Happy Holidays!

Our last gathering until the new year where we will meet in Tampa, Florida for our training trip.

Happy Holidays!!!

5 Records Shattered!

We have officially completed the 1st semester of swimmer. We ended with a win for the men's team and a lost for the women's team against King's College in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

The men's team shattered 5 Records! Starting off the meet with the 400 Medley Relay (Mike, Jeff, Drew & Dan) shaving off 13 seconds.

Jeff (JR) and Drew (SO) both broke the 200 IM record. Drew besting his PB by 2 seconds and Jeff shattering the record by 5 seconds.

It was the first time that Dan (FR) and Chris (SO) has ever swam the 200 Fly. Dan broke the record by 8 seconds and Chris and Anthony (SO) placed 2nd and 3rd on the Top Ten Times at Wells respectively.

You hear this name a lot, Jeff a JR from Albion, NY bettered his 200 BR time by 11 seconds holding the record.

Mike (JR) has only swam the 200 BA a handful of times but every time he swims he takes more time off his time. He was able to shave off another 3 seconds off keeping his Wells record.

Jackie (JR) earned the first place spot in 2 out of 3 of her events (50 FR & 200 FLY).

Gwenn (1650), Sarah (200 BA), Erika (200 BR) and Kelsey (200 BR) all swam a new event at King's.

Meg (FR) took off 10 seconds off of her 500 FR to earn a PB.

2 Wins!!!

The Express went to SUNY Cobleskill to swim against the Fighting Tigers and SUNY Delhi Broncos. After the first break the Wells Women were up but the Men were down 8 points to the Fighting Tigers.

Both Express teams were able to bring it together and win the entire meet!
Women - Express 477 - Broncos 290 - Fighting Tigers 253
Men - Express 360 - Broncos 294 - Fighting Tigers 286

Highlights:
Jackie (JR) and Colleen (SR) took 1st and 2nd place in the 500 FR. Jackie earned a PB by 5 seconds and Colleen had a season best.
Sarah (SO) placed 8th in the 50 FR earning a PB by almost 2 seconds!
Gwenn (FR) swam her first 100 BR at a meet and she was surrounded by Delhi Broncos. She was able to keep her lead and win the race by 5 seconds!
Idolyn (SO), Kelsey (SR), Tiffany (SR) and Jackie (JR) swam the 200 Free Relay and are very close to breaking the 2:00 mark with a time of 2:00.79. They earned 1st place.

Drew swam the 500 FR for the 2nd time in his collegiate career and placed 2nd on the All Wells Top Ten Times (AWTTT) .
Court (SR) had PB in the 50 FR placing 3rd at the meet and earning the 6th spot on the AWTTT.
Chris and Anthony swam neck and neck throughout the 100 Fly but Chris had a bit more energy at the end and beat Anthony by .7 seconds. They earned 1st and 2nd place respectively at the meet. Anthony (SO) also had a PB in the 200 IM placing 1st at the meet!
Jeff (JR) normally swims breaststroke but today it was all about the FR events. In the 100 FR he place 2nd behind Drew and earned the 5th spot on the AWTTT. Jeff also earned 1st place in the 200 FR.

Our final meet of the semester will be at King's College - December 5th! Then we are off to FLORIDA on January 3rd!!!

GO EXPRESS!!!

Outside HEAT

Saturday's meet was against the College of St. Elizabeth from Morristown, NJ. The Wells women put on some "girlie" music for warm-up and proceeded to win every race!

This is the 3rd year that Kelsey and Tiffany have been on the team together. Every year they go back and forth with who has the fastest times. They are always pushing each other in practice and at meets with a friendly rivalry. This year Tiffany has come out on top in the 100 FR event until Saturday. Tiffany was in Lane 3 but Kelsey was all about OUTSIDE HEAT in lane 1. She won the event beating out Tiffany and a swimmer from CSE by only .28. On top of all of that she also earned a personal best time by 2 seconds! Good Job Kels!

Next Meet:
11/19/2009 - SUNY Cobleskill
12/5/2009 - King's College

Go EXPRESS!!

HoP

Hour of Power Relay in Honor of Carleton University swimmer, Ted Mullin who passed away from Sarcoma Cancer. The official day was on Tuesday but with our schedule, we decided to do the HoP on Thurday. On Tuesday over 62,000 student athletes, 5 different colleges and over 150 swim teams participated in this great event! It was an honor to be a part of the great cause and plus it was a great workout for the team and I was able to get a few 50s in as well!

Below of some pictures from Thursday...

Bev, Tiffany Anthony and Caitlin
Chris, Erika and Gwenn getting ready


Drew diving to "Leave it in the Pool"

Men's Team - Court, Jeff, Dan and Anthony

Even I joined the team in the fight against Sarcoma and all types of Cancer!



"Swim FAST, Swim HARD, Leave IT in the POOL!"

Utica

The men's and women's team showed a good fight yesterday at Utica College. At 5:30pm Utica divers hit the board and earned 18 points for the women and 32 points for the men's team. This made it very difficult for us to win this meet. The men's team closed the gap with a loss by 7 points!

Meet Highlights...

Idolyn (SO) and Jackie (JR) won 2 individual races. The men's team was able to win both relays plus 6 other first place wins!

The closest win was in the 100 Fly with sophomore Drew (SO). He won his event by only .02 seconds!!

Gwenn (FR) took off 2 seconds in her 100 FR bringing her down to a 1:07.55. She also took off 7 seconds in her 200 FR (2:26.89)

Anthony (SO) was only able to swim one semester last year because got a bad case of mono. Now that he is back in the water he is swimming very well. This past meet he took off 5 seconds in his 200 FR bringing his time down to a 2:21.31.

Next Event:
Hour of Power Relay - 11/12/09
College of St. Elizabeth - 11/14/09
SUNY Cobleskill - 11/19/09

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday to both Tiffany and Court. The swim team has a tradition where if your birthday is during season you have to swim through a tunnel of splashing kickboards and then you have to squeeze yourself into a stretched out cap
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