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| An Overview/ Directions | Red Team | |
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| Meet the Staff | ||
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June July 2009 Practices (updated
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Click here for info for week of 6/22-8/14 SUMMERTIME CLASSIC - 204 LIAC Swimmers swam their way to a fantastic weekend!! 5 new 12&U team records were broken; Congratulations, Molly Treble (800, 1500 free and 200 back), and Zoe Gregorace (200 breast and 400 IM)- Congratulations to Molly Treble, 12years old, and Jessica Arena, 11years old, both swam the #1 time in the Nation for the 1500 free for their age. Delany Hall swam himself to a seat on the Zone Bus, WAY TO GO!! Dina Sutherland had an outstanding swim in the 100 breaststroke. The Gold medal swim gave her a seat on the Zone Bus, SUPER!!
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| SAVE THE DATE- THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009 - SPLISH SPLASH TRIP - click the link for the information | ||
Memorial Day Invitational Hats off to a great start of the Long Course season. The performances this past weekend are complimentary to all of your determination and hard work during the past few months. You have all shown that when faced with adversity you know how to stay at it and make it work. MaryAnn Lennon was a superstar with her 3rd place overall finish for the 10&U girls. MaryAnn broke the Meet record and the longest standing LIAC team record with her spectacular swim in the 100 fly. Congratulations. The 11-12 girls won their age group. With the outstanding team record breaking swims by Zoe in the 50 and 100 breast, her winning 200 IM and her solid 200 and 400 free events Zoe was the top 11-12 girl in the meet. Jessica Arana was 3rd in the age group, Molly Treble was 4th and Cathy Tan was 5th. The 11-12 girls swept the top 5 places in the 200 Free. The junior program swam 14 individuals to the summer zone cuts in 37 events. Special congratulations to Kim Chan from the Blue team for making the 100 fly cut, Ali Aly and Stephanie Kaplan from the Junior A team for making the 100 and 200 free and the 50 and 100 breast cuts. These are their first cuts ever!! Keep up the great work - YOU ARE THE BEST!! |
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METRO ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS LIAC ATHLETES RACK UP 1/4 of the individual points for the ZONE TEAM - LIAC ATHLETES break 6 Team Records - bring home 6 Gold Medals and 8 Silver Medals - Congratulations Cathy Tan (2 Gold medals, 3 Silver Medals, 5 Team Records and 1- 900 point swim) AWESOME JOB CATHY; Lowell Nicky (1 Gold Medal, 2 Silver Medals); Austin Kowalski (2 Gold Medals); Cady Zawatson (2 Silver Medals); Molly Treble (1 Gold Medal, 1 Team Record); Zoe Gregorace (1 Team Record); Emily Tan (1 Silver Medal); Maggie Johns, Gabby Bourtecene, and Eric Wang for your individual success at the Championships. CATHY TAN - 5th in the Nation in the 200 and 500 free, 6th in the Nation in the 200 IM and 8th in the Nation in the 100 back - 34 LIAC ATHLETES put their names on the Metro TOP 10 list for the 2008-2009 Short Course Season with a total of 125 TOP 10 swims - 20 swims ranked 1st Congratulations - Cathy Tan (1st - 100fr, 200fr, 100bk, 100IM, 200IM; 2nd - 500fr, 50bk; 3rd - 100br; 4th - 50fr; 9th - 50br and 100fly), Alyssa Blum (9th - 100fr), Giorgia Piantanida (4th - 200IM, 5th - 500fr, 4th - 200IM), Cara Treble (4th - 200 and 500fr), MaryAnn Lennon (4th - 100fly, 7th - 200IM), Dylan VanManen (5th- 200 and 500fr, 10th - 200IM), Ryan Brown (7th - 50br, 9th - 100br), Jeffrey McNeary (8th - 50bk, 10th 50fly), Molly Treble ( 1st - 500 and 1000fr and 200bk, 2nd - 200 and 1650fr, 4th 100fr), Zoe Gregorace (1st - 200br, 2nd - 50br and 400IM, 3rd - 100br, 200fly, 4th - 500fr, 9th - 200fr and 10th - 100fly), Jessica Arana (4th - 1650fr, 6th - 1000fr and 200fly, 8th - 500fr, 10th - 200 and 400IM), Kerry Giovanniello (8th - 1000fr, 10th - 1650fr), Stefanie Lehner (4th - 100fly, 5th - 100IM and 1000fr, 7th - 200IM), Eric Wang (3rd - 200fly, 4th - 1000fr, 5th - 50 and 100fly, 8th - 200IM), Nick Mu (7th - 400IM), Austin Kowalski (1st - 50fr, 100fr, 200fr and 100fly; 3rd 200fly), Michael Lennon (1st - 500 and 1650fr; 2nd - 1000fr, 6th 200fly, 7th - 200fr, 400IM; 10th - 200IM), Kevin Ling (3rd - 200br, 4th - 100br), Rachel Cho (9th - 50, 100 and 200fr), Cady Zawatson (4th - 1650fr, 5th - 1000fr, 8th - 500fr), Emily Tan (8th - 100br), Jack Wagner (1st - 100fr, 200bk, 200IM; 2nd - 100bk, 400IM; 3rd - 50 and 200fr; 8th - 1650fr, 9th - 1000fr), Nick Cerra (2nd - 200fly, 4th - 100fly, 7th - 500fr and 400IM, 10th - 200fr), Jon Derlath (4th - 1000 and 1650fr, 5th - 500fr), Oliver Lee (2nd - 50fr, 5th - 100fly, 7th - 100fr), Lowell Nickey (9th - 1650fr, 10th - 1000fr), Nick Spinella (5th - 100 and 200bk), One-June Chang (7th - 200fly), Sean Sullivan (6th - 400IM, 8th - 200fly), Emily Kelly (1st - 1000 and 1650fr, 2nd - 200 and 500fr, 3rd - 50 and 100fr, 7th - 200bk, 8th - 100bk, 9 - 400IM), Julia Festa (4th - 1000fr, 6th - 500fr, 9th - 200fr, 10th - 1650fr), Megan Zarriello (5th - 1000 and 1650fr; 10th - 200fr), Ashley Smith (7th - 1000fr), Sarah Schlichte (6th - 1650fr, 10th - 1000fr) |
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WAY TO GO LIAC 10&U Girls - WINNERS of the JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIP- The girls shattered the 3 LIAC Relay records bringing home the gold in each relay, they also brought home 1 gold medal (Cathy Tan - 100 fr 1:00.92), 2 silver medals (Cathy Tan 50 fr 28.57 and Cara Treble - 500 fr 5:59.30) and 1 bronze medal (MaryAnn Lennon - 100 fly 1:08.99) - CONGRATULATIONS Cathy Tan, Cara Treble, Maryann Lennon, Giorgia Piantanida, Alyssa Blum, Stephanie Kaplan, Lauren McNally, Finola Heaney, Allegra Sodi, Julia Pusateri, Amanda Agostino, Catherine Killgallen, Kim Chan and Madaline Kang!! LIAC 10&U Boys and Girls finished 2nd! Congratulations CJ Arena, Conor Beil, Ali Aly, Emanuel Cohen, Matthew Manfre, Michael Gregorace, Zachary Leng and Bogdan Kaminyar your great swims contributed to this fantistic finish!! LIAC 11&12 Girls and Boys finished 2nd! Zoe Gregorace led the group with her Gold medal finish and record breaking swim in the 400 IM with a time of 4:49.91. Her time of 5:29.19 earned her the Gold in the 500 free. She rounded out her great weekend with a silver medal in the 200 free with a time of 2:04.25. Jessica Arana finished 4th overall in the 11-12 age group and was the top 11 year old at the meet. Her silver medal finishes in the 200 IM and 500 free led the way to her great weekend. The relay of Molly Treble, Zoe Gregorace, Julia Hall and Jessica Arana took home the Gold in the 400 Medley relay. Nick Mu was the high scoring LIAC male swimming many best times and taking home the bronze in the 400 IM with a 4:54. Congratulations Zoe, Jessica, Molly, Julia, Paige Kaplan, Jasmine Nakkab, Kerry Giovaniello, Alex Dolido, Isabel Ren, Nick Mu, Eric Wang, Delany Hall, Jeff McNeary and Dylan VanManen. GOOD LUCK Zoe, Molly, Cara, Giorgia, Cathy, Eric, Cady Zawatson, Austin Kowalski, Lowell Nicky, Emily Tan, Rachel Cho and Maggie Johns who will compete at the Zone Championships this weekend. Good luck everyone!!!
