One Monday, July 27 and Tuesday, July 28, we will practice at Penn State Behrend. All 13 and up swimmers will be from 7:30-8:15 a.m. All 11-12's will be from 8:15 - 9:00 a.m. And 10 and unders will practice Monday only 9:00-9:30 a.m.
There will be no practice on Wednesday, July 29. On Thursday and Friday (July 30-31) we will be at the Belle Valley outdoor pool on Henderson Road in south Millcreek. Seniors and Pre-seniors will practice from 7-9 a.m. Competitive and Developmental Twos and Ones will practice 9- 10 a.m. (Developmental Ones on Friday only).
Four new MIST Records so far this summer
Rex Riley has broken three MIST long course team records so far this summer, and four MIST girls broke the short course 11-12 free relay record. Jordan Nuzback, Lexi Pierce, Mary Claire Stark and Megan Moholic swam a 1:53.11 in the 200 free relay at the Kahkwa dual meet to break the 2005 mark of 1:54.76 set by Lauren Szoszorek, Kelsey Rzymek, Lauren Kozuchowsky, and Kesley Ferrante.
Rex Riley broke the 100m and 200m breaststroke records both held by Andrew Steehler. Steehler went 1:09.10 and 2:37.97 in 2012. At the Senior Circuit meet at the University of Pittsburgh, Riley swam 1:08.37 and 2:34.55. Ath the same meet, Riley swam a 2:19.18 in the 200m IM to break Greg VanVolkenburg's 2:20.56 standard from 2002.
MIST Spring-Summer session starts May 1; Note time changes for Dev. 1
When the MIST Spring-Summer session starts on May 1, the practice times for Developmental 2, Competitive, Pre-Senior and Senior will stay the same as the Fall-Winter through June 12. Then when school gets out, we follow our morning practice times (as of June 15).
But our Developmental One group (which is only offered in the Spring-Summer) will be offered at a different time in May and early June than last year. Developmental One will be Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 6:15-7:00 p.m. from May 1 through June 12. Starting June 15, Developmental One will be 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Two MIST records set at Speedo Champions Series Meet in Buffalo
Bobby Bolmanski broke Jamie Bolton's 1999 MIST team record in the 400 meter freestyle at the Speedo Sectional Meet at Flickinger Pool in Buffalo with a 4:31.23. That was 4 seconds under the old mark.
The men's 200m free relay placed fifth in a new MIST record 1:40.52. Stephen Marn, Austin Intrieri, Jake Jones and Jack Mahoney lowered the old mark of 1:40.91 set in 2012 by Ethan Chase, Jonathan Ekas, Andrew Steehler and Kevin Intrieri.