European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday March 9,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 youth swimming inched s,u"8ar, s by "inni"8 he As a a a a a a mixed free style Day for hot time in Munich Story and photos by Walt Morrissette staff writer Munich West Germany a Welcome to Munich i Beach. A where the action inside the olympic swim Hall for the i european forces swim league championships was As i hot As the 80-degree air and the 90-degree water. I victorious coach Sheila Ward of Stuttgart credited i her teams hard work and spirit and a summer Camp in i Austria As keys to the piranhas Success. A we went to the Alpine Camp in Mitt Ersill Austria i a swim Camp for kids of All Ages. But they also train i coaches for two weeks in nutrition stroke mechanics starts and turns. It made me a better wards 15-19-year-old 200-meter mixed relay team of i Mamie Kagan Jodie Nelson Che Coleman and Mike Yah using clinched the championship by beating shape in sundays final race. Stuttgart won 1,579 to 1,556. Shape coach Bev Frazer is in her first year in Europe. She coached a . Swimming league team in i Omaha neb., before coming to Europe. I asked to compare the Quality of Sefl swimming to i youth swimming in the United states she said a it is i so much More competitive in the states. If you took the i top three or four swimmers from each team you a i Nave a team Good enough to compete stateside. I on the other hand stateside swimmers done to get to a swim in the olympic Pool. This is where Mark Spitz won his in Razer experience was evident in How she prepared her team for the re Kinda Lucky at shape in that we have a ill a Eter p�o1 outside Brussels. Most teams Imp. I Reler pm a is during their regular season inn a i Liley get t0 Munich we also have our ihelncn0 u3t shape. But the 50-meter Pool really Kneips us when we taper s then you Cut Way Back on the yardage i Eye or kids swim. You concentrate on endur shape coach Bev Frazer hugs Lillian Van Grafhorst. Ance technique. Lots of sprints to build up endurance. You work on the blocks to eliminate false starts. You emphasize nutrition. They eat lots of High carbohydrates and pasta no but All the preparation can to prepare for a 12-hour bus ride from shape Belgium to Munich that turned into an unexpected 19 / hour ordeal. A we left shape at 5 30 . Saturday and did no to get Here until Midnight a Frazer said. A your bus broke Down before we got to Stuttgart. They did no to get to bed until 12 30. Then they were up for breakfast at 5 30 sunday and into the Pool for warm at 8.�?� How did her swimmers pass the time a ooh we had videos. Beaches Eddie Murphy a saturday night live were the big hits a Frazer said. Different people get into swimming for different reasons. Baum older a Marmion Montgomery says his son Marmion jr., swims a to build his Muscles up for football later Marmion jr., among the boys 10 and under took second in the 50 free and 100im and third in the 50 breast. Sedia Nuberg was living proof that great things can come from Small teams. She had Only 11 teammates on her Scilen Kirchon team. But she still won the 10-under 50 free 50 Fly and 100 individual Medley. Kyle Rausch Heidelberg won the 200 in and 100 Back for 13-14-year-Olds. He said he enjoys Fesl swimming and How the swimmers improve As the season goes on. A Overall the meets Are run pretty efficiently. All the swimmers get a Good workout. Once the swimmers get on a team swim a lot and get a Chance to improve. A lot of swimmers done to make it to the finals. But swimmers who swim the whole season with a team a from september to March a know they will Andy Pfannes of the Kaiserslautern Kingfish was the hottest swimmer of the meet. He won golds in the 10-and-under 50 free 50 Fly and 100 in. He also helped a town win the 200 mixed Medley relay and 200 mixed freestyle relay. Some 440 swimmers out of the 1,000 in the league qualified for the finals. They swam their events faster than the cutoff time set by the Fesl staff Fesl president Dave Draker said. The times Are designed to narrow the Field from the hundreds that swim during the september March regular season Down to the 16 swimmers for the finals. At the finals those 16 fastest swimmers fill the eight Lane 50-meter olympic Pool for two heats. The fastest eight swim in the second heat. The swimmers with the top six times in the two heats win individual medals for first through sixth place. This method is called timed finals. Draker said. This differs from International or olympic meets where the swimmers swim in heats to qualify for a final race for the Gold Silver and Bronze medals. A when More than 16 qualify an additional heat is added a Draker said. The swimmers that did no to qualify packed the stands posted team banners with their families and friends and yelled for their swimmers in the Pool. ?5r8we Rausch 1 n 2 golds in 13-14-year-Olds Kaiserslautern Sandy Pfannes. Won 5 golds in 10-and-under Geilenkirche s sedia Nuberg. 10-and-under triple Winner Baum older a Marmion Montgomeryjr. Won 2 silvers and a Bronze