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6 NEW RECORDS at the Junior National Championships this past week in Orlando, FLA. CONGRATULATIONS Oliver Lee for WINNING the 50M Free at the Junior National Championships. Oliver's time of 23.48 set the LIAC team record along with the Metropolitan Swimming record. Great Job Jack Wagner swam 4 record breaking swims. His time of 2:06.75 in the 200 M IM earned him a silver medal as well his name on the All Time LIAC record board. He took home the bronze with his All Time LIAC record time of 2:04.92 in the 200 M Back. His 9th place finish in the 200 M free with a time of 1:52.42 along with his 13th place finish in the 50 M free with a time of 23.91 placed his name as the 17-18 LIAC record holder in both of these events. Jack finished 6th in the 100M Free with a 51.99 and 10th in the 100M Back in a time of 59.13. Congratulations Jack!! Congratulations Oliver Lee, Nick Cerra, Nick Spinella and Jack Wagner for setting the team and Metropolitan Swimming record in the 200 Y free relay with a 1:24.51 and the 200 M free relay with a 1:35.87.
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Metropolitan Zone Team Qualifier 6 of LIAC's 12&Unders will compete in 20 events at the Eastern Zone Championships April 2- 5, 2009 in Rochester, NY 5 NEW TEAM RECORDS CONGRATULATIONS Cara Treble, Georgia Piantanida, Cathy Tan, Molly Treble, Zoe Gregorace and Eric Wang!!! Cara swam her personal best in the 100 and 200 free to earn her spot on the team. Her point score in the 200 welcomed her into LIAC's 700 CLUB! WAY TO GO CARA!! Georgia had the race of her life to place her on the team. Keeping her head down at the finish of the 200 IM allowed her to touch her competitor out by.05 to earn her spot on the team. She followed that wonderful swim with a 6:04 500 free. Both of these swims welcomed Georgia into LIAC's 700 CLUB!! She swam with a goal and achieved them!! Cathy set 2 new team records in the 200 IM with a 2:24.67 and in the 500 free with a 5:41.19. Her times place her 5th and 7th in the Nation for these events for the 10&Under girls! CONGRATULATION CATHY!! Cathy will represent Metro/LIAC in the 200 and 500 Free, 100 and 200 IM and the 50 and 100 Back. Good luck Cathy!! Molly had an outstanding meet! She started the meet with an amazing recording setting 200 Backstroke. Her time of 2:13.44 broke the previous LIAC record! CONGRATULATIONS MOLLY!! Molly will represent Metro/LIAC in the 100, 200 and 500 Free along with the 200 back. AWESOME! Zoe's 200 breastsroke put her on the LIAC short course record board! Her winning time of 2:34.95 was SUPER!! Her 200 Fly time of 2:19.08 put her on the record board for her second event. TWO TEAM RECORDS IN ONE MEET - WAY TO GO!! Zoe will represent Metro/LIAC in the 50, 100 and 200 Breaststroke along with the 200 Fly! FABULOUS Eric's 200 fly was AMAZING! Dropping 12 seconds to earn his spot on the team was a fantastic job. His win in the 100 fly gave him two events to represent Metro/LIAC at the Championships!!! Congratulations to Julia Hall, Jessica Arana, Paige Kaplan, and Alyssa Blum for your top 8 finishes.
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LIAC 12&Unders WIN The VIKING CLASSIC With 22 individual Gold Medals, 19 individual Silver Medals, 17 individual Bronze Medals, 34 individuals with a perfect meet and only swimming 2 out of the 3 days LIAC swimmers win the meet by nearly 900 points!!! 11 swimmers take home the Gold - Congratulations; Cathy Tan, Matthew Manfre, Ryan Brown, Dylan VanManen, Molly Treble, Michael Gregorace, Stefanie Lehner, Eric Wang, Zoe Gregorace, Alice Ye and Conor Beil 13 Swimmers take home the Silver - Congratulations; Cara Treble, Cathy Tan, Dylan VanManen, Conor Beil, Alyssa Blum, Ryan Brown, Eric Wang, Max Scalamandre, Renee Nakkab, Giorgia Piantanida, Adam Kapusta, Zoe Gregorace and Michael Gregorace 9 Swimmers take home the Bronze - Congratulations; Conor Beil, Giorgia Piantanida, Alyssa Blum, Ali Aly, Stefanie Lehner, Renee Nakkab, Dylan VanManen, Olivia Plansker and Jessica Arana Michael Gregorace wins the 8&U boys high point award - Congratulations!!!!! You all continue to impress us with your committment to excellence - KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!! CHECK OUT THE SENIOR SWIMMERS OF THE MEET
