Badger swimmers performed well at the 2011 National Championships last week.

Congratulations to Kelly Johanson, Courtney Ciardiello, Alex Gianino and Ryan Feeley who represented Badger at the meet.

Kelly swam the 800FR at Nationals and is staying in California for Junior National Championships this week.

Courtney swam the 100 fly, 200 fly and the 200 back. She qualified for her second Olympic Trials event this week. In the 100FLY she went a personal best of 1:01.75. She had already qualified for the 200 back earlier this season.

Alex Gianino swam the 200 breast, 400 free, 200IM and 400IM at Nationals. Alex qualified for his second Olympic Trials event this week as well. His 200IM time of 2:04.87 placed him 40th in the country at Nationals. Alex has also qualified for the 400IM earlier this year. Alex is swimming the 400IM this week at Junior National Championship where he hopes to perform well.

Ryan Feeley has already qualified for five Olympic Trials events. The 100, 200, 400, and 1500 FR. He also qualified for the 200Fly. Ryan swam four events at Nationals; he qualified for finals in three of his four events at Nationals: 200FR, 400FR and the 1500FR. He placed 25th in the 200FR, 11th in the 400FR and 5th in the 1500FR.His time of 15:06.48 puts him in the top ten of American distance swimmers this year. Ryan will be competing next week in the World University Games where he will be swimming the 1500FR again as well a the open water 10K.

We currently have 11 swimmers representing Badger at Junior National Championships.  We wish them the best of luck.

Badger Sports Club kicked off its 78th year last Monday.  Badger's first year as a camp was 1933, and it called Iona School home until moving to Larchmont in 1945.  We are sharing some Badger history this summer.  Attached is the Badger Day Camp (B.D.C. in 1940) Newsletter from July 1940.

It is quite an interesting read.

• 1940 Newsletter 1
• 1940 Newsletter 2
• 1940 Newsletter 3
• 1940 Newsletter 4

Summer of 2011

Numerous Medals / Best Time As Badger Continues To Dominate

Badger swimmers from all ages traveled down to Rutgers University in New Jersey for the 2011 Memorial Day weekend meet hosted by Berkeley Aquatic Club. While the weather sizzled outside the swimmers were even hotter in the pool as both the Badger Age Group and Senior Teams blew the competition out of the water with numerous best times and walking away with all colors of medals.

The 10&Unders were well represented by Elizabeth Carrier, Danielle Harrington, MaryKate Melnyk and Josephine Panitz. Melnyk walked away with GOLD in the 50 free and 100 free as well as SILVER in the 50 fly and 100 fly. Carrier grabbed a SILVER in the 100 back while grabbing 8^th place in the 50 Back. Panitz won a BRONZE in the 200 free as well as getting top 8 finishes in the 50 free, 100 back, 50 back and 100 free. Harrington swam a personal best in the 50 free and placed top 20 in the 100 breast, 100 free and 50 breast.

Much like the 10&Unders, the 11-12’s and 13-14’s led by coach Kip posted numerous medals and more importantly best times. In the 11-12’s David Bravo walked away with GOLD in 50 back, 100 back and 50 free, SILVER in 100 free and BRONZE in 200 IM. Natalie Eid won BRONZE in the 200 free as well as getting top 8 in the 100 free, 400 free and 100 back. Christine Hu was 7^th in the 100 breast and 8^th in the 2IM. Garrett Towne took 5^th in the 50 back and had a personal best in the 100 fly. 11 year old Georgia Panitz had best times in every event and placed top 20 in each (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 200 IM). Takuto Mukudai had huge drops in the 50 free, 100 breast and 200 IM. And James Simone finished top 20 in every event swum and had best times in his 50 free and 200 IM.

