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

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!

SR MEET!!

Pre-Meet

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today's meet results

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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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Vertical Kick Hot Potato!

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!

Post 100 x 100 ( max occupancy 9 )

Pics from Today's Meet

Say Cheese !

Pool at Chapman U

The Scoop: 2 cookies with a healthy scoop of ice cream. $3 = bargain!!

No Words to Describe ...

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

Landed in Denver for a bit of a layover before we head to Cali. Total fly time 3 hours 35 minutes 17 seconds

A little behind schedule, but we are on our way!

...but who's counting?

I have never been a huge counting of yards guy, but a few of the women are ... not a bad kick off to winter training!!

A Nice Afternoon Set!!

We're Baaaaaaack !!

winter training

Winter training starts  tomorrow evening with the start of some great workouts before our training trip to California!  Can't wait!!

Team HAVEN!

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Sam Curran

Samantha Curran

FR - Havertown PA

Born in Havertown PA... Graduated from Haverford HS.. Majoring in Early Childhood Education ... Parents are Carolyn & Donald Curran, has 2 sisters, Sara (14) and Julia (9) ... has 1 Rabbit, Bugs Bunny ... Dream job is to be a teacher or government worker... Lists best non-athletic talent as playing the piano  ... Hobby outside of swimming is hanging out with friends and family.

Chose LHU over West Chester

Top Collegiate Times
100 back - 1:10.45
200 back - 2:37.44
50 free - 30.26

Birthday -3/6/1993
Height -5'3"

Chose LHU of the the affordability, nice campus, good distance from home (not too close, not too far) and a chance to swim.

FAVORITES

Part about Swimming ... meeting new people and the hanging with the team
Food ...steak
Ice Cream Flavor ... chocolate
TV Show(s) ... that 70's show
Movie ...alladin
Cartoon Character ...
Actor/Actress ... John Kransinski
Pro Athlete ...nastia luken
Color ... blue
Place to Shop ... american eagle

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Erin Kury

Erin Alice Kury
FR - Lancaster PA

Born in Lancaster PA... Graduated from Lampeter Strasburg HS.. Majoring in Communications / Broadcast Journalism ... Parents are Sarah Jane & Stephen Kury, has 2 sisters, Elise (16) and Emma (8) ... has 1 Dog, Will ... Dream job is to work at a radio station.. Lists best non-athletic talent as playing the violin  ... Hobby outside of swimming is art.

Chose LHU over Susquehanna

Top Events / Times
200 im - 2:18.37
400 im -4:56.16
200 fly - 2:24.10
100 fly -1:03.65

Birthday -3/2/1993
Height -5'4"

Chose LHU because of the distance, swimming & affordability.

FAVORITES

Part about Swimming ... winning & getting best times
Food ...pasta
Ice Cream Flavor ... mint chocolate chip
TV Show(s) ... gossip girl & friends
Movie ...you've got mail
Cartoon Character ... spongebob squarepants
Actor/Actress ... tom  hanks & jennifer aniston
Pro Athlete ...natalie coughlin
Color ... green
Place to Shop ... urban outfitters

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Kristin Taylor

Kristin Taylor

SO - Dillsburg PA

Born in Harrisburg PA ... Graduated from Northern High School ... Majoring in Accounting AND Business ... Parents are Rob & Dana Taylor and Patty Taylor, has 4 siblings, Josh (23), Jamie (18), Jeremy (15), Samantha (10) ... has 5 dogs Sydney, Sam, Otmund, Sassy, Brutus, 2 cats Rose & Tommy ... Dream job is to be a pharmaceutical sales rep or an accountant ... Lists best non-athletic talent as crafts... Hobby outside of swimming spending time with family and friends, traveling.

Chose LHU over University of Massachusetts, Lycoming College, Bryant University, Mount Saint Mary's.

Top Events / Times
200 fly - 2:16.86
100 fly - 1:02.66
500 free - 5:30.73
200 free - 2:05.63

Birthday - 7/23/1992
Height - 5'3"

Chose LHU because of the campus, scenery, and the people.

Currently Holds Spots on All Time Top 5 List

200 fly (5th)

FAVORITES

Part about Swimming ... getting best times & hanging out with team
Food ... 3 cheese chicken penne
Ice Cream Flavor ...half baked (by ben & jerry's)
TV Show(s) ...friday night lights
Movie ... any harry potter
Cartoon Character ... spongebob squarepants
Actor/Actress ... michael cera
Pro Athlete ... derek jeter
Color ... yellow
Place to Shop ... forever 21

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Sam Kaleck

Samantha Kaleck

SO - Philadelphia PA

Born in Philadelphia PA... Graduated from Neshaminy HS.. Majoring in Early Childhood Education (prek-4th)... Parents are Rob & Kathleen Kaleck, has 2 brothers, Matt (15) and Joe (10) ... has 1 dog, Elivis ... Dream job is to be a professional swimmer... Lists best non-athletic talent is sleeping & guitar hero  ... Hobby outside of swimming is hanging out with friends and family.

