McC/GPS Spring '16

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NewsletterSpring 2016

MCCALLIE / GPS AQUATICS I mccalliegpsaquatics.com

1 LaRochelle chooses UNC2 LCM Meet Schedule3 End-of-Season Lake Party3 LCM Practice Schedule4 NCSA Jr. Nationals Re-Cap

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, Susanna LaRochelle officially signed a letter of intent to continue her swimming career at the University

of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The 3x TN State Champion (100 Backstroke ‘16, 200 Medley Relay ‘15, 400 Freestyle Relay

‘14) will instantly make an impact on the ACC powerhouse Tarheels team this fall.

Over her career with McCallie/GPS, she has broken and re-broken countless records, been a Southeasterns finalists, TN state

finalist and champion, Zones member qualifier and Jr. National team member. She currently holds six short course records

and six long course records, in addition to the six record titles she holds with her GPS Bruisers team.

5 Southeastern Champs6 Region Championships7 Marcum headed to Zone Select Camp 7 2015-16 Team Records

In this Issue

Susanna is pictured with coach Caroline & coach Kendall (L), her parents (M) and teammates Jillian and Anna (R)

8 TN & GA State Re-Cap9 Goren Represents Jamaica10-11 #FunnestSport

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COACHING STAFF

Roger DahlkeHEAD COACH

Caroline BentleyBLUE GROUP

Betsy BookoutSUPERSTARS COACH

Skip BrannenBLUE GROUP

Stan CorcoranSENIOR COACH

Kendall JacobsSILVER GROUP

Chelsey ProvenzeSUPERSTARS COACH

Katie SalleeSILVER GROUP

LONG COURSE MEET SCHEDULE

LONG COURSE KICK-OFF April 30-May 1 Atlanta, GA

KY AQUATICS DERBY INVITE May 13-15 Lexington, KY

BULLFROG INVITE June 4-5 Chattanooga, TN

AUBURN INVITATIONAL June 17-19 Auburn, AL

OLYMPIC TRIALS ** June 23-July 3 Omaha, NE

CASL CITY MEET July 8-9 Chattanooga, TN

SOUTHEASTERNS ** July 21-24 Nashville, TN

ZONES CHAMPIONSHIPS ** August 2-6 Cary, NC

FUTURE’S MEET ** August 4-7 Atlanta, GA

SUMMER JR. NATIONALS ** August 8-12 Minneapolis, MN

**Swimmers must qualify for the meets with specific time standards.

New meet this summer! We will be traveling to Lexingtonn, KY for

the Kentucky Aquatics Derby Invitational, hosted at the University

of Kentucky pool. The coaching staff is excited for this meet in May,

allowing our swimmers a chance to swim in a different pool against other

swimmers. Coach Kendall and Coach Katie are even more excited as well

since they use to live in Lexington! Mark your calendars for this meet.

GA Tech Meet - Registration deadline for the GA Tech meet

in Atlanta is April 8! Many have already signed up, but the

coaches would love to have more McC/GPS participation.

Our swimmers have loved this meet, because it is at the site

of the 1996 Olympics, and the meet will use chase starts. If

you don’t want to commit to the entire weekend, sign up for

one day. The afternoon session (12&unders) allows for an easy

drive in the morning.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETS, AS YOUR SWIMMER’S COACH!

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LONG COURSE PRACTICE SCHEDULE WP = WARNER PARK POOL MCC = MCCALLIE POOL

SUPERSTARS Tuesdays & Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm @McC

SILVER GROUP Monday - Friday 8:00-9:15am @WP Tuesdays & Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm @McC

BLUE GROUP Monday - Friday 7:30-9:00am @WP Tuesdays & Wednesdays 5:00-6:45pm @McC

SENIOR GROUP Monday - Saturday 7:00-9:00am @McC Mondays & Thursdays 3:00-4:30pm @McC Tuesdays & Wednesdays 3:00-5:30pm @McC

LAKE PARTY

Mark your calendars for our annual McC/GPS end of season Lake Party! This is a fun filled evening of fun, food and laughter

with the entire McCallie/GPS Aquatics family. Come celebrate all the accomplishments of this past 2015-2016 SCY season,

from team records and Southeastern champs to learning flipturns and diving from the blocks. More information will be sent

out closer to the time of the party. Hope to see you all there!

WHEN TUESDAY, MAY 24 TIME 5:30-7:30PM WHERE MCCALLIE LAKE

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NCSA JR. NATIONALSMarch 15-19, 9 members of our Senior Group traveled to Orlando, Florida for NCSA Jr. Nationals. This was the largest

group we have ever had travel to a meet of this level, including having an “A” AND “B” senior boys relay qualify! The meet

was a huge success for MCC/GPS as four (4) team records were broken, two (2) relays qualified and countless best times.

Even with the meet being run short course yards for prelims and long course meets for times, this was a great meet for

McC/GPS swimmers, to compete against other amazing caliber athletes.

Congratulations to our National Team members: WILL BOOTLE, GABRIEL JOHNSON, SUSANNA LAROCHELLE,

PIERCE LIVELY, JAKE MARCUM, LUKE MASSEY, JONPAT RANSOM, MAX RANSOM and WILLIAM VIA.

