New Jersey Swimming has updated several Gold long course time standards for the 2007 season. Also updated are 10 & Under and 11/12 Silver and Bronze time standards. To access the updated long course time standards, click here.

New Jersey Swimming has tabulated the short course Top 50 as of May 8, 2007. To access the respective age group lists, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page.

For the second year in a row, Eastern Express Swimming has been awarded the distinction of being named a “Silver Medal Club" by the USA Swimming Excellence in Club Swimming Program! The Excellence in Club Swimming Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in operation, performance, and for their support of the sport and USA Swimming. This program strives to meet the following objectives:

• Promote the development of comprehensive age group and senior swimming programs.
• Provide ways that USA Swimming can better assist, encourage, and motivate member clubs to strive for the highest ideals of development and performance.
• Encourage USA Swimming’s most successful clubs and professional coaches to become leaders in the sport through involvement in local and/or national governance.

Overall, the program’s goal is to embrace leadership and excellence in up to 200 of USA Swimming’s top member clubs. Part of the application process involves Performance Scoring which tabulates the points achieved by swimmers in a club using the FINA Long Course Performance Ratings/IPS "International Point Score" rating system originally developed by Nick Thiery for Swimnews.com. Based on the Performance Scoring system, Eastern Express accumulated an impressive total of 6,307 points which placed EEX in the Top 50 of all the clubs recognized by the Excellence in Club Swimming Program. Read more...

Congratulations swimmers, coaches, and parents!!!

Help save Rutgers University Swimming. On July 14th, 2006, the Rutgers University Board of Governors announced that the university will be eliminating men's swimming and diving after the 2006-07 season. For additional background information regarding this decision, click here. For specific suggestions regarding what you can do to help save the program, click here.

Full results and Eastern Express team results for the New Jersey Senior State Championship held February 16-18 at Seton Hall University are posted. To access the information, please click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Special congratulations to Matthew Kietlinski for making his first Sectional cut in the 1000 free at the NJ Senior State Championship!!

The 2006-2007 Scholastic All-American application form has been posted by USA Swimming. The application deadline is August 1, 2007. For more information, click here.

Full meet results and Eastern Express team results for the Pennsbury Splash meet held January 14 at TCNJ are posted. To access the results, please click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Top 8 finishes achieved by Eastern Express swimmers are listed in the table below.

	Pennsbury Splash Top 8
Eva Blake Girls 8 Year Olds 25 Yard Freestyle 7th Place Girls 8 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle 8th Place

Congratulations to all of the EEX swimmers who achieved new personal best times at the meet!!

New photos from Summer Sizzle, Holiday Classic, and Burgdorff have been added to the website. To view the recently added photos, please click on the active links below:

• Summer Sizzle
• Holiday Classic
• Burgdorff Invitational

Please note that photos can also be accessed from the Photos page, click here.

New Jersey Swimming has tabulated the short course Top 50 as of January 13, 2007. To access the respective age group lists, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page.

Full meet results and Eastern Express team results for the Burgdorff Invitational held January 12-14 at Rutgers are posted. To access the results, please click on the appropriate link in the table below.

This year's meet was highly competitive (as usual), and included top USA swimmers such as Katie Hoff. Top 8 finishes achieved by Eastern Express swimmers are listed in the table below.

	Burgdorff Invitational Top 8
Julia Anderson Women 11-12 100 Free 2nd Place Women 11-12 200 IM 5th Place Women 11-12 200 Free 5th Place Women 11-12 400 Free 5th Place Women 11-12 100 Back 6th Place Women 11-12 50 Back 7th Place Women 11-12 50 Free 8th Place Victoria Cassidy Women 13-14 400 IM 5th Place Women 13-14 100 Back 6th Place Women 13-14 200 Back 6th Place Women 13-14 200 Fly 7th Place Women 13-14 100 Fly 8th Place Brittany Iacouzze Women Senior 1500 Free 5th Place Women Senior 400 Free 8th Place Women Senior 400 IM 8th Place Matthew Kietlinski Men 13-14 200 Breast 1st Place Men 13-14 200 Fly 1st Place Men 13-14 400 IM 1st Place Men 13-14 100 Fly 2nd Place Men 13-14 200 Free 2nd Place Men 13-14 400 Free 2nd Place Men 13-14 100 Free 5th Place Men 13-14 200 IM 5th Place Men 13-14 100 Breast 6th Place Samantha Kietlinski Women Senior 100 Free 4th Place Mike Leddy Men 13-14 200 Breast 3rd Place Men 13-14 400 IM 4th Place Men 13-14 200 Back 5th Place Men 13-14 100 Back 6th Place Men 13-14 200 IM 6th Place Men 13-14 400 Free 6th Place Jillian Liwacz Women 13-14 50 Free 8th Place Hannah Matheson Women 11-12 50 Fly 8th Place Laura Poss Women 13-14 100 Breast 7th Place

