South Texas Junior Olympic CHAMPIONS!

William Corona, 9, 50 Breast 55.06

Reilly Gilbert, 8&U, 50 Back 42.99

Reilly Gilbert 50 Free 38.06

Reilly Gilbert 100 Breast 2:00.48

Reilly Gilbert 50 Fly 42.85

Reilly Gilbert 100 Back 1:33.36

Reilly Gilbert 100 Free 1:25.22

Reilly Gilbert 400 Free 6:28.38

Alex Maresca, 9, 200 Free 3:02.39

Alex Maresca 100 Fly 1:41.86

Alex Maresca 100 Back 1:37.06

Alex Maresca 50 Breast 54.07

Alex Maresca 100 Free 1:21.69

Alex Maresca 200 IM 3:33.94

Kippy Maresca, 12, 50 Breast 45.13

Kory Maresca, 10, 100 Fly 2:04.97

Kory Maresca 50 Fly 45.12

Kory Maresca 50 Breast 49.90

Kory Maresca 100 Free 1:29.49

Kory Maresca 200 IM 3:43.30

Ashley Udelhofen, 12, 400 Free 5:45.23

Ashley Udelhofen 50 Back 39.76

Ashley Udelhofen 200 Free 2:40.66

Ashley Udelhofen 50 Fly 38.47

Ashley Udelhofen 200 IM 3:03.22

Taco Williams, 8&U, 50 Breast 57.00

SILVER MEDALISTS
William Corona 50 Back 48.72

Reilly Gilbert 50 Breast 57.02

Lauren Glenn, 11, 50 Free 36.32

Lauren Glenn 100 Free 1:21.39

Alex Maresca 100 Breast 1:59.38

Kerry Maresca, 14, 50 Free 32.92

Kerry Maresca 200 IM 3:23.61

Kippy Maresca 100 Breast 1:40.18

Kory Maresca 200 Free 3:17.29

Xavier Pulido, 15&Over 100 Back 1:27.47

Xavier Pulido 100 Free 1:09.07

Ashley Udelhofen 50 Free 34.09

Ashley Udelhofen 100 Back 1:25.81

Ashley Udelhofen 100 Free 1:13.42

Taco Williams 50 Free 39.33

Taco Williams 100 Breast 2:13.73

Taco Williams 100 Free 1:30.09

Taco Williams 400 Free 6:37.17

BRONZE MEDALISTS

Mallory Barbosa, 14, 100 Free 1:24.46

William Corona 50 Fly 58.17

Lauren Glenn 50 Fly 46.06

Kippy Maresca 100 Back 1:37.12

Xavier Pulido 200 Free 2:37.33

Taco Williams 50 Fly 52.63

PERFECT MEET!!  (all best times)

William Corona

Reilly Gilbert

Kerry Maresca

Kory Maresca

Makenzi Urbanczyk

Jessica Watts

NEW TEAM RECORDS

Alex Maresca, 9-10 100 Fly 1:41.86

Ashley Udelhofen, 11-12 50 Back

Ashley Udelhofen 100 Back 1:25.81

Reilly Gilbert, 8&U 100 Free 1:25.22

Reilly Gilbert 400 Free 6:28.38

Reilly Gilbert 50 Back 42.99

Reilly Gilbert 100 Back 1:33.36

Taco Williams, 8&U 50 Breast 57.00

Reilly Gilbert 100 Breast 2:00.48

Reilly Gilbert 50 Fly 42.85

Kory Maresca, 9-10 50 Fly 45.12

GREAT SWIMMING GOLD!!!

Calvin Fusilier competed at the 2010 Speedo Sectional Championships held at The Woodlands July 28-31st and swam at 63.6% best times! 

FINALS

400 IM 26th Place 4:44.71

400 Free 15th Place 4:15.34

200 IM 28th Place 2:14.65

200 Fly 6th Place 2:09.61

Calvin also competed at the 2010 Longcourse Junior National Championships at Irvine, California, August 9th qualifying in the 200 M Fly.  Calvin, being seeded 91st, swam to a second place finish in his heat with a best time of 2:07.99, and advanced to 72nd place in the nation for all 18&Unders!  His time is the 52nd fastest in nation for all 17 year olds.  Calvin will be preparing for the 2010 Shortcourse Junior National Champs in Atlanta, Georgia this December.  Way to go Calvin!! 

All Meet Results and Team Records may be found here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/index.asp?STRIPPED=AquaticsofGeorgetown

• drop off checks made out to Aquatics of Georgetown in the Payment Box at the pools (located at the Rec bleachers, not the front desk),
• send payment by PayPal to dale@swimgeorgetown.com (please add 2.2% of your balance to cover PayPal fees), or
• mail your payment to my office at:

AQUATICS OF GEORGETOWN

1005A S. MAYS

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS 78681

512-671-7296

8-1-10
Attached, you will find the psych sheet for the meet this coming weekend.  There are no relay assignments for this meet.  Please review and let me know if you see any errors ASAP!

Entries may be reviewed here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/index.asp?STRIPPED=AquaticsofGeorgetown (or just go to <Meet Info> webpage on our website and select <Team Stats>)

Warm-ups:

FRIDAY-GREY Championship Shirts (or just grey is fine!)
Arrive 2:45PM, Meet starts at 4:00PM
SATURDAY-WHITE Shirts
Arrive 7:45AM, Meet starts at 9:00AM
SUNDAY-GREY shirts
Arrive 7:45AM, Meet starts at 9:00AM

Saturday and Sunday's sessions are estimated to last 5 hours (10&Unders are at 4hrs) I will forward to you the specific timeline once I receive it, assuming I will receive it

Directions to the West Austin Athletic Club: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=I-35+S&daddr=1024+Patterson+Rd,+Austin,+TX+78733&geocode=FZRa0wEdaFct-g%3BFbWCzgEdPXEq-im58x1zDTZbhjFnqFtn31PS6Q&gl=us&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=11&sll=30.656225,-97.695236&sspn=0.27821,0.614548&ie=UTF8&z=11

Let's GO GOLD!!!!

Schedule Update

Monday, July 26

Williams Dr

Masters 5:45-7:30AM

Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM

Recreation Center

Advanced 4:45-6:15PM

Masters 6-7:30PM

Southwestern

Pre-Senior/Senior 4:15-6PM

Tuesday, July 27

Williams Dr

Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM

Recreation Center

Advanced 4:45-6:15PM

Masters 6-7:30PM

Wednesday, July 28

Sectionals

@ The Woodlands

Williams Dr

Masters 5:45-7:30AM

Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM

Recreation Center

Advanced 4:45-6:15PM

Masters 6-7:30PM

NO PRE-SENIOR/SENIOR PM PRACTICES

Thursday, July 29

Sectionals

Williams Dr

Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM

Recreation Center

Advanced 4:45-6:15PM

Masters 6-7:30PM

Friday, July 30

Sectionals

Williams Dr

Masters 5:45-7:30AM

Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM

NO PM PRACTICES

Saturday, July 31

Sectionals

Williams Dr

Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:45-9:30AM

7-20-10
Preliminary entries for Junior Olympics may be reviewed here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/index.asp?theTeam=AquaticsofGeorgetown&REMOTE=T

The 200 IM event was left off the original meet invitation.  It will be implemented as follows:
 
 10 and younger swimmers will be run on Friday night following Event 6
 13 and older swimmers will be run on Saturday morning following Event 12
 11 and 12 year old swimmers will be run on Sunday morning following Event 30

Please submit any changes, additions, or scratches by FRIDAY.

7-17-10
Congratulations to Texas Gold swimmers who competed at the 2010 longcourse STAGS and Senior Championships last weekend in San Antonio along with nearly 900 other athletes!!  GOLD Georgetown STAGS swimmers were at an amazing 80.8% best times and Senior Champs swimmers were at a fantastic 59.2% best times.
 
