Photo Courtesy: Heidi Torregroza<\/p>\n
By Swimming World intern Brad Klein<\/i><\/p>\n
PISCATAWAY – At the 24th annual CeraVe Invitational, several clubs highlighted the winners circle from New Jersey, Maryland and elsewhere in New England. For all of these clubs, CeraVe is their first long meet since Christmas break. <\/p>\n
Since this meet is a long course meet, it is a good opportunity for the athletes to test what they have been working on in practice, and improve on their weaknesses. North Baltimore Aquatic Club\u2019s Cole Buese, one of the top-ranked swimmers in the country said \u201cIt is nice to see where I am (training-wise at this meet). Here, it is really about figuring out pacing. On long-distance races, I am all pumped up for the horn to sound, then I go all out. At the end, I\u2019m tired.\u201d<\/p>\n
All of the swimmers and all of the teams fight until the end. \u201cAll of these teams come from different places, they show off their talent, and they try to win,\u201d said North Baltimore coach Erik Posegay, who has been taking his team to this meet for three straight years. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s all about having fun as weel. Through grueling training, and the long travel to get to Piscataway, the swimmers enjoy being in the water and competing at a high level. Three-year CeraVe veteran Ryan Yarayan of North Baltimore said, \u201cIt is fun to be in the water with the other swimmers, to spend time with my team on the bus, and to set high standards for our club.\u201d<\/p>\n
The legacy that past CeraVe swimmers have left motivate the current athletes and aspire them to succeed. Long Island Aquatic Club\u2019s Delany Hall, a five-year veteran of the meet, said, \u201cIt is really special for us to swim at a meet like this. All the Olympians and the professionals that have swum here make it overwhelming to perform. But, it does push us to train harder and swim faster.\u201d<\/p>\n
North Baltimore\u2019s Sierra Schmidt said that she likes this meet because it is a challenge in many aspects. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn other meets, I never swim three long course races in one night,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is a challenge mentally and physically.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not only is the challenge of the events appealing to her, but the CeraVe swim meet holds a special place in Schmidt\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love this pool, and I have friends that swim for Rutgers,\u201d she said. \u201cMy favorite part of coming here to swim is to ride the bus with my team, and hang out with my friends, and get to know them again. I have a lot of good memories here. I couldn’t imagine not swimming here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every swimmer will have to grapple with the fact that eventually their swimming careers will take them beyond the CeraVe Invitational. Cole Buese, bound for Princeton in the fall, said: \u201cThis is my last time here. It is kind of bitter sweet. I\u2019m going to miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Click the links below to read more articles from our Swimming World interns from this month\u2019s CeraVe Invitational:<\/i><\/p>\n
A View Of Swimming From a Non-Swimmer\u2019s Perspective<\/a> Photo Courtesy: Heidi Torregroza By Swimming World intern Brad Klein PISCATAWAY – At the 24th annual CeraVe Invitational, several clubs highlighted the winners circle from New Jersey, Maryland and elsewhere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":119464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"CeraVe Invitational: A Meet To Remember @NorthBaltimore","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[54103,752,24923,48482,46323,23704,2310,48481,24934,142],"class_list":["post-121061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-2015-cerave-invitational","tag-baltimore","tag-cole-buese","tag-delany-hall","tag-erik-posegay","tag-long-island-aquatic-club","tag-north-baltimore-aquatic-club","tag-ryan-yarayan","tag-sierra-schmidt","tag-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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