Congratulations to all of the EEX swimmers who achieved new personal best times at the meet!!

Full meet results and Eastern Express team results for the Meet of Xcellence held January 13-14 at DeNunzio Pool, Princeton University, are posted. To access the results, please click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Top 8 finishes achieved by Eastern Express swimmers are listed in the table below.

	Meet of Xcellence Top 8
Elizabeth Cava Women 15-19 500 Free 6th Place Katrina Chen Women 13-14 200 Fly 5th Place Robb Dunne Men 13-14 200 Back 3rd Place Men 13-14 100 Fly 4th Place Men 13-14 200 Fly 5th Place Men 13-14 400 IM 6th Place Martha Ferguson Women 15-19 200 Breast 2nd Place Jenna Gallo Women 15-19 500 Free 4th Place Women 15-19 100 Free 7th Place Women 15-19 200 IM 8th Place Peter Kalibat Men 11-12 200 Fly 2nd Place Men 11-12 100 Fly 3rd Place Men 11-12 400 IM 4th Place Men 11-12 200 IM 6th Place Men 11-12 200 Back 7th Place Men 11-12 200 Free 7th Place Patrick Lavery Men 10 & Under 100 Back 2nd Place Brian Mulleavey Men 13-14 200 Free 4th Place Men 13-14 500 Free 4th Place Men 13-14 100 Fly 5th Place Men 13-14 100 Free 8th Place Anshu Sinha Women 10 & Under 100 IM 4th Place Women 10 & Under 50 Fly 5th Place Women 10 & Under 100 Fly 7th Place Michelle Stefandl Women 13-14 50 Free 6th Place

Congratulations to all of the EEX swimmers who achieved new personal best times at the meet!!

The 2007 U.S. National Junior Team, comprised of America’s top young swimming talent including Eastern Express swimmer, Meghan Leddy, competed at the 2007 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, held January 11-15, at the Kihei Aquatic Center in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. In total, approximately 200 athletes from 11 countries swam in the meet, which included both pool swimming events and the 10K open water swim. Read more...

At the meet, Meghan Leddy had the unique distinction of being the opening ceremonies flag bearer for Team USA. For photos of Meghan at the meet, click on the following: Photo 1 - Photo 2.

Also, congratulations to Meghan who placed 5th in the Women's 400 IM!!

Additional information regarding the meet, including the Media Guide which has a bio on each athlete, can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate link in the table below.

For the full roster of USA Swimming's 2006-2007 National Team and National Junior Team, click here.

Congratulations to the Eastern Express seniors who have received early decision college acceptances!! Best of luck and continued success with your future academic and athletic endeavors.

	2007 Eastern Express Seniors
Martha Ferguson Princeton Brittany Iacouzze Yale

Full meet results and Eastern Express team results for the 20th Annual Holiday Classic meet held on December 8-10, 2006 at Rutgers University are posted. To access the results, please click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Congratuations to the Eastern Express swimmers who achieved Top 3 finishes at Holiday Classic!!

	Holiday Classic Top 3
Julia Anderson Women 11-12 100 Free 1st Place Women 11-12 200 Free 1st Place Women 11-12 500 Free 1st Place Women 11-12 200 Back 1st Place Women 11-12 100 Back 2nd Place Women 11-12 400 IM 2nd Place Women 11-12 50 Back 3rd Place Janmichael Blakley Men Senior 100 Free 3rd Place Alex Field Men 13-14 200 IM 2nd Place Men 13-14 400 IM 2nd Place Men 13-14 200 Breast 2nd Place Men 13-14 100 Breast 3rd Place Brittany Iacouzze Women Senior 1650 Free 3rd Place Matthew Kietlinski Men 13-14 200 Fly 1st Place Men 13-14 500 Free 2nd Place Samantha Kietlinski Women Senior 200 Fly 2nd Place Meghan Leddy Women Senior 200 IM 1st Place Women Senior 400 IM 1st Place Women Senior 500 Free 1st Place Women Senior 1650 Free 1st Place Women Senior 1000 Free 2nd Place Women Senior 200 Back 3rd Place Sean Mackenzie Men Senior 1650 Free 1st Place

Congratuations to Kate Winters (200 back) and Alex Field (200 breastroke) who achieved new Sectional qualifying times!!