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HERE'S TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!! WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE YEAR CONGRATULATIONS; CATHY TAN for Setting a New LIAC 10&U Girls 200 IM team record with the time of 2:31.05!!! LIAC 12&U's take home 15 Gold Medals- Cathy Tan (4) 100 bk, 50 bk, 100 Fr and 200 IM, Stefanie Lehner (4) 50 fly, 100 fly, 100 bk and 200IM, Jeffrey McNeary (3) 50 Bk, 50 fly and 100 fly, Dylan VanManen (2) 100 and 200 Fr, Ryan Brown (1) 100 Br, and Molly Treble (1) 200 Fr. 11 Silver Medals - Alyssa Blum (2) 50 and 100 Fr, Nicolas Mu (1) 50 bk, Giorgia Piantanida (1) 100 bk, Cathy Tan (1) 50 Br, Ryan Brown (1) 50 Br, Zoe Gregorace (1) 50 Br, MaryAnn Lennon (1) 100 fly, Jeffrey McNeary (1) 100 Br., Olivia Cohen (1) 200 IM and Eric Wang (1) 100 fly 10 Bronze Medals - Molly Treble (1) 100 Fr, Jeffrey McNeary (2) 50 Fr., 100 Bk, Zoe Gregorace (1) 100 Br., Alyssa Blum (1) 50 fly, MaryAnn Lennon (1) 50 Bk, Eric Wang (1) 50 fly, Dylan VanManen (1) 200 IM, Nicholas Mu (1) 100 Bk and Giorgia Piantanida (1) 200 Fr 130 Buffalo cut times were achieved by 33 different athletes; Molly Treble, Jessica Arana, Jasmine Nakkab, Eric Wang, Nicholas Mu, Alyssa Blum, Cara Treble, Whitney Sun, Jeffrey McNeary, Dylan VanManen, Alec Heung, Jasmine Rashid, Katrina Bamba, Julia Hall, Cathy Tan, Giorgia Piantanida, Olivia Cohen, Jaime Boyko, Emanuel Cohen, Conor Beil, Zoe Gregorace, Stefanie Lehner, Paige Kaplan, MaryAnn Lennon, Allegra Sodi, Stephanie Kaplan, Ryan Brown, Corinne Lizzio, Lauren McNally, Alexandra Dolido, Finola Heaney, Isabel Ren, Kerry Giovanniello 100 JO cut time were achieved by 25 athletes, Molly Treble, Jessica Arana, Eric Wang, Nicholas Mu, Alyssa Blum, Cara Treble, Jeffrey McNeary, Dylan VanManen, Alec Hueng, Jasmine Rashid, Katrina Bamba, Julia Hall, Cathy Tan, Giorgia Piantanida, Oliva Cohen, Jaime Boyko, Emanuel Cohen, Conor Beil, Zoe Gregorace, Stefanie Lehner, Paige Kaplan, MaryAnn Lennon, Allegra Sodi, Stephanie Kaplan, Ryan Brown, Lauren McNally and Alexandra Dolido 73 Zone Qualifying times were achieved by 19 athletes; Molly Treble, Jessica Arana, Eric Wang, Nicholas Mu, Alyssa Blum, Jeffrey McNeary, Dylan VanManen, Jasmine Rashid, Katrina Bamba, Cathy Tan, Giorgia Piantanida, Zoe Gregorace, Stefanie Lehner, Paige Kaplan, MaryAnn Lennon, Ryan Brown, Oivia Cohen, Allegra Sodi and Stephanie Kaplan OVER 200 SILVER cut times and hundreds of first time swims. Your hard, consistant work is only beginning to show. Keep up the GREAT WORK SENIOR SWIMMERS TAKE OFF MORE THAN 900 SECONDS AT CHAPPYS: WAY TO GO!!!! |
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| LIAC SWIMMERS PARTICIPATE IN SWIM ACROSS AMERICA | ||
CONGRATULATIONS DAPHNE SKELOS, ELIZABETH GOLDSON and EMILY KELLY FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL SWIMS AT THE OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS. DAPHNE SKELOS swam 4 event and had 4 best times- ending her meet with a 200 backstroke semi-final swim. The time of 2:12.70 swam in the prelims is a team record. We are so proud of you Daphne!!! LIZ GOLDSON swam a best time in the 400 freestyle and placed 13th!! GREAT JOB GIRLS! LIAC WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WISH A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO JULIA SMIT FROM TVSC for making the OLYMPIC TEAM IN THE 800 Free relay!!! |
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| NCSA Junior National Swimming Championships | ||
