Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Haven Invite

We have a pretty good meet set up for our last meet of the regular season! 

Order of events will be as follows:

500 free
200 im
50 free
100 back
(break)

100 fly
200 free
100 breast
400 im
(break)

100 free
200 breast
200 fly
200 back
(break)

1000/1650 free
(break)

Then we will swim again as finals ... followed by time trials as requested.  We won't keep team scores as we are more worried about performances at this meet. 

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Carley Nitchie

Carley Nitchie
FR - Bel Air MD

Born in Bel Air MD.. Graduated from Bel Air High School.. Majoring in Exploratory Studies ... Parents are George & Linda Nitchie , has 2 sisters, Haley (20) & Macey (15)... has 1 dog, Keegan ... Dream job is to be athletic trainer for Baltimore Ravens ... Lists best non-athletic talent as taking naps  ... Hobby outside of swimming is boating with my family.

Chose LHU over Washington College.

Top Events / Times
50 free - 25.01
100 free - 55.95
200 free - 2:09.60

Birthday -10/12/1993
Height -5'8"

Chose LHU because of the location, cost and swim team.

FAVORITES
Part about Swimming ... are the meets
Food ... crabs
Ice Cream Flavor ... vanilla
TV Show(s) ... keeping up with the kardashians, pretty little liars
Movie ... the proposal
Cartoon Character ... minnie mouse
Actor/Actress ... sandra bullock
Pro Athlete ... joe flacco
Color ...blue
Place to Shop ... forever 21

Sunday, January 29, 2012

final results

click HERE to view the www.GOLHU.com press release ... (full results at the bottom of the article)

Friday, January 27, 2012

night 1

real quick post ... 3 NEW psac qualifiers tonight!! (side column updated)

Sarah Navarro ~ 200 im
Erin Kury ~ 200 fly
Abby Miller ~ 200 free

what a great start to the weekend ... we have never had more than 9 qualifiers (2011) coming into the weekend we had 9 ... so we have exceeded our record number of individual qualifiers ... AND we still have some more capable of getting there!

we also had some pretty decent time drops in other events ... can't wait to see some more fast swimming tomorrow!

All checked in...

Giving the women about an hour to get situated and relaxed before we head over to the pool for warm up ...

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everyone watching the movie!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Taylor Mutschler

Taylor Mutschler
FR - Bethel Park PA

Born in PA... Graduated from Bethel Park High School ... Majoring in Early Childhood Education... Parents are Michelle Conrad & Mike Mutschler, has 1 sister, Mallory (17) and 1 brother, Bo (8)... has 2 Dogs, Jessi & Reilley ... Dream job is to be a teacher ... Lists best non-athletic talent was not answered  ... Hobby outside of swimming is reading.

Chose LHU over University of Pittsburgh-Bradford.

Top Events / Times
100 breast ~ 1:10.88
100 fly ~ 1:03.79
200 im ~ 2:20.18

Birthday -9/24/1992
Height -5'2"

Chose LHU because of the swim team and the education program.

FAVORITES
Part about Swimming ... competing.
Food ...meatloaf
Ice Cream Flavor ... cookie dough
TV Show(s) ... ghost adventures & cake boss
Movie ... dragonfly
Cartoon Character ... not answered
Actor/Actress ... not answered
Pro Athlete ... amanda beard
Color ...blue
Place to Shop ... american eagle

OFFICIAL PSAC WEBPAGE

click HERE

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

3 Meets in 2 Days

Headed to CAL U on Friday for our annual Dual Meet Challenge.  3 Dual meets in 2 days ...

Here are our opponents / order of events.

Friday v. mansfield ~ 5pm
200 free relay 
1000 free 
200 im
50 back
100 breast
200 fly
200 free

Saturday v. chatham ~ 10am 
200 med relay 
400 im
100 back
200 breast
50 fly
100 free
800 free relay

Saturday v. cal ~ 3:30pm  
400 med relay
500 free
200 back
50 breast
100 fly
50 free
100 im
400 free relay

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Allie Muha

Allyson Muha
FR - Millersville MD

Born in Baltimore MD ... Graduated from Serverna Park Sr High School.. Majoring in Pre-Physician Assistant ... Parents are Keith & Diane Muha, has 1 sister,Katie (21)... has 2 cats, Chocolate Milk & Magic ... Dream job is to be Taylor Swifts Tour photographer ... Lists best non-athletic talent as playing the Photography  ... Hobby outside of swimming is napping.