Congratulations also to the Eastern Express swimmers who achieved Top 16 finishes, Victoria Cassidy, Carlyn Hubert, Kristiana Kalibat, Peter Kalibat, Ryan Lago, Mike Leddy, Jillian Liwacz, Hannah Matheson, Kathleen Morrison, Laura Poss, Anshu Sinha, and Kate Winters!!

Lastly, a big THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who made the meet a great success!!

The US Open began on Thursday, November 30th, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. Eastern Express swimmers Brittany Iacouzze and Meghan Leddy competed at the meet along with many of the top US swimmers including Katie Hoff, Tara Kirk, Kaitlin Sandeno, Cullen Jones, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol, and others. In total, twenty US Olympians and nearly 1,000 other swimmers participated. Read more...

Congratulations to Meghan Leddy and Brittany Iacouzze who placed in the Top 24 in several different events!!

To access additional information regarding the meet, please click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Additional photos from the Eastern Express intrasquad Ghosts & Goblins meet held Sunday, October 22, at TCNJ are posted, click here.

Photos from the "15 Years of Rutgers Swimming" celebration are posted, click here. Included are photos of Eastern Express swimmers with Cullen Jones, Richard Quick, and Bobby Hackett. Please note that photos can also be accessed from the Photos page, click here.

Forty of the nation’s top young swimmers have convened in Colorado Springs for the annual National Junior Team Training Camp, October 29th through November 1st. Included in this elite group is Eastern Express swimmer Meghan Leddy. The camp is an opportunity for the team to meet and train together before the 2007 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii, January 11-15, 2007. In addition to their training schedule, the athletes will attend a series of classes including media training, the Olympic experience, race analysis and nutrition. Read more...

For the full roster of USA Swimming's 2006-2007 National Team and National Junior Team, click here.

Photos from several recent Eastern Express activities and events have been added to the website. To view the recently added photos, click on the active links below:

• Summer Sizzle Pasta Party
• Janet Evans Invitational
• Delaware River Tubing Trip
• Graduating Seniors Beach Party
• Ghosts & Goblins Meet

Please note that photos can also be accessed from the Photos page, click here.

In a very close meet, the Ghosts were this year's winners of the Eastern Express intrasquad Ghosts & Goblins meet held Sunday, October 22, at TCNJ. Everyone had a great time, and the swimming was very fast for this early in the season. The coaches were excited by the fast times, but somewhat dismayed at getting whipped in the relay. Results from the Ghosts & Goblins meet are posted, click here. Photos from the Ghosts & Goblins meet are also posted, click here.

If you would like to purchase a Ghosts & Goblins T-shirt, like the shirts worn by the coaches at the meet , please e-mail Ed or Deanna Field at AmphibiaSport@aol.com, and they will get you one. The cost is $8.00 per shirt.

USA Swimming's Top 16 listings are complete and official for the 2005-2006 swimming season. To make these lists, an athlete must achieve a NRT (National Reportable Time) standard and be ranked in the top 16 times in an event amongst all swimmers by age group who are registered with USA Swimming. For more information about Top 16, click here.

Congratulations to Eastern Express swimmers Brittany Iacouzze and Meghan Leddy who are included in the current listings!! For a copy of the short course or long course listing by gender, click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Photos from the Janet Evans Invitational held July 13-16 on the campus of USC in Los Angeles, California are posted, click here. Included are photos of EEX swimmers with both Natalie Coughlin and Jason Lezak. Eight swimmers from Eastern Express including Brittany Iacouzze, Kristiana Kalibat, Samantha Kietlinski, Meghan Leddy, Kathleen Morrison, Evelyn Yuen, Josh Chen, and Sean Mackenzie, competed at the meet. The 2006 Grand Prix meet circuit consists of five national meets held at various locations across the United States, and provides swimmers an opportunity to compete against top competition such as Olympians Natalie Coughlin and Gary Hall Jr. This year, eleven Olympians competed at the JEI. Read more...

