Pre-Competitive Group

Emily Ball

Sarah Ball

Victoria Haughton

Elly Lehr

George Mikhailovsky

Matthew Talmage

Nathan Willeford

Bronze Group

Tanner Akseven

Sean Ashley

Ethan Bates

Erik Bruenner

Grace Burkhardt

Blake Espinoza

Alysa Elliot

Lance Fausset

Annika Fedde

Emily Findlay

Aditi Goyal

Haley Gustafson

Victor Hansen

Nabi Hemmatyar

Logan Ingersoll

Aubrey Lehr

Kaylene Lehr
 
Morgan McKillican

Gabrielle Poirer

Madison Schmitt

Nick Schwartz

Victoria Seeley

Zachary Seeley

Elizabeth Senesac

Jayna Sponseller

Joshua Sponseller

Ryan Subic

Mackenzie Wachold

Andrew Watson

Lucinda Willhite

Shannon Yunker

Silver Group

Andrea Aguilera

Annika Arroyo

Victoria Ball

Miles Burleigh

Charlotte Cook

Jurgen Covault

Claire Hansen

Alica Harrison

Ali Hemmatyar

Maya Holbrook

Lauren Kearney

Brendan Kearns

Bailey Liljekvist

Justin Lum

Amy Maxwell

Sarah Nagel

Alexandra Poirer

Ameet Rahane

Luke Seibler

Jacob Sponseller

Jason Talmage

Spencer Wittrock

Gold Group

Jack Burleigh

Lindsay Clark

Peyton Collins

Isabella Cosio

Devin Cotter

Keaton Dadigan

Alyssa Giovengo

Katrina Hayek

Luke Johnstone

Meghan King

Cameron Liljekvist

Brandon Lum

Heather McKillican

Meagan McKillican

Brigid McNally

Josh Modglin

Spencer Nichols

David Peterson

Emily Platt

Abigail Vodka

Samantha Wright

Senior Group

Jade Arner

Sarah Ashley

Adam Austin

Caity Bishop

Winston Burkhardt

Sam Chittenden

Delani Clark

Madeline Cook

Luke Corley

Quinn Cotter

Zach Dinkler

Kelly Dunne

Alison English

Nathan Garcia

Daniela Greene

Martin Hanson

Kyle Harmon

Stewart Harrison

Angela Haverly

Edward Hayek

Mariah Hernandez

Megan Kearney

Konner King

Michele Lee

Sam Mango

Ian Mariani

Kallen Meyer

Cambria Middleton

Erin Millage

Lindsay Norris

Daniel Ohlinger

Andrew Ordonez

Kristin Shaffer

Kelsey Stratton

Austin Takeda

Rebecca Troske

Sam Venable

Kirsten Wiltjer

Melissa Yu

National Group

Jessie Ball

Chesna Biolley

Thomas Maires

Haley Slade

Macy Sutter

Nick Vargas

Chris Waechter

Jeffrey Yoshida

Buenaventura Swim Club

National Group – Head Coach Jason York

Criteria:

 The National Group is the pinnacle of training group within the Buenaventura Swim Club structure.  It is designed to be a “center of excellence”.  The National Group will provide a challenging atmosphere and swimmers will be encouraged to reach their full potential.  Every effort will be made to give these athletes the attention, education, and tools they need to succeed.  The dedication, commitment, and work necessary to succeed in this group will be immense and require the support of their parents. 

 Practice Schedule:

M-F 3:30-5:45pm (Swimming)

            T/Th 3:30-4:15pm (Dryland)

            M,W,F mornings 5:30-7:00am (Swimming)


            Saturday mornings 6:30-9:00am (Swimming)


            Saturday mornings 9:00-10:00am (Dryland)

 
Attendance required is 90% for any given month.  Dry land workouts are a very important component of our program and count as part of the workout in regards to attendance. Any missed portion of a workout will result in a 50% attendance for the workout. Absences that do not count against the 90% rule are at coaches discretion.

Semiannual swimmer/coach one on one meeting

-    detailing seasonal agenda with goals and plan

-    required to attend all meets in plan

-    develop 4 year agenda with assistance of coach

Ability to:

To be eligible for move up into National Group, swimmer must exhibit a history of fulfilling all National Group criteria, including attendance requirement, for at least one month prior to move up.  If a swimmer shows history of not fulfilling National Group criteria more than twice in one season, they must wait 1 year before given the opportunity to swim with the National Group again.

 Swimmer must take a holistic approach to life and act in a manner conducive to creating good health consistent with that of a national level swimmer.

 Always act in a positive manner with teammates and help foster the “winning culture” necessary to be elite level athletes. 

 Be goal oriented and understand the race strategies necessary to reach those goals.

 Be able to maintain good grades and balance school.

 Have the goal of qualifying for Junior and Senior Nationals.  Be willing to compete in the highest level meet possible/qualified for. (ex. If you achieve a Junior Nationals Time Standard, you should attend Junior Nationals)

 Attend all meets recommended by coach.  Must compete in Buenaventura team suit and team cap (if swimmer wears a cap).  Must adhere to code of conduct during all travel trips.

 Learn to let go of fear and reach ones potential.   