With over 300 swimmers in any given event, we had two swimmers swim at finals with eight (8) swims! SUSANNA

LAROCHELLE placed 24th in the 200m Backstroke, 20th in the 50 Breaststroke, 32nd in the 400 IM, 16th in the 100

Backstroke, 30th in the 100 Fly, 16th in the 50 Fly and 15th in the 200 IM. JAKE MARCUM placed 25th in the 200m

Backstroke, with a 2:05.05, which was the 7th fastest time of the meet! Jake’s time qualified him for Summer Jr Nationals in

Minneapolis, as well as currently ranks him 2nd in the country for 15yr old boys.

Before these swimmers left for the meet, the coaches gave out all their National Team apparel in a mini ceremony, complete

with bags, competition suits, caps to name a few. To make it more special, the Blue Group was present to see. and give cheers

and “good lucks” for the meet.

Because our older swimmers are role models for the younger, each National Team member told the Blue Group something

they have done to get them to where they are in their swimming. Faith, hard work, attention to detail, and determination

were just some of the few phrases that were mentioned. We are so proud of the hard work and accomplishments from this

group and can’t wait to see what the future holds!

OUR SENIOR BOY NATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS

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SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS

FEBRUARY 18-21, McCallie/GPS swimmers, coaches and parents traveled to

Auburn, Alabama for a weekend of fast swimming at the Southeastern Championships.

Thirty-eight (38) swimmers competed in the meet, and our team came away with

three (3) first place finishes.

Our 11-12 girls, consisting of LILY PARR, DAVINA SHARMA, BRIGHTON SMITH and ELLIE TALIAFERRO, placed 1st in the 200 Medley Relay and 200

Freestyle Relay, and JAKE MARCUM placed 1st in the Senior boys 200 Backstroke.

In addition to those first place finishes, we had three (3) new McC/GPS team records. Congratulations

to LUKE MASSEY setting a new Senior record in the 100 Breaststroke, EMMA SCRUGGS in the 13-14 200 Backstroke,

and JAKE MARCUM in the Senior 200 Backstroke.

McC/GPS had 18 swimmers swim in finals with 43 swims! Congratulations to those following swimmers:RYAN BERRY - 2nd 50 Back, 3rd 100 IM, 3rd 200 IM, 8th 500 Free, 3rd 100 Back, 5th 100 FreeBEN BEVILL - 6th 100 Fly, 7th 50 FlyREECE GALLAGHER - 5th 400 IM, 7th 200 BreastBARAK GOREN - 13th 400 IM, 11th 200 BackHALEY GRIDER - 12th 100 Breast, 12th 200 BreastBEN GRIFFITH - 9th 400 IM, 14th 200 IMGABRIEL JOHNSON - 11th 200 IM, 6th 100 BreastPIERCE LIVELY - 11th 100 BreastJAKE MARCUM - 1st 200 BackLUKE MASSEY - 3rd 100 Breast, 9th 200 BreastJACOB MCDANIEL - 4th 50 BackLILY PARR - 7th 50 FreeSAM POWE - 7th 100 BackEMMA PULLIAM - 4th 50 back, 3rd 50 FreeMAX RANSOM - 14th 100 Back, 12th 400 Im, 14th 200 FlyEMMA SCRUGGS - 4th 100 Back, 2nd 400 Im, 3rd 200 Fly, 2nd 200 BackBRIGHTON SMITH - 7th 50 Breast, 7th 100 Im, 8th 100 BreastELLIE TALIAFERRO - 2nd 50 Breast, 3rd 50 back, 3rd 100 Fly, 2nd 100 IM, 3rd 100 Breast, 2nd 50 Fly

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EAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

ABI AUSTIN

KYLE BERRY

ADELAIDE BOND

DREW BOND

MADELINE BOND

WILL BOOTLE

JULIE BRYANT

SCOUT CHAPIN

JANE EISELSTEIN

FINN FITZSIMMONS

DEVON FRAKES

JED HOLLIMAN

LAURA JENNINGS

GABRIEL JOHNSON

CONOR KINLEY

ABI MARKEY

CAMERON MARTIN

ELIJAH MARTIN

EMELINE MARTIN

HANNAH MARTIN

CAMERON MCDANIEL

LYDIA MIZUTANI

EVAN MOELLER

EASTON O’DONNELL

RYLEE O’DONNELL

ELLA OBRINGER

JACK SALLEE

EMMA SCRUGGS

JULIA STRIKER

ELLIE TALIAFERRO

ISAAC TAYLOR

LAUREN THOMPSON

HANNAH WALTON

EMMA KATE WHITE

Congratulations to SCOUT CHAPIN (pictured third from left) who qualified for Southeasterns

in the 10&U girls 50 Fly. This is her 1st cut!

FEBRUARY 26-28, McCallie/GPS swimmers competed in the East Region

Championships, previously known as the District Championships. Our team had

many stand-out swims, lifetime best times, and some incredible races.

