12-31-9 Mark has asked me to forward this along to our team. Happy New Year!!! |
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| 12-29-9 Greetings Senior/Pre-Senior Team: 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! |
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| 12-28-9 Greetings Texas Gold & AG Masters Swimmers! 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) |
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| 12-23-9 So sorry for the late notice, but you may have noticed the signs indicating that the Rec Center will be closed tomorrow, so we will not be able to swim there in the morning. We will have practice at the Village Pool 7:45-9:30AM instead. 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!! |
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| 12-10-9 Hey Team! 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!! 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. |
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| 12-7-9 Please review the entries for the Temple Christmas Classic. I have already submitted these to the host team, but I may be able to update our entries this evening if you would like to add yourself or make some changes. 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: 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. |
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| 12-5-9 With the lack of interest for practice in the morning, will not have practice on Sunday morning. 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!! |
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| 12-3-9 Well, Mother Nature has tricked us again, and it now looks like the wet stuff will not hit us until late morning, so it looks like it will be safe for a practice on Friday morning. Since we only had 2 masters come on Thursday morning, I figured you would appreciate another opportunity, so thank you Coach Super Carla!! See you dark and early!! |
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| 12-2-9 Due to the forecast for Friday morning, we are going to cancel it practice for Friday morning, and have a practice Thursday morning instead. Carla has to leave a bit early, so we will get in a little earlier, so please be on time! |
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| 11-20-9 Greetings AG Masters Team!
The Senior Team Captain, Calvin Fusilier, and the Senior Team need some help! They are attempting to raise funds to help pay for the their training trip in December. 13-16 Senior Team swimmers are traveling to my alma mater, Austin College, in Sherman Texas for a 5 day training trip the weekend they get out of school. There are going to be some pretty hefty expenses, from the van rental, to gas, to accomodations. I expect they will need to raise $2500 to cover the bulk of these expenses. I intend on the kiddos raising their own money rather than defaulting on their parents to fork over the money for their trip. I'm also trying to stay out of their planning process, but I AM a coach, and time is running short...
They will be raffling off several items at our next home meet in December. The problem is, they don't have very many items to raffle off... If you happen to have some insight into some items that could be donated to them for their raffle or avenues for them to research they would greatly appreciate knowing about it! Please contact Calvin Fusilier directly at cfusilier13@yahoo.com with any information or suggestions you may have.
Thank you, as always, for your time and support!! |
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| 11-20-9 There are several changes for our schedule next week, which are highlighted in yellow:
Good luck to Texas Gold for the Temple Meet!! Swim fast, swim smart!!
Masters swimmers, entries for the Belton Masters Meet are due next Friday, Nov 27th. Meet info: http://www.swimbelton.com/docs/MastersDec5.pdf We have several who are attending, so if you've been thinking about a meet, this is the one!! Warm-up is at 1PM, so you can still help out/watch our home meet in Georgetown, and shoot on over to Belton. It's only a 30-40 minute drive. Go AG Masters!!!
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| 11-17-9 Preliminary meet entries for the Texas Gold Best Times Team Trophy Meet are due Thursday! Final team entries will be due Tuesday, Nov. 24th. At this meet, swimmers will win a MEDAL for achieving a best time! The team achieving the highest percentage of best times will win a trophy!! So it will be a really exciting meet, and I'm already receiving a lot of entries from several local teams. They want that trophy! This is a great opportunity to monitor your improvement, and perhaps try a few new events.
Texas Gold Pre-Senior and Senior Teams competed at the TXLA November Unclassified this past weekend. GOLD Georgetown was at 68.1% best times!! Way to go Gold!! Here is a list of swimmers who achieved NEW, higher time standards:
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. |
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| 11-10-9 Greetings Senior Team:
Our training trip has been altered a bit, but we WILL be having one. I am currently negotiating with the folks at my alma mater, Austin College in Sherman, Texas, about hosting our training trip. If permission is granted, we will have full use of the facility, including the pool, gym, and weight room, during our stay. It will cost us $50 per day for our use of the facility. I believe we will be able to get a good rate at a nearby hotel ($60-70 per room per night). We will be leaving either Saturday or Sunday morning Dec 19th or 20th, and return Wednesday afternoon Dec 23rd.
Your team captain, Calvin Fusilier, will be heading the fundraising for this trip. I estimate you will need to raise $2000 to cover the cost of 15 participants, although that is a guess. I have heard some of you have planned on not attending, so you will need to reply to Calvin if you are or are not going to attend. Calvin's email is cfusilier13@yahoo.com
At the Senior Team meeting earlier this year, you discussed hosting a garage sale with items donated by your friends and families. You will need to start promoting and planning this garage sale ASAP.
Additionally, I suggested to Calvin to gather donations for a raffle at our next home meet Dec 5-6th. You will be able to sell raffle tickets to give away various prizes (whatever you get donated) throughout the course of the swim meet. I will send out an email to all of our members asking for ideas on where to ask for donations, but you all need to get together to get some ideas into action. The bigger the prizes, the more people will buy your raffle tickets. I suggest that the Senior Team meet very soon to get these fundraisers planned.
The proceeds for all your fundraising will go into your SwimGeorgetown Scholarship Fund, which in turn, will pay for your trip. If you have someone who wishes to make a cash donation, that donation will be tax-deductible. Checks must be made "Chisholm Trail Community Foundation for SwimGeorgetown." Anyone participating with the training trip, and not participating in the fundraising for the trip, will have to pay for their portion.
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11-5-9 Back by popular demand, I will be placing another sweatshirt order. If you would like a sweatshirt, please reply with the size and color (black or grey) by Monday, November 9th. They are $30, and I'll just add it to your account once they come in.
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| 11-4-9 Attention Rockstar Masters: There is a great meet opportunity 11/21-11/22 down the road in San Antonio at the UIW pool. It will be a short course meters meet and has built in breaks allowing you rest time between events. Warm up is at 8 and the meet will be over by noon each day, which is a plus regardless if you stay in SA and hang out or you want to drive back home. There are also relays at this meet! There have been some awesome workouts lately and it would be great to get some races in! Please email me carla_sterner@yahoo.com if you are interested. Carla |
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11-1-9 Masters/Pre-Senior/Senior Teams:
Thank you to all our volunteers who worked the Spooky Sprint this past Saturday!! It was a superb first home meet! I received a plethora of compliments from visitors on the organization and helpfulness of our volunteers. THANK YOU!!
