Maddie woke up to a hit and run this morning, not the best way to start a Friday. Don't worry though, Shellie should be back in her loving arms in about two weeks! #FunFactFriday

Hey gang! I hope everyone’s summers were fantastic! It was awesome to see you all at the barbeque and I can’t wait to start seeing you on a daily basis soon, it’s been far, far too long! Singapore was fantastic; I missed the freezing winter you all had, and I got to visit some amazing places. I spent Chinese New Year at a turtle reserve on Tioman Island which is just off the coast of Malaysia (it’s also one of the prettiest beaches in the world according to Time Magazine). I then spent spring break in Vietnam where I travelled to Sapa and Ha Long Bay, Vietnam is the best place I’ve ever been, hands down. A couple weeks later my family visited and we spent a week in Thailand, a couple days at the beach and a couple days in Bangkok (we actually stayed in one of the areas that was closed off because of protestors, so that was pretty cool). That being said, I’ve never been happier to be back in America (USA! USA!), upon returning I went to three weddings in May, so cool to see swimmer alumni! I worked this summer at Crestron Electronics in New Jersey, which was a really great experience. They tailored the job to what I wanted to do so it was a mix of design and engineering; I redesigned their basic control system that goes in colleges and meeting rooms around the world. I started the project and it would have taken about 9 months to complete, but if it ever gets finished it would go in all Microsoft conference rooms around the world, so I mean I’m kind of a big deal. So anyway I’m super excited to be back! I’ve been lifting all summer, but I couldn’t find a pool in New Jersey so I’m a little out of swimming shape, and a little nervous about swimming with this freshman class. I got in the pool yesterday and swam a 500 though so I think I’m pretty much ready. See you soon! Faith

Conditions aren't always perfect but you just have to take the first step. #Gainers #MotivationMonday

Hello teammates,

Hope everyone's summer has been going well. If you don't know, I spent most of my summer in Europe, France for a few days, then with family in Italy, and then working in Sicily, Italy. I'll have to tell you stories from then another time. Once I got back, I managed and coached for a little at my summer pool. Swam a little bit, but my club team was tapering and ended pretty soon after I got back. My team merged last year with NOVA in VA, so now we're a huge team. I wasn't in good enough shape to swim at long course champs coming back from Italy, so I went and watched finals a couple nights. The team we merged with trains 4 IM like no other, so they have 15 and 16 year olds that are just insane to watch swim. After that, I swam and lifted at the Y which wasn't bad. One day when I was there, a guy that used to swim on my club team was there. He was  6 years older than me, so it was really cool to catch up with him. Hope you guys got a chance to watch all the swimming on TV lately, some pretty exciting things have been happening. Looks like the United States will have a pretty young team going into Rio.

I moved into my apartment on Monday, both the Davids and I are living upstairs together. We have a one bedroom place, because we really wanted to work on the team bonding aspect this year. We do have other rooms, but we have designated those to the yoga room, the gardening room, and the food room. After, the first night here I woke up to a flat tire, that was a nice welcome back present to Troy. Got to bond a little more with David Connor, while changing the tire. If you didn't know he is basically an expert at cranking a car jack up in about 2 seconds. He's pretty talented at jacking.

David Connor and I have been swimming this week and helping Rob out at Emma Willard. We have a new cook book, so you can basically say we're on that Gordon Ramsay level. If you want some 5 star meals feel free to stop by at anytime. Just be prepared to do dishes. Pretty excited to get back into it and start training hard again. Really would like to come out strong early again and pull a repeat on Ithaca and get the momentum going for the season. Can't wait to see all your beautiful faces and almost naked bodies everyday again.

LETS GO RED! #HOOHOO

Love,
Brian
&
Proof Reader David Connor

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Hey guys, I made an RPI Swim and Dive cornhole. Feel free to use it when you want #FunFactFriday. 

LETS GO RED! 

-Brian

Hi All,

Well it’s been quite the summer. I’m kicking it here in rural New Hampshire which is more exciting than it sounds. I’m working at BAE Systems, which is a defense contractor, as a Technical Intern but doing the work of an entry level mechanical engineer which is excellent. Electronic Combat Solutions, the sub-sector I’m in, specializes in electronic warfare systems for military aircraft but I can’t tell you about what I’m working on… Sorry! It’s a great experience and I’m having a lot of fun and doing things like root cause analysis, design work, and vibration and thermal analysis and tests. I play the first base for one of the teams in our company softball league so I run around some bases a few times a week for exercise. Just kidding Shannon! I’m lifting a couple times a week and running because the only pool near me is being repaired. Running is not nearly as much fun as swimming. It’s actually quite awful and I wonder why people decide that running 26.2 miles is worth doing. I’ve hiked a few 4000 footers this summer and some smaller mountains. Jordan and I are planning a trip for next Tuesday to do The Great Range up in the Adirondacks before school starts. It is 7 peaks and 20+ miles which could be quite challenge if we decide to try and do it in one day. We’d be looking at going for about 15 hours straight if we do that. But if our previous strength coaches have taught us one thing, it has been how important mental toughness is. I think Jordan and I can push through it just like we’ll to push through the challenges that Shannon and the other coaches throw at us this year. I’m 100% ready to come back and prepare to defend our Liberty League Championship title!

LET’S GO RED!

-Forrest

Anything is possible #MotivationMonday

Did you know Collin fell off his skateboard after wieghts, had to get a cast and miss most of his sophomore swim season. #FunFactFriday

What’s going on guys….

Pretty much been living the dream all summer. I got an internship at a place in Amsterdam, NY, called Power and Composite Technologies. It is a global company, with plants in the US, Hungary, and China, that specializes in power generation plant components, but we also do things for the medical field, the oil industry, just to name a few. Being one of only a handful of companies in the world certified to make the parts we build, its actually pretty interesting stuff. We build the majority of the nonmetallic components in the massive generators that power cities all over the world. We also work with GE in the R&D department and I’ve been able to work on some cool projects with that. It’s a good mix of sitting behind a desk doing engineering type stuff, but I’m also out on the shop floor a lot overseeing projects, fixing problems, running tests, I have even designed a few new machines and machine parts. All in all I enjoy it, can’t complain.

Outside of work, which pretty much takes up the whole day, I’ve been rehabbing my shoulder and recently started training again. Just tough when you go from DB benching with 110lb dumbbells to like 15 pounders…..  But that’s rehab for ya I guess. Just looking forward to getting back to 100% and crushing workouts again.

When I’m not working or training, which is basically never, I’ve been able to get out and hike a few times, getting my motorcycle license this weekend, and maybe coming back to school with a bike if I find the right one. Then I just hang out with the girlfriend and try to catch up on sleep every once in a while. Every day is just another day in paradise for me.

See you guys in a few weeks

- Jordan 

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Did you know Faith accidentally showed up to old RPI swimmer Sean Tellez's wedding a day early...oops #FunFactFriday