WEEKLY UPDATE - Sunday, July 7

Monty Hopkins

Hello MAST Families,                                                                                                            2024-0706

Please note that the commit deadline for the SOSL championships has been changed to Noon on Wednesday, July 10

Learning from Evan Fentress at the Olympic Team Trials:

Evan placed 13th in the 100 Butterfly with a best time of :52.27. He also placed 39th in the 100 Freestyle with a time of :49.86  For those who have been around a little longer and remember the great Mark Spitz (Seven gold medals and Seven World Records in the 1972 Olympics) here are a couple interesting facts. Evan’s times are faster than both gold medal and world record times by Mark Spitz.  In fact Evan’s 100 Butterfly is the same time as Denis Pankratov’s world record and Olympic gold medal swim in the 1996 Olympics.

So why are swimmers getting so much faster?  Here are a few reasons: (1) The Banister Effect*, (2) Technology in equipment and apparel, (3) Training methods, and (4) Swimming technique.

One of the most important technique advancements in underwater dolphin kick. Once viewed as a gimmick, it is now an absolute must for fast swimming in Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly.

We at MAST work on this in one manner or another at almost every practice but the fact remains that until the swimmer commits to great underwater dolphin kicking it will just be one of those things coaches talk about but doesn’t get results.

Evan shared some of his race metrics from the Trials and one of the most interesting statistics was the velocity underwater and the velocity free swimming (above water).  Underwater Evan traveled at 2.83 meters/second ooff the start and 2.76 m/s off the turn.  Free swimming his velocity on the first 50 was 1.76 m/s and on the second 50 it was 1.63 m/s. 

Put another way, if Evan could stay at the 2.83 m/s velocity for the entire 100 his time would be :35.34 but if he were to swim the entire 100 meters at his second 50 free swimming velocity of 1.63 m/s his total time would be 1:01.34.  In this instance his underwater kicking is 26 second faster for 100 meters than free swimming.  (This is a obviously a crude analysis because the effect of dives and push-offs help the underwater kick velocity – but it should be obvious that working on underwater kicking is a must for people who want to get faster).

Last SOSL Dual Meet at Delshire (4250 Copperfield Lane, Cincinnati 45238) on Tuesday, July 9: 

All swimmers in Red 1, 2, 3 and Black 1 should be entered in this meet. As many Black 2 & 3 swimmers as are available should also enter. If you want to swim in the SOSL Championship meet and have not participated in your second SOSL dual meet you must swim this one.

SOSL Championship Meet at the new pool at the Delhi Athletic Club (5027 Delhi Rd. 45238) on Tuesday, July 16: 

IMPORTANT >>> The MAST swimmer Commit deadline to swim in the SOSL Championship meet has been changed to Wednesday, July 10.  Late entries are not permitted for the championship meet.

Ohio Swimming Regional Championship – Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14

MAST Entry has been sent
This is also the last chance qualifier for the Ohio Swimming Junior Championships. 
See Events tab for more information.

Ohio Swimming Regional Championship – Thursday, July 25 through Sunday, July 28

Sign-up deadline is this Wednesday, July 10
All eligible swimmers who trained this summer with MAST should be entered in this meet.
Meet information is on the Events Page.

Practice Time changes for Black 2 & Black 3:

Please see the schedule below

 July 8 - 14
WK # 15
MON
TUE
WED
THR
FRI
SAT
SUN
DATE
July 8
July 9
July 10
July 11
July 12
July 13
July 14
MAST
PLANNING
 
