CW Swimmin Shots Photo Contest

Working on our CW website has gotten us to thinking ? what about the many delightful swimming photos CW swimmers share with each other via cell phones/facebook or photos parents take at the meets? It'...

 Handouts from Parent Information Meeting Available

 The handouts passed out at our Parent Information Meetings November 11 & 12 regarding the topic of sport parenting & how to support your athlete the best are now available under the "Member Resources...

 CW Girls Competing in HS Championships this Week

This weeks marks the championship week for girls high school swimming.  CW has many (too many to list here) girls competing for their schools this week.  You can check out the psyche sheet and results...

 Demonte and Whitener Rank in All-Time Top 25

 In a newly updated list, both Anna Demonte and Adam Whitener are listed in the all-time top 25.  Anna is listed for her blazing fast 4:16.83 for the 400 IM (17th all-time) from the 2009 NISCA Junior ...

 Training with Others May Help Improve Ability to Tolerate Pain

Training and racing during swimming can be painful.  Those who put out their best efforts often push into significant pain levels.  New research suggests that going through these types of painful exer...

 Age Groupers Competing in Grand Prix Meet

 Several CW swimmers are traveling to Minneapolis this weekend to compete in the Minnesota Grand Prix meet. Best wishes to: Avery Evenson, Matt Collingwood, Adam Oxner, Josh Ehrman, David Boland, Adam...

 How to Recover During Intense Training

How you spend the time between training sessions can play an important role in how well you recover.  Recovery is important to be able to train at your peak.  How you eat, sleep, use active recovery, ...

 USS Virtual Club Championship - CW earns 17th place in Nation for LC Season!

  USA Swimming Virtual Club Championships Program Description Purpose: Recognize and highlight clubs that are developing athletes and achieving success at multiple levels in the club swimming continu...

 CW has 3 swimmers on the Duel in the Pool Team

American Swimming Stars to Take On European Select Team at the 2009 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool Event to be held in Manchester, England, December 18-19,broadcast on NBC on December 27 Colorado ...

 CW Gold Cancer Swim Program supported at local fundraiser

If you aren?t yet aware of the ?Gold? Cancer Swim Group at CW, you should learn more about this exciting program that  the Dowling Family has put together to help area children and teens suffering fro...

 Anna Demonte Attends National Select Camp

Last weekend Anna Demonte attended the USA Swimming National Select Camp in Colorado Springs.  See a previous new item regarding her selection.  You can watch a video about the camp at the web address...

 US Swimming posted National Age Group Top Ten List

  US Swimming Feature ? NAG Recognition Several CW swimmers made it into the 2008/2009 LCM National Age Group Recognition Program (Top 10 by single age).  Long Course : Claiming No. 1  times in the na...

 CW Poinsettia Sale

This year get your beautiful poinsettias for the holidays, from the swim team. They make great gifts for Clients, Teachers, Neighbors, Friends, Family and decorating your home for the Holidays.   Mini...

 Busch's Cards

Busch s cards will be available on Sunday November 1 at Canham near the exit doors between 1:00 pm and 1:25 pm    

 Sprint into High School Swimming Session

Attention all you returning Fall Sports Athletes (Water Polo, Cross Country, Soccer, Football, or just Couch Potatos)!!  ?Club Wolverine is proud to announce a new program designed to get you high sch...

 Heart Screening for Athletes a Must!

Last Update: 9/28 5:55 pm Health Edge Heart Check (WXYZ) - At 15-years old-Kimberly Anne Gillary was the picture of health. A competitive swimmer and varsity water polo player at Troy Athens High Scho...

 Healthy Heart Check at Oakland University Saturday, November 14

This program for high school students features an in-depth heart screening with a medical history review, blood pressure assessment and an electrocardiogram (EKG) -- all reviewed by a Beaumont doctor....

 Congrats to Anna DeMonte

Anna DeMonte was selected to attend the National Select Camp from October 28-Nov 1, 2009 at the Olympic Training center at Colorado Springs.  Select Camps are an important step in the Olympic developm...

 Earn Family Fee Credit-Become an Official

The email below is a reminder of the swim official clinic being offered on Tuesday, Nov. 10th.  By becoming an official and working CW meets you can earn $40 per session toward your Family Fee obligat...