I'll be preparing the meet results from Saturday and will post them tomorrow.
I have posted the November calendar on the website for your review.
Final UT entries are posted: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMEETS.asp?ENTRY=TRUE&DB=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb
Preliminary Temple entries are due Monday, for FUNdamental and Advanced Teams. Final entries are due Thursday.
We will be hosting a Best Times meet December 5-6th for our FUNdamental and Advanced Teams. Swimmers achieving a best time will win a medal for each best time achieved. First time swims, however, will not be eligible for awards, so I encourage participation in the Temple meet for swimmers who have not yet competed to get some times posted.
Entries for the Jesse Coon Masters Meet in Bryan on November 21st are due Nov.14th.
Thank you to all our volunteers who worked the Spooky Sprint this past Saturday!! It was a superb first home meet! I received a plethora of compliments from visitors on the organization and helpfulness of our volunteers. THANK YOU!!
I'll be preparing the meet results from Saturday and will post them tomorrow.
I have posted the November calendar on the website for your review.
Preliminary Temple entries are due Monday, final entries are due Thursday.
We will be hosting a Best Times meet December 5-6th. Swimmers achieving a best time will win a medal for each best time achieved. First time swims, however, will not be eligible for awards, so I encourage participation in the Temple meet for swimmers who have not yet competed to get some times posted.
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10-28-9 Pre-Senior/Senior/Masters Teams:
Friday afternoon's practice has been moved from the Rec Center to Southwestern University 4:45-6:30PM. |
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10-27-9
Attached you will find the meet information for our upcoming Spooky Sprint Unclassified, including timeline, warm-up assignments, and the psych sheets for both sessions.
We will have another Start Clinic on Friday at the Rec Center 5-6PM.
Let's get ready for a GREAT meet!!
Pre-Senior/Senior Team:
Reminder; today's practice will be at Southwestern 6:15-8PM, not at the Village.
Entries for the November UT Meet are due NOW!! Final entries are due by Thursday night!!
Pre-Senior/Senior/Masters:
Saturday's practice will be at Southwestern 6:30-8AM before the meet!
Please volunteer for our first home meet this Saturday! Please get with Coach Ben, or sign-up at the Rec Center. b.cumnockfrancois@gmail.com
Here are the positions, openings are highlighted in yellow:
Session I 7:30-10:30AM Check In: Steve Gilbert, Carolyn Acquaro
Timers: Joel Holcomb, Wendy Johnson, Joe Souza, Ava Whewell, Suzi Yeager
Awards: None
Head Concession: Diana Rodriguez
Concession Shifts: Diana's Volunteer Sheet see below
Safety Marshall: None (this is an EXTREMELY important position. We need at least 3 for each session)
Stroke Officials: Herb Schwab, Ginger Pierce, Donna Carey
Event/Heat Board: None (this is a great position for a Senior Team swimmer)
Timing Console Operator: None
Coaches' Hospitality: None (A concessions volunteer may take care of this, so don't worry about filling this if there are other needs)
Session II 10:30-2PM
Check In: C. Misplay, S. Kettering
Timers: Joe Souza, Ava Whewell
Awards: None
Head Concession: Diana Rodriguez
Safety Marshall: None (this is an EXTREMELY important position. We need at least 3 for each session)
Stroke Officials: Herb Schwab, Ginger Pierce, Donna Carey
Event/Heat Board: None (this is a great position for a Senior Team swimmer)
Timing Console Operator: None
Coaches Hospitality: None (A concessions volunteer may take care of this, so don't worry about filling this if there are other needs)
Concession Shifts :
7-9:00AM (3+ people)
9-11AM (2+)
11-1PM (2+)
1-2:30PM(3+)
GO TEXAS GOLD!!!
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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. Bring your dryland gear in the morning! We will most likely not be able to swim due to the weather, but we WILL have a dryland practice if that happens. Bring your shorts, tees, and tennis shoes just in case!
Preliminary UT meet entries for Pre-Senior and Senior Team are due Monday. Final team entries are due Thursday.
GREAT meet at UT this weekend!! Texas Gold Georgetown was at 80.8% best times!!!
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!!! |
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| 10-20-9
FUNdamental & Advanced Team Update Temple Trophy Meet:
The Fundamental and Advanced groups kicked off the short course season in a big way at the Temple Trophy Pentathlon. Between the two training groups we had 10 swimmers compete, 9 of whom were swimming in a Texas Gold meet for the first time!
Congratulations to Amanda Souza, Alex Maresca, Kory Maresca, Payton Holcomb, Brandon Henry, Landon Minardi, Annalise Heeren, Anna Unzicker, and David Dunsworth for competing in their first club meet and achieving some great times! They will be using those times as a place to build off of and get faster as the season progresses.
Congratulations to Reilly Gilbert for swimming a PERFECT meet! A perfect meet is when a swimmer gets a personal best time in every event he or she swims. This weekend Reilly dropped time in 5 out of 5 events!
Finally, congratulations to Reilly Gilbert and David Dunsworth for being among the top 3 point getter's for their respective age groups. David earned the 3rd Most Points out of all of the 9-10 Boys, while Reilly was the High Point Winner for the 8 & Under Boys. Both boys received trophies at the awards ceremony following the meet!
Thank you to all of the parents who helped Coach David and I out this weekend. We've got one meet under our belts with many more to come in what we expect to be a great season!
- Coach Ben
New Texas Gold Georgetown Team Records:
Alex Maresca 8&U 25 free 16.01, beating the old record by over 1 second!
Alex Maresca 25 back, beating the OLDEST record on the books set in 2001 with a 21.03 beating the old record by 1.2 seconds!
Reilly Gilbert 8&U 25 free being the FIRST boy to break into Beau Fusilier's dominance of the 8&U record board with a time of 17.10
Time Standard Achievers:
BB Times:
David Dunsworth 50 Fly, 50Back
Tiffany Souza 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Back, 50 Free
B times:
David Dunsworth 100 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Free
Reilly Gilbert 100 IM
Alex Maresca 100 IM
Kory Maresca 50 Fly, 50 Breast, 50 Free, 100 Free
Tiffany Souza 50 Fly
Absolute Final entries for the Spooky Sprint are due TODAY!! Updated list of entries are here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMEETS.asp?ENTRY=TRUE&DB=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb 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 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!! |
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10-20-9
I failed to mention that there was a change to the color scheme for our meets to standardize the colors for both Texas Gold Teams. Fridays we will wear Grey Texas Gold t-shirts
Saturdays we will wear White Texas Gold t-shirts
Sundays we will wear Black Texas Gold t-shirts.
