Important Dates

Thanksgiving Practice Schedule
Parents here is the Thanksgiving practice schedule for this upcoming week please pay attention to the schedule if you will be in town for the weekend. Coach Brian will be out of town starting Tuesday, Nov. 24th and returning on Sunday November 30th. Coach Teegan, Coach Dave, and our new executive director Coach Dee will be taking all of the practices when I am out of town. This is a really good opportunity for Coach Dee to get to know all of the kids. Please take the opportunity to introduce yourself when you see Coach Dee on deck this week. I hope everyone has a very happy and safe Thanksgiving.

ALERT! PRACTICE SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR MINNOWS ON SAT., NOV. 29th
Because of the holiday the Minnows will practice on Sat. Nov, 29th from 10:30- 11:15 at Pullen. They will be with all of the other groups on this day.

MONDAY 11/24	TUESDAY 11/25	WEDNESDAY 11/26	THURSDAY 11/27	FRIDAY 11/28	SATURDAY 11/29	SUNDAY 11/30
Novas 5:00-6:00 PM Wahoos & Dolphins 5:30-6:30 PM	Minnows 4:15-5:00 PM Novas & Wahoos 5:00-6:00 PM Dolphins 5:45-7:00 PM	Wahoos & Dolphins 5:30-6:30 PM	HAPPY THANKSGIVING NO PRACTICE	HAPPY THANKSGIVING NO PRACTICE	Minnows 10:30-11:15 PM @ Pullen Novas & Wahoos 10:30-11:30 AM @ Pullen Dolphins 10:30-noon @ Pullen	NO PRACTICE

Reindeer & Fall States Entries
The entries for Reindeer will be posted on the website by Tuesday, November 25th. Please be sure to check the website or the bulletin board to be sure that the entries are correct. If there is a problem please let coach Brian know ASAP. I will have a list together which swimmers will be going to what meets up at Candler on Tuesday. I have talked to several parents about specific meets this past weekend at the meet. The scratch deadline for fall states is Tuesday November 25th. Please be sure to scratch your child if they have BB times and will not be attending.

RSA TURNS IT UP AT TURKEY MEET!
The Raleigh Swimming Association competed in the Turkey Invitational Swim Meet on November 22-23 at RavenscroftSchool.  The meet was hosted by RSA North, which featured over 300 swimmers from 7 different teams across eastern North Carolina.  There was a BB and faster session in the morning and B/C swimmer session in the afternoon.  The Wahoos had 70 plus swimmers finish in the top eight between the two different sessions.

RSA had some 8 & Under swimmers really come up big in this B/C Session.  For the 8 & Under girls Natalie Hill and Amanda Lamb took control of the meet.  Natalie Hill took 1^st in the 50 free, placed 2^nd in the 100 IM, and took 3^rd in the 50 fly, 25 back, and 25 fly events.  Her teammate Amanda Lamb was also extremely impressive.  She took 2^nd in the 50 breast, and placed 3^rd in the 25 breaststroke event.  She was also 6^th in the 100 IM and 8^th in the 25 free. Sommer Barritt was extremely impressive. She swam her first ever 100 breast, and achieved her first B time in the event. Minnow, Hannah Gulyes dropped a whopping 12 seconds in the 25 back. Rachel Kinsey has some great swims considering this was her first time swimming 50 free and 50 breaststroke. Times were falling like crazy when Sarah Koop had personal best in both the 25 breast and 25 backstroke events. Alex Manasso was not far behind as she dropped over a second in her 25 freestyle. McKenna Miller continued to improve and impress. She had best times in every event that she swam, including a first time swim in the 50 yard breaststroke. Younger sister, Ryley Miller was equally impressive. She had personal best times in 25 free and 25 back, including a great swim in the 8 & Under Medley Relay. Madison Musilek swam to a personal best time dropping over a second in the 25 freestyle. Mandy Spalding some great races, which included her first time swimming the 100 IM. The RSA 8 & Under boys were definitely ready to swim fast. David Baron had a 5th place finish in the 25 breaststroke. Thomas Bell achieved his first two personal best times in both the 25 free and 25 breast. Del Dillard also had a great 25 breast, swimming to a 2 second time drop and winner of his heat. Trey Lower also swam to a personal best time in the 25 freestyle. Other great swims by 8 & Under boys were turned in by Octavio Quezada and Neal Nelson. Congratulations toYang Ho, Jordyn Barham, Nicholas Witham, and Delaney Robinson for competing in their first year round swim meet!