TOP 8 South Texas Finishers
SOUTH TEXAS CHAMPIONS
Calvin Fusilier, 15&O 100 fly, 200 IM, 400 Free, 200 Fly
SILVER MEDALISTS
Hannah Pierce, 11, 200 Free
Beau Fusilier, 13, 1500M Free
Calvin Fusilier 100 Free, 200 Back,
BRONZE MEDALISTS
Madison Smith, 14, 1500M Free
FOURTH PLACE
Hannah Pierce, 50 Free
Calvin Fusilier 200 Free
FIFTH PLACE
Hannah Pierce 100 Free
Tiffany Souza, 10&U 50 Breast
Autumn Allen, 15&o 200 Fly
SEVENTH PLACE
Hannah Pierce 200 Breast
Tiffany Souza 100 Breast
EIGHTH PLACE
Rachel Rodriguez, 15&O 200 Free
Madison Smith 400 Free
 
IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS
AAA TIMES
Calvin Fusilier 200 Back 2:17.35
AA TIMES
Beau Fusilier 100 Back 1:11.08
Beau Fusilier 400 IM 5:19.93
Beau Fusilier 200 Free 2:17.11
Beau Fusilier, 13-14 1500 Free 18:35.92
Madison Smith, 13-14 400 Free 4:54.49
Madison Smith 200 Free 2:20.91
Madison Smith 1500 Free 19:46.08
Hannah Pierce 11-12 50 Free 31.86
Hannah Pierce 100 Free 1:09.22
Hannah Pierce 200 Free 2:30.38
Tiffany Souza 10&U 50 Breast 45.89
Tiffany Souza 200 Free 2:47.06
Tiffany Souza 100 Breast 1:41.69
A TIMES
Sam Doocy, 15&O 200 Free 2:14.60
Galen Palmore, 15&O 50 Free 27.85
BB TIMES
Galen Palmore 100 Breast 1:23.80
 
NEW TEAM RECORDS
9-10 GIRLS
Tiffany Souza, 100 Back 1:33.17
Tiffany Souza 50 Breast 45.89
Tiffany Souza 100 Breast 1:41.69
Tiffany Souza 200 IM 3:19.02
11-12 GIRLS
Hannah Pierce,50 Free 31.86
Hannah Pierce 100 Free 1:09.22
Hannah Pierce 200 Free 2:30.38
Hannah Pierce 200 Breast 3:27.28
13-14 GIRLS
Madison Smith 200 Free 2:20.91
Madison Smith 400 Free 4:54.35
Madison Smith 1500 Free 19:46.08
Emily Hill 100 Breast 1:25.96
Emily Hill 200 Breast 3:07.87
15&O GIRLS
Rachel Rodriguez 200 Free 2:18.77
Rachel Rodriguez 200 Back 2:44.30
Rachel Rodriguez 100 Fly 1:14.38
13-14 BOYS
Beau Fusilier 200 Back 2:32.92
15&O BOYS
Calvin Fusilier 400 Free 4:16.60
Calvin Fusilier 200 Back 2:17.35
Sam Doocy 100 Breast 1:19.72
Calvin Fusilier 100 Fly 1:00.15
Calvin Fusilier 200 Fly 2:08.23
Calvin Fusilier 200 IM 2:17.36
 
Congratulations to all swimmers for a GREAT meet!! 
 
2010 Longcourse TAGS Team
Hannah Pierce 50 Free
Tiffany Souza 50 Breast, 200 Medley Relay
Beau Fusilier 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
Madison Smith 800 Free Relay
Alex Maresca 200 Medley Relay
 
CONGRATULATIONS to CALVIN FUSILIER who has qualified for the 2010 Longcourse Junior National Championships held in Irvine, California August 10-14th!!

Preliminary Junior Olympics entries are due Monday!  Meet info may be found here: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/JO_0810_info.doc FINAL entries due Friday!!  I have included a Best Time Report, where you may find a "STAG" notification next to any event you will NOT be eligible to swim at Junior Olympics.

A special congratulations goes out to Texas Gold Wells Branch Coach, Aubrey Knapper, who was recently named 2010 South Texas Swimming Age Group Coach of the year!!!

All morning practices will now begin at Williams Dr Pool for the remainder of the summer. 

Summer League Swimmer's Update

7-16-10
Congratulations to the Aquadillos for their UNDEFEATED season!!  Way to go!!!  Good luck at Divisionals this weekend!!

I am including information on our upcoming 2010-11 Swim Season for your review.  Brochures will be available at the Volunteer Check-in this weekend and at the front desk at the Recreation Center, and, as always, you may check our website for updates (We will be launching our new website this week!!) 
I will be accepting pre-registration for our 2010-11 season at the Aquadillo Banquet.  With each athletes's registration and payment, you will receive a free team t-shirt, swim cap, and window decal for each swimmer.  This offer will be extended through July 31st. 
Registration will also be available ONLINE beginning July 21st, and you will qualify for the free goodies.  See our website for details. 
We will host our official registration at the Recreation Center on Saturday, August 28th 9-11AM.  Lane Four SwimShop will be available for gear purchases.

For Advanced Team GOLD swimmers who are swimming summer league and are not quite ready to throw in the towel after this weekend, you may send me your entries for the 2010 longcourse Junior Olympics held at West Austin Athletic Club on August 7-8th.  Info: http://swimgeorgetown.com/JO_0810_info.doc  Preliminary entries are due to Coach Dale by July 19th, final entries are due by July 23rd.  Practices are at the Rec Center 4:45-6:15PM Monday-Thursday.  The training fee for the 3 week period from summer league to Junior Olympics will be $60. 

7-7-10
NO TUESDAY OR THURSDAY PRACTICES THIS OR NEXT WEEK.  We have been cordially un-invited to SU during their open swim times on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so we no longer have any options these days until Dillos are done at Williams Dr Pool.

STAGS Info:
Psych Sheet: http://www.aaaa-sa.org/Psych_Heat_Res/STAGS_Psych.htm
Warm-Up Info: http://www.aaaa-sa.org/Psych_Heat_Res/STAGS%20LC%20Championships%20Warm.pdf
FRIDAY PRELIMS (Grey shirts) 7-7:35AM, Meet starts at 9:00AM
SATURDAY PRELIMS (White shirts) 8:10-8:45AM, Meet starts at 9:00AM
SUNDAY PRELIMS (grey shirts) 8:10-8:45AM, Meet starts at 9:00AM
ALL FINALS SESSIONS (Black shirts) 4:00PM, meet starts at 5:00PM
Timeline:
Estimated time lines:
Thu timed finish @ 1700
Fri prelims finish @ 1415
Fri finals finish @ 1910
Sat prelims finish @ 1225
Sat finals finish @ 1825
Sun prelims finish @ 1235
Sun finals finish @ 1845

SENIOR CHAMPS:
Psych Sheet: http://www.aaaa-sa.org/Psych_Heat_Res/Sr_Psych.htm
Timeline:
Estimated time lines:
Thu prelims finish @1320
Thu finals finish @ 1925
Fri prelims finish @ 1540
Fri finals finish @ 1940
Sat prelims finish @ 1500
Sat finals finish @ 1905
Sun prelims finish @ 1345
Sun finals finish @ 1835
Warm-up Info-still pending-specific warm times will be posted here: http://www.aaaa-sa.org/
FRIDAY PRELIMS (Grey shirts) 7-8:15AM, Meet starts at 8:30AM
SATURDAY PRELIMS (White shirts) 7-8:15AM, Meet starts at 8:30AM
SUNDAY PRELIMS (grey shirts) 7-8:15AM, Meet starts at 8:30AM
ALL FINALS SESSIONS (Black shirts) 4:00PM, meet starts at 5:00PM
Real time Results: http://www.alamoarearesults.com/ns1604/ST-10-53/

7-1-10

Please read the URGENT notice listed below concerning Senior Championships.  The meet format has CHANGED and they have added an additional day of competition, which means several of you will need to compete on Thursday morning.  The event order has completely been switched around. 
I am waiting to receive the updated events file to prepare the revision of our entries.  If you are unable to compete in your race because of this change, please let me know ASAP.  They are accepting changes in entrieswithout penalty due to the sudden format change.  I must submit the Georgetown team entries to Aubrey on Sunday night so he may resubmit the entire Texas Gold team entry list by noon on Monday.  If I do NOT hear from you in the next few days, I will assume that you are able to compete in the same events.

Thank you for your patience and understanding!

