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June 26, 2009

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Methacton High School
Swimming and Diving

Welcome to the Methacton High School Swimming and Diving website. This is your source of information about the team, messages from our coaches, season news, Parents Club and fundraisers.

We have updated the Record Board,  check-out the Records Tab.   Hope that everyone is having a great summer so far!

Methacton Warriors Earn 2008-2009 All-League Honors.   Check out the story on the News Tab.

Congratulations to Kyle S., Kyle M., Haydon, Mike M., Jason, Craig, Kevin, Avi, Blaire, Michelle, Erika, Audrey, Sam, Melissa and Elena!

(One correction to the story, Michelle is Second Team for the 50 Free instead of the 500 Free).

Hot off the Press (April 2, 2009)  The Pottstown Mercury © names the 2008-2009 All-Area Boys and Girls Swimming Teams.   Check out the stories on the News Tab. 

Congratulations to Blaire, Michelle, Erika and Kyle!
Hot off the Press!  (March 27,2009)   The Norristown Times Herald names the 2008-2009
All-Area Boys and Girls Swimming Teams.   Check out the stories on the News Tab.

Congratulations to Blaire, Michelle, Erika, Kyle and Mike!
Announcement from the coaches(3/24/09):  Attention all swimmers!  Our Methacton High School coaches will be offering two competitive swim clinics in the spring and summer of 2009.  All practices will take place at the Methacton High School pool.  Each clinic will focus on technique, sprint, endurance, turns and starts.   The clinics will both be offered for current 7th-12th graders as well as Methacton graduates.   The second clinic will have an emphasis placed on strength training.   Swimmers may sign up for one or both of the clinics. 

Clinic 1 (Course 615)  Dates:  April 14th - June 5th                            Cost:  $170
                                Times:  3:30pm - 5:00pm (when school is in session)

Clinic 2 (Course 616)  Dates:  June 15th - July 17th                           Cost:  $125
                                Times:  7:00am - 9:00am  (M-F)

Registration may be done by mail or at the Activities Office located at the Farina Education Center.  To register by mail, complete the registration form found here:
  Competitive Swim Clinics  and mail it with your check to the Activities Office. Please include a separate check for each class selection.  
(March 18, 2009)  What an awesome banquet last night and what a great way to wrap-up the 2008-2009 season.  

Our team is donating $500 to the Variety Club with some of the proceeds from the Swimathon.

We wish all of our Seniors success in the next phase of their lives and hope that they enjoy the rest of their senior year.  Come back and visit us next year and we will miss all of you!!! 

Methacton Pride!
Blaire Kinsey beats her seed time by over one second with a swim of 1:07.03 in the 100 Yard Breaststroke at States!   Blaire finished in 18th place at the morning session, congrats!
Warriors set new Methacton School Record at States!    The Boys 200 Freestyle Relay Team of Haydon Wyatt, Mike McBride, Jason Galletta and Kyle Magee swim a time of 1:27.71 to finish in 16th place!   The team will be swimming again tonight in the Consolations.  Congrats Haydon, Mike, Jason and Kyle, the old record had stood since 1998! 

Celebrate a great season of Warrior Swimming and Diving at our Team Banquet.

Who?
All of our Warriors, Coaches, Parents, Team Managers
When? 
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Where?
The Club at Shannondell (the Chadwick's restaurant building)
What Time?
Doors open @ 5:45pm, food will be served @ 6:10pm
Dress Code: No jeans please, thanks!

The Boys 200 Freestyle Relay team of Mike McBride, Jason Galletta, Kyle Magee and Haydon Wyatt are going to STATES!!!   Congrats and Go Warriors!