The 13-14’s saw Beatrix Panitz win GOLD in the 200 free, 50 free, 100 free and SILVER in the 200 back and BRONZE in the 100 back. Declan Kennon won GOLD in the 50 and 100 frees as well as SILVER in the 400 free and BRONZE in the 200 back. David Stewart SILVERED in the 50 free, 100 fly, 100 breast and BRONZED in the 100 free and 200 breast all with best times.Caroline Poleway picked up a SILVER in the 50 and 100 frees as well as a BRONZE in the 200 free. Liam Egan grabbed a BRONZE in the 100 back and had best times in the 50 and 200 frees. In his first meet as a 13 year old, Joe Mo placed top 8 in the 200 fly and 400 IM. Madeline Simone placed 5^th in the 200 fly and 400 free (both personal bests) as well as getting another best time in the 200 free. Taylor Emanuel also had top 20 finishes in the 100 back, 50 free, 200 back and 100 free.

While the Age Groupers were representing Badger in their respective categories, the Senior Team did not disappoint winning multiple events and establishing Metropolitan leading times as well.

Max Tremain made his first long course meters junior national cut in the 200 breast picking up the SILVER medal while sabelle Shipman posted a blistering GOLD medal time in the women’s 100 free. Ryan Feeley continued his dominance picking up GOLD in the 50 and 100 frees and the 100 fly. Rachel Kessler stole the GOLD in the women’s 400IM while Will Rappaport won the men’s 100 back.

Senior Relays also dominated with the women’s team winning GOLD in the women’s 400 medley (Katie Hughes, Melissa Fulenwider, Rachel Kessler, Kelly Johanson) as well as the 400 free team (Fulenwider, Shipman, Ellen Marcus and Johanson). While the men’s 400 free relay won GOLD (Chris Lyons, Kevin Hughes, Wyatt Collins, Ryan Feeley).

Other senior team swims included:

• Charles Barry (SILVER 200 fly)
• Joe Casino (BRONZE 100 back)
• Courtney Ciardiello (8^th fly)
• Wyatt Collins (7^th 400 Free)
• Joseph Eiden (SILVER 400 medley relay)
• Melissa Fulenwider (SILVER 100 free, BRONZE 50 free)
• Brian Hogan (9^th 100 and 200 back)
• Colin Hogan (15^th 200 back)
• Katie Hughes (6^th 200 back)
• Kevin Hughes (8^th 400 free)
• Bridget Johanson (8^th 800 free)
• Kelly Johanson (BRONZE 100 and 200 free)
• Rachel Kessler (BRONZE 100, 200 fly, 200IM)
• Katie Konopka (21^st 100 and 200 free)
• Matt Lantin (11^th 400 free, 16^th 1500 free)
• Chris Lyons (SILVER 50 free, BRONZE 200IM
• Sean Lyons (16^th 400 free)
• Ellen Marcus (14^th 200 free, 15^th 50 and 100 free)
• Nora McElroy (16^th 100 breast)
• Dan Mo (11^th 2IM, 14^th 4IM)
• Sam Mo (4^th 100 fly, 6^th 100 breast, 6^th 400 IM)
• Reo Mukudai (BRONZE 50 free)
• Dan Needham (14^th 200 fly)
• Monica Poleway (6^th 100 back, 11^th 50 free, 15^th 200 fly)
• Will Rappaport (SILVER 200 back, BRONZE 200IM)
• Elizabeth Schauer (7^th 100 and 200 back)
• Isabel Shipman (4^th 800 free, 8^th 200 free, 7^th 50 free, 9^th 400 free)
• Mitchell Towne (13^th 200 back)
• Max Tremain (SILVER 200 breast, BRONZE 100 breast)
• Eric Wang (18^th 100 fly, 19^th 200 fly)
• Patrick Yang (12^th fly, 12^th 50 free)

Badgers Stand Out Against Best Down South

Feeley victorious in 1500 Freestyle

Swimmers from every state in the US and all over the world traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to compete in the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix May 12-15 sponsored by SwimMac and Wendy’s. With over 80 Olympians in attendance, Charlotte became the capital of world championship swimming.

Badgers Ryan Feeley swam to an amazing win in the Men’s 1500 Freestyle beating out his University of Michigan teammate Sean Ryan along with an all star international field. Feeley’s gold medal time of 15:27.04 had him winning the event by more than 5 seconds. Feeley also placed 11^th in the 400 Freestyle earlier in the meet. Congratulations to Ryan on one of the biggest wins in the USA Swimming circuit.