For results and additional information from the Janet Evans Invitational check the July 18th entry on the News Archive page, click here.

The Eastern Express All Time Top 10 listing has been updated as of the completion of the 2006 long course season. For a copy of the listing, click here. A copy of the listing is also available on the Records page, click here.

Congratulations to all of the Eastern Express swimmers who achieved EEX Top 10 swims during the long course season!!

Congratulations to Eastern Express swimmers Josh Chen, Meghan Leddy, and Kathleen Morrison who have been named to the 2005-2006 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Team!! The Scholastic All-American Team is comprised of high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, and have competed in an individual event in the 2005 US Paralympics Swimming National Championships, 2005 Open Water National Championships, 2005 Summer Speedo Championships Series (summer sectionals), 2005 ConocoPhillips Nationals, 2005 Junior Swimming Championships, 2005 US Open, 2006 Speedo Champions Series (spring sectionals), or 2006 Spring Championships. The award is based on a point system for grades and competition. A complete listing of the men's team and the women's team can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate link in the table below.

In order to better share information with clubs, coaches, and officials, New Jersey Swimming is now publishing an NJS Newsletter. For a copy of the latest issue of the NJS Newsletter dated September 25, 2006, click here. Previous issues of the NJS Newsletter can also be accessed by clicking on the appropriate link in the table below.

The New Jersey Swimming website has been updated with much new information. To visit the NJS site, use the link in the tab along the left, or click here.

Congratulations to EEX Head Coach Brent Matheson who is the recipient of a 2006 Coach of Excellence award from the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA)!! This award recognizes the challenge and achievement of demonstrating coaching excellence for the USA, and is bestowed upon a coach for having a swimmer reach finals in either a collegiate championship (NCAA or NAIA) or USA Swimming national level meet. ASCA has annually recognized the coaching excellence of its members with this award since the 1970’s. To view the complete list of select 2006 ASCA awardees, click here. To visit the ASCA website, click here.

New Jersey Swimming records have been updated following the conclusion of the long course season. For the complete listing of NJ Swimming records, click here.

Congratulations to Meghan Leddy who is the new NJS record holder in the Women 15-18 400 IM and the Women Senior 400 IM (4:51.46) set at the Janet Evans Invitational in July!!

Eastern Express is very excited to welcome Rick Alexander as the newest member of its coaching staff. Rick will be assisting with coaching and stroke technique for each of the Eastern Express groups. Rick is a highly experienced swimmer who for many years has participated in Masters Swimming, and who has been ranked in the Top 10 in the world in his age group in both backstroke and butterfly events. In addition, Rick is a United States Masters Swimming (USMS) Relay All American. He has consistently placed in the USMS Top 10 in the backstroke, fly, and IM since 1993, and holds several New Jersey Masters Swimming age group records.

On October 2nd through the 4th, Eastern Express was visited by USA Swimming Master Coach Consultant Ed Spencer. As a USA Swimming Silver Medal Club, Eastern Express is awarded the opportunity to interact directly with USA Swimming Master Coach Consultants, and enthusiastically welcomes Coach Spencer to the TCNJ Aquatic Center. With more than 40 years of coaching experience, Spencer is no stranger to the pool deck. From 1998-2004, he was the head swim coach and director of Dynamo Swim Club, and led Dynamo to the National 18 & Under Team Championships in 2000 and 2001, and numerous other top-three finishes. Under Spencer’s direction, Dynamo has led the nation in USA Swimming Scholastic All-Americans, and has been awarded the USA Swimming Gold Medal Club Excellence Award each year since the program originated in 2002. In addition to coaching numerous National Champions and American record holders, Spencer also includes Olympians Jeff Kostoff and Jenna Johnson among his notable pupils. Read more...

New Jersey Swimming has compiled its final Top 50 listing for the long course season, click here. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page for the table that lists the respective age groups.

Congratulations to all of the Eastern Express swimmers who achieved Top 50 swims!!