T-shirts are available at the Rec Center! One for $12, 3+ are $10 each.
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| 10-19-9 Pre-Senior and Senior Team Update:
Attached you will find information on the upcoming UT Meet including the timeline, parking options (they are charging for parking this year, so I encourage carpooling!), and warm-up schedule. Please take Friday afternoon traffic into consideration when planning your departure time. Entries may be reviewed here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMEETS.asp?ENTRY=TRUE&DB=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb Psych Sheet: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/OctPsychSheet.pdf
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 |
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10-12-9 Pre-Senior, Senior and Masters Team Update:
Congratulations to all Splash-a-thon participants! A special congratulations goes out to our lap winner swimming 172 laps, 12yr old, Beau Fusilier! Thank you to JJ Gilbert and all the volunteers who helped keep it all organized and smooth!! Here are the results:
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. GO GOLD!!! |
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| 10-5-9 FINAL meet entries are due TODAY for the Temple and UT meets. If you have any changes, scratches or additions, I must have them emailed to me tonight. Once I submit our team entries to the host team, we are not able to get a refund for any "no shows."
Clothing orders are due TODAY! You will have an opportunity to make additional orders at a later date, but there will be an increased cost.
Please submit payment this week for your monthly dues. If you did not receive a statement, let me know ASAP.
Our annual Splash-a-thon will be this Saturday! Keep gathering your pledges! The swimmer who collects the most will win an 8Gig Apple ITouch donated by Action Pawn!! The swimmer who swims the most laps will win a large Speedo backpack, (retails for $60) donated by Lane Four Swimshop! Lane Four also donated several sammy towels and posters that will be handed out to age group winners on Saturday. Should the weather not be favorable on Saturday, I will make an announcement on Thursday of any changes if we have any. If its just cold and rainy, we'll shoot for Rec Center 9-11AM if we get approval. If there are thunderstorms, we'll have to postpone it.
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| 9-28-9 We have another opportunity to offer you a clinic to become a stroke and turn official!!! Since we host 3 meets a year, we are always in need of officials to help run these meets, and cannot be run without them in order to be recognized by USA Swimming.
S&T Officials are not required to every meet that we attend, but you are welcome to officiate any meet you wish to! ANY travel expense you incur is tax-deductible! If we are attending a meet at UT and you are officiating it, parking is generally validated for you. And you will take and active role in your swimmer's sport. Please consider attending this clinic! We currently have Ginger Pierce, Donna Carey, and Kathryn Hart (who is an inactive AG member) who are stroke and turn officials, and we really need more.
Please do not hesitate to express any concerns or ask any questions! I can forward them directly to our officials and they can answer them for you.
Here is the clinic information:
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| 9-15-9 We are need in of stroke and turn officials, and we would GREATLY appreciate anyone who has some extra time to help officiate our home meets as well as other local and out of town meets on occasion. If interested, you must take a clinic to begin your certification, and one is being offered this Thursday in North Austin near 183/McNeil Dr.
Here are the details and RSVP information:
Judge Clinic -- There will be a USA Stroke and Turn Judges Clinic held in conjuction with a High School Officials Training Clinic at Balcones Country Club in Austin, Thursday, September 17, beginning at 6:30. Please RSVP to: Dorothy Palmore at palmore@swbell.net, and indicate if you are interested in training for either high school or USA or both.
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| 9-3-9 We are always needing stroke and turn officials to help run our meets! There are many great benefits to becoming a S&T Official such as tax-deductible travel expenses, being on deck during meets, parking reimbursements, and helping out your team! If interested, please consider taking this clinic:
There will be a USA Stroke and Turn Judges Clinic held in conjuction with a High School Officials Training Clinic at Balcones Country Club in Austin, Thursday, September 17, beginning at 6:30. Please RSVP to: Dorothy Palmore at palmore@swbell.net, and indicate if you are interested in training for either high school or USA or both. |
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Membership with the Georgetown Recreation Center is encouraged, but not mandatory in order to practice with the Aquatics of Georgetown while we are swimming at the Rec Center.
All Texas Gold and AG Masters swimmers using the Rec Center pool must obtain an ID card issued by the Rec Center, unless you have a current membership with the Georgetown Rec Center. Simply go to the front desk and tell them you need an ID card for "swim team." You will display this ID card upon entry to the Rec Center each day you are swimming. This ID card does not permit use of the Rec Center, other than a designated Aquatics of Georgetown swim team practice.
Please read the Recreation Center Rules: http://swimgeorgetown.com/Forms/Rec_cntr_rules.pdf
For Recreation Center membership information: http://files.georgetown.org/files/2009/04/z-fold-membership-brochure1.pdf
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| 8-27-9 Greetings Swimmers and Swimming Families!
Welcome to Texas Gold Swimming!!
If you are receiving this email, you have registered with Aquatics of Georgetown, or have committed to registering with us. You should receive an automatic statement emailed to the email address you listed by this weekend. Please let me know if you do not receive this statement, or if you would like for me to include additional email addresses for these updates and/or monthly statements.
We have many modes of communication. Email is our most detailed mode, and all updates are posted on our <What's New> webpage shortly after being sent out. Emergency updates, such as practice cancellations or changes, due dates, and other brief announcements will be sent out on Twitter and Facebook, which in turn is immediately posted to the <Home Page> on our website. You may choose to "follow" us on Twitter, and get these brief updates sent to your cell phone. Visit www.twitter.com/swimgeorgetown & Facebook www.facebook.com/SwimGeorgetown to join. Weekly practice updates and sudden changes are also posted on the AG Hotline at 512-246-7491.
I encourage you to scroll through the 2009-2010 AG Handbook, if you have not already done so. Detailed information on practices, meets, billing, and general care is available here.
If you are new to USA Swimming, you will need to submit a copy of each swimmer's birth certificate in order to complete their membership with USAS (summer league is not affiliated with USAS). Please bring this with you for your first practice if you did not submit it at registration. You will not need to resubmit a birth certificate if you have previously registered with us or another team.
A tentative meet schedule has been posted through December. This schedule will be finalized at our annual South Texas Coaches Meeting in mid-October. More information on meets will follow.