I am requesting that the Head Coach from each team send me a confirmation e-mail that you have received this notice and are aware of the changes.
The published meet format for Senior Champs is being changed due to the unprecedented number of entries, which have been received.  The meet is being expanded from a three day format to a four day format and will now commence at 8:30 AM on Thursday, July 8th.  (7:00 AM warm-ups).   Finals  will start at 5:00 p.m., with warm-up starting at 4:00 p.m.  

The following events will now be contested on Thursday:   200 Breast, 100 Back and 400 IM.  An additional adjustment is being made in that the girls 1500 Free is being moved to Saturday. 

A new meet event file is currently being created by the meet host and will be posted on both the South Texas Swimming website and on the AAAA website later today.  Recognizing that the new format may change some of your swimmers’ desired events and also necessitates new event numbers, all teams are asked to use the updated events file to re-create your entries to accommodate this meet format change. 

All updated entries must be submitted by  noon, Monday, July 5, 2010. 

JULY: I am so sorry for the ridiculous delay in getting you the July training calendar.  It has been a serious battle getting this ironed out, as our facility options continue to change.  I have attached the July calendar, and it is as colorful as the weather radar for Hurricane Alex.  It is a confusing calendar, so I am going to be sending you weekly schedules at the beginning of every week to try to alleviate some of the confusion.  PLEASE print this calendar and post somewhere so you can easily review it.  Afternoon groups for Masters and Advanced are not seeing many changes, but our morning groups are all over the place.  I will also have the AG Hotline (246-7491) updated each week with our practice schedule, plus I'll post what I can fit into the Twitter Widget on the Home Page of our website.
I am planning on sending out monthly statements later this evening, so please let me know if there are any changes to your membership for July.

Calendar Explanation:  On the calendar, as always, I list the "regular" schedule at the very top.  If there is a deviation from this "regular" schedule for a particular practice group on a specific day, I will list that change on that day and highlight it in yellow.  If a practice group is not listed on a specific day, then you will follow the regular schedule listed on top.  For instance, Tuesdays , our "regular" practice schedule is at Williams Dr for Pre-Senior/Masters 7:15-9AM, Senior 7:15-9:30AM, and then at the Rec Center in the afternoons Advanced 4:45-6:15/Masters 6-7:30PM.  On Tuesday, July 6th, we have no morning practices, but we are having a practice at Southwestern for Pre-Senior 4:15-6/Senior 4:15-6:30PM, which is highlighted in yellow.  I did not list anything about the Advanced and Masters practices at Rec, because there is no change, so you will follow the "regular" schedule.

STAGS/Senior Champs Team Members: Congratulations to our 2010 Longcourse STAGS and Senior Championship Team Members: Tiffany Souza, Hannah Pierce, Autumn Allen, Jessica Burgess, Jansen Brown, Sam Doocy, Beau Fusilier, Calvin Fusilier, Emily Hill, Galen Palmore, Rachael Rodriguez, and Madison Smith!  They will be competing in the South Texas Swimming championships in San Antonio next weekend!  Your practices most likely will be no longer than an hour and a half for the remainder of the summer, as you begin your taper!!  There is no designated team hotel, but there are generally some good deals on Priceline or hotwire.com. 

JUNIOR OLYMPICS:  Our 2010 Longcourse Junior Olympics Championships will be held in West Austin on August 7-8th.  Preliminary entries are due July 19th, final entries are due July 23rd.  All swimmers are eligible to swim any event in which they do NOT have a STAGS or Senior Champs qualifying time.  Meet Info: http://swimgeorgetown.com/JO_0810_info.doc
Summer league swimmers:  All summer league swimmers who will be returning to our GOLD Advanced Team after the conclusion of the summer league season are welcome to compete in JO's.  Training fees will be $60 for the three week period July 19-August 5th.

August Training:  After Junior Olympics August 8th, we will be reducing our practice schedules.  We will continue our morning practices Mon/Wed/Fri 5:45-7:30AM and Saturdays 7:45-9:30AM at Williams Dr, and offer several evening practice sessions at the Recreation Center 6-7:30PM, pending approval.  I will get you a specific finalized schedule as soon as I am able. 

6-28-10
Attached, you will find details concerning the Texas Open this weekend.  The warm-up assignments are not correct, so I will forward that once I receive it.  Please read through all materials.

I will forward more specific details concerning warm-up times and t-shirt colors later this week!  If you are scratching an event or day, please let me know if you haven't already doen so.

GO GOLD!!!

6-23-10
Congratulations to Texas Gold Swimming who won 2nd place at the Damon McCoy Invitational in Shreveport, LA on June 11-13th.  23 teams with well over 500 swimmers from across the southwest came to compete.  See our Facebook page for photos!
Top 8 Finishers
CHAMPION
Tiffany Souza 10&U 50M Breast
Second Place
Tiffany Souza, 10&U 100M Breast
Fourth Place
Madison Smith, 13-14 1500 Free
Fifth Place
Madison Smith, 13-14 50 Free, 400 Free
Beau Fusilier 13-14 400M Free, 100 Back
Sixth Place
Tiffany Souza 10&U 400M Free, 50M Free
Emily Hill, 13-14 200 Breast, 100 Breast
Beau Fusilier 400 IM, 1500M Free
Seventh Place
Tiffany Souza 200M Free
Madison Smith 200 M Free, 100 Free
Emily Hill 13-14 400M IM
Eighth Place
Tiffany Souza 50 & 100M Back
Beau Fusilier 200 IM
 
NEW TEAM RECORDS
Amanda Souza, 8&U 50M Free 44.28
Amanda Souza 100M Free 1:38.64
Amanda Souza 50 Breast 57.95
Tiffany Souza, 9-10 400M Free 6:05.18
Tiffany Souza 100M Back 1:35.01
Tiffany Souza 50M Breast 46.47
Madison Smith, 13-14 1500M Free 20:11.62
Emily Hill, 13-14 100M Breast 1:27.20
Emily Hill 200M Breast 3:11.03
Jessica Burgess, 15&O 1500M Free 21:10.67
 
NEW IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS
AA TIMES
Madison Smith 13-14 100 Free
A TIMES
Beau Fusilier 50 & 100 Free
Emily Hill 100 & 200 Breast
Tiffany Souza 100 Back, 200 & 400 Free
Madison Smith 1500M Free
BB TIMES
Autumn  Allen 50, 100, 200 Free, 100 & 200 Fly
Jessica Burgess 1500M Free
Emily Hill 400IM, 100 Free
Madison Smith 200IM, 100 Back, 100 Fly
Tiffany Souza 50 Fly
Galen Palmore 200 Breast, 200 Free, 200IM, 200 Back
Mary Pierce 100 Breast
Bryce Williams 50 & 100 Free
B TIMES
Beau Fusilier 100 Breast
Emily Hill 100 Fly
Galen Palmore 100 Fly
Mary Pierce 50 & 100 Free, 50 Back
Amanda Souza 50 & 100 Free, 100 Breast
Bryce Williams 100 & 200 Breast, 200 Free, 200 IM
 
Also congratulations to Mallory Barbosa, who competed at the Belton Summer Meet this past Saturday.  Mallory achieved 100% best times!  She won the 200yd Free in 2:48.55, placed 4th in the 100 Back with a 1:24.09, and sixth in the 100 Breast with a 1:35.92 and 200 IM with a 3:09.96

Your AG Masters Team competed in the Belton Summer Masters Meet this past Saturday, winning 2nd place!!  On the men's team, First Place Finishers include Joe Burke, 49 in the 500yd Free in 6:27.69, 100 Breast in 1:25.45, Dale Huggins, 37, 100 breast in 1:10.35, 50 Free in 23.94, and 50 Breast in 31.45.  Second place, Joe Burke in the 50yd free with a 28.98 and 100yd Free with a 1:05.19.  On the women's team First Place finishers include Kathy Goulding, 51, 100yd Breaststroke in 1:38.43, 100IM in 1:27.13, 50 Free in 33.41, 100 Free in 1:13.19, and Shirley Bibles, 46, 50 Breast in 47.77.  Second place finishers include Shirley Bibles 100 breast in 1:42.81, 100 IM in 1:36.34, 50 Free in 38.31, 50 Fly in 45.54, and Kelly Spencer, 51, 50 Back in 1:01.01.  Kelly also won 4th place in the 50 Free with a time of 53.09!  And special thanks goes to Genifer Howard for cheering us on!  Way to Go Masters!!

