PRACTICE CHANGES:
Practice changes will be posted here on a regular basis as they arise
Summer League parents please remember to check the Southeast MIssouri Swim Conference website for the latest meet information, maps and results.
SUMMER SCHEDULE:
Monday - Friday
- Seniors and Group 1: 7-9am
- Groups 2 & 3: 9-10:30am
- Summer League: 9-10:30am
Coming Up
- July 19 - Summer League at Scott City - Info
- July 23 - Picture day at the pool, starting at 8am
- July 24 - Summer League Banquet, Lynwood Baptist Church
- July 26 - Summer League Championships at Jackson - Info
- July 25-27 - USA Long Course Championships at Carbondale - Info - Psych Sheet
Summer League parents please remember to check the Southeast MIssouri Swim Conference website for the latest meet information, maps and results.
PRACTICE VIDEOS - The Gator Coaching Staff is trying to make it easier for our swimmers, parents and satellite programs to understand the basic drills we do for each stroke. The drills and turns are briefly demonstrated by Coach Steve. There is normal speed and soon we will have it in slow motion. I hope this helps our Gator family and all those visitors to the website. View the videos here! - Coach Steve. |
Please visit gatorswimteam.net for Gator-only access (year-round USA swimmers only) to USA meet signups, workouts, forums, GatorGrams, USA Swimming news feeds and more. Please continue to check this site for practice changes, announcements, Gator meet entries and meet results and Summer League information.
Last Update:
Friday, July 18, 2008 2:00 PM
SUMMER LEAGUE DATES TO REMEMBER
- July 23 - Wednesday starting at 8am PICTURE DAY!
- July 24 - Thursday Night: 6-8pm at Lynwood Baptist Church - Summer League Banquet
Cost: FREE!
The team will provide the chicken you need to bring a dish.
A thru L: Side Dish
M thru Z: Dessert
Tea and Lemonade will be provided
Come and have fun. Awards will be given out and we will discuss year-round swimming
- RSVP: to Laura Brown by Monday July 21!
GABBY VIEIRA achieved six new Top-16 (NRT) times in one meet, a new all-time mark for a Gator swimmer, at the SEAHAWK INVITATIONAL held July 10-12 in Louisville. Meet highlights and results are now online here. Gabby won high point for her Girls 9-10 age group and also broke two long-standing Ozark records. Congratulations, Gabby! Gabby, Austin Hobbs and Kyleigh Troxel achieved new Gator records at the meet, and Gators had nineTop-8 finishers.
SUSAN BETH SCOTT has claimed another world record, this time at the Can-Am Championships for Swimmers with a Disability held July 11-13 in Victoria, British Columbia. Her time in the S10 800m freestyle was 9:40.00. She smashed the old record, which had stood since 1995, by nearly two seconds. Scott's time was also good for new American and PanAmerican records. See the wrapup here: 2008 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team Makes Strong Statement at Can-Am Championships
GATOR ASST. COACH DEBBIE FRANKLIN talks about competitive swimming as an adult on KFVS-12. Links on the KFVS sports section also feature video clips on Susan Beth Scott's ESPY nomination and Kyleigh and Kristian Troxel. Be sure to have a look! View Debbie's interview here.
SHIRTS FOR SALE - I have New Gator Mom T-shirts and tanks for sale $10 each, Gator Granny shirts $10 each, New Gator Guy shirts (real cute) for $10 each I also have Summer League yellow Gator shirts for sale at $10 each. If your child has not picked up their Summer League Gator shirt please call or email me and I will put one back! Thanks - Laura Brown
VOTE FOR SUSAN BETH! - Exciting news! Susan Beth Scott has been nominated for an ESPY award for the Top Female Athlete with a Disability in the country. ESPN will fly her to LA for the red carpet program on July 16. Her teammate, Philip Scholz, was also nominated in the male category. Please show your support by going to the ESPN website and voting on the ESPYs. Voting ends July 12. Here's a PDF of the entire ballot. See also: Local swimmer earns nomination for ESPY award (Southeast Missourian, 7-3-08)
THE 2008 OLYMPIC TRIALS are June 29-July 6 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb. Gator grad Steffan Troxel is swimming the 1500 free. Good luck, Steffan!! More info here. Check out the new video widget to watch the events you may have missed!
BINGO WORLD UPDATE - Check your calendars and mark your spot!! Please contact Jena Mabry if you can work! It's just a 3-hour commitment (5-8 pm) and the team earns $100.
