With the first day of finals in the bag, the team will now get ready for day # 2 of the Akron Invite. Although the morning session started a little slow for us, the evening session is where the team really started rolling.
The meet started with the women's 200 free relay of Meghann McGoldrick, Katy Hare, Amanda McClelland and Krist Magee putting together a solid effort with a sixth place time of 1:36.65, a season best time. The men's team of Brendan Schilling, Doug McWhorter, Dan Doyle and Chad Houck also put together a solid effort, placing 5th with a time of 1:24.88.
Following the 200 free relays the women got the individual events going with Amanda McClelland placing 15th in the 500 free (5:11.78) and Annie Hayles placing 7th with a time of 5:06.20. On the men's side, Brian Bouvier swam to a 21st place (4:51.64), Nick Kovacs swam to a 19th place (4:49.55), Chris Kobela swam a season best of 4:42.49, good enough for 7th and Ed LeBlanc swam a 4:38.54, placing second 2nd.
The women continued with the fast swimming in the 200 IM with Hillary Hocson placing 21st with a 2:12.31, Miriam McGeath placing 6th with a time of 2:09.84 and Caitie Zajko taking home the silver with a time of 2:07.84. In the men's IM, Roman Becicka was the sole finalist and touched the wall with a second place finish and a season best time of 1:52.89.
As the meet continued, the sprinter got a crack at it and Meghan McGoldrick made the most of her opportunity, winning the consolation heat and swimming a life time best of 23.76. On the men's side Chad Houck finished 24th with a time of 22.07, Doug McWhorter finished 15th with a time of 21.78, Brendan Schilling won the consolation heat with a time of 21.28 and Jim O'Hara finished 4th int he finals with a time of 21.20. Following the diving break, the last event (400 medley relay) got underway.
The women's relay of Morgan Claycomb, Caitie Zajko, Kirstie shumaker and Meghan McGoldrick swam a very solid time of 3:55.72, good enough for 6th place. The men's relay of Mitch Smith, Ian Walsh, Jim O'Hara and Ed LeBlanc ended the day with a second place time of 3:23.82.
All-in-all, it was a very solid night for the team. I am quite certain with the first day jitters out of the way, the teams will continue to get better with each of the final two days of the meet.
See you around the pool,
Dave
Friday, December 4, 2009
Akron Invite Day 1: Prelims
With the first morning of the Akron Invite in the books, the team is now resting and getting ready for this evening's finals. As I told the team on the bus, the first mornings of these meets when you're not rested is sometimes tough. We did dot have any swims that were utlerly bad but nothing that was extremely exciting. I will give the swim of the morning however, to Chris Kobela. For those of you that do not know Chris, he is our former school record holder in the 500 and 1650 freestyle. Oh, and by the way, a Luekemia survivor. This morning Chris had an awesome swim in the 500 free with a time of 4:42.55, only 8 seconds off his best time from three years ago. I am certain he will swim even faster tonight!! Some other swims of note include Annie Hayles and Amanda McClelland in the 500 free (5:05.56 and 5:09.65, respectively). Ed Leblanc in the 500 free (4:39.19). Miriam McGeath and Caitie Zajko in the 200 IM (2:09.25 and 2:09.79, resepcetively). Roman Becicka with a solid 1:53.09 in the morning's 200 IM, Meghan McGoldrick with a 24.26 in the women's 50 free and solid 50 swims from our men of 21.28 (Jim O'Hara), 21.38 (Brendan Schilling), 21.75 (Doug McWhorter) and 21.85 (Chad Houck).
