MHC Athletic Video

Here is link to a video about MHC athletics and the improvements under way to Kendall Dance and Sports complex.

Enjoy!
DA

Convocation

Mount Holyoke kicked off the new year with Convocation today. It was a beautiful summer day to be sitting in the amphitheater and welcoming the incoming class of 2012. Here is a link to the news story.

We are looking forward to the start of the semester and especially the season. The team will start practices on September 29th and we are really looking forward to using the updated pool.

Events between now and then include our first meeting on Thursday, which is immediately followed by the Athletic Department Bar-B-Que.

We will also by holding our swimming lessons starting on the 15th and holding a stroke and turn clinic on September 20th. Turns out we are pretty busy even when we are not practicing!

Check out our competition schedule for 2008-2009 here.

More updates soon.

Best,
DA

Swim Clinic Information

Below is the information for our upcoming Swim Clinic. Please let me know if you have questions. I can be reached at 413-538-2314 or dmallen@mtholyoke.edu

Mount Holyoke College – Stroke and Turn Clinic

WHEN: September 20th, 2008 9:00 - 3:30

WHERE: KENDALL HALL, MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE

TOPICS: The stroke clinic will cover all four competitive strokes, as well as starts and turns. Each stroke will be covered using stroke drills, college swimmer demonstrations and videotape review. The newest drills and techniques will be introduced.

WHO’S ELIGIBLE: Competitive swimmers between 8 years old and senior in high school. All swimmers must be able to complete 25 yards in the four competitive strokes. Cost is $50.00 per swimmer.

INSTRUCTORS: Instructors will include head coach Dave Allen and members of the Mount Holyoke Swim Team. Coach Allen has coached YMCA, high school and college teams and has 21 years of experience in running clinics and camps throughout the country. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Team members specializing in each stroke will demonstrate drills and provide feedback to participants.

WHAT TO BRING: Swim suits, 2 caps, goggles, 3 towels, brown bag lunch, shorts/T-shirt or warm-ups.

APPROXIMATE SCHEDULE:
8:30-9:00 - Registration
9:00-10:15 - Freestyle Techniques
10:15-11:30 - Backstroke Techniques
11:30-12:00 – Lunch
12:00-1:15 - Butterfly Techniques
1:15-2:30 - Breaststroke Techniques
2:30-3:00 – Turns
3:00-3:30 - Starts

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REGISTRATION FORM

NAME: __________________________ AGE:________________________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________

CITY: ________________________ STATE: _________ ZIP CODE: _______

PHONE NUMBER (In case of emergency): _____________________________________________________

Make checks payable to: Mount Holyoke College ($50.00 per swimmer)

Return Form to: Dave Allen, Kendall Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075

Questions: 413-538-2314 or dmallen@mtholyoke.edu

Grace Bauer Video

Hi All,

This past semester, senior Grace Bauer was selected to be part of a student profile video. It is basically a "day in the life" of Grace (just so you know it doesn't end with 100+ measures of an E major - get the reference?)

All the best!

DA

Scoreboard Video

The updates are finally complete and we are ready to kick off the 2008-2009 season. I am completely amazed at how well everything came out and how great the pool looks now! We have a "new pool".

Video below shows the new scroeboard and parts of timing systyem that was installed last week. Thanks to Tac and everyone at Colorado Timing for their help in getting the scoreboard up.

I would also like to thank all of our Facilities Management crew that helped with this project, including (but not limited to!) Rick, Donny, Bob, Jim, Joe, Kenny, Don and Mike. My apologizes to those I may have left out!

Of course, the biggest thank you goes to David Wilson for his generous donation to update our facility!

Team GPA

So we have our team GPA for the Spring semester of 2008 and it is a whooping 3.59! We have submitted it to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America and it will receive the "All-American Academic Team Award" at the Superior level!

We now wait for our ranking among the other swim teams. We have been ranked as high as 3rd in Women's Division III Swimming with a GPA of 3.55. So we are crossing our fingers and hoping for a gold medal!

The submission deadline is September 1st, so we will not know until mid to late September. I'll post it as soon as I hear.

Best,
DA

Pool Additions

The pool renovations are just about complete. The bulkhead and blocks have been installed and the pool walls have been painted. The scoreboard and timing system will be installed next week and we will be done!

The additions have been great and we have put them to good use with the U.S. Sports Camps Swim Camps at mount Holyoke. We are just finishing up our 3rd and final week.

Check out the video of the pool.

Enjoy!

DA