A news Masters swim team site in being made.
Please use http://texasgoldswimming.org/ as the Texas Gold Georgetown website.
You can still view the old site temporarily.
Posted: January 12, 2012
Due to the weather (low 40s with a wind chill in the 30s), TONIGHT Gold and Silver Practice will take place from 5:30-7:00 at the Rec Center. All other practices will take place as scheduled.
Posted: December 29, 2011
The holiday schedule has been updated.
Posted: December 21, 2011
The holiday schedule has been posted on the calendar page.
| 9-7-11 Fall practices have begun! Click on the calendar link to see our latest schedule. |
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| 9-5-11 Due to the Rec Center being closed, for the next two weeks all morning practices will take place at Williams Drive, all normal afternoon Rec Center practices will take place at the Village Pool, and all normal afternoon Village Pool practices will take place at Williams Drive. Click on our calendar link for the most up to date schedule. GO GOLD! |
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| 8-8-11 Congratulations GOLD on placing 3rd at "A" Championships! What a fantastic meet! Everyone swam very well, both in prelims and in finals. Though we weren't the largest team at the meet, we were certainly the loudest when it came to cheering for our kids. Thank you swimmers and parents (and siblings!) for such a great TEAM showing this weekend! Attached you will find the meet results and a championship picture with the 3rd place banner. Awards have been put in labeled plastic bags and will be placed in the team bin at the Rec Center for pickup whenever it is convenient. Go GOLD |
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| 8-3-11 Good luck to our Texas Gold athletes competing at A Champs in Corpus Christi and at the End of Summer Splash BB & Under meet in San Antonio! Also, good luck to CALVIN FUSILIER who will be competing at the 2011 Speedo Junior National competition in Palo Alto, California at Stanford University where he will be racing the nation's fastest 18&Under swimmers. Races begin Monday! Junior Nationals Info: Attached you will find information concerning "A" Champs and the BB & Under End of School Splash. Info is also posted HERE. Uniform for A Champs: Prelims: Friday: championship black Saturday: grey Sunday: White ALL FINALS: black Uniform for End of Summer Splash; BB & U: Saturday: Black Sunday: Grey GO GOLD!! |
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| 7-31-11 Attached you will find the training calendar for our last month of the season. Our final GOLD practice will be August 5th.
August Monthly fees: Masters fees will remain the same for August. Adv/Pre-Sen: 1/4 normal fee Sen/Pre-Sen+: 1/4 normal fee Returning summer league swimmers $60 for partial July/Aug High School swimmers wishing to practice for the whole month of August may pay the masters fee of $65 and join any masters practice, which will be in place of the 1/4 normal fee. I will need to know early this week if you wish to take this option. If you are suspending your membership for August, please let me know! All swimmers intending on continuing your membership in September, GOLD and Masters, MUST register for the upcoming 2011-12 Swim season prior to practices in September. All registrations will be completed online (no paper forms will be available). Specific details will come from Ben later this month. General practice information for the 2011-12 season may be found HERE. Please direct questions on next season to Coach Ben at ben@swimgeorgetown.com. Cheers!! |
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| 7-20-11 Attached you will find the meet itinerary for TAGS. Here is some other pertinent info: Timing Assignments (please volunteer!) Let's get ready to GO FAST!!! GO GOLD!!! |
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| 7-19-11 Congratulations to Texas Gold BB Champs swimmers! With only 8 athletes, Texas Gold placed 5th out of 15 teams!! Way to go!! Medalists GOLD Daniel Lee 15-18 50 Free Marc True, 11-12 100 Breast, 200 Free, 200 Breast Ashley Udelhofen, 13-14 100 Fly, 100 Back, 200 Fly Taco Williams 10&U 50 fly Jackson Zenisek 11-12 50 Breast SILVER Taylor Bean, 15-18 100 Free, 200 Breast, 50 Free Daniel Lee 100 Breast Marc True 50 Free, 50 Breast Taco Williams 100 Breast, 50 Free, 50 Breast Jackson Zenisek 200 Free BRONZE Daniel Lee 100 Back, 200 Breast Marc True 100 Fly Taco Williams 50 back Jackson Zenisek 100 Free
NEW A TIMES! Taylor Bean 100 Breast Michael True 100 Free Marc True 200 Free, 50 Free, 200 Breast, 50 Breast Ashley Udelhofen 100 fly Jackson Zenisek 200 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Free, 50 Free
I have attached an A champs eligibility report and Top Times report for your review. I will be working on our preliminary "A" Champs entries this evening. Final entries are due Sunday! Coach Ben would like to invite non-A Champs swimmers to a BB & Under meet being hosted in San Antonio the same weekend as A Champs. If there is interest in this meet, we will see about sending Coach David to attend. HERE is the meet info. I need to submit entries by Tuesday, so please let Ben or I know this week if you are interested. |
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| 7-13-11 PRACTICE CHANGES THIS WEEK: No afternoon practice on Thursday for Advanced/Pre-Senior teams, nor Friday afternoon practices. We will have a late morning practice at Rec for Advanced/Pre-Sen 9:15-10:30AM on Thursday. Senior Team/Pre-Senior+ Team: Practice on FRIDAY morning will be at Williams Dr, NOT Rec Center 6:45-9AM Good luck to GOLD swimmers competing at the BB Championships at Brownsville this weekend!! Meet Schedule Fri-Sunday: Prelims GREY/WHITE/GREY warm-up 7:00AM. meet starts at 8:30AM Finals BLACK SHIRTS warm-up 4:00PM, meet starts at 5:00PM It looks as if everyone will make finals, so please get with Coach Ben if there is a reason you are not able to participate within 30 minutes of your race. Otherwise there is a financial penalty and you will be removed from the meet if you fail to scratch. Attached, you will find the psych sheet and warm-up assignments. No timeline was posted, but expect prelims to be quick. SUMMER PLANNING: The last GOLD practice will be August 4th prior to A Champs. We will continue to offer our masters practices throughout August, and high school swimmers (as well as incoming high school swimmers) who wish to prepare for high school try-outs may join our masters practices. Fees will be $65 for the month for masters and high school swimmers. Any summer league swimmers wishing to join back up may do so for their regular monthly fee rate, which will include the first week of August. Will will host registration in late August, date is TBD. We will be offering a FREE stroke clinic the week of Aug 29-Sept 2nd for anyone 18 & Under wishing to participate and try out our program. Senior Team, your help will likely be needed for our younger groups. More details to come, as well as planning for next season!! GO GOLD!!! |
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Attached you will find the tentative practice schedule for July. There may be some changes for the Senior Team morning practices over the next few weeks. Please print this schedule out, as there are so many changes this month due to other swim team usage. Please note, that the "regular" practice schedule is noted in GREEN. If there is a change to the "regular" schedule, it will be highlighted in yellow on the day it is different. If there is no practice time listed on a specific day, then you will follow the "regular" schedule listed in green. Important Schedule Changes: Monday July 4th: Masters Practice is at Village 7-8:15AM Pre-Senior+/Senior Team is at Village 7:45-10AM NO OTHER PRACTICES July 5-7 Masters evening practices are at Rec Center 6:15-7:45PM. They return to Williams Dr the following week. July 5-15 Pre-Senior+/Senior Team morning practices are at Rec Center during regular times. July 14th Pre-Senior/Advanced PM practices are at Rec 9:15-10:30AM. PM practices are cancelled for Pre-Sen/Adv. July 15th NO Pre-Senior/Advanced Team practice. July 18th All morning practices begin at Williams Dr! July 26th No PM Senior Team practices on Tues/Thurs |
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| 6-30-11 No PM practices this Friday Preliminary "BB" Champs entries are HERE. FINAL entries (updates or additions) must be submitted to me Sunday night!! There are numerous changes to the July practice schedule for the Pre-Senior and Senior Teams due to the start of the city summer swim team, and conclusion of the Dillos summer swim season. Some important changes:
I will post the July calendar as soon as I receive final approval from the city. TEXAS OPEN MEET INFO: Schedule: Friday- GREY SHIRTS warm-up 1:30PM, meet starts 3:00PM Saturday-WHITE SHIRTS 12&Under warm-up 8:00AM, meet starts 9:00AM 13&Over arrive 11:00AM, meet starts at 12:30PM Sunday-BLACK SHIRTS 12&Under warm-up 8:00AM, meet starts 9:00AM 13&Over arrive 10:45AM, meet starts at 12:00PM PARKING (Free on Sat & Sun!) LET'S GET READY TO SWIM FAST!!!!! GO GOLD!!! |
