Nova Masters Swimming (Orange County, CA)

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MISSION VIEJO, CA - Over 70 Nova Masters swimmers contributed to the effort to win the championship over the host Mission Viejo Nadadores Masters swim program. The meet looked to be a very close battle between Nova and the host Mission Viejo Nadadores who had a fairly equal number of entries the meet.
 
However, Nova proved to have too much talent as well as depth and won the meet convincingly. 
 
Final combined team scores (top 10 places):
  1 Irvine Novaquatics NOVA 2,971 .50
 2 Mission Viejo Masters MVN 2,460
 3 Las Vegas Masters LVM 1,405
 4 San Diego Swim Masters SDSM 1,084
 5 Long Beach Grunions LBG 545
 6 Heartland Swim Association Mas HSAM 409
 7 Carlsbad Swim Masters CARL 199
 8 UCLA Bruin Masters UCLA 176
 9 Colorado Masters Swimming CMS 144
 10 Gold Wave Masters BGWM 142
 
Full Team Score Results Here:
http://www.spma.net/meetresults2007/2007_mvn_lcm_regional_combined_scores.pdf
 
Individual High Point Winners:
Congratulations to the following Nova swimmers who were the high point scorers in their age group:
 
25-29 Wom - 1 Kwok, Carolyn 25 NOVA 54
25-29 Men - 1 Kettunen, Teemu 25 NOVA 59
30-34 Men - 1 Quevedo, Ozzie 31 NOVA 54
35-39 Men - 1 Zeruhn, Bernie 36 NOVA 63
 
Full Individual Scores:
http://www.spma.net/meetresults2007/2007mvn_lcm_regional_mens_scores.pdf
 
Team Records set: 78
Individual: 58
Women - 33
Men - 25
Relays: 20
Men - 10
Womens - 7
Mixed - 3
 
See posted excel sheet here:
 http://eteamz.active.com/novamasters/handouts/index.cfm?cat=82191&subsite=1398535#handout233080
If you find errors or corrections please email Ahelee (ahelee@novamasters.com)

Memorable Moments

Watching the final heats of the 50's & 100's of each stroke which featured a battle of several Nova swimmers including Temu, Ozzie, Bernie, Brandon, Steve S.

Nova swimmers went 1-2-3 overall in the 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly, & 50 Fly 

The last set of 200 Relays which turned into 4 x 50 on about a 10-12 minute interval, and especially the VERY LAST HEAT of the meet which was 8 Nova Masters Relay teams filling every single lane!

Erin Van Dalsum dropping from 1:03 in the 50 Free to well under 1:00 with a 56.

Special thanks to Dr. Bill Rice, (949)637-9999, for showing up on both Saturday and Sunday to work on over 50 athletes to help them peform to peak capacity.

Nova Photo Gallery from the Meet

http://multisportsoc.smugmug.com/2.%20Nova%20Masters

Results etc:

http://www.spma.net/meetresults2007/2007_mvn_lcm_regional_results.pdf

 

See you at the SHORT COURSE METERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

****Long Beach - November 30-December 2, 2007****

GO NOVA!

