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DCY Featured Swimmers

Addison Schauske and Sylvia Townsend. Photo by Suzanne Rose.

Featured Swimmers: Our stars for this week come from the 8-under age group: Addison Schauske and Sylvia Townsend. These swimmers had exceptional meets at the Wausau Invitational over the weekend. Both girls posted several state cut times to fill out the maximum of four events that they can swim in the state championships. Both are also part of our 8-under state relays that are close to the state records in the 100-yard freestyle and medley relays.

Notes from Coach Mike McHugh: The team’s distance swimming has really taken off, with 10 best times in the 500-yard freestyle stroke event. Several swimmers dropped more than 30 seconds from their best times. This is an indication that the swimmers are not completely exhausted. The team looks forward to tapering and dropping yards in practice then apply this to long distance training directly to competitive events.

DCY had two new “notable” long-distance team records set at the Iceberg Invitational meet in Wausau this past weekend: Katie Kaminski broke her own 1,650-yard freestyle record, swimming it in 18:41, and Kaitlyn Schauske with a time of 11:40 in the 1,000-yard freestyle.

The YMCA state cuts are not separated by divisions or teams, which means that swimmers who compete at the state level are the top 16 to 24 swimmers in their age bracket in Wisconsin. In some cases, the cuts are so difficult that there is only one heat of eight swimmers or less in an event.

Our goal is to have 40 swimmers compete in the State meet at the end of March. This goal is within reach, with 37 swimmers who have already qualified with more than 150 state times. Swimmers may qualify in any sanctioned meet throughout the year by surpassing the state cuts that are determined before the season starts.

DCY has an upcoming meet in Manitowoc on Saturday, with our last home meet on March 7. Please come and watch some of the best swimmers in the state compete. We also have several National level qualifiers, with 18 National time cuts so far. We would love to see you at the meet!

Swim Term: Heat Sheet – A printed order of events at a swim meet by session with swimmers listed by heat and lane, with the swimmer’s team name and entry times. Swimmers are ranked by age-group and at pre-seeded times. Also, consider a “Meet Program.”

DCY website: teamunify.com/Home.jsp?team=widcy

Upcoming Meets:

Manty Invite: Manitowoc, Feb. 28

Fast & Furious: Sturgeon Bay, March 7

2015 Wisconsin YMCA Sectional Championships: Oconomowoc, March 14-15

2015 Wisconsin YMCA State Meet: Brown Deer, March 20-22