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5 December 2011 Posted in Competitions,Uncategorized

Ironman Lake Placid – congratulations Oliver and Ann!

9 August 2011 Posted in Competitions

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July 22, 2011, team mate Oliver Cordoba finished his first ironman triathlon at Lake Placid in an amazing time of 11:17:56. Most people are happy to finish in under 12 hours – congratulations Oliver!

His splits were:

SWIM	BIKE	RUN	OVERALL	RANK	DIV.POS.
59:30	6:02:34	4:02:27	11:17:56	371	90

LEG	DISTANCE	PACE	RANK	DIV.POS.
TOTAL SWIM	2.4 mi. (59:30)	1:33/100m	106	22

BIKE SPLIT 1: 30 mi	30 mi (1:22:27)	21.83 mi/h
BIKE SPLIT 2: 86 mi	56 mi (2:57:33)	18.92 mi/h
BIKE SPLIT 3: 112 mi	26 mi (1:42:34)	15.21 mi/h
TOTAL BIKE	112 mi (6:02:34)	18.53 mi/h	458	104

RUN SPLIT 1: 26.2 mi	26.2 mi (4:02:27)	9:15/mi
TOTAL RUN	26.2 mi (4:02:27)	9:15/mi	371	90

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Also competing was Ann Walling in her second Ironman triathlon and came 13th in her division:

SWIM	BIKE	RUN	OVERALL	RANK	DIV.POS.
1:06:37	6:57:05	4:37:48	12:56:54	1194 of 2493	13 of 58

LEG	DISTANCE	PACE	RANK	DIV.POS.
TOTAL SWIM	2.4 mi. (1:06:37)	1:45/100m	347	4

BIKE SPLIT 1: 30 mi	30 mi (1:33:59)	19.15 mi/h
BIKE SPLIT 2: 86 mi	56 mi (3:28:24)	16.12 mi/h
BIKE SPLIT 3: 112 mi	26 mi (1:54:42)	13.60 mi/h
TOTAL BIKE	112 mi (6:57:05)	16.11 mi/h	1459	16

RUN SPLIT 1: 26.2 mi	26.2 mi (4:37:48)	10:36/mi
TOTAL RUN	26.2 mi (4:37:48)	10:36/mi	1194	13

One side note is that an ex-team mate, Arlene Ayoub finished 3rd in her division in 12:42:24 and qualified for the ironman in Kona!

Congratulations to everyone who competed and particularly to our team mates who came out of the water ranking highly in the field of 2880 competitors.

World and National records set by Ian Smith

7 July 2011 Posted in Competitions

Congratulations to Ian Smith who had an amazing meet at the 2011 Colonies Zone LCM Championship Meet hosted by the Middlebury Muffintops in Vermont over the St Jean Baptiste long weekend. In the 70-74 years age group, Ian set bot the World and National record for the men’s 50m freestyle with a time of 28.35 as well as National records for the 100m freestyle (1:06.27) and the 50m fly (32.94).

CMSC 2011 Montreal – wrap up

30 May 2011 Posted in Competitions

Way to go team! 3rd in the country at the Canadian Masters Swimming Championships! We were only 110 points out of second place, so it was a close race. Way to go team!

Many of us swam personal bests and some of us are now National Champions and even national record holders! The team’s results can be viewed here.

Congratulations to our 7 champions who have 20(!!!) national titles between them:

Enrico Quilico: 25-29 years 800 freestyle 11:33.86

Vitor Lima: 25-29 years 50 freestyle 24.28; 100 freestyle 53.84; 200 freestyle 2:01.77; 1500 freestyle 18:57.23

Martin Levine: 40-44 200 breaststroke 2:35.35

Ilka Lowensteyn: 45-49 years 200 freestyle 2:19.64; 400 freestyle 4:55.08; 1500 freestyle 19:50.10; 100 backstroke 1:14.33

Carla Young: 55-59 years 50 backstroke 37.82

Ian Smith: 70-74 years 50 freestyle 28.47; 100 freestyle 1:05.41 (National Record?); 50 fly 32.62 (National Record?)

