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