Chose LHU over no other schools

Currently Holds Spots on All Time Top 5 List
1000 free (2nd)
1650 freee (3rd)

Top Events / Times
500 free ~ 5:19.46
1000 free ~ 11:04.26
1650 free ~18:41.75
200 fly ~ 2:13.34

Birthday -5/23/1993
Height -5'8"

Chose LHU because of swimming & the PA program

FAVORITES
Part about Swimming ... is the team
Food ...anything mom makes
Ice Cream Flavor ... mint chocolate chip
TV Show(s) ... the bachelorette
Movie ... a cinderella story
Cartoon Character ... chuckie finster
Actor/Actress ... reese witherspoon
Pro Athlete ... joe flacco
Color ...purple
Place to Shop ... american eagle

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Abby Miller

Abigail Elizabeth Adams
FR - Levittown PA

Born in PA... Graduated from Neshaminy HS.. Majoring in Marine Bio ... Parents are Jeff and Paula Miller , has 1 sister, Elizabeth (13)... has 2 Dogs, Murphey & Echo ... Dream job is to be a something not listed on the questionnaire! ... Lists best non-athletic talent as playing the flute  ... Hobby outside of swimming is playing soccer.

Chose LHU over University of Rhode Island

Top Events / Times
50 free ~ 25.48
100 free ~ 54.35
200 free ~ 1:59.63

Birthday -1/2/1993
Height -5'6 1/2"

Chose LHU because of the location, major and the swim team.

FAVORITES
Part about Swimming ... is the team
Food ...buffalo chicken dip
Ice Cream Flavor ... reeses peanut butter cup
TV Show(s) ... the office
Movie ... Steal Magnolias
Cartoon Character ... tweety bird
Actor/Actress ... sarah jessica parker
Pro Athlete ... christiano ranaldo
Color ...yellow
Place to Shop ... forever 21

Monday, January 23, 2012

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Emilee Mallams

Emilee Nicole Mallams
FR - Ashland PA

Born in Reading PA... Graduated from TriValley HS.. Majoring in Health Science / Pre-PA ... Parents are DJ & Joyce Mallams, has 2 sibling, Kylie (10) ... has 1 cat, socks ... Dream job is to be a trainer for the Miami Dolphins... Lists best non-athletic talent as mutli-tasking & napping  ... Hobby outside of swimming is running & reading.

Chose LHU over Drexel, Gannon & Marywood.

Top Events / Times
200 im ~ 2:16.62
100 back ~ 1:02.82
200 back ~ 2:17.80
100 breast ~ 1:10.51

Birthday -11/12/1992
Height -5'1"

Chose LHU because of the campus atmosphere, PA program and the swim team.

FAVORITES
Part about Swimming ... meets, end of the season championships & the team.
Food ...seafood & italian
Ice Cream Flavor ... black raspberry
TV Show(s) ... four weddings
Movie ...just go with it
Cartoon Character ... arnold from hey arnold!
Actor/Actress ... adam sandler
Pro Athlete ...jason taylor
Color ... aqua blue
Place to Shop ... forever 21

TEAM Haven

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Friday / Saturday Racing ... SR Meet.

A nice win friday against Juanita College with our women swimming some off events!  Click HERE to view the full results.

Saturday was an emotional, intense day of racing against Kutztown University.  We honored our 7 graduating seniors...



(click each name to re-read their swimmer spotlight)

Kasey Blesh
Sam Durham
Nicole Faulstick
Janel Kinard
Rachel Vagnoni
Jenna Brooks
Sarah Navarro

We also teamed with Kutztown again this year, wearing special LHU / KU purple white caps AND we collect donations for Pancreatic Cancer Research at our dual meet and at the men's basketball game.

Here is a great shot of Britt Rehrig sporting the special cap...(the other side has the LHU logo)

We had some great races but ended up just 6 points shy of the win...click HERE to view the full results.  Our TEAM has come a long way this year, and I am incredibility proud of the way we raced, the way we cheered, the way we battled through.  We still have a few more meets to go and I can't wait to see just how well our TEAM does as we finish up the 2011 - 2012 season!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

Pre-Meet




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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Big Win Today!