Our September calendar is also available. You will find important due dates, general information, including high school events and team events listed here. Print a copy out for your fridge!
Lane Four SwimShop will be available for gear purchases at the Rec Center on Tuesday. Click HERE for a list of required and optional equipment. If you miss them, they are located HERE and are available online at http://www.lane4swim.com/
Practices will start Monday! The FUNdamental and Advanced Teams will be coached by David Houck david.houck@gmail.com and Ben Francois b.cumnockfrancois@gmail.com. Coach David will be out of town this first week, so Ginger Pierce and Suzy & Tim Pukys pukyst@georgetownisd.org will be substituting for him.
We will NOT have practices on Monday, September 7th. Practices will resume on Tuesday.
Texas Gold Swimmers: If you are new to USA Swimming, you will need to submit a copy of each swimmer's birth certificate in order to complete their membership with USAS (summer league is not affiliated with USAS). Please bring this with you for your first practice if you did not submit it at registration. You will not need to resubmit a birth certificate if you have previously registered with us or another team.
AG Masters Swimmers: If you are new to USMS, you must register online to complete your membership. https://www.clubassistant.com/club/usms.cfm Your region is South Texas and your club abbreviation is AGM for Aquatics of Georgetown Masters (NOT "Georgetown Texas Masters")
Practices will start Monday! The morning practices will be coached by Carla Sterner carla_sterner@yahoo.com, and afternoon Pre-Senior and Senior practices will be coached by myself, Tim Pukys pukyst@georgetownisd.org, and Carla. Ben Francois b.cumnockfrancois@gmail.com will be coaching evening masters practices. Again, welcome! Please do not hesitate to shoot me or any other coach an email with any questions you may have!! |
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| 8-6-9 Congratulations to Texas Gold Swimming for an awesome meet at TAGS!! Here are some very interesting numbers: There were 996 of the fastest swimmers in the state of Texas representing 77 teams at the 2009 Longcourse Texas Age Group Championships held at College Station. Texas Gold swimming was represented by only 16 swimmers; 9 girls and 7 boys competing in 69 events, and still placed 10th in the state!! The only team in the South Texas LSC (all teams from Temple through Austin to Brownsville) who was able to outscore Texas Gold was Alamo Area Aquatics who had 62 swimmers in 294 events! Way to go Texas Gold!!!
Beau Fusilier swam all best times, placing 15th in the state in the 50M Back, and 23rd in the 100 and 200M Back. Hannah Pierce placed 31st in the 50M free, missing her best time by less than a second.
Full meet results (scores, high point awards, individual events) may be found here: http://www.gulfswimming.org/meet_information/lc09/ags/lctags/2009%20LC%20TAGS%20Meet%20Results.pdf |
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| 8-5-9 Good luck to Texas Gold swimmers competing at the 2009 Longcourse STAGS and Senior Championships at Corpus Christi and Brownsville this weekend! Your 2009 championship team includes:
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:
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. GO GOLD!! |
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| 7-25-9 Attached you will find the practice calendar for August. We will continue to offer Pre-Senior, Senior, and masters team practices after Junior Olympics for our TAGS, STAGS, and Senior Champs swimmers, but any Pre-Senior, Senior, and Masters Team member may continue to swim in August. After the weekend of STAGS and Senior Champs, we will be in off-season, but we will continue to offer at least 5 practice sessions per week. August fees will be $50 for Masters, Pre-Senior, and Senior Team members who wish to continue to swim. Pre-Senior, Senior, and Masteres team members, please send me a note in writing if you will not be swimming during August so I may make that adjustment to your account.
We will start our 2009-2010 swim season for FUNdamental, Advanced, Pre-Senior, Senior, and Masters teams on Monday, August 31st. Please see our flier for the new practice schedule and fee structures. I will be accepting pre-registration forms and payment through July 31st (you will receive a free t-shirt and swim cap or water bottle). Forms are available online. We will host our official registration on Saturday, August 22nd at the Georgetown Village Pool from 8-10AM. Lane Four SwimShop will be available for gear purchases at our registration and at our first practice (and of course online and at their shop on Burnet/183).
We have had some AMAZING swims this weekend at the Southwest Senior Invitational and at Junior Olympics! I am anxious to get you our results!!
I also wanted to send out congratulations to Dayna DeBeau, Pablo Froelich, and Rachel Rodriguez. These Texas Gold Georgetown swimmers have earned a spot on the 2009-2010 Round Rock High School Varsity Swim Team!! |
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| 7-9-9 Attached you will find results from the 2009 Texas Open. Texas Gold Georgetown was at 63.6% best times!
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! 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. |
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| 7-5-9 Preliminary entries for Junior Olympics are due Wednesday, July 8th. I will be preparing relay information as well, so please indicate if you are available for the session where relays will be swum. There are 2 sessions each day; one shortcourse, and one longcourse. You are permittted 5 individual entries and 1 relay entry per day , and may swim both sessions each day.
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Attached you will find an updated psych sheet and specific warm-up assignments:
these times that are listed are START times, not arrival times!!! Warm-up is only 40 min long, DO NOT BE LATE!!!
Friday:
2:10PM (but please arrive at 1:15-1:25PM so we may "reserve" our seating area for the weekend; this will be a very busy meet)
Sat 12&Under:
8:10AM
Sat 13&Over:
2:00PM
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| 6-18-9 Attached, you will find meet information for our upcoming meet schedule.
Here's a recap:
July 3-5th Texas Open @UT. last unclassified meet Meet info is posted online.
All of the following championship meets have qualifying times. See the meet info for specific Q time information:
July 10-12 TAGS/Sectionals Qualifier @ San Antonio (the Q times for this meet are 5% slower than TAGS/Sectionals Q times, so if you are close to a TAGS or Sectionals Q time, this is the meet for you to try and get the Q time) Entries due June 29th, NO LATER!!!
July 25-26th Junior Olympics @West Austin (you may attend in any event that you have NOT achieved a STAGS or Senior Champs Q time. If you achieve a Q time at JO's, you may attend STAGS/Senior Champs) Summer league swimmers previously registered with Texas GOLD are encouraged to attend!! Entries due July 8th
July 23-26th Southwest Senior Invitational @Mansfield in S. Dallas(must have Sectionals Q time; you get 3 bonus events for qualifying) Meet Info already posted to website Entries due July 6th
July 29-Aug 2nd TAGS @College Station Entries due July 20th, NO LATER!!
