Feb
23
The four athletes from the Philippines I was coaching during my two weeks with the Race Club went to the FGC Open Invitation last weekend (February 20 – 21) held at the city of Plantation Central Park Pool. Checking on their results last night I was happy to see they all did well. Dorothy swept the backstroke races (50, 100 and 200). Her brother Daniel won the 200 backstroke. Denice the youngest of the four got a couple 2nd places and David was just a little of the medals but had solid swims as well. You can get full results of the meet by going to the Sunrise Swimming website.
Daniel and David Hong at JAC.
They will be down in the Keys training under the guidance of Gary Sr. and Richard before they’ll be heading back home. Dorothy will try to qualify for the first Youth Olympic Games which will be held later this year in Singapore.
I think all of them improved a lot over the last couple weeks they have been training with the Race Club. And I feel very humbled to be part of their journey, even though it was only for a short time. I wish all of them the best of luck and look forward to follow their swimming in the future.
Dec
28
On Saturday Dec 19th I competed at the Championnat Romand d’hiver in Lausanne. I substituted my Saturday morning workout with this meet by entering more events than I normally would at Regionals. My team mates were on a short 3 day break as we were leaving on Sunday morning for our Christmas/New Year training camp in Tenerife.
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Dec
14
On Sunday Dec 6th I participated at the Copa da Natal hosted by the Flippers Team Locarno at the Centro Sportivo di Tenero. We left around noon on the day before the meet to bring the 6h travel involved in getting from Geneva to Tenero behind us in a more or less stress free and comfortable manner.
Even though I felt tired because my studies kept me busy and up late many nights, I was looking forward to compete in LCM again. Finswimming is just a different beast in SCM with twice as much under water work involved. And of course in the “high-speed” events such as the 50m AP the turn slows you considerable down.
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Nov
17
On Saturday Nov 14th I swam during the morning session of the 2009 edition of the Challenge Red-Fish in Neuchâtel. As every year, this meet is for most Swiss athletes the last occasion to compete before Short Course National Championships at the end of the month.
I mainly entered this meet for two reasons. First, it was about time that I got some racing done and found my way back on the blocks. As much as I enjoyed my coaching stint this summer in the Florida Keys, I was looking forward to this moment. I still enjoy swimming a lot and racing is just a big part of it. Second, as many other Swiss athletes I needed to know where I stand to lay out my plans for what’s to come.
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Nov
2
On Saturday Oct 24th I participated at the 30th edition of the Crystal Cup hosted by the SLRG Oberwallis in Fiesch.
This meet is the season opener for most Swiss finswimming athletes but this year not as much of them eventually showed up in Fiesch. With the weekend being placed right at the end of the holidays a lot of the athletes enjoyed the warm weather some place else rather than the chilly mountains. I for one had a great day and a lot of fun.
The format of the meet is really simple. You won’t win anything unless you compete in all the events. Try do to your best in your weak events and score in your strong events to come out on top at the end of the two days. Although I already knew I won’t be eligible for the final rankings because I only raced on Saturday, I went ahead and swam all events on this one day anyway.
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Apr
1
Swiss Team Championships were held on Saturday March 18th and Sunday March 28th at the Nid-du-Crô indoor pool in Neuchâtel. Our men’s team swam the NLA in the afternoon on both days.
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Mar
23
Swiss Long Course National Championships were held from Thursday March 19th trough Sunday March 22nd at the indoor pool in Oerlikon. I decided to participate in only two individual sprint events at this year’s National Championships. And of course I took a lot of pride in competing with my team mates in the 4×100m freestyle relay.
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Mar
9
Le 6ème Meeting Lémanique a eu lieu le samedi 7 mars et dimanche 8 mars à la piscine de la Maladaire à Montreux. Ceci était la dernière compétition avant les Championnats Suisses en grand bassin à Oerlikon. J’ai participé à trois épreuves le dimanche de la compétition.
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Mar
3
Le Championnat Romand d’hiver en petit bassin a eu lieu le samedi 28 février et dimanche 1er mars à la piscine de Tivoli à Lancy. Avec les Championnats Suisses en vue, un grand nombre des équipes Romandes ont soit décidé de sauter la compétition ou de participer au Hi-Point Meeting à Oerlikon où se dérouleront les Championnats Suisses.
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Jan
21
The 42nd edition of the Championnats Internationaux de Genève were held from Friday, January 16th to Sunday, January 18th at the Les Vernets.
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Nicolas is a Computer Science student living and studying in Geneva blogging about swimming, finswimming and other things in life. 
