Team BBQ & Pool Party

Saturday June 26th at 3pm we are having a Team BBQ & Pool Party at the Paramount Pool & gathering area. Team will provide Meat & Buns for grilling. This party is BYOB. (lets avoid glass containers) We encourage guest to bring their significant other, friends & family. We will need to provide the building security a full guest list. If you are planning to go, please RSVP by email or on the facebook event page.

We will ask everyone attending to give a donation of $5-$10 to cover the Paramount's non-reimbursable rental fee, Meat & Buns for the grilling. You can give your donations to Teresa or Bruce. You are welcomed to bring side & deserts to share as we have done in other group functions. Spread the word around and encourage your fellow team members to join.

Hope to see everyone there!

Summer news

Lets encourage each other to come out for practice this summer. Whether you’re going to USMS Long Course Nationals in Puerto Rico or not, you should be coming to practice.

Last weekend, Kathleen represented MOO at the Bumpy Jones Classic in Sarasota and swam many lifetime bests. We are planning to attend St. Pete Meet in July. Keep in mind that that meet is the weekend of July 10-11 and that entries need to be postmarked by July 1st. That’s only two weeks away!

Closer on the horizon is the MOO BBQ & Pool Party at the Paramount in Downtown Orlando. You will need to sign up for this one, so let Teresa, Maria or myself know that you are coming. And, remember, it’s a pool party. Please be prepared to get wet – bathing suit or not.

Swimmer of the Month- May 2010

Congratulations to our swimmer of the month John Jackson. He has been swimming with MOO since September of 2008! Click here to learn more about John.

Hurricane Man Results

Moo team showed some courage on Saturday during the Hurricane Man & Pass a grille Open water challenge. The ocean was a little rough and wild life was spoted by swimmers through the race. Congratulations to Sean McCormack for winning the 2.4 overall for the mens. See Results.

In the 1K swim Teresa Szakos took 1st place in her age group. Bruce took 2nd in his age group. In the 2k Ryan Hill rook 4th in her age group, Kathleen took 3rd in her age group, Mark Fedorchak took 2nd and Arni took 3rd in their age group. Sean McCormack took 1st place in the race with a time of 48:06. Sean McClean took 12th and Steve Laugen took 13th out of 22 in their age group. Great Job MOO!!!

YMCA song

Some MOO swimmers showed their choreography skills Saturday Morning during the Village People YMCA song. Great team spirit was shown by John Schrantz as the construction worker, Sean McCormack as the Indian, Aaron and Sean McClean as the cowboys, and Steve as the sailor/ ring leader. John Jackson made an appearance as the young man recruited to the YMCA, while the MOO Moms joined in for the dancing on deck.

2010 YMCA nationals Results

Friday Team Picture
Saturday Team Picture
Central Florida Y team placed 5th overall with 1,301 points. Women placed 6th with 561points, Men placed 5th with 660 point. GREAT JOB SWIMMERS!!! See results per event here. Full meet results here.

Y Nationals 2010 Pysch & Heat Sheet

To view YMCA SCY Nationals Pysch Sheet click here.
To view YMCA SCY Nationals Heat Sheet click here.

Dixie Zone Results

Moo had a great turn out of swimmers and cheerleaders for the Dixie Zone championships at the Aquatic Center. Great job MOO swimmers! For results click here.

Dixie Zone Championships

Team,

This weekend is the Dixie Zone Championships at the Aquatic Center. If you are not swimming come to support your team. Meet starts Friday with the mile at 5:45pm. We have a couple of MOO's swimming the 66 lap race. Saturday Meet starts at 10am and Sunday's sessions starts at 9am.

Swimmer of the Month- March 2010

Congratulations to our swimmer of the month for March- Erin Crabtree! Erin has been swimming with MOO since Y nationals of 2008. Erin also coaches kids swimming at the I drive YMCA in her free time. Click here to learn more about Erin.

Swimmer of the Month- Feb 10

Congratulations to John Schrantz our Swimmer of the month. John has been swimming with MOO since 2007. He is always the life of the party, and a great swimmer too. Always willing to swim the fly in a relay!!! Click here to learn more about John.

Great turnout at Daytona!!!

We had 25 swimmers compete at Daytona Saturday. That’s a great start to this year’s Short Course Yards season. Final results are located on the Florida Swimming website www.dixiezone.org under Results, 2010. (click here) I was very pleased with your swims and can now make proper adjustments to practice. Speaking of which, the air may be cold, but the water is warm. I swam yesterday afternoon and although the air was cool, the water felt great.

I want to share with you some preliminary information regarding Y Nationals. First of all, they are being held in Ft. Lauderdale, April 15-19. Meet packets will be available to you this week. But, hotel rooms are going pretty fast. Following is information from MOO Mom, Kathy, who did some further checking.

