Blue & Gold Meet

We had a spirited, lively match-up between the Simmons BLUE team and the Simmons GOLD team on Saturday, October 23rd. The Gold Team won the intrasquad meet by a mere two points: 314.5 to 312.5. The teams were evenly matched and battled to the bitter end! Victories went to the following people:

200 Medley Relay: GOLD
50 Free: Amy, Blue
Team Cheer: BLUE
50 Back: Virginia, Gold
50 Short-Axis: Hannah, Blue
Underwater Swim: Nellie, Blue
50 Breast: Jordan, Gold
2008 Beijing Men's 400 Free Relay Celebration Impersonation: BLUE
1-Meter Diving: Amanda, Gold
50 Fly: Nellie, Blue
Swim for Distance: Virginia, Gold
Swim for Distance COUNTER Performance: BLUE
50 IM Relay: GOLD
Ugly Suit Competition: Amy, Blue
100 Choice: Virginia, Gold
3-Meter Diving: Amanda, Gold
50 "The Eagle": Molly, Gold
Push-up Competition: Nellie, Blue
50 Fin Swim: Elizabeth, Gold

UGLY SWIM SUIT COMPETITION... You be the judge!

October Swim Fest

The Simmons College Sharks hosted the third annual October Swim Fest, a masters mini-meet on Saturday, October 16th. The event was a huge success. We had over 50 swimmers for New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. The fundraiser brought in close to a thousand dollars for the Sharks, and made for a very fun and exciting morning.

One of the meet's highlights was undoubtedly the "world debut" of a new stroke, invented by masters swimmer, B. Pollard of Maine... "The Eagle." Known to most swimmers as "double-arm backstroke" - although, the Eagle himself used much more undulation and turnover than I've ever witnessed!

Because the event was a sanctioned Short Course Meters meet (consistent with the fall season for Masters), we moved the bulkhead and the Simmons varsity program was able to get in a few METERS workouts for additional conditioning! Bonus.

Here are the Simmons women (schmoozing with the Masters swimmers)!