The 2003 New England Short Course Yard Championship (NE-LMSC Sanction 034-003-SSCY) will be held on Saturday March 22nd (1000 and 1650 only) and Friday March 28th through Sunday March 30th (all other events) at Harvard's Blodgett Pool in Cambridge, MA.
Last year, this was the largest regional SCY championship meet in the US. We will again benefit from the meet management services of www.swimindex.com featuring live scoreboard, webcam, real time results, etc. Some 40+ NEM workout groups will be competing for the title of 2003 NEM Grand Champion and we expect 700+ athletes, 4,000+ individual splashes and 300+ relays this year. Additionally, a number of non-NEM, USMS clubs will be sending large contingent of swimmers in an attempt to win the "foreign" swim club awards.
A meet information sheet and entry form will be posted before the end of January at: www.swimnem.org
Bob Seltzer
Meet Director
seltzer@metasoft.com
Friday March 7th is the postmark deadline for the 2003 NE SCY Championships (Monday March 10th is the receive by deadline)
For more meet information go to: www.swimindex.com/.../
We've processed 200+ entries as of last night (see website for details) and expect to get another 500 over the next week.
Congratulations to Fred Schicher for setting a new world record in the Men's 55-59 200 SCM Fly: Fred swam a 2:22.73 breaking the record by six seconds. However, he "only" won the race by .01 seconds as Greg Shaw, competing in the 50-54, nearly beat him.
Fred and Greg will compete again in the 200 fly, this time both will be in the 50-54 age group, in the 2003 NE SCY Championships.
Answer to last 25th Anniversary Blodgett Trivia: The swimmer who parted the waters of Blodgett, set a world record at the Olympics yet failed to get the gold medal in his event was Dave Berkoff. Berkoff broke the world record in the prelims of the 100 back but was outouched by Daichi Suzuki of Japan. Suzuki also is connected Blodgett. Several years ago, while studying at Harvard Suzuki was a volunteer coach for the Harvard Mens team and workout with Cambridge Masters in Lane 1.
The 2003 NE SCY Championship is closed to entries.
We have processed 570 entries so far and expect total attendance to exceed 700 athletes (compared to last year's 670 swimmers).
A preliminary psyche sheet and meet timeline will be posted later this week.
Once again, this meet will feature live scoreboard, webcam as well as the first ever masters meet to offer web-enabled results that can be accessed via a WAP-enabled cell phone.
For more meet information go to: www.swimindex.com/.../
First events up are the 1650 and 1000 this Saturday March 22nd (8:00 am warm-up and 9:00 am start).
Might want to save someone from being embarrased and check the top seeds in these events. I can't say for sure they are incorrect but I'd sure bet your salary!
Event 12 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
Event 24 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
Event 40 Men 50 Yard Breaststroke
Event 52 Men 200 Yard IM
That's why we call them PRELIMINARY Psyche Sheets and also why we post them on the web 1-2 weeks before the event.
They have already been corrected along with a host of other changes/corrections.
Might note however, that Ron Karnaugh is swimming in this meet and his seed times are legitimate. He will however have some competition in certain events. For example, Jason Eaddy swam a 49 low and 1:49 low for the 100/200 fly last weekend at the Sectionals held on L.I. Jim Harvey, a record holder in the 35-39 age group, is a pretty good sprinter and should give him some competition. So will Stu Cromarty. also in the 35-39 age group in the 200 free.
Keeping checking the website for updates including preliminary timelines and live results.
Preliminary Psyche Sheets Posted for 2003 NE SCY Championship
Check out Fast Seed Times
719 Entries Processed To Date Sets New Record For NE Meet Turnout
For more info go to:
www.swimindex.com/.../
Yes Karnaugh is an incredible masters swimmer. I do think he will have a race on his hands from some very fast NE swimmers in his age group including Stu Cromarty (South African Olympian) and Jim Harvery (USMS national record holder) as well from local "young-un" in the 25-29, Jason Eaddy, the former Princeton standout who now trains at Harvard's (ha!) Blodgett pool and is swimming very fast these days.
Check out the action LIVE at: www.swimindex.com/.../
Distance Day is Saturday March 22nd and the rest of the events are Friday March 28-30th.
With 723 swimmers this is the largest regional masters meet outside of the Bay Area.
Originally posted by NCSwimmer
Might want to save someone from being embarrased and check the top seeds in these events. I can't say for sure they are incorrect but I'd sure bet your salary!
Event 12 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
Event 24 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
Event 40 Men 50 Yard Breaststroke
Event 52 Men 200 Yard IM
Having seen Ron Karnaugh swim in the beginning of March, I can attest that Ron is fully capable of swimming those times...which is a truly frightening thought. :eek:
Ray
Results from the 2003 NE SCY Championship "Distance Day" can be found at: www.swimindex.com/.../
The following swimmers broke NE records:
Dan Rogacki 55-59 1000 11:58.93 (split from 1650)
1650 19:55.84
Jessica Stokes 25-29 1000 10:59.49
Jacki Hirsty 50-54 1000 11:34.29
Ethan Saulnier 39-34 1000 10:08.42 (fastest 1000 of the day)
Jason Eaddy had the fastest 1650 of the day with a 16:31.90 some 4 seconds off his NE record. He might have broken that record except for the fact that he stopped at the 450, removed his cap and goggles, put his goggles back on and resumed his race.
The 2003 NE SCY Championship continues on Friday March 28th through Sunday March 30th. Live results will be available on the meet website.
If anyone is interested in seeing what we do for results to your cell phone, the results from the Distance day of the NEM SCY champs are now online for mobile browser display. If you have a cell phone web browser, point it to:
wap.swimindex.com
During the main portion of our meet this week-end, the mobile web version will be updated with results in real time (i.e., as soon as each event finishes). The main web site will also have event-by-event results posted.
-Rick