 Congrats to Scholastic All-Americans

 The USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team was announced today.  CW boasts five members.  Congratulations to Elizabeth Gelb, Kevin Naud, Adam Oxner, Adam Seroka and Sam Wittig.   These swimmers ear...

 Pick up your CW t-shirt and cap this Sunday!

  Pick up your CW t-shirt and cap at the Welcome Back Party this Sunday, Sept 27 th   and take advantage of deep discounted* prices on swim wear available through Different Strokes on-site 1:00 p.m. t...

 Girls HS Swimming Preview

Here's a link to the AnnArbor.com article featuring top girl swimmers from the different high schools in the area.  Many of these girls trained with CW this summer!  Check it out at   http://highschoo...

 Welcome Back Party Sunday, September 27th 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

  Please join us at Mill Pond Park in Saline, MI ( 565 W. Bennett St., Saline, MI) for a great afternoon of fellowship, team building and equipment pick-up/purchase. The swimmers will have an opportun...

 CW Newsletter

 Check out the CW Newsletter - LC Championship Issue, located under Member Resources Tab!

 Sunday Oct 4th: Big House Big Heart Run to raise funds for CW "Gold" Cancer Grp

 Calling all CW swimmers and parents,    If you aren?t yet aware of the ?Gold? Cancer Swim Group at CW, you should learn more about this exciting program that Coach Z and the Dowling Family have put t...

 CW Parent Orientation Meetings

Welcome Parents and Swimmers to the 2009 CW Fall Season.  This year, the CW Board is hosting a Parent Orientation Meeting to help new (and experienced) families as they assimilate into CW.  We will go...

 CW's Josh Morgan Selected as an ASCA Coach of the Year

 Congratulations to Josh Morgan about being selected as an American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Age Group Coach of the Year!  Read about his honor here: http://www.swimnetwork.com/blogs/blog/20090...

 CW Places Highest Ever

The long-course Toyota Virtual Club Championships for 2009 concluded on 8/31 and CW had its highest finish ever with a 17th place!  This past short-course season CW finished 24th and last year long-co...

 Michigan Swimming Launches A New Website

  To: Michigan Swimming Community,     Over the next few days, the Michigan Swimming website will be down for its conversion to a major website refresh. The URL ( http://www.uss-michigan.com ) will ...

 Request for Input from Michigan Swimming LSC

All, the following is a request from the Michigan Swimming LSC.  Please consider. Hello, Michigan Swimming Community, Long Course season is over and Program Operations is looking for input on the meet...

 CW tenative practice/meet schedules for fall 2009/2010 posted on website

   

 CW and UM Chris Brady Featured

Early in his swimming career, Chris Brady often found his way to the bottom of the pool where he would watch swimmers train on the surface. These days, while he still enjoys a few moments of pool-floo...

 Get-A-Member Campaign

 CW is introducing a Get-A-Member campaign available to all current CW members.  Click on the 'Join CW' button on the home page and then select the 'Get-A-Member' text to read about this program.  The...

 CW Wins the State Long Course Championship!

For the 4th straight year CW has won the State Long Course Swimming Championship.  CW outpaced OLY to win the title at EMU's Jones Pool.  There were a number of tremendous swims and many state records...

 CW's Allison Schmitt Takes 2nd Place and Sets American Record!

  Competing at the World Championships in Rome CW?s Allison Schmitt has taken 2nd place in the 200 free.  Her time of 1:54.96 is a new American Record and she is now the 2nd fastest performer all-time...

 End of Season & State Celebration tonight

Tonight at EMU 6-8pm, under the pavillion weather permitting, if not we will be inside the rec center.  We are looking for those who are coming to bring an item to share. The club will provide plates ...

 Motor City Mile Results (7/9)

ANN ARBOR, Michigan ? The results are in for the 10th Anniversary of the Motor City Mile.    Club Wolverine was represented at the Motor City Mile held on Belle Isle in Detroit July 9, 2009. The Moto...

 CW Wins the Central Zone Sectional Meet in Oxford, OH

CW finished over 200 points ahead of its nearest competitor as action concluded Thursday evening at the Central Zone Sectional Meet in Oxford, OH.   The CW Age-Group and High Performance swimmers comp...

