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Our summer practice schedule will begin May 3rd.  I have prepared a preliminary practice and meet schedule for your review.  Please look it over and get me any comments or concerns you may have, before I finalize our practice schedule. 

As I have said previously, we WILL be offering Advanced Team practices this summer for our first time!!  I am hoping to have enough interest to keep Coach Ben on for coaching our Advanced Team practices in the afternoons.  Please let Ben and/or I know if your Advanced Team swimmer(s) is interested in training with us this summer, or if you have any questions in regards to the differences between summer league and GOLD!

Additionally, I am looking into offering a later daily morning practice for masters in addition to the 3 early morning practices beginning in June.  Unfortunately, the city has reinvigorated their efforts to increase our rates for this summer which will total at least $36,000 annually.  This is simply not affordable, and I am continuing the seemingly endless battle, so our schedule is dependent on the outcome of our rate.  Please be patient as I get this ironed out. 

  PROPOSED
Summer Practice Schedule
May 3-28th Practice Schedule*
Senior Team               Mon/Wed/Fri 5:30-7:15AM @ Williams
                                         Mon-Thurs 5:15-7:30PM @ Rec
                                         Friday 4:45-6:30PM  @ Rec
                                         Saturday 7:45-10AM
Pre-Senior Team       Mon-Thurs 5:15-7:00PM  @ Rec
                                         Friday 4:45-6:30PM  @ Rec
                                         Saturday 7:45-9:30AM @ Williams
Advanced Team        Mon-Thurs 4:45-6:15PM @ Rec
Masters Team           Mon/Wed/Fri 5:30-7:15AM @ Williams
                                       Mon-Thurs 6:15-7:45PM  @ Rec
                                       Saturday 7:45-9:30AM @ Williams
May 31– July 10th Practice Schedule*
Senior Team               Mon-Fri 7:00-9:15AM @ Rec
                                       Monday 2:45-5:00PM  @ Williams
                                       Wed/Fri 4:45-6:30PM @ Williams
                                       Saturday 7:45-10AM @ Williams
Pre-Senior Team       Mon-Fri 7:15-9:00AM @ Rec
                                       Tues/Thurs 4:45-6:30PM @ Williams
                                       Saturday 7:45-9:30AM @ Williams
Advanced Team        Mon-Thurs 4:45-6:15PM @ Rec
Masters Team           Mon/Wed/Fri 5:30-7:15AM  @ Rec
                                      Mon-Fri 7:15-9:00AM @ Rec
                                      Mon-Thurs 6:15-8PM @ Rec
                                      Saturday 7:45-9:30AM  @ Williams
 
July/August Practice Schedule TBA
 

 
I am dropping the "Commitment Levels" for each practice team, so practice sessions will be unlimited.  

Summer Monthly Training Fees:
Advanced Team $70
Pre-Senior $80
Senior $90
no additional registration fees if you registered with the Fall/Winter season.

You will NOT need to do anything if you are planning on continuing your GOLD/AGM membership.  You will receive your normal monthly statement at the end of each month.  You WILL need to send me written notification if you are NOT continuing your membership with us, otherwise, you will continue to be billed for your monthly fees.

Again, this is all in the preliminary planning stages, so please express any questions or concerns you may have as soon as you are able!  I would like to finalize this by the end of this month.

Thank you, as always, for your tireless, continued support for Aquatics of Georgetown!!

Current entries for Junior Olympics may be reviewed here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=211

FINAL ENTRIES ARE DUE THURSDAY!!  All Texas GOLD swimmers are encouraged to attend the LAST meet of the shortcourse season!!  Here the events that our swimmers are eligible for: http://swimgeorgetown.com/JO_0310_eligibility.pdf  Please get with me ASAP if your swimmer is not on this list (swimmers with all STAGS or Senior Champs qualifying times are not eligible).

Junior Olympics meet info: http://swimgeorgetown.com/JO_0310_info.doc  This meet info lists a final due date of Sunday, March 14th.  I will be headed to Costa Rica for a vacation on Sunday morning, so I will be unable to process late entries.  Please get me your final entries by Thursday so I may prepare them and get them turned in by Friday.

3-6-10
The repairs/updates to the pool deck at the Rec Center will not be completed for another week.  I hope to maintain our schedule at SU again this upcoming week, but I am awaiting final approval.  Please assume that practice next week will be at SU during our regularly scheduled times for Masters, FUNdamental, and Advanced Team afternoon practices, as well as Masters and Senior Team morning practices, unless you hear otherwise.  Please check the Home Page of our website on the Twitter or Facebook post for the final word.  I will be heading back from College Station and may not be able to send out an email.

Afternoon Pre-Senior and Senior Team practices are as scheduled; Village Pool Mon-Thurs 5:15-7PM, depending on the weather.  No Friday afternoon practices this month!

1. Parents, please do not wander off in the athletic complex and/or utilize the gym/track/equipment.  If you stay during practice, please sit in the area of the stadium seating upstairs.
2. Swimmers, do not leave your personal belongings in the locker rooms during practice.  Please bring everything with you onto the pool deck. 
3. Enter/Exit through the pool deck doors. 
4. We will be sharing the pool with the occasional Rec swimmer, so please be respectful of the their lane/space.

Senior/Masters Swimmers:  Morning practices will be tentative next week, as they are scheduled to be at Village Pool at regular times.  We will not have access to SU in the mornings, and warmer weather does not look promising next week.  Please stay tuned to the Home Page of our website or the AG Hotline, which I may not be able to update until 8-9PM the evening before the morning practice.
 

All eligible GOLD swimmers are encouraged to compete at the 2010 Shortcourse Junior Olympics held at the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio March 28-30th.  Meet info may be found HERE.  Swimmers may enter any event in which they have NOT achieved a STAGS/Senior Champs time standard (except 8&U swimmers may enter any event).  I have included an eligibilty report for your review (newly registered swimmers may not be listed; please send me notice if you are interested in participating).  Preliminary entries are due Monday, March 8th.  The final entry due date is Thursday, March 11th. 
 

There are NO Friday afternoon practices offered during the month of March.  There are several changes to the attached calendar (especially during Spring Break!), so please print out a copy for your fridge!
 

2-22-10
Pre-Senior/Senior Teams: Since Mother Nature seems to have forgotten that we are in Central Texas, we will have practice Mon-Thursday at Southwestern 5:15-7PM.  There is some bad wintry weather predicted for Tuesday evening, so keep an eye on the website for cancellations.

Congratulations to Texas Gold Swimming who competed at the 2010 Shortcourse South Texas Age Group Champs and Senior Champs this past weekend in San Antonio, both with around 500 participants at each meet!!

Our 12 & Under swimmers competed in STAGS at an amazing best times percentage of 74.5%!!!!  WOW!!  And what's more amazing is that of the 27 swims we competed in, 63% of those swims qualified them for the finals!!  Now that's how to race!!

TOP 10 FINISHERS
Fifth Place
Adrian Rivera, 12, 200 breast 2:46.93
Adrian Rivera, 100 breast 1:16.05
Sixth Place
 Adrian Rivera 50 Breast 34.90
Eighth Place
Hannah Pierce, 11, 50 Free 29.13
Tiffany Souza, 9, 10&Under 50 Free 31.18
Tenth Place
Hannah Pierce 200 IM 2:39.99
Hannah Pierce 200 Breast 3:02.13
Adrian Rivera 50 Free 27.17
Adrian Rivera 200 IM 2:26.62
Adrian Rivera 100 IM 1:09.12
Tiffany Souza 10&Under 100 Breast 1:31.64

IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS
AA Times
Adrian Rivera, 11-12 50 Free, 200 IM
A Times
Adrian Rivera 100 Free
Tiffany Souza, 10&Under 50 free, 100 breast, & 100 IM
BB Times
David Dunsworth 11-12 50 Back
 

Our 13&Over swimmers who competed at Senior Champs with a 63.2% best time percentage, and an incredible 73% of their races qualified them for finals!!

