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PROSE &
November 21, 2014
Volume 2
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone
to work harder than you do”
- Derek Jeter
In this newsletter, we will be highlighting the numerous coaches from all three locations and the groups that they work with on a weekly basis. We have one of the largest
and most accredited staffs in the Metropolitan area and we are proud to offer such
coaching to the Condors swimmers.
New to this newsletter, we have attached the host meet information and most current meet entries to the blue bar directly to the right. If you click the bold meet name
you will see the meet info and if you click the dates, an individual meet entry will appear. Please be sure to still check the Swim Meets & Events Page for daily updates and
postings.
Also, we have added a parents bulletin board article based upon a series from USA
swimming as well as an article about health and nutrition. Both will be commonplace in
all upcoming newsletters.
Lastly, Coach Dorsey has still not received any submissions for a leading motivational
quote or swimmer spotlight pictures with fun facts provided. Check the final page of the
newsletter for details.
Meet Schedule
GAEL 8 & Under Meet
Sun, December 7
Pittsburgh Christmas Invite
Thu-Sun, December 11-14
HYDRO Winternational Meet
Sat-Sun, December 13-14
Patriots Winters Frost Meet
Sat, January 10, 2015
Condors Swashbuckler Meet
& Mile Madness
Sun, January 11, 2015
CONDORS—WE ARE UNIQUE!
Since arriving here at the Condors in late March, several swimmers have asked me why the team is named Condors. Remarks,
such as “birds don’t swim” seem to be a common feeling about our team name. So, I did a little research.
When Bob Carlucci began the program 34 years ago, the Condor was in jeopardy of becoming extinct. Condors are two species
of vultures and they are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. I found it very interesting that they have distinctive bare heads, much like we do once we put our caps on for races.
Condors/Tsunami
Dual Meet Schedule
Vs Ossining
Sat, Nov 22—12:30 PM
Mark Twain
Vs JCC of West
Sun, Dec 7—8:30 AM
Mark Twain
Vs. Harrison
Sat, Jan 24 — 12:30 PM
Mark Twain
Vs. Rye
Sat, Feb 1—1:30 PM
Rye YMCA
Most importantly in my search for information regarding Condors is that I realized we are the only
swim team in the Country to be named after these large, broad-winged soaring birds. In that regard,
we are unique and should be proud of that. So many teams are named sharks or dolphins, but no
other swimmers can say that they are A CONDOR.
- Soar High Condors
Happy thanksgiving
It seems like just yesterday we were sitting with Linus hoping that, finally, he would be visited
by the Great Pumpkin. Dressed in our favorite costumes and hopped up on assorted candies,
Halloween was awesome this year.
Well, as a blink can so easily cast us into the future, its time to get ready for Peppermint Patty
to invite herself and her merry mates to your Thanksgiving dinner.
Be sure to remember how special it is to spend time with family and friends as you enjoy the
holiday and please accept our thanks to all Condors swimmers and families.
BRYAN DORSEY
Head Age Group Coach
Gold, Bronze & Future Stars Groups
FELIX FESTA STAFF
Jim WARGO
Condors Head Coach
Senior Groups
THEO TOMLJANOVICH
Senior 2 Coach
Assists with all Senior Groups
CRAIG CUMMINGS
Senior Groups
TJ BOYLE
Lessons Coordinator
Pre-Team, Stroke Development & Junior
WILL GUY
Silver Coach
FRANK KEEFE
Senior Advisor
DON GALUZZI
Silver & Gold Groups
JON LAWSON
All Senior Groups
TED METZ
Bronze, Stroke Development &
Future Stars
BRYAN FARM
Gold Groups
JOHN CALANAN
Senior Prep
MILA RAZUMOVISKIY
Stroke Dev, Pre-Team & Bronze
ASHLEY TELESMANIC
Lessons, Pre-Team & Future
andrew Farucci
Gold Coach
Mark twain STAFF
Jordan kalus
Bronze/ Stroke Dev Coach
Jon Hulbert
Mark Twain Head Coach
darnell james
Silver Coach
Hajime Ichikawa
Bronze Coach
wcc STAFF
Michael Panzarino
Silver Coach
christina Krautz
Westchester Head Coach
Emily Sainz
Lessons & Stroke Development
Currently, we have 22 coaches on staff and counting. It is a crew that ranges from newcomers to hall of
famers and we are all excited to not only teach, but also learn something new every day.
The glue that keeps the coaches and the team together is our director Laurie Lawson
It is amazing how much she does for the Condors and for the holiday next week the staff will be saying
their THANKS for having a Laurie to lead the way.
welcome coach Ted Metz
In just a couple of weeks, Coach Ted has already made an impact on the younger groups at Felix Festa. A natural in terms of
coaching, Ted has a keen eye for detail in regards to technique and stroke efficiency in the water as well as a refreshing patience
when working with all swimmers.
