| X-Cel Swimming News | |
| February 25, 2008 - Pizza Parties | |
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We
will celebrate the end of a successful Short Course season with
Pizza Parties! The parties for Levels 1, 3, 4, & 5 swimmers and coaches: Monday, March 3 after practice at the pool. The party for Level 1 will begin at 7:45. They party for Level 3 & 4 will begin at ~8:35 The party for Level 5 will begin at ~9:35 The party for Level 2 swimmers and coaches: Tuesday, March 4 after practice at the pool. Pizza, snacks and drinks will be provided. We will need parents to help with set-up and clean-up for the parties. For those parents who wish to help, please email Annmarie at cdejne@comcast.net |
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| February 25, 2008 - Team Apparel Order | |
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IMPORTANT -SAVE
THIS DATE (ONE DATE ONLY!) Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Starting at 5:30 PM SWIM SUIT FITTING WITH METRO SWIM SHOP NOTE: We are requesting that parents come in to DeNunzio with their swimmers, since you will need to approve your child's fit and apparel choice, as well as make payment directly to Metro. Please don't forget to bring your checkbooks. Team suits (including Aquablades) will be available to try on, as well as other items such as shorts, jackets, fins, paddles, etc. You will be able to take your equipment purchases with you that evening. All items that require a logo and/or personalization will be delivered to the team and distributed at a later time. Other items (practice suits, goggles, caps, etc.) will be available for purchase as well. |
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| February 20, 2008 - X-Cel 2008 Long Course Registration | |
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X-Cel
2008 Long Course Registration For the information, click here, For registration form, click here. Tryout date: 3/17 and 3/18 7:00-8:00pm at Dillon; 3/24/ & 3/25 7:00-8:00 at DeNunzio |
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| February 1, 2008 - Annual X-Cel Family Banquet | |
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SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY, APRIL 27 For the ANNUAL X-CEL FAMILY BANQUET Who: All X-Cel Swimmers & Their Families. What: Buffet Dinner, Dessert, and a DJ (Catered by Mastoris) . Where: Nottingham Ballroom, Hamilton Township, NJ When: Sunday, April 27th from 4:00-8:00 PM. For the details, click here. For the direction to Nottingham, click here. |
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| February 1, 2008 - X-Cel PRE-PASDA Swim Program | |
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Get ready for
summer! X-Cel Swimming's Pre-Summer Program is back! Space is limited, so sign up today!! Where: DeNunzio Pool on the campus of Princeton University. When: April 7 to June 2, Mondays & Wednesdays at 3:15-4:30 PM, and Fridays at 4:45-6:00pm For more information, click here. |
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| January 29, 2008 - Annual Chinese New Year Party | |
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We
had a wonderful Annual Chinese New Year Party at The Super Star Easy
Buffet on Sunday, January 27, 2008. Thank to Annmarie, Lin and other
Parents who organize the party. and thanks to all of coaches,
swimmers and their family who attend the party. For the party photos: click here. |
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| December 31, 2007 - News | |
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There are several articles published in local newspaper for X-Cel
swimmers. In December 20th Edition of The Trentonian, page 37. No team, no problem: Koyen find a way... full story. In December 28th Edition of The Princeton Packet. X-Cel swimmers have record efforts at 'Classic' X-Cel Swimming produced some outstanding results from the Holiday Classic XXI Meet, which was held at Rutergs University... Top times for X-Cel at state swim meet X-Cel Swimming had several swimmers compete in the New Jersey State Meet, which was held a the Gloucester County Institute of Technology. Even thought [sic] team participation was split between this meet and the Holiday Classic meet, X-Cel Swimming placed ninth overall with a combined score of 456.5. ... If you are member of The Princeton Packet, please download the articles and send them to xceladmin@xcelswimming.org. If you have copies of the articles or newspaper, please send them to coach Lucy. |