- July 11: Laura Brown, Jena Mabry, Ellen Schmidt, Amy McDonald
- July 25: Laura Brown, Jena Mabry, Heidi Elder (NEED 1 MORE)
- August 8: Liz Maguire (NEED 3 MORE)
- August 22: Michelle Hobbs, Liz Magure, and Keen Beck (NEED 1 MORE)
MINUTES from the Gator Parent Meeting held June 4, 2008, are available here (pdf).
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Seahawk Invitational - Meet Highlights
The Gator Swim Team finished 7th place overall with 230 points. Gator swimmers made the most out of the opportunity, putting the team at the top in number of points per athlete (19.17) and number of points per entry (2.21). Our swimmers improved over their seed times in 61 out of the 95 races swum during the meet (64% improvement). Gator Results - Full Results
New Ozark Records: Congratulations to Gabby Vieira for breaking two long-standing Ozark LSC records: the Girls 9-10 50 LC Meter Butterfly (from 1998) with a new time of 33.18, and the 200 LC Meter Freestyle (from 1992) with a new time of 2:26.07. Click here to see the Ozark Records page.
High Point:
- Gabby Vieira got first place overall in the Girls 9-10 age group with 82 points.
- Austin Hobbs got second place overall in the Boys 9-10 age group with 76 points.
Top-8 Finishes:
- Bridget Hale: 8th place in the Girls 13-14 200 LC Meter Backstroke.
- Allison Hobbs: 4th place in the Girls 13-14 400 Freestyle.
- Austin Hobbs: 1st places in the Boys 9-10 200 Freestyle, 50 Breast and 200 IM; 2nd places in the 50 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Fly and 100 Free; and 4th place in the 100 Back.
- Morgan Maguire: 5th place in the Girls 11-12 400 Freestyle.
- Ramsey Scott: 7th place in the Boys 13-14 400 Freestyle.
- Madeline Siefert: 5th places in the Girls 11-12 50 and 100 Breast.
- Kristian Troxel: 6th places in the Boys 13-14 200 Fly and 200 Breast; 7th place in the 100 Breast; and 8th place in the 400 IM.
- Kyleigh Troxel: 3rd place in the Girls 13-14 400 IM; 5th place in the 200 Fly; and 6th place in the 400 Free.
- Gabby Vieira: 1st places in the Girls 9-10 50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Fly, 100 Back and 50 Fly; 2nd places in the 100 Free, 200 Free, and 200 IM.
New Team Records:
- Austin Hobbs lowered his own team records in the Boys 9-10 400 LC Meter Freestyle (5:12.97) and 200 LC Meter Individual Medley (2:54.07).
- Kyleigh Troxel broke the Girls 11-12 400 LC Meter Individual Medley record (from 1997) with a new time of 5:35.78 and also lowered her own 200 LC Meter Butterfly record (2:44.61).
- Gabby Vieira lowered 8 of her own records in the Girls 9-10 LC Meter category: 50 Free (31.53), 100 Free (1:07.56), 200 Free (2:26.07), 50 Back (36.13), 100 Back (1:17.91), 50 Fly (33.18), 100 Fly (1:16.13) and 200 IM (2:48.32). She also achieved 6 new Top-16 (NRT) times in one meet, a new all-time mark for a Gator swimmer.
- Check out the updated Top Times and Records page.
2008 FIRECRACKER FRENZY HIGHLIGHTS: Gator Results - Full Results and Photos
The Gators won the meet with 5279 points. 34 out of 45 Gator swimmers entered in the meet had at least one personal best time.
Gator Medalists:
- 8 & Under Girls: Allison McDonald (3rd), Amanda Mabry (4th), Allie Pujol (7th) and Carly Pujol (8th)
- 8 & Under Boys: John Kiefner (1st), Tra Leimer (2nd)
- 9-10 Girls: Gabriela Vieira (1st), Caitlyn Palmer (4th) and Elizabeth Kiefner (5th)
- 9-10 Boys: Austin Hobbs (3rd), Stephen Sugarbaker (6th) and Ian Cameron (7th)
- 11-12 Girls: Morgan Maguire (2nd), Natalie King (3rd), Madeline Siefert (4th) and Madeleine McDonald (7th)
- 11-12 Boys: Kevin Douglas (3rd)
- 13-14 Girls: Kyleigh Troxel (1st), Allison Hobbs (2nd), Bridget Hale (4th) and Lizzie Schmidt (6th)
- 13-14 Boys: Ramsey Scott (1st) and Kristian Troxel (2nd)
- 15 & Over Girls: Hannah Kinder (1st), Morgan Fraser (2nd) and Audrey Glover (4th)
- 15 & Over Boys: Caleb Coots (1st), Nick Welker (2nd) and David Welker (8th)
New Time Standards Achieved:
- Lydia Cameron got her first BB time in the Girls 11-12 50m Freestyle with a time of 36.14.
