Champaign Charger Invite Lineup

Here is the Lineup for the Charger Invite. You can also access the lineup by name.

Celebrating Our 2nd Place Finish at SHG Milestone

Peoria Time Observer Article

My favorite part about this article is the caption about Brian winning the 100 freestyle. This is funny for two reasons. 1) He didn't swim the 100 freestyle, and 2) this is a picture of him swimming backstroke.

Swimmer of the Meet - SHG Veritas Milestone

Congratulations to Matt Pierz and Bob Kupfert for their Swimmer of the Meet performances at the SHG Veritas Milestone meet. Matt set a Personal Record in the 200 freestyle and placed 2nd overall. Bob anchored the Medley Relay and swam a personal record in the 100 freestyle.

Querciagrossa Brothers - Athlete of the Week Video

Sacred Heart Milestone Lineup Update

I made a few changes to the lineup for Saturday's Sacred Heart Milestone meet. You can also look at the entries by name.

Swimmers/Divers of the Meet - Dunlap Dual

Jay Bell, Jake Bridenbaugh, and Jon Querciagrossa earned Swimmer/Diver of the meet today for their gutsy performances.

Jay Bell set a personal best score in diving and finished in first place.

Jon Querciagrossa gutted out the last 25 yards of the 200 free for a slim margin of victory, but a victory all the same. I thought that the race was over, but Jon proved that it isn't over until everyone finishes.

Jake Bridenbaugh gutted out a solid 50 free leg in the 200 free relay for the first place finish. You don't see this kind of swim very often - he swam the last 25 without breathing.

Sacred Heart JV Milestone Lineup

Here is the Lineup for the Sacred Heart Milestone JV Invitational.

The meet will be held at Eisenhower Pool at 2351 E Cornell Ave, Springfield, IL.

The schedule is:
8:30am diving warmups
10am diving competition begins
12pm swimming warmups
1pm swimming competition begins

Dunlap Lineup

Here is the Dunlap Lineup.

Bus for Dunlap Dual

The boys need to be at school by 2:20pm tomorrow to depart for the Dunlap dual meet. The bus will bring them back to PND after the meet. The meet starts at 4pm. See everyone there.

Out of the Archives - Hutch

12-25-07 Honor Roll

King of the Hill

Congratulations to Brian Tillis and Jake Querciagrossa. They tied in the annual King of the Hill competition.

Article on Joe Rogers

I thought that I should share this article. Ray Wood, who works the front desk at River City, gave me this photocopy of the article. At the bottom, Ray wrote about how he first met Joe. Joe was on my first team, and he helped me form the foundation of PND Swimming & Diving.

PJS Swimming Honor Roll (12/17)

200 YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1:43.51—Notre Dame (Jake Querciagrossa, Lee Schatsiek, Jake Bridenbaugh, Brian Tillis). 1:45.74—Galesburg (Kenton Cooper, Mike Whittle, Patrick inness, Tom Fornander). 1:46.81—Richwoods (Charlie Clemons, Matt Elliott, Ned Swanson, Sam Mitchell). 1:52.36—Pekin (Kyle Handlen, Max Weiler, Quinn Clark, Brady O’Shaughnessy). 1:55.58—Dunlap/IVC (Adam Rock, Jacob Siri, Chase Salazar, Tyler Butterfield). 1:57.67—Eureka/Roanoke-Benson (David Harston, Drew Schrock, Tom Boisseau, Ben Frerichs). 1:59.05—Macomb (Ben Burdick, Matt Bay, Ben Stiet, Noel Andrew). 2:13.80—Peoria Christian (Chris Hartman, Jake Hall, Joe Burnham, Justin Mikesell).

200 YARD FREESTYLE 1:47.76—Jake Querciagrossa (3) Notre Dame; Brian Tillis (4) Notre Dame. 1:52.00—Kyle Handlen (3) Pekin. 1:52.04—Sam Mitchell (4) Richwoods. 1:52.82—Kenton Cooper (4) Galesburg. 1:55.43—Jake Bridenbaugh (1) Notre Dame. 1:58.85—Tyler Butterfield (3) Dunlap/IVC. 2:00.87—Nick Thomas (4) Pekin.

200 YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1:57.30—Matt Elliott (1) Richwoods. 2:10.39—Brian Tillis (4) Notre Dame. 2:11.35—Kyle Handlen (3) Pekin. 2:12.09—Sam Mitchell (4) Richwoods. 2:12.40—Jon Querciagrossa (1) Notre Dame. 2:14.18—Charlie Clemons (4) Richwoods. 2:15.82—Brady O’Shaughnessy (3) Pekin. 2:16.22—Tom Fornander (4) Galesburg.