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| December 31, 2007 - Annual Chinese New Year Party | |
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What: Buffet and
Drinks. Where: Super Star Easy Buffet at 311 Nassau Park Boulevard (next to Sam's Club). When: Sunday, January 27th at 6:00-9:00 pm.. Price: Adult and 12&Over -- $15 Children 11&Under -- $6 2&Under -- Free Please hand the check and this form to Coach Lucy ASAP. |
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| December 6, 2007 - Congratulations To All - Holiday Classic and NJ State Meet | |
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Congratulations to all the swimmers that competed in the Holiday
Classic and NJ State Meet. Everyone has worked very hard up to this point, and it paid off tremendously. The meet results and other details are posted below: For Holiday Classic: Photos, Results, Team Results. For NJ State Meet, Results. Congratulations to the following swimmers that set new X-Cel records at the Holiday Classic Meet: Patric Park 11-12 Men: 100IM 1:01.27; 500 Free 5:18.12; 100 Breast 1:08.12; 50 Fly 27.54; 200 Breast 2:23.67; 100 Fly 59.59; 50 Breast 31.12. Julia Cunningham 11-12 women: 400 IM 4:54.65; 200 Fly 2:15.87 Annelies Paine, Anna Marshall, Jocelyn Yuen, Megan Lydzinski 13-14 Women 400 Medley Relay: 4:09.62 Brynja Winnan, Rebecca Lewinson, Virginia Hung, Kelly Covey 15-16 Women 400 Medley Relay: 4:02.91 (Sectional Time) Kelly Covey, Megan Lydzinski, Brynja Winnan, Rebecca Lewinson 15-16 Women 400 Free Relay: 3:35.48 For the detail of Holiday Classic, check press releases here. For the detail of NJ State Meet, check press releases , here. ********************************************************************************* Also, congratulations to: Patrick Park ranked 13th in USA Top 16 in 11-12 Men 200 LC meter breast with a time of 2:47.57 Connie Zhang ranked 14th in USA Top 16 in 11-12 Women 50 LC meter breast with a time of 36.03 Julia Cunningham achieved NRT in 11-12 Women 200 LC meter fly with a time of 2:33.18 For the detail of USA Top 16, check press releases here. For the detail of Fall Festival of X-Cellence on November 3-4, check press releases , here. NOTE: USA Swimming is changing recognition programs beginning with the 2007-08 season: The "Top 16" recognition will be replaced with a "Top 10" recognition. USA Swimming will no longer apply the NRT designation (all times are reportable). The USA Swimming Scholastic All-American selection process will use the 2000 Junior National time standard rather than participation in a Sectional Meet for the swim component. For details, click here. |
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| December 1, 2007 - X-Cel Holiday Parties | |
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The
party for Level 1 swimmers and coaches: Monday, 12/17/2007
after practice at the pool. The party for Levels 2, 3, 4 and 5 swimmers and coaches: Friday, 12/21/2007 after practice at the pool. Pizza, snacks and drinks will be provided. We will need parents to please help with set-up and clean-up for both parties. For those parents who wish to help, please email Annmarie at . cdejne@comcast.net |
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| Noverber 6, 2007 - Congratulations To All - Fall Festival of X-Cellence | |
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Congratulations to all swimmers who competed in the Fall Festival of
X-Cellence Meet. For the meet results, click here, For the photos, click Photo1, Photo2. Congratulations to Rebecca Lewinson who made a new team record in the Women's 15-19 400IM Congratulations to Patrick Park who made new team records in the Men's 11-12 100Fly and 200Fly. Congratulations to Brynja Winnan, Anna Marshall, Jocelyn Yuen, Megan Lydzinski who made a new team record in the Women's 13-14 200 Medley Relay Congratulations to Rebecca Lewinson, Virginia Hung, Allyson Koyen, Kelly Covey who made a new team record in the Women's 15-19 200 Free Relay |
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| October 30, 2007 - Fall Festival of X-Cellence - Meet Information | |