Preliminary meet entries for STAGS and Senior Champs are due this week!  I have attached an eligibility report for your review. 

Meet information for 2010 Longcourse Junior Olympics on August 8-10th at West Austin is attached. 

No afternoon GOLD practices Wednesday afternoon!  We will be departing from the Village Pool at 9:45AM for Schlitterbahn!  We will plan on heading backbeginning at 6:30-7PM.

6-21-10
It's Swim Team Night at the Dell Diamond today, be there by 6:15PM to be a part of the swim team parade and you will get to walk around on the field showing your Texas Gold pride!!  Wear your WHITE or GREY shirts!  Tickets may be purchased at the gate if you have not already purchased them.

Texas Gold Swimmers will be heading to Schlitterbahn on Wednesday morning.  Anyone wishing to caravan or get a ride, please meet at the Village Pool at 9:30AM.  Otherwise, meet at Schitterbahn West where we will set up camp next to the Congo River Expedition and Arcade Hot Tub.  We should start our return trip after 6:00PMand return to the Village Pool between 7:30-8PMish.

You may buy tickets online here:http://schlitterbahn.com/nb/tickets/  or save lots of money ($10-12 savings!!) and get your tickets at the HEB Business Center:

Schlitterbahn Waterparks Adult General Admission $37.99 + tax Schlitterbahn Waterparks Child/Senior General Admission $29.99 + tax

Advanced Team:
Practice this afternoon will be at the Rec Center 3:45-5:15PM. 
We will have regular afternoon practices on Tuesday/Thursday, but NO Wednesday afternoon practices.

Pre-Senior/Senior Teams:
Practice this afternoon will be at SU 3:45-5:30PM.
No Wednesday afternoon practices!  You may join our masters practice if you are not going to Schlitterbahn, 6-7:30PM at the Rec.

Preliminary entries for STAGS and Senior Champs are due Tuesday.  I will send out an eligibility report this evening.  Final entries will be due Friday, June 25th.  If you qualify for additional events at the Texas Open, we can add those events and submit them by Sunday night, July 4th.

GO GOLD!!

6-14-10
Baseball Night

This is a reminder that we will be heading to the Dell Diamond for Swim Team night on Monday, meeting there at 6:15PM.  Advanced Team WILL be at the Rec center instead of Southwestern 3:45-5:15PM, Pre-Senior and Senior Teams will be at SU 3:45-5:30PM.  We will meet at the Dell Diamond at 6:15PM.  If you missed the early ticket purchase, you may purchase tickets at the gate.  Wear your GREY t-shirts.

Schlitterbahn Day

Texas Gold Swimming will be headed to Schlitterbahn after morning practice on Wednesday, June 23rd!!!  Anyone wishing to caravan with us, please be at the Village Pool by 9:45AM.  Let me know if anyone needs a ride.

6-10-10
Pre-Senior/Senior/Masters Teams:

There are no practices on Friday afternoon or Saturday this weekend. 

There are no Monday morning practices, but we will have a Tuesday masters practice 5:45-7:30AM in addition to our 7:15-9:30AM practices at Village Pool. 
Have a great weekend!

Here is the website for COSST, City of Shreveport Swim Team: http://www.cosst.net/#damon which includes the GPS phone number and directions to the pool.

Warm-ups/Shirt Colors:
Friday GREY 3:00PM
Saturday 12&Under WHITE 7:30AM
Saturday 13&Over WHITE 12:30PM
Sunday 12&Under GREY 7:30AM
Sunday 13&Over GREY 12:30PM
Swimmer's Dance and Parents Social after meet on Saturday, location TBA

It is generally HOT and very HUMID.  I encourage you to bring your lawnchairs, pop-up tents and/or shade umbrellas.  Bring plenty of drinks, snacks, and sunscreen!  There is a concession available, but bringing your own saves you money and you can usually bring a healthier selection than what is offered at these meets!

6-9-10
Time Warner is having some technical issues with the voicemail system, so the AG Hotline is currently not working.  If you call about morning practice and there is no voicemail, please visit the team website, and any changes will be posted on the Twitter widget on the homepage.

On Friday morning, we will have a shortened practice 6:30-8AM, so make sure you are on time.  If you would like to stretch, please arrive by 6:15AM.  We will also have our regular practice 5:45-7:30AM (we will stretch at 5:45 and get in at 6AM as scheduled for the remainder of the summer)

There is no Friday afternoon practice!

Good luck to all GOLD swimmers who are competing in the Damon McCoy Invitational this weekend in Shreveport!!

6-8-10
Here are the preliminary entries for the Texas Open at UT on July 2-4th. 
http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=227

You are welcome to send additions, changes, and/or scratches through Saturday.  I will submit our final team entries Sunday at noon.

STAGS/Senior Champs team members; I do not want you to have a heavy load at the Texas Open, as STAGS and Senior Champs is the very next weekend.  I generally selected "off" events, or events that you may be close to a time standard, such as STAGS/SR Champs, TAGS, or Sectionals. 
If you have not yet qualified for STAGS/Senior Champs or you are not participating in that meet, then I encourage you to swim your best events at the Texas Open, limit 3 per session. 

Please review the entries I have prepared and let me know if you wish to swim something else or something different.  ALL GOLD swimmers are encouraged to attend! 

Texas Open Meet info: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/TX_open_0710.pdf
STAGS Meet Info: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/LC_STAGS_0710.doc
Senior Champs Meet Info: attached

5-27-10
Attached you will find a tentative training calendar for June.  I apologize for the prolonged delay.  I had a meeting with the City of Georgetown on Monday, and I was hoping that the results would have been more fruitful, but it does not appear that it will happen (I will send you an update on my failed negotiations with the city as soon as I am able).  Georgetown will not allow us to schedule any practices on Monday, May 31st, for cleaning/preparations, so we will have a make-up morning practice on Tuesday for Senior/Masters teams 5:30-7:15AM at Williams Dr, and we will have the same practice schedule in the afternoon on Tuesday for all teams as we have had in May. Our Summer Schedule will begin June 2nd.

Pre-Senior/Senior Schedule
We are still in a holding pattern for afternoons at Williams Dr, so our Pre-Senior and Senior Team practices are currently scheduled to be at Southwestern Mon & Wed 4:15-6/6:30PM and Fridays 3:15-5PM (you are OFF Tuesday/Thursdays).  Should we receive permission to swim at Williams Dr in the afternoons, we would swim Mondays at SU as we are currently scheduled, and swim at Williams Dr on Wed/Fridays (maybe Thursdays instead of Fridays?) 4:15-6/6:30PM.  I am well aware that this is not the schedule I gave you several months ago, and many of you have had to schedule summer work, so please let me know what your specific conflicts are so I can try and work around them as best as I am able. 
Morning schedules are at Village Pool 7:15-9/9:30AM Mon-Thursday, Fridays at Williams Dr 6:30-8:45AM for Senior and 7:15-8:45AM for Pre-Senior. Saturdays are at Williams Dr 7:45-9:30/10AM.  Senior Team, you are welcome to join the masters group Mon/Wed/Fri 5:45-7:30AM if you have early morning obligations or engagements.  You must communicate with Carla and I when you need to miss a practice!!! 
Senior Team:  We will have a mandatory team meeting at practice this Saturday at Williams Dr at 7:45AM!! 

Masters Team
Georgetown has scheduled shallow and deep water aerobics at Williams Dr in the afternoons at 7PM, so we will not be able to swim here in the afternoons all summer.  I have scheduled evening practices at Rec Center Mon-Thurs 6-7:30PM.  Please forward your opinion on this particular time; too early or is it manageable?  I could possibly schedule it up to 30 minutes later, but I will probably not be able to make changes until June 15th, however. 
Great news; you will now have 13 practice sessions to choose from each week!!  You will have a dedicated practice Mon/Wed/Fri at Village Pool 5:45-7:30AM and Mon-Thurs at Rec Center 6-7:30PM, and shared practices Mon-Thurs 7:15-9:00AM at Village, Fri 7:15-8:45AM at Williams and Saturdays at Williams Dr 7:45-9:30AM.

