For Full Meet Results: http://www.meetresults.com/2012/nelmscscy/results.shtml
GBM swimmers, sporting our stylish new team T-shirts, made a big splash at the
NE SCY meet at Harvard on March 10 and the weekend of March 16-18. Long time
team stalwarts were joined by many new members and swimmers returning to the
race pool to rack up a solid 2318.5 points over 4 days of racing, for a highly
creditable 3rd placing in the USMS team competition only 323 points behind 2nd
place Bearcat Masters, and a bigger GBM point total than 2010 and 2011.
Many thanks to Dick Arnold and others who posted a number of photos of the
weekend's fun on our team Facebook page, including this one of Dick making our
traditional team celebratory gesture:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
fbid=2767825364114&set=oa.10150682067179844&type=1&theater
The foundation for the strong GBM team performance was our 18 relay swims, which
included 6 first place performances. The Men's 25+ teams, including Brett Z,
Tony, Kirk, Rob, Ted, Bart and Ryan, were a particular powerhouse with 3 first
places.
Another team highlight was welcoming so many new swimmers and swimmers returning
after lengthy layoffs. Of particular note were Deb H and Brett G, swimming in
their first Harvard meet with GBM, who were our leading point scorers with 133
and 146 points. Kudos! Joining them in the exclusive "100-plus point club"
were our youthful team stalwarts Aagje and Dick, with Aagje notching up two new
NELMSC records in the process.
Other new and returning members included Matt C, Jerry B and Ted M. Both Jerry
and Matt C, after lengthy absences from the race pool and despite showing signs
of serious overtraining, managed to complete some races longer than 50 yards.
We expect that they will take a more measured approach to training before the
next meet. Ted decided to start with an easy swim (!) and cruised a 400IM in
4:45.
There were many other notable performances which are summarized below, but a
couple deserve particular recognition. Our fearless leader and team Motivation
Man Darwin, despite suffering a shoulder injury 3 weeks before the meet that
prevented him from swimming anything but kick, took on the 200 Fly for the first
time in his adult swimming career, scoring a solid 3rd place. Yet again Team
Hero Coach Crystie took time out from her duties encouraging, advising, cajoling
and organizing team GBM to demonstrated her sublime swim skills in the pool
showing that she doesn't just talk the talk on deck, she swims the swim! (Even
Ryan Lochte would be proud of those turns!)
There was also a strong turnout for distance day, despite the sudden snow storm
that left some parts of the seacoast with up to 8 inches of snow. Karin, Mary
Beth, Brett G, Tara, Crystie, Terry, Steve P, Gail, Amy and Monica all fronted
up for a big swim.
For more photo's: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?
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Here is a daily recap and some more notables:
DISTANCE DAY
•1000 Free - 8th place Gail Pentheny, 7th place Amy Waters.
•1650 - Tara Mack 3rd place, Monica Wesson 10th place, Crystie 2nd place, and
new to GBM Mary Beth Connolly 3rd place!
•1650 - Steve Parsons and Brett Games both took 3rd, Tom Mack took 5th and new
to GBM swimmer Terry Moran took 9th place!
