News and updates about the CBD Masters Team
If you’ve been at swim practice over the last few weeks, you might have seen some new faces on the deck — three in fact. CBD welcomes Jed Breen, George Adcock, and Lizza Igoe to our staff. Jed and George will be coaching primarily in the mornings and you’ll see…
Finis Swimmer Snorkel We want to encourage all of our swimmers to purchase a Swimmer Snorkel this fall and bring it to practice on a regular basis. We’ve found in our teaching that the snorkel is an incredible tool for working on swimming mechanics without being encumbered by the…
There were a bunch of races last weekend that CBD members took part in. Congrats to all racers! Pleasant Prairie Open Water Challenge — Rob Iglinski (45:37) took 1st in 35&Under, 2 mile open non-wetsuite division. Erin Harvego (1:01.09) took 3rd in the 36&over, 2 mile open wetsuit division. Kim…
There are a bunch of great things about doing lake swims: swimming outside, swimming for long distances, enjoying the cool water to beat the heat. The problem with lake swims is that we lose the walls and the pace clock that help us determine whether we are holding pace and…
The Blue Dolphins finished 6th this past weekend at the Illinois Masters State Meet — our best finish yet. We had a fantastic turnout of 45 swimmers participate this year — 150% more than we have ever had at a swimming event. As I looked up into the stands from…
Some of you might have seen David Danenhower, a tall coach with black hair, on Wednesday and Friday mornings. He is indeed a new coach with CBD. David comes from down state in the Champaign area. He swam for and was an assistant coach for the Champaign County Aquachiefs (now…
On November 10th and 11th, we ran our second pass at the 3 x 300 or 10 x 100 Performance Set. The test get an average 100 pace, 50 stroke counts, and 10 stroke tempo estimates for each swimmer. Out of these results, we can get our Swimming Golf measure…
This past September, Chicago Blue Dolphins turned five years old. We started as a small group of swimmers at UIC in September, 2003 and we’ve grown to a team of 175+ active members. Thank you all for being part of CBD over the years, bringing in your friends, and helping us build…
