50 back -- Age Group Championships

Grant is slated to swim next Sunday in the Age Group Championships. Here is the psych sheet.

#104 Men 6-10 50 Yard Backstroke
Meet Qualifying: 38.39
Name Age Team Seed Time

1 Liu, Kevin H 9 USCS-AM 34.27
2 Nass, Gabriel A 10 CVSC-AM 36.10
3 Mihailescu, Andrei 10 TWST-AM 36.16
4 Baun, Ian G 10 MLAC-AM 36.35
5 Smith, Trevor E 10 ANSC-AM 36.47
6 Burkett, Nathan J 10 SVSC-AM 37.17
7 MacDonald, Colin J 10 ANSC-AM 37.41
8 Kairys, Jack L 9 ANSC-AM 37.75
9 Schmidt, Brody M 10 CVSC-AM 37.98
10 Rauterkus, Grant P 10 JCCS-AM 38.11
11 Hofmeister, Adam H 10 NHA-AM 43.38
12 Ragoowansi, Evan A 10 NHA-AM 47.78
13 Belanger, Luke D 9 NHA-AM 48.61
14 Lovasik, Brian D 10 NHA-AM 51.70
15 Tommarello, Matthew A 10 NHA-AM 53.88
16 Ragoowansi, Kieran T 6 NHA-AM 56.32
17 Belanger, Joey D 7 NHA-AM 2:02.19

I don't know what's up with NHA. I expect that they had a glitch and the entire team got entered in events. So, I expect that there will be 10 in the event. Only 8 make finals.

BB Meet entries

Rauterkus, Erik (13) JCCS-AM

# 22 Men 13-14 100 Free 1:00.81Y

# 62 Men 13-14 50 Free 27.11Y


Rauterkus, Grant (10) JCCS-AM

# 36 Men 6-10 50 Free 33.31Y

# 40 Men 6-10 100 Back 1:26.66Y

# 48 Men 6-10 200 IM 3:16.10Y

# 78 Men 6-10 100 IM 1:29.78Y

# 82 Men 6-10 50 Back 41.02Y

# 86 Men 6-10 100 Free 1:13.39Y

# 98 Men 6-10 200 Free 2:39.23Y

Steve Prefontaine

We enjoyed a family movie night. I got to go to the video store. They didn't have "Forrest Gump" -- so -- I got the next best one, "Pre".

We loved it.

Steve Prefontaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Steve Roland Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) (nicknamed Pre) was an American long distance runner. Prefontaine is considered to be among the greatest and most inspirational runners of the modern era by many of his fans, both during his lifetime and to this day. Prefontaine helped inspire a running boom in the 1970s along with contemporaries Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers. Born and raised in Coos Bay, Oregon, Prefontaine was primarily a long distance runner who once held the American record in the five distance track events from the 2000 meters to the 10,000 meters.[1] Prefontaine had one leg longer than the other (a common condition that does not affect running speed), and due to this he was told to give up on his dream of being the fastest runner on earth.[citation needed] He is known for his extremely aggressive 'front-running' racing style and for always believing in giving a full effort. Prefontaine died at the age of 24 in a car accident."

We need to check out more and more Olympic movies in advance of the 2008 Games.

All other suggestions are welcome.

Heads up on the Last Splash Meet game

Good Morning Coaches!

In keeping with the fun spirit of the last splash at NHA's Last Splash meet will be playing "Deal or No Deal." (Sorry Pete - but we had to have something to compete with last year's walking the plank!)

At the conclusion of each session, the team with the highest number of heat winners for that session will have a representative select from one of 10 "cases" (envelopes) on the deck wall. Those cases will have a task that one of their coaches must complete. It could be anything from making a paper hat out of their heat sheet, a lap of lunges or some kind of swimming event (beware of the 200 fly or 400 IM).

The coach must either complete the task or can take their chances and trade in that envelope for the envelope NHA's Board President has which will contain one of four pre-determined tasks (one for each session). The four tasks will be swim a 50 free, swim a 100 butterfly, 1 lap of lunges or just HAVE A NICE DAY (basically this is a get out of jail free card).

Hope to see you there - have a great rest of the season!

Happy Trails
Erin

Why superathletes are a step ahead - Gee-Whiz Science- msnbc.com

Why superathletes are a step ahead - Gee-Whiz Science- msnbc.com: "Why superathletes are a step ahead"

Pending meet entries for B and BB champs

B Meet Entries:

Rauterkus, Grant (10) JCCS-AM
# 9 Men 6-10 100 Breast 1:47.24Y
# 12 Men 6-10 50 Fly 51.41Y
# 51 Men 6-10 50 Breast 49.79Y

BB Meet Entries:

Rauterkus, Grant (10) JCCS-AM
# 36 Men 6-10 50 Free 33.31Y
# 40 Men 6-10 100 Back 1:26.66Y
# 48 Men 6-10 200 IM 3:16.10Y
# 78 Men 6-10 100 IM 1:29.78Y
# 82 Men 6-10 50 Back 41.02Y
# 86 Men 6-10 100 Free 1:13.39Y
# 98 Men 6-10 200 Free 2:39.23Y