The Iowa City Eels Swim Club provides a competitive swimming program committed to instilling the spirit of success in its athletes through teaching the value of dedication, achievement of personal goals, and teamwork. The Iowa City Eels Swim Club strives to develop integrity, self-confidence, physical fitness, sportsmanship and a winning attitude in its athletes; and in so doing, provide skills that will benefit them for life.
Congratulations, Coach Don--voted Coach of the Year!!
ICE Swimmer Cam Herting nominated KCRG Athlete of the Week
ICE /City High swimmer Cam Herting's nomination for Athlete of the Week will be announced at 6 pm on Tuesday, 3/9. Visit the KCRG web site to vote for Cam!! On-line voting begins at 6 pm on Tuesday and closes at 10 am on Thursday, 3/11. The winner will be announced during the 10 pm newscast that night.
Congratulations ICE 12-and-under swimmers
The past two weekends were very succesful for the club. Regionals consisted of new Q times by Grace Spellman (8 & Under girls 50 free and 100 free), Ava Vargason (Senior girls 100 Free), and by Charles Sedore (9 & 10 boys 50 back and 100 free). Paris Sissel achieved a new Q time in the 50 free when she led off the 200 free relay at ISI Champs too! There were a lot of best times achieved by swimmers at both Regionals and the ISI State meet (over 40 personal best times)!
ICE placed 3rd overall at the ISI 12 & Under Championships from Feb. 26 to 28th. Ruby Martin won High Point in the 9-10 girls division while Leo Xiao won High Point in the 9-10 boys division. Oliver Martin led the way for the 11-12 boys, placing 2nd in the High Point running. The 11-12 boys won their division and set new team records in the 200 free (Oliver Martin, Kerry Soderdahl, Mark McGlaughlin, Bennett Yeo), 200 medley (McGlaughling, Martin, Yeo, Soderdahl) and 400 medley relays (McGlaughlin, Nate Katalinich, Martin, Yeo). Ruby Martin also set a team record in the 200 IM (2:28.17) and Mark McGlaughlin set a team record in the 200 back (2:19.89). For full meet results check out the ISI website results page.
Four other team records were set this season; Mark McGlaughlin in the 100 back (1:02.70), Leo Xiao in the 100 breast (1:19.06) and Ruby Martin in the 50 fly (30.80) and the 100 fly (1:08.77).
Congratulations to all 12 and under swimmers. You did an outstanding job this season and deserve a little break before starting the Summer season.
THANK YOU Swimmers, Coaches, and Volunteers!
For all your contributions to a great short-course season!
ICE Spring Stroke Clinic for New Swimmers!
March 22nd- April 8th: Spring Stroke Clinic! No competitive swimming experience is needed. Swimmers who have been progressing through lesson programs can begin to work on competitive stroke skills, and become familiar with club practices. Adam Osweiler, Don Spellman, and Eric Jeter will be coaching the clinic. Click here for a clinic registration form.
Clinic schedule: M/W at Mercer Aquatic Center from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
T/Th at Coralville Aquatic Center from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Call or e-mail Coach Adam Osweiler (aosweiler@iceels.org) (351-3336) with questions.
Spring Registration and Practice Schedule
The Long-Course season will start April 1, 2010, with registration on 3/28 at the annual meeting/banquet (5:30 pm, downtown rec center), and 3/30 at the Mercer pool. Practice will begin April 1. Click here for the Spring practice schedule.
Optional interim practices for Frost, Cubes and Waves
Optional practices will be offered Monday through Thursday March 22nd-March 31st. If you are interested in participating in the practices, the total cost will be $40. Please contact Coach Adam Osweiler to sign up.
March 22nd and 29th- Waves and Cubes 6:30-7:30 Mercer / Frost 6:15-7:15 Coralville
March 23rd and 30th- Frost, Cubes and Waves 5:30-6:30 Mercer
March 24th and 31st- Frost and Waves 6:30- 7:30 Mercer / Cubes 6:15-7:15 Coralville
March 25th- Frost, Cubes and Waves 5:30-6:30 Mercer
Iowa High School Athletic Association - Boys State Swimming Championships
ICE was well represented at the IAHSAA Championships this weekend by the following swimmers:
Colin McAllister (200 FR - 9th place and 500 FR - 5th place), Kelly McNeilly (200 IM and 500 FR), James Davis (200 IM - 11th place and 200 Med. / 400 Free relays), Stu McMillin (200 Med. and 200 Free relays), Sid McMillin (50 FR - 11th place and 100 FR - 8th place plus 200 and 400 Free relays), Kanoe Russell (100 FR and all 3 relays), Ben Weideman (100 FL - 10th place and Med. Relay), Brady St. John (100 BK), and Cameron Herting (200 and 400 Free Relays, 200 FR - 2nd place with a Consideration All-American time and 500 FR - STATE CHAMPION with an Automatic All-American time). The 400 Free Relay team from City High of Sid McMillin, Davis, Russell, and Herting placed 6th. West Des Moines / Valley won the team title with 173 points. Iowa City - City High finished 9th (72 points) and Iowa City - West High earned 21st place (7 points) in the final team standings.
ICE December NEWSLETTER posted!
Click here for the latest Eels Newsletter!
Complaint with UI Committee on Competition and Community Concerns
On 11/20, the ICE Board filed a complaint with the UI about the recent formation of the IFLY swim team. The board feels that the UI should not own and operate a swim team in competition with private, parent-run swim clubs. The board filed the complaint after discovering that the UI Committee had met about the UI team's formation (on 10/29), wanting to make sure that our concerns were heard before any UI decision was reached on the matter. The ICE board, parents, and swimmers do not have anything against healthy competition between competitive clubs on equal footing. We are concerned, however, about competing against a team that is subsidized by UI resources and was formed in violation of UI and Iowa Regents' policies. The media contact regarding the ICE complaint is Paul Soderdahl.
ICE IS CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF SWIMMING EXCELLENCE
(1969 TO 2009) IN THE IOWA CITY / CORALVILLE AREA!
This season marks the 40th anniervsary of the Iowa City Eels (formerly the Iowa City Swim Club) as the premiere swim club in the Johnson county area. Founded by a group of hard-working swimmers, knowledgeable coaches, and positive parents in 1969 the club has grown to become a powerhouse at the state and regional level under AAU and later USA-Swimming sanctioned competitions having produced numerous state qualifiers, Sectional and Zone level swimmers, Olympic Trials participants, and many swimmers who competed in college competition at NCAA Div.I, II, or III institutions. We are currently in the process of setting up an ALUMNI page on our website which will feature quotes from people that were part of ICSC / ICE and helped the create the club our current members enjoy today.
If you are a ICSC / ICE alum, parent of a former swimmer, or coached with the club in the past feel free to send an e-mail to Head Coach Donald P. Spellman (dspellman@iceels.org) about your experience with the sport while on ICE and what lessons / life skills swimming with the club has taught you (or any stories you may also remember). Those will be reviewed by the ICE Board of Directors and then certain quotes and testimonials will be added to the site.
New Eels Calendar Now Available
Check our new Google enabled team calendar!
Email Updates
In addition to posting information on the web page, we will continue to send periodic reminders to club members via email. If you are not receiving club-wide email announcements, please send an email to: communicator@iceels.org.
