We're back online .....
As many of you noticed, the TVSC web site has been offline for a week. The reason was that we changed our web site host from GeoCities to Port Internet, a local Internet Service Provider (ISP). As a non-profit organization, the TVSC web site is hosted for free by Port Internet. Thanks, Russ.
April 27, 2000
Spring Break fun
A Kodak moment .... These pictures were taken with TVSC's new Kodak digital camera. Click here to view full size pictures.
April 28, 2000 Helin Named MVP at UNC
Chris Helin has been honored as the Most Valuable Swimmer by the University of North Carolina. Chris led the Tar Heels to a 2nd place finish by earning first team All-ACC honors in 3 events. He will be traveling to Indianapolis this August, as he has qualified for the 2000 Olympic Trials in 5 events.
Chris will begin training with TVSC in 2 weeks, and will be signing autographs 5 days a week at Cedar Beach this summer.
April 9, 2000 Congratulations to Half Hollow Hills for a great meet! TVSC Wins Suffolk County Championships 2000 Jayne Molano, Julia Smit and Shaun Armstrong Win High Point Awards
8 County Champions Win 14 Events 4 Team Relay Records 4 Top 16 Cuts Meet Summary
Graduating Seniors: Steven Shapiro, Richard Sanzo, Brian O'Shea, Amy DeWitt, Jessica Hoesten, Michael Cipollino, Ashley DeSanctis
April 6, 2000 2000 Long Course Time Standards
Metropolitan posted the 2000 Long Course Junior Olympic, Senior Metropolitan and Eastern Zone qualifying times (See Qualifying Times box on this web page). We also added a link to the Eastern Zone Meet information. Eastern Zones will be held August 9-12 (during Olympic Trials) in Buffalo, New York. Check it out. Start setting goals for this summer. Click here for complete Metro Summer Meet schedule (TVSC is going to attend some of these meets).
April 4, 2000 Eastern Zone All Stars 3 Top 16 Considerations Shaun breaks 3 Team Records [Results]
The Metropolitan All Stars finished in 2nd place to the Middle Atlantic team by a mere 6 points. TVSC was well represented on the Metropolitan team and contributed significantly in the point scoring. Julia Smit swam 3 events for the Metropolitan All Star Team. She had two Top 16 Consideration times by finishing 4th in the 100 back with a personal best time of 1:01.34, and 5th in the 200 IM with a time of 2.12.81. Julia also swam the 100 Breast in 1.12.25 to finish 10th.
Shaun Armstrong set 3 team records and recorded one Top 16 Consideration time. Shaun swam out of his mind in the 100 Back to finish 2nd in 54.27. His time earned him Top 16 consideration and broke Chris Brandenberger's team record. Shaun also broke Mr. B's record in the 100 free in the 400 free relay, which Shaun led off with a split of 49.97. Shaun took 2nd in the 100 Breast with a time of 1.01.71. Shaun also bettered his own 50 free record to 22.49 as the lead swimmer in the 200 free relay.
Jayne Molano performed in her first zone meet and swam very well. Jayne finished 10th in the 100 and 200 Free with times of 1.01.31 and a personal best of 2.13.83. Jayne finished 11th in the 50 Free with a time of 28.25. She also had some great relay splits by anchoring the Metopolitan 200 Medley and 400 Freestyle (100 split 1:00.32) Relays to 3rd place finishes. She also anchored the 200 Freestyle Relay to a 4th place finish with a relay split of 27.07.
Michael Smit qualified for the Metropolitan All Star team in the 400 IM with a time of 4.18.86. At Eastern Zones, Michael qualified in 5th place for finals with a time of 4.21.28.
March 26, 2000 8 and Under Highlights Taylor DaSilva 3rd Place Highpoint Numerous Best Times
I woke up early on a weekend, drove over the Throgg's Neck Bridge and went to a swim meet. Bill Murray in Groundhog's Day. Nope. The Metropolitan 8 and Under Championships.
The coaches and swimmers had a great experience at the meet as the team swam very well and everyone came away with at least a couple of best times. TVSC brought in the heavy hitters for the 6 & Unders with Taylor DaSilva finishing 3rd overall, while Jessica Narus finished 10th.
In the 7 & Unders, Kristen Purdy finished 6th overall and had strong support from Cassidy Brennan and Ms. Ruchi Tandon. The old maids and gents of the meet, the 8 & Unders, swam great as well. They included Jenna Birkmire, Gabriele Ciurinskaite, Theresa DeLucia, Marissa Farrington, Nina Garambone, Celine Rivera, Lee Brett, Matthew Coleman, Jack Constant and his buddy Kyle Papish.
The last two were attracting a lot of attention from the ladies, Molly anyways. Nice Job! [Full Meet Results]
March 26, 2000 TVSC Swimmers Conclude Junior Nationals 4 Team Records 2 Top 16 Considerations
TVSC had a very successful trip to Buffalo, NY for the Speedo Junior Nationals. Chris Brandenberger broke 3 team records and earned Top 16 consideration in the 100 and 200 Backstrokes with times of 52:07 and 1:51:22. Chris's times earned him 7th place in the 200 and 12th in the 100. Mr. B also time trialed the 200 Free and broke Matt Delaney's team record with a personal best time of 1:44:15. The 800 Freestyle relay of Richard Sanzo, Chris Brandenberger, Dan Laidlaw, and Steve Shapiro broke the team record in the 800 Freestyle and finished in 12th place with a time of 7:03:44. Steve Shapiro competed in the 200 Freestyle finishing in 30th place with a time of 1:45:12. On the last day, the 400 Medley Relay team of Chris Brandenberger, Shaun Armstrong, Serge Korepin and Richard Sanzo finished in 16th place in 3:35:36. Congratulations!
[Results]