TOP 10 FINISHERS
South Texas Champions
Calvin Fusilier, 15&Over 200 free 1:46.70
Calvin Fusilier 200 fly 1:56.30
Silver Medalists
Calvin Fusilier 100 fly 54.48
Calvin Fusilier 200 IM 2:03.49
Bronze Medalists
Calvin Fusilier 200 Back 2:02.50
Madison Smith, 14, 1650yd free 19:50.76
Fourth Place
Calvin Fusilier 100 Free 49.86
Fifth Place
Nat Pukys, 13, 200 Back 2:14.04
Nat Pukys 200 Free 2:00.02
Sixth Place
Beau Fusilier, 13, 1650 Free 18:59.37
Madison Smith 500 Free 5:47.16
Seventh Place
Nat Pukys 200 Breast 2:32.09
Nat Pukys 100 Back 1:02.67
Eighth Place
Beau Fusilier 500 Free 5:34.18
Beau Fusilier 400 IM 5:00.88
Nat Pukys 100 Breast 1:12.11
Ninth Place
Calvin Fusilier 50 Free 23.57
Neil Lemcke, 15&Over 1650 free 17:54.61
Tenth Place
Beau Fusilier 200 Back 2:21.65
Val Fusilier 15&O 200 fly 2:28.31
Nat Pukys 100 free 55.88

IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS
AAAA Times
Calvin Fusilier, 15-16  200 Fly
AAA Times
Calvin Fusilier 100 fly, 100 free
AA Times
Calvin Fusilier 50 Free
Neil Lemcke, 15-16 50 Free
Rachel Rodriguez, 15-16 50 Free
Madison Smith, 13-14 50 Free
A Times
Sam Doocy 15-16 100 breast, 1650 free
Beau Fusilier, 13-14 1650 Free
Neil Lemcke 100 breast
Nat Pukys, 13-14 50 free, 200 breast, 100 free, 200 back, 100 breast, 200 free, 100 back
Madison Smith 500 Free
BB Times
Sam Doocy 100 fly

NEW TEAM RECORDS
Alex Maresca, 8&Under 50 free 32.28
Tiffany Souza, 9-10 200 IM 2:56.93 beating an 8 year old record!!
Adrian Rivera, 11-12 50 Breast 34.90
Adrian Rivera 100 Breast 1:16.05
Madison Smith 13-14 1650yd free 19:50.76
Valerie Fusilier, 15&O 200 Fly 2:28.31
Nat Pukys, 13-14 100 Back 1:02.67, beating a 5 yr old record!
Nat Pukys 100 breast 1:12.01
Nat Pukys 200 breast 2:32.09
Calvin Fusilier 200 free 1:46.70
Calvin Fusilier 200 fly 1:56.30
Calvin Fusilier 200 IM 2:01.75

TEAM SCORES
STAGS
Girls 4th place with 372.5 points
Boys 9th place with 258 points

SENIOR CHAMPS
Girls 3rd place with 780 points
Boys 2nd place with 1235.5 points

Greetings Championship GOLD Swimmers!!

Here are the Texas Gold shirt colors we will be wearing at both meets this weekend.  If you do not have a Texas Gold shirt in one of these colors, please get one at practice on Thursday, otherwise you will be able to get one at the meet:

PRELIMS
Friday GREY (new championship shirt; you will get this tomorrow or Friday before warm-up)
Saturday WHITE
Sunday GREY

FINALS
All days BLACK
Let's all get ready to swim SUPER FAST!!  GO GOLD!!!

First Colony - There's a First Time for Everything
02/20/2010, early entries due Feb 8th, late entries due Feb 15th.  Deck entries allowed.
Don Cook Natatorium
"Deck/Day of Entries" allowed
Republic of Texas World SCY Championships featuring the BlueSeventy Texas Shoot Out
2/26/2010-2/28/2010 @ SMU
entries due Feb 25th.  Deck entries allowed

 
Rice March Madness - At the new pool at Rice University
Saturday, March 13, 2010, entries due March 10th.  Deck entries allowed.
Deck entries allowed
2010 Shortcourse ZONES!!
@ The Woodlands
April 9-11, 2010, early entries due March 15th, late entries due by March 31st.

Senior Champs Team:

Attached you will find the Spectator Information including warm-up assignments, please read!

You may periodically check this site for updates on STAGS and Senior Champs, including psych sheets , timelines, and real time results: http://www.aaaa-sa.org/default.htm

Our assigned warm-ups are 7:35-8:10AM everyday.  Do NOT be late!!

I have attached the preliminary relay assignments that Aubrey and I were able to put together.  Some relays will be swum in prelims, others in finals.  I have specified which relays are in prelims and finals (it's also posted on the meet info)  Please check with your coach before you leave for the day, as you may be needed for a last minute change in a relay!

My cell phone number is 512-470-3253 should you need anything (emergencies only, please!)  Coach Tim will be on deck at Senior Champs while Ben and I will be at STAGS, however, I will be able to head over and see a good portion of prelims at Senior Champs since STAGS ends before noon each day.
  
Please send me your cell number and your hotel info, if I don't already have that.

Thank you!!

STAGS Team:

Attached you will find the Spectator Information, please read!

You may periodically check this site for updates on STAGS and Senior Champs, including psych sheets and real time results: http://www.aaaa-sa.org/default.htm

Our assigned warm-ups are 7-7:35AM everyday.  Normally, they alternate the early/late shifts, so I will let you know if anything changes with that, which would not happen until our coaches' meeting Friday morning.  If you do not hear of any changes, assume that we are warming up 7-7:35AM everyday.

Our team has been assigned to provide 2 timers for Lane 3 at the South Pool, where the girls will be competing on each day.  Please help us to make sure this is covered.  You will report to the head timer at 8:10AM.

I have attached the preliminary relay assignments that Aubrey and I were able to put together.  Relays will be swum in the preliminary sessions only.  Please check with your coach before you leave for the day, as you may be needed for a last minute change in a relay!

My cell phone number is 512-470-3253 should you need anything (emergencies only, please!)  Coach Ben and I will be on deck at STAGS, however, I hope to be able to go see a session or two at Senior Champs as well, so I may miss a few sessions at STAGS. We'll see...   

Please send me your cell number and your hotel info, if I don't already have that.

Pre-Senior/Senior Teams:

Since we will be working on lots of starts this week, and the Village Pool has been super-chlorinated this afternoon, we will head over to SU this week.

SOUTHWESTERN:
Monday:
5:45-7:30PM
Tuesday/Wednesday:
5:15-7:00PM
Thursday:
4:45-6PM

Friday:
no PM Practice (we do have morning practice 5:30-7:15AM)
Saturday:
at Village Pool
7:45-9:30AM

https://www.clubassistant.com/club/usms_members.cfm?club=AGM

If you are not on this list (Linda and Colleen forwarded me their USMS registrations, thank you!) you will need to get registered or forward me your registration card from the team you are attached to.  Since USMS implemented an on-line registration process in 2008, we no longer handle this registration as part of your annual dues.  If you have not renewed your membership for 2010, please use the link below renew on-line.  It is quick and easy, and you can print new USMS card immediately.  I will receive an email immediately after you register with us. 

When completing the on-line form, the team is listed under Aquatics of Georgetown Masters, abbrevation AGM, and our LMSC is South Texas. 

 https://www.clubassistant.com/club/usms.cfm or visit our <FORMS> webpage

Thank you!

2-12-10
Good luck to all GOLD swimmers competing in their high school regional meet held in Conroe ISD, Shenandoah, TX, beginning at 4:30PM.

Psych Sheet: http://athletics.conroeisd.net/aquatics/downloads/final%20psych-sheet%20region%20iv-5a.pdf

Prelims Timeline: http://athletics.conroeisd.net/aquatics/Downloads/UIL-Region%20IV-5A-Prelim-Schedule.pdf

Real Time Results (beginning at 4:30PM on Friday for prelims, and 3:30PM on Saturday for finals):
http://www.conroeisd.net/departments/athletics/swimresults/results/index.htm

And it looks like they will be posting a live video of finals at 3:30PM on Saturday (don't hold me to that, though:) http://athletics.conroeisd.net/aquatics/LiveVideo

GO GOLD!!!