FRIDAY
•500 Free – Sarah 4th, Karin 9th, Gail 3rd, Aagje 1st
•100 Fly – Pat Campbell 2nd, Aagje 1st, Guy 1st
•50 Free – Sarah 2nd, Dick 3rd
•200 Back – Karin B 4th, Deb Hart 2nd
•100 IM – Jerry Bailey 2nd (57.81)
•50 BR – Bret G 3rd, Dick 3rd
•1st - Womens 35+ 400 Free Relay (Pat C, Gail P, Amy W, Sarah B)
•1st - Mens 35+ 400 Free Relay (Brett Z, Jerry B -51.30, Matt C, Matt D)
•5th – Mens 35+ 400 Free Relay (John L, Brett G, Darwin W, Guy D)
•3rd – Mixed 25+ 400 Free Relay (Crystie M, Steve P, Kasia C, Rob S)
SATURDAY
•400 IM – Aagje 1st, Ted Mitchell 1st
•50 Fly – Tony 2nd, Kirk 3rd, Brett Z 4th, Brett G 2nd
•200 BR – Tara 3rd, Deb 3rd, Aagje 1st, Brett G 2nd
•5th – Womens 45+ Medley Relay (Deb H, Deb E, Aagje C, Ellen G)
•1st – Mens 25+ 400 Medley Relay (Ted M, Kirk L, Tony T, Bart W)
•2nd – Mixed 25+ 400 Medley Relay (Crystie M, Brett Z, Darwin W, Tara M)
•9th – Mixed 25+ 400 Medley Relay (Jacqui R, Kasia C, Rob S, Steve P)
•Mixed 45+ Medley Relay (Diane G, Paul G, Brett G, Gail P)
•200 Free – Tara 3rd, Aagje 1st, Tony 2nd
•100 Back – Kirk 1st, Guy 3rd, Dick 2nd
•7th Womens 45+ 200 Free Relay (Deb H, Aagje C, Deb E, Ellen G)
•1st Mens 25+ 200 Free Relay (Rob S, Brett Z, Tony T, Kirk L)
•2nd Mixed 25+ 200 Free Relay (Tara M, Brett G, Crystie M, Darwin W)
•7th Mixed 25+ 200 Free Relay (Jacqui R, Steve P, Kasia C, Bart W)
•2nd Mixed 45+ 200 Free Relay (Dick A, Guy D, Diane G, Gail P)
SUNDAY
•500 Free – Bart 4th, Tom 4th, Brett G 4th, Dick 3rd
•100 BR – Susan 3rd, Deb 4th, Aagje 1st, Tony 2nd, Pete 2nd, Brett 4th
•200 IM – Tara 3rd, Tony 2nd, Brett G 3rd, Dick 3rd
•50 Back – Tony 2nd, Bart 5th, Dick 2nd
•200 Fly – Darwin 3rd
•100 Free – Susan 4th, Deb 5th, Aagje 1st, Dick 3rd
•5th Womens 25+ 200 Medley Relay (Kasia C, Tara M, Gail P, Marisa R)
•4th Womens 45+ 200 Medley Relay (Deb H, Susan B, Aagje C, Ann R)
•1st Mens 25+ 200 Medley Relay (Ryan D, Tony T, Rob S, Kirk L)
•1st Mens 45+ 200 Medley Relay (Darwin W, Pete S, Brett G, Tom M)
OTHER NOTABLES:
•GBM President Darwin White swam his first 200 fly in 20 years and has put the
challenge out there to the rest of the GBM butterflyers to step it up next meet!
•Tony Ten Haagen took nothing but first and second places in all of his events!
•Ann Richard made a graceful return to the meet scene and rocked out in the
relays!
•Marissa Rowlson made her first championship swim meet debut!
•New to GBM Ironman Ted Mitchell followed up the traditions of Ironwoman Sarah
Baker with both of them taking top spots in their individual events!
•Susan Barbary swam her first race with Flip Turns! Ever! Just goes to show –
it's never too late to try something new!
•Gail P is on the road to her comeback, posting some impressive times and
starting the charge to keep dropping seconds off!
•Ryan Drasher despite a week long tropical taper added points in all his swims.
•Brett The Beast Zola dropped 4 seconds in his 100 Fly to go 1:00!
•Guy Davis beat back the flu and still went sub 1:00 in the 100 fly!
•Karin B – usual distance extraordinaire rocked out a 200 back in an impressive
2:40
•Rob S – swam some wicked fast swims
•Steve Parsons – fresh from a 6 month "training trip" to Hawaii did maximum
events and kept the GBM points rolling in!
•Amy Waters sprinted her way to helping GBM relays take the top spot!
•Dick Arnold – raced his way to schooling some of those younger guys in his age
group! And was the second highest scorer in his age group!
•Bart "the laneline tamer" put up some impressive times and flip turns!
AWESOME job everyone! Thanks for supporting the team and we look forward to
seeing you at the next meet!
