Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Senior Ceremony
Before tonight's session got started the 4 seniors were recognized as well as all of the seniors from all of the PSAC. We wish nothing but the best of luck to our seniors and we cannot wait to see all they want to accomplish in their futures!
Session 7
We had a slow start this morning as most girls wanted to continue sleeping instead of eating. After our last yummy breakfast at the Hampton Inn we headed off to the pool for the last prelims session.
After a quick warm up swim the girls who were swimming went to change into their suits for one of the last times. Carley Nitchie led the day off for the Haven in the 100 free and went a lifetime best of 54.93. Kristen Capretti was in the following heat with another a season best of 54.55. Danielle Parowski was a few heats after and swam a 54.51.
The last race of the morning for the Haven was Kayla Schnars. This was ultimately her last race of her swimming career. And although it didn't have a storybook ending, she doesn't need a storybook ending to know how amazing of a swimming career she has had over the years. Kayla swam the 200 back in a 2:14.19.
The girls left the pool fairly quickly and took a stop at Qudoba and a Sheetz stop before one last nap in the hotel beds.
After a quick warm up swim the girls who were swimming went to change into their suits for one of the last times. Carley Nitchie led the day off for the Haven in the 100 free and went a lifetime best of 54.93. Kristen Capretti was in the following heat with another a season best of 54.55. Danielle Parowski was a few heats after and swam a 54.51.
The last race of the morning for the Haven was Kayla Schnars. This was ultimately her last race of her swimming career. And although it didn't have a storybook ending, she doesn't need a storybook ending to know how amazing of a swimming career she has had over the years. Kayla swam the 200 back in a 2:14.19.
The girls left the pool fairly quickly and took a stop at Qudoba and a Sheetz stop before one last nap in the hotel beds.
Session 6!!
After a yummy lunch at Jimmy John's (shoutout to Mrs. Muha and William for coming with us!!) the team settled into their beds for a long winters nap before finals.
This evening featured first time final swims at PSACs for Danielle Parowski, Kayla Schnars, and Allie Muha.
Last night the Haven was all over the pool with so many second swims. First in the water for the Lady Eagles was Danielle Parowski swimming the 500. This morning she was so close to a lifetime best and with her second swim she took bettered her own record for the 500 with a 5:09.17.
Kayla Schnars swam the 100 back next and had a great finals swim. Although she was a little off of her prelims time she still had a fabulous race! Kayla placed 13th with a 59.72.
Up next for the Haven were Allie Muha and Kristin Taylor swimming next to each other for the last time in the 200 fly. These two girls swim almost every practice together so it was the perfect ending to Kristin's last individual race as a Lady Eagle. Although they didn't swim quite as fast as they did in the morning, the girls definitely left everything they had in the pool. Muha took 12th with a 2:14.22 and Taylor took 14th with a 2:15.17.
With only 20 minutes before the 800 free relay the girls ran to the cool down pool to try and recover after this rough race. Joining Muha and Taylor were Danielle Parowski and Kristen Capretti.
The girls were in the first heat and everyone sprinted their 200 free but they were a little off of where they wanted to be. The overall time was a 8:05.17 and they got 11th place.
Danielle: 1:57.98
Allie: 2:03.64
Kristin: 2:03.19
Kristen: 2:00.36
The Lady Eagles will be back in action tomorrow morning with the 100 free (Danielle Parowski, Kristen Capretti and Carley Nitchie) 200 back (Kayla Schnars).
This evening featured first time final swims at PSACs for Danielle Parowski, Kayla Schnars, and Allie Muha.
Last night the Haven was all over the pool with so many second swims. First in the water for the Lady Eagles was Danielle Parowski swimming the 500. This morning she was so close to a lifetime best and with her second swim she took bettered her own record for the 500 with a 5:09.17.
Kayla Schnars swam the 100 back next and had a great finals swim. Although she was a little off of her prelims time she still had a fabulous race! Kayla placed 13th with a 59.72.
Up next for the Haven were Allie Muha and Kristin Taylor swimming next to each other for the last time in the 200 fly. These two girls swim almost every practice together so it was the perfect ending to Kristin's last individual race as a Lady Eagle. Although they didn't swim quite as fast as they did in the morning, the girls definitely left everything they had in the pool. Muha took 12th with a 2:14.22 and Taylor took 14th with a 2:15.17.
With only 20 minutes before the 800 free relay the girls ran to the cool down pool to try and recover after this rough race. Joining Muha and Taylor were Danielle Parowski and Kristen Capretti.
The girls were in the first heat and everyone sprinted their 200 free but they were a little off of where they wanted to be. The overall time was a 8:05.17 and they got 11th place.
Danielle: 1:57.98
Allie: 2:03.64
Kristin: 2:03.19
Kristen: 2:00.36
The Lady Eagles will be back in action tomorrow morning with the 100 free (Danielle Parowski, Kristen Capretti and Carley Nitchie) 200 back (Kayla Schnars).