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| 6-19-11 I need updated "B" champs entries TODAY! I also need updates for Texas Open entries. PLEASE check current entries for both meets HERE. We have 3 swimmers who are interested in attending "BB" Champs in Brownsville, so it looks like we WILL be attending this meet. We would LOVE for more swimmers to attend. HERE is the meet info. Please let Ben or I know if you are interested!! Preliminary entries are due Tuesday, June 28th. We will depart for Schlitterbahn from the Village Pool after our Senior Team practice ends at 9:30AM. Anyone wishing for transportation will need to be there at that time. We will be setting up "camp" at the Surfenburg near the Kristal River or "Lazy River" in case you wish to head down there on your own. We will be joined by the Texas Gold Wells Branch team. Bring snacks, lunch, plenty of drinks and sunscreen! Coolers ARE permitted, but glass containers are NOT permitted. They will inspect your coolers at the entrance. HERE is a map OF the park. HERE is a map TO the park. Schlitterbahn offers a variety of day passes and may be purchased HERE. However, HEB sells Schlitterbahn at a much better price ($15-20+ off) if you are able to swing by and pick up tickets in advance. We will begin our return trip around 6:30PM. NO GOLD afternoon practices on Monday. We WILL have regular Masters practice this Monday afternoon at the Rec Center, as well as all other regularly scheduled masters practices this week. MASTERS!!! Here is an update of people that have responded about the meet. If I have left your name off the list OR you are on this list but not attending, please let me know ASAP. It's not too late to sign up!!!! People going: Joe Kathy Katie- will not need hotel arrangements and will be staying in Dallas through the weekend Kelley- is able to drive others up after 5 on Friday and does not need hotel arrangement, she is able to drive people up but will be staying in Dallas through the weekend Linda Paula Shawn S. Shawn F. Shirley Walter (?) Jennifer (?) Walter and Jennifer- please confirm if you are going to the meet or not. PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP!!!! Please respond to me with the following information: 1) when you can leave to head up to Dallas on Friday and if you need to be back by a certain time on Sat 2) if you are interested in carpooling 3) if you need a hotel room I WILL SEND ANOTHER EMAIL OUT ON MONDAY WITH FINAL PLANS FOR CARPOOL ARRANGEMENTS AND HOTEL ROOMS. |
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| 6-16-11 FORT HOOD MEET INFO: Saturday Session I- Coach Ben 7:30AM warm-up GREY SHIRTS Saturday Session II- Coach Ben 12:15PM warm-up GREY SHIRTS Sunday Session III - Coach Ben 7:30AM warm-up WHITE SHIRTS Psych Sheet (as of 6/13, will not include recent deck entries) Map (gives you three options, but please follow directions BELOW to enter the military base) Timeline has not been posted O'Grady, Zenisek, and Culbertson: You will need to pay your deck entry fees directly to the Clerk of Course upon arrival. You may be asked for your USA ID card as well. (O'Grady, you do not yet have a card) A little information on the pool set up since it is new to most of you: There is a grassy area outside the pool fence (we will open a wide gate) where teams may want to set up and also some space on the concrete on the far long side of the pool. The pool is 100% outdoor with NO tree shade and very little seating. Please encourage your parents to bring chairs, blankets, and even small tents for shade and seating. We will have a concession stand for purchasing small snacks, drinks, and heat sheets. There is a ping well that will be used only for warm-up and warm-down and please ask them to exit on the side nearest the baby pool for best traffic flow. The baby pool is gated and locked. Please ensure your kiddo's follow this policy as we will have a marshal and lifeguards patrolling as well. Swimmers will enter the starting area from the ping well side (we are calling "the staging area" ) and will be directed as appropriate to the correct lanes, along with having an announcer making first & second calls for events. IMPORTANT INFO ON ACCESS TO THE POOL: All Coaches, Officials and Teams, |
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6-14-11 Dear Texas Gold Families, Dale wanted to know what can be done to help the Maresca's. At this point, they are SWAMPED with help! They are in the process of moving from Berry Creek to Hwy 29. I stopped by the house in Berry Creek and there were cars, trucks and trailers lined up! Many people are not only helping them move out of the Berry Creek house, but helping them unpack at the new home. It's so nice to know that Keith has so many friends. I also know that at this point, meals are set through next week. So...I suggest that all of us on Texas Gold just sit back and wait for our turn to help out. After next week, I am sure that Keith will still need meals as well as help with the kids. I know many of us are already helping out at this point, but I have heard from many on Texas Gold that would like to pitch in. The situation with Jan still remains the same...off of life support but struggling. I think the best we can do right now is pray, pray, pray for the Maresca's!!! Please read on for info on the distribution list. Blessings to all... Julie Zenisek Hospitality - Texas Gold (512) 863-4101 (512) 630-6057 |
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| 6-11-11 Pre-Senior/Senior Teams: We will NOT have practice on Monday morning for Pre-Senior and Senior Teams. All other practices this week are as scheduled. |
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| 6-9-11 Ft Hood Swim Meet Participants: Please read the forwarded information below. Since we will be attending a meet on a military base, there are some policies and procedures we must adhere to. I will need the first and last name for anyone who may potentially be driving a vehicle onto the military base, including spectators, parents, and/or swimmers. If your name is not on the list upon arrival, you will be required to go the main entrance for a background check. ALL ADULTS MUST CARRY A PHOTO ID AT ALL TIMES, and you must present it at the gate, whether driving or not. I need this information by Sunday night so I can get the meet host the requested information on Monday.: Coaches, The procedures for entering the Fort Hood Installation have changed. For security reasons, we must compile a LIST OF EVERY DRIVER that will be attending the meet. Please make one list (first and last name) of everyone who will be driving to the meet from your team and send it to board@fhdolphins.com by Monday, 13 June. Don't forget to include coaches, officials, swimmers who drive themselves, Sunday only swimmers, grandparents, etc. We will compile a master list and have it with the security guards at the Clear Creek Gate on the days of the meet. If a swimmer arrives at the gate whose name is not on the list, they will be redirected to the Main Gate, where a license, insurance and background screening will be checked before a entry pass will be issued. Additionally, every adult, whether driving or not, must have a picture ID and present it to the guards at the gate. Each time you enter the gate, your name and IDs will be checked, so if you plan to drop off and come back, make sure every potential driver has their name on the list. Please remember that our security guards do a very important job keeping us safe--let's make the process as smooth as possible for everyone! Thanks for your cooperation! Jennifer Carpenter |
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| 6-7-11 Damon McCoy Meet Info: Timing Assignments Please help make sure our lanes are covered for our timing assignments during the course of the meet Warm-up Schedule: Friday WHITE SHIRTS warm-up starts at 3:00PM Saturday GREY SHIRTS 12&Under warm-up starts at 7:30AM 13&Over warm-up starts at 12:00PM Sunday WHITE SHIRTS 12&Under warm-up starts at 7:30AM 13&Over warm-up starts at 11:30AM It will be HOT!! Bring chairs, blankets, sunscreen, hats, and pop-up tents as well of LOTS of snacks and drinks! They do have great concessions available. There will be a "dance" on Saturday evening, so bring some casual wear. Entries for the Texas Open are due Wednesday, FINAL entries due Sunday, June 12th!! This is a BB and up meet, so check <Team stats> for your Q times. Preliminary "B" Champs meet entries are due Wednesday. Final entries are due Monday, June 13th. Events that you qualify at Damon McCoy will be elgible events. ALSO, if you qualify for events at the Ft Hood meet, there is an additional deadline that enables you to add those events to our entry list. Ft Hood Longcourse Meet final meet entries: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=273 June statements are being prepared and will be sent out this week. FINAL Senior Circuit Champs are due June 14th. This is a senior level meet with Sectional Time standards. MASTERS: SMU Longcourse meet entries are due June 22nd. Please let your coach know if you plan on attending!! No PM Practices this Friday, June 10th GO GOLD!! GO AGM!! |
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| 6-2-11 Final entries for Damon McCoy are posted here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=269 If you are not able to make the Damon McCoy meet, there is a meet in Ft Hood the following weekend. We will go to if there is interest: http://stswim.org/2011/ST-11-54-MI.doc I must submit our entries to the host team by Monday, so let me know this weekend if you wish to participate. Good luck to CALVIN FUSILIER who will be competing at Texas Senior Circuit #2 at SMU this weekend! Have a great weekend!! |
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| 5-24-11 Friday Afternoon practice on May 27th has been moved to Williams Dr during our regular practice time, 5-6:30PM for Advanced Team and 5-6:45PM for Pre-Senior and Senior Teams During Saturday's practice, we will be joined by Texas Gold Wells Branch. We will have an informal social brunch afterwards with some donuts, bagels, and such. Final Damon McCoy entries are due FRIDAY! Our Summer Schedule begins next week. Here are some important reminders:
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| 5-19-11 Meet Information for UT: Meet Schedule Times: Friday-GREY SHIRTS arrive 4:45, warm-up starts at 5PM, meet starts at 6:00PM Saturday-WHITE SHIRTS 12 & Under arrive 8:45AM, warm-up starts at 9AM, meet starts at 10:00AM 13 & Over arrive 1:45PM, warm-up starts at 2PM, meet starts at 3:00PM Sunday-BLACK SHIRTS 12 & Under arrive 7:45AM, warm-up starts at 8AM, meet starts at 9:00AM 13 & Over arrive 12:45PM, warm-up starts at 1PM, meet starts at 2:00PM We will have specific warm-up assignments for the morning sessions, however, they have not yet posted those assignments. I will send an update on our warm-up assignments if our times are altered. They should also be posted HERE when they are available. PARKING INFO (I-35 will be closed at Ben White for construction all weekend. This may possibly cause delays!) Stroke & Turn Officials Clinic - May 21 - UT Swim Center |
