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| 11-24-10 Greetings Pre-Senior/Senior/Masters Teams:
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Schedule this week:
No practices on Thursday.
Friday @ Village Pool 7:45-9:30AM for Pre-Senior/Masters and 7:45-10AM for Senior Team
Friday 4-5:30PM Advanced Team, 4-5:45PM for Pre-Senior/Senior Team
Saturday same times as Friday morning @ Village Pool.
Friday, there is an "arctic blast," as they are calling it, traveling through our area Thursday evening. Currently, the temperature is predicted to be around 38 degrees Friday at 8AM, which is well within our tolerable temperature range. We are also waiting on final word that the Village Pool is ready for our use! The pool has been filled, the chemicals are seemingly balanced, and the pool is being heated. Unfortunately, it seems that the water pipes to the pool may be rusted. We will be making our final decision for Friday's practice by Thursday evening. We will post our decision for Friday and Saturday's practices on our Twitter account Thursday evening around 6PM, which immediately posts to our Facebook account, and will be immediately posted on the Twitter widget which is posted on the lower left part of the Home Page of our website.
I will be submitting our final team entries on Friday evening to UT for the Jingle Bell Splash, so if you have any additions or changes, please get them to me ASAP! I have attached an updated entry list for your review. Temple Christmas Classic meet entries (for FUNdamental and Advanced Teams) will be due Tuesday. The Online Team Stats is still down.
I have attached a special sale issued by Lane Four SwimShop for your review.
Please read this info on a forum on education for sports nutrution. Our swimmers and parents of swimmers have been cordially invited to attend this free forum, and I HIGHLY encourage your participation:
As a part of the "Get GT Fit" initiative we are offering a sports nutrition session at the Community Forum on November 30th from 7-8PM.
Here is what the session will include:
Sports nutrition - presented by Get GT FIT and Michelle Carter, MEd, RD, LD and parent of a GOLD swimmer! A brief one hour presentation on the latest sports nutrition guidelines for athletic kids, and adults. Highlights will include. 1. What should the daily nutrition look like. 2. The best way to fuel up and RE-fuel up for practices and on meet day. 3. supplements/sport drinks: what is ok or not ok Bio: Michelle has been a private practice registered dietitian specializing in sports nutrition for 14 yrs. She has worked with ultra-marathoners, soccer teams, professional ice skaters, Ironman triathletes, mountain climbers, ultra-marathoners, dancers, 24 hour mountain bike racers, gymnasts, and active individuals who want to take their fitness level to the next step with proper nutrition and hydration. |
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| 11-23-10 FUN/Adv Practice Update:
Regular practices Wednesday for FUN, Advanced Teams.
No practices Thursday.
Friday Advanced Team at Village Pool 4-5:15PM.
Masters Practice Update:
Regular Wed AM and PM practices.
No Thursday practice.
Friday @ Village 7:45-9:30AM (depending on this "arctic" blast they are predicting AND if the Village Pool is filled, heated, and chemically balanced by Friday!)
Saturday @ Village 7:45-9:30AM
Pre-Senior/Senior Team Practice Update:
Wed AM @ Rec 7:15-9:30AM
Wed PM @ Rec 3:45-6PM
No Thursday practices
Friday 7:45-10AM @ Village (depending on this "arctic" blast they are predicting AND if the Village Pool is filled, heated, and chemically balanced by Friday!)
Friday 4-6:15PM @ Village
I have attached preliminary entries for the Temple Christmas Classic and UT Jingle Bell Splash. Please review and submit any changes for Jingle Bell Splash by WEDNESDAY and for Temple by TUESDAY, NOV 30th. The Hy-Tek server is being relocated, so the Team Stats online service will be down for awhile, which is why I have included the preliminary entries as attachments.
THANK YOU to everyone who worked their tails off to make this one of the most successful GOLD meets in history!! Although it was a very long day, we were RIGHT on schedule with very few glitches! I have found, however, that I need to designate a volunteer coordinator for our final home meet. Although we did a fairly good job of filling the necessary positions, I failed as a volunteer coordinator to follow through in getting some very important positions filled, and we ended up having to scramble to find some people at the last minute. This will be a new position for our final home meet February 19-20th.
At our final home meet, we will also be having a silent auction benefitting the SwimGeorgetown Scholarahip Fund that provides $500 scholarships to eligible graduating high school senior swimmers, as well as providing financial assistance to families in need. We will be seeking item donations from local businesses to offer as items for bidding during the course of the meet. Most nation-wide businesses require 30-90 days advance notice prior to an event in order to provide donations. If you know of any businesses willing to make a donation for our silent auction, please let me know! We are looking for gift cards/certificates, services, or anything people would be willing to bid on! It's amazing what businesses will offer if we just ask! For instance, I bought stop watches for a swim meet last year at Dick's Sporting Goods, and they easily gave me a $50 gift card to offer at our silent auction! 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the SwimGeorgetown Scholarship Fund. I would like to keep track of the businesses we solicit so we are not "double dipping," so please let me know if you plan to seek a donation from a particular business.
Congratulations to our Texas Gold swimmers who competed in our Second Annual Best Times Turkey Meet!! GOLD Georgetown swimmers enjoyed 67% best times with 37 brand new swims!! Here are some notable results: IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS (achieved a new/higher time standard) A TIMES Alex Maresca 10&U 200 IM Alex Maresca 100 Free Tiffany Souza 10&U 200 Free BB TIMES William Corona 10&U 50 Free Lauren Glenn 11-12 100 Free Kory Maresca 10&U 200 IM Kory Maresca 100 Breast Noah McBee 11-12 50 Free Tiffany Souza 50 Fly Taco Williams, 8, 10&U 100 Breast B TIMES William Corona 50 Fly Trent Culbertson 10&U 50 Free Lauren Glenn 100 IM Jessica Yeager 10&U 50 Fly NEW TEAM RECORDS Alex Maresca 9-10 25 Back 17.63, beating a 5 yr old record of 17.69 Alex Maresca 100 Fly 1:26.41, beating an 8 year old record of 1:30.59 Taco Williams 8&Under 50 Free 32.80 Taco Williams 100 Breast 1:43.61 Taco Williams 100 Fly 1:42.56, beating Beau Fusilier's record of 1:44.43 set in 2006 Kory Maresca 9-10 25 Fly 15.96 beating a 6yr old record by 1.6 seconds
PERFECT MEET (all best times, no DQs!) Ava Corona William Corona Lauren Glenn Ryan Hanson Matthew Liu Alex Maresca Cierra Scully Amanda Souza Anabelle Stanford Tanner Tyndall Ashley Udelhofen Austin Udelhofen Angela Vujosevic Clara Webb WAY TO GO GOLD!!!! |
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| 11-21-10 I want to start by thanking our officials for running a smooth meet and completing each session within a couple of minutes from our estimated timelines! Way to go!! Your time is greatly appreciated!!
Coaches, thank you for your participation and encouragement for best time achievements! Out of the 1307 swims this weekend, 612 were best times, or 47%.
I have attached the full meet results, final improvement scores, and the results import file for your Team Manager. I did include the DQ codes for your Team Manager, so when you run a results report from your Team Manager, you may select to include DQ codes.
