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July 21, 2010: A GERM relay made USMS top ten for the 2009-2010 SCY season. The men’s 35+ 400 yard medley relay had the 9th fastest time in the U.S. Swimmers were: Anthony Higgins, Jeff Williams, Scott Golden, Del Brockett.

July 19, 2010: There will be no workouts on August 1-6, so that the coaches can take their summer vacations. Friday, July 30 will be the final workout before the break. Sunday, August 8, will be the first workout after the break. Saturday morning workouts will resume on August 14, and run through the rest of the summer (8:30-9:30 a.m.).

June 19, 2010: Congratulations to Jeanne Lappin, who set new team records in the women’s 55-59 fly events (all three) at the Dixie Zone Long Course Championships.

June 17, 2010: See GERM swimmer David Robinson in “Called Up to Life – the Legends of the Baal Shem Tov” at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, now through June 27th.

June 16, 2010: Another good Chesapeake Bay Swim showing for GERM swimmers. New team records for the crossing were set by Adam Spector (M45-49), Kristen Hossler (F25-29) and Denise Noznesky (F40-44). Denise finished 27th of 178 women who finished, and 6th of 43 in her age group. Adam (36th), Mark Young (46th) and Dan Blitz (57th) all finished in the top 60 of 419 male finishers. Adam was 6th and Mark was 9th in the M45-49 age group, out of 81 swimmers. Dan was 11th of 81. David Ruf (37th) and Jon Kaplan (40th) joined them in the top half of the M45-49 age group.

June 4, 2010: Five new team records were set at the Reston Masters lake swim. In the one mile event, GERM had 3 of the top 10 men overall in the wetsuit division. Adam Spector finished 2nd out of 105 men, and 1st in the men’s 45-49 age group with a new team record. Dan Blitz finished fourth over all, and 1st in the Men’s 40-44 age group with a new team record. Chris Elliott finished 7th over all, and 1st in the men’s 35-39 age group. In the non-wetsuit division, Bryan Main finished 44th over all, and 5th in the men’s 35-39 age group.

In the two mile event, GERM again had 3 in the top 10 finishers in the men’s wetsuit dividions, and one in the women’s non wetsuit division. Kurtis Carlisle was the overall winner out of 131 in the men’s wetsuit division with the time of 40:32, a new team record, and was winner of the men’s 25-29 age group. Adam Spector was 7th over all, and winner of the men’s 45-49 age group in a new team record. Dan Blitz was 9th over all, and winner of the men’s 40-44 age group. Jon Kaplan finished 6th in the men’s 40-44 age group, and 30th over all. Edward Dejesus finished 20th in the men’s 45-49 age group.

In the women’s 2-mile event, Eleanor Landon-D’Shen set a new team record in the wetsuit division for the 40-44 age group, in which she finished 9th and was 33rd over all. Denise Noznesky finished 9th over all and 3rd in the women’s 40-44 age group non-wetsuit division, with a new team record.

June 4, 2010: Paul Wolf set a new team record at short course Nationals in the M40-44 200 yard freestyle.

May 18, 2010: Congratulations 2009 Relay All-Americans: Lisa Van Pelt-Diller, Amy Cooley, Jeanne Lappin and Denise Noznesky. These four swimmers turned in the fastest time in the nation in the women’s 200+ 400 meter medley relay last year: (5:09).

April 28, 2010: The following new team records were set by individual swimmers at the Colonies Zone Championships this weekend. Del Brockett (M45-49) - 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 100 IM, 200 IM, 400 I.M; Anthony Higgins (M40-44) 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 200 fly; 200 IM; Scott Golden (M45-49) 100 fly. David Robinson (M65-69) 100 fly. The following new team relay records were also set: Men’s 35+ 400 medley relay: Higgins, Jeff Williams, Golden, Brockett; Men’s 45+ 800 free relay: Robinson, Mark Walters, Ken Wall, Bobby Sanderson.