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| 5-19-11 Preliminary entries for the Damon McCoy Invitational are posted HERE. FINAL entries will be due Friday, May 27th. I am seeking transportation and a roommate for Seon O'Grady; please let me know if you are willing and able to help! Also let me know if anyone else is needing transportation and lodging and I can get that set up. |
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| 5-16-11 The summer schedule is posted! I apologize for such a long delay, it was not the easiest task getting everything lined out. HOWEVER, we did get most everything on our wish list. All teams WILL get to use the Williams Dr longcourse pool in the afternoons this year. The calendar I have attached includes the next 7 weeks, however, there will most likely be some changes to our schedule when the city starts their summer league program on June 15th. Pre-Senior/Senior Teams: We will be sharing the afternoon longcourse pool time with Texas Gold Wells Branch, so we have had to split some of our afternoon practices to make room and offer practices for swimmers of similar training speeds. Tuesday and Thursday afternoons will be available for high school Senior Team swimmers and 13&O "AAA+" swimmers only, and Wed/Friday afternoons at Williams will be available for all other GOLD teams. All afternoon longcourse practices are 1.5hrs for all teams (plus 15 minutes for stretching/dryland). Pre-Senior Team SPLIT: This summer, we will be offering two different sets of practices for the Pre-Senior Team: Pre-Senior (1.5hr afternoon practices) and Pre-Senior Plus (2hr morning practices) teams. The Pre-senior swimmers who typically have been practicing for 1.5hrs will have their practices in the afternoons, and the Pre-Senior swimmers who have been swimming for 2hrs with the Senior Team will be swimming during the designated "Pre-Senior+" practices, additionally, Pre-Senior + members will also attend Monday afternoons at Southwestern. Pre-Senior + members also have the option of joining the afternoon Pre-Senior practices Wed/Fridays for additional or makeup practices, but are not required since we will have Friday and Saturday mornings for longcourse training experience. Beginning in June, the Pre-Senior+ practice teams will be $110/month. If your Pre-Senior swimmer has been swimming 2 hrs with the Senior Team, and you wish to stay at the $95/month rate, please let me know that your swi mmer will not be joining the Pre-Senior + team. All Texas Gold swim teams (both Georgetown and Wells Branch) will have our annual Schlitterbahn trip Monday, June 20th. Details will be posted in June. Please note due dates for meet entries! We have not yet received any feedback from South Texas Swimming concerning my request to change our location for BB Champs from Brownsville to San Antonio. If we are to remain assigned to Brownsville, it is likely we will use the Texas Open as our BB Champs, as you must have BB times in all events in order to participate at the Texas Open this year, rather than attend the BB Champs in Brownsville. Preliminary Damon McCoy meet entries are due WEDNESDAY! FINAL entries are due Friday, May 27th. Meet Info: http://www.cosst.net/#mccoy MASTERS: There will be 2 weeks this summer when Williams Dr will not be available for our afternoon practices: week of May 30th and July 4th. We will offer practices at the Recreation Center on these days. With the unpredictable weather season, please remember to check the Twitter widget for practice changes (or "follow" us on Twitter or Facebook to get these updates sent to you immediately)! It is located on the bottom left hand side of our website. We will also attempt to send an email and post to the AG HOTLINE(512-246-7491). |
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| 5-7-11 AG MASTERS: We will have morning practices this upcoming week at Williams Dr Mon/Wed 5:30-7AM , which is 15 minutes earlier due to the need to get the lanelines rolled up after practice. Friday will be normal time, also at Williams Dr. YAY LONGCOURSE (and cooler water!!) |
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| 5-2-11 Pre-Senior/Senior Teams: With the cooler pool temps at the Village Pool, practices Monday and Tuesday afternoon will be at Southwestern University 5-6:45PM/7:15PM. Keep an eye open for Wed/Thursday practice changes. Morning practices will remain at the Rec Center this week, unless you hear otherwise from me. A note from the President of South Texas Swimming: Coaches, There is a concern in South Texas Swimming. Even though our swimmer numbers have continued to increase over the years, the amount of registered swim officials has not grown in proportion. This is a major concern. Without officials, we don’t have meets. I would encourage each team, to recruit at least two additional parents to become South Texas Officials. Currently we have approximately 100 officials. We have roughly 50 registered teams in South Texas. If each team recruits 2 additional officials, we will be in good shape. We will be offering training classes, in the next two months. For the Austin area, a training class will be held Sunday, May 22, at UT, between the morning (12 & under) session, and the afternoon (13 & up) session. In San Antonio, there will be a training class held the weekend of June 10-12, at the Blossom pool. Exact times are pending, more info will follow. There are five steps that you would need to complete to become a USA Swimming official;
Again, please encourage at least two additional volunteers from your team. Thank you,
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| 4-26-11 PARTY REMINDER: We will be having a party this THURSDAY, APRIL 28th beginning at 6:30PM. FUNdamental and Advanced Team swimmers will have a combined practice 4:15-5:30PM. NO OTHER PRACTICES ON THURSDAY, 4/28 AFTERNOON. This will be a social event for the end of shortcourse season/beginning of longcourse season and we will present our two high school seniors who met the qualifications to receive our SwimGeorgetown Scholarship Award. It's also our FUNdamental Team's last day for the summer before summer league season starts! Ken Doocy and Mary Powers will be hosting this event at their home at 401 "4-T" Ranch Road in Georgetown. Here is a MAP. You will head west on Williams Dr toward Sun City, turn right onto 4-T Ranch Road just after you pass FM 3405. The house will be on your left just after Standing Oak. The Doocy's will be serving burgers and hot dogs, so we will need you to bring: Pre-Senior/Senior Team: salads (greens/fruits/pastas) & drinks (juice/sodas) FUN/Advanced Teams: Side dishes/chips Masters: Desserts/breads Last FUNdamental Team practice is Thursday, combined with the Advanced Team practice, 4:15-5:30PM. NO OTHER PRACTICES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Online Aquadillo registration ends FRIDAY!! www.Aquadillos.com Preliminary meet entries for the UT End of School Splash are due tomorrow. Final entries are due Monday. Hotels may fill up for the Damon McCoy meet in Shreveport. I have booked my room at the Courtyard Marriott for $73/night (prepaid). There are closer hotels to the pool, and there is no designated "team hotel" so feel free to book what suits your family the best. Please do not hesitate to ask if you have transportation issues that you need help with. Masters and Senior Team: We WILL begin our morning practices at Williams Dr on Monday, May 2nd. All morning and Saturday practices will be at Williams Dr starting Monday, May 2nd until school releases for the summer. I have not been able to get our summer afternoon practices finalized, but will send out a tentative summer practice schedule later this week. Our current schedule will remain in tact through May, other than morning practices beginning at Williams Dr. |
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| 4-19-11 Greetings Texas Gold and AG Masters Swimmers: We will be having a party next THURSDAY, APRIL 28th beginning at 6:30PM. FUNdamental and Advanced Team swimmers will have a combined practice 4:15-5:30PM. NO OTHER PRACTICES ON THURSDAY, 4/28 AFTERNOON. Masters, I am checking to see if we will be able to offer a make-up practice on Tuesday, April 26th. This will be a social event for the end of shortcourse season/beginning of longcourse season and we will present our two high school seniors who met the qualifications to receive our SwimGeorgetown Scholarship Award. It's also our FUNdamental Team's last day for the summer before summer league season starts! Ken Doocy and Mary Powers will be hosting this event at their home at 401 "4-T" Ranch Road in Georgetown. Here is a MAP. You will head west on Williams Dr toward Sun City, turn right onto 4-T Ranch Road just after you pass FM 3405. The house will be on your left just after Standing Oak. The Doocy's will be serving burgers and hot dogs, so we will need you to bring: Pre-Senior/Senior Team: salads (greens/fruits/pastas) & drinks (juice/sodas) FUN/Advanced Teams: Side dishes/chips Masters: Desserts/breads Please RSVP on our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155777741151314&pending#!/event.php?eid=155777741151314 See you there!! |
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4-6-11 Congratulations to AG Masters who competed in the 2011 Masters Shortcourse Zones Championships held in San Antonio this past weekend!Our AG Women won 3rd place, ahead of power teams such as The Woodlands, Longhorn Aquatics, & Nitro!! AG Men won a respectable 14th place! Combined, AG Masters won 6th place of the nearly 40 teams competing!! WAY TO GO AG MASTERS!!!!
