Coaches Gone Wild!

CHENA SWIM CLUB NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 3
SPRING 2011
ATTITUDE ACTION ACHIEVEMENT
CHENA
CHALLENGE
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
CONTENTS
Head Coach Report
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Provincial 1 Report
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Provincial 2 Report
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PD Report
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Message from
Pierre Lafontaine 5
Upcoming Meets
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CHENA COACHES BREAK DOWN
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• THE LMR CHAMPIONSHIPS
• PROVINCIAL AA - A A A - SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS
• SPEEDO WESTERN CANADIAN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
CHENA CHALLENGE
PATRICK PARADIS - HEAD COACH REPORT
WESTERNS
Western Canadian Championships were held in Kamloops, BC from February 17th
to the 20th and Chena sent 10 swimmers to compete against the best swimmers
in Western Canada. Chena was represented by James Dergousoff, Natalia,
Hernandez, Nicolas Hernandez, Robert Hill, Jeong-Wan Hong, Melissa Jung,
Michael Piasecki, Jason Terrillon, Clarrissa Fong, and Ariana Momen.
Chena swimmers swam to some impressive swims on their way to a 19th place
finish. Among the highlights from the weekend were a number of scoring swims.
Nicolas Hernandez swam to two 9th place finishes in the men’s 16 & under 800 &
1500 Freestyle. Melissa Jung placed 11th in the 50 Free and 9th in the 50
Backstroke in the women’s 16 & over category. Michael Piasecki swam to three
scoring swims finishing 5th in the 200 Back, 8th in the 100 Back, and 15th in the
50 Back all in the men’s 17 & over category. Jason Terrillon also swam to three
scoring swims with an 8th place finish in the 200 Fly, 6th in the 50 Fly, and a silver
medal winning performance in the men’s 16 & under 100 Fly. Jason was not the
only Chena medalist as James Dergousoff won gold in the men’s 16 & under 200
Breaststroke at only 14 years of age. James also placed 8th in the 100 Breast, and
15th in the 400 IM.
In addition the all the tremendous scoring swims there were also a number of Chena
club records broken over the weekend. Jeong-Wan Hong broke the senior girls’
club record in the 100 Breastroke. In the 13-14 boys age category, James Dergousoff
broke three club records. James set a new mark in the 400 IM as well as lowering
his own records in the 100 & 200 Breaststroke. In the senior boys category there
were five records broken by three swimmers. Nicolas Hernandez bested the 800 &
1500 Free. In breaking the 800 Free record Nicolas erased a record that stood since
1987. Michael Piasecki lowered two of his own records in the 100 & 200 Backstroke
while Jason Terrillon set a new record in the 100 Fly.
In the final race of the weekend Melissa Jung won the consolation final in the women’s
16 & over 50 Backstroke and in the process she swam to a senior National qualifying
time which has qualified her to swim at the 2011 World Championship Trials.
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CHENA CHALLENGE
HEAD COACH REPORT - continued
BC AAA Provincial Championships
Chena attended the BC AAA Provincial championships in Victoria, BC on the weekend of March 3rd to 6th and swam
to an 8th place team finish. With 39 swimmers who qualified for the Provincial championship meet the club was
extremely well represented. Among the highlights from the weekend were a number of top 8, medal winning, and
record setting swims.
The Youth National group was represented by 14 swimmers at the meet and they swam to a large number of
outstanding swims. Chena’s senior girl’s relays swam to three top eight performances while the senior boy’s relays
also swam to three top eight finish’s which included a bronze medal in the men’s 4x 200 Freestyle relay. The bronze
medal winning team was represented by Michael Piasecki, Adam Holme, Jason Terrillon, and Nicolas Hernandez.
The women’s side included a number of impressive swims. Natalia Hernandez swam a 6th, two sevenths, and an 8th
place finish while Jeong-Wan Hong picked up 6th and 8th place finishes. Melissa Jung swam in 5 finals and finished
with a 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th place swims. Melissa also won the bronze medal in the women’s 16-18 50 Freestyle.
