2nd Annual Splash and Dash Series Starts March 21
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2009 Pentathalon
Stingrays!
Here is a brief recap of this past weekends Pentathalon Swim Meet compliments of Coach Coleman:
The Pentathlon was a great success for the TJCC Stingrays! 28 of our swimmers battled the cold morning weather and the competition to have a very successful meet!
For the younger swimmers, it is so important to gain meet experience. If they can brave the cold and various obstacles, then the hard part is over! There was a relatively small amount of disqualifications for our “beginning” swimmers, which is a testament to how hard these kids work in practice.
For our seasoned veterans, this meet was another opportunity to gain racing experience. There were best times that were swum, which is a great accomplishment considering the weather and the pool that the meet was held. If you are dropping times under these conditions, then we should all be excited for what is going to happen at the culminating meets! Just because some swims were not best times, does not mean they were not well swum. The effort was there, and if you continue to work hard in practice, then those times will continue to fall!
Thanks to all of the parents for helping the kids and the coaches at the meet… we sincerely appreciate it!
Just keep swimming
ALSO!…….
Special congratulations to the following high point Stingrays:
- Samantha Covello- 2nd place high point for 8 and Under girls
- Nicholas Rothe- 1st place high point for 8 and Under boys
- Julien Gallons- 3rd place high point for boys 9/10.
Each of these swimmers were presented thier award in front of their training group(s) and we are proud of their accomplishment(s). If anyone was left off this list, please email me corrections…. since I’m doing this in abstentia, I’ll ask for your patience, but definately want to acknowledge our swimmers accomplishments.
Great job Stingrays!
Coaching Staff- Coleman, Mindy, Tabina & Amy
Fall League Championship Results!
Atttached are the results from the Fall League Championships Finals held two Sundays ago (Nov 15th)!. The results highligh our Stingrays, thier final placment, points scored and time drops There were numerous Far Western Zone, AZ State, and Regional Qualification times achieved. Many of these times were personal best for our Stingrays and we are extremely proud of this small group who represented our program! Great swimming kids!
HOLD this date!! AZM Dual Meet Champs are on thier way!!
Please put on your calender January 16th thru Monday Jan 18th. These are the Arizona Dual Meet Championships. This is a really great meet for our team and kids! It brings us together more than any other (even state!)…. We would like to begin our recruitment for this meet now so you can hold these dates and plan on entering your swimmer.
Stingrays will be competing against 8 other Teams:
- Arizona Swimming Gauchos (Phoenix team)
- DTAC (Phoenix team)
- Westside Silver Fins (Phoenix team)
- Scottsdale Aquatic Club (Phoenix team)
- NEP (Phoenix team)
- EDAC (Tucson team)
- Swim Pasadena (California team)
- Curl Burke (Washington DC team)
There are four meets total that occur over these 3 days. If the meet is run as it has in the past, we will have one duel meet on Saturday, two on Sunday and then the FINALS will be held on Monday. Swimmers advance to finals based upon swim times from three previous dual meets the day(s) prior…. coaches go to a “bid” meeting on Sunday eve and we get in as many of our swimmers as possible. We have families that go each year and swear to the fact that this is the funnest, family oriented meet of the season! It is a Non Time Standard meet, so kids trying to make regional, state or far western times… it’s a perfect meet to attend. The Stingrays always swim fast here and we expect no different this year… So… head up! Let’s get ready to rumble on Jan 16-18th (Martin Luther King holiday weekend!). Remember, if you are unable to stay on Monday (due to work), we do have parents who will be staying over and if your swimmer makes finals on Monday- they’ll be happy to take care of them and bring them back to Tucson on Monday afternoon!!
Amy
