Official page of the Father Judge Swim team.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined December 2016
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While different swimmers will perform their flip turns in slightly different ways, there are two key skills that are present in every single effective flip turn.
First, swimmers get through the turn itself quickly.
They get their feet on the wall fast, and they quickly reverse directions.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, they all push off hard and they push off straight.
The turns are a great opportunity to pick up speed with a strong push.
The key skill is pushing off straight so that swimmers can maintain that speed of the wall, rather than giving it all away due to poor alignment.
Check out these two swimmers.
Rather than pay attention to the differences, note the similarities.
They get through the turn fast.
They create speed off the wall with a strong push.
They maintain speed of the wall with great alignment.
The best way to go fast is often doing the basics really, really well.
Follow @andrewksheaff for more on the key skills in swimming, and how to improve them.
Junior and 1st Team All-Catholic Lucas Deeley is headed to states at Bucknell next week as part of the 200 Freestyle relay for our Crusaders. Great job, Lucas, and good luck! @FJAthletics @FatherJudgeHS
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Junior and 1st Team All-Catholic Chase Fleming is headed to states at Bucknell next week as part of the 200 Medley relay for our Crusaders. Great job, Chase, and good luck! @FJAthletics @FatherJudgeHS
Junior and 1st Team All-Catholic Brendan Carey is headed to states at Bucknell next week as part of the 200 Free relay and 200 Medley relay for our Crusaders. Great job, Brendan, and good luck!
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Senior and 1st Team All-Catholic Kieran Klepzcynski is headed to states at Bucknell next week as part of the 200 Free relay and 200 Medley relay for our Crusaders. Great job, Kieran, and good luck! @FJAthletics @FatherJudgeHS
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Update from PCL Champs: Judge takes the silver medal in the 200 Medley Relay and Anthony Ciamiachaillo gets gold in the 200 Free. Keep up the great work, Crusaders! @FJAthletics @FatherJudgeHS
Many of our Crusaders are competing at LaSalle U for today's PCL Championships and PIAA District 12 races. Good luck to all our swimmers today. Onward to victory!
In case you missed last Friday's exciting finish, our swimmers were victorious (89-81) over St. Joe's Prep. Many of our Crusaders will be competing this Saturday (2/14) for another chance to qualify for PCL champs and districts. Keep up the great work, men! Onward to victory!
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Tomorrow, our student-athletes wrap up the regular season PCL schedule against St. Joe's Prep at Truman HS. Warm-up @ 3:30; Meet @ 4:00. Come out and support our Crusader swimmers as they finish their season and prepare for champs and districts. @FJAthletics @FatherJudgeHS
After a tough loss last week to Salesianum, our swimmers look to bounce back this Friday against St. Joe's Prep at Truman HS (3001 Green Ln., Levittown). Warmup at 3:30; Start at 4:00. Let's go, Crusaders!
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After defeating both Carroll and Devon Prep last week, the Crusaders take on our Oblate rival, Salesianum, today at Truman HS. Meet scheduled to start at 4:30. Come out and see our talented group of swimmers, many of whom have already qualified for districts in multiple events.
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Another great performance yesterday as our Crusaders defeated Pennsbury HS 102-78. Our swimmers took the top spot in every single race. Next up is Devon Prep and Carroll this Friday (1/23) at Truman HS. Warmup-4:00; Start-4:30. Let's go, Crusaders!
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After defeating Holy Ghost Prep last week, our Crusaders will travel to Pennsbury HS to take on the Falcons today starting at 3:45. Come out and support our student-athletes. Onward to victory! @FJAthletics @FatherJudgeHS
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After defeating Penn Charter last week, our Crusaders swimmers take on Holy Ghost Prep today at Truman HS. Warmups at 4:00; Meet starts at 4:30. Come out and support our student-athletes. Onward to victory!
Our Crusader swimmers earned PCL victories over both Archbishop Wood and Conwell-Egan earlier this week. Next week (12/18), the team will travel to Lower Moreland HS. Onward to victory! @FJAthletics @FatherJudgeHS
The Crusaders first PCL meet is tonight at Sandburg MS against Archbishop Wood. Meet time scheduled for 7:30 pm. Good luck to our swimmers as they prepare to take on the PCL. Onward to victory! @FJAthletics @FatherJudgeHS
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