FINAL TEAM IMPROVEMENT PERCENTAGES Heart of Texas Aquatics 74% San Antonio Sharks 64% Sailfish 53% New Braunfels 52% Texas Gold Swimming 49% Circle C Select Swimming 48% Cedar Park Swimming 41% Streamline Aquatics 40% Marble Falls Eels 40% Lone Star Aquatics 34% Anderson Mill 34% Longhorn Aquatics 33% Pflugerville Swimming 27% We will be hosting another Best Times Meet February 19-20th. We will be having 10 & U morning sessions and 11 & Over afternoon sessions each day, depending on final participation numbers in each age group. For our first time, we will be utilizing the Georgetown Recreation Center Natatorium that offers 8 competition lanes with a warm-up/warm-down lane. This meet will be unclassified and open to all ages. The meet is placed the weekend after BB Champs and the week before A Champs, and should be a great meet for our B & Under swimmers, or a last chance for BB swimmers achieving their A time.
Seating is limited, therefore, we will have similar participation restraints per session as we have at Southwestern. Please submit your entries early to ensure participation. I have included the meet invite for your review.
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| 11-19-10 We will need 3 large coolers with ice for the meet this weekend. If you are coming to practice tomorrow, and you are willing to let us borrow a cooler, please let me know!! I should be at SU from 3:30-7PM on Friday preparing for the meet.
FUN/Adv: Start Clinic at Southwestern Friday, 5-6:15PM
Pre-Senior/Senior: Practice at SU 5-6:30PM.
Adv+/Pre-Senior/Senior Teams: Preliminary meet entries for the Jingle Bell Splash are due MONDAY, November 22nd. FINAL entries are due Wednesday, Nov 24th. We are only attending Saturday and Sunday, not Friday.
FUN/Advanced Teams: Preliminary entries for the Temple Christmas Classic are due Wednesday, Nov 24th. FINAL entries due Dec 2nd.
Good luck at the Best Times Meet!!!
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| 11-17-10 Wear your GREY shirts at the Best Times meet this Saturday. The weather looks like it will be gorgeous again, so if you have pop-up tents, please bring them! We'll set up our camp outside again. Bring your lawnchairs and blankets! Seating will be available on deck for our morning group, as it will be in the 60s as the meet starts, then should warm-up to the mid to high 70s by late morning.
If you did not participate in our Spooky Sprint, please complete an Assumption of Risk from and bring it to practice or to the meet. All participants are required to submit this form prior to competition.
Attached, you will find an updated estimated timeline and psych sheets. I will email heat sheets to you on Friday, and they will also be available for $2 at the concession stand the day of the meet. Our team entries may be found here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/index.asp?STRIPPED=AquaticsofGeorgetown (this site has been giving me some trouble, so keep trying the link if it doesn't work at first)
The 9&Under session warm-up is 8-8:20AM, meet starts at 9:15AM. The 10&Over session warm-up looks like it will start at 1:00PM, but will begin immediately after the 9&U session completes, so be ready by 12:45PM. 10&O session should start around 2-2:20PM.
WE STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS!!! There are several familes who are participating in the meet who have not yet volunteered. Please see the volunteer sign-up sheet at the pool. I am including a copy of the positions that may be available (I did not update this sheet with any new entries from yesterday, so this is updated as of Tuesday morning).
We must have help at the concessions stand, especially the last shift of the afternoon. The shifts are not long, and you may leave to watch your swimmers races. Also, safety marshalls are extremely important to ensure we have a safe and injury-free meet! Timers are the least of our concern, as we are able to ask visiting teams to help with that. Please email Coach Ben or I the position you wish to work if you are not able to make it to the pool. Thank you, in advance!
We will be offering a Start Clinc this Friday at Southwestern (NOT the Rec Center) 5-6:15PM for FUNdamental and Advanced Teams. If you have an ice chest we could borrow for concessions, please bring it to the SU pool on Friday, with ice if you are able to do so, to start cooling the drinks down the night before.
Let's get ready to get 100% BEST TIMES so Texas Gold will bring home the 1st Place team trophy!!! Remember, swimmers win a medal for each time they improve from a previous swim. If it is your very first time to swim an event, you will go to the awards table after your race to get a temporary tattoo!
GO GOLD!!! |
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| 11-10-10 Greetings Coaches, Entry Chairpersons, and Officials!
Thank you for your participation in our 2nd annual Best Times Turkey Meet on Saturday, November 20th at Southwestern!
We have had an enormous response for this meet, so we will need to split the meet into 2 sessions. We will have a morning session for our 9 & Under swimmers, and an afternoon session for out 10 & Over swimmers. There are right at 160 swimmers in each session, and the timeline is 3 hours for each session.
Warm-ups: We will have three 20 minute warm-up sessions beginning at 8:00AM for the 9&U session with meet start time at 9:15AM. We will then have three 25 minute warm-up sessions beginning at 12:20PM (or immediately following the conclusion of the morning session) with a meet start time at 1:45PM (or 1 hour 25 min after the warm-up begins). I will send specific warm-up assignments the week of the meet. I have included a preliminary timeline for your review.
Officials: We are in need of officials for this meet! We have officials lined up for the morning session, but will need additional help for our afternoon session, as many have prior engagements to attend to that afternoon. Please let me know if you are able to provide assistance! Each volunteer official will receive a fun "Thank you" gift basket!
With the creation of the dual session meet, I had to create a new meet manager database, export and re-import your entries. PLEASE VERIFY THAT ALL OF YOUR SWIMMERS ARE PROPERLY ENTERED. I have attached an entry list for your review.
If the entry times in your original entry submission are outdated, send me an update this week. All seed times in this meet must be the most current times for your swimmers. New entries or changes to your entries will not be permitted in this update, as the database will be sent for SWIMS verification. New entries will be treated as a deck entry the morning of the meet.
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I have attached a copy of the current Assumption of Risk form required by the University. The form listed on the meet invite is dated 2009-2010. If you have already completed the old form, no problem! Please bring the completed forms with you the day of the meet if you have not mailed them in. Swimmers who participated in the Spooky Sprint do NOT need to submit an additional form. Families with more than one swimmer may use a single form.
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| 11-4-10 Good luck to all of our swimmers competing this weekend!!! It will be a busy one! Our FUNdamental and Advanced Team swimmers will be competing in Belton, our Advanced +, Pre-Senior, and Senior Team swimmers will be competing at UT, and our AG Masters will be competing in Belton after our Gold swimmers are finished!! GOOD LUCK and SWIM FAST!!!
Here is the meet information for the COR "A" Meet in Dallas December 3-5th. All swimmers (any age) with A times are encouraged to attend!! This meet will be in place of the Jingle Bell Splash for you, I prefer that you do not swim in both meets.
http://ntswim.org/meetinfo/2010/101203_info_cor_a_winter_classic.pdf Swimmers with 3 or more A times may swim any event 200yd or shorter, regardless if they have A times in those events or not. I will forward hotel information soon. Please respond if you are able to attend!! Your best times are posted on <Team Stats> if you are not sure how many "A" times you have. UT Meet Information:
Warm-ups
Friday GREY shirts
5:00PM
Saturday WHITE shirts
9:00AM 12&Under
2:00PM 13&Over
Sunday BLACK shirts
8:00AM 12&U
12:15PM 13&Over
General Meet Info: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/2010NovemberUnclassifiedMeetInformation.pdf
Entries: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=243
Preliminary Best Times Meet entries are posted to <Team Stats>. Final entries are due Monday! Most high school swimmers will be at TISCA that weekend, so we will be short on volunteers! Your help will be greatly appreciated! Additional entries or changes to your entries are due by Monday. PLEASE REVIEW THESE ENTRIES!!! I am not perfect, and I make mistakes, so please review the preliminary draft of entries so we may make corrections before its too late!
