The 2009 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championship

LaSalle University ⋅ Philadelphia, PA, US ⋅ Feb, 20 2009 - Feb 21 2009 | Coverage created by Chris DeSantis

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The Easterns is one of the most prestigious and competitive high school meets in the country. It is the largest Prep School aquatic event in the United States for both men's and women's swimming and diving competitions. More national and prep school swimming records are set during this competition than any other meet in the nation.

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Brian McMillin (610) 287-3515 bjmcmillin@verizon.net Joe Heyse (215) 699-3684 joseph_heyse@merck.com

Interviews

Easterns Day 1 Halftime Show

We Are GA!

Loyola Blakefield Team Cheer

Emotions At Easterns Greg Wriede…

Races

Women 100 Yards Backstroke (final…

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#38	Rick Kling March 2, 2010 at 3:57pm donald reply
#37	Cool Chick February 10, 2010 at 10:32am omg absolutely looovvveeedddd swimming in this meet last year!!! and i still have 5 more years to swim in it!! even better! reply
#36	Mike March 7, 2009 at 4:15pm no actually it was 45.18 not 42 reply
#35	Anonymous Coward March 1, 2009 at 6:38pm i love this meet! remember the mens 100free at finals last year, when they tied 42.18 it think!? that was the most amazing race i've ever seen in person! reply
#34	Mr. Dude Guy Thing March 1, 2009 at 6:11pm yeah, where are the rest of the 500 races? reply
#33	Anonymous Coward February 24, 2009 at 10:29pm yooo Garrett. This was a fast meet (well the A finals anyway, and Johnny McGinley in the 2 b final). But PA states are going to be ridiculous this year. I think you should check em out. There at Bucknell. reply
#32	Anonymous February 23, 2009 at 6:56pm where are the rest of the 500's??? reply
#31	Hannah Stephanie February 22, 2009 at 10:42pm The mens 100 butterfly A final was so inspiring! A whole half the pool of underwaters and only 6 stokes on the last lap. Holy canolie. reply
#30	Keith February 22, 2009 at 5:54pm Sean Roddy from Loyola Blakefield goes 55.22 in the 100 brst and wins the event by over two seconds and two body lengths and NO interview. What is going on with that? reply
#29	Chris DeSantis February 22, 2009 at 4:58pm We hope to be back. reply
#28	Anonymous Coward February 22, 2009 at 4:46pm Great Success!!! Will you guys be back next year? reply
#27	Chris DeSantis February 22, 2009 at 3:31pm We did not film them. We had to leave and get the rest of the videos up before the finals session. reply
#26	Hannah Stephanie February 22, 2009 at 2:48pm So they weren't filmed at all? reply
#25	Chris DeSantis February 22, 2009 at 2:28pm Yes we really regret that we had to leave before those back 500 heats but with hundreds of races to label and upload we would have missed the beginning of finals that night. reply
#24	Anonymous Coward February 22, 2009 at 2:16pm If you watch the day 2 prelims rap they said they had to leave early in order to make it back to finals in time. reply
#23	Hannah February 22, 2009 at 1:46pm where are the back 500 heats? reply
#22	Tommy February 22, 2009 at 1:07pm well put coach t! reply
#21	Anonymous February 22, 2009 at 9:55am what happened to the back end 500 heats? reply
#20	Anonymous Coward February 22, 2009 at 1:03am Baylor won both mens and womens reply
#19	Anonymous Coward February 21, 2009 at 11:18pm Who won the meet? reply
#18	Ben Tarhan February 21, 2009 at 9:30pm what happened to the back end 500 heats? reply
#17	Prelim Swimmer Mom February 21, 2009 at 6:04am Thanks for posting prelim races - it's fantastic to be able to watch my son's race. reply
#16	Yeppers February 20, 2009 at 5:53pm The majority of the teams are from the region but occasionaly we get El Paso Cathedral, and i think we have had Dallas Bishop Lynch, and Maybe even Dallas Jesuit come before they went into UIL-5a reply
#15	Anonymous Coward February 20, 2009 at 5:49pm Does St. Xavier (cincinati) come to this meet? reply
#14	???? February 20, 2009 at 5:48pm was it here when Nate Dusing went 47.10? reply
#13	Anonymous Coward February 20, 2009 at 5:48pm I saw Fran crippen DESTROY the 500 one year reply
#12	Coach T February 20, 2009 at 5:46pm fast? said: “sure you have one or two fast swimmers in every event but this is definitely not as impressive top to bottom as Texas high school state. get good.” hey fast?, I coach in Penn. now but i grew up swimming in Texas...I made TX HS state 3 years in a row(I moved to Philly when i was a senior)...won 3 relays and 4 individuals...then my senior year at Easterns i lost the 500 by about 5 seconds....my relay broke the Nation high school record, but unfortunaletly we got 3rd...and it seems like theres more scouts than swimmers...if you think TX is fast, which it is, try just try to make an all-star TX hs state meet team vs a all-star easterns team...Finals at Easterns is like the Super Bowl in overtime....Finals at Texas HS state is like the crowd at the world series of Poker...You just cant and wont understand unless you go and expeience it yourself... reply
#11	To Answer Swimmer... February 20, 2009 at 1:26pm because it's the only pool in the area that has enough seating. hope that helps reply
#10	Swimmer February 20, 2009 at 12:49pm I like this meet a lot. However, why is a +800 swimmer meet set in a six-lane pool? Having such a large meet in a small pool is both dangerous and annoying. reply
#9	Haverford Dad February 20, 2009 at 9:06am Thanks for covering this - running over at lunch to catch my son's relay. Can't wait. reply
#8	FloSwimmingFan February 20, 2009 at 9:06am what about metro championships? The meet takes all the DC teams both public and private. Combine these meets and they'll take texas reply
#7	Agreed February 18, 2009 at 1:47pm fast? said: “sure you have one or two fast swimmers in every event but this is definitely not as impressive top to bottom as Texas high school state. get good.” true, but you've got to consider that this isn't all of the best swimmers in the region. If you were to combine the kids who swim for public school, the club swimmers, and the catholic league this meet would give texas states a run for its money. reply
#6	Fast? February 18, 2009 at 7:51am sure you have one or two fast swimmers in every event but this is definitely not as impressive top to bottom as Texas high school state. get good. reply
#5	109th Easterns February 18, 2009 at 7:23am on the men's side it'll be a battle between defending champ Baylor, the Peddie School, and Loyola Blakefield. Of course you can never count out Mercersburg and GA. Who's going to take it? Can Baylor carry over from TN states for back to back Eastern crowns? reply
#4	109th Easterns February 18, 2009 at 7:17am on the men's side it'll be a battle between defending champ Baylor, the Peddie School, and Loyola Blakefield. Of course you can never count out Mercersburg and GA. Who's going to take it? Can Baylor carry over from TN states for back to back Eastern crowns? reply
#3	Ben Tarhan February 17, 2009 at 8:22pm awesome, so happy you guys are covering this reply
#2	Anonymous Coward February 17, 2009 at 9:40am fastest meet on the east coast by far reply