My contact person was Carolina 954-660-1160 at the Best Western, Ft. Lauderdale. (this is her direct number there). She is taking care of the swim teams coming in. We have to speak directly with her to get the better rate.

I got a better rate for the meet. (2) Queen Beds in room for 3 night minimum stay is $106.00 Thursday, $115, Friday and $115 Saturday. King bed is $116 Thursday, $125 Friday and $125 Saturday. It may be a bit more for 2 nights but These rooms are filling up soon.

Talk to your teammates about sharing rooms and carpooling. It will save lots of money. And again, more information regarding Y Nationals will be provided to you this week - including the entry packet.

Dixie Zone top 10

This past swim year a couple of our team members placed in the top 10 within the Dixie zone. Congratulations to all swimmers!!!

MOO Women in Dixie Zone Top 10 in 2009:
Natalie Burns (SCM 50 breast)
Teresa Szakos (SCY 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 fly, 100 fly, 100 IM/ LCM 400 free, 100 back)
Shannon McCormack (SCM 50 free, 100 free, 50 breast, 100 IM)
Erin Crabtree (SCY 200 back/ SCM 100 breast, 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 fly, 100 IM, 200 IM)
Ryan Hall (SCY 200 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, 400 IM)
Kathleen Fitzgerald (SCY 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 1000 free, 50 back, 100 back, 200 back/ SCM 50 free, 400 free, 50 back, 100 back /LCM 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 50 back, 100 back)
Ana Rolon (SCM 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, 100 IM/ LCM 100 free, 200 IM)

MOO Men in Dixie Zone Top 10 in 2009:
Sean McCormack (SCY 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 50 back, 200 back, 200 fly, 100 IM, 200 IM, 400 IM/ LCM 400 free, 100 back)
John Jackson (SCY 100 free, 200 free/ LCM 50 free, 100 fly, 200 IM/ SCM 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 IM)
John Schrantz (SCY 200 free, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM/ LCM 100 fly, 200 IM)
Colin Schneider (SCY 200 breast)
Kirby Bell (SCY 50 breast, 200 breast)
Steve Laugan (LCM 50 back, 50 fly/ SCM 50 free, 50 back, 50 fly, 400 IM)
Sean McClean (SCM 200 back)
Wayne Baker (SCY 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast)
Thomas Seibert (SCM 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 IM, 200 IM)

Top 10 relays
SCY 200 free relay
1:33.08 Colin Schneider, John Schrantz, John Jackson, Sean McCormack

SCY 200 IM relay
1:47.78 Sean McCormack, Colin Schneider, John Jackson, John Schrantz

SCY 200 mixed free relay
1:41.82 John Schrantz, Teresa Szakos, Ryan Hall, Sean McCormack

SCY 200 mixed IM relay
1:55.23 Teresa Szakos, Ryan Hall, John Schrantz, Sean McCormack

SCM 200 free relay
2:19.04 Shannon McCormack, Erin Crabtree, Ana Rolon, Kathleen Fitzgerald
2:53.84 Dawn Abel, Jill Kilsgaard, Kathy von Dohlen, Maria Gonzalez
2:00.85 John Jackson, Thomas Seibert, Sean McClean, Glenn Kirk

SCM 200 IM relay
2:44.25 Kathleen Fitzgerald, Shannon McCormack, Erin Crabtree, Natalie Burns
3:18.20 Dawn Abel, Maria Gonzalez, Ana Rolon, Starlene Burns

SCM 200 mixed free relay
1:56.24 Steven Laugen, John Jackson, Erin Crabtree, Shannon McCormack
2:24.72 Sean McClean, Thomas Seibert, Dawn Abel, Jill Kilsgaard
2:39.10 Chandler Crownover, Mark Behrens, Kathy von Dohlen, Maria Gonzalez

SCM 200 mixed IM relay
2:22.28 Erin Crabtree, Shannon McCormack, John Jackson, Steven Laugen
2:51.18 Dawn Abel, Thomas Seibert, Ana Rolon, Chandler Crownover

LCM 200 free relay
2:45.12 Kathleen Fitzgerald, Ana Rolon, Dawn Abel, Kathy von Dohlen

LCM 200 IM relay
3:28.49 Dawn Abel, Maria Gonzalez, Ana Rolon, Kathy von Dohlen
2:19.10 John Schrantz, Sean McCormack, Teresa Szakos, Kathleen Fitzgerald

For Full results & times:
women’s SCY top ten
women’s SCM top ten
women’s LCM top ten
men’s SCY top ten
men’s SCM top ten
men’s LCM top ten
SCY Relays top ten
SCM Relays top ten
LCM Relays top ten