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10 & Under Newsletter for Week of June 23rd by Brian Gill 2003-06-25 11:47:00 Minnow, Nova, Wahoo, and Dolphin
Scratch DEADLINE FOR JO QUALIFIER The Scratch Deadline for the Eastern JO Qualifier is approaching fast. For some of you this is the last meet of the Long Course season and last chance to qualify for JO's in multiple events. I would really suggest trying to attend this meet if possible. many of you gained a lot of experience swimming at the Liberty Meet. Now you know what it is like. This a a good chance to go into a meet with a lot of confidence. The scratch deadline is June 25th. Please email coach Brian if you will not be attending or only going for one of the sessions of the two day meet. Meet information about the qualifier and for Junior Olympics are up on the web site, under meet info. Any swimmers that are close to their "A" times in any events I strongly suggest you attend this meet. We need everyone we can for Junior Olympics in High Point this year. Summer Swimming Stoke Clinics We are getting towards the the middle of the TSA swim season and the coaches have done stroke clinics at several pools already. If any parents from there respective summer clubs could talk to their coaches or TSA reps about doing a clinic please do! This is a great way to help your club during the summer and help recruit for RSA. Have them email me at bgill@swimrsa.org. SWIM-A-THON Swim-A-Thon money is past due! Remember that money should be turned into coach Brian by Thursday, June 16th. Please turn it in ASAP if you have not already! Summer Swimming- Tuesday Night at the Races JUNE 17th RESULTS Triple winners from RSA were: Torrey Bussey and Kassia Shishkoff of Cary, Lauren Holtman of Greystone, Alia Khan of Kildaire Farm, Anna DeJarnette of Lila Jones, Casey Carter, Caitlin Kelly and Stewart Norman of Lochmere, Victoria Bell, Hannah Facchine, and Stephanie Glover of Dutchman Downs, Stephano and Mary Lanier–Zaytoun of North Raleigh Raquet, Zach Harris of Pirates Cove, Bryttany Curran of Prestonwood, Oriana Quezada of Southall, Katy Bland of Springdale, Wesley Sigmon, Teresa Long, and Jonathon Keltner of Stonebridge, Peter, Ollie, Sam, and Dan Clayton-Luce of Southern Oaks, Rebecca Gardner of Triangle, Julie Smith of University, Lauren Anthony of Weatherstone, Elizabeth Farmer of Wood Valley, Tricia Dilger of Wakefield, and Alex Goertz of North Raleigh Swim Club. Special congratulations go out to: Blair Cross, Bryttany Curran, and Julie Smith for setting team records for their respective teams, and to Julie Smith for setting a pool record. Please make sure your TSA representative gets scores, triple winners, and team and pool records into the TSA web page. The RSA coaching staff would like to remind our membership of the importance of Summer League swimming to the growth and enhancement of our program Every RSA member who participates, officiates, coaches or attends a Tuesday night meet has a great opportunity to spread the word about the benefits of RSA and year round swimming. Our coaches will make the rounds at many meets and do a series of clinics at the different clubs, but we can’t be everywhere. These Tuesday night meets are a great way for all members get involved in building our program. USA Swimming has a Code of Conduct in place and a paraphrased version of Article 304.3.13 states that no coach, owner, officer, volunteer, representative, or employee of a USA club may not recruit or encourage a swimmer of an existing USA club to become part of the acting parties affiliated club. Basically we cannot talk to another USA swimmer nor can anyone talk to RSA swimmers about being on a different team. If you suspect another area coach has had improper contact with one of our swimmers you need to notify a RSA coach immediately. This could include verbal and/or printed information about another club. Coach Brian and Coach Dan have come up with what we think is a great brochure about all the opportunities RSA has to offer. If you would like some to pass out at summer practices or at meets, please give Brian a call at 859-4881 or drop him an email bgill@swimrsa.org and he will set you up! Directions to Lochmere Swim & Tennis Club From 440 & US 1 take the Cary Parkway exit. Make a left off of the exit ramp onto Cary Parkway. Go straight on Cary Parkway past the Tryon Road intersection. Make a right at the stop sign on Lochmere Drive. Lochmere Swim & Tennis Club (Lochwood Pool) is less than a half a mile on your left hand side. If you plan on attending the morning practices please make sure that you fill out a waiver to swim at Lochmere. Get these from coach Brian. Please be sure to sign in when you get to Lochmere for practice. Parents, please be sure to come in with your swimmers so you can fill the form out. They will not be allowed to do the practices unless these forms are completed. 2003 RSA Summer Practice Schedule
Outstanding job this week in practice RSA. Let's keep working hard in preparation for JO Qualifier and JO's at the end of the summer. Coach Brian |
