Fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

My grandson Ethan. Ethan was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis shortly after birth. This is a genetic disease for which there is no cure, however, great strides have been made in treatment. Some very exciting medications are in the pipeline that show great promise. Because it is an "orphan disease", research for it gets no government funding and is all privately finanaced.

The team's fundraising project this year for the East-West Showdown is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

"B" Cuts and Pool Records in Loss to Milwaukee

GVSU lost its opener to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Oct 15th. The men fell 196.5-106.5 and the women 177.5-122.5. Despite the score, the Lakers notched 13 national "B" cuts and Rachel Strom and Karen Verbrugge both qualified for Nationals in diving. Kim Baughman tied the pool record in the 50 free and Rachel Strom broke both the school and pool record in the 1 meter diving.

Blue White meet

The Lakers started their season Saturday with the Annual Blue-White meet. A large number of alumni were present and Dewey Newsome who had been inducted into the Grand Valley Athletic Hall of Fame the night before was also in attendence.

A glitch in the scoring set up originally had the blue team winning but with the corrected and PROPER score calculated; White won the meet 273-269. Once again, a nail biter.

The Laters begin action this Friday night at 6 pm versus the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

More on Diving Cuts for Nationals

I posted the minimum scores needed to qualify for Nationals some time ago. The degree of difficulty required is as follows: Women 1 meter 12.5, 3 meter 13.0 Men 1 meter 14.0, 3 meter 15.0 for 6 optional dives.

Laker Butterflier Aaron Beebe Qualifies for Olympic Trials.

GVSU Junior Aaron Beebe has qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in Omaha, NE. Aaron swam the 200 meter butterfly in 2:01.94 to qualify 20th at USA Swimming National Championships this summer. Aaron also posted :55.22 in the 100 meter butterfly to qualify in his second event. Congratulations Aaron!

Diving Cuts for Nationals

As promised, here are the diving cuts. Just some clarifications, no real changes.

The overall points must be achieved with the following minimum degree of difficulty. For women, the minimum degree of difficulty on the 1-Meter six optional dives shall be a 12.5, and the minimum degree of difficulty on the 3-Meter six optional dives shall be a 13.0. For the men, the minimum degree of difficulty on the 1-Meter six optional dives shall be a 14.0, and the minimum degree of difficulty on the 3-Meter six optional dives shall be a 15.0.

Men
1M 6 optional dives 285, 11 dives 440
3M 6 optional dives 295, 11 dives 460

Women
1M 6 dives 255, 11 dives 390
3M 6 dives 265, 11 dives 420

Aaron Beebe qualifies 20th at Summer Nationals

Aaron Beebe qualified 20th at Summer Nationals in Irvine, CA in the 200 Butterfly with a 2:01.94. Congratulations Aaron.