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TUCSON FORD DEALERS AQUATICS SWIMMING NEWS

February 23 - Ford Team Hike

The web page is working again and here is the rowdy group that hiked the (dry) Seven Falls team hike in December. Dont forget to check out the really cool and tall guy in the back! ...
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February 23 - Ford Wins Second Consecutive Regional Championship

Ford Aquatics won its second consecutive Regional Championship this past weekend at the Oro Valley Municipal Pool. Ford won both the combine, boys, and girls team titles. Numerous new state qualifying times were achieved along with a few new Far Western cuts. The top 5 combined scores follow. Combined Team Score...
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October 20 - Optimal Dietary Intake Handout Available

Ford Aquatics now has a nutrition pamphlet available for those that are interested. This nutrition module from the United States Anti-Doping Agency provides general guidelines to help optimize dietary intake for sports competitors. We are putting them in the age group folders in the lobby. If any senior swimmer or their family is interested...
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October 19 - Nymeyer Named NCAA Women of the Year

Lacey Nymeyer was named the 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year. For more information, click on the following Swim Info Link:

Swimming World Magazine...
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October 06 - Team Records Updated!

Fords long course and short course team records and top-15 lists have finally been updated. Click on the Performance button above and then click on team records to see how you are ranked....
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October 06 - Nine Ford Athletes make USA Swimmings Scholastic All American List!

Congratulations go to the following Ford student-athletes for making the 2009 Scholastic All-American list: Lauren Baker, Rachael Baumann, Kirsten Hocheder, LeighAnne Oliver, Stephanie Wells, Anthony Chiaro, Barrett Miesfeld, Cole Puchi, and Rhett Wallace. In addition Anthony Chiaro was on the list for his third consecutive year which is the maximum possible you can make.

The Schol...
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September 26 - Olsen, Lundstrom, and Denninghoff Set Meet Records at 2009 Speedo Classic

Congratulations to Katie Olsen (Desert Vista), TJ Lundstrom (Catalina Foothills), and Sarah Denninghoff (Sabino) who all broke individual meet records at the 2009 Speedo Classic Invitational at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Arizona. Katie went a blistering 1:02.43 in the womens 100 Breaststroke. TJ set his record in the mens 100 Breaststroke with a time of 58....
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Go to Speedo HS Classic Page and Results

August 09 - Baker & Wilford to Compete in the 2009 USA Swimming Junior Nationals

Lauren Baker and Briana Wilford relaxing a day before Junior Nationals in Federal Way, Washington. Look for Results on the USA Swimming web page....
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July 29 - LeighAnne Oliver Selected as McIntosh Student Athlete Award Winner

Congratulations go to LeighAnne Oliver who was selected the McIntosh Student Athlete Award winner for the 2009/2010 school year.

This annual award is presented to a swimmer who, along with their family, exhibit the qualities necessary to promote: Academic excellence, Sportsmanship, and Diligence. Their commitment to these values influences team attitude...
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July 29 - Ford Swims 76 percent Lifetime bests at Sectionals! or was it 96 percent.

Tucson Ford Aquatics was well represented at the 2009 Western Sectional Championships held in Portland, Oregon. We had many great swims and many new Junior National Qualifying times. However, we will start with the stat of the meet.

Ford had sixteen swimmers at the meet and they swam 76.5% lifetime bests at the meet.

That sounds pretty impressive until you dig a...
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July 29 - Ford Aquatics 2009 Arizona Senior State Champions

Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics won the 2009 Arizona Senior State Championships held at the Westside YMCA in Litchfield. The swim of the meet came from Fords adopted Amy Spaay. In her second ever long course 100 breaststroke, Amy swam an astonishing 1:12.50 and swam faster than the 2008 Olympic Trial Qualifying Time. Congrats Amy. Several swimmers joined the ranks of Fords Sectional Team. Tyle...
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July 14 - Nymeyer, Grevers, Anderson All Make World Championship Team

Congratulations to Lacey Nymeyer, Matt Grevers, and Alyssa Anderson who all made the 2009 USA Swimming World Championship Team. Lacey and Alyssa both made it in the 200 freestyle while Matt Grevers made the team in the 100 backstroke. Way to go FORD!...
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July 07 - Swim Champions Fitter and Faster Tour hits Tucson on Sept 19th

