Swim Across the Sound 8/7
On Saturday August 7th Wesport Swim Club will have two relays competing in the Swim Across the Sound. If you’re interested in coming to watch the finish they said the relays will begin arriving around 2 PM at Captains Cove in Bridgeport, CT. The awards ceremony will begin at 7:00 PM, after all the swimmers have finished. We’d also like to thank all those who donated and supported our relays! Another thanks goes out to Kim and Jake for organizing everything, but it was mostly Kim.
Westport Swim Club Lane 3 - Jake Gulick (captain), Josh Usdavin, John Ellis, Jeff Schare, Andy Davis and Matthew Watson
Westport Swim Club Lane 4 - Kim Russo (captain), Susan DeRoberts, JoAnne Usdavin, Julie Usdavin, John Schwarten, and Robin Watson
August 5th, 2004 at 11:50 pm
Josh,
Thanks for the plug.
Kim
August 6th, 2004 at 6:41 pm
GOOD LUCK Westport Swim Club Relay Swimma’s!!!
You’ve trained hard & tomorrow’s the reward.
Try not to drink any dirty, LI Sound Water!
I’ll see youse guys on the Beach around 2pm!
Can’t wait to hear about your swims. Have fun! Cheryl
August 8th, 2004 at 5:41 pm
I know Josh will write up a report of the Swim Across the Sound on Monday, so I will let him fill in the facts. I just wanted to take a moment to make a few comments.
First, thanks to all my teammates from Lanes 3 AND 4….the conditions were said to be the toughest in years, but each team got the job done…Congrats. I think that our captain, Kip Watson probably had the toughest job of all, he had to drive a boat (The smallest in the fleet, desinged more for skiing than as a slow moving escort boat) thru two plus foot chop at 2.3 miles per hour or so, into a wind that made him need to steer 30 degrees just to stay on the GPS dictated navigation line, all the while trying to corral swimmers who had little idea where they were going. Nice job, Kip. I know you wish you were in the water, but we appreciate your efforts behind the wheel more than you will ever know! The Watson family really came through for us, not only in their support, but in their contribution of swimmers! Man can those kids swim!
And thanks goes to each of the guys on boat 23, you swam hard every time you got in the water, and the results speak for themselves. After over 15 miles (which probably swam more like 20 due to the conditions), we were less than a minute a mile off the winning pace set by a team of young nearly all star swimmers from the WRATS. Josh, thanks for the GPS …Jeff, well, thanks for NOT getting seasick!…Matt, thanks for the phenom swimming….John, thanks for keeping your Port Jefferson bathroom break short ! (LOL, inside joke), and Andy, thanks for the idea, recruiting, and those cool plaques! Next year guys…let’s get those WRATS!
August 9th, 2004 at 4:45 pm
Congrats to everyone who participated in the Swim! We made it! Just wanted to say a special thanks to Kim for the shirts and to Andy for the plaques. And Lane 3 thanks for switching boats w/us to help keep our sea sickness at bay!
August 15th, 2004 at 9:17 pm
Oh MY gosh! Where do I begin? I first must say that I wish I had the opportunity to thank everyone the day after while I was still riding the HIGH. I am so proud of our “Club”. We have trained hard with everyone under our fearless leader Mike who keeps us going. We had lots of support financially and emotionally to make this happen from all of you in WSC.
Lane three..very impressive! Thanks for switching boats to accomodate us. Andy, thanks for the great plaques you are a wonderful friend.
Lane 4, you guys were awesome. I hope Robbin was able to get up for camp on Sunday morning. Robbin you were truely our shining star. We could not have done it without you. Susan, Julie, Joanne, John…I can’t tell you how happy and proud I am of all of us. We really hung tough and made it happen.
It was definately more emotional and gratifying than I ever imagined. I am definately in for next year. I am looking forward to seeing you all again now that I am back. Maybe we will catch up at Wilton.
Miss you All,
Kim
May 16th, 2005 at 12:27 pm
it’s pretty crazy that Kim Russo has my name. Change your name woman! Please. Thank you. Good luck with the swim team!