We started today at 8am going for about 55 minutes as a bit of a wake up ... Then we got on the road shortly after 9:45am.

We had a quick sheetz pit stop outside of Harrisburg (which also served as the wake up call ... With an hour to go in the drive it is the perfect time to wake up, and stay awake)

Lady Gaga (aka kasey blesh) got us even more awake as we pulled into Millersville.

Team had a great warm up getting used to different walls and weird blocks.

I was quite pleased with our over all racing today ... Everyone had 3 events and they all were swum in just over 60 minutes (including 2 - 10 min breaks).

A decent quickly served dinner at 2 cousins restaurant, an we got on our way.

We have 1 workout tomorrow and 2 thursday before our next meet Friday and again on Saturday.

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On the road to Millersville ... First movie up THE TOWN

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Monday, January 9, 2012

Pre Tower of Terror

My face ( with kasey and nicole) of Space Mountain

Faces of Space Mountain
















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Today's Adventure!

Huntington Beach Sunset

A lot to catch up on ...

Really busy couple of days here in California.

Previously posted a few pictures from the meet ... but here are the official meet results.  click HERE

After the meet we went to Freebirds World Burrito ... which I know very well from my time working the UT swim camp in Austin-Texas.  Amazing...hoping to have a freebirds experience blog post in the upcoming days (as well as in-n-out burger).  We spent last night on Hollywood Blvd ... really neat experience, battling traffic to get down and see some really cool sights.  Also, had my first Crumbs bakery cupcake!!

This morning we did 100 x 100's ... here is how we did them:
2 @ 2:00 oyo
2 @ 1:55 oyo
2 @ 1:50 oyo
2 @ 1:45 oyo
2 @ 1:40 oyo
2 @ 1:35 oyo
2 @ 1:30 oyo
2 @ 1:25 oyo
2 @ 1:20 oyo

5 @ 1:30 (25 fly / 75 fr bu)
5 @ 1:30 (25 ba / 75 fr bu)
5 @ 1:35 (25 br / 75 fr bu)

5 @ 1:30 (25 fr / 50 br fast / 25 fr)
5 @ 1:30 (25 fr / 50 ba fast / 25 fr)
5 @ 1:30 (25 fr / 50 fl fast / 25 fr)

22 - odds 100 AO kick @ 2:00
     - evens 100 @ 1:20/1:30

5 @ 1:20/1:25 free
5 @ 1:10/ 1:15 /1:20 free
2 @ 2:00 ez

5 @ 1:40 AO choice
3 @ 2:00 AO kick flutter
4 @ fastest interval possible
1 @ 2:00 ez

2 @ 2:00 AO max effort from block!
3 @ 5 rest WD

After practice we road tripped to Huntington Beach with a lunch stop at In-n-Out Burger (monster style fries!) on the way.  The women had some chilly beach time followed by some shopping ... we enjoyed some smores and a beautiful sunset on the beach before heading to Kim's Aunt, Uncle and Cousin's house for homemade brick oven pizza and some chili ... what a treat!!

Tomorrow is Disney day ...

I will try to get some pictures and blog posts up throughout the day!

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Tacos/Fajitas at Fred's in Huntington Beach

A Pretty Nice Place to Swim




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Last first training trip practice




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More "supplies" by the way we are practicing today 2-4pm



#1 swim fan needs sunglasses (with mama Milstead)



Supply Run

greetings from sunny WARM california!

We made it...all in one piece, all luggage too.  Frontier Airlines gave us a pretty decent ride out west ... the $6 direct TV in the back of the headrests is a nice feature.  I'd give them a D minus when it comes to customer service (although Shannon Milstead would probably grade a little higher based on her getting free TV for holding the oxygen mask for the flight attendant on our first flight)

Hotel is respectable ... it's no Ron Jon Resort, but should give us a good week.  Only snafu ... I was under the impression there was laundry facilities in the rooms, but looks like there are laundry facilities on the premises.  Going to give the breakfast a shot this morning and hope it doesn't dissappoint.  We are going on a supply run at 9:30 and have our first workout this afternoon at 2pm.

(quick side note, fun hearing horror stories from our counter parts training in 30 and 40 degree weather in Florida!! We lucked out!!)

High of 86 today ... 1 degree off the record set in 1902

Landed in Cali!! 1 hour 51 minutes 6 seconds