50 YARD FREESTYLE :22.09—Matt Elliott (1) Richwoods. :23.04—Kyle Handlen (3) Pekin. :23.14—Jake Querciagrossa (3) Notre Dame. :23.31—Sam Mitchell (4) Richwoods. :23.47—Kenton Cooper (4) Galesburg. :23.58—Patrick Inness (3) Galesburg. :23.65—Tyler Butterfield (3) Dunlap/IVC. :23.88—Brady O’Shaughnessy (3) Pekin.

DIVING (SIX DIVES) 199.55—Ryan Connor (2) Richwoods. 183.55—Tom Myers (3) Notre Dame. 170.00—Daniel Doubet (3) Galesburg. 167.95—Nathan Stickling (3) Dunlap/IVC. 167.85—Jake Smalley (4) Richwoods. 166.55—Tyler Jones (1) Galesburg. 166.45—Nick Toel (1) Pekin. 162.00—David Doubet (3) Pekin.

100 YARD BUTTERFLY :53.12—Matt Elliott (1) Richwoods. :53.88—Jake Bridenbaugh (1) Notre Dame. :58.03—Patrick Inness (3) Galesburg. :59.21—Brian Tillis (4) Notre Dame. :59.45—Kenton Cooper (4) Galesburg. 1:01.01—Charlie Clemons (4) Richwoods. 1:01.38—Dan Stoughton (3) Notre Dame. 1:01.70—Ned Swanson (4) Richwoods.

100 YARD FREESTYLE :48.40—Matt Elliott (1) Richwoods. :49.77—Jake Querciagrossa (3) Notre Dame. :50.34—Brian Tillis (3) Notre Dame. :50.37—Kyle Handlen (3) Pekin. :50.50—Kenton Cooper (4) Galesburg. :51.06—Sam Mitchell (4) Richwoods. :51.32—Jake Bridenbaugh (1) Notre Dame. :52.66—Tyler Butterfield (3) Dunlap/IVC.

500 YARD FREESTYLE 4:39.94—Matt Elliott (1) Richwoods. 4:50.70—Brian Tillis (4) Notre Dame. 4:51.92—Jake Querciagrossa (3) Notre Dame. 5:11.23—Sam Mitchell (4) Richwoods. 5:13.68—Jon Querciagrossa (1) Notre Dame. 5:15.71—Kyle Handlen (3) Pekin. 5:18.68—Patrick Inness (3) Galesburg. 5:26.40—Nick Thomas (4) Pekin.

200 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1:34.09—Notre Dame (Lee Schatsiek, Jake Querciagrossa, Jake Bridenbaugh, Brian Tillis). 1:36.92—Pekin (Brady O’Shaughnessy, Max Weiler, Quinn Clark, Kyle Handlen). 1:38.52—Dunlap/IVC (Adam Rock, Chase Salazar, Max Taylor, Tyler Butterfield). 1:39.09—Richwoods (Matt Elliott, Sam Mitchell, Ned Swanson, Jake Mahrt). 1:40.18—Macomb (Ben Streit, Matt Bay, Andrew Noel, Sheldon Schlie). 1:40.53—Galesburg (Thomas Shotts, Devin Galloway, Brandon Johnson, Kenton Cooper). 1:44.39—Eureka/Roanoke-Benson (Derek Scott, Kyler Vanderpool, Tom Boisseau, Ben Frerichs). 2:07.12—Central (Evan Breese, Chris Zimmerli, Jamon Williams, Michael Reddick).

100 YARD BACKSTROKE :56.55—Jake Querciagrossa (3) Notre Dame. :57.25—Jake Bridenbaugh (1) Notre Dame. :59.08—Matt Elliott (1) Richwoods. 1:00.82—Tom Fornander (4) Galesburg. 1:01.98—Jon Querciagrossa (1) Notre Dame. 1:02.02—Sam Mitchell (4) Richwoods. 1:02.64—David Harston (4) Eureka/Roanoke-Benson. 1:04.03—Nick Thomas (4) Pekin.

100 YARD BREASTSTROKE 1:00.23—Matt Elliott (1) Richwoods. 1:03.47—Jake Querciagrossa (3) Notre Dame. 1:06.60—Mike Whittle (4) Galesburg. 1:08.11—Robin Basu (4) Notre Dame. 1:10.39—Adam Rock (3) Dunlap/IVC. 1:10.94—Lee Schatsiek (4) Notre Dame. 1:11.02—Jacob Siri (3) Dunlap/IVC. 1:11.27—Colin Seidel (2) Notre Dame.

400 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 3:24.08—Notre Dame (Jon Querciagrossa, Jake Querciagrossa, Jake Bridenbaugh, Brian Tillis). 3:28.93—Richwoods (Ned Swanson, Sam Mitchell, Charlie Clemons, Matt Elliott). 3:32.23—Galesburg (Patrick Inness, Thomas Shotts, Tom Fornander, Kenton Cooper). 3:37.19—Pekin (Kyle Handlen, Brady O’Shaughnessy, Nick Thomas, Quinn Clark). 3:40.99—Dunlap/IVC (Adam Rock, Cody Butterfield, Chase Salazar, Tyler Butterfield). 3:56.65—Eureka/Roanoke-Benson (Kyler Vanderpool, Tom Boisseau, Ben Frerichs, Derek Scott). 4:14.38—Olympia (Jordan Thompson, Zach Zindel, Chase Decker, Shane Decker). 4:20.15—Macomb (Andrew Noel, Sheldon Schlie, Ben Burdick, Cullen Seaton).

