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LANSING CATS SWIM TEAM EXCELS IN OPEN WATER

LANSING, NY. June 23, 2010 – The Lansing Community Swimming Team (LCATs) usually competes at meets in lane-divided, indoor pools. In a departure, the swimmers, ranging from age 7 to 21, participated this past weekend outdoors in an open water meet held in Whitney Point’s Dorchester Park capturing numerous awards. The meet featured a triangular course in a scenic man-made lake. Events ranged in distances from .5K to 5K. “Coach (Bob) Terry and I decided it was time to give the kids an opportunity to compete in open water swimming which is an Olympic event. The swimmers did exceptionally well and had a great time at the lake on a beautiful day” noted coach Reed Dewey.

The LCATs won the overall team competition. In the .5K event, 8-year old Wil Dewey placed 2nd and 7-year old Cyrus Browning placed 3rd in their age group while Grace Ferris took 2nd place among 11-12 year old swimmers. The Lansing swimmers were well represented in 1K event. Annika Browning won the 9-10 age division, John and Mike Koch came in 2nd and 3rd in the 11-12 division, and Chelsea Boles and Gabriella Gomez placed 2nd and 3rd in the 13-14 age group. Joe Koch won the 11-12 competition in the 2K event, while Kenna Hartman and Isabelle Corgel came in 2nd and 3rd in the 13-14 group.

The 3K event was swept by the LCATs. Adele Ferris, Ella Graffin, and Lucas Zelehowsky each took 1^st in their respective age divisions. Also, Anna Conte, Alex Conte, and Erin O’Brien placed in the top three in their divisions.

The 3.2 mile 5K event required over an hour of continuous swimming and some hazards not encountered during indoor meets. One LCAT swimmer commented, “Now I know why my mother told me to pack suntan lotion in my swim bag.” The Lansing team swept the first two age groups in the event. Among 13 and 14 year olds, LCAT Ronan Corgel placed first and the Browning sisters, Karinna and Cecile, took second and third. Adam Zelehowsky won the 5K in the 15 and 16 division while Erin McElfresh and Emily O’Brien earned second and third positions. Finally, Clement Towner took third in the 17 and over group.

The LCATs travel to Buffalo this coming weekend for competition within the Niagara District, which includes teams from Binghamton, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and other parts of Central and Western New York, as well as teams from Canada, Ohio, Michigan, and beyond.

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LANSING CATS SWIM TEAM ANNOUNCES ACTIVE SUMMER MEET SCHEDULE

Local club will compete throughout New York, East Coast, and California

LANSING, NY. May 12, 2010 – The Lansing Community Swimming Team (LCATs) announced today its summer meet schedule that includes a home meet at Lansing High School, a meet at Ithaca High School, meets at Cortland State, and competitive swimming as far away as Rutgers University, Washington D.C., and Irvine, CA. Summer swimming seasons for youth clubs sanctioned by USA Swimming are devoted to long course events in 50 meter pools. Due to the limited availability of 50 meter, Olympic-size pools, the LCAT summer events represent a mixture of long-course and short-course (25 yard) swimming for the 75 swimmers ranging in age from six year old beginners to returning 20 year old college athletes.

The LCAT coaching team of Reed Dewey and Bob Terry assembled a summer schedule that fosters full participation by club members. All swimmers compete in local Southern Tier Swimming League (STSL) meets and most will attend Niagara District meets. Because of qualifying time standards, only the most experienced LCATs travel to invitational meets.

The LCAT summer 2010 schedule is as follows (see attached PDF file )

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LANSING CATS SWIM TEAM IN TOP FORM AT TWO MEETS LANSING, NY.

February 12, 2010 – The Lansing Community Swimming Team (LCATs) recently divided into two groups for competition against swimmers from around the Northeast. Coach Bob Terry led one group of LCATs to Owego High School for a 2-day ‘qualifier’ meet sanctioned by the Niagara District, which includes over 75 swim clubs from the western half of New York State. A second group traveled with Coach Reed Dewey to the CeraVe Invitational meet on the campus of Rutgers University in New Jersey to compete against some of the best swimmers in the U.S. including Olympian Elizabeth Bisel.

The young LCATs turned in many outstanding performances at the Owego meet. This qualifying meet provided swimmers the opportunity to record times that enable them to enter faster meets later in the season. Several LCATs achieved these faster standards including Christina Bong, James Lovette, and Adelaide Smallidge in the 10 and under age group; Neal Ruparelia in the 11 and 12 age bracket; and Anna Conte, Gabriella Gomez, and Clement Towner among 13 and older swimmers. Others registered multiple first place finishes. Both 11 year old Serina Moheed and 10 year old Edward Kiefer placed first in five events. “The kids set goals for times they want to achieve by the end of the season and the surprising thing was that nearly all of the kids at this mid-season meet met at least one of their personal goals,” according to Coach Terry.

At Rutgers University pool, the LCATs held their own with some of largest and fastest swim clubs in the Northeast U.S. Coach Dewey notes that “Our swimmers thrive on the competition and seem to do their best in big meets. They had very solid swims at the meet, especially for a long course (50-Meter, Olympic-sized pool) meet in the middle of the short course (25-Yard pool) season.” The 14-and-under women swam exceptionally well. Erin McElfresh set a meet record in the 13-14 200 Fly with a time of 2:20.03, placing her among the fastest 13-14 women in the U.S. Natalie O’Brien earned her first Speedo Championship Meet cut time with a stellar swim in the 100 Freestyle and will attend that meet in mid-March. The LCAT’s 13-14 women’s’ relay of Isabelle Corgel (Backstroke), Natalie O’Brien (Breaststroke), Erin McElfresh (Butterfly), and Kayla Sherwyn (Freestyle) set a Niagara District record in the 13-14 400 Medley Relay.

The LCATs travel to meets in Rochester, Schenectady, Binghampton, Buffalo, and Austin, TX during the upcoming weeks.