Coach Ted will be working primarily with the Pre-Team, Stroke Development and Bronze Groups, but he will also be seen assisting
with all groups as needed on a weekly basis.
We are happy to have Coach Ted as part of the Condors family and hope you all get a chance to give him a warm welcome when
“Watching Your children at SWim PracticeS and comPetitionS”
For over four years I watched my daughter swim under
the direction of other coaches. I have also watched her
at basketball practice and games, and dance, and figure
skating. I know the joy of watching her in these activities. I also know and understand the overwhelming desire to direct, correct, encourage, and sometimes scold
my child at practice or at a swim meet. But those are
not proper parental behaviors once I have released her
into the care of a coach or teacher. As a parent, I am
not to interfere with the practice or swim competition by
attempt to talk to my child or the coach while they are on
the deck.
In our swim program, we want the child’s attention focused on the coach and the tasks at hand. Occasionally
children miss an instruction, or have a goggle problem,
or are involved in some other distraction, or are simply
playing and having fun – which is all normal behavior for
young children. We view these little difficulties as part of
the learning process and we allow the children an opportunity to develop the self-discipline and self-reliance
needed to overcome these difficulties without the help of
moms or dads.
We know it is common in many other youth sports for
parents to stand at the sidelines or bleachers and shout
instructions or encouragements and sometimes admonishments to their children. However, in our swim program we ask you not to signal them to swim faster, or to
tell them to try a certain technique, or offer a race strategy, or even to remind them to listen to the coach. In
fact, just as you would never interrupt a school classroom to talk your child, you should not interrupt a swim
practice by attempting to communicate directly with your
child.
What’s wrong with encouraging your child during practice? There are two issues. First we want your child to
focus on the coach and to learn the skill for their personal satisfaction rather than learning it to please their parents. Secondly, parental encouragement often gets
translated into a command to swim faster and swimming
faster may be the exact opposite of what the coach is
trying to accomplish. In most stroke skill development
we first slow the swimmers down so that they can think
through the stroke motions. Save encouragements and
praise for after the practice session! This is the time
when you have your child’s full attention to tell them how
proud you are of them.
What’s wrong with discussing race strategy or shouting or
signaling instructions to your children? When I watch my 9
year old daughter play in a basketball league I understand
the overwhelming desire of parents to shout instructions to
their children because that is what I want to do. But those
instructions might be different from the coach’s instructions
and then you have a confused child. Sometimes you might
think the child did not hear the coach’s instruction and you
want to help. Most of us do not want to see our own kids
make a mistake. The fact is that children miss instructions
all the time. Part of the learning process is learning how to
listen to instructions. When children learn to rely on a backup they will have more difficulty learning how to listen better
the first time.
If you need to speak to your child regarding a family issue
or a transportation issue or to take your child from practice
early you are certainly welcome to do so but please approach the coach directly with your request and we will immediately get your child out of the water. If you need to
speak to the coach for other reasons please wait until the
end of practice or send an email or leave a phone message
to set up a better time for such a discussion.
I have been coaching young children for over 30 years. I
appreciate the opportunity to enjoy their enthusiasm and
energy and wonderful personalities. I coach each of them
with care for their safety and concern for their social, physical, learning skills and life skills development. Thanks for
bringing your children here as we both teach them to become more responsible and confident young people.
Published by
The American Swimming Coaches Association
Volunteer Timers
The host team at the HYDRO Winternational Meet is
asking if we can provide some volunteer timers.
If anyone is interested and can help out please email
Coach Dorsey and indicate which session(s) you would
be available.
