Tide has Mixed Results

Tide swam at the Boylan Pentathlon Monday. The Tide swam good backstroke races and had some good Fly and Breast swims. The Tide is still looking for some consistency.

The Tide swims at UW-Madison Saturday for the Madison Invite.

Team Meeting is at 10am

Meet is at 1:40.

UW Natatorium.

Girls Middle School Scrimmage

Tuesday January 5th at Janesville Edison

4:30pm

Defend the Title!!

Go Tide!!

Tides Next Meet

Rockford Boylan Penthalon at Rockford Knights Complex off Ill. Hwy. 2.

Meet Starts at 2pm.

We will warm up at our pool 8-9:30am

Brunch at Vogel's 10-11am

Bus NOON.

Alumni Swimmers

Remember you are always invited to come back and visit and or swim. Once a Tide Swimmer always a Tide Swimmer. Remember that we are FAMILY!

Current Tide College Swimmers:

Megan Roegner UW-Whitewater.

Joe Gracelyn Loras College

Katelyn Schober Carthage College

Mitch Fillbach Gustavus Adolphus

Kendall Staufacher Beloit College

Susannah Maiken Lawrence University

Tyler Senz Beloit College

Winter Break Practices are from 8am till 11am. As Posted on Team Web-Site.

Tide Set Records at Elkhorn Invite!!

The Tide had an outstanding day at Elkhorn Invite. The Team overcame the DQ of its Medley Relay to Finish 8th of 11.

Medaling Swimmers:

Dan Luebke 4th 200 Free 2:13. 29 TR, 4th 100 Fly 1:09.13 TR

Mike McNulty 7th 200 IM, 4th 400 Free 4:48.92 TR

Christian Daniels 8th 200 IM

Cody Fick 6th 100 Breaststroke 1:19.43 TR

400 Free Relay 7th Dan Luebke, Nick Fillbach, Christian Daniels, Mike McNulty

Tide Varsity Beats LaFollette 110-52

Great JOB!!

1st Places:

200 Medley Nick Fillbach, Christian Daniels, Cody Schober, Cody Fick

200 Free & 100 Fly Dan Luebke

200 I.M. & 500 Free Mike McNulty

50 Free Cody Fick

100 Free Alec Shu

200 Free Relay Jeremy Bishop, Dan Luebke, Cody Schober, Cody Fick

100 Breast Christian Daniels

400 Free Relay Dan Luebke, Nick Fillbach, Christian Daniels, Mike McNulty

Lady Middle Tide

34 Ladies out for the Team.

Defend the Title!!

Go Tide!!

Tide Medals at Parker Relays

The Tide came home with 4 relays medaling at the Parker Relays.
The 300 Breast Relay of Dan Luebke, Cody Fick, Nick White, Christian Daniels finished 4th.
300 Back Relay of Jose De La Torre, Cody Schober, Josh Werling, Nick Fillbach 5th
300 Fly Relay of Sloan Eisenbart, Daniels, Schober, Luebke 6th
500 Free Relay of Jeremy Bishop, Eisenbart, Danies, Luebke 6th.

Tide is at Madison LaFollette Friday 5pm

Middle Tide Boys WIN Conference!!!!!

Tide Dominates Conference Meet 163, Janesville Marshall 116, Janesville Edison 88, Franklin 40.

Tide wins every event setting many school and conference records.

As soon as I get the Final Results I will post.

GREAT JOB!!!!!!!! GO TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tide Varsity Loses Close one to East.

Tide J.V. Beat East 66-62.

Tide Varsity was led by Mike McNulty with two 1st Places with life time best in the 200 Free 2:01.90 and 100 Free 54.78. The 400 Free Relay of Dan Luebke 55.78 lead off, Nick White, Christian Daniels and McNulty also won.

Outstanding swims by Sloan Eisenbart 500 free 5:58, Jeremy Bishop 50 Free 25.31, Nick White 200 I.M., Cody Fick 200 Fly, Nick Fillbach 100 Breast, Dan Luebke 500 Free 5:35.35.

Tide is at Parker Relays Saturday.

Tide Varsity Loses Close one to East.

Saturday Practice 8am

We will practice Saturday before we leave for Janesville Parker.

Most of you will be swimming.

Meet Starts at 11am.

Parents get there early. Seats fill up quick. It will be hot and Humid.

Tide at Madison East Friday

Remember out of class 2:15, Bus leaves 2:30pm

Everyone is swimmming.

School Canceled!!!

NO SCHOOL!!!

REMEMBER PRACTICE THURSDAY 1-4PM.

Lady Middle Tide Starts Monday 12/14

Practice Starts at 6pm. Be there about 5:45.

Go TIDE!!!!!

Middle Tide Finish Undefeated 6-0

The Middle Tide Boys finished the regular season UNDEFEATED. Beating Janesville Marshall 155-95 at the BMHS Natatorium. Winning all 9 events. Great Job and Good Luck at Conference.

The Conference Meet is at Janesville Marshall Friday at 4:30. Go TIDE!!!!!!!!!

Results will post Wednesday.

Morning Practice Canceled 12/9

Due to Weather Cancel Practice. SLEEP!!!

H.S. Boys Team Meeting 3:34 Room A112

Team Goal Setting.

Run by Captains.

Middle Tide Meet is ON!!!

The Tide will Host Janesville Marshall Today at 5:00pm at the BMHS Natatorium.

Morning Workouts

Use Common Sense on Deciding to come to Practice Wednesday Morning. Follow the Blog!! I will Post Early.

Tide Swims at Oshkosh West Invite

The Tide had a good meet at Oshkosh Today. Mike McNulty finished 6th in the 500 free. Cody Fick swam to a 9 place in the 100 Breaststroke. Outstanding swims by Sloan Eisenbart in the 200 Free and 100 Fly. Cody Schober 100 Fly.