Congratulations to Texas Gold Swimmers who participated in the Temple Last Chance Meet this past Saturday who swam at 51.9% best times!  A special "congrats" goes out to David Dunsworth, Galen Palmore, and Madison Smith who all achieved an additional STAGS or Senior Champs time standard at this meet! 

NEW TEAM RECORDS
Madison Smith, 13-14 girls 1650yd free 19:58.88
Taco Williams, 8&Under 200 Free
Reilly Gilbert, 8&Under 200 IM
 
NEW TIME STANDARDS
A Times
Adrian Rivera, 11-12 100 IM 1:09.99
Madison Smith, 13-14 1650yd Free
BB Time
Galen Palmore, 15&O 200 Breast 2:37.60
B Times
Pablo Froelich 15&O 200 IM 2:36.92
Scott Innis, 8, 10&U 50 Back 48.30
Mary Pierce, 8, 10&U 100 IM 1:41.66
Xavier Pulido, 13-14 100 Free 1:05.07
Madison Smith, 13-14 100 Fly 1:16.12
 
PERFECT MEET (all best times)
Natalie Bazar (first meet!)
Javier Froelich
Scott Innis
Alaina Martin
Xavier Pulido
 
Here are your 2010 South Texas Short Course Championship Teams
STAGS
David Dunsworth,11, 50 & 100 Back
Reilly Gilbert 50 & 100 10&U Back
Alex Maresca 10&U 50 Free
Hannah Pierce, 11, 50 & 100 Free, 50, 100, & 200 breast, 100 & 200 IM
Adrian Rivera, 12, 50 & 100 Free, 50, 100, & 200 Breast, 100 & 200 IM
Tiffany Souza, 10&U 50 &100 free, 50 & 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 & 200 IM
Jack Whewell, 11, 50 Back
Senior Champs
Sam Doocy, 15&O 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1650 free, 100 breast and fly
Beau Fusilier, 13, 200, 500, & 1650 free, 100 & 200 Back, 200 & 400 IM
Calvin Fusilier, 15&O, 50, 100 & 200 Free, 200 Back, 100 & 200 fly, 200 IM
Valerie Fusilier, 15&O, 100 free, 200 Fly, 400 IM
Emily Hill, 14, 100 Breast
Neil Lemcke, 15&O, 200 and 1650 Free, 100 Breast
Galen Palmore, 15&O, 50 Free, 200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
Nat Pukys, 13, 50, 100, 200 Free, 100 & 200 Back, 100 & 200 Breast
Rachel Rodriguez, 15&O, 50, 100, & 200 Free, 100 & 200 Back, 100 & 200 Fly
Madison Smith, 14, 50, 500, and 1650 Free
 
Congratulations to all Texas Gold swimmers who competed in their High School District Championship meet last weekend.  Two Texas Gold Georgetown swimmers have advanced to the Regional Championships in Conroe this coming weekend.  Rachel Rodriguez, swimming with the Round Rock Dragons, placed fifth in the women's 100 Free with a time of 55.49!!  Calvin Fusilier, swimming for the Georgetown Eagles, placed fifth in the men's 200 free with a time of 1:47.20, and placed fourth in the men's 500 free with a time of 4:48.43.  Regional relay swimmers include Julia Baird-Smit, Lindsey Carey, Jansen Brown, Jessica Burgess, Sam Doocy, Calvin Fusilier, and Rachel Rodriguez.  Good luck to all GOLD swimmers competing this weekend!!
 

Pre-Senior/Senior Team:

Practices this week will be at Southwestern 6-7:45PM for Pre-Senior, 6-8PM for Senior Team.

We will be able to have practice today at Southwestern rather than at Village during our REGULAR practice times for Rockstar Wednesday, 5:15-7PM for Pre-Senior and 5:15-7:30PM for Senior Team.  We will see how the weather behaves for Thursday's practice.  If we change the location, it will likely be at at a later time.  Please assume Thursday's practice will be at Village until you hear otherwise from me.

Thank you!

I have attached our training calendar for February.  I will be preparing statements to be sent out early this week, so please shoot me an email if you will be suspending your membership.  Please let me know if you would like to be removed from my email blasts!

We are offering another Start Clinic this Friday for ALL teams at the Rec from 5-6PM.  There will be no practice on Friday afternoon, other than the clinic.  We will have regular practice on Saturday morning at the Village Pool.

Preliminary entries for STAGS and Senior Champs are due Tuesday.  I have attached the eligibility sheet (not updated with Districts results) for your review.  Final entries are due Sunday, February 7th for those of you who qualify for additional events at the Last Chance meet this weekend.  Also, please let me know if you will be available for relay participation, and which day(s) you will be available.  For the Order of Events for STAGS, go HERE, and for Senior Champs, go HERE.  Many of us are staying at the Hyatt Place, which is directly in between the two pools for STAGS (9.6 miles) and Senior Champs (10.1 miles).  They are currently offering $71/nightly rate.  Book online HERE.

We are entering our "Championship Season."  Each swimmer will have a championship meet that we are aiming for.  There are many different levels of championship meets.  The first meet a swimmer attends is typically the Junior Olympics.  Swimmers are eligible to swim any event at JO's in which they did not achieve a qualifying time for STAGS or Senior Champs.  The next level is STAGS(for swimmers ages 12&Under) and Senior Champs (for swimmers ages 13&Up).  This meet is used to try and qualify for the next level meet, TAGS (for 14&Under) and Sectionals(for any age, but is faster than TAGS).  Following Sectionals, would roughly be Junior Nationals, Senior Nationals, and Olympic Trials. 

As you may or may not know, our sport consists of 2 seasons; a shortcourse season and a longcourse season.  The shortcourse season runs September-March, and the longcourse season runs April-August.  Yes, swimming is a YEAR long sport for the elite swimmers!  We generally take off a couple weeks around Spring Break and then again in August.  Shortcourse season is what most of you are familiar with; competitions in 25 yard pools like the pool at Southwestern.  In the Longcourse season, however, competitions are generally held in 50 Meter pools, like the one at Williams Dr. or at UT without the bulkheads in the center of the pool.

Historically, we have ceased offering our FUNdamental and Advanced Teams at the end of April, and we encourage everyone on these teams to join their local summer league teams, like the Aquadillos or Round Rock Dolphins beginning in early May.  I have received several requests for us to continue to offer practices for our younger Advanced Team swimmers, but I need to see what kind of interest is out there, as we would need more than a couple of swimmers to warrant the pool and coaching costs of implementing another practice.  If your Advanced Team swimmer is interested in swimming with Texas Gold during our Longcourse season, please shoot me an email to let me know.  Our last FUNdamental Team practice will be April 29th.  There will be some changes to our coaching staff and practice times once school lets out, as most of our coaching staff joins the staff for the Aquadillos. 

Let's get ready to swim FAST!!!!

Update for Pre-Senior/Senior and Masters Teams:

I have attached our training calendar for February.  I will be preparing statements to be sent out early this week, so please shoot me an email if you will be suspending your membership.  Please let me know if you would like to be removed from my email blasts!

We are offering another Start Clinic this Friday for ALL teams (you, too, Masters!!) at the Rec from 5-6PM.  There will be no practice on Friday afternoon, other than the clinic.  We will have regular practice on Saturday morning at the Village Pool.

Preliminary entries for STAGS and Senior Champs are due Tuesday.  I have attached the eligibility sheet (not yet updated with Districts results) for your review.  Final entries are due Sunday, February 7th for those of you who qualify for additional events at the Last Chance meet this weekend.  Also, please let me know if you will be available for relay participation, and which day(s) you will be available.  For the Order of Events for STAGS, go HERE, and for Senior Champs, go HERE.  Many of us are staying at the Hyatt Place, which is directly in between the two pools for STAGS (9.6 miles) and Senior Champs (10.1 miles).  They are currently offering $71/nightly rate.  Book online HERE.