 CW Swimmers (and Parent) Help Huron Valley Retain WISC Title

The new local online newspaper AnnArbor.com provides a fun story of how the Orringer family has helped the Huron Valley Swim Club retain the WISC championship for over 30 years.  Matt and Katie swim f...

 CW Age-Groupers Ramping Up for Championship Season

 One more week to go in preparation for the State Championships which take place at EMU from July 30th to August 2nd.  CW is looking for its 4th straight long-course title.  We are not sure if there w...

 World Championship Team Announced

There are some familiar names on both the swimming and coaching list for the World Championship Team. Congratulations to swimmers Allison Schmitt, Tyler Clary and Peter Vanderkaay.  And also to coache...

 CW Quartet Sets State Record

 The 4-some of Jay Jin, Josh Ehrman, David Boland and Adam Whitener set a 13-14 boys state record at last weeks Peppe-Bruce meet for the 400 meter medley relay.  The meet was held at The Ohio State Un...

 CW Places 2 More on World Championship Team!

CW continues to do well at the World Championship Trials in Indianapolis.  Allison Schmitt (2nd in the 200 free) and Tyler Clary (2nd in the 200 fly) earned spots on the team yesterday.  Click on the ...

 CW Wins the Peppe-Bruce Invitational

 The CW age-groupers competed at The Ohio State University over this past weekend.  Overall the team swam great.  There were many winners, tons of best times, 4 (of 8 possible) high point winners and ...

 CW Has Fantastic 1st Day at the World Championship Trials!

Club Wolverine swimmers had a fabulous first day of the World Championship Trials in Indianapolis placing 4 swimmers on the team.  Peter Vanderkaay and Dan Madwed finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, i...

 Check Out the CW High Performance Swimmers in Canada

 Check out the exciting action at the Canada Cup meet.  The CW High Performance group is in final preparations for the World Championships Trials coming up in early July.  See the action at: http://ww...

 Coach Richard Quick Passes

  It is with great sadness that we bring you the news that one of our alltime great coaches and a tremendous person Richard Quick passed away last night from a brain tumor.Below is a link to an articl...

 NEW-CW Feedback System

 We are listening!  Read about our new feedback system.  Simply log-in, click 'Member Resources' and then click 'CW Member Feedback' and read the instructions.  This is a CW Board led initiative aimed...

 See CW's Own Allison Schmitt in Action

  Allison Schmitt is still representing CW and is swimming in this weekends Santa Clara Grand Prix.  Click the logo to the left to see all the action.  For those who could not access the last time (Ch...

 Wolverine Swim Camp Scholarship Offer

Hi, if anyone is interested in applying for a scholarship to the Wolverine Swim Camp please click here .  This is offered by the Mark Daniels Fund.  Mark was a Michigan swimming official who passed a...

 Coach Kelton Recounts Diversity Camp Experience

The experience I had at the Olympic Training Center diversity camp was nothing short of awesome.   As soon as I arrived, I was greeted by John Cruzat and Ben Sheppard, the head coach.   These two gr...

 Banquet Photos now available

Thanks to Paul Barrow for photos from our spring banquet.  Space doesn?t allow us to publish them all, but if you Click here you can see the high-lights.

 Check out new website features

Two new pages have been added to the website under the "Member Resources" tab 1) CW Seniors - Learn about the future plans of our graduating high school seniors. 2) CW Alumni - A number of our hig...

 Bailey Weathers Selected to Attend National Conference

Coach Bailey Weathers is among a select group attending the National Team Coaches Conference in late April. The conference will be held in Colorado Springs. It brings together approximately 70 U.S. co...

 CW Earns USA Swimming Gold Medal Status

For the 2nd consecutive year Club Wolverine has earned the USA Swimming top disctinction of Gold Medal Club in the 2009 Club Excellence Program.  CW finished 5th overall of more than 200 teams who sub...

 Club Member Directory Available

Now that spring registration is complete, if you would like a copy of a CW member directory, here is all you need to do: 1) Sign-in to the website with your member email and password.  None of the me...