IMPORTANT NEWS REGARDING VOLUNTEER HOURS:
1. All families have volunteer requirements, regardless of whether or not their swimmer participates in meets
2. All families are required to commit to one volunteer session at the 8 & Under Champs meet - March 6-8, 2015
∞100 Percent cluB ∞
200 Time Trial
Jake Agranovich
Justin Han
D’Arcy Anselmi
Charles Hicks
Brooke Batelli
Bryan Ho
Erin Bean
Dessaniel Jacquez
Adam Belovsky
Kibeom Jeon
Elizabeth Berard
Pavel Kelley
Alexandra Block
Christian Kim
Sean Chen
Nikoleta Kirsis
Jonathan Cho
Joseph Lee
Katherine Chung
Ethan Lin
Patrick Crimi
Justin Lu
Grace Dwyer
Abigail Mack
Aidan Fernandes
Caroline Madden
Joshua Fonseca Michael McGillycuddy
Arianna Francis
Alexandra Merone
Connor Ganousei
Matthew Merone
Kaitlyn Gazzara
Koby Morris
BGNW DUAL MEET
Liam Naughton
Taylor Negast
Talitha Nieves
Kristina Organista
Thomas Petrone
Ryan Pompei
Meghan Ramundo
Skylar Rosenberg
Jonathan Ryu
Eugene Shen
Marina Starikovsky
Sophie Tatar
Kerishma Thakur
Daniel Trincher
Sasha Uspenskaya
Max Watson
Katherine Zhou
12 Girls 50 Free & Breast
12 Boys 50 Breast
12 Boys 50 Back & Fly
13-18 Girls 100 Free, Back & Fly
13-18 Boys 100 Free, & Back
13-18 Girls 100 Breast
13-18 Boys 100 Breast
Laura Arciniegas
Luke Dwyer
8 Girls 100 IM
8 Boys 50 Back & 100 IM
IMX MEET
8/U MEET
Dean Batelli
Luke Dwyer
Daniel Song
∞ eVent WinnerS ∞
BGNW 8/U MEET
BGNW DUAL MEET
Isabella Fountain
Daniel Trincher
Eugene Shen
Cassie Freeman
Kevin Gu
Haleigh Marzano
Reggie Bradnock
Paige Camilio
Tyler Marzano
Emily Carr
Alexandra Merone
Henry Carrera
Lorielle Negron
Sara Carr
Nicole Nunez
Edward Chenzhang Kristina Organista
Justine Espino
Alicia Park
Danae Fourie
Jessica Park
Dessaniel Jacquez
Liam Ridge
Pavel Kelley
Johanna Runolfsson
Janis Kirsis
Marina Starikovsky
Daniel Kohler
Dylan Vonderhorst
Ryan Lawson
Edward Walsh, III
Nien Levy
Katherine Wu
Faith Mallon
Katherine Zhou
BGNW
Laura Arciniegas
Paige Camillo
Emily Carr
Patrick Crimi
Michael Daly
Patrick Daly
James Dwyer
Justine Espino
Justin Han
Charles Hicks
David Kantar
Janis Kirsis
Caroline Madden
Molly McGourty
Katharine Mosca
Kate Pittignano
Justin Ryu
Jacklyn Vandermel
Katherine Vandermel
IMX MEET
Kelli O’Shea
Carly Cummings
Kevin Gu
14 Girls 200 IM
13/O Girls 500 Free
13/O Boys 500 Free, 200 Back,
200 Breast, 200 IM & 400 IM
Top 10 Scores at the Condors IMX Meet
To Our Graduating Seniors
& the Universities they will be attending in the Fall of 2015
Taylor Lawson
University of Rhode Island
Michaela Raphael
Pace University
Nikola Andjelic
Indiana University
Click below for updated files of the:
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Metro top 25
Jackie Vandermel
Grace Dwyer
Andrew Song
Christian Kim
Ethan Lin
Trystan Ng
Eugene Shen
Daniel Trincher
Maeve Mcardle
Haleigh Marzano
Ryan Evangelista
Kelli O’Shea
Brooke Shatz
Janis Kirsis
Andrew Stolarski
Michael Daly
Cassie Freeman
Kelly Malyszka
Mia Belovsky
Kevin Gu
Kyle Iorizzo
Kevin Shin
Tomer Bachar
Daniel Kohler
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NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Nuts & BOLTS
added practices
Sunday, November 23rd
Felix Festa
Senior/Senior 1
Gold/Gold Elite
Silver
Bronze/Stroke Dev
9:00 AM-11:30 AM
9:00 AM-11:00 AM
10:30 AM-12:00 PM
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Friday, November 28th
Mark Twain
Senior/Senior 1
8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Friday, December 5th
Rockland Community College
Senior/Senior 1
Gold/Gold Elite
Sunday, November 30th
Felix Festa
Senior/Senior 1
Gold/Gold Elite
Silver
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Saturday, December 6th
Mark Twain
Senior/Senior 1
7:00 AM-9:00 AM
5:30 PM-7:30 PM
5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Rockland Community College
Gold/Gold Elite
8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Silver
8:30 AM-10:00 AM
felix festa future stars
This week we began our full 1 hour practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays (5:30-6:30 PM) and we will also
be adding Saturdays (11:00 AM-12:00 PM) to the practice schedule. Please check the calendar on the
web site as there are some cancellations due to holidays and swim meets.