August 6-9th STAGS @Corpus Christie Entries due July 21st
Aug 7-9th Senior Champs @Brownsville Entries due July 21st. |
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| 6-16-9 am proud to announce that your Texas Gold Swim Team is the newest Damon McCoy Swim Meet Champions!! 375 athletes from 17 teams from Louisiana, Texas, Mississipi, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, including the the massive City of Shreveport Swim Team (COSST) with their 110 swimmers, including record-breaking Olympic Trial Finalist Robert Looney, competed at the annual Damon McCoy Longcourse Invitational in Shreveport, LA. Texas Gold was represented by 40 swimmers; 27 girls and only 13 boys. Texas Gold Ladies won with 480 points, 2nd was COSST with 416 points, and third was ATAC from North Texas with 368 points. COSST won the men's division with 515 points, Texas Gold snatched second with 456 points, and third was Cedar Park Swimming with 213 points. Overall, Texas Gold Swimming won with 936 points, COSST second with 931 points, and third place, ATAC with 502 points. It was a well deserved win by these kiddos who were not afraid to face a team over twice their size in numbers. It was a meet full of GREAT races!
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!! |
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| 6-10-9 With a heavy heart I send this message...Richard Quick has lost his battle with his brain tumor this evening. He passed away at 6:45 at a skilled nursing home here in Austin.
Services will be sometime on friday...just wanted to let you know.
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| 6-2-9 Please remember to check the <calendar> this week, it's bit crazy! Morning practices move to the Rec Center (which are now Monday through Friday!), and afternoon practices move to Williams Dr. For this week only, all Texas Gold swimmers are invited to all afternoon practices. We will start our routine summer schedule next Monday, June 8th. We will have some changes beginning July 13th, which will be announced a later date. Our regular practice schedule beginning next Monday is:
Texas Gold Swimmers: if you are 14&Under and in high school, I suggest starting off with the 14&Unders rather than swimming with high school to ease into it. If you find the 14&U practice is not challenging enough, then we will see about switching you to the high school practices. Coach Aubrey will be hosting additional practices 3:30-5PM each day for each of the various practice groups, so if you need to get your practice over with early due to a prior commitment, you have the option to join the earlier practice group with him. His specific practice schedule is here: http://txgoldnorth.usswim.net/default.htm Morning Practice Teams: Historically, we have scheduled 15 minutes for stretching/dryland before we enter the water. We are going to try something different: the scheduled start time that is listed will be the time we ENTER the water. After you warm-up, you will have 10-15 minutes to get out and stretch. If you arrive late, you will swim through the time everyone else is stretching. In other words, our morning start time has not changed from our winter schedule, as we will still be getting in at 5:45AM. Masters, as always
 , has the option of skipping this. You may continue to arrive at 5:30 to stretch and start swimming at 5:45AM. It is safer to stretch after your muscles are warm-up, but scheduling this is always difficult. We'll take this opportunity to see how it works.AG Masters Swimmers: If you are interested in competing at the First Colony Longcourse Masters meet on June 20th, your entries are due to Coach Dale by Monday, June 8th, AND your entry forms & payment must be postmarked to the host team (as instructed) by Tuesday, June 9th. Meet info may be found here: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/Masters_0609_info.pdf
Damon McCoy Entrants: If you are participating in Friday's session, you may caravan with me on Friday morning at 9AM. Warm-up is at 3PM and it is a 5 to 5 1/2hr drive. I will be transporting Calvin and Beau Fusilier (?) and Sam Doocy for their events on Friday. Other swimmers participating on Friday include: Drue Gindler, Hannah Pierce, Nat Pukys, & Rachel Rodriguez.
Warm-up Sessions (meet begins 1 hour after warm-up sessions begin):
Friday 3:00PM
Saturday 12&Under 7:30AM
Saturday 13&Over 12:00PM
Sunday 12&Under 7:30AM
Sunday 13&Over 11:30PM
A special "good luck" to Calvin and Rachel who are competing in the Iron Man/Woman Competition, where they will swim the 1500M freestyle AND the 400 IM on Friday.
I have reserved 2 rooms, one for boys: Sam, Calvin, Beau, and ??, and one for girls: Lizzy Breen, and ??? Does anyone else need to room with the boys or Lizzy, and does anyone else need a ride?
Remember to pack a cooler with LOTS of drinks and snacks. It's particularly hot at this outdoor meet. I suggest also bringing some pop-up tents if you have them, although there is lots of shade. There is a dance for the kiddos and social for the coaches/parents on Saturday evening that is a lot of fun. Don't forget sunscreen!!
Announcement: And finally, I am proud to announce a new masters coach for this summer, Brandon Twichell. Brandon grew up in Syracuse, NY and has lived in Austin for 2 years. He has swum competitively since the age of 4, starting in a summer country club league in New York. He was a four year letter winner at Boston College, two-time team MVP and team captain senior year. For the past five summers, he has been the head coach of the Onondaga Golf and Country club summer swim team, located in Fayetteville, NY. He also has coaching experience at the USS club and high school level in New York. He just graduated from the University of Texas with his Master's degree in Sport Management. Welcome to AG, Brandon, we're proud to have you!! |
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| 5-20-9 AG Masters competed in the Roy and Jean Potts Masters meet in Belton this past weekend with many great swims from experienced masters swimmers and first timers!
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 |
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| 5-8-9 AGM and GOLD Swimmers/Family/Friends: Directions to Mark and Sheri Lehnick's home at 101 Jaydee Terrace: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Georgetown,+Texas&daddr=Jaydee+Terrace&hl=en&geocode=%3BFRBp1AEdpkIt-g&mra=ls&sll=30.697661,-97.697065&sspn=0.00107,0.001717&ie=UTF8&ll=30.688928,-97.690344&spn=0.034248,0.054932&z=14 Party starts at 7:30PM, and we plan on beginning to serve at 8PM on Friday. Please bring beverages and/or side dishes!! We will serve beef and veggie burgers. Texas Gold Swimmers: Entries for Damon McCoy are due today! You may see preliminary entries HERE The UT meet info is attached for the rescheduled meet on June 19-21. This meet is only for those of you who cannot swim at Damon McCoy. Time standards were relaxed a bit for this one. Entries are due May 28th.