High Point Winners
AG Results (which is posted on <Team Stats> button located on the top of <Meet Info> webpage Congratulations to our Texas Gold swimmers who competed in the WFLY Best times this past weekend!! We were at 60.9% best times!! PERFECT MEET Alexis Konovodoff Trevor Staebel Marko Vujosevic
IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS BB TIMES Marko Vujosevic 10&U 50 Breast Marko Vujosevic 100 Breast Marko Vujosevic 100 Fly Jack Whewell 11-12 50 Fly B TIMES Jack Whewell 200 Free Justin Chen 10&U 50 Fly Justin Chen 100 Breast |
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| 4-6-11 Alright Mighty Masters! Entries for the 2011 Shortcourse ZONES Championships are due 3PM FRIDAY! You can still enter! Since entries are due by 3PM tomorrow, you may email me your entries, seed times, and a copy of your USMS card (or the link; I should be able to find it if you can't) and I will email your entries to the host team by the due date/time. You will mail a hard copy and payment ASAP. For those of you who are attending, please send me your entries and seed times if you have them handy so I can get Carla a team entry list. Please indicate if you need me to submit them to the host team for you or not. It sounds like we have a great crowd going!! Coach Carla will be on deck Saturday and Sunday, and will be preparing entries for relays first thing each morning (they are due 1hr after the start of the meet). Relay events will be $2 each person, so bring some small bills! GO A G M!!! |
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| 3-31-11 Attached you will find the training calendar for April. We will have our regular schedule this month, other than NO afternoon practices on Good Friday, April 22nd. I am finalizing our summer practice schedule, and will forward that as soon as I am able. Practice this and all Saturdays this month for Senior Team will be 7:45-10AM. If your Advanced Team swimmer is suspending your membership with us at the end of April, Online registration for the Aquadillos is now available through April 29th (the calendar erroneously indicates April 30th). There will be a walk-in registration April 7th at the Rec Center during our practices. Our FUNdamental Team's last practice will be Thursday, April 28th. All FUNdamental Team members are encouraged to join the Aquadillos or other summer recreation swim team. If your FUNdamental Team swimmer wishes to stay on for the longcourse season, please see Coach Ben about the possibility of moving to the Advanced Team. Good luck to Texas Gold swimmers competing at the West Austin Athletic Club Best Times Meet this Saturday! Also, good luck to our AG Masters swimmers competing this weekend in the 2011 Masters Shortcourse ZONES Championships!! |
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| 3-24-11 Alright Mighty Masters! Entries for the 2011 Shortcourse ZONES Championships are due 3PM FRIDAY! You can still enter! Since entries are due by 3PM tomorrow, you may email me your entries, seed times, and a copy of your USMS card (or the link; I should be able to find it if you can't) and I will email your entries to the host team by the due date/time. You will mail a hard copy and payment ASAP. For those of you who are attending, please send me your entries and seed times if you have them handy so I can get Carla a team entry list. Please indicate if you need me to submit them to the host team for you or not. It sounds like we have a great crowd going!! Coach Carla will be on deck Saturday and Sunday, and will be preparing entries for relays first thing each morning (they are due 1hr after the start of the meet). Relay events will be $2 each person, so bring some small bills! GO A G M!!! |
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| 3-8-11 We have had such a tremendously successful championship season thus far! Here are your results to date: Best Times Meet GOLD Georgetown swam at 79.3% best times!!
IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS
AAA TIMES Beau Fusilier 13-14 100 BackTiffany Souza 10&U 50 Free
AA TIMES Tiffany Souza 50 BackA TIMES Maryssa Bradley 13-14 200 Back, 50 Free Michaela DeJong 10&U 100 IM, 50 Back Beau Fusilier 200 Fly, 100 Fly Reilly Gilbert 10&U 100 IM Kory Maresca 10&U 50 Fly, 200 Free, 100 IM, 100 Free, 50 Back Xavier Pulido 15-16 50 Free Taco Williams 10&U 100 Free BB TIMES Greyson Alarcon 10&U 50 Fly Maryssa Bradley 100 Fly Trent Culbertson 10&U 50 Breast, 100 Breast Liana Dishong 13-14 200 IM Brett Gindler 15-16 100 Free, 50 Free, 200 breast, 100 Breast Scott Innis 10&U 50 Back Caleigh Johnson 11-12 50 Back Kory Maresca 100 Back Noah McBee 11-12 100 Free, 50 back, 100 IM, 50 Breast Amanda Souza 10&U 50 Free Marc True 11-12 50 Back Taco Williams 50 Back Jackson Zenisek 11-12 50 Breast B TIMES Trent Culbertson 50 Back Ryan Hanson 10&U 50 Back, 50 Breast Caleigh Johnson 50 Breast Malena Lee 10&U 50 Free Noah McBee 50 Fly Joey Perrier 10&U 100 Free Makenzi Urbanczyk 11-12 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 IM Angela Vujosevic 11-12 50 Free Jackson Zenisek 100 Free, 100 Back, 200 Free
PERFECT MEET (all best times) Landon Alarcon Maryssa Bradley Justin Chen Trent Culbertson Reilly Gilbert Brett Gindler Ryan Hanson Brandon Henry David Insall Caleigh Johnson Munch Kettering Daniel Lee Alex MAresca Kory Maresca Noah McBee Rachel Pelletier Joey Perrier Matt Sluss Tyler Solomon Amanda Souza Ashley Udelhofen Austin Udelhofen Makenzi Urbanczyk Angela Vujosevic Kristina Vujosevic
NEW TEAM RECORDS Alex Maresca 9-10 25 Free 14.08, beating a 6 year old record! Tiffany Souza 9-10 50 Free 29.03 Tiffany Souza 50 Back 35.72, beating a 5 year old record! Ashley Udelhofen 11-12 200 Fly 2:33.01, beating a 4 year old record! Marko Vojosevic 8&U 25 Free 15.23 Marko Vujosevic 8&U 25 Breast 20.74 Marko Vujosevic 25 Fly 17.34 Marko Vujosevic 100 Fly 1:40.81 Kory Maresca 9-10 25 Free 14.15, beating a 5 year old record! Reilly Gilbert 9-10 25 Back 16.36, beating a 6 year old record! Reilly Gilbert 25 Fly 15.68 Matt Sluss 13-14 100 Free 53.45, beating a 6 year old record! Beau Fusilier 13-14 1000 Free 10:33.73 Beau Fusilier 100 Back 58.73, qualifying for TAGS! Matt Sluss 50 Fly 26.86, tying a record set in 2005 Matt Sluss 100 IM 1:01.27, beating a 6 year old record! Calvin Fusilier 15&O 1000 Free 9:48.11
Congratulations to ALL Texas Gold swimmers who competed!! "A" CHAMPS Texas GOLD Swimming wins SECOND PLACE HIGH POINT TEAM!!!
IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS AAA TIMES Beau Fusilier 13-14 500 free, 200 Free Neil Lemcke 15-16 100 Free Nat Pukys 13-14 100 Back (TAGS Q TIME!), 100 Free, 200 Breast (TAGS Q TIME!), 200 Back (TAGS Q TIME!) Madi Smith 15-16 100 Free Tiffany Souza 10&U 200 Free(TAGS Q TIME!), 100 IM(TAGS Q TIME!), 200 IM(TAGS Q TIME!), 100 Free(TAGS Q TIME!) AA TIMES Michaela DeJong 10&U 50 Fly Beau Fusilier 200 IM Calvin Fusilier 17-18 100 back Reilly Gilbert 50 Back (TAGS Q TIME!), 100 Back (TAGS Q TIME!), 50 Fly Alex Maresca 10&U 200 Free, 50 Back, 50 Fly Geneva Pantoja 11-12 200 Free Nat Pukys 100 Breast Matt Sluss 13-14 200 IM Ashley Udelhofen 11-12 200 Fly (TAGS Q TIME!)
NEW TEAM RECORDS Tiffany Souza 10&U 100 Free 1:04.26 Tiffany Souza 200 Free 2:20.76 Tiffany Souza 100 Back 1:16.39 Alex Maresca 10&U 50 Fly 33.91 Alex Maresca 100 Fly 1:24.79 Tiffany Souza 100 IM 1:14.67 Tiffany Souza 200 IM 2:39.58 Hannah Pierce 11-12 100 Free 59.57 Geneva Pantoja 11-12 200 Free 2:11.28 Geneva Pantoja 50 Back 33.55, beating a 5 year old record! Ashley Udelhofen 11-12 50 Fly 31.04 Ashley Udelhofen 100 Fly 1:07.63 Ashley Udelhofen 200 Fly 2:27.32 Autumn Allen 15&O 100 Fly 1:03.30 Autumn Allen 200 Fly 2:19.22 Nat Pukys 13-14 100 Free 52.12 Nat Pukys 100 back 58.33 Nat Pukys 200 Back 2:03.51 Nat Pukys 100 Breast 1:06.20 Nat Pukys 200 Breast 2:21.42 Calvin Fusilier 15&O 100 Back 55.65 Calvin Fusilier 200 back 2:00.44 2011 Speedo Sectionals at College Station Gold Georgetown swam at 90% best times!!
Calvin Fusilier competed this past weekend at the Sectional Series competition, which is a national level meet with teams competing from across the nation. Calvin joined 8 members from the GOLD Wells Branch team. He started off the meet with an 8 second time drop in his 1000 Free with a AAAA time of 9:39.74, placing 23rd. On Friday, he swam the 500 free in a AAAA time of 4:38.56, placing him in the D Finals. At finals, he swam a 4:40.07 and placed 22nd. Then he competed in the 200 Fly and swam a AAAA time of 1:52.93, placing him in the B Finals, where he swam a 1:53.53 placing 15th. On Saturday, Calvin swam the 200 Free in a AAA time of 1:44.80, missing his best time by .07 earning 57th place. He continued with the 100 fly in a AAA time of 53.07 placing 64th. He concluded Saturday's event list with the 400 IM, swimming a AAAA time of 4:06.43, placing him in the C Final. At finals, he raced to an 19th place finish with a Junior National Bonus Cut qualifying time of 4:03.88. His lone event on Sunday was the 1650 Free, where is finished up his meet by dropping over 26 seconds with a AAAA time of 16:07.12, missing the Junior National Bonus Cut by less than 4 seconds, placing 18th. Texas Gold Swimming will be competing at the 2011 Shortcourse Texas Age Group Championships (TAGS) this weekend in Addison against the FASTEST 14 & Under swimmers in the state. GOLD Georgetown will be represented by 10 athletes competing in 28 events!! You may stay updated on our swims at the meet by visting REAL TIME RESULTS.
