In this issue... - Slippery Rock Eels Swim Team

EditorEmma Plank
ContributorsNatalie Carlantonio
Coach Parry
Anna Plank
Emma Plank
Robin Plank
A Note from the Editor
Emma Plank
Welcome to the 2014-15 Slippery Rock Eels swim season!
The purpose of this newsletter is communication within
our team, building team unity, and working on our writing
skills while having fun! We need more contributors! If
you love to write, are creative, and would like to contribute
to the Electric Eels News, please email Emma Plank at
[email protected] We hope you enjoy this first edition of the Electric Eels News!
Registration 2014
Robin Plank-Vice President SRST Board
In this issue...
Page 1-Letter from the editor, Registration Update
Page 2-Swimmers of the
Month
Page 3-Coaches Corner
Page 4– Community News
and Summer Synopses
Page 5-October Birthdays,
Upcoming Events, Corporate
Sponsorship Thank You!,
Welcome New Swimmers!
Thank you to all swim families who attended SRST registration in August. We had many organized parents who
came prepared with forms completed. This helps our registration process tremendously, and WE THANK YOU! We
are proud to announce that we have officially registered
nearly 70 swimmers, including 16 NEW SWIMMERS! We
have many more members of the community who have
expressed an interest and plan to make it official our first
week of practice. Please join us in making all swim families feel welcome to our team. We look forward to an exciting, award winning 36th season of the Slippery Rock
Eels Community Swim Team!
Swimmers of the Month
Emma Plank
Gina Coffaro and Olivia DiSanti
These two girls have not only been swimming for the same amount of years, but have
been life long friends. Olivia DiSanti and Gina Coffaro, both age eleven, are this
month’s Swimmer of the Month. This is both of their sixth season with the Eels.
DiSanti says she likes to swim because, “It’s great exercise, lots of fun, and I get to
spend time with my friends!” Coffaro says, “swimming is a stress reliever and I enjoy
moving through the water,” Some of the qualities they thought made a good coach
was being fun, encouraging, and caring. When asked what inspired them to join the
“Senior” group, they both said after attending a swim camp at Grove City College,
where Coach Parry coached the week they were there, they inspired them to move up
from the Red group.
DiSanti and Coffaro both enjoy their life out of the pool, too. They both are in
sixth grade at Slippery Rock Middle School. Coffaro’s hobbies include baking, playing
basketball, shopping and being with her friends. DiSanti’s hobbies include playing basketball, drawing, and crafts. Coffaro has two sisters, Julia, age nine, and Sophia, age
six. DiSanti has one sister named Emily, who’s sixteen. Both girls own fish and dogs as
pets.
When asked what they wanted to be when they grow up DiSanti answered “I want to
be a chemist, doctor, or researcher. I love science!” Coffaro said “I want to be a model
or a business owner,” A fun fact about them is that they were born in the same hospital, only a few days apart!
Gina and Olivia are both talented, young swimmers that are an important part
of our team!
“Coaches Corner”
Natalie Carlantonio
Coach Andrew Parry is an amazing coach! He is 25 years old and he lives
in Slippery Rock. Coach Andrew went to college at Grove City College. He
started swimming when he was three years old [counting swimming lessons.] He loves to go the beach [Ocean City, New Jersey] “because it is
awesome”! He has two dogs named Tessie and Toby. Coach Andrew got
married this past year to Mackenzie Summerville, now Mackenzie Parry.
When I asked him what the most exciting thing that has happened to him
in the past year, he said “getting married”! He loves the Broncos and the
USA soccer team. His favorite stroke is backstroke because it “tests your
ability of underwater and efficient stroke technique”. Coach Andrew’s very
favorite food is mashed potatoes. His second favorite sport to swimming is
soccer. That kind of explains why he likes the USA soccer team. His favorite toy from when he was younger (around age 10) was a snowboard.
Coach Andrew likes coaching for the Eels because he likes to teach us
what he was taught. He also enjoys seeing us succeed in the pool and out
of the pool too. He is very supportive and encouraging coach and we are
lucky to have him around to help us.
Eels Champs 2014
Swim-a-thon
December 2013
Coach Parry and his beautiful
bride MacKenzie
Community News
Anna Plank
SRU Homecoming Parade
Our swim team (SRST) was in SRU Homecoming Parade. There
was about 20 Eels that marched, along with a few parents. We threw
SRST water bottles and candy to the crowd on Main Street. Everybody
had lots of fun, and we even got to where fake mustaches! We hope
SRST can march next year and we’ll have more Eels join us for this fun
event!
Summer Synopses
Coach Parry
Wow, I am already missing the warm weather!
This summer was a great building block for the upcoming season and was a success in
all sorts of the word. We increased our group size from last year with returning faces
as well as some new ones. As a group we collectively focused on significantly improving our technique because of the youth of the group and saw some great gains along
the way. Here are some of the highlights of the summer in terms of times and accomplishments.
 Emma Plank finished top 10 in AMS Long Course season while in the 10 and
under age group in 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 50 Butterfly, 100
Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, and 100 Backstroke. Eels Long Course records: 100
fly, 100 free, 200 free.
 Natalie Carlantonio finished top 10 in AMS Long Course season in the 10 and
under age group in 50 Backstroke
 Charlie Nesbit finished in the Top 10 in AMS Long Course season in the 14
year old age group in 100 Breaststroke
 Thomas Somora finished in the Top 10 in AMS Long Course season in the 16
year old age group in 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke
I was very pleased with the improvement of our group overall this summer and I know
I can speak for the rest of the coaches that helped out when I say we had a blast! I
am excited to see what this Winter season holds with even more new faces to the Senior group and anticipating more USA registered swimmers.
Corporate Sponsorship Thank You!
Ben McKnight-8th
Truett Patrick-8th
Quinn McKnight-9th
Katie McKee-18th
Coach Parry-27th
Upcoming Events…
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October 4-5 USA Meet-First Splash
North Allegheny High School
October 6th-first day of practice for
Red/Black/Novice groups
October 10th-Parent Meeting for all
parents 6 pm at the Field House
October 24th-Red/Black practice meet
during practice 5-7 pm
Silver Level Sponsors
Coffaros Pizza
East Coast Chair and Barstool
Slippery Rock Veterinary Hospital
Bronze Level Sponsors
Ainsworth Consulting Services
Benbrook Gastroenterology
Faull Fabricating
Premiere Foot and Ankle Center-Dr. Brian
Spenser
Trimpey Consulting Services
Friends of the Eels
Llyod and Carol Green
Mr. and Mrs. Heinie Raupp Jr.
Paul and Rosalie Plank
Room to Grow Montessori
S.R. Law, LLC
Sculpture Studio
Slippery Rock Family Medicine
SRU Credit Union
TMS Physical Therapy
SRST Welcomes New Swimmers!
Abby Breakiron
Mikayla Fleeger
Miranda Fleeger
Madison Gauselmann
Emily Heyden
Samanth Loutzenhiser
Sarah McCandless
Truett Patrick
Josie Reott
Katelyn Reott
Sydney Reott
Ethan Roxberry
Gabby Schwartz
Landen Suorsa
Tessa Szymanski