Finishing Strong

This past week was a busy one with 3 meets in 3 days, didn't know what to eat today because I couldn't find a coach's hospitality room in my house. Here are some recaps from the past week:

Evanston JV Invite - this is a great chance for the girls who don't make the conference line-ups to have a championship style meet at a good pool. It's a great atmosphere with good competition (Evanston, New Trier, & Maine South), and a fun time. They actually give out awards to heat winners as well as the top 6 finishers. It was definitely a good night, with several girls finishing in the top 6 and getting in on the awards ceremony. Analise VanSpankeren and Jackie Herman led the way with some great swims. Another highlight was seeing our A & B 400 Free relays finish in the top 6.

JV Conference - no better way to spend a Friday night in northeast Park Ridge than absolutely dominating the conference meet! It started off with a huge bang with a new CSL North record in the 200 Medley Relay (Maria Vlahova, Margot Tuchler, Bri Reid, Sami Hogan). They broke the record by about 2 seconds, great 26.8 free split by Sami sealed the deal. Bri came back later and broke the 100 fly record by over a second as well! Other champions were Becca Flam (200 free), Cyn Hsu (200 IM), Sami (50 Free), Malia Silvert (100 free), Margot Tuchler (100 breast) and both free relays (200 FR - Sami, Becca, Bri, Malia & 400 FR - Becca, Sami, Malia, Maria). AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT NIGHT!

Varsity Conference - when we absolutely, positively had to have it, we did! The Spartans captured the meet which earned a conference co-championship. Lots of excellent performances including conference championships by Donna Szostak (200 & 500 Free), Gabrielle Bunney (100 Free), Kate Dvornitsyn (100 Back), Carrie Dinelli (Diving) and a sweep of all 3 relays. Some good tapered swims and solid mid-taper times highlighted the meet. A great way for some to end their season and a good building block for the rest for next week.

WAY TO GO SPARTANS!!!!