The accomplishments of Eastern Express swimmers, Brittany Iacouzze, Kristiana Kalibat, Samantha Kietlinski, Meghan Leddy, Kathleen Morrison, Evelyn Yuen, Josh Chen, and Sean Mackenzie, who competed at the Janet Evans Invitational were highlighted in an article in the August 29th issue of the Princeton Packet. The JEI was held July 13-16 on the campus of USC in Los Angeles, California. For a copy of the article, click here. For photos from the meet, click here.

USA Swimming has released the 2006-2007 National Team and National Junior Team rosters, click here. Congratulations to Meghan Leddy who has earned a spot on the National Junior Team!!

The National Team Division at USA Swimming prepares athletes and coaches for the highest level of international competition. Its mission is to provide information, opportunities, and incentives to coaches and athletes which will enable and encourage them to make the necessary level of commitment for maximum achievement.

Eastern Express swimmers were recently highlighted in articles published in the Lawrence Ledger and the Princeton Packet. The article in the August 17th issue of the Lawrence Ledger and the article in the August 25th issue of the Princeton Packet highlighted the accomplishments of Express swimmers at Junior Olympics held July 28-30 at Rutgers University. Copies of the articles are available in the table below.

USA Swimming's listing of Olympic Trials qualifiers has been updated as of 8/25/2006. Congratulations to Eastern Express swimmer Meghan Leddy who is included in the current listing!! For a copy of the listing, click here.

USA Swimming has compiled the top Power Points Performances for swimmers ages 10-18 across the country. Currently, only the long course-women listing is available. Congratulations to Eastern Express swimmer Meghan Leddy who is included in the current listing!!

All swimmers who are registered with USA Swimming can view their respective Power Points per event at the USA Swimming website. If an individual account has not already been generated, each swimmer who is registered with USA Swimming can generate a free personal account by clicking on "Swimmer Signin" under "USA Swimming" in the blue menu tab along the left. After generating an account and logging in, swimmers can then select "My USA Swimming" to view their Power Points totals, best times, meet results, and IMX History. Swimmers' times are loaded into a centralized SWIMS database from swim meets across the country. All Eastern Express swimmers are encouraged to set up an account.

The Eastern Long Course Zones meet was held August 9-12, 2006 at the SUNY Buffalo Alumni Arena Pool in Amherst, NY, and the nearby Erie Community College Flickinger Aquatic Center in Buffalo, NY. 118 swimmers from New Jersey Swimming competed at the Zones competition. Eastern Express swimmers who competed at the meet included Julia Anderson, Peter Kalibat, Jillian Liwacz, and Laura Poss.

Congratulations to Peter Kalibat who placed 6th and medaled in the boys 10 & under 400 free. Peter was also a member of the 1st place boys 10 & under 400 free relay!!

For photos from Zones, click here.

For the complete New Jersey Swimming team roster or entries, click on the appropriate link in the table below.

For more information regarding the meet, click on the appropriate link in the table below.

The ConocoPhillips National Championships were held August 1-5 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center in Irvine, CA. For an aerial view of the pool, click here. Eastern Express swimmers, Brittany Iacouzze and Meghan Leddy, competed at the meet along with more than 20 Olympic gold medalists, such as Olympians Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Katie Hoff and others. The most talented swimmers in the U.S. were vying for spots on five international teams, including the team headed to the upcoming Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships to be held August 17-21 in Victoria, British Columbia. Read more...

For Day 1 (Tuesday, August 1st) prelim heat sheets featuring the women's 400 free, click here. Go Brittany!!
For Day 3 (Thursday, August 3rd) prelim heat sheets featuring the women's 400 IM, click here. Go Meghan!!
For Day 4 (Friday, August 4th) prelim heat sheets featuring the women's 200 back and 800 free, click here. Go Brittany & Meghan!!
For Day 5 (Saturday, August 5th) prelim heat sheets, click here.

Congratulations to both Meghan Leddy and Brittany Iacouzze who had several strong swims at the meet!! In the 200 back, Meghan finished in18th place overall, and in the 800 free, Meghan picked up a new national cut swimming a personal best time and dropping 7 seconds. Brittany achieved two new personal best times at the meet. In the 400 IM, Brittany dropped almost 2 seconds, and in the 400 free, Brittany is now less than a second away from an Olympic Trials cut.

For photos from Nationals on SI.com, click here.