On the boy’s side Chena had a number of scoring swims as well as a number of medal winning swims. Jason Terrillon
won a bronze medal in the men’s 16-18 200 Fly and added a 4th in the 100 Fly. Michael Piasecki had an 8th and two
7th place finishes in addition to his double gold medal performance in winning the men’s 16-18 100 & 200 Backstroke. In
the men’s 15 year old age group Adam Holme finished the weekend with three 4th and two 5th place finishes to go
along with his bronze medal performance in the 400 IM. Nicolas Hernandez swam to six scoring swims which included
a 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th place finishes to go along with his Bronze medal in the 200 Back and a silver medal in the 400
Free. Rounding out the men’s 15 year old age group was Robert Hill who also swam to six scoring swims. Robert
finished with a 6th and two 5th place swims to go along with three medals. Robert won a bronze medal in the 200
Breaststroke and two silvers with one coming in the 200 IM and the other in the 400 IM. In the men’s 14 year old age
group James Dergousoff swam his way to six medal winning performances. James won a bronze medal in the 100 Fly
and a silvers in the 200 Fly. James also accounted for four gold medals in winning the 100 & 200 Breaststroke as well as
the 200 & 400 IM’s.
In addition to the scoring and medal winning swims there were a number of records broken. Natalia Hernandez broke
the senior girls’ club record in the 100 Breaststroke in the preliminaries and Jeong-Wan Hong went on to re-break it
in the finals session. Nicolas Hernandez lowered his own record in the senior boys’ 1500 Free while Michael
Piasecki lowered two of his records in the senior boys’ 100 & 200 Backstroke. In the boy’s 13-14 year old age group
James Dergousoff broke five club records. James lowered three records he already held in the 100 Breaststroke, and
the 200 & 400 IM. James also set new records in the 100 & 200 Fly. In what was one of the most exciting moments at
the championship meet, James also broke the BC Provincial record in the boy’s 13-14 age group in the 400 IM by five
one hundredths of a second. The previous record had stood since 1994. Congratulations James, Nicolas, Michael,
Natalia, and Jeong-Wan for all of your record breaking swims.
BC Senior Provincial Championships
12 Chena swimmers attended the BC Senior Provincial Championships March 11 & 12th at UBC. Chena had a number
of finals swims as well as a number of scoring swims. Chena’s finalist included Jason Terrillon, Michael Piasecki,
Morgen Lee, Jesse Lee, Melissa Jung, Jeong-Wan Hong, Adam Holme, Kaitlin Ho, Natalia Hernandez, and
James Dergousoff.
Among some of the highlight swims were Melissa Jung who was the only swimmer to make an A final at the meet
which was attended by no less than 10 2008 Canadian Olympic Team members. Melissa finished 4th in the women’s
50 Freestyle. There were also two club records broken during the meet and both were broken by James Dergousoff.
James lowered two records which he already owned in the boy’s 13-14 year old age group. James broke the 100 &
200 Breaststroke records and in doing so achieved his Senior National Qualifying standard in the 200 Breaststroke.
James joins Melissa as the second Senior National Qualifier for Chena and two swimmers will represent Chena at the
2011 World Championship Trials being held in Victoria, BC from March 30th to April 2nd.
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CHENA CHALLENGE
PROVINCIAL 1 REPORT - AA’s and AAA’s
Well, it has been a great past 3 months in the provincial group. AAs in Chilliwack was
an amazing meet for the swimmers who competed. We swam over 90% personal best
times and saw 5 new swimmers attain their AAA standard. Congratulations to each of
you who attended the meet. Swimmers of the meet were Igor and Ximena, way to go
guys. We are now at 14 of the 20 with AAA times, and those who haven’t quite got
there are very close! This is a far feat from where we started in September. I am so
proud of each of you for all of your hard work and dedication you have shown over the
first half of the season. AAA champs was also very successful with many more
personal best times, many swimmers making a final swims and a handful of medals
ranging from gold to bronze. Swimmers of the meet were Bryan and Nicole, keep up
the good work guys! Now that we have moved through our first phase of training with
huge success, it is time to get back at it and move towards the next level…Age Group
Nationals!