In the 9-10 age group in the afternoon Thao Le led the way for the RSA girls.  She placed 1^st in the 100 back, 2^nd in the 50 back, and swam to 3^rd in the 100 breaststroke event.  Paige Randalland Becky Whatleywere not far behind.  Paige Randall placed 2^nd  in the 50 fly and 7^th in the 100 IM event.  Becky Whatley had some outstanding races which included a 4^th place finish in the 50 fly and a 5^th place finish in the 50 free. Mary Baron swam to a new personal best time and a B time in the 50 backstroke. Victoria Bell definitely had the swim of the meet in the 100 fly. She achieved a BB time in the event, and also placed 5th overall. Caroline Campbell had best time in 3 out of her 4 events she swam on Saturday. Leah Casassa swam a great 50 back for the first time and achieved a new B time standard. Nicole Davis had some great swims including a 5 second plus time drop in the 50 yard fly. Savannah Currens also was impressive. She she dropped over 6 seconds in a great 100 yard freestyle swim. Sarah Doerrer had an outstanding swim in the 50 free, dropping almost 8 seconds. Emily Facchine swam to personal bests in every event including a 4 second time drop in the 100 IM. Sister, Libby Facchine also swam great. She swam to her first B time in the 50 backstroke. Britt Hatt had personal best times in 2 out of 3 events for the weekend, which includes a 3 second time drop in the 50 backstroke. Tiffany Flood had an outstanding 100 breaststroke earning herself a B time and also achieved one in the 50 back as well. In her first ever 50 fly Cecilia Hellem placed 7th overall, and achieved a B time in the event. Sarah Henry dropped over 9 seconds in her 50 back, and was 3 for 3 in personal best time for the weekend. Maggie Holsinger swam some very smart and fast races in the BB session on Saturday. She dropped way over 7 seconds in her 100 freestyle, and she placed 7th overall in the 50 fly. In her only event of the meet Caitlin Kelly won the 200 IM, and got a new BB time standard. Rachel Minore swam personal best times in 5 out 6 events for the swim meet. Jenny Magee swam in her first year round meet, and achieved a BB time in her 50 free, which led to 3rd place finish overall in the event. Tessa Pena swam to personal best times in all of her events, including BB times in 3 out four events. Alyssa White had some impressive swims. She placed 8th overall in the 50 free and achieved new B times in both the 50 free and 50 backstroke events. Becca Young once again had personal bests in every event she swam. The boys were led by Patrick D’Alessio.  D’Alessio was 3^rd in the 50 breast, 5^th in th3 50 fly, 100 IM, and 50 backstroke events.  He also swam to a 4^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke. Teammate David DeJarnette placed 3rd overall in the 100 breast, and dropped over 4 seconds. Sawyer Dove was once again a "stud". He swam his first ever 200 IM, and achieved his BB time. He got a new BB time in the 50 fly as well. Takuma Kato swam to personal best times in 3 out of four events on Sunday including a new BB time in the 100 breaststroke. In his last meet as a 9-10 Matt Lower placed second in the 50 back and swam to a new AA time. Toby Rosen swam to personal bests in the 100 free, 50 free, and 100 IM. Thomas Schmedding achieved his first B time, and placed 7th overall in the 50 back.

The 11-12 Age Group was equally impressive  Carolyn Daussin had personal best times in both the 100 Free and 50 free for the weekend. Sister, Steph Daussin swam her last meet as a 12 year old. She had a great first ever swim in the 200 IM, taking 6th overall. Eleven-year-old, Mona Le swam a great 100 breast shaving off almost 5 seconds in the event. Arwen Oakley swam to a personal best time taking off 2 seconds in the 50 yard breaststroke. Sage Watkins swam great, swimming to six new personal best times. Melissa Geiss swam to several personal best times, including a strog 8th place finish in the 100 back. Congratulations to Yuen Ho for competing in her first year round swim meet. Ryan Spalding also had an outstanding meet swimming to two new personal best time, one in the 100 free and the other in the 50 breast.

Excellent job RSA! Keep Up the great work. Coach Brian, Coach Larry, Coach Liz, Coach Teegan, and Coach Dee are proud of you all!


RSA Hires Executive Director
he Raleigh Swimming Association is excited to welcome Deanna Burkhardt to the RSA family as our new Executive Director. Deanna brings over twenty years of experience in the swimming and business world to RSA. After a long swimming career of her own Deanna continued on coaching, developing programs, and owning her own swim club in Texas, Indiana, Kansas, and Virginia. These years of experience of running all aspects of a large club will serve RSA well. Along with the full – time coaching staff, Deanna plans to grow and expand our club. Her job will follow two main avenues. One part will include heading up our Master’s program, developing a program geared toward home-schooled children, expanding our swim lesson program, and coaching our kids when needed. The other phase of her duties will be to help administer RSA fundraising efforts, organize our volunteers and market the overall program to the community at large. This hire is an important step in establishing RSA as the aquatic leader in the Triangle as we move forward in our new facility. Deanna is married and lives Apex. In the upcoming days, Deanna will post her office hours. She has already attended several practices, started working with the Masters program, and met many parents. Please take a moment to introduce your self, and welcome Deanna to our great program!

Reindeer Meet Volunteer Information
Two of our parents have really stepped up to the plate,and are really working hard on making our Reindeer Meet successful. Elizabeth Schmedding schmeds@earthlink.net and Melissa Gulyes Melissag@spgweb.comare co-meet directors for this meet. There is plenty of volunteer space for the meet. If you are interested in helping out please email either Elizabeth or Melissa. Our new executive director, Deanna Burkhardt dburkhardt@swimrsa.org will also be helping to get things together for the meet and you are also welcome to email her. Please be sure to welcome her to the RSA family if you see her hanging around the pool!

Minnow Practice Time Changes
Please make a note of the Minnow practice time change. On Saturdays, they will be practicing from 11:30 AM-12:15 PM.

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
Excellent job at the swim meet. Coach Brian, Coach Liz, and Coach Teegan were proud of your performance. Outstanding job! If you will be in town for Thanksgiving I highly reccommend that you try to attend practice. The practices this week are really geared to work on your technique and improve your endurance. The coaches will talk more about practices and the meet on Monday.

See you all at practice

Coach Brian