Olympic Swimming Trials!!!
How often is swimming on prime time TV? Don't miss your chance to catch Olympic Trials now underway in Omaha. Here is the remainder of the TV programming, all times listed are Central Daylight:
July 1 - 7-8pm on USA
July 2 - 7-8pm on USA
July 3 - 7-8pm on USA
July 4 - 7-8pm on NBC
July 5 - 7-8pm on NBC
July 6 - 7-8pm on NBC
You can also watch live time results (and catch results from earlier heats) at: www.omegatiming.com

Summer Season is Underway!
Pool and Centennial Beach practices are going well and our first Ohio St. Beach swim in downtown Chicago is this Sunday, July 6th at 9 am. Meet in the 7B parking lot at 8am if you want to carpool. Coach Sue will be giving an open water swimming overview at 8:50 am on the Seawall for first-timers to Ohio St. Beach/open water swimming. New printable versions of the regular summer practice schedule and the offsite schedule have been added to the schedule page.

Coach Georgia McDaniel joins the Waves coaching staff!
We welcome Coach Georgia for the 2008 Summer Season. Read more about Georgia on the coaches page.

Next Waves Night is Wednesday, July 23rd, at 6pm
If you want to attend and help out, please send an email to Kim Weeks. Kim's contact info and more details on Waves Night located here.
Thanks to all who came out to the last Waves Night at Loaves and Fishes on June 4th.

US Women's Triathlon on June 22nd a Hit Despite a Rainy Start!
Congratulations to the Waves who competed in the US Women's Triathlon series at Centennial Beach in downtown Naperville on June 22nd. Results are now posted. A big thank you to the many volunteers who provided Swim Buddies for the race!

End of Season Happy Hour a Success
We hope everyone had a great time at the end of season happy hour at Two Nine on May 9th. Thanks to Laura Kozlowski for planning!

Congratulations to the Waves Who Competed in the 2008 USMS Short Course Nationals!
Several Waves swimmers traveled to Austin, TX, to compete at the 2008 USMS Short Course Nationals from May 1-4. Final results can be found at the USMS Short Course Yards Nationals page. Congratulations to individual National Champions Karla Bailey (19-24 50 Br, 100 Br, 100 IM, 200 IM), Liz Dillmann (40-44 50 Fr, 100 Fr, 200 Fr, 100 Fly, 100 IM), and Georgia McDaniel (60-64 1000 Fr). Relay National Champions included Kristina Bell, Karla Bailey, Koz, and Leslie Seago (18+ Women's Medley Relay) and Cynthia Jones and Georgia (55+ Mixed Free Relay). A big thank you to Susan Chung for organizing the great team dinner at Bistro 88 on Saturday night! Nice swimming (and partying) Waves!
Team records have been updated through SCY Nationals. As always, a huge thanks to Mark Mattson for managing the team records!

WAVES WIN STATE! WAVES WIN STATE!!!

Congratulations Waves!!! Coach Sue led 113 Waves swimmers to our 2nd State Meet win! Thank you everyone for swimming! We finished the meet with a total of 3,360 points, with 2nd place Evanston at 2,374 and 3rd place Elgin Blue Waves at 1,378.5. Way to go swimmers!!! There was lots of fast swimming this weekend. High point age group winners for the women included Liz Dillmann, Cynthia Jones, Georgia McDaniel, and Mary Anne Coburn. Male high point winners included Dave Pushka, Ted Soltys, Andy Barry, and Gary Englehorn. Several Waves and State records were broken this weekend. All results can be found at the ILMSA 2008 State Championship website. Way to go Waves!!!
82 new Waves individual records were set through the State meet and 14 relay records! Congratulations to Mary Anne Coburn and Georgia McDaniel who set State records as well (Mary Anne: 65-69 500/1000 free, 100 back, 100 IM and Georgia: 60-64 50 breast). The following relays set state club relay records too: 55+ Men's 200 Medley (Chip Evans, Kenneth Brown, Lewis Tyree, George Klumb), 55+ Mixed 200 Medley (Cynthia Jones, Kenneth Shaw, Lewis Tyree, Georgia McDaniel), 65+ Mixed 200 Medley (Mary Anne Coburn, Max Zollner, Andy Barry, Dorothy Kmieciak). Nice job, swimmers!

Introduce a friend or family member to fitness/competitive swimming!
Swim Instruction/Clinics offered this summer at Edward include:
Ripples at Naperville or 7B - for those who are afraid of the water or uncomfortable in the water
Beginner Stroke Clinics at Naperville or 7B - for advanced beginner swimmers who have progressed through Ripples

Congratulations to Coach Sue: 2006 USMS Coach of the Year!!!!!

Since 1986, the Speedo/USMS Coach of the Year award has been presented at the USMS annual convention to a coach who demonstrates excellence in five areas: club and individual accomplishments, publications, contributions to USMS and the LMSC, letters of support and long-term contributions to Masters swimming. Coach Sue was presented this national award on September 16th at the USAS Aquatics Award Banquet in Dearborn, Michigan.
Way to go Sue! We are all so proud of you!

Questions about the Waves? Send email to Coach Sue.