Your 2011 GOLD Shortcourse TAGS team: 10&U Girls Tiffany Souza 50 & 100 breast, 50, 100 & 200 Free, 100 & 200 IM, 400 Free relay, 200 medley relay, 200 Free relay Alex Maresca 400 Free relay, 200 medley relay, 200 Free relay 10&U Boys Reilly Gilbert 50 & 100 Back, 400 Free relay, 200 medley relay, 200 Free relay Greyson Alarcon, Kory Maresca & Taco Williams 400 Free relay, 200 medley relay, 200 Free relay 11-12 Girls Ashley Udelhofen 200 Fly 13-14 Boys Beau Fusilier 1650 Free, 200 Back, 800 Free relay, 200 & 400 Medley Relays, 200 & 400 Free Relay Nat Pukys 100 & 200 Back, 200 IM, 200 Breast, 500 Free, 800 Free relay, 200 & 400 Medley Relays, 200 & 400 Free Relay Matt Sluss 800 Free relay, 200 & 400 Medley Relays, 200 & 400 Free Relay GOOD LUCK GOLD TAGS SWIMMERS!!!! |
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| 3-8-11 Congratulations on qualifying for TAGS!! This is the LARGEST team Texas Gold Georgetown has had competing at TAGS; We have 9 total athletes in 28 events!! Let's get ready to SWIM FAST!!!! This is the meet we have trained ALL year for! General Meet Info: http://www.planoswimming.org/TAGS.html Timeline: http://www.planoswimming.org/files/tags_time_line_version_1.pdf Psych Sheet: http://www.planoswimming.org/files/2011_tags_psych_sheet_v_3.0.pdf Warm-up Schedule: http://www.planoswimming.org/files/2011_TAGS_warm-up_schedule.pdf Timer Assignments: We are responsible for seat#2 during Sunday prelims on the boys end of the pool lane#5. Volunteers will be requested for all finals sessions. GEORGETOWN ENTRIES: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=261 Relay entries are attached. Meet Schedule: Thursday-Black shirts Warm-up 4PM, meet starts at 5PM Although the 800 free relay is the last event, this facility has minimal warm-up space. You are encouraged to arrive ready to warm-up at 4PM on Thursday. Friday Prelims-championship t-shirts Warm-up starts at 7:30AM, arrive by 7:15AM. Meet Starts at 9:20AM. There is a team parade at the beginning of Friday's session. Saturday Prelims-White shirts Warm-up starts at 7:00AM, arrive by 6:45AM. Meet Starts at 9:00AM Sunday Prelims-Grey Shirts Warm-up starts at 8:00AM, arrive by 7:45AM. Meet Starts at 9:00AM ALL FINALS (Fri-Sunday)- Black Shirts 4:30PM warm-up 5:30PM meet start Relays are swum only once. The top 8 fastest relays will be swum during finals, which means our 10&U girls 400 free relay (ranked 5th) will swim during finals Friday evening. The remaining relays will be swum during prelims. Please review the psych sheet for your relay and its place. The top 8 swimmers in individual events by age group will qualify for finals. Top 8 places score. Friday relays will start at 11:43AM. Unfortunately, this facility has VERY limited warm-up space since both pools will be used during the competition. This will not be good for swimmers coming in to do a complete warm-up after the meet has started. If you are driving up Friday morning for the relay only, I suggest swimming at the Rec Center and do your full warm-up in the morning, then head up to the meet. They can then do a brief warm-up before their relay. Otherwise you are encouraged to participate in our designated warm-up period. The same goes for other events throughout the meet. In past meets, the warm-up pool was flat out dangerous when the meet was going on. GO GOLD!!! |
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| 2-28-11 Senior Team/Masters Team Update I have included the March/April Calendar in DOC and PDF formats for your review as well as our meet schedule for this summer. Please let me know today if you will be suspending your account for March so I may update your statement. Texas Gold Swimming will be on break March 14-19th. AG Masters will have regular practices on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday during Spring Break. No practice on Tuesday or Thursday. Masters March Madness Meet at Rice will be held on March 12th. Entries are due March 9th. Masters Zones Championships will be held in San Antonio April 1-3rd. Entries are due March 25th. Texas Gold Swimming Summer Planning: Our FUNdamental Team practices will be suspended on April 28th for the remainder of the summer. We will continue to offer Advanced Team practices throughout the summer. Please inquire with your coach to see if it is possible to move up from FUNdamental to Advanced Team if you wish to continue this summer. All FUNdamental Team members are strongly encouraged to join a summer league program, such as the Aquadillos. Registration for Aquadillos opens March 21st. Registration fees do not transfer over from Texas Gold to Aquadillos, as the programs are sanctioned under different programs. The NWSC (committee that regulates the summer league programs) established rules prohibiting 12&Under swimmers who compete with a summer league program from "participating" with another swimming organization, such as Texas Gold unless that 12&U swimmer competes in the 13-14 age group regardless of their actual age. Therefore, 12&U swimmers are typically forced to choose USA Swimming or summer league swimming. They are not allowed to compete or practice with another swim program unless they "swim up." 13&O swimmers are permitted to participate in both summer league and club swimming. This rule takes effect on the first day the summer league competitions start, which is usually May 28th, which means you are able to continue GOLD practices and competitions until that date. "Longcourse" is our spring/summer season, as opposed to our fall/winter "shortcourse" season. This means most competitions are held in 50 Meter pools, like Williams Dr, rather than the 25 yard pools, like the Rec Center, that we have competed all year to date. You will see different time standards for "B, BB, A, etc" for Longcourse Meters than we have been using for Shortcourse Yards. Obviously, 50M events will be the shortest events available throughout the summer. There are no additional registration fees to continue with our program for the summer. If you will be joining a summer league team program and will suspend your account with us, please notify me prior to your suspension. I am working with Stephanie on our summer practice schedule and facility rental. It looks like we WILL be able to get in more longcourse practices this summer! I'll keep you updated. I have attached our longcourse meet schedule for our summer season. I will be sending out an update on our recent performances at the Best Times meet and "A" Champs shortly! |
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| 2-24-11 There will be NO practice on Friday afternoon. Good luck to all Texas Gold "A" Champs competitors! The meet starts TOMORROW! I am finalizing our March calendar; I apologize for the delay in getting that out to you for your planning purposes. |
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| 2-22-11 Greetings A Champs Competitors: First, congratulations on qualifying for this meet!! This will be more competitive than our previous meets, and will be such a great opportunity to race! The psych sheets are attached, but are mostly listed with all age groups. The top 16 swims for each age group in prelims will be invited to return for finals. If you are not intending on attending finals, you MUST notify your coach! You are required to "scratch" within 30 minutes of the release of the results for each event if you will not return. There are severe penalties for missing your assignment at finals ($100 fine and you will be removed from the remainder of the meet). Your participation in finals, however, is expected should you qualify. Prelim Warm-Ups - Meet Starts at 8:30AM:
FRIDAY-WHITE SHIRTS
7:30-8:00AM, starts at 8:00-8:15AM
SATURDAY-CHAMPIONSHIP SHIRTS or BLACK
7:00-7:30AM, starts at 8:00-8:15AM
SUNDAY-GREY SHIRTS
6:30-7:00AM, starts at 8:00-8:15AM Final Warm-ups - Meet Starts at 5:00PM:
3:30-4:00PM, starts 4:30-4:45PM
Maps to the Belton pool are attached. Please follow the parking instructions!