 Most importantly, National Group inclusion is based more on attitude and desire than any other single factor and will be at coach’s discretion.

Senior Group – Senior Group Coach Betsy Harrison

Criteria:

The Senior Group is designed to be a transitional group from Gold Age Group to National Group.  There is no attendance requirement assigned to this group, however, the training group will be implemented in a way that every individual will have the opportunity to succeed to the best of his/her potential.  We will encourage swimmers to prepare for the National Group, but will also accommodate those with goals other than swimming as their top priority. 

Practice Schedule :

            M-F 3:30-5:15pm (Swimming)

            T/TH 3:30-4:00pm (Dryland)

            M,W,F 5:30-7:00am (Morning Swim)

            Saturday 7:00-9:00am (Swimming)

 

 

 

 

            Saturday 9:00-10:00am (Dryland)

Since we are an ability based program, there will still be criteria in order to swim in the senior group.  They include:

  Ability to:

-          Swim 20X100 Freestyle @ 1:25

-          Swim 16 X 100 I.M. @ 1:40

-          Kick 20X50 @ 1:00

Swimmer will always act in a positive manner with teammates and help foster the “winning culture” necessary to be elite level athletes.

 The swimmer is expected to:

accept the responsibility of his/her performance

understand and perform specific race strategies

effectively communicate his/her commitment to his/her parents and coach

balance school, family, swimming, and social commitments

take responsibility for their own swimming careers.

Gold Age Group – Coach Lee Anne Ghimenti

Criteria:

Gold Age Group is the pinnacle of age group swimming within our structure at Buenaventura Swim Club.  While there is no attendance requirement, swimmers are encouraged to attend all practice sessions, especially as they approach age 11 & 12 because this is the last group in the transition into senior level swimming.  Your swimmer will have a much better senior level swimming experience, and a better chance of continuing on in the sport if they are prepared.  Since we are an ability based program, following is the criteria for Gold Age Group.

Practice Time:

M-F 4:45-6:30pm (Swimming)

T/TH 4:30-5:00pm (Dryland)

Saturday 7:15-9:00am (Swimming)

Ability to:

-          Swim 16X100 Free @ 1:40

-          Swim 12X100 IM @ 2:00

-          Kick 16X50 @ 1:00

In addition to specific times, swimmers should be able to swim a 400 IM and a 200 of each stroke legally. 

Emphasis continues to be to have fun, while increasing training and conditioning.  Teaching stroke technique will be done within a conditioning swim set instead of technique as a stand alone mechanism. 

Swimmers should be able to complete sets of 5X200; 5X400; 3X800 and be able to descend these sets. 

Swimmers should be able to push off streamlined and hold streamline for 4 dolphin kicks.

Swimmers should be able to listen and understand coach instructions between each set.

Swimmers should be able to control attitude and focus throughout a practice session and throughout a swim meet.

The swimmers in this group should be highly motivated to continually improve their technique, learn race strategies and learn how to swim a descending and best average set.

Swimmer will understand how to read a pace clock and understand the primary focus of each set.

Pulling equipment will be introduced and used as appropriate.

Swimmers should have a goal of achieving a Junior Olympic time standard, but there should still be an emphasis on maintaining a fun atmosphere. 

Silver Age Group – Coach Marty Armstrong

Criteria:

The purpose of the Silver Age Group is to prepare our young swimmers for competition and introduce race strategies to help them be as competitive as they want to be.  We should prepare as many young swimmers as possible for entry into the Gold Age Group. 

Practice Time:

M-F 5:15-6:30pm (Swimming)

T/TH 5:00-5:30pm (Dryland)

Saturday 7:15-9:00am (Swimming) - Optional

Ability to:

            - Swim 10X100 Free @ 2:15

            - Swim 8X100 IM @ 2:45

- Kick 10X50 @ 1:20

Swimmers should be able to swim a 200 IM and a 100 of each stroke legally. 

Swimmers should be able to hold a streamline past the flags and hold streamline for 4 dolphin kicks.

Swimmer should be able to focus for an entire practice and throughout a swim meet. 

Emphasis continues to be on having fun, but also on stroke technique, with an increasing priority of training and conditioning. 

Swimmer should be able to read a pace clock and understand the primary focus of each set.

Bronze Age Group – Coach Jason & Betsy

Criteria:

 The Bronze Age Group is geared towards teaching swimmers the skills necessary to transition from a pre-competitive, learn to swim atmosphere to a competitive swimmer. 

 Practice Time:

M-F 5:30-6:30pm (Swimming)

M-F 5:15-5:30pm (Stretching/Dryland Games)

Ability to:

            - Swim a 100 I.M. legally

            - Kick all 4 strokes legally

Emphasis is on having fun, but also on improving stroke technique and introducing the concept of training for conditioning. 

Pre-Competitive Group – Coach Matt Olexiwicz

Criteria:

The emphasis on the pre-competitive group is to teach kids the fundamentals of each of the 4 strokes. 

Practice Times:

              M-F 5:45-6:30pm (Swimming)

              M-F 5:30-5:45pm (Stretching/Dryland Games)

Ability to:

            -swim 25 yards of both freestyle and backstroke without stopping