Cutest Group Ever
SWIMMER SPOTLIGHT
In every edition of the newsletter we
would like to add a swimmer spotlight. To
have a swimmer entered you must submit
a picture with these questions answered:
Be sure to check all meet entries on the web site
and contact your coaches as soon as possible with
any scratches or changes. Meet entries are the
most sensitive parts of our season and we
appreciate all the help you can give.
Favorite Food?, Favorite Song, , Favorite
School Subject?, Favorite Swimmer?,
Derek Chen
Katherine Chin
Christopher Crimi
fabiano DeOliveira Jr.
Kristen Dillard
Matilyn Dixon
Emma Duffy
Grace Dwyer
Edward Einsidler
Arianna Francis
Cory Garcia
Kaitlyn Gazzara
Ethan Han
Dessaniel Jaquez
Daniel Kohler
Kayla Malcolm-Joseph
Liam Naughton
Nicole Nunez
Jack O’Malley
Elizabeth Palmer
Christian Papa
Fernando Perez
Paul Rydzanicz
Dylan Sama
Nora Sama
Erick Sanchez
Eugene Staroselesky
Kelly Switzer
Genna Szczepanski
Julian terri
Kerishma Thakur
Julia Tran
Ania Traynor
Katherine Vandermel
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE
Favorite Swim Event, Favorite TV Show?,
Favorite Book, Other Sports you Play?,
As you can see on the front page of the newsletter, we will be adding a
Musical Instruments?, Favorite Pool to
motivational quote to every newsletter. We ask that any swimmers who
race at?, etc...
to Dorsey@condorsswimming.com
have a positive and uplifting quote send it to coach Dorsey and one
new quote will be chosen for every edition. Be sure to add who wrote the
quote and we will not only put the authors name, but also the swimmer
who submitted the quote.
FOR SWIM MEETS ALL SWIMMERS SHOULD...

Check the “Swim Meets and Events” page to make sure of individual events and session times.
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Know his or her events before showing up on deck.
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Arrive 20 minutes prior to the warm-up time posted in the host meet info packets.
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Have the proper team apparel, such as t-shirt color and caps, listed in the Condors prep sheets.
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Bring healthy snacks and plenty of liquids, as well as warm clothing for between races.
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Come to every meet session with a positive attitude regarding their swims and the team. Smiles are infectious! 
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Behave properly. No matter where we go, you always represent Condors Swimming.
U.S. Olympic Committee Sport Performance Division
Nutrition Fact Sheet
© 2010 U.S. Olympic Committee
Athlete Eating Guidelines
Focus on the following nutrition principles
year-round:
Stay hydrated. Your body is more than 60% water and your muscles
depend on water to function properly. A dehydrated body cannot train
or compete at its peak. Drink enough so that your urine looks like
pale lemonade or apple juice and so that you are urinating frequently
throughout the day.
Fuel up before training. Focus on eating lean proteins, fruits and
vegetables and whole grains to ensure that your body is prepared for
training. Try not to go into a training session with an empty fuel tank.
Eat a meal 3-4 hours or a snack 1-2 hours before exercise.
Boost your immune system. Choose foods that are high in antioxidants such as fruits and vegetables to help keep your immune system
healthy and reduce the amount of free radicals that your body builds up
during high intensity training. Choose more colorful fruits and vegetables such as blueberries, strawberries, kiwis, oranges, broccoli, carrots
and sweet potatoes.
INFORMATION
Limit fats. Saturated and trans fats can cause inflammation which is
the exact opposite of what elite athletes need. Stay away from foods
that are processed or fried, and higher fat meats like chicken wings,
bologna and pastrami. Choose non-inflammatory unsaturated fats such
as olives, avocados, nuts, seeds, and salmon.
Eat to recover. Choose carbohydrate rich foods with some protein
within 30-60 minutes of finishing a training session to help your body
recover faster. Good choices after workouts include: peanut better
sandwich (half or whole), carton of chocolate milk, or a bowl of cereal
with milk or yogurt.
Sport products. Sports bars, gels and drinks do have their place in an
elite athlete’s eating program. Be sure to not over-use these types of
products, however, as they can deter body weight goals and can replace
more beneficial calories from whole foods. Use sports products before,
during or immediately after practice depending on your sport needs and
goals.
A proper eating program is just as important to an
elite athlete’s success as a training program.
Think of your body as a car...
The foods and drinks you consume are the fuel.
Elite athletes are like finely tuned cars that require
high quality fuel to achieve optimal performance.
Putting low quality fuel into your body can lead to
poor health and sub-par performance.
This material was developed by professional
sports nutritionists at the United States
Olympic Committee. For more information and
additional sport performance resources, visit:
www.teamusa.org/resources/usoc-sport-performance
Nutrition
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