The finals get underway this evening at 6 PM with the 200 free relay, followed by the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free and finishing with the 400 medley relay. You can find all of the results at: http://www.gozips.com/fls/10800/zippyinvite/evtindex.htm?&SPSID=47074&SPID=4307&DB_OEM_ID=10800
See you around the pool,
Dave
The finals get underway this evening at 6 PM with the 200 free relay, followed by the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free and finishing with the 400 medley relay. You can find all of the results at: http://www.gozips.com/fls/10800/zippyinvite/evtindex.htm?&SPSID=47074&SPID=4307&DB_OEM_ID=10800
See you around the pool,
Dave
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Bronx beating
Well, the weekend started off with a win at St. Peter's and turned ugly as we entered The Bronx to take on Fordham and Rhode Island (women). We did not expect to win agaisnt Fordham on the women's side but thought we were good enough to beat Rhode Island. Obviously we were wrong. URI came ready to swim and ended up with a victory 115-118. Although we did suffer a defeat, we had some good swims. The women were lead by Miriam McGeath, who broke the school record in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.16 and had a solid 2:09.39 in the 200 IM. Tara VanNatta and Briana Mangis also had solid times in the 200 back, swimming 2:09.82 and 2:09.31, respectively.
On the men's side, Fordham was ready and walked away with a 103.5-126.5 victory. Roman Becicka posted some fast times, winning the 1000 Free (9:39.73), 200 IM
(1:53.87) and 500 Free (4:40.44). The 200 fly was a solid event for us as Jim O'Hara recorded a 1:55.91, Dan Doyle swam a 1:58.39 and Brian Bouvier swam a 1:59.36. Chris Kobela continued to improve, swimming a 1:45.94 in the 200 Free and a 4:48.09 in the 500 free. Matt Wollenschlaeger also had a solid performance swimming a 10:00.38 in the 1000 Free
The team will now regroup, take a break away from campus as we start Thanksgiving Break and prepare for the Akron Invite.
See you around the pool,
Dave
On the men's side, Fordham was ready and walked away with a 103.5-126.5 victory. Roman Becicka posted some fast times, winning the 1000 Free (9:39.73), 200 IM
(1:53.87) and 500 Free (4:40.44). The 200 fly was a solid event for us as Jim O'Hara recorded a 1:55.91, Dan Doyle swam a 1:58.39 and Brian Bouvier swam a 1:59.36. Chris Kobela continued to improve, swimming a 1:45.94 in the 200 Free and a 4:48.09 in the 500 free. Matt Wollenschlaeger also had a solid performance swimming a 10:00.38 in the 1000 Free
The team will now regroup, take a break away from campus as we start Thanksgiving Break and prepare for the Akron Invite.
See you around the pool,
Dave
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Men's team keeps rolling, women rebound
This past weekend we took on my Alma mater, Clarion University at Towers Pool. The men continued their winning ways with a 108-83 victory, while posting up some fast times and establishing some pool records. Ed LeBlanc and Roman Becicka lead the way for the men's team. Eddie won the 1000 free, 100 Free (pool record; 45.65) and was part of the winning 200 free relay. Roman Becicka won the 400 IM (pool record; 4:06.42) and the 100 fly. Jim O'Hara also posted three wins for the Dukes, winning the 200 free and both relays. Senior Chris Kobela also had a good day, registering a win in the 500 free.
On the women's side we finally had the meet I was waiting for. Walking away with a 110-90 victory, but more importantly, each of the swimmers stepped up and raced and we finally put together a very complete meet. Freshmen Miriam McGeath lead the way, winning the 400 IM in pool record time of 4:33.34. Another freshmen, Meghann McGoldrick took the win in the 50 free with a time of 24.54, while fellow freshmen Caitie Zajko swam a fast 1:07.17 in the 100 breast. Sophomore Kristi Magee posted a victory in the 200 free with a time of 1:56.85 while fellow sophomore, Amanda McClelland was victories in the 100 free with a time of 54.82.
