Relay For Life!
The Wild Bunch makes a grand showing at the Five College’s Relay For Life event this past Friday, April 19th. While tent assembly was not one of their strongest skills, they still had a blast walking...
View ArticleHappy Kim Bierwert Day!
A prank to top all the pranks–it involved many years of planning by the current Wild Bunch. They used all their resources, scrounging for pictures in the Smith Archives and MIT archives- with the help...
View ArticleJenika Parson- Wins 4th at Diving Regionals-Headed to Nationals; CeCe Arrison...
Jenika Parson ’13 and Cecelia Arrison ’16 dove with pride and passion this past Friday and Saturday at Springfield College. Jenika came in 4th on the 1Meter board, which guaranteed her a spot in the...
View ArticleBlizzards Won’t Phase this Wild Bunch! Last Day to Race!
Overcoming the two+ feet of snow on Saturday morning, the Wild Bunch trekked across campus to the Smith pool for practice/last races. The swimmers and divers prepared the pool deck the night before–...
View ArticleNEWMCAS: Feb 15th- 17th Divers qualify for Regional NCAA Meet; 200 Fly Record...
Kim, Amanda, Louie, and Jack could not have asked for a better weekend for the Wild Bunch swimmers and divers. Almost 100% of the team’s times and dives were season bests. More than 80% of times were...
View ArticleSmith’s Last Home Meet with Wellesley: It’s all about the CCCP- Twelve...
Congratulations to the twelve swimmers and divers who were honored Saturday afternoon: Bina Milger, Stef Cervantes, Christina Goethel, Rachael Gainer, Sophie Mettler-Grove, Sarah Tucker, Kelsey...
View ArticleSmith College & Seven Sisters 2013 @ Wellesley Smith places 4th @ Seven...
Continuing on the journey for speed and power down the lane, and skillfulness and expertise on the boards, the Wild Bunch traveled east to Wellesley College for their last meet of J-Term. Throughout...
View ArticleCLOSEST WILDS VS. BUNCHES MEET YET!
This past Saturday, the Wild Bunch held another intrateam: Wilds vs. Bunches meet at their home pool. Teams had to swim or dive a designated number in order to earn points for the team. Vanessa...
View ArticleLast Dual Meet of the Season: Smith College earns 36 season best times!
Congratulations to the Wild Bunch for an outstanding meet with the Mount Holyoke Lyons this past Saturday. The cheering from both Smith’s and Mount Holyoke’s families, friends, fans, and teams echoed...
View ArticleHip Driven
Today I intensely focused on having my stroke be hip driven. Meaning I really made sure to take all drive away from any pull, and focus on rotating my hips either right before, or at the same time as...
View ArticleLongest swim since my birthday last year!
This year I'm swimming the 250 mile Virtual open water race, and the two years I participated I won. This year, I want to step it up and see if I can take it again. Yesterday I swam 3,600 yards with...
View Article21 Day Challenge Recap: What I learned swimming 16 out of the 21 Days
The 21 Day Wild Swimming New England Challenge lived up to its name presenting a variety of wonderful opportunities and challenges. It was a delight to look forward to my daily swims, be it ocean,...
View ArticleDon't forget the big picture
After last weeek's 6 mile swim I took it easy for a few days, and in my desperation to heal quickly used my HSA account to order four shoulder straps that apply heat and cold to each shoulder. They...
View ArticleEarly morning swim with Chad
This morning I planned to meet Chad at the pool at 4:30am so I set my alarm for 3am to make sure I was up and on the road by 3:30. But Cathi woke me up at 4am and said "Gord are you swimming with...
View ArticleHanalei Reponty (pro surfer / IMG model) has come out with a wetsuit line
Hanalei Reponty is a pro surfer and she has come out with a line of wetsuits for female surfers called Abysse . So, why am I excited about this line and why did I post it this to the blog? The...
View ArticleHow to: Freestyle Turns with Australian swimmer Ben Treffers
I am really impressed with his push off; great strength and streamline.
View ArticleRyan Lochte | Butterfly Turn Technique - Just turn the sound off and enjoy...
Ryan Lochte doing a butterfly turn. Turn off the sound play some ambient music instead and enjoy every little detail from a performance enjoyment point of view rather than a lesson.
View ArticleRonda Rousey modelling swimwear for SELF Magazine down under
We are only half-way into fall and I am missing summer all ready. It is going to be a loooong winter for me but for Australia it is almost "June." Ironically enough, the sun is actually closer to the...
View ArticleBubble artwork inspired by observing bubbles as I do flipturns
I made these bubbles one-by-one using a math program called Fractal Architect 4. The creator of the software inferred to me in an email that I am doing stuff with the program no one has is doing or...
View ArticleKatie Ledecky is an outlier much like Michael Phelps — Missy Franklin needs a...
A craftsman, or a craftswoman, can make their art look so amazingly easy when performing their craft. Katie Ledecky is an example of having such command over her work. Well done, Grrrl! At the ARENA...
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