 Kelton Graham Named to Diversity Select Camp Coaching Staff

Congratulations to coach Kelton Graham who was selected to the coaching staff of the Diversity Select Camp.  This camp is part of USA Swimmings Camps program and invites the top ethnically under-repre...

 Electronic Bulletin Board on CW website

A new feature was added to the CW website today - an electronic bulletin board.  I've set up a blog at blogger.com that can be accessed from inside this website by CW members.  There are currently two...

 CW wins 13 and Over State Championships

  Following CW?s third straight 12 and Under State Championship on March 8th, CW won the 13 and Over Championships that occurred March 20-22 at Eastern Michigan University.  CW earned 1914 points to l...

 CW swimmers compete at NCSA Junior Nationals; State Records Set

  CW athletes competed at the NCSA Junior Nationals held in Orlando, Florida from March 17-21  .  Click here to see the meet results. At the meet Anna Demonte set state records in the 13-14 girls 10...

 CW Wins 12 and Under State Championships

For the 3rd year in a row CW has won the 12 and Under State Short Course Championship.  A great job done by the 60+ CW swimmers who attended!  Congratulations to all swimmers, coaches and parents! Nex...

 Website Updates

  Check out two recent changes on our website: 1) Time standards - page updated with new information.  Everything from Michigan swimming ABC standards to World Championship Trials entry times.  "Tim...

 Vanderkaay Swim Clinic Open to Swimmers & Parents 12/20/08

Vanderkaay Swim Clinic Open to Swimmers & Parents 12/20/08 All Michigan Swimmers and parents are invited to attend a clinic hosted by Olympian Peter Vanderkaay and the OLY swim club on Dec. 20 at 12 p...

 U-M Canham Building Safety Policy Updates

Parents, I wanted to follow up with you regarding your questions new UM security policies for youth sports practices at UM. I have had several conversations the Aquatics Director at UM regarding the n...

 High School Girls States Final & Prelim Results

Cong ratulations to all high school girls who swam in the state meets this weekend.  In Division 1,  Ann Arbor Pi oneer won the state title for the 9th consecutive year   (Pioneer Head Coach Denny Hil...

 Information about CW Family Account Invoices for Nov. 21st

  INFORMATION ABOUT CW FAMILY ACCOUNT INVOICES FOR NOV. 21st The next billing invoice for all CW family accounts will be run on Nov. 21st.  All Winter Session session charges and Winter payments recei...

 Safety Incident at U-M

Please click the link below to read the Ann Arbor News article about a reported peeping Tom incident at Canham pool late Sunday night.  Safety Incident at Canham Natatorium

 USA Swimming Features Allison Schmitt in 10/30/08 article

See link below for full article about Allison Schmitt: http://www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=2&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=2255&mid=1256  

 2008-2009 Michigan Swimming Time Standards

The "Time Standards" page under the "Resources" tab has been updated with the new short-course-yards times recently published by Michigan Swimming.  Click Here   to be taken to this page.

 Updated Volunteer Requirements for Club Wolverine Members

  Updated Volunteer Requirements for Club Wolverine Members   Please read an updated FAQ list for our member volunteer requirements, accessible from the new "FAQ for Meet Workers" page.  To view the p...

 New "Our Coaches" Page on Website

New ?Our Coaches? Page on Website Please check out the new ?Our Coaches? tab on the navigation bar at the top of the website.  The page has contact information for our coaches and links to a new bio p...

 Mike Bottom takes over at U of M - Detroit Free Press

After his first three weeks as the new University of Michigan men?s swim coach,  Mike Bottom is starting to feel at home. The article describes Bottom?s focused, yet relaxed coaching style and his int...

 Olympic Impact: CW Age Groupers Raise Bar during Summer 2008

You don't have to participate in the Olympics to benefit from them. That's the opinion of many Club Wolverine age group swimmers who are not only reading about record-breaking swims, they are adjustin...

  State Champs! Now Zones

CW won the Long Course State Championships in Jenison this past weekend.  This win marks the 3rd consecutive long course championship for CW and the 5th overall (includes 2 short course championships)...

 CW Swimmers in Action!

CW swimmers are in action this week at the State Championships at Jenison and at the US Open and Junior Nationals in Minneapolis.  Check out all the action here and GO CW! http://www.jenisonaquatics.o...