College Swimming

Keep up with the world of college swimming at CollegeSwimming.com. There are articles, results, rankings, and more. They also recognize a swimmer of the week for each division.

Based on his performance at our college meet last weekend, UT's Ricky Berens was the Division I male swimmer of the week last time around.

Visit the site here.

FAST B/C Meet

Warm-up times are as follows:

Session I: Saturday, 8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

Session II: Saturday, 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Session III: 8:00 - 8:45 a.m.

A map to the Wilkerson-Greines pool is here.

Novice & Bronze Reports

From Coach Porter:

Novice

We have split our novice swimmers into three groups. Working with these smaller groups will help us catch more mistakes and get swimmers more feedback. Our ten and under swimmer did a fantastic job at Little Splashers! I am also excited about all the entries for our next swim meet on Halloween weekend. I will be out of town that weekend, but I wish you all the best of luck!

Bronze

The technique of the bronze swimmers is looking awesome! Our next meet is Halloween weekend, and we will be working on starts and turn before then. We will also be working on using the clock more and putting on sets on time intervals to prepare for silver.

College Results

Results from the Friday/Saturday college meet:

Day 1

Day 2

Swimming World

Be sure to add Swimming World to your list of favorites.

NTN "A" Warm-Up Times & Map

Warm-up for the NTN "A" meet at Southlake Carroll HS are as follows:

NTN “A” Invite
October 23 to 25, 2009
Team Warm-ups

There will be no split warm-ups.

Friday – Warm-up – 4:30 to 5:15 pm, 5:30 pm start
Meet will be run in two pools.
*Friday night events are all distance events and swimmers must provide their own
timers.*

Saturday and Sunday AM – Warm-up - 8:00 to 8:45 am, 9:00 am start
12 & Unders – Meet will be run in one pool.

Saturday and Sunday PM – Warm-up – 1:00 to 1:45 pm, 2:00 pm start
Meet will be run in two pools.

A map to the pool is here.

Reminder

Since we're hosting a meet this weekend, there will be no practices Friday and Saturday (23rd and 24th).

The first session of the Southwest Collegiate Invitational will begin Friday at 7:00 p.m. The second session will begin Saturday at 11:00 a.m.

There will be no charge for admission.

Homecoming

The big college meet is almost here. A&M, Missouri, SMU, and UT will be at our natatorium this weekend for the Southwest Collegiate Plunge.

Mansfield HS standout Johnny McClure ('09) will compete for the Aggies.

A preview of the meet has been posted on the UT men's swimming site here.

From Coach Huffman:

The Gold group is really getting back into shape with our new dryland regiment. Improving our core strength will continue to be a focus throughout this short course season. Now that we have learned the routine, prepare to have things change up every three to four weeks so that we can "shock" the system and continue making improvements.

I want everyone going to November swim meets to enter at least one 200 yard event and one distance event. Lets see where we are now, so we can see our improvement in February.

ASA

Some excellent open water swims are held right here in Texas. Find more info on events hosted by Keith & Sandy Bell at their American Swimming Association site.

Mansfield to Centenary

Former Mansfield HS swimmer Cara Loria ('09) now swims for Butch Jordan at Centenary College in Shreveport.

Although the workout groups are different in college, Cara says the training she's doing under Jordan is very similar to what she was used to under MAC head coach Cody Huckabay.

Cara's been juggling her classwork - she's majoring in biology - while training with the distance group this fall.

Loria will return to the DFW area for a meet against Austin College (Sherman) on October 24. Centenary's schedule is here.

BB Meet Warm-Up Changes

Please note that warm-up times for the TRS BB meet this weekend have changed slightly.

MAC will be in the following warm-up groups:

Friday = 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. (2nd warm-up)

Saturday Morning = 7:45 - 8:30 a.m. (combined)

Saturday Afternoon = 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. (2nd warm-up)

Sunday Morning = 7:45 - 8:30 a.m. (combined)

Sunday Afternoon = 12:45 - 1:15 p.m. (2nd warm-up)

Additional reminders:

Please remember to check in for all events!

Map to the facility is here.

North Texas Relays

Results from Friday evening's relay meet are here. SMU won the women's meet, while TCU took the men's meet.

USA Swimming Time Search

Keep track of your child's times at the USA Swimming Time Search page.

COPS "A" Results

MAC finished 10th in team scoring at the Plano "A" meet.

Event results are here.

Friday Afternoon

There will be no MAC practices tomorrow afternoon. We'll be hosting the North Texas Mean Green Relays. The meet starts at 4:00 p.m.

Relay meets are always fun to watch. Make plans to drop in and watch the college guys and gals.

Little Splashers Results

MAC finished 8th in team scoring at the Little Splashers meet last weekend at Loos Natatorium.

Individual event results are here.

Virtual Club Championships

MAC continues to climb through the ranks both in our area - North Texas LSC - and nationally.

One way to gauge our progress is though the USA Swimming Virtual Club Championships standings.

Season/North Texas LSC Rank/USA Rank

2006-07 SCY/20th/1917
2006-07 LCM/15th/1064

2007-08 SCY/12th/955
2007-08 LCM/12th/597

2008-09 SCY/10th/632
2008-09 LCM/7th/375

2009-10 SCY/?/?