For more information regarding the meet, click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Full results from the New Jersey Bronze -13 & Over championship meet held July 29-30 in Bayonne, NJ are posted, click here. Congratulations to all of the EEX swimmers who competed at the meet!

Results from the New Jersey Junior Olympics held July 28-30 at Rutgers are posted, click here.

Congratulations to the Eastern Express swimmers whose individual point totals placed them in the Top 10 High Point rankings for the meet. Also, congratulations to all of the EEX swimmers who competed at the meet, and improved their times!!

	Junior Olympics Top 10 High Point Swimmers
Peter Kalibat 5th Boys 10 & Under Jillian Liwacz 5th Girls 11-12 Julia Anderson 6th Girls 11-12 Victoria Cassidy 3rd Girls 13-14 Kristiana Kalibat 7th Girls 13-14 Matthew Kietlinski 6th Boys 13-14 Alex Field 8th Boys 13-14 Samantha Kietlinski 10th Girls 15 & Over

Special congratulations to Victoria Cassidy and Sean Mackenzie who each made new sectional cuts at the meet. Victoria had an outstanding meet, and made her first ever sectional cuts in the 200 back and the 400 IM. Sean made new sectional cuts in the 400 free and the 800 free.

Additional Eastern Express medal winners who achieved either a Top 8 finish in an individual event or a Top 3 finish in a relay included Nathan Hirshbein, Brittany Iacouzze, Mike Leddy, Emily Logan, Hannah Matheson, Kathleen Morrison, and Laura Poss. Full results, session results, team scores and high point swimmer rankings are available in the table below.

The accomplishments of Eastern Express swimmers at JOs were highlighted in an article in the August 17th issue of the Lawrence Ledger and in an article in the August 25th issue of the Princeton Packet. Copies of the articles are available in the table below.

The Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association (PASDA) Championships were held July 24-25 at the John Witherspoon Middle School pool. For results from the meet, click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Congratulations to Brent Matheson who still retains one of the oldest PASDA records from 1977 in the boys 10 & under 25 yard butterfly, 13.83.

Congratulations also to all of the EEX swimmers who competed at the meet!!

Full results from the New Jersey Silvers -13 & Over championship meet held July 22-23 at Rutgers are posted, click here. Congratulations to all of the EEX swimmers who achieved new personal best times or new JO cuts!!

	New Junior Olympics Cuts
Mike Leddy 800 free, 1500 free

Eastern Express swimmers were recently highlighted in two articles published in the Princeton Packet. The first article in the June 30th issue of the Packet highlighted the accomplishments of Meghan Leddy and Brittany Iacouzze from USA Swimming's Spring Championship, and Meghan's achievement of her second Olympic Trial cut in the 400 IM (4:54.12) at the Memorial Day Invitational meet. The second article in the July 18th issue of the Packet highlighted the accomplishments of Express swimmers at the Summer Sizzle meet. Copies of both articles can be accessed from the table below.

Final results and team scores for Summer Sizzle on June 23-25 at Rutgers can be accessed from the links in the table below. For a copy of an article from the July 18th issue of the Princeton Packet describing the results of the team at Summer Sizzle, click here.

A big THANK YOU to all of the Eastern Express parents who made this meet a great success!!

USA Swimming's fifth and final Grand Prix meet, the Janet Evans Invitational, was held July 13-16 on the campus of USC in Los Angeles, California. For an aerial view of the pool, click here. Eight swimmers from Eastern Express, Brittany Iacouzze, Kristiana Kalibat, Samantha Kietlinski, Meghan Leddy, Kathleen Morrison, Evelyn Yuen, Josh Chen, and Sean Mackenzie, competed at the meet. The 2006 Grand Prix meet circuit consists of five national meets held at various locations across the United States, and provides swimmers an opportunity to compete against top competition such as Olympians Natalie Coughlin and Gary Hall Jr. This year, eleven Olympians competed at the JEI. Read more...

Congratulations to each of the EEX swimmers who competed at the meet!! Eastern Express was very well represented with several top 16 finishes by Brittany Iacouzze and Meghan Leddy. In addition, in the 1500 free, Meghan achieved a new National cut, and in the 400 IM, she placed 2nd following a very strong freestyle finish. Meghan's second place finish in the 400 IM earned her a spot on the USA National Junior team. In the fall, she will travel to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for a team training camp, and then compete in the Junior Pan Pacific Games to be held in Maui, Hawaii in January, 2007. Congratulations also to Sean Mackenzie who picked up a new Sectional cut in the 1500 free by dropping almost 25 seconds. Read more from USA Swimming, Swimming World, and the Princeton Packet. For photos from the meet, click here.