We are entering our "Championship Season."  Each swimmer will have a championship meet that we are aiming for.  There are many different levels of championship meets.  The first meet a swimmer attends is typically the Junior Olympics.  Swimmers are eligible to swim any event at JO's in which they did not achieve a qualifying time for STAGS or Senior Champs.  The next level is STAGS(for swimmers ages 12&Under) and Senior Champs (for swimmers ages 13&Up).  This meet is used to try and qualify for the next level meet, TAGS (for 14&Under) and Sectionals(for any age, but is faster than TAGS).  Following Sectionals, would roughly be Junior Nationals, Senior Nationals, and Olympic Trials. 

Upcoming Masters Meets:
February 20th; First Colony 
Feb 26-28, Republic of Texas World SCY Championships at SMU
March 13th Rice March Madness
April 9-11th, Masters ZONES!!  Info TBA

At the New Year Classic held at UT on January 15-18th, Texas Gold Georgetown competed at our first prelim/final meet of the season.  In order to be eligible to compete in finals each evening, you must have placed in the top 16 for 100yd events and top 8 for 200+yd events at the preliminary session.  We were at 55.8% best times overall!!

Beau Fusilier was our high point winner for the meet, finaling in all but 1 event!!  Beau finished 10th place in the boys 11-12 100 free in 58.70, 10th in 100 breast with a 1:18.71, 6th in the 200 back with a 2:20.51, 11th in the free with a 26.87, 3rd place in the 500 free with a 5:28.13, 4th in the 200 free with a 2:04.85, 3rd in the 100 back with a 1:05.64, and 5th in the 400IM with a 4:59.39.  Amazing swims!!!

Adrian Rivera finaled in 3 events, placing 9th in 11-12 boys 100 breaststroke with a 1:16.26, 15th in the 100 back with a 1:13.00, and 15th in the 100 IM with a 1:11.63.

Rachel Rodriguez finaled in the 100 back, winning 22nd place with a time of 1:05.91.

NEW TEAM RECORDS
Rachel Rodriguez, 15&Over 100 back 1:05.91
Rachel Rodriguez, 200 Fly 2:30.81
Beau Fusilier, 11-12 50 Free 26.87
Beau Fusilier, 500 Free 5:28.13
Beau Fusilier, 100 Back 1:05.64
Beau Fusilier, 200 Back 2:20.51
Adrian Rivera, 11-12 100 Breaststroke 1:16.26
Beau Fusilier 400 IM 4:55.45

NEW STAGS/Senior Champs TEAM MEMBERS!!
Sam Doocy, 15&O 200 Free
Reilly Gilbert, age 8, 10&Under 50 Back
Emily Hill, 14, 100 Breast
Adrian Rivera, 12, 200 Free
Rachel Rodriguez, 15&O, 50 Free and 200 Free

PERFECT Meet (All best times!)
Hadley Cowan
Sam Doocy
Carlos Froelich
Pablo Froelich
Mary Pierce

Our final Best Times Team Trophy Meet was not only a huge success for our team, but for all teams competing!!  Your Texas Gold Georgetown swimmers achieved an awesome 67.3% best times plus 62 new swims!!  WOW, way to go!! 

NEW STAGS/Senior Champs Team Members
Reilly Gilbert, 8, 10&Under 100 back (Reilly also qualified for 11 yr old 200 back, but that event is not offered to 10&under swimmers, and Reilly is only 8!!!  Way to go Reilly!!)
Alex Maresca, 8, girls 10&Under 50 free
Nat Pukys, 13, 50 Free & 100 Back
Tiffany Souza, 9, 10&Under 100 back, 100 free, and 100 IM
Jack Whewell, 11, 50 back

NEW TEAM RECORDS
Alex Maresca, 8&U 50 free 33.12
Alex Maresca, 25 Breast 22.35
Alex Maresca 100 Breast 1:44.54
Taco Williams, 8&Under 100 Free 1:17.04
Taco Williams 200 Free 2:46.04
Reilly Gilbert 8&U 25 back 18.23
Reilly Gilbert 200 Back 2:56.01
Taco Williams 50 Breast 49.94
Taco Williams 100 Breast 1:45.65
Reilly Gilbert 25 fly 17.60

PERFECT MEET (look at all of these!!!)
Caleb Barry (first meet!)
Ana Froelich
Javier Froelich
Lauren Glenn (first meet!)
Ryan Hanson
Noah McBee (first meet!)
Calvin Miller (first meet!)
Carter Miller (first meet!)
Camryn Miller
Mitchell Misplay
Chelsea Oldham (first meet!)
Courtney Oldham (first meet!)
Xavier Pulido
Tiffany Souza
Emily Unzicker
Ben Valenzuela
Sarah Walters (first meet!)
Taco Williams
Joshua Wood (first meet!)
Zachary Wood (first meet!)
 

I am so proud of all of your accomplishments, and I am anxious to see you compete at your championship meet, whichever one that will be!  Our upcoming meet schedule:

Feb 6th  Temple Last Chance Meet
Feb 19-21 STAGS 12&Under at San Antonio
Feb 19-21 Senior Champs 13&O at San Antonio
March 5-7 Sectionals at College Station
March 11-14 TAGS 14&Under state champs at The Woodlands
March 26-28th Junior Olympics at San Antonio (for all swimmers who did not qualify for STAGS or Senior Champs)

For time standards, please visit HERE.

I am preparing the February training calendar, and will send that our soon.

Ben and I are preparing the Best Times meet results to present to you.  We should have it sent out in a day or so.

We are offering a free Start Clinic for all FUNdamental and Advanced Team members on Friday at the Rec 5-6PM.

Preliminary entries are due for the Temple Last Chance meet on February 6th.  Final entries are due Monday!  This will be the last meet for swimmers who do not qualify for STAGS until Junior Olympics at the end of March.  Meet Info: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/Temple_0210_info.pdf

1-19-10

Greetings Teams:

Since results for the meet this weekend were not available until later this afternoon, you are welcome to send me updated entry times by noon on Wednesday.  I'll send out psych sheets tomorrow afternoon.

Deck entries will be accepted up to 30 minutes prior to the meet start to fill empty lanes.  PLEASE send me any scratches that you have!  Time trial entries will be accepted beginning at 10:30AM on Saturday.  USA ID cards will be required for swimmers not previously entered in the meet.  Entry fees are $10 each.

FUNdamental/Advanced Teams:

In order to get prepared and pumped up for our meet this weekend, we will be having a special "Meet Prep" practice this Thursday. Practices will be 5:30-7:00PM for BOTH FUNdamental and Advanced Teams.  Both groups will swim together in a practice designed to focus on meet readiness, and get our swimmers excited for what will be a fun and fast meet. For the few swimmers who are not competing this weekend, we encourage you to participate, as it will be a fun practice and will allow the FUNdamental and Advanced groups to get to know each other a little better. Again, practice for BOTH GROUPS will run from 5:30 until 7:00 this Thursday at the Rec. See you there!

We will still have our Start Clinic at the Rec on Friday 5-6PM.

-Coach Ben and David

Greetings Swimmers!

I have attached a tentative timeline, warm-up assignments, and have included some information on a fun way to "preserve the moment" of your races this weekend (please read forwarded information below).

Please email Coach Ben your preference for your volunteer position by Friday! 

Have a great week, and we'll see you Saturday!!  (Don't forget to read below!)

Dear Parents and Swimmers,

River Oak Photography will be attending the Texas Gold's Best Times Team Trophy Meet coming up on January 23 and 24. We are a photography company that specializes in swimming photography. Our work with Texas Gold is mutually beneficial in that a percentage of our profits are given to the Texas Gold Georgetown booster club.