April 21, 2010: Six GERM swimmers turned in top-half finishes at the Clarksburg 5K last weekend. Andi Carbonell finished 115th of 252 women. Amy Cooley was 41st, and 4th of 28 in her age group. Kim Wong finished 29th, and 6th of 53 in her age group. Shari Yesnick finished 10th and 1st of 53 in her age group. Richard Grodsky was 74th of 178 men, and 3rd of 11 in his age group. Tom Greeves finished 32nd, and 12th of 45 in his age group. GERM was a race sponsor. The numbers are still being calculated, but the following estimates are in for money raised: $6,000 - $7,000 in support raised for The Dwelling Place; • $500 donated to earthquake relief in Haiti through Compassion International; • 200 meals collected in canned food for Germantown HELP. Thanks to Mark Young for helping to make this happen.

March 21, 2010: GERM swimmers had another strong meet at the Albatross Open in Bethesda. Our 28 swimmers earned just enough points to win the meet, and our men’s team also won their division. Scores will be posted later. Meet records were set by Jeanne Lappin in all three women’s 55-59 fly events, and by Ken Wall in the men’s 65-69 200m back. New team records were set by the following relays: Women’s 160+ 200m medley: Denise Noznesky, Karen Cosgrove, Jeanne Lappin, and Ryann Dancy; Men’s 160+ 400m medley: Anthony Higgins, Dan Blitz, Paul Wolf, Karl Wunderlich. Ten other GERM relays scored to help us win the meet. Individual swimmers who set new team records included: Denise Noznesky (W40-44) 400m free; Jeanne Lappin (W55-59) 50, 100, 200m fly; Anthony Higgins (M40-44) 50, 100, 200m back; Dan Blitz (M40-44) 200m breast; Karl Wunderlich (M45-49) 50m free, 50m breast, 100m IM; Rick Farrell (M60-64) 200, 400m free; David Robinson (M65-69) 100, 400m free, 100m back; John Norvell (M70-74) 100m free. Also scoring points and adding to our winning total were: Richard Grodsky, Dyann Charette, Keir Knight, Adam Spector, Bryan Main, Monte Lewis, Bobby Sanderson, Tim Miller, Jeff Williams, Konate Campbell, Paul Wolf, Del Brockett, Scott Golden, Dan Thomas and Tim Brockway.

SUMMER WORKOUT INFORMATION:

Practice times - summer (May 24 - Sept. 6, with a week off August 1-6)

            Pools: Q.O. = Quince Orchard Swim and Tennis Club; GISC = Germantown Indoor Swim Center

Sundays          8:30-9:30 a.m.            Q.O.

Mondays         5:00-7:30 a.m.            Q.O.    (changes to 5:30-7:30 a.m. once school is out)

Mondays         1:00-2:00 p.m.            Q.O.    (discontinued once school is out)

Tuesdays         8:00-9:00 p.m.            Q.O.

Wednesdays   5:00-7:30 a.m.            Q.O.    (changes to 5:30-7:30 a.m. once school is out)

Wednesdays   1:00-2:00 p.m.            Q.O.    (discontinued once school is out)

Thursdays       8:00-9:00 p.m.            Q.O.

Fridays            5:00-7:30 a.m.            Q.O.    (changes to 5:30-7:30 a.m. once school is out)

Fridays            1:00-2:00 p.m.            Q.O.    (discontinued once school is out)

Saturdays        8:30-9:30 a.m.            Q.O.    (May, August, Sept. only. No Sat. workouts in June/July)

Rates for summer coached workouts

QUINCE ORCHARD                                   (GISC WORKOUTS RESUME IN FALL)

Once a week: $95 (eff. 7/21 - $45)     Twice a week: $165 (eff. 7/21 - $75)

Unlimited: $235 (eff. 7/21 - $105)

These rates do not include your 2010 USMS registration ($37 for the calendar year).