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FALL FESTIVAL OF X-CELLENCE Hosted by X-Cel Swimming and Whitewaters Swimming DeNunzio Pool, Princeton University November 3-4, 2007 ALL PARTICIPATING TEAMS & SWIMMERS: Please note the following important announcements regarding this weekend's meet. For Pool Assignments, Team Timing Assignments and Warm-Up Session details - please find this information listed for the "Fall Festival of X-Cellence Meet" under the "Meet Information" link at check here. X-CEL FAMILIES ONLY: Please click here to look up your hospitality donation requirements. To view your meet volunteer assignments and reporting times, please click here, for volunteer instructions, click here. The volunteer T-Shirts for X-Cel parents have arrived and may be picked up at DeNunzio Pool on Thursday, November 1st between 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM Friday November 2nd between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Each family should receive 2 T-Shirts at a nominal total cost of $4. Please make sure that you pick up the T-shirts in time for our meet on Saturday. For the warm-up and timing assisgnments click here. Good Luck to ALL Swimmers at the Fall Festival of X-Cellence!!! |
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| October 28, 2007 - Scholastic All-American Team | |
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Congratulations to Tony Wang for making the 2006-2007 USA
Swimming All American Team! USA Swimming member athletes who have completed 10th, 11th or 12th grade or higher; maintain a 3.5+ GPA or higher; participate in an individual event in one of certain meets and fill out an application on time are eligible to make USA Swimming's All American Team. Applications are due each August 1st. For the Lists of USA Swimming's Men's and Women's 2006-7 All American Teams, Men, Women. For the 2007 application, click here. |
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| October 28, 2007 - Team Apparel Order | |
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Note from
LeaLea Marshall The Swim caps are in from Metro Swim. Karen Doo and Laura Spence-Ash will be at the pool tonight (Friday, 10/28/07) at 6:15pm to distribute the caps and any suit orders not yet picked up. Karen and Laura will be outside on the circle (unless it is raining). Also Lea-Lea Marshall and Laura Spence-Ash will be at the pool on Monday, October 22 from 6:15-7:45pm. If you need to make other arrangements, please e-mail Lea-Lea at lealeamarshall@aol.com |
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| October 18, 2007 - Congratulations To All Swimmers - Oktoberfest | |
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Congratulations to all swimmers who competed in the Oktoberfest Meet
in GCIT. For the meet results, click here, For the team results, click here. Congratulations to Megan Lydzinski who made a new team record in the Women's 13-14 50Free with a time of 24.31. |
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| October 12, 2007 - Upcoming Meet | |
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Oktoberfest to be held on October 13-14, 2007 at GCIT.
The Note From the meet director We have a very full meet this year which will require some changes in the meet format, namely for the start times in the 500 free and afternoon sessions on Saturday. Please see the Notes for more information. We are going to need each team to provide one timer per session for the meet this weekend. Please have your timer report to the pool deck 30 minutes before the session is set to begin. They will be given a name tag representing your team and will be refunded any admission costs they have paid and given a free meet program. They will also have access to the hospitality room. There are some teams coming to the meet that are very small, therefore we are looking for this help from teams that will have 10 or more swimmers in the session. Some teams, if possible, could provide more than one timer and we will accomodate everything we can get. Sorry for the late request but when you run a swim meet a month into the season there are a lot of bugs that need to be ironed out. This meet is larger than it ever has been before: over 990 swimmers and over 5500 splashes. If we are going to stay on the timeline (and it is going to be very tight on Saturday because of the large number of 500 swimmers) we will need to get started on time. Having the extra timers in place 30 minutes before the session starts will help this happen. Please let Coach lucy know if you could be a timer. For the meet entry, click here, For the pysch sheet, click here. For the warmup, click here.