Dear Team,

I wanted to bring to your attention a great event coming to Tucson on September 19th. The event is called the Swim Champions’ Fitter & Faster Tour. This is a great opportunity for our team members to meet several Olympians (Matt Grevers, Lacey Nymeyer, Megan Jendrick, and Adam Ritter) who have had great success in the pool and out of it. P...
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July 03 - 09 Senior State Psych Sheets Available

Follow the link below to view the 2009 LC State Championship initial Psych Sheet. There are approx. 450 swimmers entered in this years Championship meet. Top 16 swimmers from prelims score points, top 24 swimmers from prelims get a second swim.

Be prepared for Relays on Thursday after the distance events (200 Free), Friday at the beginning and end of finals (200 Medley before, 400 Free a...
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June 08 - Southwest Classic Results and Video

Southwest Classic Results can be viewed or downloaded by hitting the Southwest Classic Link to the left. Video of all finals events and athlete interviews can be viewed on Flowswimming.org at the following link:

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March 25 - Five Team Records Broken!

Congratulations to Kristen Powell, Eleora Bailey, Trey Cashion, and Darian Townsend who all broke Ford Team Records at the 2009 State Championships. Eleora led the way with two 10&U team records in the 100fly (1:10.71) and 200IM (2:32.24). Trey Cashion set a new team standard in the 11-12 50 Backstroke (29.51). Kristen Powell set hers in the 11-12 200 breaststroke (2:44.80). Finally Darian Town...
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March 25 - Sectional and Far Western Qualifiers

Ford had 50 swims under the Far Western Qualifying times and 15 new Sectional Qualifying times at the 2009 State Championships. Here are the Far Western Qualifiers: Jason Alentado(1), Eleora Bailey(6), Carson Britt(3), Trey Cashion(6), Cecelia Croman(1), Daniella Emami(2), Laura Graziano(2), Razilee Luker(6), Teagan McGinnis(5), Taylor Nations(1), JT Oliver(1), Reed Patterson(6), Elise Peters...
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March 24 - 2009 State Champions & Top-8 Finishers

Ford Aquatics had two state champions at the 2009 combined senior and age group state meets. Trey Cashion won the 11-12 boys 100 back(1:03.85) and Darian Townsend won the Senior 100free(42.68), 200free(1:33.48), and 200IM(1:42.13). Additionally, Ford had twenty nine top 8 finalists in the 2009 version of the Arizona State Championships (14 Age Group and 15 Senior). They included the followi...
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March 23 - Ford Athletes Swim 83% Lifetime Bests at State Meets

Throughout the week we will be posting some of the accomplishments from the 2009 Age Group and Senior State Championships held last week at BEST Swim Club in Phoenix. Tonights statistic is that Ford swam 338 PRs at the 2009 State Championships. Of those swims, 187 were on the Senior end (87.5%), and 151 of were from the Age Group end of the meet (78.8%). That is a lot of fast swimming! Thank...
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March 23 - Ford Finishes Third at 2009 Senior State Championships.

Job well done for the Senior athletes at the 2009 Senior State Championship at BEST Swim Club in Phoenix. Led by some world class swims by Darian Townsend, Ford Aquatics swam their way to a third place finish. Many new Sectional qualifying times were swum throughout the weekend. Check back throughout the week for more updates from this championship meet. Congratulations all! Here are the top ...
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March 23 - Ford Finishes 4th at 2009 Age Group State Championships

Congratulations to Tucson Fords Age group swimmers and their fourth place finish at the 2009 Arizona Age Group State Championships this past weekend at BEST Swim Club in Phoenix. This was an amazing finish to our first year age group program and we are looking to continued success this summer. We will be posting more individual results over the next few days so stay tuned. Here are the top 10 ...
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March 09 - Ford Finishes Third in 2009 Texas Sectional Championships