There is a masters meet in Belton on June 19th.  Entries are due June 15th.  Meet info: http://www.swimbelton.com/docs/June_19th_Masters_Meet.pdf

There is another masters meet in Dallas at SMU on June 26th-27th.  Entries are due to the host team by June 23rd.  Meet info: http://www.damswim.com/docs/2010_summermeet_info.pdf

Advanced Team
The Advanced Team is scheduled for Rec Center Mon-Thursdays 4:45-6:15PM.  Coach Ben will be returning as your coach on Wednesday!! 

End of School Splash Results!
28 Texas Gold Georgetown swimmers competed this past weekend at the End of School Splash Longcourse meet at UT.  We were 57.8% best times with 29 new swims!

PERFECT MEET
Mallory Barbosa
Jansen Brown
Delaney Dunn
Mary Feather
Lauren Glenn
Neil Lemcke
Alex Maresca
Kory Maresca
Xavier Pulido
Sarah Walters

NEW TIME STANDARDS (traditional)
AA Times
Jansen Brown 15-16 100 Free 59.93
Beau Fusilier 13-14 400 Free 4:47.58
Beau Fusilier 800 Free 10:01.36
Nat Pukys 13-14 400 Free 4:47.52
Nat Pukys 200 Free 2:16.24
Nat Pukys 200IM 2:33.64
A Times
Jansen Brown 50 Free 27.61
Jansen Brown 200IM 2:32.39
Lindsey Carey 17-18 100 Back 1:16.00
Delaney Dunn 13-14 50 Free 32.39
Beau Fusilier 200 Back 2:38.96
Beau Fusilier 200IM 2:41.80
Tiffany Souza 10&U 200 IM 3:19.61
BB Times
Jessica Burgess 17-18 200 IM 2:57.33
Sam Doocy 17-18 200 Breast 3:01.96
Delaney Dunn 100 Breast 1:36.10
Mary Feather 13-14 200 Back 2:58.28
Reilly Gilbert 10&U 100 Free 1:30.65
Emily Hill 13-14 200 Free 2:37.56
Emily Hill 100 Breast 1:29.38
Emily Hill 200IM 3:04.84
Kory Maresca 10&U 50 Free 38.00
Hannah Pierce 11-12 200 Breast 3:37.43
Hannah Pierce 50 Fly 38.88
B Times
Beau Fusilier 100 Fly 1:17.88
Lauren Glenn 11-12 50 Free 38.01
Galen Palmore 17-18 100 Back 1:17.27

 NEW TEAM RECORDS
Tiffany Souza 9-10 50 Back 43.86 by 3 seconds!!
Tiffany Souza 50 Breast 46.88
Alex Maresca 9-10 50 Fly 42.81
Tiffany Souza 9-10 200IM 3:19.61
Hannah Pierce 11-12 50 Free 32.48 original record set in 2006!
Hannah Pierce 200 Free 2:41.97 by 21 seconds!
Hannah Pierce 200 Breast 3:37.43 by 29 seconds!
Hannah Pierce 100 Fly 1:34.33
Emily Hill 13-14 100 Breast 1:29.38 original record set in 2004!!
Emily Hill 200 Breast 3:15.45
Rachel Rodriguez 15&O 200 Free 2:24.23
Lindsey Carey 15&O 100 Back 1:16.00
Lindsey Carey 200 Fly 2:42.45
Reilly Gilbert 8&U 50 Breast 1:00.00
Calvin Fusilier 15&O 200 Free 2:02.10
Calvin Fusilier 400 Free 4:16.78
Calvin Fusilier 100 Back 1:06.40
Justin Hughes 15&O 100 Breast 1:20.35
Calvin Fusilier 100 Fly 1:01.09
Calvin Fusilier 200 IM 2:18.97
Calvin Fusilier 400IM 4:56.29 original set in 2004!

Final entries for the Damon McCoy meet in Shreveport are due TODAY!!!

Preliminary entries for the Texas Open on July 2-4th will be due Monday, June 7th.  Meet Info available here: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/TX_open_0710.pdf

STAGS meet info has been posted for your review: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/LC_STAGS_0710.doc

5-21-10
Dear Swim Team Families & Staff,

Swim Team Night at The Dell Diamond on Monday, June 21, 2010!  All Swim Team members, coaches and families will receive a discount on their ticket price on this evening.  The Express will take on the Omaha Royals, with the first pitch at 7:05 p.m., and the gates opening at 6:05 p.m. 

Follow the directions on the order form to send back into the Express anytime between now and June 7.  We try to place teams sitting together (GOLD/AG Masters will be sitting Home Run Porch Seats) so the sooner your team sends in their forms, the better the chance of everyone sitting together.  NEW for 2010, you will also notice on the form the option to complete your order online with a special code.  If you choose to order this way, just follow the step-by-step instructions attached.  You must submit your order by mail, fax, or online by Monday, June 7th.

Your team will receive a group welcome on our state-of-the-art scoreboard in the middle of the third inning.  Also, keep in mind that the team with the most participants in Swim Team Night will be able to have a representative from their team throw out a first pitch.

We will have a pre-game Swim Team Parade.  All those wishing to participate will need to meet under the Dell Diamond jumbotron clock at 6:15 p.m. 

5-19-10
We are always in need of certified stroke and turn officials!  If you are interested in becoming certified, here is a great opportunity.  Please RSVP to
Rich at zbranak@yahoo.com if interested:

5-17-10
I have forwarded an updated psych sheet for the meet this weekend.  Rather than having 2 sets of times (shortcourse and longcourse), they converted all times that were in short course yards into longcourse meters, so everyone will be seeded properly.

Here are the warm-up times, again, this time with the shirt color assigments for each day:

Arrive for Warm-ups/Shirt Color/Coach Attending:
Friday 5:00PM  WHITE Coach Dale
Saturday 12&U 8:45AM GREY Coach Ben
Saturday 13&O 12:45PM GREY Coach Carla/Dale

5-11-10
We will be celebrating the upcoming summer longcourse season at the Doocy residence this Saturday.

The brunch will begin at 10:30AM.  Ken & Mary are supplying us with nearly everything, thank you!!!  We do need several families to bring juice (orange/apple), fruit salad, various fruits, and you will need to bring your lawnchairs! 

Please RSVP by Thursday!

Here is the address and link to a map:
401 Four T Ranch Rd
Georgetown TX 78633

Here is a link to map quest form I-35

http://www.mapquest.com/mq/10-MZTk7R*gw1cf2ecW
See you there!!!

5-10-10
There are some slight changes to our schedule this week.  With the cooler weather, we will wait to start our morning practices at Williams Dr until Saturday:

Additionally, I have received some distrubing news from the city concerning our schedule this summer.  Some action from you may be required.  I am continuing to work through some major kinks that would prevent longcourse training, I will keep you posted. 

5-5-10
We will have a special practice on Thursday for both FUNdamental and Advanced Teams.  Both practices will be combined and will meet 5-6:45/7ish at the Rec Center.  All members are welcome (even if you are taking May/summer off!)

We will be reflecting on our shortcourse season, handing out awards from Junior Olympics and the recent Longcourse Kickoff meet, talking about the summer and next shortcourse season, and expressing thanks to our awesome coaches, Ben and David!!!

Jo Williams is coordinating refreshments (thank you, Jo!!) 

REMINDER:  This will be the LAST FUNdamental Team practice for the remainder of the summer.  Advanced Team practices will continue, but are moving to the Village Pool 5:15-6:45PM Mon-Thursday for the remainder of May beginning Monday, May 10th.

FINAL End of School Splash ENTRIES are due Friday!!

