Closing chapter 2 and starting chapter 3...

Hey All!
It's official, the girls are off for the summer and I'm left gearing up for next season. So far it's nothing but clinics, choreography, and music cutting for me. But wait, did I say the girls were "off" for the summer? Not really, each of the girls has been given summer workouts and weight room logs to keep them in shape. Most of the team will be juggling part time jobs, internships, travel, and workouts while away from Wheaton. Based on the success we had this last year, I'm super excited to see what's to come. With the team only losing 1 senior athlete and gaining 4 new recruits the Wheaton Lyons are sure to make a SPLASH and bring back that Wheaton WOW! So what's next? I'll be attending the Age-Group National Championships at the end of the month to support our incoming freshman and hopefully stir up some new interest. CALLING ALL CURRENT JUNIORS!! If you happen to see me at the meet, feel free to stop and introduce yourself. I'd love to have the chance to meet you and find out what you're looking for in a college. Perhaps you're destined to become a Wheaton Lyon! So... to all our Wheaton veterans, keep up the hard work, and to our future Wheaties...GOOD LUCK. Enjoy the summer!
Hugs,
-Coach

Thats a Wrap!!! (almost)

Ciao!

    School is out officially in 16 days (not that we are counting), and Senior Nationals is in one week! We cannot wait to be in sunny California for one last chance to show our stuff. Especially exciting is that this is going to be Senior Sharada's official last swim with her favorite Wheaties! 

    To take some stress off the end of the year, we have been having "fun" practices. A couple nights ago we did a "Midnight Madness" practice, where we had practice from 10pm-midnight. We shut the lights off and put pretty strobe lights in the pool and did our unders. Also today, we put on ridiculous suits and swam our team routine in groups. 

    Next Monday we are doing a community service project for the Kim Miller Scholarship fund! We are doing an exhibition and will have games and special guests. We are doing this right before we leave for Seniors, as another "fun" practice. 

    Finals are coming up! We are going to be having team study sessions and hopefully will ace all of our finals for a cap off to a successful academic year. Ana and I are staying for Commencement, and will be helping out, and hopefully driving golf carts.

    We just had spring weekend, which was so much fun it should be illegal. We participated in the annual boat race and surprisingly stayed afloat. That pond was freezing, but we stuck it out like troopers. There were outside concerts and tons of games on campus. 

Pictures!

our boat in action.

this is our boat. epic.

us with our recruit, kirsten!

If a synchro swimmer who cant count (clearly there isnt one, but hypothetically) finds a four leaf clover, is she lucky?

Hello Everyone!

We have just finished Spring Break training in preparation for Collegiate Nationals. It was an intense week but we got through it like true Lyons. We spent the week cleaning up routines and fixing some things that were not working.

Last weekend we had Regionals at Keuka. In overall team points we placed a proud 2nd, something that has not been achieved since 2003. It is so satisfying to know that we are right on track with our yearly goals and that we are gaining ground on the "Wheaton Wow" we are looking for.

We are just getting ready for ECAC's this weekend, our last home meet of the season and we cannot wait to show how much we have improved and of course to show off our sick suits and routines.

Nationals is right after that and we are prepared and swimming stronger than ever. To alleviate some stress, we had some St Patrick's day activities like drunk (pretend of course) relays and money hunting!



To our girls who have not found out yet, GOOD LUCK! We cannot wait until you all get here! Study hard and swim harder!



The videos from Regionals are up, and we know you are dying to watch them, so here they are!