PRE-SENIOR & SENIOR PRACTICE CHANGES NOVEMBER 15-18th:
The Village Pool is being closed beginning November 12-21st for replastering, retiling, refilling, reheating, and chemical balancing. If that sounds like a lot to do in 10 days, I agree, so there is a very good chance that it will be longer than anticipated. Southwestern has extended an invitation to use their pool beginning at 8:30PM after their open swim, so that option has also been eliminated. Aubrey with Texas Gold Wells Branch has offered us to join him at his pool. HERE are directions to the Wells Branch Pool. If you are not willing or able to make that drive, you will be able to join the Advanced Team practices at the Recreation Center 5:30-7:00PM. Here are the changes to the practice schedule:
Saturday, November 13th Rec Center
Pre-Senior/Masters 8:45-10:30AM (the building does not open until 9AM, so we will stretch outside before we get in the building)
Senior 8:45-11:00AM
Mon-Thursday, Nov 15-18th Wells Branch
Pre-Senior 5:15-7:00PM
Senior 5:15-7:30PM
Friday no change (Rec Center 5-6:45PM)
Saturday, November 20th Rec Center
Pre-Senior/Masters 8:45-10:30AM
Senior 8:45-11:00AM
You will be receiving your monthly statement this evening. If you wish to pay your balance with your online account, simply reply to that email and ask me to post to your credit card or eCheck. Your online account will not automatically deduct any fees other than the monthly fees (if you have it set up to do that). If you are writing a check to submit at the pool, please make it out to AQUATICS OF GEORGETOWN, not "Texas Gold." |
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| 10-31-10 Belton Masters Meet early entries are due TUESDAY, but entries will be accepted the day of the meet!! Here is the entry form: http://www.swimbelton.com/docs/Nov6Masters.pdf Complete this form and mail to the listed address with payment. Otherwise, you may bring your form and payment with you the day of the meet, but arrive a little earlier to submit your form.
I have heard from at least 8 AG Masters swimmers who are attending, so it will be a great meet!! It's a very low pressure meet, and is perfect for first time swimmers!
Here is an inspirational video that Linda forwarded. It's a lovely reminder of why we do what we do! http://www.vimeo.com/12799238
2011 Masters Nationals Qualifying Times are posted!! http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats11/nqt.pdf
I have attached an updated meet schedule, that includes several upcoming masters meets. We will be hosting our second Texas Gold meet of the year at Southwestern on November 20th. We could use some volunteers if you are available! The meet will start after 10AM and will finish up around 2:30PM. There will be a volunteer sign-up sheet at the Rec Center near the double exit doors by the bleachers. We are also hosting a BIG meet (possibly at the Rec) Feb 19-20th, and will need LOTS of help then! Thank you in advance!!
Below is a Texas Gold update, for those of you who like to stay in touch with the kiddos' swimming.
Congratulations to our 47 Texas Gold Georgetown swimmers who competed at the 2010 Spooky Sprint at Southwestern last weekend! We were at an AMAZING 84% best times!!! Here are some notable performance results:
IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS AA Times Tiffany Souza, 10&U 50 Free Tiffany Souza 50 Breaststroke A Times Alex Maresca, 10&U 50 free Tiffany Souza 100 Backstroke Tiffany Souza 100 Breaststroke Tiffany Souza 100 IM BB Times Lily Brown, 10&U 50 free Lily Brown 50 backstroke William Corona, 10&U 50 Backstroke Michaela DeJong, 10&U 50 Free Michaela DeJong 50 Backstroke Kory Maresca, 10&U 100 IM Avery Tyndall, 10&U 50 Free Avery Tyndall 50 Breaststroke Ashley Udelhofen 200 IM Taco Williams, age 8, 10&U 200IM Taco Williams 50 Breaststroke Jessica Yeager, 10&U 50 Free Jessica Yeager 50 Breaststroke Jessica Yeager 50 Backstroke Jessica Yeager 100 IM B Times Lily Brown 50 Fly Lily Brown 100 IM Noah McBee, 11-12 50 Breaststroke Noah McBee 100 Free Noah McBee 100 IM Mac Skelton, 10&U 50 Breaststroke Amanda Souza, age 7, 10&U 50 Free Amanda Souza 50 Breaststroke Avery Tyndall 50 Backstroke Avery Tyndall 50 fly Avery Tyndall 100 IM Makenzi Urbanczyk, 11-12 50 free Marko Vujosevic, age 8, 10&U 50 Breaststroke Jack Whewell, 11-12 100 Backstroke Jack Whewell 50 fly
PERFECT MEET (all best times, no DQs) Lily Brown Linden Carter Ava Corona Nate Cretella Michaela DeJong Carley Hawkins Tyler Hawkins Munch Kettering Matt Liu Kippy Maresca Noah McBee Mitchell Misplay Ross Payne Rachel Pelletier Danielle Peters Lily Rembert Maggie Rembert Mac Skelton Amanda Souza Avery Tyndall Ashley Udelhofen Angela Vujosevic Kristina Vujosevic Jessica Yeager Jackson Zenisek
NEW TEAM RECORDS Tiffany Souza, 9-10 50 Breaststroke 40.09 Alex Maresca, 9-10 25 Fly 16.77, previous record set 2003 in 16.81 Marko Vujosevic 8&U 25 Free 16.31 Taco Williams, 8&U 100 Free 1:12.60 Taco Williams 200 Free 2:39.95 Taco Williams 50 Breaststroke 45.95 Taco Williams 200 IM 3:08.97 Kory Maresca 9-10 25 Breaststroke 20.25, previous record set 2006 in 20.62 THANK YOU to all our amazing volunteers who made the Spooky Sprint such a HUGE success!! I received so many compliments from the visiting teams about how smooth the meet ran and how helpful our volunteers were!! Special thanks goes to Jo Williams and Jon Todd for all of their hard work before, during, and after the meet!!! Concessi ons income doubled that of our cost, and that has NEVER happened before!! WAY TO GO!!! All in all, we cleared nearly $3500!!! This profit will help cover our expenses through the holidays and beyond when membership income drops. 2011 TAGS time standards are posted here: http://tsaswim.org/PDF_Files/TAGS%20Time%20Standards%202011.pdf I have attached an updated meet schedule for your review. It should be posted to the website soon! Congratulations to our 2010 Splash-a-thon Winners!!
FIRST PLACE Jackson Zenisek earning $620 winning a Texas Gold Speedo Sonic warm-up set SECOND PLACE Trent Culbertson earning $390 winning a Nintendo DS Lite system THIRD PLACE Mac Skelton earning $345.80 winning a Nintendo DS Lite system
Everyone did a fantastic job this year, raising $1500 more than any other year!!! WAY TO GO GOLD!! I have received notice from a couple of folks who are participating in the "make-up" splash-a-thon on Tuesday, November 2nd rather than opting for the Fundraiser Buy Out. Your swimmer will have a lane designated for them to swim as many laps as they are willing or able! Alternatively, they may participate in their normal practice and their coach will count the laps they swim. I am now accepting entries for our November Best Times Meet at Southwestern Saturday, November 20th. The format for this meet is unlike traditional meets. Each swimmer will earn a medal for achieving a best time in each event, rather than be awarded for their place in their age group. The team whose swimmers have the highest percentage of best times, wins the meet! We have already received entries from teams in Waco, New Braunfels, and San Antonio! This is our second year to offer this meet format, and it has been really well received. GO GOLD!!! |
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10-20-10Spooky SprintI have attached some pertinent information about the Spooky Sprint meet this Sunday, including Warm-up Assignments, Timeline, and Psych Sheet. We have advanced the warm-up time to safely accommodate everyone with an average of 10 swimmers per lane. Texas Gold will be warming up 8:30-8:55AM. The meet will begin at 10:20AM. We will be implementing fly-over starts in an attempt to beat our timeline. This means that swimmers will stay in the water after their race until the following heat has started. They will "fly over" you (except backstroke and 25yd events).