5-4-10
Congratulations to the 29 Georgetown Texas Gold Swimmers who competed in the first longcourse meet of the season!!  The following swimmers have qualified for additional events at STAGS and Senior Champs:
NEW STAGS/Senior Champs Events:
Sam Doocy 100 Free & 50 Free
Reilly Gilbert, age 8, 10&Under 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Back
Emily Hill 200 Breast
Justin Hughes 100 Breast
Madison Smith 100 Free & 200 Free
Taco Williams, age 8, 10&U 200 Free

NEW Time Standards Achieved
AAA Time
Calvin Fusilier 15&O 1500M Free
AA Times
Neil Lemcke 15&O 1500M Free
Nat Pukys 13-14 100 Free
Adrian Rivera 11-12 200 Breast
Madison Smith 13-14 50 Free
A Times
Sam Doocy 15&O 100 and 50 Free
Beau Fusilier 13-14 1500 Free, 200 Free, & 400 IM
Neil Lemcke 400 Free
Nat Pukys 100 Back & 50 Free
Adrian Rivera 200 IM, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Free
Madison Smith 400 Free, 200 Free
Tiffany Souza 10&U 100 Breast
BB Times
Liana Dishong 13-14 100 Free
Reilly Gilbert 10&U 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Back, 50 Free
Justin Hughes 15&O 100 Breast
Taco Williams 10&U 100 Free, 200 Free
B Times
Liana Dishong 100 Breast
Carlos Froelich 100 Free
Pablo Froelich 200 IM, 200 Free
Hannah Pierce 50 Back
Madison Smith 100 Fly, 100 Back
 
New Team Records:
GIRLS
Alex Maresca 9-10 50M Fly 45.26
Hannah Pierce 11-12 400M Free 5:38.29
Hannah Pierce 200M IM 3:02.23
Emily Hill 13-14 200 Breast 3:20.20 6 year old record!
Rachel Rodriguez 400 Free 5:00.67
Rachel Rodriguez 100 Fly 1:14.43
Rachel Rodriguez 200 IM 2:41.92
BOYS
Reilly Gilbert 8&U 50 Free 39.72
Taco Williams 8&U 100 Free 1:27.26
Taco Williams 200 Free 3:10.51
Reilly Gilbert 50 Back 45.03
Reilly Gilbert 100 Back 1:37.35
Reilly Gilbert 200 Back 3:23.49
Taco Williams 50 Breast 1:02.07
Taco Williams 100 Breast 2:16.71
Reilly Gilbert 50 Fly 46.10
Taco Williams 100 Fly 2:14.43
Reilly Gilbert 200 IM 3:35.60
Nat Pukys 13-14 100 Free 1:02.61
Carlos Froelich 13-14 50 Back 41.51
Nat Pukys 200 Back 2:36.47
Nat Pukys 100 Breast 1:23.42
Nat Pukys 200 Breast 2:56.13
Calvin Fusilier 1500 Free 17:08.68
several records listed on the report were not updated properly.  The above records are correct
 

5-3-10

End of School Splash
The meet information has finally been posted for the End of School Splash.  I must submit our team entries by tomorrow evening to ensure our participation.  I will enter everyone who participated in the Longcourse Kickoff in events of my choosing (and Coach Ben's) unless you are able to send me your preferences by tomorrow evening.  We will be able to make changes to these entries for the next week, so do not panic if I entered you and you are not able to attend.  Please let me know ASAP of the events you wish to swim, or if you are not able to attend one or all of the days of the meet.  Preliminary entries are due by 8PM on Monday, but I will enter everyone.  I must hear from you by Friday for final entries/changes/scratches!!  Here is the meet info: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/2010EndofSchoolSplashMeetInfo_000.pdf

Summer Swimming
You should be currently receiving May statements.  Please let me know if there are any errors or changes to your statement.  The summer rates that begin this month are:
Masters $60
Advanced $70
Pre-Senior $80
Senior $90
All teams will have unlimited sessions!
FUNdamental/Advanced Team members who are only swimming this next week prior to summer league season will be charged 25% of your previous rate.  Let me know if this is not reflected on your statement, or is reflected and should not be.

I have attached a revised May calendar.  Some important points: 

1. There will be a special practice for FUNdamental and Advanced Team members on Thursday.  Awards from Junior Olympics and the Longcourse Kickoff will be handed out as well as reflection for the shortcourse season.
2. All morning practices begin at Williams Dr on Monday May 10th, pending pool temperature!
3. Afternoon practices for ALL teams will be at the Village Pool Friday, May 14-28th.
4. Texas GOLD team brunch at the Doocy's residence after morning practice on Saturday, May 15th.  Details to follow.
5. Preliminary entries for the Damon McCoy meet in Shreveport on June 11-13 are due May 11th

4-28-10
Attached, you will find the schedule for the meet this weekend for warm-ups and uniform.  Please arrive at least 15 minutes BEFORE the scheduled warm-up times!!  Friday afternoon is terrible traffic, so plan accordingly. 

Friday WHITE SHIRTS
Arrive by 5:30PM
Saturday GREY SHIRTS
12&U arrive by 8:45AM
13&Over arrive by 1:45PM
Sunday BLACK SHIRTS
12&U arrive by 7:45AM
13&O arrive by 12:45PM

Here are some notes from the meet director:
Positive check in sheets for the 400, 800, and 1500 events will be out by the clerk of course at the start of warm-ups Friday night and will be closed at the start of the meet, at 6:40pm.
The 400 IM Event 1 will be combined with the 400 IM Event 2, unless we receive a stampede to deck entry this event.

Reminder: Swimmers must provide their own timers for the 400 Free and their own timers and counters for the 800 and 1500 Frees.

 
Entries may be reviewed here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=223

Let's get ready for our first Longcourse meet!!

4-27-10

Longcourse Kick Off:
 
Attached is the psych sheet and estimated timeline for this weekend. Please double check your swimmers, and let me know if there are any errors by this evening. Also please advise if there are any drops.
Also, as in previous meets, we ask that you let us know if any swimmer  will be scratching their events before the end of the day before they are scheduled to swim. Each session will be seeded the evening before, and this will help avoid empty lanes and help the time line.

Warm-up Times will be sent out later this week!

May/Summer Schedule
I have attached a TENTATIVE calendar for May.  We will keep our current schedule through May 8th.  I am planning on not using the Rec Center May 10-29th, but our schedule has NOT yet been approved.  We are scheduled to start out at Williams Dr for our morning practices May 10th, but it will be dependent on the pool temperature. 
The afternoon practice times have changed a bit for Advanced and Masters beginning May 10th, so please read the calendar thoroughly.  I should be able to have this finalized this weekend or early next week. 
We are also planning on a Welcome Longcourse! Party for our Texas Gold swimmers!!  I have tentatively set it for after practice on May 8th at the Village Pool, but I am flexible if anyone has suggestions or ideas that differ from that. 

I would also like to start getting planning underway for an AG Masters longcourse kickoff party.  Would anyone like to please take this on?

If you are NOT continuing with Texas GOLD during May, please send notice if you have not already done so!  I will be preparing your monthly statements by early next week.  Also let me know if you are not going to continue, but wish to swim the week of May 3-6th.  Our LAST FUNdamental Team practice will be May 6th.  I encourage FUNdamental Team members to join a summer league team, such as www.Aquadillos.com, for the remainder of the summer, and come back and see us in September!

Preliminary entries for the End of School Splash at UT are due Thursday, although the meet information has yet to be posted.  I will forward this information as soon as I receive it.  All Texas GOLD swimmers are encouraged to participate!!  Summer league swimmers ARE permitted to participate in this meet!  This is the LAST USA Swimming event that is permitted for summer league swimmers ages 12&Under, and you may also continue to practice with us through that weekend without penalty. 

Masters Zones Championships:
Congratulations to the Aquatics of Georgetown Masters Swim Team for placing 16th place at the 2010 Southern Zone Shortcourse Championships!

From April 9th to April 11th, nine AGM swimmers: Ben Cumnock-Francois, Dale Huggins, Joe Burke, Phil Houck, Gennifer Howard, Kathy Goulding, Shawn Feather, Shawn Sabo, and Shirley Bibles, competed at Zones and scored 177.5 combined points.  

Let's especially congratulate those swimmers who had a PERFECT MEET!  Shirley Bibles, Joe Burke, Phil Houck, Shawn Feather, and Shawn Sabo dropped time in every event they swam!

Let's also give it up for everyone who placed in the TOP THREE in their age group in one or more of their events!  Ben Cumnock-Francois (2nd - 50 Back), Kathy Goulding (3rd - 100 I.M.), Dale Huggins (3rd - 50 Fly, 1st - 100 Breast, 3rd - 50 Free, 1st - 50 Breast, and 3rd - 100 Free), and the Women's 25+ 200 Medley Relay (1st with Gennifer Howard, Shawn Sabo, Kathy Goulding, and Shawn Feather).  All of these swimmer brought home hardware to show off!

