Archive for the 'General' Category

Split Calculator

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005

I found this neat spreadsheet calculator that allows you to enter cumulative split times and the spreadsheet calculates the intermediate split times for you. This comes in handy if you want to calculate your split times from the One Hour Postal Swim.
There are two other neat Excel tools that could be found on the [...]

Arnie Green Memorial Service

Sunday, December 26th, 2004

There will be a memorial service for Arnie Green on January 14, 2005, at Westport YMCA at 7:30 P.M. I hope those of you who knew Arnie will be able to join us.
Coach Mike

Interesting read

Sunday, December 5th, 2004

Burnett’s NCAA/US Open Record in the 200 Free Highlights Day 2 of the Texas Invite

Sign-up for upcoming meets

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

If you’re planning on attending the Yonkers Masters Yard Fall Swim Invitational entries must be received by Friday Oct. 29th. All 50-100-200 yard events will be swum, including the 200 medley and 200 free relays.

Phelps on Leno tonight

Monday, October 4th, 2004

Eight-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps will appear on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, Oct. 4. The Late Show will air 11:35 p.m. ET.
Phelps to appear on Leno

Interesting articles

Friday, September 24th, 2004

Below are some interesting links I found, and also some information from the recent USMS convention in Orlando, FL.

SWIM Magazine Stunned; USMS Leadership Questioned
2004 USMS Convention
Television Coverage of Short Course World Championships (9/23/2004)
Coach reflects on Phelps’ golden summer
In the Water: Masters World Champ Nadine Day

9/11 Practice

Friday, September 10th, 2004

Practice this Saturday 9/11 will be at Staples High School from 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM. Jared will be bringing along an approximate 4000 meter workout.
Also remember Sunday 9/12 is the Westport Kiwanis Triathlon and they will have race day entries.

Update on Dave and Marcy’s Triple Crossing of the English Channel

Thursday, September 9th, 2004

ENGLISH CHANNEL, Atlantic Ocean, September 7. JUST days after Marcy MacDonald was pulled out of the water with an injury, over two-thirds of the way toward her quest to “Triple Cross” the Channel this summer, it seems a good time to check-up on the plans of the swimmer who had initially planned to “Triple” with [...]

More photos added

Wednesday, September 1st, 2004

I added more new photos to the Swim Across the Sound photo gallery, including the one on the left of Jake celebrating with the champagne bottle while accepting our 2nd place award.
I also added the 2003 YMCA Masters National Swimming Meet photos to the gallery. 2004 YMCA Masters National Swimming Meet pictures will be [...]

Morning swims at Compo Beach

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

Andy Davis posted this earlier in a comment but for those of you who missed it…
Morning swims at Compo have been a lot of fun (ok, at least fun when it’s over). For any of you “crack of dawn” types, these guys & gals (mostly hard core triathletes) will be swimming Monday, Wednesday and Friday [...]