What was News at Wisconsin Swimming, Inc. in 2000?

December 30, 2000 -- The 2001 Wisconsin 12 & Under State Championship will be held February 23-25 at the UW Natatorium. If you are interested in volunteering to work at this meet please call or email Rich Hubbard (608-836-5663 or hubbard@mailbag.com) to indicate your session preference. 
December 30, 2000 -- Don't forget that meet bids are due by January 9!
November 30, 2000 -- The agenda for the January meeting of Wisconsin Swimming, Inc. Board of Directors and House of Delegates meetings have been posted.  Also minutes of the November meeting of the Finance Committee.  For links to current meeting agendas and minutes, check out the LSC Meetings page.
November 20, 2000 -- Sectional Alignments and Time Standards for the Wisconsin Short Course State Championships have been released.
12 & Under State Championship - Feb. 23-25, 2001 @ UW Madison Nat
13 & Over State Championship - March 14, 2001 @ Schroeder
2001 Sectional Alignments
For more information and other time standards check out the Wisconsin Time Standards page.
November 13, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming will adopt the "No-Recall" start which has been used in National and International events since Summer of 1999.  All Wisconsin sanctioned meets beginning December 1 and after will be required to use the No-Recall start. Take a look at the Letter to Officials for the official announcement and the No-Recall Starting Procedure for details.

Also, a new Officials List is posted.  If you're an official please check for accuracy.  Please send any corrections to Susan Zblewski.  For complete officials information check out the Wisconsin Officials Page.

November 10, 2000 -- A new Officials List is posted.  If you're an official please check for accuracy.  Please send any corrections to Susan Zblewski.  For complete officials information check out the Wisconsin Officials Page.
November 1, 2000 -- Fort Atkinson Swim Team (FAST) is revising some events for their Fall Frenzy Swim Meet, 11/18/2000. The Girls 8 & Under Breast (Event 59) and Boys 8 & Under Breast (Event 60) are being changed from 100 yards to 50 yards.  The entry dead-line is being delayed until November 8, 2000.  Any questions, contact FAST's Meet Director: Brian Hancy.  Revised Meet Info and event files are available.
October 30, 2000 -- The Wisconsin Swimming Calendar Page is now more informative!  The calendar includes state, zone and national meets with links to meet information, host web sites and time standards.  Now available: time standards and preliminary information about the Central Zone Section 2 meets scheduled for March and July, 2001.
October 27, 2000 -- Time Standards for the Wisconsin Short Course State Championships have been released.
12 & Under State Championship - Feb. 23-25, 2001 @ UW Madison Nat
13 & Over State Championship - March 14, 2001 @ Schroeder
For more information and other time standards check out the Wisconsin Time Standards page.
October 26, 2000 -- Olympian Neil Walker returned to his home town of Verona, Wisconsin last week.  The city welcomed him with a parade in his honor, a pep rally at Verona Area High School, and an reception where he was given a key to the city.  Neil thanked all the people who supported him.  In Sydney, Neil earned a silver medal for the 4x100m Freestyle Relay and a gold for the Medley Relay. CLICK HERE for Pictures.
October 25, 2000 -- Two Wisconsin Swimming Officials will be present to observe swims at each session of the WIAA Girls State Championship Meet. The lead officials will be:
Friday Night:  Janis Noonan -- 2zpool@smallbytes.net
Saturday Afternoon:  Bob Schwartz -- rds51352@aol.com
There are three ways you can ensure your swimmers are observed in their events:
  1. E-Mail the lead officials listed above
  2. Download and fill out the Observed Swim Request Form (PDF or MsWord DOC) and turn it into a USA Swimming Official on deck at the meet

    3. Obtain the form from a USA Swiming Official at the meet and fill it out.
October 25, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming says good-bye and thank-you to Jackie Groiss who has resigned as Records Chair to relocate to Virginia.  Jackie served many years making sure records, OVC's and Top-16 times were carefully recorded.  We wish Jackie the best of luck and we will all miss her!
October 3, 2000 -- Don't forget the Fall LSC House of Delegates meeting is on Tuesday, October 24!  The time has been pushed back to 7:15 PM and the room has been changed to Room 055.  See the LSC Meetings Page for the agenda and for minutes from the last meeting.
September 25 - The U.S. again dominated Olympic swimming despite a strong showing by the Australians.  The Americans finished with a total of 33 swimming medas including 14 gold, 8 silver and 11 bronze.  Medals were evenly matched with 7 gold and 17 total medals for the men and 7 gold and 16 total for the women. The International Aquatic Center in Sydney yielded 14 world records and 38 new Olympic records during the course of the games, including a first ever tie for gold in the men's 50m Freestyle.  For day-by-day Olympic results go to the Wisconsin Olympic Page.