We still need volunteers!!! Please sign up at the Recreation Center Pool. The sign-up sheet is near the emergency exit doors next to the bleachers. If you are unable to make it to the pool to sign up, please email Coach Ben (ben@swimgeorgetown.com) or I and we will put your name down for you.
All swimmers MUST submit a completed Assumption of Risk Form in order to compete. I have attached this form for your convenience if you have not already completed one. Please drop off your copy at the pool, or submit it to the Check In Desk at the meet. Swimmers without this form will not be allowed to compete.
We encourage families to carpool, as there is limited parking since Southwestern is currently in session. Directions to Southwestern University's Walzel Natatorium may be found here: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/html/facilities.html. Seating is also limited, so we kindly ask spectators to keep their personal belongings on their person.
Heat sheets will be emailed to Texas Gold Georgetown members free of charge on Friday, and will also be available for purchase at concessions on the day of the meet for $2. Spectators will NOT be allowed on the pool deck during the course of the meet.
River Oak Photography will be on site taking "heat reservations" for action shots of your swimmers. Please see Jim at his table out front to reserve your heat. He will then take action photos of your swimmer throughout a race you reserved.
After our team warm-up ends at 8:40AM, we will be taking an informal team photo, so please quickly dry off and be outside by 9AM. Wear your BLACK team t-shirts!
Texas Gold swimmers will be sitting OUTSIDE this year, as we have a very full meet and we need to make space for our visiting teams. The Georgetown Aquadillos is generously letting us borrow 8 pop-up tents to set up our camp. If you have a pop-up tent, please bring it! Also bring lawn chairs, blankets and warm clothing.
We also need large coolers for our concessions. If you have one we could borrow, please bring it to the Village Pool on Saturday morning before 10AM, or at Friday's Start Clinic at the Rec Center. Make sure you have put your name on it!
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| 10-18-10 Please sign up for a volunteer position at the Spooky Sprint!! The sign-up sheet is located near the emergency exit by the bleachers at the Rec Center Pool.
Since we have such a large meet, Texas Gold will set up camp OUTSIDE on the campus grounds rather than on the pool deck. At least 8 pop-up tents will be delivered Sunday morning, and we will need lots of help getting them set up! Our team will be warming up at 8:10AM, so please arrive at 7:45AM to start getting those set up. Bring your lawnchairs, blankets, and warm clothes! It should be a warm afternoon, but the morning may be a little chilly!
We will have an informal TEAM PHOTO at 9AM after our warm-up. Please wear your BLACK team t-shirts!
River Oak Photography will be on site at the meet taking action shots! Sign up before or during the meet to "reserve" a heat for him to snap some action shots of your swimmer. Prices are reasonable, and he will have a sign up booth near the concession stand. http://riveroakphotography.com/
Splash-a-thon funds are due Wednesday! For those of you earning $100 or more per swimmer, please get your Texas Gold Beach towel! There will be some delivered to the pool Tuesday morning. Splash-a-thon winners will be announced Friday!! Prizes include 2 Nintendo DS Lite systems and a Texas Gold Speedo Sonic warm-up set!
If you are purchasing the $40 Fundraising Buy-Out option, it will be added to your account on October 31st, but it will not be automatically charged to your online account. I will only charge your credit card or eCheck with your confirmation, otherwise you may submit separate payment.
Some of you expressed interest in an alternative Splash-a-thon to get some more time to prepare. If your swimmer is currently gathering pledges or donations for an additional splash-a-thon, they may declare to their coach that they will be swimming laps for their fundraiser on Tuesday, November 2nd and we will have a lane for them to swim their laps! If you wish to take advantage of this option rather than the Fundraiser Buy-Out option, please respond to me by Wednesday.
Congratulations to our Texas Gold swimmers who competed at the University of Texas Fall Kickoff Meet!! Texas Gold Georgetown swimmers were at an amazing 89% best times (from previous swims in our team database)!!! Here are the time standards we achieved this weekend:
AAA Times
Beau Fusilier, 13-14 1000yd Free
Madison Smith, 13-14 50 Free
AA Times
Jansen Brown, 15-16 100 Free
Beau Fusilier 200 Free
Neil Lemcke 15-16 1000 Free
Hannah Pierce, 11-12 50 Free
Nat Pukys, 13-14 200 Breast, 100 Free, 100 Back
Madison Smith 100 Free
A Times
Jansen Brown 100 Back, 50 Free
Beau Fusilier 50 Free, 200 Back, 100 Back
Reilly Gilbert 10&Under 50 Back
Neil Lemcke 200 Breast
Hannah Pierce 200 Free
Nat Pukys 50 Free
Ashley Udelhofen 11-12 200 Free, 200 Back, 100 Back
BB Times
Jansen Brown 100 Fly
Carlos Froelich 13-14 100 Free
Beau Fusilier 100 Breast
Reilly Gilbert 200 Free, 100 IM, 50 Fly, 100 Free, 50 Free
Lauren Glenn 11-12 200 Free
Rehgan Hartsell 11-12 100 Breast
Emily Hill 13-14 200 Breast, 100 Free
Neil Lemcke 100 Fly
Alex Maresca 9-10 200 Free, 50 Free, 100IM, 50 fly, 100 Free, 50 back, 50 breast
Kory Maresca 9-10 50 back, 50 breast
Galen Palmore 17-18 200 free, 200 Breast, 100 free, 50 free
Hannah Pierce 100 breast, 100 IM, 200 Back, 100 free, 100 Back
Xavier Pulido 15-16 50 free, 100 free
Cierra Scully 9-10 100 Free, 50 Free
Rylan Slocum 11-12 50 free, 200 breast
Madison Smith 100 fly, 100 back
Ashley Udelhofen 100 IM, 50 fly, 100 free, 50 back, 100 fly
B Times
Joaquin Batista 13-14 50 free, 100 free
Carlos Froelich 50 free
Lauren Glenn 50 Free
Rehgan Hartsell 50 Free
Emily Hill 100 fly
Caleigh Johnson 11-12 200 free, 100 breast, 50 free, 100 IM, 100 Free, 50 back, 100 back,
Kerry Maresca 13-14 50 free
Kippy Maresca 100 Breast, 200 breast, 50 free
Noah McBee, 11-12 50 Free
Galen Palmore 100 breast
Xavier Pulido 200 free
Starlah Quinones 50 free, 100 Free
Rylan Slocum 100 breast, 100 IM, 200 back, 50 back, 50 breast, 100 back
Marc True, 11-12 100 breast, 50 free, 100 IM, 50 back, 50 breast
Marko Vujosevic, age 8, 10&Under 100 breast, 50 free, 100 IM, 50 fly
NEW TEAM RECORDS
Hannah Pierce 11-12 50 Free 28.13, previously set in 2006 with a 28.78
Hannah Pierce 100 Free 1:03.33, previously set in 2004 with a 1:03.59
Ashley Udelhofen 11-12 100 Back 1:12.40, previously set in 2007 with a 1:13.66
Madison Smith, 13-14 50 Free 26.25, previously set in 2005 with a 27.28
Madison Smith 100 Free 57.52, previously set in 2009 with a 57.56
Emily Hill, 13-14 200 Breast 2:47.02, previously set in 2007 with a 2:47.56
Beau Fusilier, 13-14 1000 free 10:37.81, previously set by his brother in 2007 at TAGS with a 11:00.80
Nat Pukys, 13-14 100 Back 1:00.30, set by himself in February with a 1:02.67
Nat Pukys 200 Breast 2:26.65, set by himself in February with a 2:32.09
PERFECT MEET (all best/first time swims!!)