Entries may be found here: http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMeetENTRIES.ASP?db=upload\AquaticsofGeorgetown.mdb&MEET=252
Relay entries are attached. Relays were a little tricky to put together, since swimmers could not participate who have TAGS/Sectionals cuts and some swimmers are not participating on some days. Even if you are not listed on a relay, please notify your coach prior to leaving each session in case you are needed to as a substitute. Let's get ready to swim FAST!!! GO GOLD!!!! |
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| 2-18-11 Congratulations to all Texas Gold swimmers who competed at the 2011 Shortcourse "BB" Championships! Texas Gold brought home 2nd Place!!! Way to GO GOLD!! It truly was an awesome meet to get to witness, I am SO proud of ALL of your achievements this season!!! GOLD Georgetown swam at 70% best times and achieved 23 new "A" times!! WOW!!!! Here are some notable swims: SOUTH TEXAS "BB" CHAMPIONS SILVER MEDALISTS Autumn Allen 200 Back 2:28.59 BRONZE MEDALISTS Greyson Alarcon 10&U 50 Back 38.99 IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS AA TIMES Kory Maresca 10&U 50 Free A TIMES Greyson Alarcon 10&U 50 back PERFECT MEET Maryssa Bradley NEW TEAM RECORDS-FASTEST GOLD GEORGETOWN SWIMMERS EVER Hannah Pierce 11-12 50 Breast 38.71, beating a 6 year old record of 39.88 set in 2005 |
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Greetings; Attached, you will find the psych sheets for each session this weekend. There were a few swimmers with faster times listed in SWIMS, so those were updated. Please notify me of any errors and/or scratches ASAP. Please forward to your parents! Parking is going to be an issue on Saturday, as the City of Georgetown has also scheduled basketball games throughout the day. PLEASE CARPOOL WHEN POSSIBLE!! On Sunday, there will be no conflicts, but the additional parking listed below will continue to be available. For additional parking,
Bring your chairs, blankets and pop-up tents! The large outdoor patio will be available for lounging. Spectators are welcome to sit on the bleachers provided that will seat 150 people. Please keep all of your personal belongings at your feet to keep the bleachers available for maximum seating. Athletes are asked to sit on the pool deck (personal chairs are permitted) or on the outdoor patio, but NOT on the bleachers. This indoor facility is not air-conditioned, so dress appropriately; it will be warm. We will be offering a silent auction on Saturday benefitting the SwimGeorgetown Scholarship Fund. ALL proceeds go directly to this Fund that awards qualifying Texas Gold high school senior swimmers a $500 Collegiate Scholarship. Here are some of the items that will be available for bidding:
Jim Diffly with River Oak Photography will be onsite snapping his famous action shots of your swimmers! Reserve your heat and lane early! Lane Four SwimShop will also be available onsite in the "vending room" for your swim gear needs! Please let me know if you have any questions! We are looking forward to awarding a lot of BEST TIME MEDALS!! |
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| 2-16-11 Warm-ups:
Saturday: GREY SHIRTS
10&U session 8:50AM
11&Over Session 12:50PM
Sunday: BLACK SHIRTS
10&U session 8:50AM
11&Over Session 12:50PM
Please sign up for your volunteer position ASAP! I will be getting you a list of urgent positions that we need filled Thursday. I really need Safety Marshalls and concession help!! The sign-up sheet is posted at the Rec Center. Parking on Saturday morning will be awful! The city has also booked a basketball game that starts at 8:30AM. I am seeking alternatives for our parking, but do not see many options. We have some GREAT donations for our SwimGeorgetown Scholarship silent auction on Saturday!! If you have any donations that you have collected, please let me know what it is, its retail value, and a company logo if applicable so I may prepare their sponsorship notifications and bid sheets. Some donations so far include a Mary Kay basket, 2 "superbox" Spurs tickets, $115 in car washes at Arbor Car Wash, $50 gift card at Dick's Sporting Goods, $25 Best Buy gift card, RunTex gift basket including a $50 gift card, Koy Animal Clinic Wellness Exam, and more are pouring in! I need to prepare the bid sheets, so please let me know what else is headed our way! THANK YOU!!! Greetings Best Times Meet Entry Chairpersons/Coaches:
Attached, you will find warm-up assignments, timeline, and entry lists for all sessions. I am asking for all teams to send updated entry times for your swimmers who have attended any meets since you submitted your entries. I will compare entry times to SWIMS to ensure current entry times, and then send you the psych sheets by Thursday. Please review the entry lists and notify me of any errors by Thursday. As you will see, our timeline for each session is well under 4 hours, however, this facility has limitations on the amount of spectators and athletes that it is able to host. Spectators will have on deck bleachers for seating. There will not be an abundance of room for seating, so all spectators are asked to keep all personal belongings at their feet. Athletes will not be permitted on the bleachers. Athletes will be seated on deck, and may bring chairs. Additionally, there is a large outdoor patio that will be available for seating for spectators and athletes. You are welcome to bring pop-up tents and chairs, as the weather looks to be great for the weekend. You may enter the patio through the rear entrance of the recreation center. The outdoor pool is restricted at all times. Neither food nor drink is permitted on deck. Concessions will be available just outside on the patio. Lane Four Swimshop will be available on premises for swim gear purchases. Please note that we are hosting our meet at the Georgetown Recreation Center. Enter the pool through the side entrance near the parking lot, not the main entrance. Swim meet spectators and athletes will be limited to the pool and patio; visitation of the remainder of the recreation center is restricted. The timeline is based on using 6 lanes for the main portion of the events. We will be using 8 lanes for the 500 and 1000 freestyle events. There will be 2 lanes available for warm-up/cool down during the main course of the meet. I am accepting deck entries. I will be able to seed deck entries in the heat sheet if you are able to get them to me by Wednesday. Do not include deck entries with your entry time updates. Please send deck entries separately. Deck entries will also be permitted the day of the meet for available lanes only. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. |
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| 2-10-11 Pre-Senior/Senior Teams: We WILL have a practice Friday afternoon at the Rec Center 5-6:45PM.
I attempted to email statements out to everyone yesterday, but was having some technical difficulties. Some of you may have received one, two, or NO statements. If you did NOT receive a statement, please let me know!
If you know of any businesses/people willing to donate an item for our silent auction benefitting the SwimGeorgetown Scholarship Fund, please let me know ASAP! I am preparing bid sheets and will be posting logos on our heat sheets and website for sponsorship. I have included a sponsorship letter for businesses needing one in order to make a donation. The letter is also available on our website under "Scholarship Fund" webpage.
Yesterday, I received a donation from the Houck Family of 2 "superbox" tickets to the Spurs vs. Kings game on Friday, March 11th, including a parking pass for Lot 2 (VERY close!), which allow you to use the VIP entrance 1.5hrs prior to the game. Includes food and beverage (soda, beer, wine). Face value $325! Thank you, Houcks!!
Sign up for your volunteer position!! I have attached a copy of the signup sheet for our LAST home meet Feb 19-20th at the Rec Center! This will be a SHORT meet; the 10&Under sessions will run 10-12:30PM and the 11&Over sessions will run 2-5PM each day.
I have included the names of the Georgetown families who will be participating each session on the bottom of each volunteer session list, and as you will see, there are more volunteer positions than names of partipating families. Please make sure your family is providing at least one person to fulfill your volunteer position. Any additional help you are able to provide will be GREATLY appreciated!!!
The sign-up sheet will be available at the Rec Center near the exit doors. Alternatively, if you would like to email me or Coach Ben (ben@swimgeorgetown.com) the position you would like to work, we will be able to get you signed up. I highly encourage you to fill up the safety marshall positions before filling up the timer positions. I am able to request help from visiting teams to fulfill the timer positions, but not the more important safety marshall and other positions.
Entries for the Best Times Meet may be reviewed on <Team Stats> Texas Gold Georgetown has 55 athletes participating in the Best Times Meet!!!
Good luck to our 24 athletes competing in BB Champs this weekend in San Antonio beginning TOMORROW!! GO GOLD!!! |
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| 2-6-11 Greetings AG Masters!
If you have not yet registered with USMS for the 2011 season, please do so immediately. All members are required to obtain this membership whether competing or not, in order for us to maintain our secondary insurance coverage and comply with USMS regulations. There are 22 members listed on our roster, and nearly 40 on the team.
Here is a link that will show you who is registered for the 2011 season, as well as how to get registered (just click the Renew/Join button): https://www.clubassistant.com/club/usms_members.cfm?club=AGM If you are currently practicing with us and you are not on this list, please register before your next practice!
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| 2-4-11 If you know of anyone/place willing to donate items for our silent auction that will benefit our SwimGeorgetown Scholarship Fund, please let me know! I'm heading out to solicit some businesses here in Round Rock. Arbor Car Wash donated 5x$20 wash packages and someone dropped off a $25 gift card to Best Buy. I'll hit Dick's Sporting Goods again, they donated a $50 gift card last year. I've attached a sponsorship letter that a lot of the larger businesses need in order to make a contribution. Thanks for you help!! |
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| 2-3-11 We will have our regularly scheduled FUNdamental Team and Masters Team practices this afternoon. Advanced and Pre-Senior Team will practice at the Rec 5:15-6:45PM as we did on Tuesday to make some room for our Senior Team (and Pre-Senior Team who practice the length of Senior Team) 6:30-8:15PM. Friday practices will resume as normal, pending weather/driving conditions. Thank you for your patience as we get through this unique weather! Looks like it'll be back in the 60's next week, although another chance of snow on Wednesday (gotta love Texas!) |
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| 1-28-11 ORDER YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP T-SHIRTS NOW! I have attached a mock-up of our 2011 Shortcourse Championship t-shirt designed by Ashley Udelhofen, which will cost $10. Please reply with your desired size by MONDAY, JAN 31st if you would like one!
I am also attaching our new "regular" logo t-shirts. We will be offering 100% cotton ringer t's with a quote by Ian Thorpe on the back. These will be $15 each, or a bundle of all 3 colors for $40.
Silicone caps: I did place another order for the old style silicone caps, so we will have the old style available for $10 in the next week or so, and we currently have the new style for $15. Latex caps are $5.
BB Champs entries should be submitted! If you have any changes or additions, please let me know ASAP, as final entries are due Sunday!! Please visit <Team Stats>, available on our <Meet Info> webpage for all prepared meet entries and results. Please also submit your Best Times meet entries.
Congratulations to our ROCKSTAR B Champs Competitors!! What a meet!! The meet director emailed me to tell my how impressed she was with our Texas Gold swimmers, so kuddos to you guys! See some photos of the meet posted on our FaceBook page HERE.