With the season almost half over, both teams are starting to gain momentum and swim with confidence. I believe we have now set the tone for the rest of the season with our best swimming still ahead of us. We head to The Bronx this coming weekend for a showdown with Fordham on the mens side and Fordham and Rhode Island on the women's side. You can find this past weekend's results at: http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-swim/stats/2009-2010/duq-clar.html
See you around the pool,
Dave
On the women's side we finally had the meet I was waiting for. Walking away with a 110-90 victory, but more importantly, each of the swimmers stepped up and raced and we finally put together a very complete meet. Freshmen Miriam McGeath lead the way, winning the 400 IM in pool record time of 4:33.34. Another freshmen, Meghann McGoldrick took the win in the 50 free with a time of 24.54, while fellow freshmen Caitie Zajko swam a fast 1:07.17 in the 100 breast. Sophomore Kristi Magee posted a victory in the 200 free with a time of 1:56.85 while fellow sophomore, Amanda McClelland was victories in the 100 free with a time of 54.82.
With the season almost half over, both teams are starting to gain momentum and swim with confidence. I believe we have now set the tone for the rest of the season with our best swimming still ahead of us. We head to The Bronx this coming weekend for a showdown with Fordham on the mens side and Fordham and Rhode Island on the women's side. You can find this past weekend's results at: http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-swim/stats/2009-2010/duq-clar.html
See you around the pool,
Dave
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Teams go 5-1 this weekend
In what was an eventful weekend for both programs, we managed to muster out five wins for Duquesne Swimming. The weekend started at Niagara as the men's and women's teams easily handled the Purple Eagles. The men walked away with a 115-82 decision while the women came away with a 104-96 victory. After the Niagara meet we headed into Buffalo, got a great dinner at Prima's Pasta and settled in for a relaxing evening.
The meet at ECC, in all honesty was a think-tank between me, Sean at Bonaventure and Jamie at LaSalle. We were sitting in Lewisburg at the PA state meet having lunch and thought that having a double-dual meet at the facility we have the conference meet was a great idea. After discussing the particulars, we proceeded to come up with a format for the meet. Although it needs a little tweaking, the meet that we ended up writing down on that little cocktail napkin (Sean actually still had it), turned out to be a great idea.
The meet was divided into two sessions: Session one consisted of the 200 relays, the 1650, 200s of strokes and the 100 free. Session two included the 400 relays, the 50 free, the 500 free and the 200 IM. Each swimmers was able to swim five events total. It was a tough meet for the swimmers, with some of them having to swim back to back events. I was very pleased with how the team responded to the challenge. The men walked away with two victories, beating St. Bonaventure 174-148 and LaSalle 195-133. The women had a close one against LaSalle but fell a little short, 150-168 but took the win over St. Bonaventure 214-108.
Considering where we are in our training, I was very happy with how the teams did. The men are at a great place right now, but we still have a long way to go. The women are making progress but we are still looking to put it all together. I am certain as we continue with the season, both teams will only get better.
You can find all the results at: http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-swim/sched/duqu-m-swim-sched.html
Thanks for following and as always,
See you around the pool,
Dave
The meet at ECC, in all honesty was a think-tank between me, Sean at Bonaventure and Jamie at LaSalle. We were sitting in Lewisburg at the PA state meet having lunch and thought that having a double-dual meet at the facility we have the conference meet was a great idea. After discussing the particulars, we proceeded to come up with a format for the meet. Although it needs a little tweaking, the meet that we ended up writing down on that little cocktail napkin (Sean actually still had it), turned out to be a great idea.
The meet was divided into two sessions: Session one consisted of the 200 relays, the 1650, 200s of strokes and the 100 free. Session two included the 400 relays, the 50 free, the 500 free and the 200 IM. Each swimmers was able to swim five events total. It was a tough meet for the swimmers, with some of them having to swim back to back events. I was very pleased with how the team responded to the challenge. The men walked away with two victories, beating St. Bonaventure 174-148 and LaSalle 195-133. The women had a close one against LaSalle but fell a little short, 150-168 but took the win over St. Bonaventure 214-108.
Considering where we are in our training, I was very happy with how the teams did. The men are at a great place right now, but we still have a long way to go. The women are making progress but we are still looking to put it all together. I am certain as we continue with the season, both teams will only get better.
You can find all the results at: http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-swim/sched/duqu-m-swim-sched.html
Thanks for following and as always,
See you around the pool,
Dave
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