Joaquin Batista
Carlos Froelich
Beau Fusilier
Reilly Gilbert
Rehgan Hartsell
Emily Hill
Caleigh Johnson
Neil Lemcke
Kory Maresca
Noah McBee
Nat Pukys
Xavier Pulido
Starlah Quinones
Cailey Scully
Cierra Scully
Rylan Slocum
Madison Smith
Marc True
Ashley Udelhofen
Marko Vujosevic
Gold Georgetown swimmers results may be found on our Team Stats Online. Official meet results may be found HERE.
Preliminary Meet entries for BOTH the Belton meet and UT meet the weekend of November 6th are due! The Belton meet entry due date is listed incorrectly on our calendar, so please get those to me by WEDNESDAY! Here is the OFFICIAL meet invitation for the Belton meet. Please do NOT follow the entry procedures listed on this meet invite. Simply email your entries to me, or fill out a meet entry form at the pool by Wednesday.
UT has not yet posted the meet information for their meet, so I am unable to prepare a preliminary draft of our entries. I will forward that as soon as I am able.
We will be offering another Start Clinic for all FUNdamental and Advanced Team members at the Rec on Friday 5-6:15PM. This is not required.
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| 10-15-10 Warm-ups for the UT this weekend:
Saturday: wear your GREY team shirts
12 & Under arrive at 9:15AM
13 & Over arrive at 1:45PM
Sunday: wear your BLACK team shirts
12 & Under arrive at 8:00AM
13 & Over arrive at 12:15PM
UT Parking information: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/parking/ You will need to expect to pay $10 to park in the lot next to the pool or the garage next to the pool. There are some free options listed on their site.
Psych Sheet & Real Time Results: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/results/index.htm
I will have shirts and caps available at practice today, and at the meet. Please wear the appropriate color on each day you attend. All GOLD swimmers will be wearing swim caps during your races. Also, I have ordered several extra warm-up sets in case anyone would like one. Full sets are $100 and embroidered jacket without pants is $70. I only have a few sizes available, but if you want one that I don't have in stock, we can order it.
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| 10-13-10 We have an extremely popular Spooky Sprint meet this year, with nearly 240 swimmers visiting as far away as Waco and Houston!! The timeline will be just under 5 hours, but we are working with our officials to help speed up the meet, and hopefully will be able to reduce it 4.5hrs or less. We will need your help to run this meet!! I have attached a copy of the volunteer sign up sheet. This will be posted at the Rec Center Thursday morning, so please sign up at your earliest convenience!!
Attached you will find an updated October calendar. Please replace your old calendar!
Adv+, Pre-Senior, Senior Teams: Preliminary entries for the UT November meet are due today. Meet info has not been posted, but here is the event flier (dates listed are incorrect, it should be Nov 5-7th.: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/11NovUnclassified.pdf
Splash-a-thon funds are due Wednesday, October 20th. Grand Prize winners will be announced Friday, October 22nd!!
Championship Meet Format CHANGE: The format for our championship meets in South Texas Swimming have changed! Rather than having STAGS and Junior Olympics championship meets, South Texas Swimming will be hosting 3 championship meets based on your achievement of a NATIONAL TIME STANDARD. There will be a "B" Champs, "BB" Champs, and "A" Champs meets. See <Competitive Swimming> in our handbook for a brief explanation of time standards. Time Standards may be found here: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/standards/2012MotivationalTimes-Top16.pdf
Unlike the unclassified meets we will be attending and hosting over the next few months, the championship meet format offers a preliminary session where all qualifiers will compete. The top 8 to 16 swimmers from the Preliminary session will be invited back that evening for the Finals session, where you will compete for your final place in the championship meet. The goal is to qualify for the next meet by achieving the next higher time standard. ex) You have achieved a B time in the 50 free at an unclassified meet during the season. This qualifies you to swim the 50 free at the "B" Champs meet. Your goal is to get a BB time or better so you may participate in the next higher level meet. At the "B" Champs meet, you may only swim events you have achieved the B time standard, and so on.
For 14&Under swimmers, TAGS will be the next level higher than "A" champs, then all ages for Sectionals, 18&U Junior Nationals, all ages Senior Nationals, Olympic Trials, and then the ultimate swim meet, THE OLYMPICS!!
I have attached the updated meet schedule for our 2010-2011 swim season. Our final home meet was forced to change dates due to the placement of the "B" Champs meet. I have tentatively set that meet for February.
2010-2011 Time standards have been updated:
TAGS - still pending
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| 10-11-10 We had 30 Texas Gold swimmers in it for the long haul on Saturday! I am so proud of ALL of them as they swam almost non-stop for nearly 2 hours!!! WAY TO GO!!! 100 laps is 5000yds (about 3 miles!!). Here are their results:
8 & Under Matthew & Michael Zenisek 59 laps Amanda Souza 50 Mary Brown 25 Ava Corona 12 9-10 Reilly Gilbert 120 Tiffany Souza 111 William Corona 106 Michaela Dejong 98 Trent Culbertson 92 Lily Brown 88 Carolina Sofia Batista 75 Lincoln Johnson 75 MacKenzie Skelton 72 Nicole Colangelo 68 11-12 Hannah Pierce 136 Starlah Quinones 120 Noah McBee 105 Marc True 105 Ashley Udelhofen 104 Caleigh Johnson 97 Jackson Zenisek 97 Brandon Henry 89 Rehgan Hartsell 52 13 & Over Beau Fusilier 140 Liana Dishong 135 Mattie Brister 120 Joaquin Batista 96 Munch Kettering 85
Final entries for the Spooky Sprint are due TUESDAY! Please review your entries!! Send me changes by Tuesday. http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMEETS.asp?ENTRY=TRUE&DB=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb
FUN/Adv Teams: We are offering a Start Clinic this Friday 5-6:30PM for both FUNdamental and Advanced Teams where we will focus solely on learning to start off the blocks.
Advanced Plus Team: Preliminary entries for the November UT meet are due Wednesday. Unfortunately, the meet invite has not yet been posted, but the event order has been posted. http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/11NovUnclassified.pdf
UT Shortcourse Kickoff Meet:
I have attached the estimated timeline and psych sheet for the meet this weekend. Warm-ups begin at 9:15AM on Saturday and 8AM for Sunday. I will forward specific warm-up information and afternoon times when I receive them. We will wear GREY Texas Gold t-shirts on Saturday and BLACK shirts on Sunday. Remember to wear a black racing suit and your Texas Gold swim cap. For other information on meets, please see our handbook: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/html/handbook.html#swimmeets
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10-7-10 FUN/Adv Teams: Time Trials 5-7PM today!
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The administrators at Southwestern University notified me today that we will not be able to host our October meet on Saturday, Oct 23rd. We have had to change the date of our Spooky Sprint Meet to Sunday, October 24th. I understand that this is not an ideal day, but we are very limited on our options this late in the game. I apologize for the inconvenience.