Robin Berlyn: 75-79 years 200 freestyle 3:34.17; 400 freestyle 7:34.06; 800 freestyle 15:35.41; 1500 freestyle 29:07.61; 50 backstroke 53.57; 100 backstroke 2:01.16

4×100 mens medley relay – Robin Berlyn, Echard Siggel, Joseph Douek, Don Dondieri

And finally, a last hurrah for photos of the weekend…

with the A&W Root Bear plus an interloper

In the news!

4 May 2011 Posted in Competitions

Our team’s success at Trois Rivières has made the local paper! You can see the article in the Westmount Examiner, complete with a team photo.

DDO swim meet – March 19, 2011

24 March 2011 Posted in Competitions

Greeting from the DDO swim meet where the team had another successful competition, wining the overall points tally (way to go team!). Sadly, I couldn’t be there but from what I hear everyone had a great time, but perhaps not the DDO 4×50 mens relay team who were handily beaten by ours with Martin and Vitor bringing home the bacon swimming 3rd and 4th.

The following highlights are those I heard around the pool deck so appologies to anyone I have missed out on, everyone’s efforts contributed to our victory.

First time competitor Tina Primiani had nothing but good things to say about her experience, so anyone considering competing should take a leaf out of her book and just dive in an do it! We also had some of our triathlete’s come out for the 1500m and Jenn Donovan swam a PB for the distance. Yvonne Cheng knocked 15 seconds off her 200m breaststroke!

This last photo… this is NOT a side effect of swimming, this is what Charles looks like normally…

Montreal North swim meet – December 4, 2010

5 December 2010 Posted in Competitions

Hello swimmers!

Our team brought 21 swimmers to Montreal North for the meet today and everyone did really well! There were many best times, a handful of ‘first times’, season’s bests, but mostly lots of laughs, great racing experience, and many many points! So many points that Westmount Y Masters won the meet! Congratulations!! I’ve attached a photo of the plaque we received (and that I accepted on our behalf) from the CNMN meet director. We took a photo as well with them and it will be posted on our website.

Vitor also picked up a plaque for his win in the 25m free (18-34 yrs) in a blistering fast time of 11.XX seconds (Vitor, we have your plaque and hope your shoulder heals well).

I saw a few of our swimmers sporting the Ying Fa racing suit… Don’t forget to order your Ying Fa suits and try them out in a meet before provincials!

Congratulations to everyone! What a way to start the season and to finish the calendar year! Keep it up!

Yvonne

Remaining Meets for the year – résumé de la rencontre reste de l’année

26 May 2010 Posted in Competitions

http://www.westmountymcaswimclub.qc.ca/masters/calendar (check calendar june – red)

Hi all,

Here’s a quick run down for the remaining meets for the year:

Longueuil June 12 Long Course https://registration.swimming.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=9524

Repentigny June 19 Short Course https://registration.swimming.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=8198

Middlebury (US) June 25-27 Long Course http://www.middleburymuffintops.org/

There is no meet at Parc Jean-Drapeau planned this year.

Just to let you know the meet at Middlebury is the New England Masters Championship meet, is very good quality swimming (like our own Provincials) and this year boasts a swim clinic hosted by US legend Rowdy Gaines. The pool is in Vermont at (2.5hrs).

If you are planning to go to any of the meets listed please get back to me and I will list the meet packages on poolside – at Westmount and pass info onto the downtown Y.

Martin

Salut à tous,

Voici un rapide résumé de la rencontre reste de l’année:

Longueuil Juin 12 longue cours https://registration.swimming.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=9524

Repentigny Juin 19 Short Course https://registration.swimming.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=8198

Middlebury (US) 25-27 Juin Long Cours http://www.middleburymuffintops.org/

Il n’ya pas de répondre au Parc Jean-Drapeau, prévue cette année.