Battle of the Memorials

Tide Lost Home Opener to Defending State Champions Madison Memorial. The Tide had good swims in the 200 Free, 200 I.M. and 500 Free. Christian Daniels was the Swimmer of the Meet for his 5:57 500. Keeping the Tradition of Great Freshman 500 Freestylers. The Tide Swim at Oshkosh West Invite Saturday at 11am.

Middle Tide Wins at Edison

The Boys beat Janesville Edison 150-81 last night. More Details to follow as received.

Anna Maria's Tonight!!

6:30pm

$6

Remember who you represent!

Mark UR Calendars

The High School Boys Swim Team will be working the Boys Basketball Concessions for the Booster Club Saturday January 16. Both J.V. and Varsity. The Booster Club has helped swimming for many years. We need to give back. This will be a required activity, to help BMHS and the Booster Club.

Middle Tide Wins at Franklin

Tide 142 Janesville Franklin 90

Stays Undefeated 4-0

1st Places:

200 Medley Relay: Jose Cardenas, Caleb Schober, Christian Schober, Joe Garetson

200 Free: Schroeder 2:45.73

100 I.M.: Caleb Schober 1:16.16

50 Free Jack Klobucar 30.45

50 Fly: Cardenas 34.44

100 Free:Caleb Schober 1:06.72

50 Back: Caredenas 36.67

200 Free Relay: Klobucar, Molland, Chris Schober, Poepping. 2:11.27

New Record!!!

6th Grade 200 Medley Relay: Schroeder, Wadle, Dekok, Hudson 2:53.07 3rd Place in Meet

Great Job!!!!!

Friday AM Practice Canceled

Take Note!!

Remember to DRESS UP for Meet.

Lady Tide Banquet

Last night the Lady Tide had their end of season Banquet.

Varsity Letter Winners

Emily Busan 4th

Hannah Sweet 3rd

Maggie Ezdon 2nd

Cherrelle Phon 2nd

Haleigh Thomas 2nd

Becca Wentworth 1st

Gabby DeKok 2nd

Margo Grover 2nd

Maddy West 2nd

Taylor Ingolia-Brown 1st

Kayla Knowles 1st

Amanda Townshend 1st

Brianna White 1st

Madeline Franklin 1st

Special Awards

Most Improved J.V. Swimmer: Helen Koth

Most Improved Varsity Swimmer: Amanda Townshend, Becca Wentworth

Hardest Worker: Emily Busan, Brianna White

Rookie: Madeline Franklin

Iron Women: Emily Busan

MVP: Margo Grover

Varsity GPA: 3.84 NISCA Gold Award 5th year in a row.

Great Season Ladies.

Bring running shoes that can get Wet

Our Weekly Run, Jump, Swim Wednesday AM Practice

Dr. G on Success (Hard Work) READ!!!!!!!!!

THE NOT SO "BLIND SIDE" - THE REALLY OBVIOUS SECRET TO SUCCESS

Submitted by Dr. G on Fri, 11/27/2009 - 16:59.

The feel-good hit movie, THE BLIND SIDE, has just made its' debut in movie theaters to rave reviews. Based upon the the 2006 best selling book of the same name, it charts the improbable success of Baltimore Raven's rookie tackle, Michael Oher from homelessness and poverty on the mean streets of Memphis to starting in the NFL.

While the movie features the kindness and generosity of an Ole Miss booster who got Oher off the streets and helped him tap into his tremendous potential, the most important part of this story resides within this 23 year old himself and is not really highlighted on the big screen. The main reason that Oher has made it as far as he has against overwhelming odds is because of his willingness to "pay his physical dues." Simply put, the kid's work ethic is prodigious and admirable.

While it's an obvious cliche' that the real secret to success is consistent and persistent HARD WORK, for some reason this simple and basic concept seems to escape so many of us.Perhaps it's because of what hard work actually entails. It's, well...HARD! It doesn't come easy and it frequently hurts. It's uncomfortable, boring and very often not much FUN! It takes a lot of time and requires that one endures a tremendous amount of physical and emotional discomfort. It requires courage and sacrifice!

Gack!!!! Who on earth wants to consistently have to go through all of that????!!!

Exactly!!!! So while everyone may entertain dreams about making it big, only a select few are actually willing to do what is really necessary to turn those success fantasies into a reality. Oher is nonplussed about his seemingly improbable celebrity and would much prefer if no-one knew his story. What he does want people to know about him is that there is nothing improbable about working your butt off. This is what he attributes to his current success and what will most likely result, barring any unforeseen injuries, in a very long and successful NFL career.

Got a dream? Want to turn into a reality? GREAT!!!! Then, roll up your sleeves, shut your mouth and get to work!!!! Meaningful success on and off the field can only be yours if you are willing to tenaciously work for it! You've got to pay your physical dues in order to make it happen and when you're done paying, then you need to pay some more!!!!

Incidentally, go see the movie! In my humble opinion, it's well worth it!!!!!

No Practice Today Pool Down

Al is working on it will be find Saturday. Captains Practice Saturday 8am.

I will see you Monday 6am.

Remember this Sunday SUDS!!

Team gathering at Suds Noon. There will be a short presentation about our new pool.

See you all there.

Purple Tide Swims Scrimmage

Tuesday Night the Tide swam at Elkhorn H.S. in a scrimmage. The Tide only swimming on 6 practice days (10 practices), had an outstanding night.

Course is 25 meters. Several school records were set.

New Records:

200 Medley Relay: Mike McNulty bk, Christian Daniels br, Dan Luebke fly, and Cody Fick fr. 2:07.66

Luebke: 200 Free 2:17.22

McNulty: 200 I.M. 2:34.66 & 400 Free 4:54.24

Fick: 100 Breast 1:20.45

Daniels: freshman rec. 200 I.M. 2:38.30, 100 breast 1:24.09

Matt McNulty J.V. 400 free 7:14.88

The Tides 1st meet will be Friday December 4th at the BMHS Natatorium 5pm.

