Neely Farm Family,

We hope everyone had a happy 4th of July. Congratulations to our Neely Farm Mallards on a very successful 2014 summer league season. We had a very busy last week of the season with three swim meets and our end-of-season swim team recognition party. We finished the season with three wins and two losses, our second consecutive winning season and good for a tie for the third place dual meet trophy in our division! You can see it in the clubhouse!

Once again, we cannot thank you enough for all your volunteer efforts this summer. It takes over 50 volunteers to run a meet and you all did an amazing job every week! A special shout out to our junior coaches, Carlo Cabibi, Nick Syiek, Grant Beatty, Harrison Feininger, and Rachel Berg, for a great job this season! Finally, thank you for your cards, notes, and gifts at the season ending party. They are very much appreciated by all the coaches!

Here's a recap of the last week of the season:

• Swim team party and recognition
• Woodfield meet recap
• ASA Divisional meet recap
• ASA Championship recap
• Private swim lessons

Swim team party and recognition

We had most of the team show up for our celebration on Saturday, June 28. We handed out trophies and ribbons to everyone and had a so much food and desserts everywhere. It's so hard to believe the season is over. Your coaches truly enjoyed working with our swimmers - what a great bunch of kids. We're hoping we can do it all over again in 10 months or so!

Congratulations to our 2014 season award winners:

Swimmers of the Year (based on points scored during the dual meet season):

• 10 & Under Girls: Emma Mock
• 11 & Over Girls: Whitney Schremmer
• 10 & Under Boys: Connor Nixon
• 11 & Over Boys: Brian Sinclair

Spirit Award of the Year:

• Morgan Hippeli for courage, grit and determination in pursuing her goals

Contact Katie or Emily if you missed the party and want your ribbons and trophies!

Woodfield meet recap

We won our last dual meet at Woodfield by a score of 409 to 385. You can see the meet results here. The lead went back and forth  the whole night, but we were down 10 points or so going into the freestyle relays at the end. But we reeled off wins in seven of the first eight free relays to pull it out.

Swimmers of the Week (Goggles) for impressive races:

• Boys: Peter Sacca
• Girls: Emilia Youngman

Spirit Award of the Week (Towel):

• Grace Berg for perseverance in her 100 IM

ASA Divisional meet recap

We took 55 swimmers to the ASA Divisional meet, up from 30 last year. You can see the results here. We finished fifth out of 23 teams. We saw some amazing races, including five event winners and another 32 top ten finishes. Congratulations Mallards!

Event Winners

• Alex Whitesides, Peter Sacca, Cameron Schremmer, Samuel Youngman, 1st, 11-12 Boys Medley Relay
• Cameron Schremmer, Samuel Youngman, Peter Sacca, Alex Whitesides, 1st, 11-12 Boys Free Relay
• Lauren Morales, 1st, 15-18 Girls 50 Free
• Cameron Schremmer, 1st, 11-12 Boys 100 IM
• Cameron Schremmer, 1st, 11-12 Boys 50 Fly

Top Ten Swims

• Abby Nixon, 3rd, 7-8 Girls 25 Free
• Connor Nixon, 2nd, 7-8 Boys 25 Free
• Francesca Procaccini, 9th, 9-10 Girls 25 Free
• Mitsue Ostapiuk, 4th, 11-12 Girls 50 Free
• Lauren Ratchford, 8th, 11-12 Girls 50 Free
• Alex Whitesides, 2nd, 11-12 Boys 50 Free
• Whitney Schremmer, 6th, 13-14 Girls 50 Free
• Connor Nixon, 3rd, 7-8 Boys 50 Free
• Peter Sacca, 3rd, 11-12 Boys 100 Free
• Lauren Ratchford, 6th, 11-12 Girls 100 Free
• Brian Sinclair, 3rd, 13-14 Boys 100 Free
• Jon Hunt Ficken, 6th, 15-18 Boys 100 Free
• Skye Hendrix, 5th, 6 & Under Girls 25 Back
• Francesca Procaccini, 6th, 9-10 Girls 25 Back
• Noah Brown, 2nd, 9-10 Boys 25 Back
• Alex Whitesides, 5th, 11-12 Boys 50 Back
• Grace Berg, 7th, 13-14 Girls 50 Back
• Noah Brown, 9th, 9-10 Boys 100 IM
• Brian Sinclair, 3rd, 13-14 Boys 100 IM
• Stephen Dunlap, 7th, 13-14 Boys 100 IM
• Jake Einig, 7th, 15-18 Boys 100 IM
• Emilia Youngman, 6th, 7-8 Girls 25 Breast
• Caroline Stewart, 8th, 9-10 Girls 25 Breast
• Peter Sacca, 3rd, 11-12 Boys 50 Breast
• Mitsue Ostapiuk, 10th, 11-12 Girls 50 Breast
• Whitney Schremmer, 4th, 13-14 Girls 50 Breast
• Harrison Feininger, 8th, 13-14 Girls 50 Breast
• Abby Nixon, 8th, 7-8 Girls 25 Fly
• Jake Einig, 5th, 15-18 Boys 50 Breast
• Bonna Herlocher, 5th, 11-12 Girls 50 Fly
• Elizabeth Sacca, 3rd, 13-14 Girls 50 Fly
• Lauren Morales, 7th, 15-18 Girls 50 Fly

ASA Championship recap

The top 40 10-and-unders and top 30 11-and-older swimmers for all individual events and the top 10 relays across all 7 Divisionals qualified for the ASA Championships on Sunday, June 30. We had 15 swimmers qualify - click here to see the meet results. Congratulations to these swimmers for a great Championship meet:

• Alex Whitesides, Peter Sacca, Cameron Schremmer, Samuel Youngman, 10th, 11-12 Boys Medley Relay
• Abby Nixon, 31st, 7-8 Girls 25 Free
• Connor Nixon, 7th, 7-8 Boys 25 Free
• Alex Whitesides, 20th, 11-12 Boys 50 Free
• Lauren Morales, 26th, 15-18 Girls 50 Free
• Connor Nixon, 3rd, 7-8 Boys 50 Free
• Peter Sacca, 19th, 11-12 Boys 100 Free
• Brian Sinclair, 17th, 13-14 Boys 100 Free
• Skye Hendrix, 18th, 6 & Under Girls 25 Back
• Francesca Procaccini, 40th, 9-10 Girls 25 Back
• Noah Brown, 31st, 9-10 Boys 25 Back
• Alex Whitesides, 23rd, 11-12 Boys 50 Back
• Cameron Schremmer, 19th, 11-12 Boys 100 IM
• Peter Sacca, 21st, 11-12 Boys 50 Breast
• Whitney Schremmer, 26th, 13-14 Girls 50 Breast
• Abby Nixon, 37th, 7-8 Girls 25 Fly
• Cameron Schremmer, 15th, 11-12 Boys 50 Fly
• Elizabeth Sacca, 30th, 13-14 Girls 50 Fly

Private swim lessons

Believe it or not, your coaches are still fielding requests for private lessons. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact one of us via email. Coach Mark can be reached at [email protected]. Coach Emily can be reached at [email protected].

See you at the pool!

Coach Mark and Coach Emily