By Kit Raulerson on 7/29/2008 11:35 AM

RSA set numerous meet and team records in route to a 3rd place finish at the 2008 LCM Senior Champs. Instrumental in our success was the sheer number of different athletes who earned second swims and scored points. Usually at a Championship meet the stars score all the points. At this meet 24 different RSA athletes contributed to the point total – congrats to all! Leading the way for RSA was Sarah Henry and Hannah Caron who finished 1-2 in the women's high point awards!

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By Kit Raulerson on 7/27/2008 10:46 PM

RSA's 14 & under athletes performed well and had some fantastic swims at the NCS Junior Olympic meet in Charlotte this past weekend. Highlighting the weekend for RSA swimmers were Andrew Henry and Henriette Stenkvist who each claimed the high point awards in the 13-14 boys and 13-14 girls age groups!

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By Andrew DeSorbo on 7/2/2008 8:38 AM

Another day of LTB's for RSA at Olympic Trials. Sarah Henry time-trialed the 100 meter fly and earned a LTB of 1:03.20. Hannah Caron then time-trialed the 50 free and earned a LTB time of 27.33. Hannah's swim establishes a new RSA 15-16 women's team record in the 50 freestyle. Will Dove also participated in the tmie trials in the 400 meter free and established a new LTB of 3:55.03. Melanie Roberts swam a LTB in the 200 fly of 2:15. Jon Roberts will swim again this evening as he was 14th in the 200 meter breaststroke! Congrats to all!

By Andrew DeSorbo on 7/1/2008 8:37 AM

Another great day for RSA at the Olympic Trials - Hannah and Sarah both achieved new LTB's in the 200im. Hannah dropped over a half-second to swim a 2:19.43 while Sarah dropped nearly 2 seconds to swim a 2:17.45. This sets a new RSA team record for 15-16 women and ties the Open team record which Melanie Roberts set last summer. Sarah's swim was also another 2008-2009 National Junior Team qualifying time. (Hannah's 100 fly from Sunday was also under the standard for the National Junior Team and she meets the age requirement but as she is attending college in the fall she is ineligible for inclusion on the National Junior Team) Will Dove also had a LTB in the 200 fly with a 2:01.25 swim nearly a 2 second drop from his previous best. Our high school athletes are now at 87.5% LTB at this meet - 87.5%! 2004 Trials had a 17% LTB success rate. This meet will likely end up producing a higher percentage of LTB's than 2004, but 87.5% is outstanding and well ahead of the curve.

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By Andrew DeSorbo on 7/1/2008 8:36 AM

While many of you have been following the Olympic Trials on TV in the evenings or watching on line, here is another brief RSA report to keep you informed.

Will Dove started us off with a LTB in the 200 meter freestyle (1:51.18). Sarah Henry followed up with a heat-winning 1:10.89 in the 100 meter breaststroke. Sarah's time was a new LTB and a near-2 second drop and also qualifies her for the 2008-2009 National Junior Team. Sarah will compete in either Guam in January of 2009 or in Vancouver, Canada in May of 2009. Melanie Roberts then had a near-miss at a second swim in the 100 breaststroke with a 19th-place finish. Torrey Bussey had a fast heat to contend with in her first Olympic Trial individual event, including a former Olympian in her heat, and turned in her best preliminary LCM 100 breaststroke swim and her third-best overall. Finally, Hannah Caron time trialed the 100 freestyle and dropped a tad for a new LTB of 58.54 seconds. It was another fun day with back-to-bac ... Read More »