- Lucas Hurley got his first BB time in the Boys 9-10 50m Backstroke (50.42).
- Madeline Siefert got her first AA times in the Girls 11-12 1500m Freestyle (21:17.56), 100m Breaststroke (1:27.35) and 200m Breaststroke (3:07.76).
- Kristian Troxel got his first AA times in the Boys 13-14 400m Freestyle (4:51.73) and 1500m Freestyle (19:08.10).
- Elizabeth Kiefner got her first AAA time in the Girls 9-10 50m Butterfly (37.77).
- Morgan Maguire got her first AAA time in the Girls 11-12 1500m Freestyle (20:27.52).
- Ramsey Scott got his first AAA time in the Boys 13-14 1500m Freestyle (18:09.78).
- Kyleigh Troxel got her first AAA time in the Girls 13-14 1500m Freestyle (18:54.93).
New Team Records:
- Austin Hobbs broke the Boys 9-10 50m Breaststroke record (from 1997) with a new time of 43.66. Austin also lowered 3 of his own record times: 100m Free (1:11.16), 1500m Free (20:18.73) and 100m Fly (1:25.73).
- Kyleigh Troxel lowered her own Girls 13-14 200m Fly record with a new time of 2:49.31.
- Gabriela Vieira lowered 6 of her own Girls 9-10 records: 200m Free (2:30.60), 800 Free (10:42.70), 50 Back (37.64), 50 Fly (35.53), 100 Fly (1:21.03) and 200 IM (2:52.26).
SUMMER LEAGUE AT PERRYVILLE 6/14 HIGHLIGHTS: Gator Results - Full Results
- Event Winners:
- Payton Beck won 2 out of 3 events he competed in the Boys 9-10 category: 50m Backstroke (45.65) and 100m Freestyle (1:30.82).
- Ian Cameron won the Boys 9-10 50m Breaststroke with a time of 52.51.
- Brogan Davis won 2 out of 3 events in the Boys 8 & Under category: 25m Freestyle (19.56) and 25m Backstroke (24.68).
- Grayson Davis won the Boys 6 & Under 25m Freestyle with a time of 35.07. · Anna Esswein won the Girls 15-16 50m Freestyle with a time of 33.77.
- Tra Leimer won all 3 events he competed in the Boys 8 & Under category: 25m Breaststroke (34.24), 25m Butterfly (25.45) and 100m IM (2:00.82).
- Sydney Ozbun won the Girls 15-18 100m Butterfly with a time of 1:28.99.
- Jenny Powell won the Girls 13-14 100m Backstroke with a time of 1:27.99.
- Josey Powell won all 3 events she competed in the Girls 9-10 category: 50m Freestyle (39.39), 50m Breaststroke (52.99) and 100m IM (1:44.72).
- Kristian Troxel won all 3 events he competed in the Boys 13-14 category: 100m Freestyle (1:05.09), 100m Butterfly (1:14.80) and 50m Freestyle (29.88).
- Kyleigh Troxel won all 5 events she competed in the Girls 13-14 category: 100m Freestyle (1:07.35), 100m Breaststroke (1:29.13), 100m Butterfly (1:15.69), 50m Freestyle (31.72) and 200m IM (2:45.40).
- Jennifer Willet won 2 events in the Girls 15-18 category: 100m Freestyle (1:10.30) and 200 IM (3:01.67).
- Other swimmers who placed Top-8 in their events, earning points for the team: Hadley Beck, Landon Beck, Drew Beussink, Mary Brazel, Lydia Cameron, David Carman, Julie Castle, Raleigh Davis, Hyrum Dickson, Reed Dickson, Paige Elder, Sydnei Farless, Melissa Hopkins, Daniel Janisse, Joseph Janisse, Ben Koch, Amanda Mabry, Hunter Miller, Elizabeth Orr, Dustin Parsons, William Parsons, Corey Pech, Molly Phegly, Madison Rau, Sierra Rau, Thomas Taylor, Owen Todd and Jackson Voss.
USA ELIZABETHTOWN DOLPHINS SUMMER CLASSIC 6/13-15 HIGHLIGHTS:
Gator Results - Full Results
 New Team Records:
- Austin Hobbs broke a 1997 record in the Boys 9-10 50m Breaststroke with a new time of 43.66, and also lowered his own 100m Freestyle record (1:11.16).