Ford Aquatics finished up in third place at the 2009 Texas Sectional Championships held in College Station @ Texas A&M University. The final night proved just as exciting with Stef Wells getting another World Championship Trials qualifying time in the 100 back (53.31). In the final event, Stef Wells(53.8), Courtney Rhodenbaugh(1:03.7), Lauren Baker(56.1) and Sarah Denninghoff(48.9) set the women...
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March 06 - Ford Relay Sets National Record! Ford in Third in Overall Team Competition

Fords 400 freestyle relay team of Geordon Price(44.76), Herbie Behm(43.66), Nick Popov(44.35), and Anthony Chiaro(45.56) set the 17-18 National record in the event going a 2:58.33. Their time broke the 1989 time of 3:01.04 set by Team Foxcatcher. Due to the strength of strong relays on both the mens and womens side, Ford moved into third place. Well done Ford....
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March 06 - Wells and Denninghoff Qualify for World Championship Trials

Follow live meet results here: Day one prelims is in the books and there were several notable swims from Ford Aquatics. The two biggest of the morning were the first two swims of the day. Stef Wells started us off with a blistering 1:58.20 and qualified for this summer World Championship Trials. That swim was followed in the next heat b...
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Texas Senior Circuit Sectional Championship

March 05 - Karima Chuk Qualifies for World Championship Trials in 1000 freestyle

Karima Chuk swam her first ever World Championship Trial/Senior National qualifying time in the 1000 yd freestyle with a time of 9:55.96. That was good enough for a third place finish in the event. Congrats on making it to the next level! Ford athletes swam six total lifetime best swims in the event. In addition to Karima, the following also swam best times in the event: Thomas Helms 9:34.8...
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March 01 - Ford First at First Southern Arizona Regional Championships

Ford Aquatics won the 2009 Southern Arizona Regional Championship held in Oro Valley. Considering that this is our first ever Regional with an age group team that is pretty amazing. More importantly was the vast number of best times, and new state qualifiers or qualifying times swum at the meet. More on that in a later news install...
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December 19 - Ford Aquatics Win Mens National Championship

Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics won the 2008 Mens USA Swimming National Championships held in Atlanta Georgia. Congrats to Matt Grevers, Adam Ritter, Jeff Dash, Masa Kishida, and our own coach/swimmer Bart Steninger. Here are the top 5 mens team from the meet: 1 Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics FORD-AZ 241 2 Daytona Beach Swimming DBS-FL 107 3 Longhorn Aquatics TXLA-ST 95 4 SwimMAC Carolina MAC...
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August 2008 - Lacey Nymeyer Wins Olympic Silver Medal in 4x100 Free Relay

August 9, 2008: Beijing, China: Congratulations to Lacey Nymeyer who was part of USAs 4 x 100 freesyle relay that won a silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games.

Way to Go Lacey!!!

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March 2008 - University of Arizona Wins NCAA Championships - AGAIN

Federal Way, Washington: March 30, 2008: Congratulations to the University of Arizona Mens team for also winning their first ever NCAA Championships. Congrats also go to Fords own Marcus Titus for his second place finish and new UofA record in the 100 breaststroke.

Way to go Cats!

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March 2008 - University of Arizona WINS NCAA Championship

Led by Senior Captains Collins & Nymeyer

Columbus, Ohio: March 23rd, 2008: UofA Congratulations to the University of Arizona Womens team for winning their first ever NCAA Championships in a commanding fashion (Arizona 484pts, Auburn 348pts). Senior Co-Team Captains Lacey Nymeyer and Brandy Collins, who both swam...
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November 2007 - Ford by the Numbers

Since 2000, Ford Aquatics has produced:

94 Automatic All Americans

67 High School State Champions

61 Scholastic All Americans

27 Consideration All Americans

12 Olympic Trials Qualifiers

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August 2007 - Ford Women 2007 National Champions

August 4, 2007: Indianapolis, Indiana: Ford Aquatics easily outdistanced Club Wolverine for 2007 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships Womens Team Title. Led by Lacey Nymerer, Whitney Myers, and Annie Chandler the Ford ladies amassed almost 60 points more than the second place Wolverines.

Ford also had two National Champion Relays at the meet. Fo...
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