Blaire Kinsey is going to STATES in the 100 Breaststroke!   Congrats and Go Blaire!
Check out District Swimming Championship coverage on the News Tab.   Several articles by Denny Dyroff of the Norristown Times Herald ©.  Congrats to all of our Warriors and Lady Warriors who competed at Districts, great job!
(March 1, 2009) Results of Boys District Championships:

200 Yard Boys Medley Relay team of Mike McBride, Avi Maman, Kyle Magee and Jason Galetta - 15th place, 1:41.91
Kevin Drummey - time of 1:57.93 in the 200 Free, 52nd place
Kyle Magee - time of 2:01.71 in the 200 IM, 12th place
Avi Maman - time of 24.03 in the 50 Free, 59th place
Jason Galetta - time of 23.00 in the 50 Free, 33rd place
Mike McBride - time of 22.59 in the 50 Free, 20th place
Kyle Magee - time of 53.58 in the 100 Fly, 10th place
200 Yard Boys Freestyle Relay team of Mike McBride, Jason Galetta, Kyle Magee and Haydon Wyatt - 7th place!
Time of 1:28.60

Jason Przyuski - time of 5:20.47 in the 500 Free, 55th place
Kevin Drummey - time of 5:15.66 in the 500 Free, 53rd place
Mike McBride - time of 58.54 in the 100 Back, 32nd place
Avi Maman - time of 1:06.35 in the 100 Breaststroke, 41st place
400 Yard Boys Freestyle Relay Team of Jason Galetta,  Avi Mama, Connor McAnally and Haydon Wyatt - 21st place, 3:24.29
(February 28, 2009)  Results of Girls District Championships:

200 Yard Girls Medley Relay team of Audrey Rittenhouse, Alex Young, Sam Lawley and Kellye Foulke - 21st place, 1:57.40
Erika Rodman - time of 2:00.43 in the 200 Free, 21st place
Sam Lawley - time of 2:19.84 in the 200 IM, 36th place
Blaire Kinsey - time of 2:11.80 in the 200 IM, 10th place
Kellye Foulke - time of 26.58 in the 50 Free, 44th place
Melissa Nelson - time of 26.05 in the 50 Free
Michelle Konkoly - time of 25.26 in  the 50 Free, 14th place
Sam Lawley - time of 1:03.25 in the 100 Fly, 27th place
200 Yard Girls Free Relay team of Melissa Nelson, Erika Rodman, Michelle Konkoly and Blaire Kinsey finish in 6th Place!   Time of 1:40.03
Michelle Konkoly - time of 54.62 in the 100 Free, 11th place
Erika Rodman - time of 5:23.27 in the 500 Free, 26th place
Audrey Rittenhouse - time of 1:04.17 in the 100 Back, 35th place
Blaire Kinsey - time of 1:08.12 in the 100 Breastsroke, 9th place
400 Yard Freestyle Relay team of Michelle Konkoly, Sam Lawley, Erika Rodman and Blaire Kinsey finish in 8th Place!
Time of 3:38.66

(February 22, 2009) Elena Cosenza finishes 16th at Girls Districts Diving. Congrats Elena!  Check out coverage of the meet on the News Tab.   Article by Denny Dyroff in the Norristown Times Herald ©.
(February 21, 2009) Kyle Schultz finishes 20th at Boys Districts Diving and Craig Mootz finishes 34th.  Congrats to Kyle and Craig!  Check out coverage of the meet on the News Tab.  Article by Denny Dyroff in the Norristown Times Herald ©.
Congrats to all of the Warriors and Lady Warriors who have qualified for Districts!     Outstanding Job! 
Here are the Qualifiers so far with relay teams to be posted soon: 
Swimmer/Diver

Event(s)

Mike McBride 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 50 Free, 100 Back
Jason Galetta 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 50 Free
Kyle Magee 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 200 IM, 100 Fly
Haydon Wyatt 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 50 Free
Kyle Schultz Boys Diving
Craig Mootz Boys Diving
Kevin Drummey 200 Free, 500 Free
Avi Maman 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, 50 Free, 100 Breaststroke
Jason Przyuski 500 Free
Jake Weber 100 Breaststroke
Connor McAnally 400 Free Relay
Sam Lawley 100 Fly, 200 IM, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
Erika Rodman 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Blaire Kinsey 200 IM, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Michelle Konkoly 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Melissa Nelson 50 Free, 200 Free Relay
Audrey Rittenhouse 100 Back, 200 Medley Relay
Kellye Foulke 50 Free, 200 Medley Relay
Elena Cosenza Girls Diving
Alex Young 200 Medley Relay
Our Lady Warriors were in The House cheering for our Warriors at the Perk Valley Invitational last Saturday!