FEDERAL WAY, WA - Over 1400 masters swimmers gathered in Federal Way, Washington for the 2007 United States Masters Short Course National Championships. The pool is FAST! Deep, cool, wide lanes, big lane lines, terrific gutters - AND a special feature, beautiful custom made starting blocks with a huge Starbucks logo on the side! NOVA 2007 SC National Champions: Dick Stewart (65-69) - 1,000 Free Susanne Simpson (45-49) - 1,000 Free, 500 Free, & 200 Fly NOVA TEAM SCORES: 35th in Women's with 69 points 41st in Mens with 76 points 37th Combined with 151 points Find Full Results at http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats07/realtime/ The Nova Masters Short Course Team Records have been updated and posted HERE. (Thanks to Libby Deschenes) NOVA TEAM HIGHLIGHTS AND RESULTS BY THE DAY Day 1 - 1,000 Free & 1,650 Free Dick Stewart and Susanne Simpson got the meet off to a great start with Nationals titles in the 1,000 Free. Stewart won the Men's 60-64 in 12:10.43 and Simpson won the Womens 45-49 in 11:03.84. Both swims were new Nova team records. Coach Ahelee placed 2nd in 45-49 (behind Simpson) in 12:00.69. 1 Stewart, Dick 67 NOVA 12:39.00 12:10.43 11 TR 33.13 1:09.30 (36.17) 1:46.18 (36.88) 2:22.55 (36.37) 2:59.14 (36.59) 3:35.84 (36.70) 4:12.77 (36.93) 4:49.73 (36.96) 5:26.74 (37.01) 6:03.98 (37.24) 6:40.68 (36.70) 7:17.16 (36.48) 7:53.75 (36.59) 8:30.73 (36.98) 9:07.85 (37.12) 9:44.84 (36.99) 10:22.00 (37.16) 10:59.24 (37.24) 11:36.00 (36.76) 12:10.43 (34.43) 1 Simpson, Susanne 47 NOVA 11:00.00 11:03.84 11 TR r:+1.02 29.82 1:02.51 (32.69) 1:35.88 (33.37) 2:09.40 (33.52) 2:42.73 (33.33) 3:15.96 (33.23) 3:49.39 (33.43) 4:22.61 (33.22) 4:55.99 (33.38) 5:29.74 (33.75) 6:03.03 (33.29) 6:36.24 (33.21) 7:09.83 (33.59) 7:43.78 (33.95) 8:17.34 (33.56) 8:51.40 (34.06) 9:25.11 (33.71) 9:59.03 (33.92) 10:32.18 (33.15) 11:03.84 (31.66) 2 Osborn, Ahelee 49 USF 12:15.00 12:00.69 9 r:+0.76 30.88 1:05.00 (34.12) 1:39.63 (34.63) 2:14.78 (35.15) 2:50.18 (35.40) 3:25.75 (35.57) 4:01.14 (35.39) 4:37.23 (36.09) 5:13.29 (36.06) 5:49.51 (36.22) 6:25.73 (36.22) 7:02.29 (36.56) 7:39.67 (37.38) 8:16.56 (36.89) 8:53.94 (37.38) 9:31.65 (37.71) 10:08.82 (37.17) 10:46.27 (37.45) 11:24.15 (37.88) 12:00.69 (36.54) Day 2 - 100 Fly - Gerald Von Hoffmann placed 2nd in the 50-54 100 fly with a team record time of 56.34. Dick Stewart was 4th in 1:08.94. Susanne Simpson was 3rd in 45-49 with the fastest time swum by a Nova female 1:02.49. 3 Simpson, Susanne 47 NOVA 1:01.50 1:02.49 8 TR r:+0.75 30.00 1:02.49 (32.49) 2 Von Hoffmann, G 51 NOVA 59.50 56.34 9 TR r:+0.71 26.32 56.34 (30.02) 4 Stewart, Dick 67 NOVA 1:08.50 1:08.94 7 TR 32.47 1:08.94 (36.47) Day 3 - Day 4 - 200 Back, 200 IM, 50 Free, 100 Breast, and 50 Fly Meet Notes from Coach Ahelee *National Anthem is belted out every morning by a new and most unbelievable singer. Each day seems to get better. They would put American Idol contestants to shame. Seattle just up the road is famous for its music and it shows. Pretty sure Federal Way has the largest American Flag of any swimming pool in the country. *On Friday of the meet several of the Nova Masters personally dined with the head of the 2008 Fina World Swim Championships in Australia and Michael Moore who organized the 2006 event at Stanford. Cool to get an inside scoop of whats to come and how to get there!