Middle Tide Boys Stay Undefeated

Tuesday 11/24 the Middle Tide defeated Janesville Marshall. The Tide again had well balance meet.

1st Places:

Arman Cabrara 200 Free 2:15.27 TR, 100 Free 58.92 TR.

Jose Cardenas 100 I.M. 1:15.05, 50 Back 34.83

Caleb Schober 50 Fly 34.24, 50 Breast 37.71

200 Free Relay of Jack Klobucar, Cradenas, Schober, Cabrara 1:57.77 TR.

There were many other outstanding swims, Morgan Poepping IM&Breast, Andrew DeKok 50 Breast, Christian Schober Fly, Andrew Wadle 100 I.M.

Great Job!!! Keep it going.

Elkhorn Scrimage Tonight

Team Meeting 4pm

Bus leaves 4:15pm

Meet 6pm

Coming Straight Home.

Practice Wednesday 8am-11

Team Picture

Remember Team Picture Monday, during Practice. Timer Club included. Also remember movie.

The Blindside Movie

Psychology Club is sponsoring a movie night at the Beloit Movie Theaters. This Monday 11/23.

$8 including popcorn and pop.

Movie starts at 6:45. I will end practice early if you guys want to go.

Talk to me about this.

Middle Tide Boys Win!!!!

Middle Tide Boys beat Janesville Franklin 160-70.

The Tide was lead in the 1st event the 200 Medley Relay. New School Record, New 8th Grade Record of 2:10.56. Members were Caleb Schober back 34.24, Morgan Poepping Breast 39.49, Armann Cabrera Fly 28.74, Jose Cardenas Free 28.09.

Other 1st Places:

Cardenas 200 Free, 100 Free.

Cabrera 100 I.M., 50 Fly

C. Schober 50 Free, 50 Back

200 Free Relay: Chris Schober, Joe Garetson, Jack Klobucar, Poepping.

New Records:

Klobucar 6th grade 100 Free 1:17.13

Jordan Hudson 6th grade 50 Free 38.75

GOLD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Lady Tide have been mining Gold. This years Varsity Team has a G.P.A. of 3.845. This will make them eligible for the NISCA Academic Gold Award for the 5th year in a row. The Lady Tide has been ranked by NISCA as one the best academic programs in the country, Top 10 the last 5 years. The Lady Tide is Coached by Kim Waite and Stacey Johansson

Timer Club Meeting

Friday 3:20 in Pool.

See Coach Vogel ASAP if you can not make it.

Middle Tide Boys Home Thursday

Need Timers and Table workers.

Remember High School Practice Following meet.

5:30-8pm

Team Picture

Monday Nov. 23rd at Afternoon Practice

Wear Purple!!

Bring running shoes that can get Wet

Wednesday Morning Practice.

Parents Meeting

Wednesday in the Pool Balcony 5:30. Meet the Coaches and see your Boys working out.

We will go over my policies and expectations. Also meet the other parents.

Remember 1st meet is a week from Tuesday.

23 on Tide after 1st Day

If you still want to swim see Coach Vogel ASAP

Reminder

That the Boys Swim Team has a scrimmage at Elkhorn on Tuesday November 24 meet starts at 6pm

New Record !!!!!!!!! :)

Margo Grover Broke the 32 year old BMHS Sophomore record in the 100 Freestyle with a 57.59. The old record was held by Ann Criswell of 57.63 set in 1977. Congratulations Margo!!!!!!!!

1 Week R U Ready?????????????

6 Days 19 hours from this Posting.
Also I need your Yellow Card and T-Shirt Info.
Code Meeting is Thursday at BMHS 6:30pm

Lady Tide at Sectionals Outstanding

The Lady Tide had an OUTSTANDING SECTIONAL Saturday.

The Tide had many All Time Tide performances.

400 Free Relay of Margo Grover, Em Busam, Madeline Franklin, and Gabby DeKok swam a 4:01. 6th Place and 7th Fastest All Time.

200 Free Relay of Grover, Cherrlle Phon, Franklin, Busam swam a 1:49 for the 6th Fastest All Time.

Grover 50 Free 26.4 8th All Time, 100 Free 56.5 4th All Time

Busam 200 Free 2:09 8th All Time, 500 Free 5:42 3rd All Time

DeKok 50 Breast 36.0 6th All Time

Phon 50 Fly 29.9 6th All Time, 100 Fly 1:09

Becca Wentworth 50 Back 33.6 8th All Time

Middle Tide Boys Win Opener

Middle Tide Beat Janesville Franklin 147-48 Friday at the BMHS Natatorium. The Tide had many outstanding swims.

1st Place:

Caleb Schober 200 Free 2:30.14, 50 Breast 38.48

Jose Cardenas 100 I.M. 1:19.73, 50 Fly 33.77

Armann Cabrera 50 Free 26.42, 100 Free 1:01.01 8th Grade Team Records

Chris Schober 50 Back 40.22

200 Medley Relay of Jason Schroeder, Chris Schober, Andrew DeKok, Jack Klobacar

200 Free Relay Caleb Schober, Cardenas, Morgan Poepping, Cabrera. 1:59.06 8th Grade Team Record.

Great Job Tide!!!!!!!!!!

Middle Tide Boys Home Friday

Friday the Middle Tide hosts Janesville Franklin at the BMHS Natatorium. Warm-up is at 3:45, Meet is at 4:30. High School Boys we need you to help work the meet, as timers and table workers. See Coach Vogel or Coach DeKok ASAP.

Middle Tide Boys Open TONIGHT!!

Middle Tide Boys scrimmage at Janesville Edison Middle tonight at 4:30. This year the Boys have 20 swimmers.

TIDE Practice Starts Two Weeks from Today!!!!!!!!!

13 Days, 17 Hours, 12 minutes from this POST!!

Will you be READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lady Tide Beats Parker at Big 8 Meet

The Lady Tide swam a Great Meet at Middleton Saturday.

Outstanding swims by all.

