1st Home Meet

This past Saturday we had our first home meet against SUNY IT! The pressure was on for us to show this team and the rest of the NEAC conference what we are all about.

The women's team demolished SUNY IT's women's team by 38 points! Many of the women swam personal best times and earned 1st place. Below are some highlights....

Tiffany (SR) and Kelsey (SR) place 1st and 2nd respectively in the 100 free with Tiffany within .5 of her PB and Kelsey getting a PB by 1 second. Kelsey, a distance swimmer, swam the 100 breaststroke to earn some extra points for the team and ended up winning the race!

Idolyn (SO) was nominated and selected for NEAC Athlete of the Week for her performance. She earned first place in all 3 of her events: 50 FR, 100 FLY and 200 Free Relay. Earning 17 points for the Express.

Broken Record Alert - The men's team started off the meet with a 2 second lead in the 200 Medley Relay swam by Mike (JR), Jeff (JR), Drew (SO) and Dan (FR). \

Jeff (JR) earned 2nd place at the meet and on the All Wells Top Ten Times for his 200 IM swim, broke the record in the 100 BR and earning first place.

Dan (FR) shaved off 3 seconds in the 100 Fly and 2 seconds in his 50 FR to get his closer to his PB.

We also had a special guest, Court (SR) to help the men's team. He is the men's captain but he also plays soccer. After his soccer practice he came to the meet and swam the 100 FR and was the 3rd leg in the 200 FR relay. The very next day he had a soccer game against Penn St. Berks where the Express won 4-0!

I am very PROUD of the accomplishments of the swim team and it's only meet #2! Next meet is against SUNY Brockport on Saturday (7th) starting at 2pm (meet start changed).

GO EXPRESS!!!

Red vs. White

Today the team was divided into 2 different teams and we had a sprint meet! We even had a certified swim official. The team made up their own team name and team cheers. Below are some pictures and videos throughout the meet. Thank-you to our Team Manager, Chelsea, for taking all the pictures.

Bloody Red Barons (Red Team) and White Tigers (White Team)

White Team Cheer




Red Team's Cheer - you must look very close at the swimmers... they are in drag!



At the end of each meet the team sings the "Congratulations" Cheer.


We have our first conference dual meet against SUNY IT on Friday, October 30th.

GO EXPRESS!!!

Hill Run

Those of you who have been reading this blog, have read the earlier blog about another team doing a team HILL RUN. Well, yesterday it was a nice enough day that the Wells Swim Team got to enjoy this workout!

The footage is not the best but it is a great view of the lake in the backround!

Hartwick Relays!

This past Saturday was our first meet of the season!!! The team did very well and we are excited for what the season will hold for us in the upcoming meets.

Highlights
* The Men's team broke the 400 Medley record by 9 seconds.
* Gwenn (FR) got a personal best in the 500 free by 7 seconds
* Kelsey (SR) and Tiffany (SR) both took off 2 seconds in their 50 Free
* Dan (FR) was part of the 400 Medley relay plus he is currently on the top ten list in the 50 free (4th) and 100 Fly (2nd)

This is the first year we are giving out "Swimmer of the Meet" and Biggest Time Drop" after the meet. This meet we had 3 winners.


Jackie (JR) had an unfortunate accident the previous weekend and she had to get 32 stitches in her forearm. With some extra wrapping she still swam at this meet. She even swam the 100 Backstroke for the first time! For her efforts in helping the team she was awarded Swimmer of the meet.


Dan (FR) also earned the Swimmer of the Meet award because in his first collegiate swim meet he earned 3 spots in the Men's All Wells Top Ten List including breaking a record.



It was difficult to decide the biggest time drop because we had a few but Carolyn (assistant coach) and I decided it should go to Tiffany (SR) because she took off 2 seconds in the 50 free!

Congratulations to the Wells College Swim Team for an excellent performance.

Upcoming events:
10/23/09 - Kids' Night Out Fundraiser
10/24/09 - Red vs. White - scrimmage
10/30/09 - Home Meet against SUNY IT

GO EXPRESS

Fundraisers

Here are some pictures of the fundraisers that we did the 2 weeks before season started. We raised a lot of money and it all goes to our Florida trip in January 2010!!

CAR WASH!!



We had a line of cars even when it started raining!!

Kids' Night Out!!

Snack Time!

Only 13 more days!!!!

24 Swimmers showed up to our first team meeting of the season!

24 Days Until...

...the first day of PRACTICE!

All of the returning and first year students are back on campus and I have had the pleasure I see most if not all of my athletes.

Season Highlights
- 7 female and 3 male first year swimmers to welcome to the swim team.
- We are now in the North Eastern Atlantic Conference (NEAC) where we will go against SUNY Cobleskil, SUNY IT, Cazenovia College and College of St. Elizabeth (women only).
- Florida Training Trip in January 2010!!!

I can't wait to begin another season!

Go Wells!