I have posted the preliminary entry list for the UT Fall Kickoff Meet. As always, you may review meet entries, team records, individual athlete results, and even season improvements by visiting Team Stats Online. To visit, go to our website www.SwimGeorgetown.com, click the <Meet Info> tab, and hit the <Team Stats> button. Here are our preliminary entries: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMEETS.asp?ENTRY=TRUE&DB=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb Please send me additions, changes or scratches by SUNDAY. |
9-22-10
. All swim team family members are welcome!!
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GOLD/AG Masters Team Members:
First, I want to thank you for your patience as I learn the new online Thriva/Active Network billing system! It is supposed to help streamline our registration process...
 Second, I want to apologize for the wording on the "Subsciption" email you received today generated by the online Thriva system. Your account is NOT past due, as it indicates. And I also apologize for separate emails for each swimmer, I will see if it is possible to consolidate the notices.
If you registered and submitted payment online with Thriva, you did not pay for September's training fees at that time. The Thriva online system does not invoice you for the training fees until the month begins, therefore, you will have a balance for the training fees at the first of each month. At the time you registered, you were invoiced for the team registration fee, the USA fee, and any gear you may have purchased.
Some of you did not register online and still are receiving email notices from the Thriva system. This is my error, and I will get that corrected as well.
The statement I sent you yesterday should indicate the correct up-to-date registration and training fees, with the exception of some extra gear purchases you may have purchased last Saturday (there were very few, but I still have not added those yet). This QuickBooks generated statement (that you received yesterday) is what we have used in the past, and will continue to be our main billing system. If this statement needs adjusting, please let me know!
I intend on turning off the Thriva system-generated emails. I will need to get with the Thriva reps to see what options we have. You will be welcome to continue the auto-billing with Thriva, where it will automatically draft the training fees from your credit card or eCheck. I will credit these payments to my QuickBooks account for you once I receive notice of payment. I will also be able to add extra gear purchases, meet fees, or any offline expenses to your Thriva account so you may simply get that balance drafted.
If you choose not to have your payments automatically drafted but wish to manually pay through Thriva with your credit card or eCheck, respond to the emailed statement that you wish to pay on your Thriva account and I will get it updated.
As always, you are welcome to pay with check, cash, or PayPal (you may send a payment to dale@swimgeorgetown). Payments may be dropped off at the pool.
I have received many email inquiries from you, and I will respond to each of you by the end of this week if I have not answered your question with this Update.
Practices will begin Tuesday, September 7th!! I will send out another update by this weekend that will include some reminders, a preliminary 2010 meet schedule, and other team updates.
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Your 2010 Longcourse TAGS team consisted of 11yr old Hannah Pierce, 10yr old Tiffany Souza, 13yr old Beau Fusilier, and 14yr old Madison Smith. These athletes competed against the fastest 14&under swimmers in the state of Texas at the University of Texas July 21-25th. Our swimmers were at 67% best times!
Madison Smith started us off competing in the 800M free relay, joined by 3 Texas Gold North swimmers, swimming the 200 free in 2:21.5, helping the relay team earn 15th place! Beau Fusilier followed her swim by joining 3 other Texas Gold North swimmers in the 800M Free relay with a 2:18.1, helping his relay to swim to a 13th place finish! The following day, Beau joined his relay team to compete in the 400M Medley Relay, leading off the relay with the 100M Backstroke in 1:11.20, helping his relay to earn 12th place! Tiffany Souza, next up in the line up, competed in the 10&Under 50M breaststroke. Tiffany, seeded 27th place, swam an amazing race, dropping over 8 tenths of a second, placing 18th, and setting a new Texas Gold Georgetown record! Beau was up next in his final event for the meet, the 400M Free Relay. He swam his best time by over 1.5 seconds, with a 1:04.23, helping his relay to achieve a Top 8 Finish! Hannah Pierce finished up our meet competing in the 11yr old 50M Freestyle. Seeded 31st in the state, she swam a best time, dropping 2 tenths of a second, finishing 29th fastest 11yr old in Texas, setting a new Texas Gold Georgetown record!
Congratulations to Texas Gold swimmers who competed at the 2010 Longcourse Junior Olympics August 7-8th!! Texas Gold Georgetown swimmers were at 77.5% best times and had 32 new swims!!! Here are their results!
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
8-22-10
Welcome to Texas Gold Swimming!!
If you are receiving this email, you have registered a swimmer(s) with Aquatics of Georgetown for our 2010-2011 Shortcourse Swim Season, under the Texas Gold age group swim team.
If you registered using our new online Thriva/Active Network system, you have set up an online account. You are not required to use this account for your future payments, but you will have the option to set up automatic billing to pay by credit card or eCheck. This online account may not reflect additional fees and gear ordered offline. All members will receive an emailed monthly statement, separate from your online account, to the email address you submitted at registration. If this emailed statement does not reflect the fees on your online account, please report the error to me at dale@swimgeorgetown.com.
If you choose not to utilize the online system for payments, you may simply:
AQUATICS OF GEORGETOWN
1005A S. MAYS
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS 78681
512-671-7296
We have many modes of communication. Email is our most detailed mode, and all emailed updates are posted on our <What's New> webpage shortly after being sent out (24-48hrs). Emergency updates, such as practice cancellations or changes, due dates, and other brief announcements will be sent out on Twitter and Facebook, which in turn is immediately posted to the <Home Page> on our website's "Twitter Widget." For you super-technically inclined folks, you may choose to "follow" us on Twitter and get these brief updates sent to your cell phone. Visit www.twitter.com/swimgeorgetown to "follow" us & Facebook www.facebook.com/SwimGeorgetown to become "friends."
Weekly practice schedules and sudden changes are also posted on the AG Hotline at 512-246-7491.
I encourage you to scroll through the 2010-2011 AG Handbook, if you have not already done so. General information on practices, meets, billing, and general care is available here.
Practices for our new short course season will begin Tuesday, September 7th!!!
Our current calendaris available, and is updated monthly. September's calendar will be posted soon, but I will need to update September's calendar, as meet dates and other events have not yet been finalized. You will find important due dates, general information, and team events listed here. Print a copy out for your fridge!
Here is a list of required and optional equipment for your participation with our programs: Texas Gold & AG Masters.
Equipment may be acquired at Lane Four SwimShop, they are physically located HERE and are available online at http://www.lane4swim.com/.
For your convenience, Lane Four SwimShop will be in Georgetown selling Texas Gold team gear at our official registration at the Georgetown Rec Center on Saturday, August 28th 9-11:00AM, and you may also pick up any gear you may have ordered or earned for our July Promo (t-shirts/caps/window decals/water bottles) at this time. I will also schedule a day during our first week of practice for additional convenient purchases in Georgetown. You are not required to attend this event if you have submitted your registration. Lane Four SwimShop has been a strong supporter of our program since we began in 2001. Thank you, Deborah and Hector at Lane Four for your continued support!!
If you are concerned about the proper placement of your swimmer, or are unsure of his/her proper placement, you are encouraged to bring your swimmer(s) for a very brief evaluation on August 28th from 9-11AM at the Recreation Center. If you are new to our program, a list of best times would be helpful to our coaching staff.
As a member of Aquatics of Georgetown, you are not required to obtain a membership with the Georgetown Recreation Center, however, membership is encouraged. Rec Center membership rates may be found HERE. All users of the Recreation Center, members or not, must adhere to the Rec Center RULES.