Sydney 2000 Website   NBC Olympic Website   USA-Swimming Website

August 23, 2000 -- Congratulations to all the Wisconsin Swimmers who participated in the Olympic Trials.  Follow Team USA as they compete in Sydney, September 16-23.
August 7, 2000 -- Weary Team Wisconsin swimmers arrived at home this morning following a successful Zones meet.  The team brought back their first Zone team high-point award in eight years following outstanding individual and relay efforts at the meet.  Click Here for Zone results.  Pictures will be coming, soon!
August 7, 2000 -- Wisconsin swimmers elected Gina Gnatzig as the new athlete representative at the Long Course State Championship meet.  Gina swims for the J-Hawk Aquatic Club.  She joins Jennifer Skolaski of Badger Aquatics Club. The athlete reps will represent the swimmers' interests in the Wisconsin Swimming, Inc. House of Delegates and as members of the board.
August 2, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming Long Course State Championship results are here.
July 31, 2000 -- Waukesha Express Swim Team (WEST) has announced a change in the format of their November meet.  See the WEST Note.
July 25, 2000 -- Pictures from the Wisconsin Swim Camps, 2000 are now posted in the picture gallery.  So are pictures from Midwest Seniors.
July 17, 2000 -- For Sale: Olympic Trials Tickets, 4 tickets, Wed Aug 9,  Thurs Aug 10, Sat.
Aug 12, Sun Aug 13. Possible hotel room also.   Contact   cmuell@ah.com    for details
July 10, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming has approved a club development program to reward Wisconsin teams for newspaper articles placed between now and October 2, 2000.  The purpose of this program is to enhance our sport's heightened visibility due to the Sidney Olympics.  See the Club Development page for details.
July 10, 2000 -- The Winter 2000-2001 Meet Schedule has now been posted.  Reservations, for those meets that take them, are to be post marked no earlier than September 11.  Meet directors are encouraged to check the posted schedule for accuracy.  If you would like your e-mail address posted with the schedule, send to the webmaster.  After receiving a sanction for your meet, please send the meet info to the webmaster as an e-mail attachment if you would like it posted. 
July 3, 2000 -- Swimmers interested in running for the LSC Athlete rep. position should contact Jennifer Skolaski in order to be on the ballot.  Voting will take place at the Long Course State Meet.  Coaches can also nominate their swimmers by contacting Jennifer.  Please submit all nominations by July 25 so they can be on the ballot when teams vote.
June 27, 2000  MADISON -- Pete Christiansen died on Thursday, June 22, 2000, of cancer, at age 64. Pete grew up in Racine, and later moved to Madison.  He worked for the Madison Metropolitan School District as a teacher and administrator for more than 30 years.  He also had a long career refereeing swimming and football, for Wisconsin Swimming, WIAA, city leagues and other athletic conferences.  There will be a memorial service on Saturday, July 1, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 5701 Raymond Road, Madison.
June 23, 2000 -- Several new files have been posted in the Wisconsin Swimming Officials Page: For more information on officials and officiating, check out the Officials Page.
June 16, 2000 -- New Wisconsin Swimming Short Course Records have been posted.  The records are now in an easier to read table format.  They are also available for download in Miscroft Word97 document format.  Many records fell this Spring! Congratulations to new record-holders: Alison Grinde, Nicki Wex, Jane Evans, Sarah Wanesek, Tim Scanlan, Kyle Bubolz, Ryan Hinz, Scott Mueller, Chris Stanczyk, and Rion Epping.  Also congratulations to relay teams from Badger Aquatics, Elmbrook, Lake Country, Verona, and Mequon.