How it will work at the meet: We work on a reservation basis. A "reservation" books a specific heat for ONE swimmer only, that way our photographers can provide their full attention to your swimmer. From each booked heat we will get around 15-20 edited and color corrected high resolution photographs. At the meet you will only purchase reservations and each heat you want to reserve is $10 (i.e. 1 heat is $10 and 2 heats are $20). You will purchase your prints from our website after the meet (prices vary from $19 for packages and $6-50+ for single prints, depending on size of print). At the meet when we get your reservation we will get your contact information, and on Tuesday or Wednesday we will send you an email with a direct link to your swimmers photographs. We offer all size prints, photo mugs, key chains, and our signature poster-size composites.

Please check out our work and our composites on our website www.riveroakphotography.com.

As mentioned, we work on a reservation basis, which means that we DO NOT take pictures of all swimmers attending the meet, and we permit only ONE reservation per heat. If you wish to get your swimmer photographed, stop by our retail booth to sign up for your reservation EARLY to ensure that you will be able to book your child's heat. Lastly, don't forget that a percentage of our profits goes to Texas Gold's booster club!

Thank you for your participation in our second and final Best Times meet of the season!  I have attached a tentative timeline, warm-up assignments, and have included some information on a fun way to "preserve the moment" of your races (please read forwarded information below).

You are welcome to send me an update to your entry times by noon on TUESDAY.  I will send out an updated psych sheet that evening.  When sending me your update, I will only update your entry times; changes to your entries will not be permitted.

Have a great week, and we'll see you Saturday!!

To sign up for a specific volunteer position, this sign-up sheet will be posted at the Rec Center in our corner.  If you are unable to make it to the Rec, please contact Coach Ben b.cumnockfrancois@gmail.com or David david.houck@gmail.com.  Thank you!!

For the UT meet THIS weekend, shirt colors are:
Friday Timed Finals BLACK,
Saturday Prelims GREY
Saturday Finals: BLACK
Sunday Prelims WHITE
Sunday Finals BLACK
Monday Prelims GREY
Monday Finals BLACK
(Finals will always be Black, prelims will always be white or grey)

1-13-10

The UT meet is limited to 14&Unders, so we will head to the Temple meet instead on the same day, Saturday, February 6th.  Attached you will find the meet invite for the Temple Last Chance meet.  Preliminary entries are due Thursday, January 21st.  Final entries are due Monday, January 25th after our home meet.  This meet will be open to ALL Texas Gold teams!!

Practice Changes:

We will offer our first START CLINIC!! for Pre-Senior, Senior, and Senior Team members this Friday at the Rec Center 5-6PM.

We will have our regularly scheduled practice on Saturday for Pre-Senior, Senior, and Senior Team members at the Village Pool 7:45-9:30/10AM.

We have just received notice that the Rec Center will be closed on Monday, so we will move our practices to the Village Pool at the scheduled times; FUN 3:45-5PM, Adv 5-6:30PM, Pre-Senior/Senior 5:15-7/7:30PM, Masters 6:15-8PM.

All Advanced, Pre-Senior, and Senior team members are invited to participate in the UT Last Chance Meet on February 6th for one more opportunity to get a STAGS, Senior Champs, TAGS, or Sectional cut, or you just want to see if you can go a little faster!  Entries to the host team are due before our meet next weekend, so what I'll do is have you submit your entries to me, and then we may be able to update them after our meet.  We just need to reserve our spot at UT, so I must submit our team entries on Jan 22nd, therefore, you will need to get me your preliminary entries by Monday, January 18th, and final entries will be due Wednesday January 20th. 

I will be preparing Volunteer Sign-ups for our last home meet later this week.  We have reached maximum capacity on Saturday with 200 swimmers and 140 on Sunday, so we will need LOTS of volunteers!! 

Warm-ups:
Friday: 5:45PM (late warm-up)
Saturday: 7:30AM (early warm-up)
Sunday: 8:10AM (late warm-up)
Monday: 7:30AM (early warm-up)

These are the times we start warm-up, not the time you need to arrive!!  Warm-ups are SHORT, so be sure to be ON TIME!  Friday traffic is always ridiculous, so please plan accordingly (at least 60 minutes travel time)

Psych sheets may be reviewed here: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/psychsheet1-12-10.pdf

Timeline: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/estimatedtimeline.pdf

Real Time Results: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm

Parking info: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/Parking_New_Years_Classic_2010_000.pdf

Entries: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=205

Let's get ready to swim FAST!!!

Friday afternoon's practice will be at the Rec Center 4:45-6:30PM for Pre-Senior, Senior, and Masters Teams.

We will bring our Saturday practice indoors to the Rec Center 9-10:45AM for Pre-Senior and Masters teams, and 9-11:00AM for Senior Team due to the CHILLY weather! 

I will be on a brief "vacation" this weekend, but will be checking emails to update our entries for our upcoming meet.  I'll pick up any entries that were dropped off at the Rec Center tomorrow morning, and prepare our preliminary entries tomorrow afternoon/evening.  You are welcome to make changes to your entries by Monday night!

Have a great weekend, and please get out all the mourning for the Longhorns ASAP. 

Attached you will find the estimated timeline for the New Year Classic at UT.  Psych sheet & Real Time Results may be found here: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm. 

Preliminary entries for our last home meet Jan 23-24th have been posted here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/index.asp?STRIPPED=AquaticsofGeorgetown.  Please review them, and let me know if there are any changes/additions by Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!!

Don't forget to review the info below about the New Year Classic!

For those of you not familiar with STAGS (South Texas Age Group Swimming) and Senior Championships, they are our local swim committee's championship meets, called South Texas Swimming (sort of a "regional" meet against other teams in the Temple, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus, and Brownsville areas).  STAGS is only 12&Under, while Senior Champs is 13&Over.  The age groups that swimmers compete against are: 10&Under (it is rare to have an 8 year old or younger compete at STAGS because the time standards are set for 10yr olds), 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15&over.  So 11yr olds compete against only other 11 yr olds, but a 15 yr old must compete against 16, 17, 18-25 yr olds.  Swimmers who do not achieve a STAGS or Senior Champ qualifying time in a specific event will be eligible to compete for that event at the Junior Olympic Championships held at the end of March.  The next level of competition for 14&Under swimmers is TAGS, or Texas Age Group Swimming Championships.  This is the state meet for all teams in Texas (extremely fast!).  Sectionals is a national region meet that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana that is time-specific, not based on age.

I have attached a best times report for each swimmer.  You may notice "STAGS" listed next to a time listed on the report.  This means that the time has qualified that swimmer for either STAGS (12&Under) or Senior Champs (13&Up).  If it is not a qualifying time, then there will be a delta time listed to show you how close that best time is to the qualifying time.  If neither of those is listed, then that particular event is not available at STAGS (25yd events are not offered) or Senior Champs (50yd events, other than free, and 100IM is not offered).  Do not worry if you do not have one of these times right now!  Our goal is improvement, and these times are a great way to monitor that.  For all time standards, please visit our website at http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/html/time_standards.php

Here is some preliminary information on the meets I just mentioned (the hyperlinks are the OFFICIAL invitations.  I will get you our  entry procedures later this month):

STAGSFeb 19-21 at Palo Alto College in San Antonio entries due Feb 2nd.
Senior Champs Feb 19-21 at Northside 1604 in San Antonio  entries due Feb 2nd
Sectionals March 5-7th at Texas A&M
TAGS March 11-14th at The Woodlands
Junior OlympicsMarch 26-28th at Incarnate Word in San Antonio

12-31-9
Letter from Mark Lehnick, AG Masters Swimmer

Mark has asked me to forward this along to our team. 

Happy New Year!!!

Apparently the staff at SU has shut down the heaters at the natatorium.  We had a pretty chilly practice yesterday evening, so we are going to squeeze today and Wednesday's evening Pre/Senior practices over at Rec Center, pending cooperating weather, of course.  Practice will be scheduled for the same time (5:15-7/7:30PM) at Rec Center on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

If conditions this evening look like there will be a wintry mix of freezing rain and/or sleet, we'll most likely cancel practices today.  I'll try and make a final announcement between 2-3:00PM.  You will be able to check the Home Page of our website where our Twitter widget is posted, or you may call the AG Hotline (512-246-7491) to check for any changes (they will be announced at the beginning of the message if there are any changes).

