FURMAN CLUB SWIMMING

The Furman Swim Club exists to promote recreational swimming and opportunities for competition.  Swimmers from all ability levels are welcome and encouraged to participate!

 Looking for more info about swimming at Furman? E-mail jimmy.hoke@furman.edu or furmanswimming@yahoo.com for more details.

Practices:

We hold hour-long practices Monday through Thursday during the academic year. In order to accommodate as many schedules as possible, we break into 3-4 practice groups. Workouts are posted on the bulletin board near the women’s locker room, and there is a designated student leader present at each workout.  Attendance is taken, and incentives are often offered for high attendance!

For Winter and Spring 2008, Furman’s pool will be closed due to renovations to the PAC. Swim Club will continue to have practices at Westside Aquatics in Greenville. More information about practices, times, and carpools will be available soon.

Questions about practices? E-mail jimmy.hoke@furman.edu

Meet Schedule:

February 16, 2008: Tentative date for Third Annual Furman University Winter Championship Meet (FU in the Pool 2008). We are excited to again be hosting the meet: we are currently looking for anyone interested in SWIMMING (for Furman or to bring their club team to compete) or VOLUNTEERING (helping to time, start, or plan) at the meet. For more details e-mail christopher.mills@furman.edu or furmanswimming@yahoo.com.

April 12-13, 2008: Club Swimming Nationals at UNC-Chapel Hill

Questions about meets? E-mail christopher.mills@furman.edu

Swim Meet Results:

Congrats to Furman Swimmers who competed at the Elon University Fall Championship Swim Meet! Furman’s swimmers swam great races, got many new best times, and had a lot of fun. The women placed 8^th out of 19; the men placed 18^th out of 21, and overall Furman placed 14^th out of 21.

The following swimmers competed at the meet: Megan Hamilton, Jen Johnston, Justin White, Sam Ervin, Meg Albea, ME Czentnar, Christopher Mills, Rebecca Gieseking, Kelly Murphy, and Jimmy Hoke.

Freshman Jen Johnston was recognized at the meet for her two third place finishes in the Women’s 200 Yard Freestyle and 200 Yard Individual Medley.

Three swimmers broke Furman Swim Club records at Elon; these swimmers were:

Sam Ervin (So.): 100 Freestyle; 100 Backstroke; 500 Freestyle;

200 Freestyle; 100 Butterfly

Jen Johnston (Fr.): 100 Freestyle; 50 Butterfly

Kelly Murphy (So.): 100 Breaststroke

Congrats to these swimmers for their outstanding swims—and to all of the swimmers who competed at Elon and had some equally exciting races!

During the 2006-2007 school year, Furman Swim Club competed in the following meets:

November 2006: Elon University Fall Championships: Furman’s swimmers placed 6^th out of 16.

February 2007: Furman University Winter Invitational: The Furman Swim Club successfully hosted its annual winter invitational swim meet for the second year in a row on Saturday, February 10.  Nine teams competed, including the University of Tennessee, Clemson University, Duke University, NC State University, High Point University, Georgia College and State University, Emory University, Mercer University, and of course, Furman University.

Fifteen swimmers from Furman competed in the meet, and several others were there to help support us by timing, scoring, or starting events.  The women's team placed second overall, and the men's team placed fourth.  Combined men and women, the team placed second.

March 2007: Dual Meet at Mercer University: Eight Furman swimmers traveled to Macon, GA to win in a meet against Mercer’s swim team.

April 2007: American Swimming Association University National Club Swimming Championships: Furman Swim Club competed in their first ever Nationals meet at the University of Virginia
Furman women placed 5th overall, the men placed 11th, and combined the teams were 8th! Sixteen teams and more than 200 swimmers participated in the meet, coming from as far as Colorado, Oregon, or Vermont to compete! With a total of nine swimmers, Furman held their own against some very large and established teams! 

Officers:

Feel free to contact any of our officers for more information.  All e-mail addresses are firstname.lastname@furman.edu.  The team email is furmanswimming@yahoo.com

Jimmy Hoke, President

Christopher Mills, Vice President

Rebecca Gieseking and Ali Pauluhn, Co-Secretaries

Sam Ervin, Team Captain