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| 4-29-9 Here is the meet info for the UT Longcourse Kickoff meet this weekend (if you are receiving this, you are entered in the meet):
Timeline (estimated!): http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/LCKickOfftimeline.pdf
Psych Sheet (I need to know scratches the day prior to the race): http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/LCKickoffpsych.pdf
Warm-up Assignments:
GOLD Georgetown Entries: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=180
Arrival Times (15 min before we ENTER the water. We only have 30 minutes to warm-up, so do not be late!):
Friday: 5:00PM (please remember Friday traffic is RIDICULOUS at this time, so please plan on 45 min to 1 hr travel time)
Sat AM: 8:00AM
Sat PM: 2:00PM
Sun AM: 7:45AM
Sun PM: 12:45PM
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| 4-13-9 We just got home from a wonderful weekend with our family for Easter, my Mom turned 82 and we celebrated with her. As we opened our email Lizzy is overwhelmed and touched by this gesture of recognition. I will tell you she was moved to tears. She is a hard worker and has celebrated many wins beyond the blue ribbon as a member of this swim team. This team opportunity has shaped her into an achiever and we look forward to being proud of the next goals in her life. When she started swimming in middle school with Aquatics of Georgetown we had no idea that she would treasure her membership on this team in the way she does. Thank you for bringing out the best in her. Lizzy is hoping to swim for the Aggie AAU team at Texas A&M. So watch out you may see her in the future at meets. Thank you, Patrick, Cathy but mostly thanks from Lizzy!! |
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| 4-9-9 A big "thanks" to Dale for finding yet another way to build value into our club and provide a dryland learning opportunity for our young people. I attended this gathering as an admirer of Garrett's Floswimming website. Listening to him made me an even bigger fan. What a superb young man! The information he provided and the questions he answered were extremely thoughtful. He encouraged the swimmers to REACH for their dreams. It was extremely refreshing to hear such encouragement when we live in a society that always seems to want to make sure young people don't think beyond "reality". I am proof that this is a lifetime sport. My prayer for our Texas Gold team is that they always have a love for the pool and never abandon what it is that makes swimmers better than people. Great job, Dale, Carla, Rodrigo, David, Tim and Suzy of being role models,great coaches, and teachers. Where were you when I was about fourteen? Don't answer that.... Mark Lehnick AG Masters Swimmer |
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| 3-10-9 I am excited to announce that South Texas Swimming will be sponsoring 2 swim camps in April this year! They will be taking applications effective immediately, but they are only accepting the first 75 swimmers for each location. Swimmers must have achieved at least 3 STAGS or 3 Senior Championship time standards in order to be eligible. I strongly encourage you to apply! Deadline is April 1st, but I suggest sending in your application ASAP (My bet is that the San Antonio camp will fill up first)! Cost is $40 and includes t-shirt, cap, lunch, and an educational, fun experience! |
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3-10-9 Senior Team Update:
I encourage those of you who competed at STAGS, Senior Champs, and/or Sectionals (and those of you in TAGS this weekend) to take off this (except TAGS swimmers) and next week, including Spring Break. Junior Olympic swimmers are encouraged to take off the first week of April. We will then begin preparing for the upcoming longcourse season. We will start back with a focus on technique after Spring Break and in early April. I also encourage you to cross train by running and/or light weight training. I heard several of you wanting to get together to do some running/weights together at the Rec Center, and I think that's a great idea!
I have updated our longcourse meet schedule at http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/html/meet_info.php. Please plan your vacations accordingly! Anyone obtaining an qualifying time for TSC (slightly faster than Sectionals)will be able to swim at the Senior Circuit Series meets, which are not listed on our meet schedule, but are listed HERE.
TOE NAIL RANCH TRIP!! All GOLD Pre-Senior and Senior Team swimmers age 11 and up are invited to attend our Texas Gold Toe Nail Ranch weekend trip April 18-19th near San Angelo. Texas Gold Wells Branch will be joining us this year! Lisa Farr and Richard Rivera are heading up the details, which will follow, but mark your calendars now!
Congratulations to our Texas Gold Sectional swimmers who competed at College Station this past weekend. Calvin Fusilier (400IM, 100 & 200 Fly), Chris Prater (50 & 100 free, 100 back), and Kyler Wood (100 & 200 Breast) joined 5 Texas Gold Wells Branch swimmers to compete against the south region's fastest senior swimmers. Several records fell over the course of the weekend, and Kyler had our highest finish qualifying for the consolation finals in the 100yd breast, winning 14th place! 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!! |
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3-9-9
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| 3-6-9 Entries for Junior Olympics is available. Please submit changes/additions by Sunday!
I have finally updated all of the Texas Gold Georgetown team records, both for short and long course.
I have also included the meet information for our first long course meet at UT on May 1-3rd. ALL GOLD team members are encouraged to attend!! Entries will be due April 2nd, and final entries will be due Saturday night, April 4th (I will submit our team entries at noon on Sunday to ensure we will get in).
I have updated the summer meet schedule as well (although the last "June" is supposed to be August"). Please plan vacations around our championship season in late July/early August!
Longcourse GOLD swimmers: please plan on attending the Damon McCoy meet in Shreveport, LA June 12-14. Meet info will be sent out when it is available. Here is the hotel information; book before June 5th:
Blocked under Texas Gold Swimming
Comfort Suites 6715 Financial Circle Shreveport, LA 71129 318-364-8801 Dates: June 12-14, 2009 Bkfst Included: 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. each morning Deadline: June 5th All team entries, results, and records may be viewed online at http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/index.asp?theTeam=AquaticsofGeorgetown&REMOTE=T. This hyperlink is available on the <Meet Info> webpage on our website.
GO GOLD!! |
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3-2-9
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| 2-26-9 Attached you will find our March practice calendar. There are a few changes: evening masters practices have been lengthened by 15 minutes and will start at 6:15PM for stretching and we'll get wet at 6:30PM (if that's too early, just come when you are able!). Secondly, Senior team will be practicing for 1.5hrs until early April. During Spring Break, all teams will practice 4:45-6:30PM at the Rec Center, but we will have regular Mon/Wed/Fri AM practices. We will leave out the workout board if any masters or Pre-senior/Senior swimmers wish to swim after this time on their own or as a group.
Junior Olympic information is also attached. Preliminary entries are due Thursday, March 5th, and final entries will be due Sunday, March 8th. I strongly encourage ALL swimmers who are eligible (any swimmer ages 5-18 may swim events in which they did NOT qualify for in STAGS or Senior Champs) to participate to enter this meet!!