	Janet Evans Invitational Top 16 Finishes
Brittany Iacouzze 400 free 12th place 800 free 13th place 400 IM 16th place Meghan Leddy 400 IM 2nd place 200 back 5th place 1500 free 6th place 100 back 13th place

For more information regarding the meet, click on the appropriate link in the table below.

Full results from the New Jersey Silvers -12 & Under championship meet held July 15-16 at Rutgers are posted, click here. Congratulations to all of the EEX swimmers who achieved new personal best times or new JO cuts!!

	New Junior Olympics Cuts
Paige Anderson 200 back Caitlin Lavery 200 breast Hannah Matheson 200 breast, 100 free, 50 back Shreya Rane 100 breast

For the July issue of Newsplash, the Eastern Express newsletter, click here.

Eastern Express is very excited to welcome Brent Ferguson as the newest member of its coaching staff. Brent (or "Ferg") joins Eastern Express with an extensive background in swimming as both a swimmer and coach. In college, Brent swam for swimming powerhouse Kenyon College, which has won the past 27 consecutive Division III national men's swimming championships. At Kenyon, Brent was a member of two NCAA Division III championship 4X50 Freestyle relays teams, and for a long time, was part of the group that held the record for this event at Kenyon. More recently, Brent has been involved with New Jersey Masters Swimming. In his "free" time when not at the pool, Brent teaches math at Montgomery High School.

"Ferg" will be taking over the Per-Seniors responsibilities of Coach Brendan Gallagher for the remainder of the summer as Brendan moves onto the University of Pennsylvania. Eastern Express offers its congratulations to Brendan who has accepted a position as the new assistant swim coach at Penn. Express thanks him for his efforts and dedication over the past few years working with EEX swimmers, and wishes him continued success as he moves forward in his coaching career. Read more...

A special congratulations to Meghan Leddy who achieved her second Olympic Trial cut in the 400 IM (4:54.12) at the Memorial Day Invitational meet!! Meghan's time in the 400 IM was also a new team record. Read more...

For the current 2008 Olympic Trials Qualifiers List - Women (updated 6/26/2006), click here.
For the current 2008 Olympic Trials Qualifiers List - Men (updated 6/26/2006), click here.

For a complete listing of the 2008 Olympic Trial Time Standards, click here.

In order to better assist your swimmer(s) achieve more, all parents are encouraged to read the 10 Commandments for Swimming Parents, click here. Additional information regarding parent's participation in swimming and nutrition is provided on the Links page. Read more...

Congratulations to all of the Express swimmers who recently competed at the Memorial Day Invitational and Heat Madness meets!!. Many new personal best times were achieved. Express had a great showing at these meets with ten different swimmers achieving Zones Times and top 3 finishes.

	Top 3 Finish and Zones Cut
Julia Anderson 200 Free 400 Free Peter Kalibat 50 Free Victoria Cassidy 200 IM 400 Free Matt Kietlinski 100 Fly 200 Fly 400 Free Alex Field 100 Breast 200 Breast Meghan Leddy 100 Back 200 Back 400 IM 400 Free Brittany Iacouzze 800 Free 400 IM Jillian Liwacz 50 Fly 100 Fly 50 Free 100 Free Kristiana Kalibat 100 Back 200 Back Laura Poss 50 Breast 100 Breast

For complete results from the Memorial Day Invitational meet, click here. For complete results from Heat Madness, click here.

Eastern Express has been awarded by USA Swimming the distinction of being a 2006 “Silver Medal” swim club! The USA Swimming Excellence in Club Swimming Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in operation, performance, and for their support of the sport and USA Swimming. This program strives to meet the following objectives:

• Promote the development of comprehensive age group and senior swimming programs.
• Provide ways that USA Swimming can better assist, encourage, and motivate our member clubs to strive for the highest ideals of development and performance.
• Encourage USA Swimming’s most successful clubs and professional coaches to become leaders in the sport through involvement in local and/or national governance.

This program’s goal is to embrace leadership and excellence in up to 200 of USA Swimming’s top member clubs. Read more...