CAMEL Offers Full Practice Schedule Throughout the Holiday Weekend

As a part of our recent goal meetings, the CAMEL coaching staff has been educating the swimmers about the strong connection between practice and success in the sport of swimming.    Most of the swimmers’ “process goals” for the season include consistent attendance at the top of their list.   CAMEL offers as many practice opportunities as possible to enable the athletes to meet those goals while still being able to participate in “life outside the pool”.   Thus, CAMEL is offering the regular practice schedule, fully staffed, throughout the entire holiday weekend:

• Friday 6:00PM - 8:30PM
• Saturday 8:00AM - 10:00AM
• Sunday 6:00PM - 8:30PM
• Monday 6:00PM - 8:30PM

CAMMY CONTEST for swimmers and parents, too!

The CAMEL coaches have been discussing proper nutrition, hydration and rest with the swimmers.  Here is another Cammy Contest.  It is a  reaction test.   Play as many times as you want.    Print out your results and the fastest average reaction time (swimmer or parent) will get a prize on Tuesday, June 3.   Try it now and then try it again after a week of focusing on proper nutrition, hydration and rest.

CAMELS Participate in Fourth of 28 Meets Offered This Season

CAMEL hosted Nutmeg and Valley Shore for an All Age Quadrathon Wednesday evening.  The meet opened with both of CAMEL’s 7 and unders, Aubrey Forman and Chase Jablon (pictured left), achieving personal best times and placing first and fourth in the 50 Backstroke.  Katie Bennett, Aimee Filipetti, Brock Kraemer, and Troy Moeller were recognized for outstanding improvement.   Mike Traystman and Dakota Williams each achieved 100% best times.   Overall, 58% of the CAMEL swims were new lifetime personal best times.  The meet closed on a high note for CAMEL as the senior coed relay of Seth Adams, Adelaide Taylor, Tina Hughes and Tyler Tremblay placed first in the 200 Medley.   CAMEL results, full results and scores are posted on the “Meets” page.  Photos from the meet are accessible via the “CAMEL Pictures” link in the right sidebar.   CAMEL seniors will be participating in the CDOG Distance Meet Friday and the WRAT AA Meet on Saturday and Sunday.  CAMEL’s juniors are looking forward to both the WAC Invitational and the CDOG 10 & Under Quadrathon the following weekend.

CAMELS of All Ages Strongly Encouraged to Participate in Quadrathon Wednesday, May 14

Please e-mail Coach Ann ASAP to be added to the Odd-Age Quadrathon Tri-Meet which is being hosted by CAMEL right at Connecticut College on Wednesday evening, May 14.  Warm-up for the Quadrathon is 4:15 PM and the meet will start at 5:00 PM.  (If 4:15 is too early, there will be continuous warm-up in the diving well and you may still participate in the latter portion of the meet).   Each swimmer may swim all four events.  Though the meet was originally for younger swimmers, it has been opened to swimmers of all ages.    The meet is a tri-meet with VSYM and NTMG.  Swimmers entered in the meet to date include: Maddie Bennett, Sheyanne Biltcliffe, Elson Guo, Brian Hughes, Chase Jablon, Paige Jablon, Lillian James, Brock Kramer, Troy Moeller, Jacob Stevens, Sam Stevens and Tom Whittico.  All swimmers are encouraged to participate; please e-mail Coach Ann ASAP (and no later than noon Monday, May 12) to be entered.   This meet is one of 27 meet opportunities offered for CAMEL swimmers this season.  CAMEL prides itself on offering the broadest range of competitive swim meet opportunities available in South Eastern Connecticut.  Meeting the needs of the full spectrum of swimmers, from youth to Masters, from novice to National elite whether a swimmer is looking for small or large meets, local or distant meets, intense or laid back, there are meet opportunitites to suit the competitive swimming goals of the full spectrum of swimmers.

Please click on the “Updates” tab above to find out What’s New at CAMEL each time you visit the website. Recent updates include:

• A change has been made to the BEAR Invitational at Yale (May 10-11): The Saturday PM warm-up has been moved EARLIER to 1:30, with a 2:45 start. There were no changes to the Saturday AM session.
• CAMEL Sectional Qualifiers to Date has been updated.  There are now 9 individual events and 3 relays.  The document resides on the “Meets” page.
• CAMEL Results have been posted for the ZEUS/SHKS meet.  Results reside on the “Meets” page.