OVER 47 YEARS OF LOCAL   SWIMMING

Playing their cards right, the long course season has sped by and we find ourselves on the edge of the end-of-season championship meets. We’ve been blessed with cool nights to keep our pool water refreshing at Miller Park and the Firecracker Invitational had a record number of participants this year. Swimmers preparing to travel to Cary this week to compete in the Virginia Swimming Long Course Senior Championship include: Emily Black, Chelsea Law, Maddy Skorcz, Susanna White, Jason Brame, Andrew Cook, Nick Gorman, Phil Gorman, Carter Head, Chad Nowakowski, Kemp Pettyjohn, Travis Stauder, and Carter Watson. Next week’s Age Group Championship qualifiers include: Devin Creger, Bryan Hankey, Sean Imron, Blake Nowakowski, Blake Proffitt, David West, Logan White, Caleb Williams, Abigail Black, Sarah Fredericksen, Anna Meinke, Grace Parker, Ainsley Reed, Alyssa Reed, Deanna Rossman, Katherine Rossman, CT Skorcz, Juju Skorcz, and Amber Wingfield. We expect some of these swimmers to go on to the Zone meet in Rockville, Maryland in August to represent Virginia Swimming in their quest to defend the title. Susanna White will travel to Minneapolis the first week of August to compete in the USA Swimming Junior National Championship. And after a very exciting Olympic Trials, I am sure everyone is anxious to see what will happen in Bejing with the USA Swim Team. Will a 41 year old woman win a medal? Will Matt Grever’s TYR suit be able to compete with the Speedo LZR suit? Will Ryan Lochte kick off the wall in his 400 IM and beat Michael Phelps? Can’t wait to watch the stories out of China.

The last long course practice will be Friday, August 1st. We’ll have a nice break so that everyone can GROW before we start the new season the day after Labor Day (seniors will start, mornings only, a week earlier). Seniors and preseniors should continue to do some exercises and running during the break to avoid falling horribly out of shape, and those with shoulder problems will probably need to put in a little water time along with maintaining their shoulder exercises. Be alert to further instruction from Coach TJ.

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS WITH LY SWIMMING!