The past couple of weeks and the next will see many changes in the Provincial 1
group. March is the time within our club that swimmers move from one group to the
next. Movement is based on age and ability. Swimmers who have been selected to
move up to the provincial 2 group are Roscoe, Bryan, Igor, Ariana and Sandra. Keep
up the good work swimmers and we will all miss seeing you daily. With that, we will
also have 5 new swimmers move into our group. I would like to welcome Victor,
Michael, Juan-Carlos, Jasmine and Danielle into the provincial 1 group. I hope that
our existing swimmers help make you feel at home in the group and teach you the
group standards and expectations.
Finally, I would like to thank each of you for being such amazing swimmers to coach. I
have had a great past 7 months with you and will miss each of you very much while I
am away on my maternity leave. Please continue with everything we have been
working on and keep me updated on your progress. I will do my best to pop by for
visits when I can, and can not wait for you guys to meet the newest addition to the
Chena family.
Kelly
PROVINCIAL 2 REPORT - AA’s and AAA’s
Hello Everyone
What a year 2011 has been. We have had both coaches and pools break on us.
Fortunately everything is back up and running, and in my case better than ever.
The excitement off the deck did not distract us from achieving some pretty amazing
swims this short course championship season. It all started at AA’s with some
amazing swims from Marianna Uemura, Brianna Fong, Michelle Heeps and
Nathan Schmidt. At AAA’s the Provincial 2 group was 85% best times, which is
awesome and we had 3 new Age Group National qualifiers and 1 new Western
National qualifier. Emily Goodwin, Chris Paproski, and Josh Carter all achieved
their AGN times to go along with Sam Neilson who achieved hers in Kamloops
earlier in the year. We also had some swimmers get really close to getting to those
AGN and onto the next level. Mike Diering also broke a National Record in the 50
free in the S9 category in preparation for Pan American Games Trials which happen
at the beginning of April. We have some big challenges and fun stuff planned for P2
in the next few months. I am really excited for the new swimmers joining the group
and adding to the group dynamic heading into the long course season.
See you all at the pool
Darryl
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CHENA
EQUIPMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW: There is now a
convenient way of placing
Team Aquatic orders through
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You will receive a 20%
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and at the end of the year our
team will receive a 5% credit
on account. The more you buy.
The more the club saves on
future orders!
If you would like make
purchases online please
contact your group
coordinator and they will
provide you with log-on cards,
so you can hand them out to
your family and friends
CHENA CHALLENGE
PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT
AA and LMR Champs
Well what an exciting year 2011 has been so far! We have had some amazing
swimming, broken down pools, and more hospital visits then one would like, but
CHENA is strong, and we have pulled through and are better than ever. I would like to
first start by saying a huge congratulations to all our swimmers attending Spring Break
training. You have all done a great job, and have created some fun moments and
have been swimming great in the pool. Let’s carry the momentum through into the LC
season and put together some amazing swims at our upcoming meets.
We had a great finish to the short course season, with some incredible swims from all
our swimmers. The AA Championships was attended by Aiden Joudrie and Laura
Barakova, both hitting 100% best times through the entire meet. Aiden ended up
destroying many of his AA qualifying standards, and is only a small step away from
quite a few AAA times as well. Both did a great job in the pool, but were also strong
leaders for Chena through the entire weekend. The LMR Championships was the next
meet on the calendar, and the final SC meet for our swimmers. We had an exciting
weekend of too many best times to count, countless finals swims, many visits to the
podium, and a snow storm?!?! Despite the weather, our swimmers performed with
incredible swims including first time finalist and medalist like, Siobhan Critchley,
Juan Carlos Gomez, Laura Barakova, Keita Dueck, and Mahshid Hosseini. A big
congratulations to Juan Carlos who achieved his AA qualifying time on the last day
and in the last event of the weekend!
We are half way through the season, and I can’t believe how much we have achieved
so far. We still have a lot of work to do, but am very excited to see where we end up at
the end of the year!
Keep up the good work, and see you at the pool!
Sarah
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CHENA CHALLENGE
FROM SNC CEO PIERRE LAFONTAINE
2011 Target: Pride, Excellence and Victory
“ We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because
they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize
and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one
that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which
we intend to win, and the others, too.”
JFK 1962 Rice University Speech
What a great reflection to start 2011 with. Set the highest possible expectation on
ourselves.
