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Tip of the Week
Articles for Swim Parents
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News and Announcements
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TBAY-Westchase's Michelle Turek Breaks Chelsea Nauta's
State Record
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Westchase swimmer Michelle Turek had a very
good Largo Meet the weekend of June 19-21. The highlight of her meet
had to be Michelle's record breaking swim in the 11-12 Girls 50
Meter Free. Michelle turned in a time of 27.41 which breaks the old
record of 27.57 set in 2001 by former TBAY & current University of
Georgia swimmer Chelsea Nauta. This record-breaking performance has
Michelle now ranked number one in the
United States for 11-12 Girls 50 Meter Free. |
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Elite Training Campers at UT, Knoxville, TN: br />

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TBAY invades
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon on June 7, 2009.
Click here to see Photo Gallery. |
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Elite Camp 2009 @ Knoxville, TN registration deadline:
A completed registration
packet must be included with the deposit and is due by May 8.
Online payments may be made
here.
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TBAY Central's Elle Munns (14) finished 2nd overall in the annual St. Anthony's Triathlon in the 15-99 meek and mighty category held in St. Petersburg. For results please take a look at the links below. Way to go Elle!!!
Results
St. Anthony's
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TBAY-Central announces its Elite Training Camp 2009!
The team will travel to Knoxville, TN, and train at the
new, world-class Allan Jones Aquatic Center at the University of
Tennessee. Click here for more
information or email Jason Bowes.
A completed registration packet must be included with the deposit
and is due by May 8. This includes emergency contact info and
release forms.

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Congratulations to our TBAY swimmers who represented
FL Swimming at the 2009 FGC vs. FLS All Star Meet held at Ft.
Pierce. Once again, FL Swimming won the dual meet.
Click here for full results |
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On page 41 of the March/April 2009 issue of Splash, Austin Sellers
is nationally ranked 5th in the 100-Yd Breast, 6th in the 200-Yd Breast, and 8th in the 50-yd Breast. |
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Congratulations to Jordan Rees
who swam a :23.76 in the 50M freestyle. Jordan tied for 4th
place in the championship final of the 2009 NCSA Junior National Swimming Champs
in Orlando, FL.
Click here for videos and full results