SOSL MEET
At DELSHIRE
Commit
 Deadline
OSI SR
CHAMPS
 
SOSL Champs
Commit
Deadline
 
OHIO
REGIONAL CHAMPS
At St. X
OHIO
REGIONAL CHAMPS
At St. X
OHIO
REGIONAL CHAMPS
At St. X
MHS POOL
6:30–11:00 am
7:00 – 9:30 am
7:00 – 9:30 am
6:30–11:00 am
NONE
NONE
NONE
RED 1 &
RED 2
D) 8:30-9:00
S) 9:00-9:45
@ Milford HS
D) 8:30-8:45
S) 8:45-9:30
@ Milford HS
D) 8:30-8:45
S) 8:45-9:30
@ Milford HS
D) 8:30-9:00
S) 9:00-9:45
@ Milford HS
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
RED 3 &
BLACK 1
D) 8:30-9:00
S) 9:00-10:30
@ Milford HS
D) 7:00-7:15
S) 7:15-8:30
@ Milford HS
D) 7:00-7:15
S) 7:15-8:30
@ Milford HS
D) 8:30-9:00
S) 9:00-10:30
@ Milford HS
NO
PRACTICE
@ Clermont YMCA
By Coach Invitation
NO
PRACTICE
BLACK 2 & BLACK 3
D) 6:30-7:00
S) 7:00-8:30
@ Milford HS
@ Clermont YMCA
@ Clermont YMCA
D) 6:30-7:00
S) 7:00-8:30
@ Milford HS
@ Clermont YMCA
@ Clermont YMCA
NO
PRACTICE
YMCA POOL
MHS only
6:30 – 8:30 am
6:30 – 8:30 am
MHS only
6:30 – 8:30 am
7:00 – 9:00 am
No Practice
BLACK 2 & BLACK 3
@ Milford HS
D) 6:30-7:00
S) 7:00-8:30
@ Clermont YMCA
D) 6:30-7:00
S) 7:00-8:30
@ Clermont YMCA
@ Milford HS
 
D) 6:30-7:00
S) 7:00-8:30
 
@ Clermont YMCA
D) 7:00-7:30
S) 7:30-9:00
@ Clermont YMCA
NO
PRACTICE
OTHER
Please note that the commit deadline for the SOSL championships has been changed to Wednesday, July 10
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 July 15 - 21
WK # 16
MON
TUE
WED
THR
FRI
SAT
SUN
DATE
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 21
MAST
PLANNING
 
SOSL
CHAMPS
At  DELHI
 
USAS SPEEDO SECTIONAL
At Ohio St.
 
OHIO JR CHAMP
At
Oxford, OH
USAS SPEEDO SECTIONAL
At Ohio St.
 
OHIO JR CHAMP
At
Oxford, OH
USAS SPEEDO SECTIONAL
At Ohio St.
 
OHIO JR CHAMP
At
Oxford, OH
USAS SPEEDO SECTIONAL
At Ohio St.
 
OHIO JR CHAMP
At
Oxford, OH
MHS POOL
6:30 – 11:00 am
SOSL CHAMPS
7:00 – 9:30 am
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
RED 1 &
RED 2
D) 8:30-9:00
S) 9:00-9:45
@ Milford HS
NO
PRACTICE
D) 8:30-8:45
S) 8:45-9:30
@ Milford HS
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
RED 3 &
BLACK 1
D) 8:30-9:00
S) 9:00-10:30
@ Milford HS
NO
PRACTICE
D) 7:00-7:15
S) 7:15-8:30
@ Milford HS
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
BLACK 2 & BLACK 3
D) 7:00-7:30
S) 7:30-8:30
@ Milford HS
@ Clermont YMCA
@ Clermont YMCA
Pending
Pending
Pending
NO
PRACTICE
YMCA POOL
MHS only
6:30 – 9:00 am
6:30 – 9:00 am
Pending
Pending
Pending
No Practice
BLACK 2 & BLACK 3
@ Milford HS
D) 6:45-7:00
S) 7:00-8:30
@ Clermont YMCA
D) 6:45-7:00
S) 7:00-8:30
@ Clermont YMCA
Pending
Pending
Pending
NO
PRACTICE
OTHER
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 July 22 - 28
WK # 17
MON
TUE
WED
THR
FRI
SAT
SUN
DATE
July 22
July 23
July 24
July 25
July 26
July 27
July 28
MAST
PLANNING
 
 
 
OHIO SR CHAMPS
At
Oxford, OH
OHIO SR CHAMPS
At
Oxford, OH
OHIO SR CHAMPS
At
Oxford, OH
OHIO SR CHAMPS
At
Oxford, OH
MHS POOL
6:30 – 9:30 am
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
RED 1 &
RED 2
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
RED 3 &
BLACK 1
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
BLACK 2 & BLACK 3
D) 7:00-7:30
S) 7:30-8:30
@ Milford HS
@ Clermont YMCA
@ Clermont YMCA
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
YMCA POOL
MHS only
6:30 – 9:00 am
6:30 – 9:00 am
No Practice
No Practice
No Practice
No Practice
BLACK 2 & BLACK 3
@ Milford HS
D) 7:00-7:30
S) 7:30-8:30
@ Clermont YMCA
D) 7:00-7:30
S) 7:30-8:30
@ Clermont YMCA
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
NO
PRACTICE
OTHER
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See you at the pool,

Monty