Here is a message from Coach Ben:
This past weekend Texas Gold Georgetown had seven swimmers compete at
the South Texas "B" Championships Meet at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. "B" Champs kicked off the Short Course Championship season and our swimmers showed up in a big way! As a group, our swimmers dropped time in nearly everything they swam and we had representatives in finals each night of the long three day meet. Congratulations to our top point scorers for the meet! Marko Vujosevic - 81 Points, Lauren Glenn - 77 Points, Greyson Alarcon - 53 Points, Trent Culbertson - 50 Points, Marc True - 31 Points, Will Corona - 21 Points, and Mac Skelton - 8 Points! Getting new BB Times and earning the chance to swim at "BB" Champs were: Greyson Alarcon (100 Free, 50 back, 50 Breast), Will Corona (100 Free, 50 Fly) Trent Culbertson (50 Free, 100 Free, and 50 Fly), Lauren Glenn (500 Free, 100 Back, 100 I.M., and 200 I.M.), Marc True (100 Free), and Marko Vujosevic (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Fly, 100 I.M.) Congrats to our swimmers for a great meet! Now we can't wait until "BB" Champs! B CHAMPS TOP 3
GOLD MEDALISTS
Greyson Alarcon 10 & Under 100 Free 1:12.95
Marc True 11-12 100 Free 1:05.97
SILVER MEDALISTS
Greyson Alarcon 50 Breast 46.89
Trent Culbertson 10 & Under 100 Free 1:16.32
Lauren Glenn 11-12 100 Breast 1:29.93
Marko Vujosevic, age 8, 10 & Under 200 Free 2:50.54
BRONZE MEDALIST
Greyson Alarcon 100 IM 1:31.75
IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS
BB TIMES
Greyson Alarcon 10&U 50 Breast
Greyson Alarcon 100 Free
Greyson Alaracon 50 Back
William Corona 10&U 100 Free
William Corona 50 Fly
Trent Culbertson 10&U 50 Free
Trent Culbertson 100 Free
NEW TEAM RECORD
Marko Vujosevic, 8 & U 100 Free 1:28.26
beating a record set by Beau Fusilier in Jan 2006!
WAY TO START OFF THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON!! GO GOLD!!! |
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| 1-24-11 I am currently accepting meet entries for BB Champs, Best Times Team Trophy Meet, and A Champs. If you have submitted entries, they may be reviewed on Team Stats. If you do not see your entries listed, please let me know!
In preparation for our final home meet of the year February 19-20th, I would like to start collecting donations for our Silent Auction that will directly benefit our SwimGeorgetown Scholarship Fund. This fund awards qualifying Texas Gold high school senior swimmers a $500 scholarship to be used for collegiate expenses. We will offer these donations up for a silent auction during Saturday's session. Last year, donations included gift baskets, gift cards, and services from local and national businesses. Many of the larger businesses need a month's notice for donations and a request letter. Sponsors will be listed on the heat sheets and website, and announced throughout the meet.
Congratulations to our Texas Gold Swimmers who competed at the Central Texas Invitational last weekend! It was certainly not the best atmosphere for competing, but our swimmers were still at 69% best times with 20 new swims!! Here are some notable results:
IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS
AA TIME
Alex Maresca 10&U 50 Free
A TIME
Alex Maresca 50 Back
BB TIME
Greyson Alarcon 10&U 50 Free
Michaela DeJong 10&U 50 breast
Michaela DeJong 50 Fly
Jack Whewell 11-12 50 Back
Jentzen Hartsell 10&U 50 Back
B TIME
Grace Innis 11-12 50 Free
Grace Innis 50 Back
Scott Innis 10&U 50 Free
Mac Skelton 10&U girls 100 IM
Mac Skelton 50 Free
Mac Skelton 50 Back
Mac Skelton 100 Back
Jack Whewell 100 IM
Jack Whewell 100 Free
PERFECT MEET (All best times, no DQs)
Landon Alarcon
Michaela DeJong
"G5" Francis
Brandon Henry
Grace Innis
Cailey Scully
Mac Skelton
Trevor Staebel
Jack Whewell
Congratulations to CALVIN FUSILIER who competed at the 2011 Austin Grand Prix last weekend with Olympic stars including Micheal Phelps, Katie Hoff, Richard Berens, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Michael Klueh, Garrett Weber-Gale, Eric Shanteau, Elaine Breeden, and others. Log into our Facebook page to see some pictures taken by our swimmers and parents.
Calvin had fantastic performances including achievement of a lifetime best time in the 200 Meter Freestyle in 1:59.84, a AAA Time, placing 57th. He then competed in the 400 M Individual Medley, swimming a 4:47.23, placing 31st and qualifying for finals. At finals, Calvin dropped his time to 4:45.97, placing 28th. His most impressive perfomance was on Saturday during his 200 M Fly. Calvin swam a best time of 2:07.78, placing 11th and qualifying for B Finals. At B Finals, Calvin dropped more time to a 2:07.65, a AAAA time, to a 14th place finish. Calvin is now less than 3.7 seconds from his first Olympic Trials Cut in the 200 FLY of 2:03.99.
Congratulations to all Texas Gold high school swimmers who competed in their district championships this weekend. Full results are posted on our Team Stats webpage. Here are your medalists:
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Calvin Fusilier, GHS, 500 Free 4:40.70
Rachel Rodriguez, RRHS 100 Free 54.32
SILVER MEDALISTS
Calvin Fusilier 200 Free 1:44.73
BRONZE MEDALISTS
Rachel Rodriguez 200 Free 1:57.57
Other Regional Qualifiers, 4-6th place (excluding relays)
Autumn Allen, GHS, 100 Fly 1:04.27
Lindsey Carey, GHS, 200 IM 2:20.21
Lindsey Carey 100 Back 1:03.66
Emily Hill, GHS, 100 Breaststroke 1:14.43
Nat Pukys, GHS, 500 Free 5:01.34 (Nat's 200 IM time of 2:06.33 qualifies him for TAGS!)
Madi Smith, GHS, 200 Free 1:58.64
Madi Smith 500 Free 5:22.80
Daniel Lee, HHHS, 500 Free 5:21.31
Matt Sluss, HHHS, 500 Free 5:18.31
Matt Sluss 100 Back 1:01.18
WAY TO GO GOLD!!! |
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Attached you will find relay assignments, warm-up assignments, psych sheets, and timing assignments for the meet this weekend. Please review the psych sheet and let me know ASAP if you see any issues. Warm-ups each day for the PRELIMS session will be 7:55-8:20AM each day (please arrive by 7:40AM) The meet will begin at 8:30AM The top 16 swimmers will qualify for the finals session that evening. If you are not able to return to compete in the FINALS session, you MUST notify Coach Ben immediately following your race, and "scratch" at the Clerk of Course, even if you are not in the Top 16. There are severe penalties for failing to scratch if you qualify for finals, or advance into finals due to swimmers who placed ahead of you end up scratching. If you are not returning that evening, you MUST scratch. Here is a MAP to the pool at the University of Incarnate Word. HERE are our team entries. Team Uniform: For informational purposes, is anyone staying at the Drury Inn under the "blocked" rooms? Here is a note from the Meet Director *PLEASE READ*: Coach Ben will be on deck this weekend. Please take note of his cell phone number in case of emergency: 210-317-7352 LET'S GET READY TO GET SOME BB TIMES!!! |
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| 1-16-11 Final B Champs entries are due tonight! I have attached our entries for your review. Also, I have included the eligibility reports for B, BB, and A Champs. Please start getting me your entries for these meets, as well as the Best Times home meet. GO GOLD!!! |
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| 1-15-11 The Rec Center will be closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Day. We WILL have morning practice at the Village Pool 5:45-7:15AM in place of our regular Rec Center morning practice. We will NOT have Monday evening practice, but we will be able to offer a make-up practice on Tuesday at the Rec Center during our regular practice time, 6:45-8:15PM. |
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| 1-12-11 The staff at the Rec Center has recently announced that the facility will be closed on Monday, January 17th. Masters practices on Monday morning are canceled. Afternoon practices on Monday, Jan 24th will be held at the Village Pool: FUNdamental Team: 2:45-4PM Advanced Team: 3:45-5:15PM Pre-Senior: 5-6:45PM Senior Team: 5-7:15PM Masters: Canceled; makeup practice Tuesday afternoon at Rec 6:45-8:15PM January Statements will be sent out tomorrow. Thank you for your patience! Good luck to CALVIN FUSILIER, Texas Gold Georgetown swimmer who will be joining Olympic stars such as Micheal Phelps, Katie Hoff, Richard Berens, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Michael Klueh, Garrett Weber-Gale, Eric Shanteau, Elaine Breeden, and many more at the 2011 USA Grand Prix held at UT this weekend. Calvin will be competing in the 200M Free and 400M IM on Friday and 200M Fly on Saturday. You may keep tabs on the meet with REAL TIME RESULTS, or you may come and support Calvin! Ticket information is HERE. Psych Sheet. Timeline. Also good luck to our Texas Gold swimmers who are competing at the Central Texas Invitational at Temple this Saturday! Entries may be found HERE. Please wear your BLACK shirts. Warm-ups begin at 10:45am and the meet will begin at 12:30PM. Here is a note from the meet director: Attached are the Pysch Sheets and Timeline for the 2011 Central Texas Invite. Please review and let me know of any errors. Due to the number of swimmers, 319, we will be using 10 lane seeding and flyover starts on 50yd and longer events. Congratulations to our Texas Gold swimmers who competed in the 2011 New Year Classic held at UT this past weekend! Our swimmers were at 69.2% best times and destroyed a ton of team records!! Here are a few notable results: IMPROVED TIME STANDARDS AAA Times Beau Fusilier 13-14 400 IM Neil Lemcke 15-16 500 Free Madi Smith 15-16 50 Free AA Times Neil Lemcke 200 IM Geneva Pantoja 11-12 50 Free Welcome to the team!! Hannah Pierce 11-12 100 Free Hannah Pierce 200 Free Hannah Pierce 500 Free Nat Pukys 13-14 100 Fly Tiffany Souza 10&U 200 IM Tiffany Souza 100 Backstroke Ashley Udelhofen 11-12 100 Fly A Times Autumn Allen 15-16 200 Fly Maryssa Bradley 13-14 500 Free Welcome to the team!! Lindsey Carey 17-18 200 Fly Beau Fusilier 200 Breaststroke Reilly Gilbert 10&U 100 Free Emily Hill 15-16 200 Breaststroke Emily Hill 100 Breaststroke Kory Maresca 10&U 100 Breaststroke Kory Maresca 100 IM Geneva Pantoja 200 Free Geneva Pantoja 500 Free Geneva Pantoja 100 Backstroke Hannah Pierce 100 Backstroke Ashley Udelhofen 50 Backstroke Ashley Udelhofen 500 Free BB Times Maryssa Bradley 200 Free Maryssa Bradley 200 Backstroke Maryssa Bradley 50 Free Pablo Froelich 15-16 50 Free Reilly Gilbert 100 Breaststroke Kerry Maresca 13-14 50 Free Kippy Maresca 13-14 100 Breaststroke Geneva Pantoja 50 Fly Geneva Pantoja 100 IM Hannah Pierce 100 Fly Xavier Pulido 15-16 100 Fly Xavier Pulido 200 Free Rylan Slocum 11-12 100 Breaststroke Rylan Slocum 200 Backstroke Rylan Slocum 50 Breaststroke Rylan Slocum 100 Backstroke Marc True 11-12 200 Free Marc True 100 Breaststroke Marc True 50 Breaststroke B Times Emily Hill 100 Fly Nick Meyer 13-14 200 Free Nick Meyer 500 Free Welcome to the team!!
