Benoit Lebrun of Montreal National Swim Center is visiting Pine Crest for team training and performance development.  His coaching team consists of Pierre Lamy and Alain Delorne.  

Pine Crest Swimming got the chance to speak with Alain Delorne, the strength and conditioning coach for the Canadian Olympic Team.  "We like Pine Crest because of the flexibility that is supported by Jay Fitzgerald and his crew.  They are always doing their best to provide us with great times of training, and you can't beat the quality of the facilities.  Also, the weight room and the track are great additions to our performance development program."    Pine Crest Swim Camp welcomes coach Lebrun and his team.

The Canadian National Team full of talent includes: 
Victoria Poon: specialist in 50/100 free
2010 Pan Pacific Games, Irvine
2009 World Championships, Rome
2008 Olympic Games, Beijing
2007 French Open, France

Barbara Jardins: specialist in 200/400 free and 200 back
2010 Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine
2009 World Championships, Rome

Audrey Lacroix: specialist in 100 and 200 butterfly
2010 Pan Pacific Championship, Irvine
2009 World Championships, Rome
2008 Olympic Games, Beijing

Sandrine Mainville: specialist in 50 and 100 free
Junior Pan Pacific Games, Hawaii

Gabrielle Soucisse: Specialist in 100 and 200 backstroke
2010 Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine
2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro

Charles Francis: Specialist in 50, 100, 200 backstroke
2010 Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine
2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro

Benoit Huot: Paralympic Swimmer: Special Olympics – 400 IM Olympic Champion & World Champion, won 6 gold medals for Canada

Christophe Bezeau: Specialist in 100 and 200 Butterfly
Junior National Team, Canada

Tim Ruse: Specialist in 100 & 200 free 

Traveling with Benoit, is the Laval University Swim Team head coach Rouge et Or, Nicolas Perron.  Perron grew up swimming with Benoit and has known him for over 20 years.  He has been coming to Pine Crest for about the same time. Perron and his team are here at Pine Crest training with the national center for two weeks.  They are in final preparation for the Olympic trial.  "The Facilities are awesome, we enjoy having the long course, short course, and access to a great weight room and track and field," stated Perron.  This time of year, the swim team takes time in Florida to beat the cold in Quebec City.  "It's a nightmare this time of year at home, you need to fight to be healthy in the cold.  Our team can avoid being sick here while enjoying the warm weather and sunshine in Florida.  Here in Florida, we have the best situation we can expect."   Pine Crest Swim Camp welcomes Coach Perron and his team.

Laval University Team Talent Includes: 
 Genevieve Cantin: specialty 200 backstroke
Last world champion in Shanghai

Dominique Martel:  Specialty 100 Free 
Canadian Olympic Team 4 X 1- finished 12th Shanghai World Championship Summer 2011

Adam Szoo: 200 Freestyle 
2009 Quebec city: Trination Meet medalist

Beatrice Pineau: Open Water Specialist- 10K
Member of National Team World University Games this Summer in China

Pine Crest Swimming and Pine Crest Swim Camp welcomes these two teams to our campus.  For more information on these teams visit Http://www.Swimming.Ca

Despite the cold morning, we had a very successful Dual Meet on Saturday, January 14.  Both the Green Team and White Team came prepared to race each other in 25's, 50's, relay events and even diving off the 1m and 3m boards.

Pine Crest swim coaches send a congratulations to all the swimmers and divers who participated.  There was only a 4 point difference between the two teams, but this year it was the White Team that took home the trophy.  The Green Team definately had the most spirited and decorated tent.

Thank you to the Rivera Family, Lubie Family, and Baker Family who supported their teams with drinks and snacks.  A special thank you to the Rosenthal Family who cheered for both teams, as Jake swam for the Green Team and Sam dove for the White Team and provided little white and green bags of jelly beans for all the participants.

Click HERE for the photos on the Anderton Gallery

Click HERE for the swimming results (times may be slightly inaccurate and do not count for any USA swimming results).

Congratulations to the White Team for winning the Inaugural 2011 Green vs White Diving  Intrasquad. The format was a high school  6 dive dual meet contest on 1m and 3m. The top 8 places in each event were awarded points as follows:

PLACE FINISH        1st    2nd    3rd    4th    5th    6th    7th    8th   
TEAM POINTS        8         7       6       5       4       3       2       1

The final team results (attached) were:
White  57 
Green 41 

Points won by team members were:
WHITE
Chris Doolittle                 16
Carolyn Chaney               16
Denny Gulia Janovski       14       
Sam Rosenthal                6
Hannah Maister                3
Shiraz Shiff                     2

GREEN
Juliette Pozzuoli              13
Carly Ehrlich                   13
Lily Ehrlich                      9
Arielle Kaplan                  5
Hannah Lindgren             1

These teams were equally matched, but the green team was competing one man down due to injury.  We're off to a good start this January 2012. Several divers debuted new dives:


Carolyn Chaney (on loan from her Boca club)-3 
Ariella Kaplan-1
Sam Rosenthal-1
Hannah Maister-1
Shiraz Shiff-1
Hannah Lindgren-5
Ana Arboleda-5
Shannon Gordon-5

Many thanks to Lorena Shiff  and Caryn Maister for running the scoring table and meet management system, to Marci Kaplan for judging and to both Marcis-Rosenthal and Kaplan for bringing snacks and drinks for the white and green teams.

At the parents meeting, preparations for the SU,May 6th David Nielsen Invitational were discussed. It was decided to:
•    Relocate the award stand outside the pool in front of the commerative Pine Crest Athletic Hall of Fame
•    Divide the dive check in lists into 4 sections_ Boys and Girls and each A-M and N-Z to speed up dive list verification at check-in
•    Assign 4 parents to dive list check in
•    Provide a tent over the check in table
•    Purchase large chamoises now for tye dye by Cherly Doolittle classes in February
•    Assign 1 parent at check-in to sell chamoises
•    Include the heat sheet in the facility entry fee for spectators
•    Assign 1 parent at check-in to collect spectator entry fees
•    Continue to locate the concession tent on the west end of the deck between the two swim pools.
•    Make inquries about apparel and video concessions

Pine Crest swim coaches are gearing up for a great Summer 2012 with Pine Crest Swim Camp.  If you are looking for the best swimming instruction, consider Pine Crest Swim Camp.  Pine Crest swim coach Jay Fitzgerald has led this camp for over 16 years.  Athletes receive Olympic level training and experience from our swim coaches at Pine Crest, making each summer one to remember.