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i4-Orono Weekly Timies, Wednesday, Jane 20, 1990 Newcastle A quatic Club A wards ThubNwastle Âquatic Lisa Von Hatten, Tara Arnott, and Peter Frisina; Front (1-r) Craig Clu awrd prsenedToby ]Limebeer, MacKenzie Hudgin Pingle and Robert Mack, with Pictured above: Back Row (i-r) coaches Gail and Kerry Arnott. Newcastle Aquatic Club held their Annual Banquet and Awards night, on Tuesday evening, at the Bowmanviile Memorial Park Club building. Club members, parents and family friends numbering- about 110 people, enj oyed a buffet lunch prior to the officiai presenta- tion of the varjous awards. 1 Club President, Paul Von Hat- tel, introduced his execut ive for the comning year, and thanked the outgoing President and his team for the tremendous effort they had put forth during the past season. In a short speech, Paul said that the dedication and effort shown by ail the swimmers was above the standard normaliy expected from young people. To mark their dedication, every swimmer on the club was presented with a handsome silver trophy., The trophy for the most improv- ed swimmer ofthe year went to Peter Frisina. The "Rookie of the Year"~ trophy, was awarded to, two swimi- mers, Robert Mack and Craig Pingle. The trophy for the top Level i swimmer, was awarded to MacKen- zie Hudgin. The femaie swimmer of the year By Leab Wlnter Going 10 sleep later than usual is just as bad as nul going to sleep at ahl, if youre .trying t10 ieart nmd apply complex new information, say Trent University researchers. Psychologist Carlyle Smith and his colleagues have found that people who lose 'rapid eye movement' (REM) sleep cannot appiy complex new information as weli as those who get ahl their REM slcep. They also found that leamning is impaired if REM sleep is lost at certain criticai times for up to a week afterwards. The REM phase, the period of sleep during which most dreaming occurs, is characterized by quickened e ye movemnents mnd changes in the sleeper's blood pressure, respiration mnd pulse rate. REM periods atemnate with non-REM periods in approximately 90-minute cycles that recur about five times during a regular night's sleep. Smith says the first non-REM phase award wen t to Lisa Von Hatten. _The maie swimmer of the year trophy was awarded to Toby Limebeer. The swimmer of the year trophy went to Tara Arnott. Following the presentation of awards, a iovely bouquet of flowers, in the- club colors of yellow and blue, were presented to Gail Arnott, who aiong with her husband Kerry, are the unpaid coaches of the club. The assistant coaches of the club, Bob and Shannon Mack, together with Yolanda Jones, were ail thank- ed for their contribution by Gail and Kerry. Kerry said, that without their heip it wouidn 't have been possible to carry on. The club en- joys a membership of 50, of ail age groups, and Ontario. The success is due, to a large degree, to the time spent wit h the swimmers by the coaches, who give up every weekend to either training or swim meetings. A standing ovation was accorded Kerry and Gail at the end of the evening, by club members and parents alike. It was a sincere show of appreciation for their efforts, which have put the club on the "swimming map.-' by Go rd Milîs is very deep and long; its probably the time during which the body recovers from ils fatigue and the brain recharges. This is followed by a short REM period of 5 to 10 minutes. As slcep continues the REM periods get longer. During the final cycle, the REM period lasts about 50 minutes. In a normal night's sleep, the total REM time is 90 to 120 minutes. Smith's studies iniially looked at the influence of REM sleep on the learning of two different tasks. The first was a simple word-memorization task. The second, more complex, task was to lear nmd appiy rules to complete and soive a probiem. Smith taught the two tasks to 20 coilege students and then divided the students into four groups. That night, one group slept alI night undisturbed, one stayed awake ail night, one was awakened each time a REM period started, and one was awakened just after a REM period fin-ished and the non-REM period began. A week later, Smith tested the groups on the tasks they had iearned. On the word memnorization task there was little difference in performance. On the application task, however, the non sleepcrs and the REM-deprived groups scored approximately 30 per cent lower than the others. Smith's next study was to determine 'how much REM sleep needs t0 be losi" to affect learning, Theorizing that loss of sleep in the longest - the last two. - REM periods would affect learning more, he interrupted the first two REM periods of one group and the last two REM periods of a second group. However, he found that both of the REM-deprived groups scored 30 per cent iower on the application task compared with a group that was not REM-deprived and a control group that had slept ail night. As a resuit, Smith wondered whether staying up late was as bad for learning as missing a night's sleep altogether. To test this he had a group stay up four hours pas t their normal bedtime and allowed themn to 'sleep in' the next day, so they got a normal amnount of sleep, but delayed by four hours. Again, the application task scores were 30 per cent lower than those of the control group of sleepers who went to bed at the usual time. Delaying sleep suppresses the first two REM periods and alters the sleep cycle, which in turn affects the kcaring process, Smith explains. Furthermore, he found that the learning process extends over a period of time and that there are a number of 'weak spots' Or 'windows' for up to a week afterwards during which learning is vulnerable to sleep loss. Its not just the sleep delay on the night of learning that affects the abilit-y t retain and apply the information. Smith delayed sleep by four hours i one group on the night of learning and in other groups on the following nights (i.e. if the tasks were learned on Tucsday, one group del ayed sleep' that night, one on Wednesday night, and one on Thursday). Test resuits showed that scores dropped for those who had delayed sleep the night of leamning (Tuesday) and those delayed two nights later (Thursday). The group that delayed sleep on the night between scored as well as a control group who had not dclayed their sleep. 'Me vulnerable spots in the learning process recur, and delaying sleep during one of them '"is just as awful" as not sleeping at ail, Smith says. Smith concludes that when people are learning complex information, they should gel their REM sleep when their bodies need and expect it. 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