Also participating were Linda Callaway and Colleen Holloway, who compete with MOST swim team out of San Antonio, but train with us. Linda earned 3rd in 400IM, 2nd in 200 fly, 3rd in the 200 free relay, 2nd in the 200 medley relay, and 3rd in the mixed 200 free relay.  Colleen's medal list included 1st in the 200 free relay & 200 medley relay, 2nd in the 200 breast & 50 back, 1st in the 200 medley relay, and won the mixed medley relay! 

All in all AGM did very well in what was a fun and fast meet in Houston!  Once again, congratulations to all who participated! 

The next Zones meet is the weekend of July 23rd in Southlake!!

5K and 10K Postal Masters Championships begin May 15th to go through September 15th, so get your distance training ready!!

4-13-10
MASTERS OUTING!!!! and CELEBRATION FOR CARLA (she done graduated from college)
      IT WILL BE A LOTS OF FUN.....ZIPPING  YOU FEEL LIKE A BIRDIE

When: Saturday, May 15, 2010 (most of the afternoon...have opening late afternoon)
What: Ziplining and picnic
Where: Cypress Valley Canopy Tour,
            www.cypressvalleycanopytours.com
            1223 Paleface R.R.
             Spicewood, TX
Cost:  $65.00 each

4-7-10
Please review the current entries for the Longcourse Kickoff (I will update times):
http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMEETS.asp?ENTRY=TRUE&DB=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb

Please email me any scratches, updates or additions by FRIDAY.

Meet Info: http://swimgeorgetown.com/LC_kickoff_0310_info%20.pdf

4-4-10
I will be updating the address book for our email blasts.  If you stop receiving these updates and wish to continue to receive them let me know!  If you wish to STOP receiving these updates, please reply with "Please Remove" in the subject line.  Please do not report these updates as SPAM.

I have attached our April training calendar for your review.  It will be posted to the website shortly.

Preliminary entries for the Longcourse Kickoff at UT on April 30-May 2nd are due TUESDAY.  Final entries are due Friday.

Congratulations to Coach Tim, who will be heading the Georgetown Aquadillos for the upcoming summer league season!  Also, congratulations to Coach Ben who will be heading the Cedar Park Typhoons for their summer league season!  Summer league practices begin May 10th.

Our last practice for FUNdamental Team will be May 6th.  You do not need to send me notice that you are suspending your memberhsip past this date if you are on the FUNdamental Team, but you WILL need to send me notice for all other teams if you have not already done so. 

Since summer league starts on May 10th, we will continue our regular schedule through the first week of May.  This extra week of practice will cost 1/4 your normal monthly fee if you are suspending your membership at that time. 
For members continuing on with us for the summer, the monthly rates beginning in May are: Masters $60, Advanced Team $70, Pre-Senior $80, & Senior $90.  There are no longer commitment levels, so your practice sessions are unlimited!

 In May, Coach Carla and I will be leading all of the practices.  Coach Ben will return for the Advanced Team in June.

Once the summer league season concludes, Advanced, Pre-Senior, and Senior team members who suspended their membership with us are welcome to return to GOLD to compete in the 2010 Summer Longcourse Junior Olympics held at West Austin Aquatic Club August 7-8th. 

4-3-10
Here are our entries (select <entries>): http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/index.asp?theTeam=AquaticsofGeorgetown&REMOTE=T

Here is the psych sheet:  http://www.asicampbell.com/SCZ-SC/usms_scz_sc_champ_psych-2010.pdf.pdf

I encourage all AGM swimmers to wear an AGM t-shirt!!  I will bring various sizes to the Rec Center on Monday afternoon, and I will bring some to the meet, as well as team caps (everyone will need a team cap!) 

4-2-10
I am working on our April calendar and your statements, I apologize for the delay!  (I can't believe it's already APRIL!?!?)

I have attached the meet information for our first longcourse meet, which will be held at UT April 30-May 2nd.  The 12&Under sessions will be in the mornings, and the 13&Over sessions will be in the afternoons.  All Advanced team members are encouraged to attend!!  This will be a "Longcourse" meet, which means the pool will be set up as a 50 Meter pool, rather than a 25yd pool like what we are used to.  This means there are NO 25yd events.  So a 50M free will be one length, there are no flipturns.  A 100Meter free will be two lengths, so there is one flipturn, etc.  The 200M and longer events have qualifying times.  Please ask you coach, or email me if you have questions about your swimmer's ability to meet that Q time, if they wish to compete in a 200M or longer race.  Preliminary entries are due Tuesday, April 6th.  (Please EMAIL me your entries, rather than drop them off at the pool)  FINAL entries are due April 10th.  Please do NOT follow the entry instructions on the meet invite.
 

MAY UPDATE:
We will continue our regular schedule through May 8th.  Rather than ending the FUNdamental practices on April 29th as schedueld, we will offer one additional week for those of you preparing for summer league, which starts May 10th (I thought summer league would start May 3rd).  If you wish to participate for this extra week (all teams invited!), please email me!  It will cost 1/4 of your normal monthly training fee if you are suspending your membership for summer league. 

4-1-10
There has been some misinformation spreading concerning Friday morning's practice.  We will have practice tomorrow morning, as scheduled, at the Recreation Center 7:45-9:30AM for Pre-Senior, Senior, and MASTERS.  We will also have practice at the Village Pool on Saturday morning, 7:45-9:30AM for Pre-Senior/Masters, and 7:45-10AM for Senior Team.

Senior Team:  It is time for you to be consistent with your training!  We are gradually building on the yardage and will begin our 2 hours practices this Saturday.  High School practices are not sufficient substitutes for your training.  I encourage you to begin swimming several afternoon practices in addition to your high school practices, especially on days where you do very little, and perhaps do not have a morning practice.  This is the time to prepare your body for the upcoming longcourse season!

3-30-10

I am proud to announce that Texas Gold Swimming concluded its shortcourse season by winning the combined score for the 2010 Shortcourse Junior Olympic Championships held at the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio this past weekend!!  Gold Georgetown was at 66.2% best times!!

Here are our results:

SOUTH TEXAS CHAMPIONS!
8&Under Girls 200 Medley relay with Alex Maresca in 3:17.72
9-10 Girls 200 Medley Relay with Hadley Cowan in 2:41.53
Thomas Berg, 14, 100 Breast in 1:16.16
Thomas Berg 200 Breast in 2:45.05
Thomas Berg 200 Free in 2:08.82
Hadley Cowan, 9, 50 Fly in 37.17
Liana Dishong, 13, 50 Free in 29.24
David Dunsworth, 11, 50 Free in 32.30
David Dunsworth 200 Free in 2:39.80
Reilly Gilbert, 8&U 50 Back in 38.12
Reilly Gilbert 50 Fly in 40.55
Reilly Gilbert 100 back in 1:26.07
Reilly Gilbert 200 IM in 3:15.21
Drue Gindler, 15&Over 100 Breast in 1:22.50
Alex Maresca, 8&U 100 Breast in 1:41.68
Alex Maresca 100 IM in 1:28.09
Alex Maresca 50 free in 33.94
Alex Maresca 500 Free in 7:52.21
Kory Maresca, 9, 200 IM in 3:21.63
Galen Palmore, 15&O 100 Breast 1:11.12
Taco Williams, 8&U 100 Breast in 1:46.57
Taco Williams 50 Free in 33.48
Taco Williams 200 Free in 2:44.58
Taco Williams 100 Free in 1:15.16
Taco Williams 500 Free in 7:12.52

SILVER MEDALISTS
8&Under Boys 200 Free Relay with Taco Williams, Reilly Gilbert, Zachary Wood, and Joshua Wood in 3:11.38
Thomas Berg 50 Free in 25.95
Hadley Cowan 100 IM in 1:27.62, 100 Free in 1:17.07, & 50 Breast in 47.46
Reilly Gilbert 100 IM in 1:30.94
Alex Maresca 50 Back 39.38, 200 Free in 2:59.08, 100 Free in 1:13.46, & 50 Fly in 39.12
Kory Maresca 100 Breast in 1:45.06, 100 IM in 1:33.67, 50 Free in 34.51, 200 Free in 2:52.33, 100 free in 1:18.89, 100 back in 1:34.90, & 50 breast in 48.38
Galen Palmore 200 Free in 2:01.65 & 100 back in 1:04.32
Taco Williams 200 IM in 3:19.93