Juste pour vous informer de la rencontre à Middlebury est le New England Masters Championnat, est la natation de très bonne qualité (comme nos propres Provinciaux) et cette année, bénéficie d’une clinique de natation organisée par US légende Rowdy Gaines. La piscine est dans le Vermont aux (2,5 heures).

Si vous prévoyez d’aller à l’un des rencontre énumérés s’il vous plaît revenir à moi et je vais répondre à la liste des paquets sur la piscine – à Westmount et de passer d’infos sur le centre-ville de Y.

Martin

Provincials 2010 – Quebec

21 March 2010 Posted in Competitions

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Order of Events at Provincials

With less than a month to go, here is the order of events for Provincials for those of you who are thinking of going. Take a look and discuss it with Coach Robyn, she may have some suggestions as to which events you should swim…

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PROVINCIALS 2010 – INFORMATION TO GO WITH ROBYN’S EVENT PICKS

(le tout en anglais, question de temps. SVP appelez-moi avec des questions 514.225.5465.)

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Dear swimmers:

I have laboriously gone through provincial rankings, results from 2009 provincials, your best times, and any other information I could get my hands on to determine the best possible point results for each of you individually as well as to obtain the greatest point coverage within each age group.
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Some of the events I suggest for you may be very challenging: that is
why we train so hard (remember the Swim for Haiti? Let it fuel you!)
All of your coaches are very pleased with your fitness and technique
work this year. If I suggest an event for you, it is because I believe
in your ability to succeed. Ultimately your event choices belong to
you, nothing is non-negotiable (for most of you, heh-heh.) But please
don’t use the word ‘can’t’ in our discussions. (Unless it is something
like ‘I can’t believe how great these events are, I am so excited
about this’.)

Comments like ‘I am not fast’ or ‘I don’t think I can make a
difference’ will be ignored. Each one of you who makes an effort will
contribute – we saw it in last year’s results, with event champions
from all 5 lanes of our pool! You don’t need to win: all those 5th,
6th, 7th and 8th place points really add up. (And don’t underestimate
the power of having more relays than anyone else.)

1.The events are listed here by stroke, not in the order they will be
swum. The event order is listed separately in attachment number 2.

2.To make it easier to know which line belongs to which swimmer, I
alternated one line of ‘y’s and one line of ‘o’s to indicate that I am
suggesting you swim the event. They mean the same thing (yes-oui!)

3.If there are more than 7 individual events checked off, I am
indicating your best chances for scoring points. You need to narrow it
down to 7 (or let me know and I will do it for you.)

4.If there are less than 7 individual events checked off, the other
events are equal in terms of point value – plan to max-out at 7
events, and pick the others you like best (that are preferably not
immediately before or after the ones I picked for you.)

5.You should assume you are swimming relays if you will be present. If
you are swimming the 200 fly, I will not make you swim the fly in the
medley relay that follows (you will do another stroke) unless you ask
me to put you in it. The same may apply to those of you in the 400 IM.

6.If I did not put you down for the 200 fly or the 400 IM and you want
to swim it, please let me know. Hello, check-off challenge!

7.If you see the 400, 800 or 1500 free checked off and you consider
yourself a sprinter, do not panic. First of all this is a great way
for us to accumulate points (if you liked being a member of the
reigning provincial champion team, get used to the idea that you are
swimming the event.) Secondly, it is a great way to help your body
recover at a meet with NO cool-down pool. Swimming a distance event
nice and easy will help your body get ready for the next day of
racing.

8.If you do not find your name I was told by you or someone else that
you are not coming. If you can make it, we want you there, so please
tell me ASAP!!

9.Every practice counts from here until provincials. Every turn counts
– make every one legal!

10.THIS IS ALL FOR FUN*, SO NO WORRIES!

Circle the events you agree with on the board (or email me if you
don’t see me at Westmount or Downtown Y pools. Negotiations end
Tuesday March 29. Keep pushing your limits,

Robyn

*PS winning provincials again would be really fun

Westmount Y Centre Masters Swim Club

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