NEW TEAM RECORDS Tiffany Souza 9-10 50 Free 29.66 TAGS QUALIFIER!! Tiffany Souza 200 Free 2:23.57 Tiffany Souza 100 Backstroke 1:17.58 breaking a 5 year old record! Tiffany Souza 100 IM 1:17.00 Tiffany Souza 200 IM 2:42.06 Hannah Pierce 11-12 50 Free 27.81 Hannah Pierce 100 Free 59.67 Hannah Pierce 200 Free 2:13.80 breaking a 4 year old record! Hannah Pierce 500 Free 5:48.65 breaking a 4 year old record! Hannah Pierce 100 Backstroke 1:12.15 Ashley Udelhofen 11-12 50 Fly 31.53 Ashley Udelhofen 100 Fly 1:08.09 Hannah Pierce 2:31.88 breaking a 4 year old record Madi Smith 15&O 50 Free breaking a 4 year old record Madi Smith 500 Free 5:24.87 breaking a 4 year old record Emily Hill 15&O 100 Breaststroke 1:14.98 Emily Hill 200 Breaststroke 2:40.09 breaking a 5 year old record Autumn Allen 15&O 200 Fly 2:19.69 Lindsey Carey 15&O 200IM 2:21.47 Nat Pukys 13-14 200 Breaststroke 2:23.47 GO GOLD!!! |
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| 1-10-11 It seems that the vast majority of you are FOR the earlier afternoon practice time. We'll give it a shot! I'll be more lenient on tardiness Time to bring WW back! This Wed, Jan 12.
8:15-8:30 pm.
Coach Carla |
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| 1-5-11 I have attached the updated January calendar for your review. Some notable changes: Practice this Friday for Advanced, Pre-Senior, and Senior Team will be at the Village Pool during our regular practice time due to a Pool Conference the City of Georgetown is hosting. Other important dates: B Champs entries due NOW! Final entries due Sunday! Here is a note from the B Champs Meet Host concerning hotel accommodations: Room blocks have been reserved at the Drury Inn & Suites San Antonio Airport, 95 NE Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78216, 210-366-4300.
Convenient to North Star Mall and only 4 miles from the pool!
B Championships - January 21, 22, 23: The group rate is $84.95 for a standard double or $94.95 for a two room suite - Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. To make your reservations on line, you may use the link below: http://www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx?groupno=2102913 or you may call 1-800-325-0720 to make your individual group reservations. Please specify the San Antonio Airport Location and reference the Group Name – STSI B Championships. Cut-off date: Reservations received after Thursday, January 6, 2011 will be provided on a space-available basis at prevailing rates. I have not yet received any t-shirt design ideas for our 2011 Shortcourse season t-shirt. If you are interested in submitting one, please do so by SUNDAY. Otherwise, I will just create a t-shirt with all of my self-claimed "hilarious" jokes that everyone loves to hear at practice so much. I will be placing on order for team polos, so if you ordered one and you never received it or are NOW interested in one, please let me know! They are $35 and come in grey, white, or black, and they also come in MEN's and LADY's sizes. Also, the new Texas Gold high tech silicone caps are in! These special “longer-lasting” caps are designed to fit a person’s head rather than a volleyball, and have a sharp new design. If you ordered a silicone cap, you may pick it up at the Rec or Village Pool on Thursday. If you would like to purchase one, they are $15. We still have latex caps available for $5. Both caps will be available at the meet this weekend. Pre-Senior/Senior Teams: The GHS high school swim team will be finishing up their practices no later than 4:45PM next week, which gives us an opportunity to start our practices earlier in the afternoons at the Village Pool. I am proposing to start stretching at 5PM, and get wet at 5:15PM, so Pre-Senior swimmers will be done at 6:45PM and Senior Team swimmers will be done at 7:15PM. If you have any complications with this proposal, please let me know by Friday! January Statements: January statements should be sent out early next week, I apologize for the delay! These statements will include January monthly training fees, meet fees incurred in December, equipment purchases, and any outstanding balances. Good luck to our Texas Gold Swimmers competing at the 2011 New Year’s Classic hosted by Longhorn Aquatics. Friday’s participants will get a rare treat to witness and compete against the men’s national championship team from the University of Texas Swimming!
Here is some pertinent information: Warm-Ups for Prelims (Meet starts at 9AM each day): Friday GREY SHIRTS STARTS at 7:30AM, arrive by 7:15AM Saturday WHITE SHIRTS STARTS at 8:10AM, arrive by 7:55AM Sunday GREY SHIRTS STARTS at 7:30AM, arrive by 7:15AM Warm-ups for Finals: All Days BLACK SHIRTS STARTS at 5:00PM, arrive by 4:45PM (Please take Friday afternoon downtown traffic into consideration!) MEET COACHES: Coach Dale will be on deck Friday prelim/finals, Saturday prelims, and Sunday prelim/final (I am a groomsman in my best friend's wedding in Ft Worth, and will need to be in Ft Worth by 3:30 for pics, and will be heading back Sunday morning in time for the meet start on Sunday) Coach Ben will be on deck Friday prelims, Saturday prelim/finals, and Sunday Prelim/Finals I am currently OUT of adult grey small t-shirts, but will try and have other sizes and colors available at the meet. We will placing an order for shirts once we get our championship design finalized. I have attached a preliminary relay report for your review that lists only GOLD Georgetown swimmers. The fastest 2 relays in each event will be swum during finals, so please look at the psych sheet to determine when your relay will be swum. Your coach will go over this with everyone in the morning, and if you are not able to participate, please notify your coach ASAP. This is a PRELIMS/FINALS meet. You qualify for finals when your prelims time is the top 16 fastest swim in your age group (top 8 for 10&U 200 free and IM, and top 8 for 11-12 500 free/400IM). Sometimes, a few of the top 16 swimmers SCRATCH, which means they do not intend to swim in finals, which pushes up the #17, 18, and so on swimmers. If you intend on NOT coming back that evening, you need to scratch (but notify your coach FIRST). If you qualify for finals and fail to scratch, there are severe penalties (you will be removed from the remainder of the meet/or charged a significant fine). STROKE OFFICIALS: All Stroke and Turn officials who are parents of GOLD Georgetown athletes competing at this meet will have their coaches meet fees waived (which is $5 per session for local meets, $10 per session for overnight meets) Additionally, I have heard the meet host will cover your parking expenses, but you may want to check with Ron on that! Here is a note from the meet referee, Ron Zolno rzolno@brsgroup.com : As you may know, there is going to be a three-day Prelim-Final meet at the Swim Center at the University of Texas from January 7-9, 2011. The plan is to run this meet in two short-course pools in both Prelims and Finals. To assure that this meet is well run, we need a fairly large officiating crew. Therefore, anything you can do to help out would be appreciated. If you can work the meet please let me know as soon as possible (along with the sessions you can work, preference between boys’ end and girls’ end for Finals if you have one, and your position/level of certification). GO GOLD!! |
for awhile. We'll stretch 5-5:15PM, and get wet at 5:15PM. Pre-Senior practices will end at 6:45 and Senior Team practices will end at 7:15PM Mon-Thursday