Badger Making Waves in Santa Clara
A small but talented group of Badger swimmers headed to the Arena Pro Swim Series at Santa Clara this weekend. Ryan Feeley, Zane Grothe, Brian Hogan, Cody Miller and Lindsay Vrooman traveled to California to race the best in the world. Cody had one of the head-turning swims of the meet. After qualifying first in […]
Welcome New Coach, Brian Hansbury
John Collins, and the Badger Swim Club Inc.’s Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Hansbury as the new coach of the Badger Age Group/ Junior team. “He will energize our program”, says head coach Collins. “Brian has big time swimming in his background and 15 years of coaching experience at all levels. He […]
The Badger Ball – Impressions
A recap of the Badger Ball from Parent Advocate, Mike Conaton: The Badger Ball was held May 28th at Glen Island Harbour Club, a beautiful venue on the Long Island Sound, attended by nearly 400 current and former Badgers, friends, family and special guests. The entrance to the event was set up as a museum […]
We Can’t Train for Them
A note from Badger Parent Advocate, Mike Conaton: Parents, if you were like me, you had to walk to and from school every day, barefoot, in the snow, uphill in both directions. And if you were a swimmer, you worked so hard in practice that you threw up in the gutter every other day and […]
What Will You Do Differently This Summer?
A note from Badger Parent Advocate, Mike Conaton: Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. As our kids start a new long course season, it could be a good time to think about switching things up a bit. What can your kids do differently this […]
Teammates and Siblings
A note from Badger Parent Advocate, Mike Conaton: I recently attended a college meet and had the pleasure of spending time with a senior swimmer. He barely missed qualifying cuts and therefore was not swimming in the meet, but he felt like he just had to go to the event to be with his […]
Badger at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
John Collins and 4 Badger swimmers are currently wrapping up the Easter training trip at the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs. Ian Bidwell, Josh Hendell, Jack Collins and Spencer Lafata have spent the week training alongside the National team and taking in some of the local attractions between workouts. [envira-gallery id=”2102″]
Two big races to watch with Badger pride
Badger pride abounds this weekend as we watch Badgers, young and old, swimmers and coaches, represent themselves in two big races. Good luck to you all- we’ll be watching! The Men’s NCAA championships, the fastest yard meet in the world, is in full swing at Iowa University and we want to wish all Badgers who are […]
Second Team All-Mac (Badger) Swimmer Oliver Patrouch to transfer to Indiana
Photo courtesy of Oliver Patrouch: From L-R, Badger Swim Club teammates Derek Toomey (MN alum), Oliver Patrouch, James Wells (Inidana alum), Cody Miller (Indiana alum) Archive Photo via Oliver Patrouch Swim Swam Reports: Second Team All-MAC Swimmer Oliver Patrouch will transfer from Buffalo to Indiana this fall, and will have three years of eligibility remaining. In his rookie […]
Success Breeds Success
A note from Badger Parent Advocate, Mike Conaton: I’ve always been fascinated by the mental aspect of sports. We’ve all heard the sayings that suggest the mental aspect is anywhere between 50-90% in any given sport. At least at 90% there is the recognition that you need your arms and legs for something. And I’ve never […]