Important Dates

Turkey Meet Entries
The scratch deadline for the RSA North Turkey Invitational Swim Meet was Tuesday, November 4th. This meet has been moved from Goldsboro to Ravenscroft and is for 12 & Unders only. There will be a BB and B/C session just like the last Blue Moon swim meet. Please email coach Brian if you will not be attending the swim meet or only going for one of the days. Please be sure to check the website this week for the entries. They will be up on the website under meet info at the end of the week.

Thanksgiving Practice Schedule
Monday, Nov. 24th normal practice times
Tuesday, Nov. 25th normal practice times
Wednesday, Nov. 26th normal practice times
Thursday, Nov 27th- THANKSGIVING NO PRACTICE
Friday, Nov. 28th- NO PRACTICE
Saturday, Nov. 29th- normal practice time @ Pullen

Wahoos ROCK Blue Moon Meet
Congratulations to the following RSA swimmers who achieved RSA Time Standard Awards and personal best times at the Nov. 1-2 Blue Moon Meet.

RSA Time Standard Awards
BB Time Standard Awards: Victoria Bell (50 back, 100 IM); Michael Dickey (50 Back, 100 Fly); Sawyer Dove (100 Back, 100 free); Emily Facchine (50 free, 100 back); Natalie Hill (100 Breast); Maggie Holsinger (100 Fly, 100 IM); Takuma Kato (50 free); Thao Le (100 Breast); Paige Randall (100 Breast); Toby Rosen (100 Back); Becca Young (50 breast)
B Time Standard Awards: Victoria Bell (50 breast); Caroline Campbell (100 Free); Casey Carter (50 breast); David DeJarnette (50 back); Cecilia Hellem (50 back); Natalie Hill (50 Fly); Maggie Holsinger (100 Free); Takuma Kato (50 Fly, 100 Free, 100 IM, 100 Breast); Amanda Lamb (50 breast); Thao Le (50 free); Toby Rosen (50 fly); Sawyer Dove (100 breast); Tiffany Flood (100 free); Rachel Minore (100 breast)

Personal Best Times
Sommer Barritt (25 free, 50 breast, 25 back, 50 free, 25 breast); Victoria Bell (50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 IM); Caroline Campbell (100 free); Casey Carter (100 free, 50 breast); Savannah Currens (100 free); Kait D'Antonoli (25 free); Carolyn Daussin (100 breast, 100 free, 100 back, 50 fly); David DeJarnette (25 free, 50 free, 25 breast, 50 back); Michael Dickey (50 back); Sawyer Dove (50 back, 100 IM, 50 free, 100 back); Emily Facchine (50 free, 100 back); Libby Facchine (100 IM); Tiffany Flood (50 free, 50 breast); Natalie Hill (100 breast, 50 breast, 50 back); Maggie Holsinger (50 back); Takuma Kato (50 free, 50 fly); Lauren Koepnick (50 free, 50 back); Amanda Lamb (50 breast, 25 back, 50 free, 25 breast, 25 fly, 100 IM); Thao Le (50 free, 100 breast, 50 back); Sarah Lincourt (50 free); Trey Lower (50 free, 50 back); Will Lyke (50 back); Alex Manasso (25 back, 25 breast, 25 fly); McKenna Miller (25 free, 25 breast); Ryley Miller (25 free, 25 back); Rachel Minore (50 free); Neal Nelson (25 back); Kristen Pate (25 free, 25 breast); Lucas Piedrahita (25 free, 25 back, 25 breast); Octavio Quezada (25 free); Paige Randall (50 free, 100 breast, 50 fly, 100 IM); Toby Rosen (50 back, 100 IM, 100 back, 50 fly, 100 breast); Osman Sbaiti (50 free, 50 back); Ryan Sbaiti (25 back); Julianne Strickland (50 free, 50 breast, 25 breast); Sage Watkins (100 breast, 50 free, 100 free, 100 back); Becky Whatley (50 free, 50 breast); Becca Young (50 back, 50 free)

Update on Upcoming Meets
There are a few meets left until the Christmas season. I would like to update all of you on eligibility for these meets.
- Turkey Meet- Nov 1-2 @ Revenscroft- This meet is for all 12 & Under swimmers BB and B/C
- RSA Reindeer Meet- Dec. 6-7 @ Hillsborough- This meet is for 12 & Under B/C swimmers only. If you have BB times their is the opportunity to swim events that you do not have BB times in.
- North Carolina Fall States- Dec. 12-14 @ Pullen This meet is for 12 & Under BB swimmers only. You can only swim events that you have BB times in. This meet we marked on the calendar as a priority swim meet. Meaning, if you have any BB times the coaching staff would like you to swim in it. Please try your best to make this meet. This is a championship meet that is scored, and the coaching staff believes we have a really great chance at doing really well. If you are eligible for this meet please be sure to talk to coach Brian. I want to get this figured out a head of time so parents can plan.

Meet Director Needed for Reindeer Meet
We are in need of a meet director for the Reindeer Meet. Parents who are experienced meet directors will help you along through the process. You can knock out all of your volunteer credits for the year. You get 8 for being a meet director. We are looking for about 2 parents to co-meet direct for this meet. Please let one of the coaches know if you are interested.

Starting to Get Cooler Outside- BRING WARMER CLOTHES TO PRACTICE!
Fall is upon us and it is starting to get much cooler outside. Please be sure to start bringing some warm clothes before and especially after practice. This means jacket, sweat shirt and pants. A hat or hood would be great to cover your wet head. Sometimes it can be hard getting back into shape after your are sick.

What to Bring to Practice

• Dry land clothes- this includes running shoes, t-shirt, & shorts
• swim suit
• goggles (do not forget these because I do not have extra for other borrow)
• towel
• swim caps (this is optional, although I do think that girls with long hair really need to wear one)
• FINS and a Fin Bag

TECHNIQUE FOR THE WEEK
Great job in practice this past week! I have really seen a lot of improvement in the last several months. This week Dolphins will be learning how to read the clock to start doing some light interval training. This can be a difficult skill, so please be sure to pay attention at practice. Wahoos will be working on a combination of breast and fly this week. They will work on turns with breaststroke pull outs. Novas began to work on turns last Thursday at practice. They will again continue to learn freestyle flip turns. Minnows will be working on backstroke this week in practice.

Swimmers, it is important that if you are doing more than one length of the pool you must do the turn that goes along with the stroke. The more you practice these the better you will get at them. Great job this past week!

See you all at practice

Coach Brian