Notable Swims:

Margo Grover 50 Free 26.41, 100 Free 58.21 both swims are 6th all time BMHS

Em Busam 200 Free 2:10.31 9th All-Time, 500 Free 5:46.88 4th All-Time

200 Free Relay of Grover, Gabby DeKok, Cherelle Phon, Madiline Frankline 1:52.54 9th All-Time.

One other notable swim Becca Wentworth 100 Breast 1:24.00 big time improvement.

The Lady Tide swims at the Kenosha Bradford Sectional Saturday at 1pm. Get there early if you want to see the meet.

Big 8 Conference Meet Saturday 1pm

The Big 8 Conference meet is Saturday at Middleton High School. Meet starts at 1pm. Parents you need to be there early. This meet sells out and if you want to get a seat or see Beloit swim get there 2hours early. I am not kidding.

Boys Swim Starts in 3 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

20 Days, 22 Hours, 5 minutes.

Will you be READY!!!!

Open swim Monday - Thursday 3:20-4pm

Lady Tide Scares Sun Praire

The Lady Tide swam an outstanding meet Friday night in their last meet at home for the season. The Tide gave the their parents an great Parents Night. Final Score SP 91 Beloit 79. The Tide was again led by Margo Grover and Em Busam. Margo 1st in the 50 Free and Busam 1st in the 200 free. The 400 Free Relay of Grover, Busam, Madeline Franklin and Great finish by Gabby DeKok won the relay in a season best 4:09.

There were many outstanding swims. Franklin 200 Free, Maggie Ezdon 100 Back, DeKok 100 Breast, Hannah Sweet 100 Free, Nikki Masterson 100 Back, Jennette Coppernoll 50 Free, Cherrelle Phon 100 Fly.

The Lady Tide's next meet is Saturday October 31st at Middleton for the Big 8 Conference Meet. Parents get there real early. This meet sells out fast. You need to be there 2 - 3 hours early!

Team Meeting Friday 10/23 7:30am

Require. BE THERE!!!!!
Room A112

Being a Champion

WANT TO GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AS AN ATHLETE? THEN SURROUND YOURSELF WITH LIKE-MINDED, GO-FOR-IT PEOPLE

Submitted by Dr. G on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 12:38.

Do you really want to become a champion? Do you reallywant to take your athletic talents as far as humanly possible? If so, then you want to systematically surround yourself with highly motivated, high achieving, supportive individuals. You want coaches around you who believe in you and your dreams. You want practice partners who are like-minded and high achieving, and who are willing to push themselves and you to get as good as possible.

You do NOT want people on "your team" who are negative, have a poor work ethic and are directly threatened by your success. These people, be they coaches or other athletes are "dream stealers." Because of their own insecurities, negativity and immaturity, they will go out of their way to sabotage your quest. Pursuing excellence and becoming a champion is hard enough as it is without having to deal with these energy drains.

It's like running a race with a team. Do you want your teammates physically hanging onto your back and legs, weighing you down and tugging you backwards? Would you like them filling your head full of "you can't,""you'll never," "This is just too hard" and "why bother?" Or do you want your practice partners and teammates physically pushing you forward from behind while they inspire and motivate you, "Come on! You CAN do this! You're a winner!!!! "Keep going!" "I know you CAN!"? The answer is obvious!A winning team is made up of like-minded individuals who are committed to the pursuit of excellence and who understand that getting as good as possible and going all the way is far easier when everyone works together and has similar goals. Real champions understand that their opponent's success and improvement is a really good, rather than very bad thing for them! They understand that the competition's improvement will challenge and push them to get better. Champions understand that being around more talented, better skilled individuals will illuminate the path towards their dreams, helping them clearly see the direction that they must go in and what is actually possible at the end of that path.

So go out and try to find friends who are actually friends in that they support your dreams and believe in your ability to get there. Find training partners who truly challenge you and are invested in pushing you and them as much as possible so that you might both improve. Find coaches who are inspirational, demanding and positive, who also believe in you and all that you can become. IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A CHAMPION, THEN YOU MUST SURROUND YOURSELF WITH CHAMPIONS!!!!!!

Fatigue and the Brain

Ross speaks: Fatigue and the brain

Anticipatory regulation of exercise

Apologies for the delay in posting after my lecture last week at UIC - the Chicago Marathon came and went, and since then, travels have taken too much time to post properly.

However, what I've done below is post segments of that talk, which was titled"Limits to exercise performance: World records, fatigue and unphysiological performances". Unfortunately, Jonathan was a little off at an angle, but hopefully the video is clear enough and the sound good enough to make out the argument. Just in case, the diagram is shown below the video, so you can follow it there (hopefully). Also, if you're getting this as an email, the YouTube clips might not play, so you may have to click here to go to the site and view the clip there.

The first video, 3:56 long, presents a model which I wrote about in an article published earlier this year in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, called "The anticipatory regulation of performance: the physiological basis for pacing strategies and the development of a perception-based model for exercise performance" (BJSM, 2009 Jun;43(6):392-400)

Ross speaks: Fatigue and the brain

The model explained: Complex anticipation and RPE

Obviously, you're watching a part of a presentation slightly out of context, but hopefully it gives you the basic idea. This is a topic that has been covered a few times on the site - in fact, there's a whole series on Fatigue for those who are interested.

To summarize, your ability to regulate pace (which is something I'll bet you've never even think about) is vastly more complex than you may realize. Even the most basic decision of how fast to start a 5km versus a 10km race is the result of innumerable calculations, which take into account previous experience, training, motivation, environment (internal and external) and physiological changes during exercise.

It really is a remarkable system, and one which we believe is primarily regulated by the perception of effort. This is something you probably also haven't thought about much, but the way you perceive exercise is in fact so enormously complex that science is many years away from understanding it.