You choose to be swimmers or coaches, not because it is easy, but because you are
the toughest of the toughest and because you are part of creating Canadian swimming
history in the next 12-18 months. What exciting times we all have in front of us.
We keep hearing how great it was, how great we were! Let me tell you that we will
soon hear the world talk on how great we are and how great of a swimming nation we
are becoming. We are about to create the next wave of WOWs!
2010 was a great one for swimming in Canada. We produced great performances at
all levels - from the Sr & Jr Pan-Pac’s, Commonwealth games, “B” Team, World Short
Course, YOG, NACC, IPC Worlds, to hosting of the Open Water World Championships
(Roberval). Canadian swimmers were firing from everywhere. We must be thankful to
the swimmers and their coaches but also to everyone associated with the sport.
Last year was by far our best year on network television. Over six different prime time
shows covering the World Open Water and World Cup, the Pan-Pacs trials, the
Pan-Pacs, the Commonwealth Games and the World Short Course Championships.
CBC and SRC have been great partners throughout the years and a big part of our
swimming family. We are again excited to have our World Trials in Victoria and this
summer FINA World Championships covered on their networks.
As we look forward to 2011, great opportunities on the international stage will arise
with the FINA World Aquatic Championships (Shanghai, China), the World University
Games (Shenzhen, China), the National “B” team Tour (France), the World Junior
Swimming Championships (Lima, Peru), the Pan-Am’s and the Para-Pan-Am’s
(Guadalajara, MEX) and the NACC in Mexico.
Our quest for the ultimate performances cannot be deterred. The rest of our competitors
are moving ahead and we need to move at a faster pace. Our willingness, in the next
18 months, to be more determined than ever, to out-coach and out train everyone, to
help each other help the Nation will be our biggest strength.
Canadian Coaches can only expect world leading performances if Canada is willing to
be the world leader. It is our commitment to this generation of swimmers and to the
future one’s. We are not only about setting dreams and creating an environment for
daily excellence, but also we must expect actions that will set performances were 30
million Canadians will be proud to be part of this great Nation.
The growth of our sport in our country is certainly squarely on our shoulders. I am
very optimistic with all the possibilities ahead of us. If there is a top of a podium to
be had, then let’s do whatever we need to do to achieve it.
“MEDALS DO MATTER!”
Sport is the greatest way to bring pride and hope to our people, to our Nation.
LETS GO FOR IT CANADA!
Pierre Lafontaine, CEO & National Coach
Swimming Canada
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CHENA CHALLENGE
UPCOMING MEETS
LANGLEY OLYMPIANS 9TH ANNUAL LONG COURSE INVITATIONAL - April 2/3, 2011
8889 Walnut Grove Drive, Langley, BC, Canada
This meet is for Provincial 1 swimmers and those transitioning in or out of the group.
We will attend Sunday of this meet.
Each swimmer will swim 100 free, 400 IM 100 back and 200 breast
MIES SCHOOTMAN INVITATIONAL APRIL - April 15/16/17, 2011
UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, BC
Heats and finals Meet. First opportunity to swim long course of the season.
Intended for Youth National, Provincial 2,Provincial 1, Provincial Development
WEST COAST OPEN - May 7/8, 2011
Watermania Pool, Steveston Highway & No. 6 Road, Richmond
HYACK FESTIVAL AAA YOUTH CUP - May 20/21/22, 2011
Canada Games Pool, 65 East 6th Ave, New Westminster, BC
Prize money for all age groups.
All swimmers must have at least one Swim BC AAA time to be eligible for the meet.
MEL ZAJAC INTERNATIONAL - May 27/28/29, 2011
UBC Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, BC
Over the years, this prestigious and exciting international competition has highlighted several world-renowned swimmers
such as Michael Phelps (USA), Annamay Pierse (CAN), Brent Hayden (CAN), Ryan Cochrane (CAN), George Bovel (TT),
and Bronte Barratt (AUS), to name a few.
Swimming Canada introduced the Canada Cup series in order to enhance the domestic competitive program and provide
Canadian athletes with a competitive environment in which they can excel in their performance. It’s important for Swimming
Canada to keep hosting World level, high caliber competitions at home in order to be successful on the World Stage.
Swimmers must have meet qualifying standards.
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