Jersey Storm Mini Meet to be held on October 14, 2007 at Fort
Dix. |
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| October 12, 2007 - Team Apparel Order | |
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Note from
LeaLea Marshall The Metro Order is in for suits, medalist jackets, swim bags, sweat shirts, sweat pants, shorts and flannel pants. The order will be passed out on the following days: Friday, October 12 from 6:00-8:00 Lea-Lea Marshall and Karen Doo will be distributing items. Monday, October 15 from 7:00-8:00 Lea-Lea, Els Paine and Laura Spence-Ash will be distributing items. Wednesday, October 17 from 6:15-9:00 Karen Doo and Laura Spence-Ash will be distributing items. Please note that we will only pass out orders to adults and level 5 swimmers. If you need to make different arrangements please e-mail Lea-Lea at lealeamarshall@aol.com |
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| October 5, 2007 - YINGFA Swimming Gear | |
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YINGFA swimming
gear (variety of swimming practice gears) will set up a booth for
all the parents and swimmers (include stroke and turn program and HS
program). If you are interested, please bring your Check books or
Cash with you on the day that list below. Thursday Oct. 11; from 5:30pm - 8pm at the DeNunzio Pool Payable to: YingJuan Zhen For the order form, click here, |
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| October 3, 2007 - Team Fall Picnic | |
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WELCOME BACK We hope you all had a great summer break and are looking forward to an exciting and successful 2007-08 Short Course Season All X-Cel Swimmers and their Families are invited to the X-Cel Family Picnic When: Saturday, October 6th, 2007, 2:00 to 6:00 PM Where: The Village Park in Cranbury, NJ There are ball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, and a playground. Directions: See the attached invitation for directions, click here. Menu: Deli Sandwiches, Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, Cole Slaw, Fruit & Vegetable Platters Cost: Ages 5 and under are free All others are $5 per person Please make checks payable to X-Cel Swimming Inc. Forms and checks can be given to Coach Lucy. ***** Notes From Annmarie ***** We're looking forward to terrific weather and lots of fun this weekend, with about 150 people planning to come to the picnic. We're asking each family to bring a drink, snack, or dessert, as indicated on the list. Don't forget to bring soccer balls, tennis balls/rackets, basketballs, frisbees, baseball/softball equipment, lawn chairs, and picnic blankets. (If anyone has a folding table that we can use for the food, please let us know.) Contact Annmarie Enos at cdejne@comcast.net with any questions. |
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| September 30, 2007 - Fall Festival of X-Cellence Meet--Fundraising | |
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X-Cel needs your support. For this year's Fall Festival of X-Cellence
we would like to boost our swim advertisement and sponsorship
program. Not only will your efforts help support the athletes, X-Cel
and USA Swimming, but you can also lower your team duess and
expenses. Twenty five percent of all ad and event sponsor money
raised will be credited to your team account. Meet program ad space is a great way for you or your company/workplace to show support and reach many people. Another fun way to support the team and your swimmer is by sponsoring an event. Your personalized message will appear in the program next to the event you select (USD 25). Please send an email note with your personalized message to Olaf Noisten honoisten@aol.com or Coach Lucy and make checks payable to X-Cel Swimming. Meet program pricing is outlined below: 1/4 page USD 40 1/2 page USD 65 Full page USD 100 Inside Back Cover USD 180 Inside Front CoverUSD 200 Back Cover USD 220 Advertiser must provide copy-ready ad. Ads must be received no later than October 26. Send information to Olaf Noisten honoisten@aol.com or Coach Lucy. ¡¡ |
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| September 20, 2007 - Team Apparel Order | |
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Note from LeaLea Marshall The Mesh bags and pull buoys from Metro Swim are in. Lea-Lea Marshall will be at the pool on Wednesday, Sept 26 and Friday, Sept 28 from 6:15pm to 7:00pm to distribute them. If you can not make this time please e-mail her at lealeamarshall@aol.com to make different arrangements. The swimmers who ordered mesh bags and/or pull bouys are: (Please have an adult, not the swimmer, pick up your order) Tess Boddene, Kenny Wang, Victor Honore, Pradyun Biswas, Austin Lin, Valerie Mazarakis, Brandon Wang, Wesley Chen, Kevin Doo, Daniel Druckman, Russell In, Crystal Liu, Molly/Sarah Pfeffer, Ethan Vaca, Allan Wang |
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| September 18, 2007 - Become A Swimming Official | |
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A Stroke and Turn