Chose LHU over West Chester and Temple

Top Events / Times
100 free - 1:02.41
200 free - 2:14.73
500 free - 5:57.20

Birthday -8/21/1992
Height -5'0"

Chose LHU of the location and awesome major.

FAVORITES

Part about Swimming ... is the push towards the goals
Food ...pickles & pork roll
Ice Cream Flavor ... Mint Chocolate Chip
TV Show(s) ... Phineas & Ferb,
Movie ... Stepbrothers
Cartoon Character ...Tweety bird
Actor/Actress ... Jennifer Aniston & Adam Sandler
Pro Athlete ...
Color ... orange or yellow
Place to Shop ... forever 21

Post Lifting Kicking

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Kaitlyn Druby

Kaitlyn Druby

SO - Palmyra PA

Born in Harrisburg PA... Graduated from Bishop McDevitt... Majoring in Psychology ... Parents are Rich & Maryellen, has 4 siblings, Richard (17), Coleen (15), Kelly (13), Brian (11) ... has 2 cats, Jaws & Smokey, 1 dog Minka ... Dream job is to be Child Life Specialist... Lists best non-athletic talent is Singing  ... Hobby outside of swimming is hanging out with friends

Chose LHU over Penn State Altoona & Weidner.

Top Events / Times
100 breast - 1:13.03
200 breast - 2:38.29
200 IM - 2:23.00
100 fly - 1:04.08

Birthday -7/7/1992
Height -5'9"

Chose LHU of the small campus and how pretty it is.

FAVORITES

Part about Swimming ... are the friendships
Food ...french fries
Ice Cream Flavor ...chocolate
TV Show(s) ... criminal minds
Movie ... hercules
Cartoon Character ... aladian
Actor/Actress ... Taylor Lautner
Pro Athlete ... DeSean Jackson
Color ... blue/green
Place to Shop ... american eagle

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Ciara Conklin

Ciara Conklin

SO - Washingtonville, NY

Born in Goshen, NY... Graduated from Washingtonville High School... Majoring in Sports Adminstration ... Parents are Trish & Butch Conklin, has 1 sister Caitlin (21) ... has 2 dogs, Maggie & Harley, 1 cat Blarney & 1 fish Anne Frank ... Dream job is to be Special Education teacher ... Lists best non-athletic talent is Laughing  ... Hobby outside of swimming is shopping.

Chose LHU over Slippery Rock & CW Post.

Top Events / Times
100 breast - 1:13.76
200 breast - 2:42.79

Birthday - 11/20/1992
Height -5'10"

Chose LHU because of the swim team

FAVORITES

Part about Swimming ... finishing a race
Food ...pizza & chicken
Ice Cream Flavor ...vanilla
TV Show(s) ... jersey shore
Movie ... Remember the Titans
Cartoon Character ... Tweety Bird
Actor/Actress ... Taylor Lautner
Pro Athlete ... Michael Phelps
Color ... Pink
Place to Shop ... forever 21

Texas Wheels

Welcome Back Mr Jump Rope

Updates

Top Times click HERE
Top Relay splits click HERE
Top Relay Times click HERE

School Records click HERE
Pool Records click HERE
All Time Top 5 click HERE

(look on the right column for the PSAC team)

Swimmer Spotlight ~ Kristen Capretti

Kristen Capretti
SO - Lebanon PA

Born in Harrisburg PA... Graduated from Cedar Crest HS ... Majoring in Bio-Chem ... Parents are Tony Capretti & Lisa Simpson, has 2 brothers Derek (16) & Nick (15) and 1 sister Amber (19)  ... has1 dog, Jack and 1 cat, Marshy... Dream job is to be a stay at home mom ... Lists best non-athletic talent as painting fingernails & toenails  ... Hobby outside of swimming is watching movies. .

Chose LHU over Lebanon Valley College.

Top Events / Times
50 free - 24.79
100 free - 55.48
200 free - 2:04.36

Birthday - 8-14-1992
Height -5'7"

Chose LHU because it is a great school for her major.

Currently School Record Holder

400 freestyle relay

FAVORITES

Part about Swimming ... is the team
Food ...ice cream
Ice Cream Flavor ...moose tracks
TV Show(s) ...America's Got Talent
Movie ...The Proposal
Cartoon Character ... Dumbo
Actor/Actress ... Ryan Renolds
Pro Athlete ... Ryah Lochte
Color ...Lime Green
Place to Shop ... American Eagle

The Pain has Begun

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