There is debate in science about whether your perception and the regulation of the pace is done consciously or sub-consciously, and that's where the debate seems "stuck" (or centered) right now. I suspect that, as with most things, it will turn out to be a combination, for conscious regulation is obvious (you choose to slow down), but so is unconscious regulation - you don't have to think about starting pace, and you also slow down 'involuntarily' during exercise, even though your perception of effort is not necessarily raised (very important point this).

To explain, the physiological inputs before and during exercise result in a conscious perception of effort, which is then interpreted based on the expected duration and the "template RPE", which is a construct representing what would be considered an acceptable rise in RPE. This interpretation of RPE underscores why exercise intensity changes dynamically during exercise. It explains how motivation impacts on performance, and it accounts for the effects of changing conditions on performance. This is why you speed up at the end of a race, even though your body temperature may be close to limiting, whereas you slow down in the middle, when you are not hot.

The idea that your physiology 'controls' pacing is flawed, because it ignores the importance of context - not all physiological inputs are interpreted equally!

READ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUCCESS IS JUST BEYOND THE SPLATT!!!!

Submitted by Dr. G on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 19:58.

A young student meets a bearded Guru on the road one day and he stops him and asks, " Kind scholar.....can you please tell me, which is the way to success? The old sage says nothing and instead simply points off in a south-west direction.

The young man, thanks the Guru profusely and, with thoughts of accomplishment and riches in his head, he quickly and excitedly heads off in the pointed direction. Five minutes pass and suddenly there is a loud SPLATT!!!! Another several minutes go by and the young man finally staggers back. His clothes are disheveled, his hair is a mess and he looks shell shocked. Once more he addresses the old man, "Wise man, can you PLEASE tell me, which way to success?

Again the Guru says nothing but simply points off in that very same southwesterly direction. And again the young man heads off, if not a bit more cautiously this time, to find his fame and riches.

10 minutes pass and there is a ground-shaking and deafeningSPLATT!!!!!!! Smoke rises up in the distance, roosting birds wildly scatter. Many minutes pass before a solitary figure can be seen crawling back along the road towards the Guru. As he gets closer, the Sage recognizes that it's the young man. However, the poor student is badly bruised and bloodied. His clothes are tattered and torn and he looks like he's been through a fierce battle but gotten the worst of it.

Now, however, the young man's nerves and temper are completely frayed. He screams at the wise man, "Old man. I politely asked you which way to success and both times you spoke not at all but simply pointed. Both times I followed your silly directions and both times all I got was SPLATTED! Enough with the silent finger pointing! Tell me in words sir! Which way to success?"

The Guru patiently looks at the beaten up student, smiles and then quietly says as he points in that same southwesterly direction. "SUCCESS IS THAT WAY YOUNG MAN, JUST BEYOND THE SPLATTS!"

Moral of the story: Want success? Just keep following the SPLATTS! No one accomplishes anything of value and meaning without experiencing many powerful SPLATTS!

H.S. Boys Starts Nov. 16 at 6am

26 Days, 18 Hours and 5 minutes.

Sun Praire Meet Moved to Friday 10/23 5pm

Make Note.

Last Chance to see the Lady Tide at HOME!

Lady Tide has GREAT Swims

Friday night the Lady Tide had a Great meet vs. Middleton. Margo Grover and Em Busan finished 1,2 in the 200 Freestyle. Margo also BROKE the minute barrier in the 100 free with a 59.53. Saturday the Tide swam at the Craig Relays. The ladies continued to drop great time. The Rocket Relay (8x50 free) finished 3rd and in the medals. The team was Em Busan, Haligh Thomas, Becka Wentworth, Cherelle Phon, Gabby DeKok, Jennette Coppernoll, Madeline Franklin, Margo Grover.

Notable splits; Grover Split a 26.5, Phon 28.00, Madeline 28.4, Gabby 28.5.

H.S. Boys Meet Change

The Craig J.V. Invite has been changed to Saturday January 30th at 10am at Janesville Craig. Meet was originally Wednesday February 3.

High School Boys Swim Team Meeting

There will be a high school boys swim team meeting Friday October 23rd at 7:30am in my classroom A112. This is a required meeting, so if you can not make this meeting see Coach Vogel ASAP.

Middle School Boys Starts MONDAY!!!!!!!

If you want to swim for Beloit Middle Tide Boys. Practice starts Monday October 19th at the high school pool at 6pm.

Contact Mr. Andre DeKok.

Office Phone: 361-3126

Cell: 295-0458

e-mail: adekok@sdb.k12.wi.us

Rules Meeting

Winter Sports Rules Meeting is November 12 at 6:30 BMHS.

High School Boys will you be READY!!!!!!!

34 Days, 9 Hours, 56 minutes to our 1st official practice at 6am November 16.

Will you be READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boys Swim New Dates

Swim Parents Meeting December 1st 5:30 in Natatorium Balcony.

Scrimmage November 24th at Elkhorn TBA

Madison Invite Changed to January 2nd UW-Madison

NEW RECORDS

Margo Grover set two school records Thursday at Verona H.S.

25 meter course

50 Free 29.88

100 Free 1:06.46

Congratulations Margo!!!!!!

GO LADY TIDE!!!!!!!!!

Middle Tide Boys Starts October 19th

Middle School boys swimming starts Monday October 19th at 6pm in the BMHS natatorium. Coach DeKok and Christidis are looking to have a Great season this year. Meet Schedule is on team web-site.

Lady Tide at Verona Thursday

The Tide swim at Verona H.S. Thursday 5pm. We should see some 25meter records go down this week. GOOD LUCK Ladies!!

Thank You

I would like to thank all of the parents, students and supports of swimming who contacted their city leaders about closing Krueger Pool. If you did not read the Daily News the Pool will remain open next summer. Hopefully it will be a Hot Dry summer in 2010.

Need Timers for Fridays Meet

Volunteer Hours or XC for Classes. See Coach Vogel ASAP. Timers need to be at the meet by 4:30pm Friday. Might get a t-shirt for helping.