Congratulations to ADELAIDE BOND (pictured right) who won the 8 & Under

Girls High Point award! She placed 1st in 7 of her 8 events.

Our team had 34 swimmers place in the top-8 , with 73 swims, and countless

lifetime best times. This was a great end-of-season meet for a lot of our younger

and beginner swimmers. The coaches were very pleased and happy with the way

the swimmers competed, with many of them swimming in events for the first time.

Below is a list of swimmers who placed in the top-8 in any given event at the meet.

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2015-2016 TEAM RECORDS

It has been another “record-breaking” year for the McCallie/GPS Aquatics team. During the short course season, 13 records

were broken, and some even re-broken. A huge congratulations to the following swimmers who hold a spot on our record

boards. Can’t wait to see what records fall during the summer long course season.

EMMA SCRUGGS13 & 14 200 Backstroke

2:06.34

ELLIE TALIAFERRO11 & 12 50 Breaststroke

:32.23

11 & 12 100 Breaststroke

1:11.72

JAKE MARCUM13 & 14 400 IM

4:17.95

Senior 100 Backstroke

:51.12


1:49.37

JONPAT RANSOMSenior 200 IM

1:51.96

LUKE MASSEYSenior 100 Breaststroke

:58.53

SUSANNA LAROCHELLESenior 100 Backstroke

:54.82


1:59.30

Senior 100 Fly

:55.36

Senior 200 IM

2:02.08

Senior 400 IM

4:22.95

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY, JAKE MARCUM has been selected to

attend the 2016 Southern Zone Select Camp in Fort Myers, FL from May 26-

29, 2016. Jake earned this invitation because of his 200m Backstroke time.

At the end of the 2015 calendar seasons, USA swimming finalized its Long

Course "Top 10" lists. Jake’s long course 200m Backstroke time of 2:09.14

was the 4th fastest time in the USA for 13-14 Boys.

Jake swam this USA Top-10 time at the 2015 SE Championships, last

summer. This was also a new 13-14 Boys Southeastern Swimming record.

MARCUM CHOSEN FOR ZONE SELECT CAMP

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GA & TN STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPSCHATTANOOGA, located right on the state line between Georgia and Tennessee, McCallie/GPS has many swimmers who compete

for their high school teams in both states. Two different weekends in February, 24 swimmers who made qualifying cuts, swam for

their respected state championship meet. Congratulations to all those swimmers for their hard work and fast swimming. Below are

their accomplishments of swimmers who made top-16 in their meets, and scored points for their high schools.

GEORGIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

PIERCE LIVELY (HERITAGE)14th 100 Butterfly

15th 100 Breaststroke

ANNA WARD (GPS)13th 200 Freestyle

14th 100 Freestyle

2nd 200 Medley Relay

6th 400 Freestyle Relay

BARAK GOREN (MCCALLIE)14th 200 Freestyle

12th 500 Freestyle



SUSANNA LAROCHELLE (GPS)3rd 200 IM, new team record

1st 100 Backstroke, new team record

2nd 200 Medley Relay


BEN GRIFFITH (MCCALLIE)16th 100 Butterfly

7th 200 Medley Relay


LUKE MASSEY (HOMESCHOOL)10th 100 Breaststroke

JAKE MARCUM (MCCALLIE)10th 100 Backstroke, new team record

7th 200 Medley Relay


ETHAN BEVILL (MCCALLIE)15th 200 IM

14th 500 Freestyle


WILLIAM VIA (MCCALLIE)7th 200 Medley Relay

JILLIAN CANTRELL (GPS)2nd 200 Medley Relay


MAX RANSOM (MCCALLIE)7th 200 Freestyle Relay


SUSANNA LAROCHELLE2016 STATE CHAMPION

100 BACKSTROKE

TENNESSEE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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GOREN REPRESENTS JAMAICA

MARTINIQUE, Senior group member and McCallie School boarding junior BARAK GOREN represented his native country

of Jamaica in the CARIFTA Championships March 22-25. The CARIFTA Aquatics Championships is an age-group event for the

Caribbean countries, held annually since 1985.

The Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) selected 25 swimmers to represent Jamaica at the 31st CARIFTA Swimming,

Water Polo, Open Water Swimming and Synchronized Swimming Championships, and Goren was among the 25 member team.

The CARIFTA Championships serves as the top junior amateur swim meet in the Caribbean.

GOREN’S TOP-8 & TOP-16 SWIMS 8th 200 IM 8th 200 Freestyle Relay 6th 400 IM

6th 400 Freestyle Relay 12th 200 Freestyle 3rd 800 Freestyle Relay

13th 400 Freestyle 7th 400 Medley Relay 11th 200 Backstroke

BARAK GOREN, right, is pictured with his relay team.

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#FUNNESTSPORTMcCallie/GPS Aquatics prides itself on being a year-round club team who is committed to the sport of swimming, and

teaching swimmers ages 6-18 the fundamentals, techniques and skills to become a well-rounded swimmer and individual.

However, the coaching staff prides itself on allowing the swimmers to have fun. They try to make practice fun and enjoyable

for the swimmers, while still working hard. Below are just a few moments where swimming is truly the #funnestsport.

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