Thank you for your patience!

I have attached the January calendar for your review.  This will be posted to the website shortly.  Remember, if there is not a highlighted note listed on a particular day, then follow the regular schedule that is listed on the top of the calendar (ex. nothing listed on Wednesday morning means we have regular practice that morning).  We return to our normal Rec Center schedule On January 5th when school starts back up, and our regular Village schedule when SU starts swimming again on Jan 11th. 

I have also attached the meet information for our final home meet held at SU January 24-25th.  This will be the last chance to qualify for STAGS or Senior Champs!!  Entries are due Thursday, January 7th!  We may have one more opportunity if you are very close to a qualifying time at a Last Chance meet held at UT the following weekend. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

If you are currently swimming with our masters program and plan on continuing with us in 2010, you MUST register with USMS.  Currently, I have only received confirmation on 1 renewal.  Here are the 2009/2010 AGM registrations: https://www.clubassistant.com/club/usms_members.cfm?club=AGM

To renew your USMS membership or register for the first time, visit USMS.  Please register with AGM, Aquatics of Georgetown Masters (NOT GTTM, Georgetown Texas Masters)
I hope everyone is planning on attending our team breakfast on New Year's morning!!  If you are simply unable (or unwilling) to get your body out of bed that early after a long night or morning, you are certainly welcome to join us for the just the breakfast portion at the Village Pool!! 

Our next practice will be Saturday at the Village Pool 7:45-9:30AM Pre-Senior/Masters and 7:45-10AM.

Thank you and Merry Christmas!!

We are now in the thick of the Short Course Season and have another meet behind us.  Congratulations to all of the swimmers who competed at the Texas Gold Best Times Team Trophy Meet this past weekend!  As the season goes on, it becomes harder and harder to continue to drop time, making practice all the more important as we swim through Christmas and enter the home stretch.

That being said, I would like to recognize two swimmers who continue to swim at a high level and between them broke seven Texas Gold Records!  Congrats to Alexandra Maresca (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 25 Fly, 50 Fly, and 100 IM) and Taco Williams (200 Free), keep up the good work!

I would also like to give a shout out to the swimmers who achieved a new, higher time standard this week.  Three Cheers for Alex Maresca (100 Free - BB, 200 Free - BB), Kory Maresca (50 Free - BB), Hadley Cowen (50 Free - BB), and Starlah Quinones (50 Fly - BB, 50 Free - BB)!

Coach David and I would like to reiterate just how important practice becomes at this time of year.  Championship season is right around the corner!

 - Coach Ben

Good luck to Calvin Fusilier, who will be traveling to Columbus, OH tomorrow morning to compete at the 2009 Junior National Championships with the nation's FASTEST 18 & Under swimmers!!  Follow the meet here: http://www.star-meets.org/results/Juniors/SC09/:

Also good luck to all GOLD swimmers competing at the UT meet this weekend and all high school swimmers who will be competing at the Burnet Invitational!! 
SHIRT COLORS:
Saturday- GREY
Sunday- BLACK

Preliminary UT New Year's Classic meet entries are due today.  Final entries are due Thursday, Dec 17th.

Our webmaster is having some difficulties updating our site, so please do not hesitate to ask if you need me to resend any previous emails or files.

http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=204

Entries for the Jingle Bell Splash at UT this weekend may be found here:
http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=200

I just received notice that SU swim team will be done practicing by 5PM until school starts back up in January, which means we will be able to swim there at our regular practice time for the next 6 weeks or so. The facility will be closed around the holidays, so this schedule change is not set in stone for every week.

For now, we will be at SU 5:15-7PM Pre-Senior and 5:15-7:30PM Senior Team Tues, Wed, and Thurs this week. We will most likely be able to continue that same schedule Mon-Thurs next week, but I will need to get confirmation. I'll get more details and try to give you more advance notice for the end of December.

Thank you for your patience!!

Warm-up for the meet will begin at 9:20AM for Texas Gold, and the meet will start at 10:10AM.  I will need someone to learn to operate the timing console, as my new trainee for today will be unavailable.

Congratulations to the Senior Team who raised over $500 today with our silent auction.  Thank you, parents and masters swimmers, for all your help and donations to make it successful!!

AAA Times

Calvin Fusilier 15-16 200 IM, 200 Back, and 1650 Free

AA Times

Beau Fusilier 11-12 200 IM

Adrian Rivera 11-12 50 Breaststroke

A Times

Beau Fusilier 50 Breast, 100 IM, 100 Fly

Neil Lemcke 15-16 500 Free

Hannah Pierce 11-12 50 Free

Adrian Rivera 100 Back, 50 Free

Madison Smith 13-14 200 Free, 100 Free

BB Times

Beau Fusilier 200 Breaststroke

Hannah Pierce 200 IM, 50 Fly, 100 Back, 50 Breast

Adrian Rivera 100 Free, 500 Free

B Times

Dayna DeBeau 13-14 100 Breast

Carlos Froelich 13-14 200 Free, 100 Free

Pablo Froelich 15-16 200 Free

Emily Hill 13-14 200 IM

Madison Smith 200 Back

NEW TEAM RECORDS

Beau Fusilier 11-12 100 Back 1:06.46, beating Calvin's record set in 2005 by 2 seconds

drian Rivera 11-12 50 Breast 35.39

Beau Fusilier 100 IM 1:08.76

Calvin Fusilier 15&O 500 Free 4:51.65

Calvin Fusilier 1650 Free 16:58.73

Calvin Fusilier 200 Back 2:00.58

Calvin Fusilier 200 Fly 1:58.52

Calvin Fusilier 200 IM 2:03.04

Calvin Fusilier 400 IM 4:16.85

Good luck to Texas Gold FUNdamental and Advanced Teams who will be competing in Temple's Thanksgiving meet this weekend!  I will forward you any information that I receive from the host team.

We will be adjusting next Wednesday's and Friday's schedule so keep an eye open for the notice, or visit us at www.twitter.com/swimgeorgetown.  All notices are immediately posted to Twitter and in turn posted directly to the Home Page of our website.

11-5-9
Dear Rockstars who like to have fun outside of the pool:

This Sat afternoon I am heading down to the Independence Brewing Company. If you have not had their local brew, you are missing out!

From 1-3, Independence is having a FREE tasting and tour. I have been once before and they are pretty darn awesome. You get three beer tickets, can bring food, dogs, games, chairs, whatever! There is usually a band too. (It's all outdoors in a big parkinglot.) They will sell food and provide free water if you are interested. If you would like, you can buy a pint glass for $6 and keep the glass. If not, they provide cups.
It is best to get there right at 1 as they run out of beer towards the end. We can try and get a carpool together.
Just let me know!
http://www.independencebrewing.com/events/brewerytour.html

11-1-9

10-28-9
We have an opportunity to use the pool at Southwestern on Friday afternoon, so we will be offering our start clinic at SU 5-6PM rather than at the Rec Center!  See you there!!

10-27-9

10-25-9

Practice on Tuesday for all Pre-Senior and Senior Teams will be at Southwestern 6:15-8PM for high school video stroke sessions, so NO PRACTICE at Village.

NEW TEAM RECORDS

Lindsey Carey 15+ 200 IM 2:22.77

Beau Fusilier 11-12 50 Free 26.95

Beau Fusilier 11-12 200 Free 2:04.46

Beau Fusilier 500 Free 5:33.72 (beating his big bro's record set in 2006)

Adrian Rivera 11-12 50 Breast 35.96

Adrian Rivera 100 Breast 1:16.92 (qualifying for TAGS!)

Beau Fusilier 400 IM 5:02.23 (set in 2005)

Calvin Fusilier 15+ 200 Free 1:47.57

Calvin Fusilier 500 Free 4:53.18

Calvin Fusilier 200 Back 2:01. 47 (qualifying for Sectionals!)