clinic for New USA-S officials is being conducted at the John Witherspoon Middle School 217 Walnut Lane Princeton on Wednesday 10/10 at 7 PM The instructor will be Bruce Petersen and to reserve space contact him at bruce.petersen@gs.com or call him at 973.921.2990. Being an official is a great way to help the sport of swimming, and to make the meets that we attend run smoother. Without officials, there could be no swim meets. We encourage our parents to become officials. |
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| September 5, 2007 - Team Fall Picnic | |
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WELCOME BACK We hope you all had a great summer break and are looking forward to an exciting and successful 2007-08 Short Course Season All X-Cel Swimmers and their Families are invited to the X-Cel Family Picnic When: Saturday, October 6th, 2007, 2:00 to 6:00 PM Where: The Village Park in Cranbury, NJ There are ball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, and a playground. Directions: See the attached invitation for directions, click here. Menu: Deli Sandwiches, Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, Cole Slaw, Fruit & Vegetable Platters Cost: Ages 5 and under are free All others are $5 per person Please make checks payable to X-Cel Swimming Inc. Forms and checks can be given to Coach Lucy. **Each family will be asked to bring a snack, dessert, or drinks to share. More details will follow the week before the picnic. RSVP: By October 2nd |
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| September 5, 2007 - NEW Swimmers' Parent Meeting | |
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WELCOME TO THE X-CEL TEAM!!! Coach Lucy will hold a parents' meeting for all NEW swimmers on Thursday 9/20 at 6:15-7:00pm in the DeNunzio pool conference room. |
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| September 1, 2007 - Team Apparel Order | |
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IMPORTANT -SAVE
THIS DATE (ONE DATE ONLY!) MONDAY, September 17, 2007 - Starting 5:30 PM SWIM SUIT FITTING WITH METRO SWIM SHOP NOTE: We are requesting that parents come in to DeNunzio with their swimmers, since you will need to approve your child's fit and apparel choice, as well as make payment directly to Metro. Please don't forget to bring your checkbooks. Team suits (including Aquablades) will be available to try on, as well as other items such as shorts, jackets, fins, paddles, etc. You will be able to take your equipment purchases with you that evening. All items that require a logo and/or personalization will be delivered to the team and distributed at a later time. Other items (practice suits, goggles, sandals, etc.) will be available for purchase as well. $$$$$ Note From Coach Lucy $$$$$$ As requested, swimmers should have their own equipment for practice - including kick-boards, paddles and fins - all of which may be purchased at the Metro Swim Shop on Sept 17th. We are also requesting that "Level 2 and above" swimmers each buy a stretch cord. "Level 2", "Level 3"and “Level 4?swimmers should order YELLOW; Some “Level 4" and “Level 5?swimmers should order GREEN----green is harder than yellow. The team-order price, if we order more than 12, is $28.00 plus a shipping-fee. Individual orders will run $35.00 plus shipping. I will get the order together, BUT ...I need to know NO LATER THAN Sept. 18th (i.e., this Tuesday). Please write out a check for $30, payable to "X-Cel Swimming". You can give me the check during practice. For the order form, click here. |
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| August 15, 2007 - Congratulations To All Swimmers - Eastern Zones | |
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Congratulations to all swimmers who competed in the Eastern Zone
Meet in Buffalo, NY. For the meet results, Men Results, Women Results. Congratulations to Patrick Park who placed second in the Men's 11-12 50Breast, with a time of 36.01; second place in the Men's 11-12 100Breast with a time of 1:17.65 which is national reportable time (NRT) and new X-Cel team record; and first place in the Men's 11-12 200Breast with a time of 2:47.57 which is also a NRT time and a new X-Cel team record. Congratulations to Julia Cunningham who placed fourth in the Women's 11-12 200Fly with a time of 2:33.16, which is new X-Cel team record. ¡¡ |
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| August 10, 2007 - New Webpage | |
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We
have published a new parents' page. For more details, please click
the
'Parents FAQ' button on the left side of this home page. We hope
this page provides useful and interesting information for our
parents and swimmers. Please send your suggestions to
parents@xcelswimming.org along with the information you want to
share with us. Thanks to one of our X-Cel parents, Rich Pennenga, who created this very important page. Rich will maintain this page for us. |
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