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The FS All-Star Meet roster is now available on the FL
Swimming web site
here. Congratulations to the following TBAY Swimmers!
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Austin Sellers |
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Christopher Swanson |
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Dee Sopapong |
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Jabari Ramsey |
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Jared Young |
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Jed Rodriguez |
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John Nolte |
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Kara Wilkins |
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Kyle Kimura |
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Michelle Turek |
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Rasmus Skjaerpe |
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Rebecca Werdine |
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Coach Julia Lamb -
10 & U Girls
GO TBAY!
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"Relays Power TBAY at State" by NICHOLAS J.E. MURRAY, The Tampa Tribune (Published: March 4, 2009) |
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At Florida Swimming's Short Course JOs, the Boys 11-12 A-team
squad of Rasmus Skaerpe
(Central),
Austin Sellers (Westchase),
Kyle Kimura
(Westchase) and David Wong
(Lakeland) took
Gold Medal and broke the JO and State Record in the 400
Medley Relay with a time of 4:04.75 and the Boys 11-12 A-team
squad of Skaerpe,
Jed Rodriquez
(Tampa Palms),
Kimura
and Wong took
another Gold and smashed the JO and State Record in the 200
Medley Relay with a time of 1:51.73.
Click to view photo gallery
TBAY - CENTRAL@JOs
Alexander Blustein 14
Bronze - 400 MR
Bronze - 200MR
Bronze - 400FR
Rasmus Skjaerpe 12
Gold - 50 BK 27.2
Gold - 100 BK 57.3
Gold - 200FR
Gold - 400MR (State Rec)
Gold - 200MR (State Rec)
Gold - 400FR
Silver - 100IM 100.1
Chris Swanson 14
Bronze - 100 Fly 53.2
Bronze - 500 Fr 4:51.3
Bronze - 200FR
Bronze - 400 MR
Bronze - 200MR
Bronze - 400FR
Rebecca Werdine 14
Gold - 50 fr 23.89
Bronze - 100BK 59.66
Bronze - 200FR
Silver - 200MR
Elle Munns 14
Bronze - 200FR
Silver - 200MR
Alexandra Pierovich 14
Bronze - 200FR
Silver - 200MR
John Nolte 14
Bronze - 200FR
Bronze - 400 MR
Bronze - 200MR
Bronze - 400FR
Selcted for State Team
John Nolte 14
Rebecca Werdine 14
Chris Swanson 14
Rasmus Skjaerpe 12
TBAY - HUNTERS GREEN@JOs
Dee Sopapong
Silver - 50 Yd Breast
Bronze - 100 Yd Breast
TBAY - TAMPA PALMS@JOs
Kara Wilkins
Bronze - 100 Yd Free - 1:02.38
Bronze - 100 Yd Fly - 1:12.73
Jed Rodriguez
Gold - 50 Yd
Breast
- 31.28
Gold - 100 Yd Breast - 1:07.14
Gold - 200 Medley Relay
Bronze - 400 Medley Relay
Jordan Wheeler
Bronze - 200 Medley Relay
Bronze - 400 Medley Relay
TBAY-Westchase @JOs
Michelle
Turek (11-12) -
Gold – 50 Free
24.98
Gold – 100 Free
53.76
Silver – 200
Free 1:57.71
Bronze – 500
Free 5:18.30
Bronze – 1000
Free 10:48.82
Kyle
Kimura (11-12) –
Bronze – 200 Free
1:55.38
Bronze – 50 Fly
27.38
Bronze – 200 IM
2:15.03
Gold – 200 Free Relay
Gold – 400 Free Relay
Gold – 200 Medley Relay
Gold – 400 Medley Relay
Jabari Ramsey (10&U) –
Silver - 50 Breast 38.37
Austin Sellers (11-12)
–
Silver – 100 Breast
1:07.26
Bronze – 50 Breast
31.91
Gold – 400 Medley Relay
Bronze – 200 Medley Relay
Jared Young (11-12) -
Gold – 200 Free Relay
Gold – 400 Free Relay
Bronze – 200 Medley Relay
Bronze – 400 Medley Relay
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Click here to view the photo gallery of the Championship Fire Up Party @ Tampa Prep |
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In the January/February issue of
SPLASH magazine, the
USA Swimming National Top 10 Times list
was published. The only TBAY swimmer to make
this list was Westchase
Austin Sellers! On p51, Austin
(Boys 11-12), is listed 6th in the 50M
Breaststroke, 8th in the 100M
Breaststroke and, get this—3rd in the 200M
Breaststroke! Way to go Austin! |
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Congratulations to all TBAY swimmers who have
qualified for for this season's
championship meets (JOs, Sr. Champs, and Area 3
& 5:
Click here to see the list of qualifiers. |
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At the recent Al Soltis meet, Westchase’s
Jared Young
placed 1st in the 11 and Under boys
individual high point winner category. |
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Ridgewood High swimmer has mentor, 'miracle machine' on his side
When Joey Geschke swims a lap, he experiences a miracle.
On Thanksgiving Day 2003, Geschke was playing football at his uncle's house in
Virginia.
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St. Petersburg Times' article on TBAY: Youth sports organizations generally focus on proper fundamentals, a team mentality, good sportsmanship and respect for coaches. At New Port Richey Branch of Tampa Bay Aquatics, however, most of that is already intact, which allows coaches to be more concerned with getting swimmers to the next level.
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At the recent Jingle Bell meet, Central's
Rasmus Skjaerpe (l) and
Chris Swanson (r), placed 2nd in the
11-12 and 13-14 boys' individual
high-point winner category, respectively.
Rasmus medaled with 2 gold, 9 silver, and 1 bronze; Chris, 2 gold and 6 silver. |
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Swim coach, competitor has firm but patient
style
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TBAY-Countryside's
Rachel Burns
signed National Letters of Intent to attend the
University of Denver and compete in swimming
beginning with the 2009-10 season.
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Times' 2008 fall All-County Swim Team
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Coach
Casey Claflin, coach of the
New Port Richey branch of TBAY broke the
55-59 WORLD RECORD on December
6th in the 50 back with a time of 30.15. The
masters swim meet was held in
Coral Springs, Florida. The New Port
Richey branch is honored to have such a
qualified swimmer as their head
coach. Congratulations Coach Casey.
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Congratulations on an amazing job to all the Central swimmers that swam the State Meets in Orlando, Nov 13-15. We had many fantastic and breakthrough swims over the long weekend!! Go TBAY!
State Champs
Haley Hahmann
200 Free Relay
Brad Morrison
100bk
Conor Swanson
200im
100br
Rebecca Werdine
200 Free Relay
State Medalists
Grace Fredlake - Bronze
Haley Hahmann - Gold & Silver
Andrew Howard - Silver & Bronze
Conor Swanson -2 Gold, Silver & Bronze
Rebecca Werdine -Gold & Silver
State Finalists
Dylan Attal
Katie Carter
Katie Cook
Grace Fredlake
Haley Hahmann
Blair Kuethe
Brad Morrison
Paige Russell
Emma Siewert
Rosalie Spada
Chris Swanson
Conor Swanson
Carylyn Waite
Rebecca Werdine
Katie Westbrook
2008 FHSAA State Swimming & Diving Series Results |
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Jared Young of TBAY-Westchase
capped 2008 in the pool by being awarded Florida
Swimming's "10&U Boys Swimmer of the Year" for
both short- and long-course seasons.
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