Calvin Fusilier 400 IM 4:21.38

We need volunteers for our first Home Meet at SU this Saturday!!  Please put your name down at the sign-up sheet at the Rec Center!  We will need a few volunteers to help shop on Friday for concession items.  Please let Diana know if you are willing to help with this!  dyr123@austin.rr.com  Senior Team: we need your help as well, so please be there.

Warm-up info and psych sheets for the Spooky Sprint will be prepared and sent out Monday or Tuesday.  We will have another Start Clinic on Friday at the Rec Center for FUNdamental and Advanced Teams 5-6PM in preparation for the Spooky Sprint.

Practice on Saturday will be at SU 6:30-8AM before meet warm-up for Pre-Senior, Senior, and Masters teams.

GO GOLD!!!

Please sign up to volunteer for our first home meet, the Spooky Sprint!  I have attached a volunteer sign-up sheet, and it will be posted at the Rec Center. 

Thank you for your support!!!  GO GOLD!!

Warm-up Schedule:

Friday arrive at 5:00PM Meet starts at 6:20PM

Saturday 12&Under: arrive at 9:00AM Meet starts at 10:55AM

Saturday 13&Over: arrive at 2:00PM Meet starts at 3:00PM

Sunday 12&U: arrive at 7:50AM Meet starts at 9:30AM

Sunday 13&O: arrive at 12:30PM Meet starts at 1:30PM

No practice this Friday afternoon, due to the UT Meet.

The Under water/Above water Stroke Video taping I scheduled for Senior Team tomorrow has been postponed to October 27th 6:15-8PM at Southwestern, so we will have regular practice at Village Pool tomorrow.

Meet Information for the UT November Classic on Nov 13-15th is posted.  Preliminary entries are due Monday, October 26th.  Final entries are due Thursday, October 29th.   

Splash-a-thon money is due TODAY!  If you did not participate, the buyout fee is $35 per swimmer and will be added to your account on your next statement.  The ITouch winner will be announced this week!

The 2009-2010 Meet Calendar is attached for your planning purposes.  Time Standards will be updated within the next week or so.  These are the time standards that are currently available, and will be posted to our website soon: http://www.aaaa-sa.org/TStds.htm

10-12-9

8 & under:

Payton Holcomb – 73 laps – (Sammy cloth)

Reilly Gilbert – 93 laps (Myth busters DVD)

Taco Williams – 17 laps (water bottle)

10 & under:

Brandon Henry – 56 laps (DS game)

David Dunsworth – 33 laps (swim cap)

12& up:

Adrian Rivera – 115 laps (Sammy cloth)

Beau Fusilier – 172 laps (bag)

Drue Gindler – 157 laps (poster)

Emily Hill – 146 laps (Sammy cloth)

Jansen Brown – 120 laps (water bottle)

Maddie Smith – 152 laps (swim cap)

Neil Lemcke – 168 laps (swim cap)

Jessica Burgess – 130 laps (poster)

Masters Group:

Cathy – 125 laps (Sammy cloth)

Please gather your contributions and submit them by Monday, October 19th so we may announce the grand prize winner for the 8G Apple ITouch.  If you did not participate in the Splash-a-thon, a $35 Fundraiser Fee will be added to your next statement.  If you did gather pledges, but you were unable to swim on Saturday, you may count the laps at your next practice!  Masters swimmers are not required to contribute!

Temple Meet Information will be sent out as soon as I receive it.  Warm-up will begin at 8AM, and the meet will start by 9:15AM.  The specific timeline and warm-up assignments should be emailed to me by Thursday and I will forward to you.  To view the meet invite, go to <Meet Info> webpage of our website and click "Info" next to Temple Trophy Meet.  Directions to the pool may be found HERE.  For this meet, we will be wearing WHITE Texas Gold t-shirts.  Smalls and youth sizes are available at the Rec Center.  Mediums and Larges are available at the Village Pool.  If you need me to get some sizes delivered to a different pool, let me know!

Spooky Sprint preliminary meet entries for our first home meet are due TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 13th!  Please email me your entries or submit a form at the pool by tomorrow.  You must email your entries after this preliminary due date.  Final entries will be due by October 19th.  Meet Info is HERE.

Southwestern University is hosting an Intersquad meet this Friday at 5PM and they need timers!!  Let me know if you will be able to help out!!  I'll be there operating the timing system and teaching the operation of Meet Manager and the timing system, if anyone wishes to become acquainted with this (which is a volunteer position at our home meets, so this is very helpful to our program!)

Pre-Senior/Senior Team:  Practice on Tuesday, October 20th will be at Southwestern 6:15-8PM.  High School swimmers: we will be video taping your strokes above and under water.  Kim Tyson, a lecturer at the University of Texas for Kinesiology and Health Education will be conducting the video taping and reviewing results along with technical corrections needed to maximimize your stroke efficiency.  Please make every effort to be in attendance, including you morning swimmers!!  This is a FANTASTIC opportunity for you to see your strokes, above and under water, and SEE what corrections you need to make rather than just hearing Carla and I tell you what you need to do.  If there is time, we'll have some non high school swimmers join in for some sessions, but we only have Kim for an hour.

Masters Swimmers:  Meet information on the Jesse Coon meet has been released.  I'll get that meet info out to you soon!  It's Nov 21st, I think.

8-31-9

Jessica Burgess

Sam Doocy

Beau Fusilier

Calvin Fusilier

Drue Gindler

Neil Lemcke

Joe Pavlovsky

Hannah Pierce

Nat Pukys

Rachel Rodriguez

Tiffany Souza (welcome to the team!!) 

TAGS results will be posted once I receive the results file.  I apologize for the delay! 

PRACTICE SCHEDULE UPDATE:

• No GOLD practice on Thursday afternoon.
• No practices on Friday or Saturday for Masters or GOLD.
• Beginning next week Aug 10-29th, practices will be Mon, Wed, Fri 5:45-7:15AM at Williams Dr for all teams and Mon/Wed 6:15-8PM at Rec Center for all teams

Registration for the upcoming season will be August 22nd at the Village Pool from 8-10AM.  We will have a practice this Saturday for all teams 7:45-9:30AM at the Village Pool.  Lane Four Swimshop will be on premises for team gear purchases.  Practices will begin August 31st.

NEW TEAM RECORDS (14&Under)

Hannah Pierce, 9-10yr girls 50 free 34.03

Hannah Pierce, 100 Free 1:16.54

Hannah Pierce, 100 Back 1:35.65

Hannah Pierce, 100 Breast 1:42.53

Rachel Rodriguez, 13-14 girls, 50 free 30.03

Rachel Rodriguez, 100 Free 1:04.24

Rachel Rodriguez, 200 Free 2:23.06

Rachel Rodriguez, 400 Free 4:55.09

Rachel Rodriguez, 100 Back 1:16.31

Rachel Rodriguez, 100 Fly 1:13.66

Rachel Rodriguez, 200 IM 2:43.84

Nat Pukys, 13-14 boys 100 Breast 1:27.91

Nat Pukys, 200 breast 3:04.03 

Also attached is STAGS and Senior Champs eligibility.  Preliminary entries for STAGS and Senior Champs are due July 23rd.  You may qualify additional events at Junior Olympics, and final entries will be due Sunday after JO's, July 26th.  There are no specific hotels that the team is staying for these meets.  STAGS info, Senior Champs info

Preliminary entries for JO's are due TODAY!  Final entries will be due Monday, July 13th. Junior Olympics info

Our annual Schlitterbahn trip is scheduled for Tuesday, July 14th.  No practices that afternoon, but we will have morning practice.  My preliminary plan is to meet at Denny's in Georgetown for breakfast after practice then head out to New Braunfels.  Please RSVP by Monday.  We'll need chaperones as well to help transport!