The place was jumping and the Green Wave was rolling!

Information on Districts to be posted soon. 

 

(February 15,  2009) Our Lady Warriors finish 5th in Team Scoring at the Perk Valley Invitational meet yesterday and our Warriors finished 6th in Team Scoring.   Congrats to both squads!  Check out coverage of the meet on the News Tab.  Article by Denny Dyroff in the Norristown Times Herald ©.   Information on District Qualifiers to be posted soon. 
(February 13, 2009) Warriors defeat Owen J. Roberts yesterday in final dual meet of the season, 112-71.  Lady Warriors fall in close battle of PAC-10 undefeated teams, 96-90.  Check out coverage of the meet on the News Tab. Article by Rosemarie Ross in the Norristown Times Herald ©.
(February 11, 2009) Both our Warriors and our Lady Warriors won their meets against Upper Perk yesterday at home on Senior Night.  Both squads improved their overall record on the season to 9-6.   Congratulations and keep the Green Wave going! 
(February 6, 2009) Both our Warriors and our Lady Warriors won a big PAC-10 meet on the road against a strong Perk Valley team yesterday.   Check out the coverage of the meet on the News Tab.  Article by Denny Dyroff in the Norristown Times Herald ©.  Congratulations and keep the Green Wave going!
(February 5, 2009) Both our Warriors and our Lady Warriors won on the road against Norristown  yesterday. Check out coverage of the meet on the News Tab.  Article by Denny Dyroff in the Norristown Times Herald ©.  Congratulations and keep the Green Wave going!
Hey Parents and Friends of Methacton Swimming, how about a Road Trip? Our Warriors and Lady Warriors have a couple of away meets coming up.  On Tuesday, February 3rd,  the team travels to PV @ 7:00pm to face the PAC10 Perk Valley Vikings.  On Wednesday,  February 4th,  the team travels to Norristown @ 3:30pm to face the Suburban One Norristown Eagles.  Come on out and support the team as they take to the road! 
Attention 8th Grade Students planning to attend Methacton High School next year!  If you are interested in swimming or diving for our amazing  Warriors and Lady Warriors,  come on out to our meet on Tuesday, February 10th @ 3:30 at the High School pool.   Meet our awesome coaches,  watch our team in action,  ask any questions that you have about the program and enjoy some refreshments.  We will be also honoring our Seniors that day!   Catch the Green Wave! 
(January 22, 2009) - Hey Warriors,  check-out some new cool articles on the Coaches Corner tab.
Ninety-five percent of achieving anything is knowing what you want and then paying the price to get it. 
(January 14, 2009) Both our Warriors and our Lady Warriors won in our House against Pottsgrove yesterday. Check out coverage of the meet on the News Tab.  Article by Denny Dyroff in the Norristown Times Herald ©.  Congratulations and keep the Green Wave going!
Announcing the 2009 Perk Valley Invitational.  This meet replaces the League Meet that we used to have in the Suburban One League.   The meet is for both men and women's teams who participate in the PAC-10 and the
Ches-Mont leagues and will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2009.
Click here for more information

We have scheduled a professional photographer named Donna Archer for two home meets.  The first meet is the Jan. 27th meet against Boyertown and the second meet is the Upper Perk meet (Senior Night) on Feb. 10th.  Donna will offer her pictures for sale on her website which is:

   www.donnaarcherphotography.com

 