LIAC had a great first day of swimming. Emily Kelly won the 1650 in a meet record setting time of 16:07.43. This time is also an all time fastest swim for LIAC. Julia Festa was 7th in the event with a 16:46.56. Sean Lane took 8th in the 1000 with a 9:15.11. The second day was just as successfull. Both the Men and Women's 800M Free Relays took home the bronze medal. Julia Festa, Jenna Daly, Erica Derlath and Emily Kelly raced to a 8:30.14 to touch out the 4th place team of 8:30.39. Nick Cerra led off the Men's relay with a personal best time followed by Chris Finnegan, Sean Lane and Jack Wagner. Their time of 7:50.01 touched out Curl Burke's 7:50.28. Emily Kelly continued to swim to personal success on the third day. The 200 M Free was a great race, winning the last 50 is always the best way to win this event. Emily's 2:02.44 outtouched the second place time of 2:02.53. Jack's personal best of 1:55.20 placed him in 5th. Day four showed LIAC's distance lane. Six second swims in the 500 free!! Five out of six best times at night. Emily Kelly takes home another gold with a 4:17.48 in the 400 M free. The meet is over and LIAC finishes in 7th place overall. Great place considering the only relays we competed in were the 800M Free Relays. Jack represented the sprint lane finishing off his meet with a personal best in the 50M free with a 24.13 placing 12th overall. Great meet Jack!!! Megan, Ashley, Julia, Emily and Jonathon each swam a personal best in their distance event today. Emily's PB got her another Gold medal and the Olympic Trial cut in the 800M Free!! Julia's PB got her an 8th place medal - Way to go Julia!!! Sean finished his mile in 16:01.12, a 4th place medal, YEAH Sean! Congratulations Emily Kelly for winning the overall High Point Award. This award is given to the athlete who has accumulated the most points throughout the course of the meet. Emily won this award swimming one less event than her competitors. Great Job Emily!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL YOU HAVE DONE THIS SEASON!!! |
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| Nine LIAC Swimmers will Represent Metro at the Zone Meet | ||
| CONGRATULATIONS - Jessica Arana, Gabby Borutecene, Rachel Cho, Maggie Johns, Michael Lennon, Nick Spinella, Sean Sullivan, Patrick Yang and Cady Zawatson. Good Luck - we wish you the best!!!! | ||
| NE Speedo Champion Series | ||
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION The meet was a great success because of the wonderful people who volunteered. Thank you for your time and energy. |
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| LIAC 8&Unders Shine at their Championships | ||
| Congratulations Zachary Leng- under 7, Cassidy Zawatson - under 8 and Danielle Cohen - under 6 for taking home the 3rd place trophy in their age group. | ||
| WHAT'S NEW FOR 2008 | ||
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| LIAC News updated 1/24/08 | ||
Natalie Leitman and Kenneth LI, Congratulations!! You were both the Silver Championship Swimmer of the Meet!!! 19 additional swimmers head to JO's 3/12/08 14 swimmers from the IMX meet bring home top honors 3/12/08 Congratulations Stephanie DiPreta, Mallorie Larson, Dennis Crilly and Hember Salcedo - Senior Swimmers of the Badger IMX Meet 2/20/08 Senior Swimmers of the MLK meet 1/24/08 LIAC National team competes well at the Burgdorff Invite 1/18/08 Kelly wins TWO SILVER MEDALS for the USA in Victoria, Australia 1/18/08 LIAC Seniors Shine in CT1/11/08 |
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| 2007 A GREAT YEAR FOR LIAC 8/29/07 | ||
| LIAC Succeeds at Eastern Zone Championships 8/26/07 | ||
| LIAC WINS 2007 EASTERN SUPER SECTIONALS 7/26/07 | ||
| KELLY qualifies for USA National Junior Team 4/10/07 | ||
| LIAC's athletes: Swimming Strong at Eastern Zones 3/31/07 | ||
| LIAC swimmers to compete at 2007 Senior Nationals 3/20/07 | ||
| LIAC: 2007 Metro Junior Olympic CHAMPIONS 3/20/07 | ||
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| SECTIONAL SPONSORSHIP 2/6/08 | ||
| Meet Sponsor Forms 11/5/06 | ||
| MINUTES FROM POOL PLANNING MEETING 8/22/06 | ||
| MINUTES FROM POOL PLANNING MEETING 4/25/06 | ||
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