Our first longcourse meet will be May 1-3rd at UT. Entries will be due April 2nd for ALL GOLD swimmers. Everyone is encouraged to swim to get some longcourse experience!! (Longcourse is the summer season where our competitions are held in "longcourse" or 50 Meter pools, rather than "shortcourse" or 25 yard pools.)
Beginning May 4th, Aquatics of Georgetown will cease to offer developmental team practices (FUNdamental/Advanced Teams) for the summer. You are encouraged to join a summer league team, such as the Aquadillos. Pre-Senior and Senior swimmers, especially STAGS-level and high school swimmers, are encouraged to consistently continue their training with GOLD throughout the longcourse season. We will offer a similar schedule in May as we have now (perhaps we'll have morning longcourse practices at Williams Dr??), but there will be changes for June and July. Pre-Senior/Senior Team: I intend on bringing in a motivational speaker to talk about preparations for college swimming for our high school swimmers and those approaching high school. I have spoken with Garrett McCaffrey to come give you some insight, who meets weekly with high school and college coaches from around the country. I'll get back you on more info soon.
Also, we are looking into another Toe Nail Ranch trip for our Pre-Senior/Senior Teams!! The weekend of April 18th looks promising. Details to follow.
We will be competing at the Damon McCoy longcourse invitational again this year held in Shreveport, LA on June 12-14th. All longcourse GOLD swimmers are encouraged to swim!! It's a really fun travel meet and we had a great swims last year. We will be able to arrange transportation for swimmers whose families will not be joining us. I need an estimate of how many of you are interested in attending so we may block the appropriate amount of hotel rooms. Here is last year's meet invitation (this year's invite is not yet available) to give you an idea of the format: http://www.cosst.net/meets/Damon_2008/2008%20DAMON%20MCCOY.doc
I will be working on the summer meet schedule, but for your planning purposes, you can scan the planning calendar for the South Texas meets (there are some significant changes this year): http://www.aaaa-sa.org/STSICalendar.htm
I will be preparing March statements this weekend. If you have any changes for next month, please let me know!
GO GOLD!! |
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| 2-23-9
Masters Swimmers: Wednesday is the LAST day to register for the SMU meet this weekend. Enter online here: https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=991&smid=1477 Please let me know by Wednesday if you would like for me to book you a hotel room. Current participants are Coach Dale, Mark Lehnick, Joe Burke, and Ginger Pierce. Also, mark on your calendars the South Central Zones Championships in Southlake near Dallas on March 27-29th. Entries due March 17th: http://www.damswim.com/docs/2009_zone_masters.pdf I also received an announcement for a masters meet in Belton on May 16th. Entries are due May 12th. http://www.swimbelton.com/docs/Masters_Meet_Info.pdf I am proud to announce that our Texas Gold swimmers had sensational swims this past weekend at the South Texas Championship meets for 12&U age group (STAGS) and 13&Over age group (Senior Champs). Texas Gold was one of the smaller teams competing at both meets, but fared quite well!
At STAGS, there were 31 teams competing with 448 athletes, and Texas Gold was represented by only 21 swimmers; 13 girls and 8 boys. Team Scores:
BOYS 1st: Alamo Area Aquatics (56 athletes) 2,195.5 pts 2nd: Texas Gold Swimming 799 pts 3rd: Lost Creek (8 athletes) 696.5 pts 4th: Longhorn Aquatics (9) 649 pts 5th: Cedar Park Swimming (11) 601 pts GIRLS 1st: Alamo Area Aquatics (81 athletes) 2,532 points 2nd: Nitro Swimming (34 athletes) 1,590 points 3rd: Texas Gold Swimming 826.5 points 4th: Longhorn Aquatics (14 athletes) 520 points 5th: Lost Creek Aquatics (16 athletes) 473 points Texas Gold Georgetown went to this meet with 5 swimmers; only one having qualified for a single event at the state meet (TAGS) in Dallas. By the end of the meet, all five of our swimmers had qualified for TAGS in 6 individual events and 5 relays!!! Our 5 swimmers competed in 48 events and had an awesome 91.6% best times!!! WOW!! At South Texas Senior Champs, we enjoyed similar successes! There were 31 teams with 470+ swimmers, while Texas Gold Georgetown was represented by 5 swimmers who achieved 70.8% best times in their 41 swims!! Team Scores: GIRLS 1st: Alamo Area 2,796 points 2nd: Nitro Swimming 1,302 points 3rd: Texas Gold Swimming 1,133.5 points 4th: Lost Creek Aquatics 728 points 5th: Longhorn Aquatics 397 points BOYS 1st: Alamo Area 2,249 pts 2nd: Nitro Swimming 974 pts 3rd: Texas Gold Swimming 766.5 pts 4th: Lost Creek 497 pts 5th: Longhorn Aquatics 474.5 pts South Texas Swimming Champions: Beau Fusillier in boys age 12 1,650yd freestyle in 19:58.10 (won by .08 seconds! it was very exciting to watch!!) Calvin Fusilier in 15&over 1,000yd freestyle in 10:21.85 Nat Pukys anchoring the 11-12 boys 400 Free relay & qualifying for TAGS! Silver Medalists: Beau Fusilier leading off the 11-12 boys 200 medley & free relays while qualifying for TAGS in both! Nat Pukys anchoring the 400 medley relay while qualifying for TAGS! Calvin Fusilier in 200 Butterfly in 1:58.99 Bronze Medalists: Beau Fusilier in 400 IM in 5:22.56 Nat Pukys in 200 Breast in 2:43.11 (TAGS!) Nat Pukys in 500 Free in 5:45.81 Adrian Rivera in boys age 11 200 Breaststroke in 2:51.11 Rachel Rodriguez in girls age 14 1,000yd freestyle in 11:35.34 Lindsey Carey leading off the girls 15&O 400 Medley relay Hannah Pierce and Rylan Slocum in girls 10&Under 200 free relay (TAGS!!) Hannah Pierce and Rylan Slocum in 200 medley relay
NEW TEAM RECORDS: Hannah Pierce 9-10 50 free, 100 free, 50 breast, 100 breast, 100 IM Beau Fusilier 11-12 50 back & 50 free Nat Pukys 11-12 100 free, 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast, & 100 IM Rachel Rodriguez 13-14 100 free, 100 back, 1000 free, & 200 IM Calvin Fusilier 15+ 200 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 1,650 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, & 400 IM (Sectional Qualifier!!)