NEW POOL NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Parents,Swimmers,Alumni,Supporters, we need to make our voices heard about a new swimming facility in Beloit. Today again the Pool temp is 74 degrees, and air is about 65 degrees. I kept my lifeguard class out of the pool today. It might be ok for swim practice if you can keep moving. But to teach in this pool is very difficult. Call your school board, city council ect....

Beloit Deserves Better.

Boys Swim Team Gathering

Moving Date of Team Gathering from Oct. 11 to the Sunday after Thanksgiving November 29 at Noon Sud's. Please Mark your calendars.

Boys Swim Team T-Shirt Forms

Boys Swim Team get your T-Shirts forms back to me ASAP. Also we need timers for the Lady Tide meet Friday, be there by 4:30.

Lady Tide Loses to West

Outstanding swims in the 200 I.M. by Margo Grover and Gabby DeKok. Beloit's next meet is Homecomming Friday at 5pm vs. Madison Memorial.

Please Read Excellent Article

Excerpt from: Secrets of the World Class,
by Steve Siebold

When average performers have had enough for the day and call it quits, champions are usually just getting started. Discipline is the watchword of great performers. Discipline makes the difference between the good and the great. The great ones will tell you discipline is more of a decision than it is an active skill. It's the ability to stay the course and complete promises you've made. The fulfillment of these promises builds confidence and self-esteem, which eventually leads champions to believe almost anything is possible. It's a habit and a self-fulfilling prophecy built into one. Discipline is a logic-based decision that performers adhere to, regardless of whether they feel like it or not.

Discipline pushes performers past pain and punishment. As my late business partner and mentor Bill Gove always said, "It's easier to get yourself into good thinking than it is to think yourself into good action." This is the mindset of the champion. The great ones, like Bill Gove, don't let feelings interfere with their performance. Instead, they harness the power of their emotional motivators to propel them past the competition. Average people see discipline as a painful chore to be avoided at all costs. The world class sees it as the ultimate power tool for performance.

Action Step for Today:

On a scale of 1 to 7, 7 being most disciplined, how disciplined are you in the different areas of your life?
Categories include:

• Business/ Career
• Family/ Friends
• Money/ Finances
• Recreation/ Fun
• Health/ Diet/ Exercise
• Faith/ Spiritual
• Personal/ Development

Missed Meeting?

See Coach Vogel ASAP if you missed meeting Thursday morning.

Check out the Pictures

Lady Tide Web-Site. Tons of great Pictures from this season.

www.sdb.k12.wi.us/memorial/swimteam/gswim

Lady Tide Swims at Boylan

The Lady Tide swam at the Hononegah Pentathlon today. The Tide 6 Trophies. Swam 85% Lifetime best. Coach Waite said it was an outstanding day. Top 6 Tropies were award by class for the total place in four of the 5 events. Madeline Franklin brought home the 5th place trophy in the Freshman class. Gabby DeKok 5th, Margo Grover 3rd in the Sophmore Class. Hailigh Thomas and Cherelle Phon 5th and 6th in the Junior Class, and Em Busan 4th in the Senior Division.

GREAT JOB Ladies.

Boys High School Swim Team Meeting

Thursday September 24th in room A112 7:30am.

Yes this is a morning meeting.

Lady Tide lose to LaFollette

The Tide lost to Madison LaFollette last night. Beloit's lone 1st Place was by Haligh Thomas in the 100 Backstroke. 2nds; Margo Grover 100 and 200 Free, Em Busam in the 200 I.M. and Gabby DeKok in the 100 Breaststroke.

Lady Tide Featured in Daily News Wednesday

NISCA Academic Award

New Blog Added

Dr. Goldberg, Sport Psychologist. For United States Swimming and other sports. Excellent Blog. Read take advantage of your opps.

SAVE THE POOLS

BELOIT SWIMMING FAMILIES, WE NEED TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. WE NEED TO SAVE OUR POOLS. CALL YOUR REPS. LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT OUR POOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE. They City of Beloit wants to close Krueger, and we need a new pool at BMHS. It is Time that the City and the School District actually get together and build a true Community Center. I want people to not just work or use Beloit but live in Beloit. Beloit is a great place to live and we need to have the services for new families to move Beloit, not live in Roscoe or Rockton and use Beloit.

COACH STACY IN MADISON IRON MAN(WOMEN)

Coach Johannsson participate Sunday in the Madison Iron Man(Women). Still waiting for results. Way to set the example Coach!!

Lady Tide have Great Weekend

The Lady Tide swam at Madison East (Ranked #3 in State). The Tide won the 200 Free Relay and had many great swims. Saturday the Tide swam at the Elkhorn invite. Emily Busan finished 3rd in the 400 meter freestyle in 5:04 (School Record), the 200 Free Relay finished 6th. Again there were many great swims. This Thursday the Lady Tide host Madison LaFollete at the BMHS Natatorium, meet starts at 5pm. The Tide beat LaFollette at the Parker Relays two weeks ago by 2 points, this promises to be a Great Meet, so come on out and support the Tide.
GO TIDE!!!

Open Swim Friday

Open swim will go longer if you want do to the Lady Tide being out of town.

Lady Tide at Madison East Friday

Lady Tide at East Friday Meet starts at 5pm. Go TIDE!!

Open Swim Starts Tuesday 9/8

Reminder that open swim starts TODAY

Tide Has Great Swims

The Lady Tide lost to Janesville Craig last night at Beloit College. But the Tide had many outstanding swims. The Tide was led by Margo Grover 1st in the 100 Free, Em Busan in the 500 Free (5:58), and the 200 Free Relay of Madeline Franklin, Gabby DeKok, Busan and Grover. Busan was 2nd in the 200 Free, DeKok in the 200 I.M., 100 Breaststroke, Grover 50 Free. 3rd Places; Brianna White 100 Breaststroke, Haligh Thomas 100 Free. Great Job Ladies!!!

The Lady Tide's next Meet is Friday at Madison East and Saturday at the Elkhorn invitational.

