Marauder Aquatics: 2021

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Quote of the Week

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who

did nothing because he could do only a little.

Edmund Burke

Sunday, August 15, 2021

Quote of the Week

I know that other people set goals for me and

have expectations, but if I stay focused on my

goals, I know that's when I'm most successful.

Kathleen Genevieve "Katie" Ledecky

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Attendance

Long Course (through July 11)

1. O. Spencer 39/44 - 88.6%

2. M. Vargas 37/44 - 84.1%

3. K. Spencer 31/44 - 70.5%

4. G. Gibbons 28/44 - 63.6%

5. M. Moya 25/44 - 56.8%

6. L. Frick 24/44 - 54.5%

7T. J. Cook 20/44 - 45.5%

7T. L. Cook 20/44 - 45.5%

2021 Season Team 314/522 - 60.2%

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Attendance Update

June (through 25th)

1T. M. Moya 25/30 - 83.3%

1T. O. Spencer 25/30 - 83.3%

3. M. Vargas 24/30 - 80.0%

4. G. Gibbons 22/30 - 73.3%

5. L. Frick 19/30 - 63.3%

6. K. Spencer 18/30 - 60.0%

7T. J. Cook 16/30 - 53.3%

7T. L. Cook 16/30 - 53.3%

2021 Season Team 255/410 - 62.2%

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Another Core Exercise: Turkish Get-Up

Should be learned w/o weight and done w/precision.

Very good overall body weight exercise, especially for core work.

Excellent strength training add-on for breaststrokers.

Attendance Pupdate

June (through 18th)

1. M. Vargas 24/24 - 100.0%

2. M. Moya 22/24 - 91.7%

3. O. Spencer 21/24 - 87.5%

4. L. Frick 19/24 - 79.2%

5. G. Gibbons 16/24 - 66.7%

6. K. Spencer 14/24 - 58.3%

7T. J. Cook 13/24 - 54.2%

7T. L. Cook 13/24 - 54.2%

2021 Season Team 231/362 - 63.8%

Sunday, June 13, 2021

May/June Attendance

Finally catching up on attendance figures.

May

1T. J Cook 14/17 - 82.4%

1T. L Cook 14/17 - 82.4%

1T. M Vargas 14/17 - 82.4%

4. O. Spencer 13/17 - 76.5%

5. K. Spencer 10/17 - 58.8%

6. G. Gibbons 7/17 - 41.2%

7T. L Frick 6/17 - 35.3%

7T. M Moya 6/17 - 35.3%

9. C. Peralta 4/17 - 23.5%

10. J. Peralta 1/17 - 5.9%

Team 89/170 - 52.4%

June (through 11th)

1. M. Vargas 15/15 - 100.0%

2. M. Moya 14/15 - 93.3%

3. O. Spencer 13/15 - 86.7%

4T. L. Frick 11/15 - 73.3%

4T. G. Gibbons 11/15 - 73.3%

6T. J. Cook 8/15 - 53.3%

6T. L. Cook 8/15 - 53.3%

6T. K. Spencer 8/15 - 53.3%

Team 177/290 - 61.0%

Quote of the Week

A truly strong person does not need the

approval of others any more than a

lion needs the approval of sheep.

via Optimize

Vernon Linwood Howard

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Garrett Weber-Gale Nutrition Videos (Repost)

Definitely worth an encore. GWG gives great advice in both Series 1 & 2 below.

Here's Series 1 of GWG's nutrition videos:

Series 2:

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Front Starts - Cleanest Entry

3 Starts @ 5 Pts. Ea.

CP - 15/15

OS - 14/15

LC - 11/15

JC - 10/15

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Anti-Paddle/Tow-Ball Time Guess

Tow-Ball 50's Time Guess (Average Difference)

JC - (:01.66)

GG - (:01.76)

LC - (:01.82)

OS - (:04.76)

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Even Split 50 Free

Even Split 50 (Difference)

OS (:00.7)

LF (:01.6)

GG (:01.7)

KS (:02.6)

Monday, May 3, 2021

Free Kick Test Set & 50 Free Time Guess

Kick Set Average

OS - 1:24.6

LC - 1:25.2

JC - 1:31.0

LF - 1:36.8

MV - 1:47.2

GG - 1:48.4

KS - 2:17.2

50 Free Time/Guess/Difference

OS - :24.5/:24.6/:00.1

LC - :27.7/:27.4/:00.3

LF - :29.2/:29.8/:00.6

CP - :26.5/:25.8/:00.7

JC - :29.7/:30.5/:00.8

GG - :31.8/:30.8/:01.0 & KS - :34.1/:35.1/:01.0

JP - :29.7/:28.5/:01.2

Thursday, April 29, 2021

CSCAA Executive Director Greg Earhart

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Encore!

(also available at Anchor)

A guest from 2020 joined us for an encore last weekend.

Listen as Sam Kendricks fills us in on

Women's D-I NCAA's
Men's D-I NCAA's
the Retirement that shook the Swimming World, and
the wonderful world of swim meet announcing:

Friday, March 12, 2021

Hall of Fame coach Nort Thornton is hospitalized with a heart issue. Thornton coached the powerhouse California Golden Bears and numerous Olympic medalists came through his club and college programs in 70's, 80's, 90's, & 00's.

When we do a head-up, high-tempo breaststroke set, it likely had its origins out west in Coach Thornton's program!

Retired Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek - another Hall of Famer with a similar resume - tweeted out his support:

Nort!
We are PULLING for you!
8 x 50 :45 breast fins &pads chin up. Move it ! Jon

Much of the heart rate work done in our program - and around the world - is based on Coach Urbanchek's "color charts" that simplify things for us less gifted coaches...

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Denny Pursley

We got called for a false start on the Denny Pursley Podcast Episode. Since we're old-school guys, we went with the old rule book and got back up on the blocks for another shot at this. If you prefer platforms other than YouTube, visit us at Anchor.

We got to talk to one of our sport's all-time great coaches, Dennis Pursley!

Check out his Career at a Glance. from the 2018 'Bama Swimming Media Guide:

Pretty danged impressive, right?!?!

Pay close attention starting around 24:30, as I'd been sharing how proud I was of our 2021 group with Denny, and the way we came through this season of uncertainty and ups & downs.

Friday, February 26, 2021

Taper/Shave Guidelines

Reminder:

Monday, February 22, 2021

Last 15m

Take a look at the last 30 yards - especially the last 15m - of Kristina Schneider's anchor leg (:48.74) of UNLV's 400 free relay at last night's Mountain West Conference meet:

.@UNLV_Swim_Dive wins the 400 freestyle relay by a tenth of a second!#MWSD | #BEaREBEL pic.twitter.com/PYMSVTYNMl
— Mountain West (@MW_OlySports) February 21, 2021

That's how we finish a freestyle race!