I have also attached a flier with some preliminary information about the 2009-2010 swim season.  There are some minor changes to the practice schedule, pending approval (as usual!)  We are waiting to get confirmation from the new swim coach at Southwestern and final rates from COG.  There are a few minor price increases caused by our increase in pool use.  These increases are independent from any rate increase we might incur, which is NOT calculated into my rates for next season.  If COG continues to insist on a $48/hour rate (we are currently paying $36/hr at Rec Center, $30/hr at Village, and $40/hr at SU), I will have to further increase the monthly fees or schedule practices at the Village Pool again.  There is also an increase with our annual team registration fee.  This additional $15 will go toward concessions for our 3 home meets so we will NOT ask for concession donations this year! 

Good luck to Beau and Calvin Fusilier, Hannah Pierce, and Rachel Rodriguez who will be attending the TAGS & Sectionals Qualifier meet in San Antonio this weekend!  They are within 5% of qualifying for one or more events at TAGS or Sectionals.  Hannah will be swimming 100 breast, 200 Free, 50 breast, and 50 free, Rachel will be swimming the 100 free, Beau will be swimming 200 IM, 50 Back, 200 Free, 50 Free, and 400 Free, and Calvin will be swimming 800 Free, 200 Back, 200 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Back, and 400 Free! 

No practice on Friday afternoon, but we WILL have practice on Saturday 7:45-9:30AM at Williams Dr Pool.

Next week:  morning practices will be at Williams Dr, and afternoon practices will be at Rec Center.  Monday afternoon, GOLD teams will practice 3:15-5PM, none on Tuesday afternoon.  Masters will have regularly scheduled practices both morning and afternoon.

6-28-9

Attached, you will find our entries for the TAGS/Sectionals Qualifier Meet in San Antonio.  These entries mean you are within 5% of a qualifying time for TAGS or Sectionals.  Entries are due Tuesday to the host team, so let me know if you will not be attending this meet by Tuesday morning.  If you achieve a qualifying time at the Texas Open, you will not swim that event at the Q Meet.  It will be much easier if you all make all of your qualifing times this coming weekend     Rodriguez and Fusiliers:  I will have your baseball tickets at Monday morning's practice.    I will send out our tentative July calendar later this evening.

6-25-9

TOP 3 RESULTS:

Champions:

Beau Fusilier, 12, 100 back 1:16.82

Beau Fusilier, 100 Fly 1:23.59

Nat Pukys, 12, 200 IM 2:43.98

Nat Pukys 50 Fly 34.90

Nat Pukys 50 Back 36.69

Rachel Rodriguez, 14, 100 Free 1:04.60

Silver Medalists:

Beau Fusilier 200 IM 2:51.33

Beau Fusilier 50 Back 37.51

Calvin Fusilier, 15, 200 Fly 2:17.04

Hannah Pierce, 10, 50 Breast 47.57

Nat Pukys 400 Free 5:07.46

Nat Pukys 100 Free 1:07.19

Nat Pukys 200 free 2:25.02

Bronze Medalists:

Beau Fusilier 400 Free 5:12.07

Beau Fusilier 100 Free 1:10.07

Beau Fusilier 50 Free 31.95

Beau Fusilier 200 Free 2:28.25

Calvin Fusilier 200 Free 2:05.63

Hannah Pierce 100 Breast 1:42.86

Nat Pukys 100 Breast 1:28.05

Nat Pukys 50 Breast 41.40

Rachel Rodriguez 50 Free 30.72

Rachel Rodriguez 200 Fly 2:51.49

Rachel Rodriguez 200 IM 2:46.57

Rachel Rodriguez 100 Fly 1:15.15 

NEW 14&Under TEAM RECORDS:

Hannah Pierce 9-10 50 Free 35.45 (previous record set in July 2006)

Hannah Pierce 100 Free 1:19.97 (prev 7/2006)

Hannah Pierce 50 Back 46.84

Hannah Pierce 100 Breast 1:42.86

Hannah Pierce 50 Breast 47.57 (prev Jan 2004!)

Rachel Rodriguez 13-14 100 Free 1:04.60

Rachel Rodriguez 13-14 400 Free 4:58.35

Rachel Rodriguez 100 Fly 1:15.15

Beau Fusilier 50 Free 31.95

Beau Fusilier 100 Back 1:16.82 (beating Calvin's record set in 4/2006!)

Nat Pukys 11-12 200 IM 2:43.98 

Full meet results: http://www.cosst.net/results/Final_Results_Damon_McCoy_2009.htm

Full Team Scores: http://www.cosst.net/results/Final_Scores_Damon_McCoy_2009.htm

WAY TO GO TEXAS GOLD SWIMMERS!!!!  Keep up the hard work, it's paying off!!

First Place Finishers

Carlos Batista, 42, 100 breast 1:25.09

Joe Burke, 48, 500 Free in best time of 6:39.54 & 50 free 28.58, 50 Breast 40.25

Kathy Goulding, 50, 100 Breast 1:42.66, 50 Free 33.90, 100 Free 1:17.37

Dale Huggins, 36, 100 Breast 1:05.33, 50 Free 23.31, 50 Breast 30.21

Mark Lehnick, 48, 100 IM 1:12.87, 50 fly 30.20

200 Medley Mixed Relay of Joe Burke, Kathy Goulding, Mark Lehnick, and Christine Knight

Second Place

Carlos Batista 50 Free 28.44, 100 IM 1:27.64, 50 Breast 37.80, 100 Free 1:11.85

Christine Knight, 48, 500 Free 8:28.67, 50 Free 38.65

Mark Lehnick 200 Free 2:18.62, 50 Free 28.66

Third Place

Kathy Goulding 100 IM 1:33.35

Christine Knight 200 Free 3:16.42, 100 Free 1:28.75

NEW TEAM RECORDS

Chris Prater 50 free 21.86 AAA time

Chris Prater 100 free 48.05 AAA time

Chris Prater 100 back 56.35 AA time

Kyler Wood 100 Breast 59.59 AAAA time (beating his brother's time set in 2004!)

Kyler Wood 200 Breast 2:15.51 AAAA time

Chris Prater 100 fly 54.15 AA time

Texas Gold Swimming will be headed to Dallas this weekend for Texas Age Group Championships where Georgetown will be taking the largest team ever!  Rylan Slocum (age 10 in 200 free relay) Hannah Pierce (200 free relay and 50 free), Nat Pukys (age 12, 200 free, 200 & 400 Free Relay, 200 Breast, 100 Free, and 200 & 400 Medley Relay), Beau Fusilier (age 12, 50 back, 200 & 400 Free and Medley relays), and Adrian Rivera (age 11, 200 breast).  Wish them luck!!

BB TIMES

Dayna DeBeau 13-14 50 Free in 30.76
Hannah Pierce 9-10 50 Back in 41.62
Thomas Berg 13-14 100 Free 1:01.23
Sam Doocy 15+ 500 Free in 5:35.90 (SR Champs Q Time!)

B TIMES

Camryn DeBeau 9-10 50 Breast in 52.99 

NEW TEAM RECORD

Hannah Pierce 200 Breast in 3:15.61, beating a 4 year old record by over 8 seconds!!!

By the way, while I have the floor....just want to brag on Dale (in front of everybody). He does such a fabulous job of managing our teams. I am totally amazed at how he multi tasks the home swim meets for the Gold. He never gets ruffled. Just stays calm and cool. AND he's Always, always positive. His meets are packed with swimmers because the area coaches and parents know it will be organized and well run. And with all the switching and changing he's had to do lately to get us practice/pool time, I don't know how he keeps his sanity.

We have such GREAT coaches that work with us and work with the age groupers day in and day out, good weather and bad, morning and night, SU, Village, Sendero, Williams Dr. or points unknown. I love watching the age group coaches encourage, teach and make an impact on the lives of their troops. And there's Carla. Forced to deal with the grouchy masters in the mornings and she truly amazes me by running three to four different practices at the same time, sometimes without a stop watch or pace clock. I know everyone appreciates ALL you coaches and all you do for the kids and the adults. We are better swimmers and better people because of your care.

Peace and love to the family,
Mark a/k/a Mack a/k/a Captain Speedo