Southeastern LMSC Swim Clinic

SOUTHEASTERN LMSC CLINIC
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
AUBURN, ALABAMA, MAY 20, 2017

Sanctioned by Southeastern Masters Swimming for United States Masters Swimming, Inc.

SPONSORED BY:  Southeastern LMSC.  Local Organizer:  Conner Bailey.  Phone:  334.332.1955. Email: cbailey@ag.auburn.edu.

THE CLINIC:  Southeastern LMSC is sponsoring a clinic for both competitive and fitness swimmers who want to improve stroke technique.  Swimmers will be divided into five groups and rotate through sessions for each stroke plus one session devoted to starts and turns.  In addition, we will have two short presentations, one on the proper use of swim gear (e.g., fins, paddles and buoys) and another on dry-land exercises designed to increase flexibility and prevent injury.  See below for a detailed program and brief biographical sketches of the coaches who will work with us.   

ELIGIBILITY:   All swimmers must be registered for 2017 with United States Masters Swimming, Inc.  Participation is limited to the first 100 swimmers currently registered within the Southeastern LMSC.  If space permits, currently registered USMS swimmers from other LMSCs may participate in the clinic (see “Registration,” below). 

ENTRY FEE:  There is no charge to swimmers registered with Southeastern LMSC.  In the event that space allows swimmers from other LMSCs to attend, we request a donation of $15.00 to cover the cost of the provided lunch. In the case of credit card payments, note that your credit card will be billed by ClubAssistant.com Events.

REGISTRATION:  Online registration only through ClubAssistant.
Registration is limited to swimmers registered within Southeastern LMSC up to noon Central Daylight Savings Time on Friday, May 12, 2017.  At that point we will open registration to any USMS registered swimmer up to the point where the limit of 100 swimmers has been reached.  Entries close on Friday, May 19th at noon Central Daylight Savings Time. 

CANCELLATIONS AND NO-SHOWS:  If after you have registered for this clinic your plans change, please notify Conner Bailey (cbailey@ag.auburn.edu) as soon as possible so that other swimmers may have the opportunity to participate, and so that we can order the right number of lunches for participants.  Even if you must cancel at the last minute, please let Conner know.

FACILITY:   The James E. Martin Aquatics Center http://aquatics.auburn.edu/ on the campus of Auburn University.  Weather permitting, we will use both the indoor competition and outdoor 50 meter training pools as well as the classroom at the Aquatics Center. 

DIRECTIONS TO POOL:  Approaching Auburn via I-85 from either North or South, take Exit 51 (Hwy 29, also known as South College St.).  Follow South College approximately 3 miles until you reach the Auburn University campus, on your left.  Turn left on Samford Street and follow approximately 1 mile to Donahue.  Turn right at Donahue and then left at first street (Biggio).  You will see the old Coliseum, a large oval structure.  The pool is immediately to the west of the Coliseum.  Campus map at:  www.auburn.edu/its/ducapps/aumap/main.html.  If you are coming to Auburn from the northwest via U.S. Hwy 280, turn right at Alabama Hwy 147 (which becomes North College St.) Follow for approximately 5 miles.  Campus will be on your right immediately after downtown.  Turn right at Samford Street, just after the Heart of Auburn Motel and just as you are leaving campus.  From there, follow directions above. 

PARKING:  The best parking is immediately to the east of the old Coliseum.  Short 2 minute walk to the pool. 

DINING OPTIONS IN AUBURN:  We have scheduled the day’s events so that most people can drive to and from Auburn on the same day.  We will provide a lunch during the day.  You may be hungry after the clinic and want to get something to eat before leaving town, and we have some very good options. Most of the top restaurants in the area have online menus which you can peruse.  Among the restaurants you might want to consider, listed in alphabetical order:

• Acre.  210 East Glenn Ave, Auburn. 334.246.3763.  Emphasis on local sourced foods.
• Amsterdam Café.  410 South Gay St, Auburn. 334.826.8181.
• Ariccia.  241 South College St., Auburn (the hotel at the Auburn University Hotel & Conference Center.  334.844.5140.
• Hamilton’s.  174 East Magnolia Ave., Auburn.  334.887.2677.
• Pho Lee. 756 East Glenn Ave., Auburn.  334.209.2979. Vietnamese.  Probably do not need reservation.
• The Depot. 124 Mitcham Ave., Auburn.  334.521.5177.
• The Hound.  124 Tichenor Ave., Auburn.   334.246.3300.

CLINIC SCHEDULE:
 9:30 am               Registration and warm-up in pool
10:00-10:15am     Welcome and briefing. 
10:15-11:00am     Rotation 1
11:00-11:45am     Rotation 2
11:45-12:30pm     Rotation 3
12:30-1:00pm       Lunch break (provided)
1:00-1:30pm         Effective use of paddles, pull-buoys, kick boards, and other swim gear
1:30-2:00pm         Dry land exercises and stretching for injury prevention
2:00-2:45pm         Rotation 4
2:45-3:30pm         Rotation 5
3:30-4:30pm         Workout with all coaches watching all strokes and swim gear.

Swimmers will break into 5 groups (fly, back, breast, free, starts & turns) and will rotate through each group during the clinic.  Current plans (subject to change) are to use the indoor competition pool of the James E. Martin Aquatics Center for most of the clinic and, weather permitting, use the outdoor 50-meter training pool for the one-hour workout in the afternoon.  We recommend you bring parkas, sweat suits, or other clothing to keep warm during the lunch and the two sessions after lunch.  You may want to bring sunscreen in the event we spend part of the day outdoors. 

THE COACHES
Brett Hawke, Head Coach (2009- present).  Brett was a two-time Olympic swimmer, representing Australia.  He also has served three times as an Olympic Coach.  He has coached 14 Olympic swimmers, 11 NCAA individual champions, and 62 individual SEC champions.  Brett swam for Auburn and was himself a nine-time NCAA Champion.

Lauren Hancock, Associate Women’s Head Coach (2015-present).  Lauren is responsible for both the women’s team and also the middle-distance group.  Previously she was head coach of a large team in southern California (Conejo Simi Swim Club), where she trained three U.S. Olympic Trials qualifiers and was head coach for the Conejo Simi Aquatics Masters in the Southern Pacific LMSC from 2008-2010.  She also coached for South Coast Masters in the same LMSC from 2013-2015.  Lauren swam four years at Duke and earned a MS in Sports Psychology from the University of Tennessee while training there for Olympic Trials.

Sergio Lopez, Associate Head Coach, 2016-present.  Before coming to Auburn, Serio was the head high performance coach of the Singapore Swimming Association and coached Joseph Schooling and Ryan Murphy, both NCAA champions and 2016 Olympians.  In the 2016 Olympics, Murphy won three gold medals and Schooling beat Michael Phelps in the 100 fly, setting an Olympic record.  Prior to his work in Singapore, Sergio was the head coach at Bolles School in Florida. 

Tyler McGill, Assistant Coach, 2013-present.  Tyler was a gold medalist in the 2012 Olympics.  He swam for Auburn and still holds the fastest time of any Auburn swimmer in the 100 fly.  He graduated in 2010 after earning 15 All-American honors as an Auburn swimmer.  

Kirk Grand, Assistant Coach, 2013-present.  Kirk swam for Miami (Ohio), was an award-winning high school coach, and earned a Masters in Exercise Physiology at Indiana University.  He began coaching at Auburn in 2013 while working on his PhD in psychophysiology in Auburn’s School of Kinesiology.  He completed that degree in 2016 and became a full-time assistant coach.  Kirk retains Indiana connections as a research associate at the Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming at Indiana University.