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Session 5
This morning after a yummy breakfast the team headed over to the pool for session 5. This morning session was a "bright" one with the whole team rocking the neon yellow and watermelon pink PSAC shirts. We stood out as a team both in and out of the pool this morning, starting out with Danielle Parowski in the women's 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:10. 52 seeding her 14th for finals tonight. Next, Kayla Schnars swam the women's 100 yard Backstroke with a time of 59.71 just a little off her best but hoping to come back stronger tonight in her first ever PSAC final. Finally, Allie Muha and Kristin Taylor finished the morning off strong in the women's 200 yard Butterfly. Allie Muha having a lifetime best of 2:13.02 seeding her 12th for finals tonight and Kristin Taylor swimming a 2:13.96 seeding her 14th for finals tonight. After stopping for Jimmy Johns, the team headed back to the hotel to catch some naps to prepare for finals tonight. As well as the 4 individual events we will also have the women's 800 freestyle relay to look forward to tonight. LET'S GO HAVEN!
Friday, February 21, 2014
SESSION 4!!
After a fabulous lunch the team got their daily naps in! As much as we all try to study during this time we really take advantage of the napping time that most of us miss out during a normal school week! Shout out to Rob Taylor for picking up the PSAC shirts today in between sessions! We will be sporting them all day tomorrow!
The Haven Swimmers headed back to the pool for session number 4. As always there was some more procrastination before warming up, especially since their was now sweetish fish on the deck. We obviously could not resist eating those before swimming tonight.
The two events that were on the table tonight were the 200 Freestyle relay and the 400 Medley relay. After the girls got their suits on Carley Nitchie, Kaitlyn Druby, Kayla Schnars, and Kristen Capretti set eyes on the pool for the first race of the evening! The girls all had very strong swims and finished out with a 1:40.24 and an 11th place finish!
The 400 Medley relay consisted of Kayla Schnars, Kaitlyn Druby, Kristin Taylor, and Danielle Parowski. The girls dropped over 4 seconds swimming a 4:02.88!! This gave them a 9th place finish overall! The relay consisted of lifetime and season best splits! Kayla swam blistering fast and went a 59.55 in the backstroke while Kaitlyn swam a amazing 1:09.11 in the breaststroke. Kristin had a gutsy race swimming the fly leg and clocked in 1:00.38 and Danielle sprinted to swim a 53.84 in the free. It is crazy to think that this was Kaitlyn's LAST official race of her swimming career! Congratulations!!
After the girls got a longish cool down they headed back to the hotel to eat their dinners from "Cheddars" (cheddar a) restaurant! It is true that when we are so hungry we eat unbelievably fast that we don't know we are so full till we stand up! Probably not the smartest thing but at least we get our bellies full!!
As the night is winding down we are all looking for some strong and FAST swims tomorrow!! The events in the morning include the 500 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, and 200 butterfly!!
The Haven Swimmers headed back to the pool for session number 4. As always there was some more procrastination before warming up, especially since their was now sweetish fish on the deck. We obviously could not resist eating those before swimming tonight.
The two events that were on the table tonight were the 200 Freestyle relay and the 400 Medley relay. After the girls got their suits on Carley Nitchie, Kaitlyn Druby, Kayla Schnars, and Kristen Capretti set eyes on the pool for the first race of the evening! The girls all had very strong swims and finished out with a 1:40.24 and an 11th place finish!
The 400 Medley relay consisted of Kayla Schnars, Kaitlyn Druby, Kristin Taylor, and Danielle Parowski. The girls dropped over 4 seconds swimming a 4:02.88!! This gave them a 9th place finish overall! The relay consisted of lifetime and season best splits! Kayla swam blistering fast and went a 59.55 in the backstroke while Kaitlyn swam a amazing 1:09.11 in the breaststroke. Kristin had a gutsy race swimming the fly leg and clocked in 1:00.38 and Danielle sprinted to swim a 53.84 in the free. It is crazy to think that this was Kaitlyn's LAST official race of her swimming career! Congratulations!!
After the girls got a longish cool down they headed back to the hotel to eat their dinners from "Cheddars" (cheddar a) restaurant! It is true that when we are so hungry we eat unbelievably fast that we don't know we are so full till we stand up! Probably not the smartest thing but at least we get our bellies full!!
As the night is winding down we are all looking for some strong and FAST swims tomorrow!! The events in the morning include the 500 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, and 200 butterfly!!
Session #3
Starting off the morning was Allie Muha and Kristin Taylor in the 400 IM. Allie Muha had a solid swim finishing with a 4:53.00. Kristin Taylor followed suit with another solid swim finishing at a 4:55.68. Right after the 400 IM with just a little break while the guys swam Kristin dove back into the pool to swim her 100 fly finishing strong despite having a hard race right before.
Kristen Capretti and Danielle gave it all they had in their 200 freestyle, both not doing as well as expected but both girls raced all the way to the finish.
For lunch the team had a delicious meal at Panera and then we came back to the hotel to rest up for session #4.
Stay tuned for tonight's events which will consist of the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 medley relay. Good luck to all the teams competing in tonight's finals especially to our favorite eye candy on IUP's team the haven girls are cheering for you!
Kristen Capretti and Danielle gave it all they had in their 200 freestyle, both not doing as well as expected but both girls raced all the way to the finish.
For lunch the team had a delicious meal at Panera and then we came back to the hotel to rest up for session #4.
Stay tuned for tonight's events which will consist of the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 medley relay. Good luck to all the teams competing in tonight's finals especially to our favorite eye candy on IUP's team the haven girls are cheering for you!
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