(Dec. 23, 2008) Both our Warriors and Lady Warriors won on the road against Pennridge yesterday.  The Girls won by a score of 110-75 and the Boys won by a score of 108-78.  The team is going into Peak Training and our Dual Meet schedule will resume in January. 
Check out coverage of the Henderson meet on the News Tab.  Article by Denny Dyroff in the
Norristown Times Herald
©.
(Dec. 18, 2008) Both our Warriors and Lady Warriors won their first Dual Meets in the PAC 10 League last night against Spring-Ford.  The Boys won by a score of 97-73 and the Girls won by a score of 92-78.  Congratulations and keep the Green Wave going!
Congratulations to Elena Cosenza for being named captain of the 2008 - 2009 Diving Team!  Elena is off to a great start to the season. 
Announcing the MHS Swim-A-Thon               
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008       Check out the Fundraisers Tab for more information and the
Time: TBD                                            pledge form.    
Location: MHS Pool
(Dec. 8, 2008) Check out the Season Previews by Kev Hunter of The Reporter © on the News Tab.
(Dec. 6, 2008)  Methacton Swimming is off to a great start this year with the 2008 Upper Merion Relay Carnival held last night.  Congratulations to our Lady Warriors for defending their title with a First Place finish and to our Warriors for a strong Second Place finish.  Both the Boys and Girls teams showed outstanding talent and determination in  a strong field of six area High School teams.  Catch the Green Wave!
Congratulations to Tyler Pauline and Dave Turner for being named captains of the 2008 - 2009 Men's Swimming and Diving Team!  
Congratulations to Ashley Lewis and Molly Unangst for being named captains of the 2008 - 2009 Women's Swimming and Diving Team! 
Best wishes for a successful season to both our Warriors and Lady Warriors!  Catch the Green Wave!
We are very pleased to welcome Brian Thudium as our new Assistant Boys Coach and Brian Robbins as our new Assistant Girls Coach!  Both Coaches have been working with our swimmers in practice and getting ready for the season to start.   Catch the Green Wave!
Announcements from the Coaches: (Nov. 26, 2008):

The Pennsbury meet on Dec. 15th and the Norristown meet on February 4th are official.  The schedules on the Meet Schedule tab are correct and the monthly Calendars have been updated under the Calendar tab.
Have you started your Holiday shopping yet?  Check out our Gift Card fundraiser program on the Fundraisers Tab.  Every gift card that you purchase through this program will benefit our MHS team by a percentage of the value of the card.  Our first order will be placed on November 28th in plenty
of time for the Holidays. 
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.  - Vince T. Lombardi, football coach
MHS Swim Team Chick-fil-A Night
A percentage of dinner sales that night will benefit the team.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
From 5:00 pm - 8:00pm

             Chick-fil-A
             680 South Trooper Road
             Norristown, Pa. 19403
             (610) 650-8505

             Enjoy Dinner and support the team!

Click here for some 2008 Whitewater rafting pix... More pictures added September 30th, check 'em out!
Our Warriors and Lady Warriors tamed the Lehigh River on Sunday, September 14th with an awesome Whitewater Rafting trip!  Thanks to Sue Tierney for organizing the trip, to Coach  Yoder and Coach Nesensohn and to the parents who did the trip and were still sore 3 days later!



Send us your pictures
(leskonkoly@comcast.net) and we'll try to get 'em up on the site. 
 


Catch the Green Wave this season and Go Warriors!

It's Back to School time and that means that Open Swim will soon be here.

Announcing that our Methacton Open Swim starts on Monday, September 15th after
school at the MHS pool. 

Hoping that all of our Warriors and Lady Warriors have an awesome 2008 - 2009 school
year and season!

 
Hope that everyone is having a wonderful summer and enjoying some   time off.  We will post information about Open Swim and the upcoming season as it becomes available.

Looking forward to our inaugural season in the PAC10!
We have moved highlights from last season to the Archives tab.

There are a thousand reasons to stop, find just that ONE to keep going!

"Methacton Swimming, in the water by 6:00 am, asleep by third period, deal with it!"

"The trick to swimming fast is not slowing down!"



                                  
                                       "When the earth floods from global warming, swimmers will rule the world!"

                                A special note of appreciation to our swim team coaches who give so much
                                of their time and knowledge for our kids:

                                                            ♦ Ben Yoder (Girls Coach)
          
                                                 ♦ Chris Nesensohn (Boys Coach)
          
                                                 ♦ Lin Kostelny (Diving Coach)
                                                           
Brian Robbins (Assistant Girls Coach)
                                                           
Brian Thudium (Assistant Boys Coach)

Best wishes to all of our Methacton swimmers and divers for a successful 2008 – 2009 season.
Catch the Green Wave and GO Warriors!!!
 

MHS Swim Team Parents Club
Methacton, PA  19403
www.methactonswimming.org

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