BRONZE MEDALISTS
11-12 Girls 200 Medley Relay with Makenzi Urbanczyck in 2:34.91
Liana Dishong 100 Free in 1:03.52
David Dunsworth 50 fly in 41.61
Reilly Gilbert 50 Free in 35.97
Drue Gindler 200 Breast in 2:58.68 & 100 fly in 1:11.05
Alex Maresca 100 Back in 1:33.09 & 50 Breast in 50.51
Kory Maresca 50 fly in 44.56
Galen Palmore 200 back in 2:22.04 & 100 Free in 55.20

PERFECT MEET (all best times!)
Thomas Berg
Liana Dishong
Payton Holcomb
Makenzi Urbanczyk
Joshua Wood
Zachary Wood

NEW TEAM RECORDS
Alex Maresca 8&Under 100 free from 1:17.36 to 1:13.46
Alex Maresca 500 Free from 7:55.70 to 7:52.21
Alex Maresca 50 Back from 42.28 to 39.38
Alex Maresca 100 Breast from 1:44.54 to 1:41.68
Alex Maresca 50 fly from 41.82 to 39.12
Alex Maresca 100 IM from 1:30.36 to 1:28.09
Taco Williams 8&Under 50 Free from 34.37(2006) to 33.48
Taco Williams 100 Free from 1:17.04 to 1:15.16
Taco Williams 500 Free from 9:05.07(2005) to 7:12.52!!
Reilly Gilbert 8&Under 50 Back from 38.16(2005) to 38.12
Reilly Gilbert 50 Fly from 41.27(2006) to 40.55
Reilly Gilbert 200 IM from 3:17.93 to 3:15.21

NEW ACHIEVED TIME STANDARDS (traditional)
A TIMES
Thomas Berg 13-14 50 Free
Hadley Cowan,9, 10&Under 50 Fly
Reilly Gilbert, 8, 10&Under 50 Back
BB TIMES
Thomas Berg 13-14 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Hadley Cowan 10&U 100 Free
Liana Dishong 13-14 200 free
Reilly Gilbert 10&U 100 IM, 50 Fly
Kory Maresca 10&U 50 Back
Galen Palmore 15&O 100 Breast
Xavier Pulido, 13-14 100 Free
Taco Williams 10&U 500 Free
B TIMES
Starlah Quinones 10&U 100 Breast, 100 Back
Liana Dishong 200 IM
David Dunsworth, 11-12 100 Free
Kory Maresca 10&U 100 Back

We will have Texas Gold 2010 Championship t-shirts (which are grey, and may be worn on Saturday) available at the meet.  The shirt reads "GOLD's SWYM" in the same font and with the logo of "GOLD'S GYM" 

See you this weekend!!

Our last shortcourse meet of the year is quickly appoaching!!  There are several important notes to read through concerning the format of the meet.  Please read below and see the attachments. 

We are assigned to provide timers during several sessions.  Please help to make sure that these positions are covered.

Please plan on arriving at least 15-20 minutes BEFORE our scheduled warm-up time.
Texas Gold Warm-up Times:
Saturday 8:20-8:50AM
Sunday 7:50-8:20AM

Campus Map (Natatorium is center, #31):
http://www.uiw.edu/map/index.htm

Directions:
The Barshop Natatorium is located on UIW’s Campus at 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209. The pool is located on the West side of campus over the river bridge and on the right. 

                                    From 281 SOUTH – Turn Left onto Hildebrand, Turn Left at second stop light, Turn left at T. Follow road and merge left over the bridge, and Natatorium is first building on Right.

 A message from Jo Williams:

I will be planning little goodie bags for all the kids for JO's next week in San Antonio.  We've done this before and the kids really enjoy it....I was thinking if y'all just brought what you wanted to donate to my room on Friday night, or if your not staying at the hotel  just drop it by the pool next week.

I've got the bags and  bottles of water already purchased so whatever you'd like to add would be great.......food or something to keep them occupied (Gatorade, granola bars, power bars, crackers, fruit snacks, raisins, you know the usual snacks).   I believe we have 19 swimmers so far.

Thanx
Jo

Notes from the Meet Host:

Junior Olympics Central is going to be quite a large meet this year, as were both the North and the South Junior Olympic Meets.  Due to the building fire code, overall safety and general comfort, Streamline will be following the successful protocol of many other meets hosted around the nation.   As this is a quite different setup than what is familiar to South Texas parents and coaches, we need your support in promoting the benefits of this style meet and educating your parents on the procedures.
 
We have secured the UIW gymnasium, which is directly across the parking lot from the natatorium.  Each team will have designated areas in the gym and all spectator and team seating will be in the gym.  There will be mats on the floor of the gym and spectators are welcome to bring their own chairs to set up on the mats.  They are also free to use the stadium seating in the gymnasium.   Blankets and/or towels can be used on the mats for the swimmers to spread out and rest or socialize.  This arrangement will give everyone ample room to be relaxed in between their races and should provide a comfortable experience for everyone.  It also means that teams with late warm ups will not have to arrive early just to secure seating.   Concessions and Junior Olympic T-Shirts will be for sale in the gymnasium.  D & J Sports will also be set up in the gymnasium.
 
There will be a Public Announcement system in the gym so everyone can keep track of the events.  Also, a dry erase board will post the events currently swimming.  Coaches will need to prepare both their swimmers and parents in advance so that everyone will know how far in advance they need to plan to enter the natatorium for their pre-race warm-up. 
 
All spectators should enter and exit via the stairwell on the east side of the natatorium, which is to your right upon entering the building.  All swimmers will enter and exit the natatorium using the west side stair well on the office side of the pool.
 
Once inside the natatorium, there will be spectator “standing room only” on the East side and the South end of the pool.  This will allow each spectator to have the best view of their swimmer’s race.  After their child swims, spectators should leave the pool deck to make room for the next race spectators.  
 
The bleachers will be reserved for swimmers use only.  Swimmers will be allowed to use the bleachers in the pool area for pre race warm up, immediately preceding their events and for their cool down after their race. 
 
Coaches are asked not to bring their own chairs since seats will be provided for you. There will be tables along the east side of the pool like the 410 Block facility.  A fantastic coaches’ hospitality will be provided for you.
 
We will be running a fly over meet.  Please start practicing fly over starts with your swimmers.
 
Timing responsibility will be assigned for each team, based upon the number of swimmers attending the meet.  A list of lane timer responsibility will be sent to you so that you may determine your volunteers in advance of the meet.  Should you have additional parents, beyond your responsibility, who prefer to time, please let us know and we will utilize those folks to cover any shortages we may encounter.
 
If you have officials on your team willing to assist in officiating, please have them contact our Meet Referee, Ray Pearce at Poolsbyray@aol.com
 
Coaching credentials will be checked at this meet.  Please be sure to plan to wear your coaching cards while you are on deck.

Hi Everyone,
 
Attached please find the Warm-Up Assignment Sheet, the Lane Timer Assignment Sheet, and the Psych Sheet. 
 
Due to the size of the meet, on Saturday and Sunday, the First Warm-up will begin at 7:20 AM. 
Approximate Finish Times for each day are shown below. 
 

 
Each team has been assigned timing responsibility by specific times and lanes.  Please coordinate with your parents,
prior to the meet to insure that your team covers their assigned responsibility.  For the distance events, I have only
assigned teams that had swimmers entered into the events. 
 
Please review the attached Psych Sheet.  Should you have any corrections or known scratches, please notify me
no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, March 24th.
 
If you have any questions or need any additional information, please feel free to contact me.

These are the swimmers, so far, who have indicated they will be swimming:  Shawn Feather, Genifer Howard, Kathy Goulding, Walter Koopmann(?), Phil Houck(?), Ben Cumnock-Francois, Dale Huggins, Carla Sterner, Colleen Holloway, Linda Callaway, Shawn Sabo, and please forgive me if I left off your name! 

To enter, please complete this meet information and ALSO email me your entries and seed times!  I will be putting together relays where possible, so please indicate if you are available for relays.

GO AG MASTERS!!!

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

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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)

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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