IMPROVED TIME STANDARD ACHIEVERS: AAA Times Calvin Fusilier 400 IM 4:22.32 Calvin Fusilier 200 Fly 1:58.99 AA Times Beau Fusilier 50 Back 31.35 Beau Fusilier 500 Free 5:46.60 Beau Fusilier 100 Back 1:08.77 Beau Fusilier 1650 Free 19:58.10 Hannah Pierce, 10, 50 free 30.19 Hannah Pierce 100 Breast 1:28.42 Hannah Pierce 100 Free 1:08.10 Nat Pukys, 12, 200 Breast 2:43.11 Nat Pukys 500 Free 5:45.81 Nat Pukys 100 Free 58.61 Nat Pukys 200 Free 2:07.90 Calvin Fusilier, 15, 1000 Free 10:21.85 Rachel Rodriguez, 14, 100 Free 57.56 Rachel Rodriguez 1000 Free 11:35.34 A Times: Beau Fusilier 400 IM 5:22.56 Beau Fusilier 200 Free 2:11.47 Hannah Pierce 50 Breast 41.68 Hannah Pierce 100 IM 1:20.07 Nat Pukys 100 Breast 1:17.96 Nat Pukys 50 Breast 36.07 Adrian Rivera, 11, 200 Breast 2:51.11 Calvin Fusilier will be competing at the Texas Swimming Assn Sectional Championships at College Station March 5-8th. He has qualified in the 200 fly and 400 IM, and will be able to choose one bonus event. This will be the largest TAGS team we have ever taken. Our TAGS team now consists of Adrian Rivera, Nat Pukys, Beau Fusilier, Hannah Pierce (our FIRST female TAGS individual qualifier ever!), and Rylan Slocum. They will be competing against the best 14&Under swimmers in the state at the Texas Age Groups Swimming Championships in Dallas on March 12-15th. I will be working on the March calendar and an additional update concerning the summer schedule later this week. WAY TO GO GOLD!!!! |
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| 2-9-9 Congrats GOLD!! We were at 59.1% best times at the Temple meet this past weekend! Improved time standards were made by:
BB TIMES Dayna DeBeau 13-14 50 Free in 30.76 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!!! A special congratulations goes out to Calvin Fusilier, who competed at the 2009 TAPPS State Swimming Championships, Division III for Round Rock Christian Academy. Calvin walked away with 2 Silver medals; one in the 200IM in a time of 2:08.01 and the other in 100 fly in a best time of 57.47.
Entry times for STAGS and Senior Champs should now be updated, but please review in case I missed a few. http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/index.asp?theTeam=AquaticsofGeorgetown&REMOTE=T
Your 2009 TEXAS GOLD GTOWN STAGS TEAM:
Hannah Pierce
Rylan Slocum
Beau Fusilier
Nat Pukys
Adrian Rivera
Your 2009 TEXAS GOLD GTOWN SENIOR CHAMP TEAM:
Julia Baird-Smit
Jessica Burgess
Lindsey Carey
Drue Gindler
Rachel Rodriguez
Sam Doocy
Calvin Fusilier
Thomas Berg
Please send me any changes or additions by TONIGHT. I will send our team entries to Coach Aubrey, who will submit the Texas Gold entry list on Tuesday. Relays should be announced by the following week.
GO GOLD!
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| 2-2-9 To All Aquatics of Georgetown Teams:
Please read over the rules and regulations of the Gtown Rec facility (attached). You will be required to take a quick shower before being allowed to jump in the pool. There are several showers on the pool deck for this. I have also included membership info for the center. You will not be required to be a member of the facility in order to swim with us (but I think you will benefit from a membership; it's an awesome facility!!), but you will need to get an ID card (they are issuing these to you at no cost) for all AG team members. If you do not have a membership with the recreation center, simply tell the front desk you need to get an ID card for the swim team.
Day use lockers are available. Bring your own lock. I will be supplying some storage containers for your equipment if you wish to leave it at the pool. There are a few kickboards supplied by the city, but you will need to get your own fins and buoy if you have not already done so. I encourage you to get your own kickboard as well.
I have included the February calendar. Saturdays will be at the VILLAGE pool beginning at 7:45AM, until the Rec Center begins to open earlier than 9AM, unless bad weather forces us to go indoors (which will be announced via Twitter.com, email, and AG Hotline 246-7491).
No need in getting to the pool any earlier than 5:30AM, as the doors will be locked until then. The pool closes at 8PM, but you will be able to shower and change, as the facility does not close until 9PM.
Please remember to be respectful of everyone at all times. We have an awesome opportunity to use this new facility. It will get crowded at times, especially 6-7PM when water aerobics is sharing the pool with us, leaving only one open lap swimming lane. Please direct any concerns, questions, and/or compliments to me! I will forward to the proper people.
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| 2-2-9 Ginger a/k/a Torpedo, et al (Masters): I have this meet on my radar screen. Its at the OLD SMU pool. This is a great opportunity to swim in one of the most historic collegiate pools in the USA. I would like to go, but need to make sure the non-swimmers in my house are in approval. If I go, I will volunteer my truck or pay good money to let someone else drive 35 to Big D. Don't forget Masters, Zones are the last weekend in March, and that meet is also in the metroplex. We already have some AG Masters that have said they are down for that meet. Zone Championships include relay races and even if you only want to swim a 50 free, it is a very rewarding experience. We can score some big points for AG if we put some relays together. For those that went to San Antone last year, you know it was a hoot. Doc Scott McLean a/k/a Evil has agreed to swim with us at Zones...you don't want to miss that. 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, |
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| 1-27-9 No morning practice on Wednesday and it does not look hopeful for a make-up practice on Thursday. If the weather is still too cold for an outdoor Friday morning practice, we will see about moving to SU.
Wednesday afternoon is at SU beginning at 5:45, not 5:15PM. SO sorry for the misprint on Mon/Wed of this week on the calendar!! I think I simply copied and pasted last month's schedule without paying close enough attention. So sorry for those of you who showed up at 5:15PM on Monday
 I am STILL negotiating with the city on rental rates with the new pool. They are trying to charge $4000/month, which is a 20% increase when we were using both Village and SU, plus we will be using 12 less hours per month. It's a 50% increase from what we are currently paying. We simply cannot afford to pay that. I'll keep you updated. |
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. 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!