June 8, 2000 -- Team Wisconsin information and application forms for swimmers and chaperones are now on-line.  Go to the Zone-C page.  Information and forms can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat PDF format or as a zipped set of Microsoft Word97 documents.
June 5, 2000 -- The meet information package for the Wisconsin State Long Course Championship meet is now available.  Please click on the following two links to download the files in PDF format: Click Here for information on downloading event files.
May 25, 2000 -- There are several new postings on the Wisconsin Swimming Job Board Page.  Mequon Area Swim Team (MAST) has an age-group coach position.  Watertown Aquatic Tieam (WAT) is seeking a part-time head swim coach.  Edina Swim Club in Minnesota is looking for a Head Age-Group and Assistant Age-Group coach. 
May 1, 2000 -- Homestead High School Senior, Scott Mueller has signed a letter of intent to swim for Texas A&M in the fall as a scholarship athlete.  Scott is a three time high school Division I state swim champion.  Congratulations, Scott!
April 21, 2000 -- New information has been posted on the Camps Page.
The new e-mail for Wisconsin Camps information is:  wicamps2000@yahoo.com
Watch the Camps Page for application forms for this years camps, Coming Soon!
April 21, 2000
WAHOO, Nebraska --  No, it's not Dave Letterman's Top Ten List, it's the USA Swimming Top 10 refering LSC sites.  Wisconsin cracked the top ten for the first time in February and moved up to number 9 in March. That means many of you are using the USA Swimming links from here to get to the national site. Keep On Clicking!!
April 12, 2000 -  Wisconsin swimmers from the Schroeder YMCA Swim Team are participating in the YMCA National Championships at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  The official site for the nationals is:  www.jolietymca.org/y_national   The host site link is: www.ci.ftlaud.fl.us/hofac.  Check out pictures at the Schroeder YMCA site: www.geocities.com/swim_schroeder
April 11, 2000
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The United States Olympic Committee has honored USA Swimming with the female and male Athlete of the Month awards and the Team of the Month award for March. This marks the first time that one sport has dominated the results. Swimmers Kristy Kowal  and Neil Walker won the female and male Athlete of the Month awards, respectively. The U.S. Men's 800-meter freestyle relay team captured the Team of the Month award. CLICK HERE for the complete story
April 10, 2000 - Two Wisconsin swim teams have hit the web!  Monona Grove Madison Aquatic Club (M*G*M) unveils its new Web site:  http://www.mgmaquatics.homepage.com/  You can find Oshkosh YMCA Dolphin swim team at http://www.geocities.com/oshyswimteam
April 6, 2000-- Wisconsin Swimming is now accepting nominations for this year's Outstanding Service Award recipient and invites the submission of nominations from it’s membership. Click Here for the nomination instructions and form in PDF format. Nominations received by June 1, 2000, will be listed and presented at the June LSC meeting for consideration by the membership.
April 6, 2000 -- Two job openings have been posted.  Milton Marlins (MM) are looking for an Assistant Coach.  Fon du lac Recreation Swim Team (FRST) are looking for a Head Coach and Pool Supervisor.  See the Wisconsin Swimmin Jobs Page.
April 3, 2000-- Wisconsin Teams with swimmers in Junior and Senior Nationals can load results directly into their Team Manager databases.  Just click on the link listed below and select "Save to Disk" in your browser. Or Right Click on the link and select "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As.." to save the ZIP file on your hard drive.  These files can be imported directly into Team Manager for Windows, or else unZIPPED with WinZip (click here if you need it). and imported as CL2 files using COMMLINK.  Also listed are some other links for National Meet results.
March 19, 2000-- Wisconsin State Championship Information:
13&Over RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE

South Eastern Aquatics
2000 Wisconsin 13 & Over Championship
3/9/00 to 3/12/00 - Schroeder Aquatic Center
Hy-Tek's Searchable Web Database
 

12&Under RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE
Badger Aquatics Club
2000 Wisconsin 12 & Under Championship
3/17/00 to 3/19/00 - UW Natatorium
Hy-Tek's Searchable Web Database

March 19, 2000
ATHENS, Greece -- Neil Walker won three medals tonight became the first man since Matt Biondi in 1988 to win seven medals at a major international competition here at the FINA Short Course World Championships. Team USA earned the most gold medals with nine and most medals overall with 25 as well as the men's, women's and combined team titles, based on points. The U.S. team set six world records and 21 American records over the four-day competition.
Click here for USA Swimming Coverage.
March 15, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming has posted a "Commonly Asked Questions" page for Zones 2000.  Click Here!
March 13, 2000 -- There is a new e-mail for Wisconsin Camps information:  wicamps2000@yahoo.com
Watch the Camps Page for information and application forms for this years camps.  Coming Soon!
February 24, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming has published the Spring/Summer 2000 Meet scheduled approved at the last LSC meeting.  Click Here for the list of meets offered during the long course season.  The Fall/Winter schedule is still available as well as previous year's schedules for reference. Meet directors should e-mail meet information to the Webmaster if you would like them posted.
DON'T FORGET ... MARCH 14 IS THE POSTMARK DATE FOR MEET RESERVATIONS!
February 19, 2000 -- If you downloaded the entry forms for the Speedo Junior Championships or the Phillips 66 National Championships, you will want to do it again.  Minor changes have been made to the forms since they were originally posted.  Use these links to get to the USA Swimming official information sites for these meets.
February 16, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming officials now have a place to go for up-to-date information.  The Officials Page has links to the Wisconsin Officials Newsletter, the USA Swimming Officials Page and more.  Soon it will have minutes from the Officials Committee meetings and a current Officials roster.  Keep watching!
February 16, 2000 -- Hy-Tek is now posting national meet results files to import into Team Manager.  Go to the web site at www.hy-tekltd.com and click on Download Meet Results from the Main Page and pick the meet you want to download.  Save that file on diskette or your hard drive and then import it in to your TEAM MANAGER for Windows Database.  You can filter the Import by Team and or LSC. Hy-Tek will be adding both the 2000 Spring Juniors West and Juniors NE as well as the 2000 Spring Nationals to this list as these meets are completed. 
Updated February 14, 2000 -- Three dates for the Safety Training for Swim Coaches class have been set for this spring.

Juliene Hefter will offer a class at the Fond du Lac Aquatic Center on the following dates:

Feb 20   10 A.M. - 3 A.M.
April 9    same times
Advanced registration is required.  Cost is $35, including materials.  She needs a minimum of 6 people for each date to run the course.  Call the aquatic center to register 920-929-3536.  Payment will be required before class to ensure participation.  Details will be given when registering.

Also, recertification for current coaches and CPR recertification are being offered at Riverside Middle School Pool in Watertown:

April 15    8:00 A.M
Only coaches with a current STFSC certificate will be able to participate. The cost of $30 includes lunch but NOT manuals For questions regarding the class, contact: Charlie Fischer (920) 261-1016 cfisch@execpc.com.
February 11, 2000 -- Wisconsin swimmer Stephen Mohr has been named 'Student Athlete of the Week' at the University of North Carolina.  Congratulations Stephen! (and Jim!).
February 10, 2000 -- Dates for new officials certification clinics have been announced.  For more information conatct Susan Zblewski, (414) 691-9108.  The dates and locations are:
Saturday, May 6 - Fox Valley area
Saturday, May 13 - Madison area
Saturday, May 20 - Hartland (Arrowhead H.S.)
All clinics are scheduled for 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  The clinics will offer training for both new Stoke & Turn Judges and for new Starter/Referees for current Stroke & Turn Judges who had worked their required number of sessions.
February 7, 2000 -- The Schroeder A+ meet has successfully completed.  CLICK HERE to go to the Schroeder WEB site for final results.  Check out the Wisconsin Swimming Picture Gallery for pictures from the meet.  And for more pictures, try the Schroeder photo gallery page.
February 7, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming Short course records have been updated.  Check out the Top Times page.  Congratulations to Alison Grinde (UNAT) - 10&U 100 IM, Nicki Wex (LAKE)  - 11-12 50/100 Back, Mark Johnson (LAKE) 13-14 200 Fly, Tim Scanlan (NSSC) 10&U 50 Free, Kyle Bubolz (WEST) 13-14 100 Fly.
January 27, 2000 -- Beginning May 1, 2000, USA Swimming has mandated that all meets use the new FINA whistle start procedures. You might have some questions, like . . .
Q. What the heck is a whistle start?
A. It replaces the verbal commands given by the starter (event, heat, distance, stroke) with a series if short and long whistles by the referee.
Q. Sounds confusing, is it?
A. Not really!  It has been used in international competition for some time, and is being used in all National meets, and many regional meets now.
Q. Won't our younger swimmers have trouble?
A. In fact at a recent swim meet in Indianapolis many of our younger swimmers were exposed to the whistle start for the first time.  They caught right on.
Q. How will I know when to be at the blocks?
A. You will just have to pay a little more attention to what is going on.
Q. How can I find out more?
A. I'm glad you asked!  CLICK HERE for the details!
January 25, 2000 -- A new page debuts on the Wisconsin Swimming site.  The Picture Gallery page contains photos from Wisconsin Swimming events.  Submit your digital pictures by e-mailing to the Webmaster. The first edition contains pictures from the Schoeder 2000 Invite meet, January 22nd..
January 25, 2000 -- Juliene Hefter will offer a Safety training for swim coaches on the following dates:
Feb 20   10 am - 3 pm
April 9    same times
The class will take place at the Fond du Lac Aquatic Center.  Advanced registration is required.  Cost is
$35, including materials.  She needs a minimum of 6 people for each date to run the course.  Call the
aquatic center to register 920-929-3536.  Payment will be required before class to ensure participation.
Details will be given when registering. 
January 24, 2000 Lynn Winnicki has posted an open letter to coaches about this year's Wisconsin Swim Camps. Check out the Camps page, and keep watching for updates!
January 21, 2000 -- The Time Standards file for the Wisconsin 2000 State Championships is now available for download.   This is a file you can import into your Team Manager software as you begin the process of preparing for the State Championship Swim Meets.  The WISC2000 file and other standards can be found at the Time Standards page.
January 17, 2000 -- Germantown Swim Club has added a new meet Saturday, March 4, 2000. The March Madness Y2K meet fills in the hole left by the rescheduling of the 10&Under State Championship meet.  The meet is for 10&Under and 11-12 Age Groups.  Click Here for a look at the meet info or contact meet director, Randy Crivello.
January 13, 2000 -- Wisconsin Swimming Short course records have been updated.  Check out the Top Times page.  Congratulations to Alison Grinde (UNAT) - 10&U 100 IM, Nicki Wex (LAKE)  - 11-12 50/100 Back, and Mark Johnson (LAKE) 13-14 100/200 Fly.

Click for larger picturePetric Qualifies for 2000 Olympic Swimming Trials
January 4, 2000 -- Sara Petric became the second high school-aged athlete in the state to qualify for the 2000 Olympic Swimming Team Selection Meet which will be held in August in Indianpolis, IN.  Petric is a sophomore at Homestead high school in Mequon, WI, and trains at the Schroeder YMCA and Aquatic Center in Brown Deer, WI.

Petric recently raced against top athletes from around the country at the Kerr McGee / Nike Pro-Am, in Oklahoma City, OK.  She met 1992 and 1996 Olympian Ashley Tappin in the semi-finals of the 50 yard freestyle and while the veteran won the event, Petric's time of 23.47 qualified her for the 2000 Olympic Trials.

Petric joins Schroeder YMCA teammates Cortnee Adams, Alison Newell, and Chris Forrest who have already met the qualifying time standards. Schroeder YMCA Swim Team Coach David Anderson,  describes Petric as, "very committed and talented".  He added, "Sara is one of those kids who can do it all...athletics, academics but she also exemplifies those important core values that are rarely seen in today's youth."
Click on the image for a larger picture


Y2K News from Hy-Tek
January 2, 2000 -- Hy-Tek has released a Maintenance Update of TEAM MANAGER for Windows - Release 1.6 Update O.   This release can be downloaded FREE from Hy-Tek's Web Site at www.hy-tekltd.com.  This release contains a Y2K Correction  for computers who do not have their Windows date set to a 4 year format (like mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy)   The problem affects the display of athlete birth dates and meet dates.  Hy-Tek also recommends the following procedure for changing the Windows "short date style" to include a 4 digit year.

To verify your settings, click Start / Settings / Control Panel. Then double click on Regional Settings. Now click on the Date tab, and if your Short Date Style does not have 4 y's in it, you should select one that does. If in the choice of date formats, there is not one with 4 y's in it, you can create a custom one by simply typing 2 more y's into the Short Date Style window. As an example, you could convert mm/dd/yy to mm/dd/yyyy or dd.m.yy to dd.m.yyyy.