John Wooden's Passing

What a sad day when I heard that John Wooden had passed away on June 4, 2010.

An amazing man with a great influence on countless coaches and people. I am reading the book "You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned", which is about Wooden's teaching philosophy.

Here is a video of a presentation he did in 2001. Hard to imagine he was 90 at the time.

Best,
DA

Team GPA Ranked as Outstanding

Once again, the team's GPA was above a 3.4 - 3.41 for the spring '2010. This is 7 out of the last 8 semesters it has been above a 3.4! A 3.4 is ranked by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America as "Outstanding".

The overall rankings will be available shortly from the CSCAA.

Best,
DA

13 Team Records

The team set a total of 13 team records in the second half of the season! This included a number of records that were reset. Here are all of the records and splits...

200 Free Relay

Set in Trials of NEWMAC - 1:42.17  

Burton, Joan FR, Bowers, Lydia SO, Cunningham, Nora FR, Schonborn, Lindsay SR          

       25.48    25.12    26.16    25.41                       

Reset In Finals - 1:41.09     

Rooney, Sarah SO,Bowers, Lydia SO, Burton, Joan FR, Schonborn, Lindsay SR          

       25.99    25.21    25.06    24.83                       

200 IM

Set in Trials - 2:16.28  

Schonborn, Lindsay        SR Mount Holyoke    

      30.11   34.96   39.54   31.67                                

Reset in Finals - 2:14.79  

Schonborn, Lindsay        SR Mount Holyoke   

      29.13   34.55   39.92   31.19                                

  

100 Fly         

Set at NEWMAC

Burton, Joan - 59.11  

      27.35   31.76                   

400 Medley Relay

Set in Trials at NEWMAC - 4:09.51  

Cunningham, Nora FR, Schonborn, Lindsay SR, Burton, Joan FR, Bowers, Lydia SO               

  31.35  1:04.15    32.81  1:10.78    27.39    59.13    26.49    55.45 

Reset in Finals at NEWMAC - 4:07.12    

Cunningham, Nora FR, Schonborn, Lindsay SR, Burton, Joan FR, Bowers, Lydia SO               

       30.94  1:03.86    32.12  1:09.48    26.92    58.80    25.81    54.98

50 and 100 Breaststroke

Both Set in Trials at NEWMAC

100 Breaststroke - Schonborn, Lindsay  1:09.02  

      32.65   36.37                                                

50 Breaststroke – 32.65

800 Free Relay

Set in Finals at NEWMAC 8:06.36    

Rooney, Sarah SO, Bowers, Lydia SO, Burton, Joan FR, Schonborn, Lindsay SR          

       29.87  1:01.77  1:34.48  2:07.30    28.18    59.93  1:32.21  2:03.73

       27.14    56.44  1:26.54  1:56.78    26.93    56.63  1:27.39  1:58.55

400 Free Relay

Set at Seven Sisters - 3:45.75        

Schonborn, Lindsay SR, Bowers, Lydia SO, Cunningham, Nora FR, Burton, Joan FR                

    27.08 56.19 (56.19)   1:22.87 (26.68)     1:52.25 (56.06)

    2:18.97 (26.72)  2:49.19 (56.94)     3:15.76 (26.57)     3:45.75 (56.56)

Reset in Trials at NEWMAC - 3:43.92  

Burton, Joan FR, Bowers, Lydia SO, Cunningham, Nora FR, Schonborn, Lindsay SR          

       26.90    55.92    25.84    55.39    27.35    57.43    26.42    55.18

Reset in Finals at NEWMAC - 3:41.32    

Schonborn, Lindsay SR, Cunningham, Nora FR, Bowers, Lydia SO, Burton, Joan FR                

       26.34    55.10    26.81    56.72    26.10    55.37    25.73    54.13

Kendall Facilities Updates

Check out the You Tube video of all of the recent updates to the Sports complex.

DA

Schonborn Earns "Lyon of the Week" Accolades

Swimming and diving team member Lindsay Schonborn has been named “Lyon of the Week” for the week of February 15-21. The senior figured in on seven school records at the 2010 NEWMAC Championships over the weekend. As a team, Mount Holyoke shattered eight program records en route to an eighth place finish at the competition.

In addition to taking seventh place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:14.79 on Friday, Schonborn also contributed to record setting performances in both of the day’s relay races. After teaming with sophomore Sarah Rooney, first year Joan Burton and sophomore Lydia Bowers to post a sixth place result in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:41.09, she went on to secure fifth place in the 400-yard medley relay along with Burton, Bowers and first year Nora Cunningham. The quartet finished the race in 4:07.12.

Schonborn added three more school records to her resume on Saturday. Her time of 1:09.02 in the preliminary round of the 100-yard breaststroke was good for tops in program history, and she also established a new 50-yard breaststroke record with her first split time of 32.65 in the race. The senior went on to take sixth place in the event with her time of 1:10.41 in the finals. She then joined forces with Burton, Rooney and Bowers to collect seventh place in the 800-yard freestyle relay with a time of 8:06.36.

The final school record of the weekend was established on Sunday by Schonborn, Burton, Bowers and Cunningham, who completed the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:41.32.

Annual Snow Plunge

So here are a couple of pics from the teams annual snow plunge. The challenge this year - lack of snow!! Hard to believe the mid-Atlantic states are buried. They forecast up to 8 inches yesterday - final total - 1/4" - and that may be generous. so no snow angels, or snow ball fight, but we "plunged" anyway.


Best,
DA

7 Sisters Cheers

We were excited to host the 7 Sisters Championship this year. This is a great 2 day championship that embodies the best of competition and sportsmanship. On Saturday night all the athletes and coaches get together for a banquet were the teams intermingle at the tables and get a chance to talk about each college and program.

On Sunday there are a couple of long standing traditions including a 7 Sisters Cheer that is led by the seniors (pictured on the right) and the hokey poky!

This years meet produced some great races and each team won at least 1 event.

Mount Holyoke's Joanie Burton ('12) walked away with the 200 fly and then anchored the 400 free relay, which won by almost 3 seconds and shattered the previous college record by 2 seconds. The relay consisted of Lindsay Schonborn '09, Lydia Bowers '11, Nora Cunningham '12 and Burton. For some reason I am unable to upload their picture. I'll try again tomorrow.