BRENTWOOD, CA - 9 Nova Masters swimmers spent Cinco De Mayo in the UCLA drinko – pool that is. The beautiful old brick building surrounding the UCLA pool tamed the Santa Ana winds and warm sunshine. A near perfect swim day. Coach Mike Collins sent new assistant coach, Ahelee, up for the meet with newer meet swimmers, Veronica Sario, Kevin Lam, Heather Scheferman, and Bob Johnson. So what did these new swimmers do? Were they shy-reserved- only 1 or 2 swim team mates? No! They swam the 500 free Did race starts - from the blocks! Flew off walls with dolphin streamlines Early in the meet they formed the Nova B 200 Free Relay and raced head to head with the other participating teams. And literally crushed every best time. “Needless to say I was super happy.. who was this person swimming ..I didn't think it was me. Who would have I thought I was capable of doing this especially since I just learned butterfly this last year :)" - Veronica Sario Veteran Nova swimmers Terry Tongate, Liam Murphy, Christen Foster, and Marni Sugdon, went to work at breaking team records, season best times, and encouraging the new NOVAs. The four teamed up for a 200 Free Relay. Although a medley relay might have been faster… with a specialty swimmer for each stroke in the group. UCLA must have seen them coming and made all the relays free! Christen and Marni, the amazing Nova sister team, came to UCLA breaking from juggling new babies and responsibilities. Both hoped to take a last short course crack at team records in backstroke and butterfly. DONE! Hope to see more of these two at practice. Terry tried to recruit Ahelee’s 80 year old father to fill his spot on the relay. Anything to get out of another hard swim effort. But true to his team loyalty he rallied and stayed to the meet end. Actually, he even unscratched the 100 IM to dual Ahelee side by side in a final heat. Gruff ol’ guy with a big heart. Packing up the team area, talk was all about the upcoming long course season. June 9 - Las Vegas June 23 – Santa Clarita July 14 – Santa Barbara And… the Regional Championships are in the backyard – August 3-5 Mission Viejo Cool to see the new, old, and young swimmers walking out the gate with their 1st place blue, 2nd place red, and 3rd place white ribbons streaming back off bags in the Santa Ana Winds! Find Results HERE. See team photos from the meet HERE.

The Nova Masters Swimming philosophy of "creating a positive environment where excellence is inevitable" places an emphasis on quality coaching and features a well balanced staff with a variety of expertise. Coaches Photo Gallery HERE. HEAD COACH - MICHAEL COLLINS Collins has over 25 years racing & coaching experience in swimming, cycling & running. His specialty is technique and eficiency improvement, as well as race specific training. For a detailed bio and his coaching history click HERE. ASSISTANT COACH - JIM DIETRICH Jim Dietrich started swimming competitively at age 7, in the Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) during the summers, and United States Swimming year-round with Curl-Burke, and then Robinson High School in Fairfax, VA, reaching the State finals in Breaststroke. Jim graduated from George Mason University in 1995, and left Fairfax to journey out to CA. After 19 years of being away from the pool, it was September 2008, just following the Olympics, that Jim joined Nova Masters. During his first season, Jim placed 10th in the 100 Breast at the United States Masters Swimming Nationals in 2009. While teaching proper swimming technique to those learning the strokes, Jim also enjoys motivating and training with the most competitive Masters swimmers. ASSISTANT COACH - KIM THORNTON ASSISTANT COACH - JULIE SWAIL ERTEL Julie is a "super" athlete as well as motivational coach. She was the team captain of the US Water Polo team for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and also competed for the USA in the 2008 Olympics in Bejing in Triathlon! For a detailed bio and coaching experience click HERE. ASSISTANT COACH - DICKIE FERNANDEZ Dickie Fernández grew up in Marbella, Spain for 18 years and has been living in the United States since 1989. He started masters swimming in 1998 and joined Nova Masters in 2006. As a masters swimmer, Dickie has been ranked twice in FINA’s Top 10 world ranking in the 200 meters freestyle (long course in 2005 and short course in 2006), he has earned six Spanish masters swimming national records, has won 25 Spanish masters swimming national championships and has been ranked number 1 in Spain in the 100 and 200 meters freestyle from 2001 through 2009. For a detailed bio and coaching experience click HERE. ASSISTANT COACH - RJ MYER In addition to being one of the Nova Masters Assistant Coaches, RJ is a strength trainter and owner of RJPTC. He has outstanding knowledge and understanding of personal fitness and strength training. RJ runs group strength training sessions and private training and Functional Movement Screens to find problem areas that should be addressed. For a detailed bio and coaching experience click HERE SUBSTITUTE COACHES Brian Amende Tord Benner Max Biessmann Nina Jordan Kaitlin Lyons Jenny Perry