SC Provincials a Success

It was a great finish to the short course season. We had best times from everyone in the group. Our 11-12 boys of Matt, Kevin and Ryan represented us very well with many podium swims. Everyone of them is inching closer and closer to the 13 and under Age Group National Standard in many events. Kevin placed top 3 in the 800 free, 50-200 Back as well as 400 IM. Matt was top three in the 50-100-200 Breast and 1500 Free. Ryan was third in the 200 Fly. All three boys made second swims in every event they raced over the weekend and made consistent improvements throughout the weekend.

Also at the meet on the weekend were Josie and Sarah in the 11-12 girls, Robyn and Jasmin in the 13-14 girls and Brendan, Liam and Connor in the 13-14 Boys. Josie saw small drops in the events that she swam at B's to qualify to get to the meet. Sarah saw best times in the 100, 1500 Free and 200 Back. Robyn made big drops in the 200 Back and 400 IM as well as a best time in the 800 Free. Jasmin had a great 400 IM, taking the 100 Fly out in a best time by almost 10 seconds to break the 120 mark with a 117! Exciting for future butterfly events! Liam saw best times in the 800 Free, 400 IM, and 50 Fly. Connor swam in his last meet of the season and saw a huge best time in the 200 fly as well as a best time in the 100 Breast, and 100 Fly! Brendan had best times in all but one of his swims on the weekend and is showing better splitting abilities in all of his races.

Way to go Senior Development!



I saw huge improvements from everyone in the group and look forward to the upcoming long course season.

Team Alberta

Congrats to Ryan and Kevin for making Team North for the Alberta North South Training Camp and Dual Meet April 10-11, 2009 at NAIT. Way to go boys!

"Confidence is Contagious."

Pass it on! Great swims bring other great swims. Work as a team and great things will happen.

Time Trial

Liam took off 5 seconds in his 200 Fly on Saturday to swim well under the A time. He is now a 2:50 in the 200 Fly and off to A's.

Way to go Liam!

Results from Nationals

Day One ended with Nadine finishing 10th overall in the 1500 with a best time of 16:53.18 taking off over 20 seconds in a close race.
Day Two we had Mike Clarke in action in the mens 800. Mike was successful in requalifying for Nationalsplacing 30th in 8:30.57.
Day Three saw Nadine swim to 25th in the 400 Free breaking the 4:20 mark for the first time and taking almost4 seconds off her best time. Mike is also swimming the 400 Free.He finished 51st Spring Nationals
Day Four saw Nadine swim to a 8:51 taking off 9 seconds from her best time and finishing 14th.

Both Mike and Nadine swim the 5 Km event on Day Five.

New from the Pool:
World Record for Annamay Pierse at 2009 Spring Nationals Edmonton, Alberta's Annamay Pierse broke the World Record in the women's 200 metre breaststroke. The new WORLD RECORD is now set at 2:17.50 shaving 25/100 off the old record set back in 2003 by Australia's Leisel Jones.

Also numerous Age Group National and National short course records were set.

You Are Creating Your Future Results - Right Now -Craig Townsend

Believe it or not, the way you practice today is going to have a direct result upon your results in the near future.

• Put in a solid, consistent and enthusiastic practice session each day, as much as possible - which your subconscious will record for your future races.
• Visualize regularly the exact result you want to achieve in your races, as this creates positive 'programs' within your mind for your body to follow.
• Make sure your thoughts, words and emotions are positive - 99% of the time, as the body is greatly affected by your emotional state.

This means that 'today' DOES affect what will happen tomorrow - and what you do today in practice will make a difference to your meets in a few week's time, so don't waste the opportunity you have right now, at this very moment. If you truly want positive results in future, create positive habits in your training that will echo throughout your meets in future. In essence, I am saying you must become the person (now) you wish to be (later). Don't wait and just hope it will happen, MAKE it happen - and this means you have to work with in the 'now' - and that means today's training session.