March Newsletter 2009
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Coach’s Comments
Welcome to March. The end of another Season is near. Good luck at your end of season events! Our team break is coming up soon, check out the dates at the end of the newsletter.
We’ve had a good season with lots of new swimmers, some fast swimming, and new skills. Next season each group will have some of the same and some new. Stay tuned for group move up announcements!
Novice will have a return of Coach Cory and their same practice schedule as we’re at now. Next season we’ll continue working on stroke technique and add some pace clock use and intervals. We’ll also see the return of the mini meets at our outdoor pool with a BBQ once school is out this summer.
Age Groupers will have a return of Coach Jennifer and Coach Gina and their same practice schedule as now. Next season we’ll continue working on our test sets, but look for them to be new and improved! We’ll still have our weekend meets, mini meets and get togethers.
High School and Senior Groups will continue working with Coach Gina and Coach Cory. They also will have the same schedule next season. We’ll see new and improved test sets, sport ambassador opportunities, a training trip, and Amazon practices.
Masters will continue working with Coach Gina and Coach Dan and will also have the same schedule in April. We hope to see a large involvement in the Association meet in April, mark your calendars now for April 17-19 in Bend! We are also looking forward to our annual lake swim and the other lake swim races around the state! Stay tuned for more info on an adventure swim this summer, coached lake swim workouts and get togethers. Amazon opens mid to late May!!!
Kids Krazyness
Upcoming Meets :
Senior States March 6-8 in McMinneville Oregon. Good luck to our state swimmers: Laura Ross, Taylor Schroeder, Erin Henderson, Dani Bernhardt, Shelby Wilson, Molly Gau, Jessica Nunley, Brett Clark, Jacob Deines, TJ Ownbey, and Brian Bradley.
VCSG (Valley Coast Swim Group) Champs! March 14-15. This is an all team championship meet and will be at River Road pool this year. Sign ups are done already. Warm ups Sat: 9:30am, Sun: 8am. Good luck team!!
Senior Sectionals, March 11-14 in Federal Way for Qualified swimmers. Good luck Jacob Deines! He is our only swimmer and has 6 swims this year!
Look for next seasons schedule to come out soon with an email, the bulletin board and an updated website. This will happen over the break. Remember to mark your calendars in advance so you don’t miss out on any of the meets and events!
Our Lap-a-thon had a good turnout of participation this year. The numbers are still out as money is not yet all turned in. Remember to have your donations turned in by Tue, March 17! Thanks to all our raffle donations and Masters sponsors! The Bradley’s and the Deines’ donated items for the raffle as well as GP Zone (Jim Wallace) our logo gear guy! Thanks for making this a fun event!
Fundraising
Look for new fundraisers this year with sport cleanups at the U of O. These take up to 2 hours and earn about the same amount of money as our football booth! Yeah! Easier! It should also open up more age groups that can help. Stay tuned for that to start this spring.
Masters Moments
Upcoming Meets & Events:
Make Sure to renew your Masters Registration. They have online registration available on the USMS website now. Or print it out and mail it from the OMS website. Not only do you get a cool oregon newsletter but you get a magazine too!
Association State Champs April 17-19 in Bend, OR. Mark your calendars now! This is a super fun event for all swimmers of any ability or age. We usually go out to dinner together one night and hang out at the meet. Last year we had about 10 swimmers. Let’s beat that number this year!!
Mini meet at the U of O in Leighton Pool (Rec Center on University and 15th). Sat, April 25. Times announced soon! Mark your calendars for a fun event!
Practice Schedule
Current and Next Season Schedule too! (thur end of school for kids, mid may for masters!)
Kids
Novice: Tue/Thur/Fri 5-6:15pm
AGR 1: Tue/Thur/Fri 5-6:30pm
AGR 2: Tue/Thur/Fri 5-7pm
HS: Mon/Wed 4-6pm, Fri 5-7pm, Sat 8-10am
AGR 3 & SR: Mon/Wed 4-6pm, Tue/Thur/Fri 5-7pm, Sat 8-10am
Masters
Mon - Fri 6-7:30am
Tue/Thur/Fri 6-7pm
Sat 8-10am
All Team Break
We will be taking a week and a half off during Spring Break since this is the week between Short Course and Long Course seasons. No practice for all groups during March 23 - 31. Practice will resume with the above schedule on
Wed, April 1.
Breaks are a good time to relax physically and mentally. Taking a break often allows the mind and body to fully absorb the changes made to strokes and the improvements made through training. A good idea to stay fit is to do other types of exercise during the break. Hiking, biking, running, climbing, skating, staying active is always good for healthy and well being!
Upcoming Local Triathlons
1) Duck Bill Thrill Olympic Triathlon, Sunday, May 17th, 2009 8:00 AM
Winberry State Park, Fall Creek Reservoir
Registration opens on February 1st, register online at: website http://www.uoregon.edu/~ducktri/DBT/ . Space is limited!
USAT sanctioned event
1500M swim, 40k bike, 10k run
Race Director Email: duckbillthrill@gmail.com
The open water swim is a 750 meter triangular course which athletes will loop twice. The bike follows a spectacular route featuring birch shaded creeks, historical covered bridges and pastoral countryside. The course incorporates flats, gentle slopes and two short steep accents. The run is a scenic out and back, mostly flat with a few rollers. The run crosses Fall Creek Dam giving dramatic views of the lake and valley. Age group winners receive prizes from our sponsors including Life Cycle Bike Shop, Sporthill, Eugene Running Co, REI, Collins Cycle Shop, TriSports.com, and Hammer Nutrition.
AlexAnn Westlake, University of Oregon
awestlak@uoregon.edu
2) EA Youth Triathlon
Yes, this is our event! Sat, May 9, 7-11am. Look for registrations soon!
We still need volunteers before, during and after the event.
Interested? Contact Coach Gina: ginadhom@earthlink.net
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