- Gabby Vieira lowered 3 of her own Girls 9-10 records: 200m Freestyle (2:30.60), 50m Backstroke (1:20.84) and 200 IM (2:52.26).
- High Point Awards: Gabby and Austin won the high point awards in their respective categories. (photo at right)
- New Achievements: Shelby Ray got her first BB time in the Girls 13-14 400m Freestyle with a time of 5:42.35.
SUMMER LEAGUE MEET SIGNUPS - Poplar Bluff meet is now closed. Here are the rest of the summer swim meets: Remember,you must swim in at least 3 meets to be eligible for championships on July 26. To sign up call or email Laura Brown, 579-0095. or come to the pool before the deadline and check yes or no. If she does not hear from you, she will mark you down as no.
- June 25 - Charleston Relays - Warm up at 1:30pm Meet begins at 2:00pm
(Last day to sign up is Friday June 20)
- June 28 - Scott City - Meet starts at 9am warm ups at 8:00am
(last day to sign up is Tuesday June 24)
Pool Side BBQ at Cape Pool June 28 from 6-9pm
(cost $6 per person and free for 4 and under)
- July 12 - Jackson - Meet starts at 9am not sure on warm ups
(last day to sign up is Monday July 7)
- July 19 - Scott City - Meet starts at 9am
(last day to sign up is Monday July 14)
- July 26 - CHAMPIONSHIPS at Jackson
(last day to sign up is Monday July 21)
USA MEET HIGHLIGHTS for the Brownsburg Summer Splash ... New Gator Records: Kyleigh Troxel broke the Girls 13-14 200m Fly record with a new time of 2:50.80. Gabby Vieira lowered 6 of her own Girls 9-10 records: 100m Free (1:09.68), 200m Free (2:31.64), 800m Free (11:02.44), 100m Back (1:20.84), 100m Fly (1:22.23) and 200m IM (2:52.78). Check out the Gator LCM Records page. New Achievements: Bridget Hale got her first AA times in the Girls 13-14 100m and 200m Freestyle (1:07.33 and 2:25.05, respectively). Natalie King got her first AA time in the Girls 11-12 800m Freestyle (11:00.73) Click here to see the Gator Achievements page.
SUMMER LEAGUE/FARMINGTON MEET HIGHLIGHTS - Gators won the meet with 890 points. New Records: The following Gator swimmers set new all-time conference records during the meet: Austin Hobbs, Boys 9-10 50-Yard Breastroke (39.74) Gabby Vieira, Girls 9-10 50 Free (29.34) Bridget Hale, Lizzie Schmidt, Kyleigh Troxel and Allison Hobbs, Girls 13-14 200 Medley Relay (2:09.65) New Achievements: Caitlyn Palmer got her first “A” time in the Girls 9-10 50-Yard Freestyle with a time of 32.31. Click here to see the Achievements page. The Congratulations to all summer league swimmers who attended the meet! Gator Results - Full Results
May 2008 SALUKI RESULTS - Gator Results -Full Results - Meet highlights:
New Ozark Record: Gabriela Vieira broke the Girls 10 & Under 400 Meter Freestyle Ozark record with a time of 5:08.87. Click here to see the Ozark Records page.
New Gator Records:
- Austin Hobbs lowered his own Boys 9-10 record times in the 100 Free (1:11.31), 400 Free (5:17.20), 100 Breast (1:32.43), 200 IM (2:55.13) and also broke the 800 Free record with a new time of 11:05.51.
- Hannah Kinder lowered her own Girls Open record times in the 100 Back (1:07.90) and 200 Back (2:28.18).
- Kristian Troxel broke two old Boys 11-12 records, 50 Fly (33.29) and 100 Fly (1:14.56), and also lowered his own 100 Breast record time (1:24.78).
- Kyleigh Troxel lowered two of her own Girls 11-12 records, 800 Free (10:11.46) and 100 Fly (1:18.94), and broke two old records as well: 200 Free (2:23.47) and 400 Free (4:56.72).
- Gabriela Vieira lowered six of her own Girls 9-10 record times: 100 Free (1:10.98), 200 Free (2:32.91), 400 Free (5:08.87), 100 Back (1:22.04), 100 Fly (1:27.18), and 100 IM (2:57.90). Click here to see the Gator Long Course Records page.
New Achievements:
- Gabriela Vieira’s 400 Free time was also her first NRT (aka Top-16) time.
- Payton Beck got his first BB time in the Boys 9-10 100 Backstroke with a time of 1:44.26. Click here to see the Achievements page.
Congratulations to all Gator swimmers for another strong performance!
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