to swim 25 yards in between your team-mates who are making large waves with kickboards at you from both sides. Then when you are finished you jump into a cap.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABBY!

Gabby is a Junior on the team from Trumansburg, NY. She holds the 50 FR and 200 IM record.

2012-2013 Swm Season has begun!!

September 10th was the first day of practice and the team came in ready to go! Many of the swimmers got a head start in their training by practicing as soon as they got on campus.

There are many cold days ahead of us so we took advantage of this warm weather and did our dryland training right along the beautiful Cayuga Lake. The team did a circuit that including tuck jumps, planks, dips, lunges...etc. Below is a picture of the team posing after the workout on the Boathouse pier.

Important Date:
Saturday, September 29th - First Home Meet of the season
*Contact me if you are interested in watching us swim*

2012 NEAC Championship - recap

The Express Swim Team swam at Cazenovia College from February 17th-19th for their conference championship. There were many highlight throughout the 3 days...

Women's Team Highlights
- Conference Champion - 1st time for the women's team plus the first women's team at Wells to bring home the championship trophy
- Gabby Spencer (SO) broke a 22 year old college record in the 200 IM (2:25.46)
- Villiotti (SR), Bareiss (JR), Spencer (SO) and Touron (FR) won all 4 relays (200/400 FR/Medley relays)
- Idolyn Villiotti tied for 1st place in the 100 BA (1:08.14)
- Olive Touron (FR) took off over 25 seconds in the 500 FR to earn first place (5:49.01)
- Overall broke 8 conference records

Women's Scores
Wells - 460.5
Cazenovia - 421.5
Gallaudet - 404
SUNY Cobleskill - 399
CSE - 262

Men's Team Highlights
- Earned 2nd place at conference championships for the 2nd year in a row
- Won the 200/400 Medley relay, 400 IM, 100 Fly and 200 BR
- Broke 4 conference records and 8 college records
- Tom Laier (SO) took off over 30 seconds in the 500 FR to earn 2nd place (5:23.57)

Men's Scores
Gallaudet - 580.5
Wells - 481
Cazenovia - 326.5
SUNY Cobleskill - 277