This page is dedicated to the National Training Group swimmers. This is where you can download Race Analysis Sheets and other files pertinent to the National Training group.

National Training Group Time Standards
Practice Schedule
Meet Schedule

Tempo Ranges
Race Analysis



Senior Training Group
Coach Jim Nickell

Senior Swimmers had a tremendous end to the season with some fantastic swims at the Age Group State Championships and the Sectional Championships. The dedication, discipline, and determination that was put forth from the group over the past 6 months was on display throughout March. It was a fun month of racing.

I also want to thank all those Senior Swimmers not in the Age Group State meet that came to the meet to cheer on their younger teammates - this is the type of team spirit that really shows and really counts - from my heart - I am very, very proud of each of you!!!

Please read the Age Group State Meet report and the Sectional Meet Report for some meet details. The article "Seasonal Flip Turn" covers some further notes from this past season and the upcoming season as well.

A great season starts by building momentum on strokes and skills - which we work on everyday - attendance to develop these skills is critical as is being dedicated to making positive adjustments. All stroke development needs to be well underway by the end of April if you want to race with improved skills in July.

Training development is underway and the group will see changes each week of April as we pick up where we left off last season. Morning practices include a combination of skill development and training. We use monofins and stretch cords in the morning and these items will help technique and power in the water - again attendance is the key to this development and to having a great summer season the foundation is being laid each day in April!

Swimmers UP:
Tim Biegel - Tim has done a great job developing his skills and put himself into very good condition with hard work. The hard work paid off with a High Point at the State Championships in the 13-14 boys and his first ever sectional cut (200 backstroke).

Dominic Ponce - Dominic brings excellent effort to every practice and the hard work and great attitude is paying off with some top notch swims at the State Championships.

Joy Bunting - Joy had an AWESOME Sectional meet - her times in the 100 breast (1:04.2), 200 breast (2:19), and 200 IM (2:05.2) were all Summer Junior National Standards. In addition Joy is a consummate teammate and she makes our team better in and out of the water!

Emma Morton - Another person that is a great teammate is Emma Morton. Emma swam great at the Sectional Meet - recording some impressive time drops in all of her swims. Again the attitude and approach that Emma brings to practice makes practices more fun and helps the entire team. I was incredibly impressed with Emma at the Age Group State meet as she came to cheer on the younger swimmers and stayed almost the entire meet!

Swimmer of the Month - Tyler Bush - Tyler had exceptional distance efforts at Sectionals in the 1000 and the 1650 freestyles. Tyler's splits in the1000 for 500's showed his focus and toughness (4:43 and 4:42=9:25). His 1650 was the one of the best swims in the entire meet - Tyler won the 1650, beating a very good field of swimmers - he took the race from the first 50 and truly would not allow anyone to race him - his splits were awesome (again by 500) 4:41-4:46-4:46 for a total 1650 of 15:39 - a drop of 23 seconds! These are the results of a very tough young man that works hard everyday - A Well Deserved Swimmer of The Month!




National Training Group Time Standards
Girls NTG - YardsGirls NTG - MetersDistanceStrokeBoys NTG - YardsBoys NTG - Meters
:26.09:29.7950FREE:23.09:26.89
:56.391:04.19100FREE:51.09:58.89
2:07.092:17.89200FREE1:52.192:07.79
5:21.694:48.09500/400FREE5:03.394:33.39
11:01.799:59.691000/800FREE10:39.299:34.99
18:57.1919:18.391650/1500FREE18:07.9918:18.89
1:03.091:13.69100BACK:58.391:08.39
2:16.092:36.99200BACK2:06.692:26.89
1:11.791:22.79100BREAST1:04.691:16.19
2:35.692:58.79200BREAST2:24.092:47.29
1:02.091:10.89100FLY:56.291:04.59
2:18.392:36.39200FLY2:06.692:25.99
2:16.592:35.69200I.M.2:05.592:24.29
4:51.295:30.19400I.M.4:29.295:09.79

Senior Practice Schedule
National Training Group M-T-W-Th-F-S M 5:30-6:50 a.m. DHAC; 4:00 -6:30 p.m. @MVHS
T 4:00 -6:30 p.m. @MVHS
W 5:30-6:50 a.m. DHAC; 4:00 -6:30 p.m. @MVHS
Th 4:00 -6:30 p.m @MVHS
F 5:30-6:50 a.m. DHAC; 4:00 -6:00 p.m @MVHS
S 7:00 - 9:30 a.m. @MVHS

Senior Group Schedule 2006 Long Course Meet Schedule

This is the meet schedule for the Long course season.

DaysMeet or FunctionMeet TypeLocation
April 1 Silver Circuit Splash, Red & White Valley HS; Greeley, CO
April 7-8 FAST Long Course Splash & above Fort Collins, EPIC
April 22-23 FST LC Open White & Above Lakewood
May 19-21 FST May Open Entire TeamFoothills
June 9-11 Team Travel Trip 8 yrs old & above Sante Fe, NM
June 15-18 Mission Meet of Champions Senior Mission Viejo, CA
July 1-2 Loveland Independence Entire Team MVAC
July 14-16 No. CO Meet Entire Team TBD
July 18-23 Sectionals qualifiers Federal Way, WA
July 27-30 CSI LC State qualifiers EPIC
August 1-5 National Championships qualifiers Irvine, CA
August 7-11 Junior Nationals qualifiers Irvine, CA
August 8-12 Western Zones qualifiers Fresno, CA




Tempo Ranges

Olympic Trials Girls
Olympic Trials Boys

Race Analysis
When you get the swim meet video home you will need to download a meet results page for the events you swam. There are separate sheets for the 100's, 200's, 400's, 500's, 1000's, and 1650's. You should print a sheet for each race. If you swam the 100 free, 100 fly, and 100 back you will need three separate meet results sheets. This will allow you to put several meets on one sheet and really help when comparing swims.

You will also need a schedule of the events. This can be printed from the Loveland Swim Club Web site -- just go to meets and click on entries. The Loveland Fall meet info can be downloaded and printed to help you find your races. I suggest you start with your first race and complete it before moving to the next race. When you return the tape to your team please rewind so it starts at the beginning. If you want you can include the order of events in the tape case so the next person does not have to print this out.

Warning: These 3 steps take time but the value is immeasurable!

First View - I suggest you time splits on the first time through. Remember that 50 splits are posted on the bulletin board. I really encourage you to get 25 splits when possible. Record them onto a rough draft and put them on the meet results form after you are done.

Second View - Second time through record stroke counts - do as many 25's as possible (as long as you can see complete length)

Final View - record turn over rates. You do this by timing 2 complete stroke cycles and dividing by 2. You want to record to the 100th of a second. I strongly encourage you to do this for each 25.

Now put this on paper and with some study we can identify your concentration variable.

Race Analysis Record Sheets
These are Excel spreadsheets and pdf files. Download the Excel spreadsheet if you want to be able to edit the file on your computer. Use the pdf file if you do not have access to Excel or if you want to simply print a copy of the file.

100 yd/m event MeetResults100.xls MeetResults100.pdf
200 yd/m event MeetResults200.xls MeetResults200.pdf
400 yd/m event MeetResults400.xls MeetResults400.pdf
500 yd event MeetResults500.xls MeetResults500.pdf
1000 yd event MeetResults1000.xls MeetResults1000.pdf
1650 yd event MeetResults1650.xls MeetResults1650.pdf