Feeley wasn’t the only one posting impressive swims. Congratulations to the following swimmers who made waves as well:

• Monica Poleway (50 Free, 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke)
• Alex Gianino (400 Free, 800 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Individual Medley, 400 Individual Medley)
• Charles Barry (800 Free, 1500 Free, 200 Backstroke, 200 Butterfly, 200 Individual Medley)
• Mitchell Towne (800 Free, 400 Free, 200 Free, 200 Backstroke)
• Samuel Mo (100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly, 400 Individual Medley)

The Badger Relays also placed impressively with a 13^th place finish in the 400 Freestyle Relay (Mo, Gianino, Towne, Feeley) as well as the 9^th place 800 Freestyle Relay (Mo, Gianino, Barry, Feeley).

Full meet coverage for the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix can be found here:

http://www.charlotteultraswim.com/

Badger Swimmers Compete Against Olympians

Badger Swim Club was well represented traveling out to the University of Michigan to compete against some of the best swimmers in the world at the Eric Namesnik Grand Prix Invitational April 8-10. With the Badger swimmers up against the likes of Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin and numerous Olympians in one of the fastest meets in the world, Badger swimmers making waves included:

Charles Barry, Courtney Ciardiello, Joseph Eiden, Ryan Feeley, Melissa Fulenwider, Brian Hogan, Kevin Hughes, Chris Lyons, Beatrix Panitz, Monica Poleway, Will Rappaport, Isabel Shipman and Max Tremain

Standout swims included:

- Ryan Feeley (10^th 200 Butterfly, 18^th 100 Freestyle)

- Courtney Ciardiello (20^th 200 Butterfly, 21^st 200 Backstroke)

- Will Rappaport (23^rd 200 Backstroke)

- Brian Hogan (24^th 200 Backstroke)

- Kevin Hughes (24^th 1500 Freestyle)

- Melissa Fulenwider, Isabel Shipman, Beatrix Panitz, Courtney Ciardiello: Womens 800 Free Relay (5^th), Womens 400 Free Relay (6^th)

- Chris Lyons, Joseph Eiden, Brian Hogan, Kevin Hughes: Mens 400 Free Relay (4^th), Mens 800 Free Relay (5^th)

Special congratulations to Ryan Feeley for making an Olympic Trial cut in the 200 Butterfly. He adds to his 3 other Olympic Trial Cuts (200, 400, 1500 Freestyles).  Ryan will be joined by Alex Gianino and Courtney Ciardiello at Olympic Trials.  We hope to add more Olympic Trial qualifiers this summer.  Next up for the senior team is the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix.

USA Swimming Grand Prix Series Info

Badger Age Group Swimmers Finish Season Strong

The final meet for the 2011 Badger Age Group season ended fittingly as many of our 14&Unders traveled to the Eastern Zone Championships held March 21-April 2 in upstate New York. All qualified after placing top 3 in the Metropolitan Zone Qualifying Championships last month to compete against the best swimmers in the North East. 

The Badger Age Groupers performed well in this highly competitive regional age group championship. We were represented by 8 swimmers that made the team. Congratulations to all swimmers for a record breaking season. We look forward to careers of success and longevity.  Thanks to all that continue along the path of Badger Olympic potential:

Nathalie Eid: 10^th 200 Backstroke, 14^th 500 Freestyle

Spencer Lafata: 5^th 500 Freestyle, 18^th 200 Freestyle, 21^st 100 Backstroke

Joe Mo: 6^th 200 IM, 12^th 50 Backstroke, 14^th 200 Butterfly, 14^th 200 Backstroke, 18^th 100 Butterfly, 21^st 100 Breastroke

David Bravo: 11^th 200 Backstroke, 13^th 500 Freestyle, 13^th 200 IM

Josh Hendell: 6^th 200 Freestyle Relay, 21^st 100 Freestyle, 21^st 200 Freestyle

Aristedes Speres: 15^th 50 Breastroke, 19^th 200 Breastroke

Takuto Mukudai: 14^th 200 Breastroke, 16^th 100 Breastroke

David Stewart: BRONZE 200 Medley Relay, 6^th 100 Butterfly

Congratulations to all!