Swimmer of the Meet - Midwest Invite

Alex Boen and Brian Tillis earned swimmer of the meet honors. Alex had a breakout swim in the 50 Free of 24.64 and Brian swam close to personal bests in the 200 and 500. He finished off the day with a 48.90 split in the 400 Free Relay.

Midwest Invite Meet Results

Here are the Midwest Invite Results. There were some great performances at this meet.

Bridenbaugh Coverage

Richwoods Invite - Diving Schedule Update

Diving for the Richwoods Invitational on Saturday (12/15) will begin at 8:30am since there are 25 divers entered in the meet. Diving warmups will begin at 6:30am. They will cut to 16 divers after 5 dives and cut to 12 divers after 8 dives.

Irish Invite Results

Here are the meet results for the Irish Invite.

Richwoods Results

OK, this is unheard of in high school swimming, but I am going to break the mold. Here are the meet results for our dual meet with Richwoods.

Richwoods Invite Lineup

Here is the Richwoods Invite Lineup.

The Old Married Couple

Swimmer of the Meet - Irish Invite

Lee Schatsiek and John Bolden earned swimmer of the meet honors. I don't normally award this honor to the same swimmer in back to back meets, but John keeps getting better and better. He had two more lifetime bests in the 200 free and the 100 backstroke. Lee stepped up did a lifetime best leadoff leg in the 200 Free relay with a 24.66 and he also did a lifetime best in 100 Breaststroke.

Irish Invite Schedule

Divers should arrive at Five Points by 7:15am so that they can begin warming up promptly at 7:30am. The diving competition begins at 9am.

All swimmers must arrive at Five Points by 10am to watch the tail-end of diving. Lunch will be served shortly after 11am and we will begin warmups at noon or a little before. The swimming competition begins at 1pm.

The Warriors of Notre Dame!

I'm not really sure what to post here, but I'm sure that there is a T-shirt or Cheer that is begging to be made. Did anyone else notice that we were introduced as the "Warriors of Notre Dame" this evening?

Battle On Warriors!

Swimmer of the Meet - Richwoods Dual

Steven Otten, Dan Stoughton, and John Bolden earned swimmer of the meet honors tonight. Steve had a great debut in the 100 freestyle where he won the exhibition heat. Dan swam back-to-back events not once, but twice, and performed very well in the process. John earned lifetime bests in the 200 freestyle and the 100 Backstroke.

Compliments from Hollis (by the Schatsieks)

I just wanted to pass on compliments to the girls team. Please forward this to all the girls who went to Hollis. Steve picked up some of the cabinets this morning and the maintenance man told him how much he enjoyed the girls. He said they were so nice, and friendly, and never left a crumb in the cafeteria! He really liked having their company and misses them. He said they are great kids and he'll miss them. He said people always complain and he wanted us to know what good people they were.

Way to go girls! Thanks for representing yourselves, your school and your team in such a positive light!By the way, he said the coaches were really great too and Derek is really funny!

What a great compliment! I believe every word, except the part about Derek. (Shawn)

Meet Schedule Posted

I have posted a printable version of the Meet schedule on the right hand navigation bar. You can use this for a quick reference of the meets. I have also taken the liberty of "pre-counting" the meets so that everyone can clearly see that we have only 14 meets. We may only have 13 meets depending on what happens with Manual. Enjoy.

Jake & Jon Q are Athletes of the Week

Watch Jake and Jon Querciagrossa on WHOI at 6pm on Wednesday December 5th. They have earned the Athlete of the Week honor.

Irish Invite Lineup

Here is the Irish Invite lineup.

Richwoods Lineup

Now I am just spoiling everyone. Here is the Richwoods dual meet lineup.

Vote for the Brothers Querciagrossa

Jake and Jon Querciagrossa have been nominated for WHOI's Athlete of the Week. Log on to http://www.hoinews.com/sports/aotw.aspx to vote for them.

Swimmer of the Meet - Macomb Invite

Brian Tillis and Colin Seidel were awarded swimmer of the meet honors for their great performances today. Brian set a personal best in the 100 Freestyle and anchored the winning 200 and 400 Freestyle relays. Colin set season bests in the 200 IM and 100 Breaststroke. He won the 100 Breaststroke and claimed his first Invitational championship.

100 Butterfly Record...Again

Another day, another record. Jake Bridenbaugh breaks his own school record in the 100 Butterfly in his second high school swim meet.