Although Aquatics of Georgetown members are not required to obtain a membership, all GOLD & AG Masters swimmers must obtain an identification card from the front desk, and this ID card must be displayed upon each entry.
Additonally, all swimmers are required to rinse off prior to entering the pool.
Lockers are available for patrons in the dressing rooms. DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE LOCKER ROOMS WITHOUT SECURING THEM.
Your 2009-2010 Coaching Staff is returning for our new season!!
Typically, the morning Senior Team practices will be coached by Dale Huggins, dale@swimgeorgetown.com, and morning Masters Team practices will be coached by Carla Sterner, carla@swimgeorgetown.com. Afternoon Pre-Senior and Senior practices will be coached by Dale and Tim Pukys, tim@swimgeorgetown.com. Afternoon FUNdamental and Advanced Team practices will be coached by Ben Cumnock-Francois, ben@swimgeorgetown.com and David Houck, david@swimgeorgetown.com, while evening masters practices also are coached by Ben.
We are developing a preliminary tentative meet schedule, and will post it during our first week of practices. A more detailed meet schedule will be posted after the annual South Texas HOD meeting in early October, where local teams will bid on championship meet dates and locations.
Again, welcome! Please do not hesitate to send me or any other coach an email with any questions you may have!! We are all excited to get the new season underway!!
GO GOLD!!
8-21-10
Attached, you will find a preliminary calendar for September, which indicates the changes in next week's practices. I estimated meet dates in October for the meet we host at SU and the first UT meet, as none have been set, so I will need to update entry due dates for those in a few weeks as well as our Splash-a-thon.
There are plans being formulated for an AG Masters Kick-off party in late September, and I would like some help planning a GOLD kick-off party. Please let me know if you are interested!
I apologize for the delay in reporting our meet results for our recent championship meets. I will get those updates sent out early next week. Results have been posted on our Team Stats, however.
REMINDER: All swimmers (AG Masters and GOLD) will need to register for our upcoming season if you plan on continuing with our program, which begins September 7th. We are hosting our registration at the Rec Center August 28th, 9-11AM. This is also the same day as our LAST practice for the summer season. Alternatively, you may now register ONLINE (which is preferred, as I am able to simply import all the data you type in rather than having to re-enter all of your information. You do not have to pay online even if you process your registration online.)
Attached you will find our training calendar for August, finishing up our longcourse season!!!
Good luck to Junior Olympic participants who will be competing at the West Austin Athletic Complex this weekend! Alex Maresca, Kory Maresca, and Ashley Udelhofen all swam best times this afternoon and great first time swims, paving the way for a fantastic meet ahead!!
Calvin Fusilier will be headed to Irvine, California on Sunday to compete at the 2010 Longcourse Junior National Championships!! You will be able to catch the Junior's swims on www.SwimNetwork.com, their widget is posted on our website. Read about Junior's HERE. Good luck Calvin!!
I will also be headed to California, and will be out town all next week. Coach David will be taking the helm for our evening practices, and Coach Cameron, previous AG swimmer and recent UT Permian Basin graduate, will be coaching our morning sessions. Congratulations to Coach Cameron who just accepted an offer from Delta State Swimming to be a graduate assistant coach for their program!!
We will host our official registration at the Georgetown Recreation Center on Saturday, August 28th from 9-11AM. Lane Four Swim Shop will be available for gear purchases. You may also pick up any free goodies owed to you if you pre-registered last month, or any other goods you purchased through the online registration. The online registration will continue to be available at any time, or you may mail in your registration forms to our Round Rock office.
Let's finish up our Longcourse Season with a big bang!! GO GOLD!!!!
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!!!!
Masters 5:45-7:30AM
Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM
Advanced 4:45-6:15PM
Masters 6-7:30PM
Pre-Senior/Senior 4:15-6PM
Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM
Advanced 4:45-6:15PM
Masters 6-7:30PM
Sectionals
@ The Woodlands
Masters 5:45-7:30AM
Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM
Advanced 4:45-6:15PM
Masters 6-7:30PM
NO PRE-SENIOR/SENIOR PM PRACTICES
Sectionals
Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM
Advanced 4:45-6:15PM
Masters 6-7:30PM
Sectionals
Masters 5:45-7:30AM
Masters, Pre-Senior, Senior 7:15-9:00AM
NO PM PRACTICES
Sectionals
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.
GO DILLOS!!!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:
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Schlitterbahn Waterparks Adult General Admission |
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!
GO GOLD!!!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.
Please feel free to give me a call or send me an email should you have any questions. Thank you for your time, and we look forward to seeing you out at the ballpark on June 21st!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:
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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:
| 10 Village Pool Masters/Senior 5:30-7:15AM Advanced 5:15-6:45PM Pre-Senior 5:15-7:00PM Senior 5:15-7:30PM Masters 6:30-8:00PM |
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15 AG Masters Longcourse Kickoff Party @ Linda Callaways 6PM |
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.
Thank you for your continued support and patience!!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:
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!!
Linda Callaway has invited any and all swimmers who are interested in Open Water training. She is planning on swimming in Lake Georgetown on Mondays at 5:30PM through the end of May, and will plan accordingly once school lets out for future swims. They started with an 18 minute swim yesterday, and will gradually increase their distance and time. If interested, email Linda at linda@callaways.org.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
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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.
Friday warm-ups @ 4:30 PM Meet begins @ 6:00 PM Saturday and Sunday warm-ups begin @ 7:20 AM Sessions begin @ 9:00 AM |
Fly-over starts will be employed an all |
Estimated time lines: |
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.
To reserve at a room at Drury Inn and Suites at a group rate of $87, go here: http://www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx?groupno=20791003-6-10
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!
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.
Thank you!!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
First Name |
Last Name |
USMS Number |
Registration |
Lynn |
Azuma |
430B-05FYF |
01/03/2010 |
Jenny |
Bender |
430B-05Y48 |
01/02/2010 |
Shirley |
Bibles |
430E-06BKX |
12/29/2009 |
James |
Bray |
430D-067FX |
12/30/2009 |
Ken |
Doocy |
430G-06NFT |
01/11/2010 |
Shawn |
Feather |
4300-01KRP |
12/30/2009 |
Kathy |
Goulding |
4301-008RH |
12/31/2009 |
James |
Griffis |
4302-02P2J |
01/04/2010 |
Danelle |
Houck |
430H-06BSB |
01/01/2010 |
Philip |
Houck |
430Y-02R9Z |
01/01/2010 |
Genifer |
Howard |
430B-05RYT |
12/28/2009 |
Dale |
Huggins |
430U-02PFV |
12/28/2009 |
Susanne |
Iadanza |
4301-06FH9 |
12/29/2009 |
Marilyn |
Klassen |
430J-06P9H |
01/23/2010 |
Walter |
Koopmann |
430W-02RA1 |
01/02/2010 |
Mark |
Lehnick |
430S-04KR8 |
12/29/2009 |
Paula |
Lemcke |
430U-04KR6 |
01/01/2010 |
Jennifer |
Pierce |
430K-008R4 |
01/01/2010 |
Shawn |
Sabo |
430R-04KWY |
01/01/2010 |
Kelley |
Spencer |
430M-05X5H |
01/06/2010 |
First Name |
Last Name |
USMS Number |
Registration |
Lynn |
Azuma |
430B-05FYF |
01/03/2010 |
Jenny |
Bender |
430B-05Y48 |
01/02/2010 |
Shirley |
Bibles |
430E-06BKX |
12/29/2009 |
James |
Bray |
430D-067FX |
12/30/2009 |
Ken |
Doocy |
430G-06NFT |
01/11/2010 |
Shawn |
Feather |
4300-01KRP |
12/30/2009 |
Kathy |
Goulding |
4301-008RH |
12/31/2009 |
James |
Griffis |
4302-02P2J |
01/04/2010 |
Danelle |
Houck |
430H-06BSB |
01/01/2010 |
Philip |
Houck |
430Y-02R9Z |
01/01/2010 |
Genifer |
Howard |
430B-05RYT |
12/28/2009 |
Dale |
Huggins |
430U-02PFV |
12/28/2009 |
Susanne |
Iadanza |
4301-06FH9 |
12/29/2009 |
Marilyn |
Klassen |
430J-06P9H |
01/23/2010 |
Walter |
Koopmann |
430W-02RA1 |
01/02/2010 |
Mark |
Lehnick |
430S-04KR8 |
12/29/2009 |
Paula |
Lemcke |
430U-04KR6 |
01/01/2010 |
Jennifer |
Pierce |
430K-008R4 |
01/01/2010 |
Shawn |
Sabo |
430R-04KWY |
01/01/2010 |
Kelley |
Spencer |
430M-05X5H |
01/06/2010 |
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!