Open Swim Starts Tuesday 9/8

Open Swim 3:20-4:00. Talk to Captains about workout.

Pool is has temp fix

The pool heater has been bypassed it is heating but slowly. Meet will still be at the college Friday and practice at Krueger.

Lady Tide Meet to Move to Beloit College

If Pool Heater is not fixed by Thursday, we will be moving meet to Beloit College. Same time for warm-up and meet. Warm-up at 4pm meet at 5pm

Lady Tide 7th at Parker Relays

The Lady Tide Finished 7th out of 12 at the Parker Relays. They Revenged beating Parker after losing the night before. They also beat conference foe, Madison LaFollette.

The Tide had no DQ's and 4 of their relays came home with medals.

The Breastroke Relay was the best swim of the day having outstanding turns and starts. The Relay was Gabby DeKok, Hannah Sweet, Taylor Ingoli-Brown, and Brianna White.

The Lady Tides next meet is Friday Home vs. Janesville Craig at 5pm BMHS Natatorium.

Lady Tide lose Tough one to Parker

The Lady Tide battled to the end but came up a little short. Losing to Janesville Parker 92-76. The Tide was lead by Margo Grover's two 1st places in the 200 and 100 freestyles. Other 1st were by Emily Busan in the 500 free and the Medley Relay of Haley Thomas, Gabby DeKok, Grover and Busan. 2nd places by Busan 200 I.M., DeKok 100 Fly and 100 Breast, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay. 3rd Places Lauren Gurholt 500 Free, Maggie Ezdon 100 Back.

The Lady Tide swim at the Parker Relays Saturday at 10am.

GO TIDE!!

Girls Swim Parker and Parker Relays

The Lady Tide swims Janesville Parker at Parker 5pm Tonight and in the Parker Relays Saturday at 10am.

Good Luck!!!

Timers Club Meeting

There will a Timers Club Meeting Thursday September 3rd after school in Coach Vogel's Office B102. We need to find out who needs shirts and who we need to replace, from last years seniors. We also need a new co-head timer. There are 4 home meets for the girls and 2 home meets for the boys. See Coach Vogel if you can not make the meeting. I know some of you are out for fall sports so I will keep the meeting brief.

The Girls Swim Team has its first home meet Friday September 3rd at 5pm in the natatorium.

Boys Swim Team Seniors Meeting

There will be a brief but important meeting Tuesday September 1st in my office after school. If you can not be there see me ASAP. I know this is the 1st day of school, so I will keep the meeting brief.

All Meet Schedules NOW ONLINE

All teams schedules are now online at their teams web-sites. They are PDF's for easy access.

Also summer swim team records and best times can be found as a link on the boys high school web-site.

National Rankings

The Girls Swim Team won the National Gold Award for the 4th year in a row with a team GPA of 3.83. They were 1st in the Big 8 Conference 4th in the State and 11th overall in the USA of schools that sponsor girls swimming.

The Boys Swim Team won the National Silver Award for the 2nd time with a team GPA of 3.609. They were 2nd in the Big 8 Conference 3rd in the State and 16th overall in the USA of schools that sponsor boys swimming.

The boys swim team also finished 26th nationally in the dual meet power rankings for schools 1401 to 1900 student population.

Swim Schedules

The Lady Tide, Middle School Boys and Girls meet schedules are now listed on their web sites as PDF's. The Tide's schedule is still pending, waiting on a meet date. Hopefully will have it soon.

End of Summer Stats

This was the Krueger Summer Swim Team's fourth year and it was a GREAT Summer. Four years ago we started with 40 swimmers. This year we had over 100. We had swimmers in every age group and swam in 3 meets. I will be posting team records and top times for each swimmer on the team web-site as soon as school starts. One of my many goals for next year is to keep our numbers up, have more high school girls swimmers, team suits, and host a dual meet and invitational. Keep following blog and web-site. GO TIDE!!!!!!!!!

More Swimmers Awesome

Lady Tide now over 30 Swimmers. Remember practice is from 9-noon at Krueger. Still not to late to come out. If you do not make the girls Volleyball team, come on out and swim.

1st Day Great!!

The Girls had 28 show up for the 1st day of practice. Still not to late to join. Looks like the swimmers were having a Great Time. Good luck Lady Tide

Girls High School Swimming Starts August 11th

ARE YOU READY!!!!!!!!

Last Practice Friday 8/7

Great Time Trials Today. Unless it is Lightning Friday hopefully we can get we can more trials in.

Have a Great last couple of weeks before school starts.

Girls High School Swimming Starts August 11th

Krueger Pool

August 11th

9am till Noon.

WILL YOU BE READY!!

Team Gathering Canceled. But what a Great Summer

We will not be gathering this coming Thursday Night. Due to vactions and other committements before the end of summer. WE will still do time trials at practice on Thursday and Friday. I do want to say that this was a GREAT Summer for the Tide. We had over 100 swimmers in the pool and a lot of fun. I will be posting team Records and other info on the team web-site when we get back to school. I want to thank all of you for making this program grow over the last four summers. Beloit swimming is on the way back!! I would like to thank the Coaches for all of their help; Coach DeKok, Coach Waite, Coach Matt and Coach Abby. REMEMBER THE TIDE IS RISING. Have a GREAT rest of your summer.

R We doing an end of the Season Gathering

Let me know ASAP. By Friday July 31.

This is something we do not have to do.

We can do time trials at practice.

I know everyone is tired and going on their last vaction before school starts.

Rockford Open Video

More Rockford Pictures

Last Day Revisited

I am Looking at Thursday August 6th. Instead of an intersquad meet have Time Trials and a Pot Luck. I would like to do this in the evening Start at 6:30 for the swims. I would like this to be a family event. Maybe start food at 6:00pm. We would use the north picnic area by the concession stand. I would reserve it for our function. Kids would sign up for the their events. Swimmers could swim any event(s) of their choosing. Please give me feed back. Thanks

McGuire Aquatics

Those of you who are interested in swimming this school year or year round swimming. McGuire Aquatics is an option. Brian is a former swimmer of mine (10years) and was my assistant for 2 years. He is a level 4 coach (ASCA American Swimming Coaches Assoc.) and the head boys coach at Boylan.