Lynn |
Azuma |
430B-05FYF |
01/03/2010 |
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Jenny |
Bender |
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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.
GO GOLD!!!Ben and I are preparing the Best Times meet results to present to you. We should have it sent out in a day or so.
We are offering a free Start Clinic for all FUNdamental and Advanced Team members on Friday at the Rec 5-6PM.
Preliminary entries are due for the Temple Last Chance meet on February 6th. Final entries are due Monday! This will be the last meet for swimmers who do not qualify for STAGS until Junior Olympics at the end of March. Meet Info: http://www.swimgeorgetown.com/Temple_0210_info.pdf
1-19-10
Greetings Teams:
Since results for the meet this weekend were not available until later this afternoon, you are welcome to send me updated entry times by noon on Wednesday. I'll send out psych sheets tomorrow afternoon.
Deck entries will be accepted up to 30 minutes prior to the meet start to fill empty lanes. PLEASE send me any scratches that you have! Time trial entries will be accepted beginning at 10:30AM on Saturday. USA ID cards will be required for swimmers not previously entered in the meet. Entry fees are $10 each.
FUNdamental/Advanced Teams:
In order to get prepared and pumped up for our meet this weekend, we will be having a special "Meet Prep" practice this Thursday. Practices will be 5:30-7:00PM for BOTH FUNdamental and Advanced Teams. Both groups will swim together in a practice designed to focus on meet readiness, and get our swimmers excited for what will be a fun and fast meet. For the few swimmers who are not competing this weekend, we encourage you to participate, as it will be a fun practice and will allow the FUNdamental and Advanced groups to get to know each other a little better. Again, practice for BOTH GROUPS will run from 5:30 until 7:00 this Thursday at the Rec. See you there!
We will still have our Start Clinic at the Rec on Friday 5-6PM.
-Coach Ben and David
Greetings Swimmers!
I have attached a tentative timeline, warm-up assignments, and have included some information on a fun way to "preserve the moment" of your races this weekend (please read forwarded information below).
Please email Coach Ben your preference for your volunteer position by Friday!
Have a great week, and we'll see you Saturday!! (Don't forget to read below!)
Dear Parents and Swimmers,
River Oak Photography will be attending the Texas Gold's Best Times Team Trophy Meet coming up on January 23 and 24. We are a photography company that specializes in swimming photography. Our work with Texas Gold is mutually beneficial in that a percentage of our profits are given to the Texas Gold Georgetown booster club.
How it will work at the meet: We work on a reservation basis. A "reservation" books a specific heat for ONE swimmer only, that way our photographers can provide their full attention to your swimmer. From each booked heat we will get around 15-20 edited and color corrected high resolution photographs. At the meet you will only purchase reservations and each heat you want to reserve is $10 (i.e. 1 heat is $10 and 2 heats are $20). You will purchase your prints from our website after the meet (prices vary from $19 for packages and $6-50+ for single prints, depending on size of print). At the meet when we get your reservation we will get your contact information, and on Tuesday or Wednesday we will send you an email with a direct link to your swimmers photographs. We offer all size prints, photo mugs, key chains, and our signature poster-size composites.
Please check out our work and our composites on our website www.riveroakphotography.com.
As mentioned, we work on a reservation basis, which means that we DO NOT take pictures of all swimmers attending the meet, and we permit only ONE reservation per heat. If you wish to get your swimmer photographed, stop by our retail booth to sign up for your reservation EARLY to ensure that you will be able to book your child's heat. Lastly, don't forget that a percentage of our profits goes to Texas Gold's booster club!
Thank you for your time!Thank you for your participation in our second and final Best Times meet of the season! I have attached a tentative timeline, warm-up assignments, and have included some information on a fun way to "preserve the moment" of your races (please read forwarded information below).
You are welcome to send me an update to your entry times by noon on TUESDAY. I will send out an updated psych sheet that evening. When sending me your update, I will only update your entry times; changes to your entries will not be permitted.
Have a great week, and we'll see you Saturday!!
To sign up for a specific volunteer position, this sign-up sheet will be posted at the Rec Center in our corner. If you are unable to make it to the Rec, please contact Coach Ben b.cumnockfrancois@gmail.com or David david.houck@gmail.com. Thank you!!
For the UT meet THIS weekend, shirt colors are:
Friday Timed Finals BLACK,
Saturday Prelims GREY
Saturday Finals: BLACK
Sunday Prelims WHITE
Sunday Finals BLACK
Monday Prelims GREY
Monday Finals BLACK
(Finals will always be Black, prelims will always be white or grey)
1-13-10
The UT meet is limited to 14&Unders, so we will head to the Temple meet instead on the same day, Saturday, February 6th. Attached you will find the meet invite for the Temple Last Chance meet. Preliminary entries are due Thursday, January 21st. Final entries are due Monday, January 25th after our home meet. This meet will be open to ALL Texas Gold teams!!
Practice Changes:
We will offer our first START CLINIC!! for Pre-Senior, Senior, and Senior Team members this Friday at the Rec Center 5-6PM.
We will have our regularly scheduled practice on Saturday for Pre-Senior, Senior, and Senior Team members at the Village Pool 7:45-9:30/10AM.
We have just received notice that the Rec Center will be closed on Monday, so we will move our practices to the Village Pool at the scheduled times; FUN 3:45-5PM, Adv 5-6:30PM, Pre-Senior/Senior 5:15-7/7:30PM, Masters 6:15-8PM.
All Advanced, Pre-Senior, and Senior team members are invited to participate in the UT Last Chance Meet on February 6th for one more opportunity to get a STAGS, Senior Champs, TAGS, or Sectional cut, or you just want to see if you can go a little faster! Entries to the host team are due before our meet next weekend, so what I'll do is have you submit your entries to me, and then we may be able to update them after our meet. We just need to reserve our spot at UT, so I must submit our team entries on Jan 22nd, therefore, you will need to get me your preliminary entries by Monday, January 18th, and final entries will be due Wednesday January 20th.
I will be preparing Volunteer Sign-ups for our last home meet later this week. We have reached maximum capacity on Saturday with 200 swimmers and 140 on Sunday, so we will need LOTS of volunteers!!
Thank you for your continued support for AG Masters and Texas Gold Georgetown!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