Contact Information:

http://www.teamunify.com/Home.jsp?team=ismac

info@swimwithbrian.com

815-509-7837

I have also added McGuire Aquatics as link under swim links on this Blog.

Last Day

Last Day of Practice is Friday August 7th.

I would like to have an inter-squad meet that week.

I need to know what day works best for most.

Would also like to do TEAM PICTURE that night with our SHIRTS.

Please Post. I would like to do it in the evening.

T-SHIRTS

TEAM SHIRTS ARE IN. I WILL HAVE AT PRACTICE FRIDAY. HOODIES ARE NOT IN YET

More Rockford Pictures

Rockford Open Pictures

Need Pictures

Anyone have pictures of Rockford or McGuire Meet.

E-Mail please so we can post.

Thanks

Rockford Open Early Results

A Great day for all. All swimmers had at least one season best, and almost all came home with a medal. 1st places: 9-10 Boys; Jackson Prowse 50 Free, 50 Breast. Open Men; Joe Gracelyn 50 & 100 Free, 100 Breast. Matt Christidis 100 Fly and 200 I.M. Lots of Top 8 Finishes. Several Team Records. Great Job!!

MAC Dual Meet Some early results

1st Place Winners Open Women: 200 Free & 100 Back Maggie Ezdon, 50 Free & 100 Free Courtney Donehue, Megan Roegner 200 I.M., 100 Fly, 100 Breast. Open Men: Joe Gracelyn 50 & 100 Free, Dan Luebke 200 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Breast, Mike McNulty 200 I.M. & 100 Back. 13-14 Girls: Kaleigh Yurkew 200 I.M. & 100 Fly. 9-10 Boys: Jackson Prowse 50 Breast. 9-10 Girls: Hannah Gurholt 50 Fly. 8&u Boys: Nathan Wriedt 25 Breast & 50 Free. 8 & u Girls: Janelle Ryan 25 Free. 6&u Boys: Ben Saladar 25 Free & 25 Back. We also had many 2nd and 3rd place finishes. GREAT JOB!!

Picture Request for MAC Meet

Anyone with pictures e-mail ASAP.

MAC Dual Meet

I am very happy with our Dual Meet last night. I felt everyone swam very well. We still have things to work on, but we have made great progress. I should have results in my e-mail today and awards by next week. GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!

Rockford Open

If it is raining Sunday the Rockford Open will be held at Boylan High School Knights Complex off of IL Hwy 2 at Campus Hills

NISCA Dual Meet Rankings 2008-09

The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Assocation Dual Meet Rankings are out for this past season. The Boys Swim Team at BMHS was ranked 26th in the Nation for Class 3 pubic schools (student population 1401-1900). Verona Area was the only other school from Wisconsin ranked in the top 25. The Top High School in the USA was the Baylor School in Tennesse, for both boys and girls. The top boys public school was New Trier in Illinois and girls was Upper Arlington in Ohio.

Thursday Practice

There will be PRACTICE Thursday!!! We always practice on dual meet days. I would like to thank the 30 SWIMMERS who made it to practice today. You are truly dedicated rain or shine. We will practice unless there is lightneing.

Rockford Open Basic Info

Meet is at Alpine Pool in Rockford. It is behind the old Colonial Village Mall. Fastest way there would be to take Perryville Road to East State than South on Alpine go just past Mall than left, parking is behind Mall.

Warm-up is at 9am Meet starts at 10am. They want you to wear the cap they give you if you wear a swim cap. No team caps at this meet.

I have asked the meet Director to get me a heat sheet early so I can remind you of your events.

Platteville Meet Results

I have Finally received the results of the Plattville Meet. We swam incredibly well for our First Ever Meet. Even though it was a loss. We scored many 1st places and other ribbon winners. We also had a swimmer set a new Pool record at Platteville. Jackson Prowse set a new pool record for the 9-10 boys 25 meter Breaststroke with a time of 23.46.

1st Place Winners were: Open Men; 200 Medley Relay of Mitch Fillbach, Cody Fick, Dan Luebke, and Joe Gracelyn; Gracelyn 50 & 100 Free, Mitch Fillbach Backstroke, Luebke Fly & I.M., Fick Breaststroke, 200 Free Relay Same Men. 8&Under Girls; Jordan Ryan 25 Free, 25 Fly, 100 Free Relay of Jordan Ryan, Paige Najdowski, Sydney Prowse, and Janelle Ryan. 8&Under Boys; Josh Mahlum 25 Free, 25 Fly, Jameson Hosey 25 Back. 9-10 Girls: Valerie Franklin 25 Free, Hannah Gurholt 25 Fly, 100 I.M., 9-10 Boys: Jackson Prowse 25 Free, 25 Breast, 100 I.M., 11-12 Girls:Hannah Brewster 50 Back, Kyla Robson 50 Breast. 11-12 Boys: Andrew Wadle 50 Breast. 13-14 Girls: Lauren Gurholt 50 Breaststroke, Maggy Locke 200 I.M.,. Open Women;Courtney Donahue 50 Breaststroke. Great Job! Team!

Dual Meet with McGurie Aquatics

Meet is at Rockford Boylan Knights Complex

Thursday July 9th

Warm is at 5:00pm

Meet is at 6:00pm

Expected run time is about 2 hours.

You are can swim 3 individuals and 2 relays

Directions: Take IL Hwy 2 to Rockford

Take Right Turn on Campus Drive

Complex is on your Right

Rockford Open Entry is DUE TODAY!!

If you do not want to mail your entry I need it TODAY!! The meet Director is picking them up at my Home Tonight!

Platteville Meet Some Pictures

Anyone else with Pictures e-mail to Coach Vogel