WEEKLY UPDATE: Don't forget the pool is closed this weekend for the Tom Dolan meet, so we will not have practice on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. This week is also the start of session 2, and we will be having a few swimmers joining our little village, so let's make them feel welcome. This week practices are geared to all our teammates who are swimming this weekend, so bear with me as we put our fellow villagers in a position to RACE this weekend. Take a second this week and say something positive to one of your teammates swimming this weekend. Many of you have been chosen for relays this weekend, and I expect you to be there. Check with me about the relays if your not sure.
RELAY INFORMATION:
FRIDAY 11-12 400 FREE RELAY (END OF MEET)
MAGGIE SHAW, RACHEL ROGERS, JOHN KIM, MATT
MATT JONES, MITCH MAHOONEY
SATURDAY 11-12 200 MEDLEY (START OF MEET)
MAGGIE SHAW, RUTHANN FROBERG, SARAH
GRAHAM, JOHN KIM, MITCH MAHOONEY, DON
TUCKER, WILLIAM ZIRZOW
9-10 200 MEDLEY (START OF MEET)
ZOE HEMMER, AMY BERGLUND, RACHEL ANDERSON
MEG ROBERTSON, LOGAN ROSS, MEGAN HICKEY
RACHEL WARD, JAMES CHUNG, LUKE JONES, JAMES
MURPHY, MARK MAHHONEY, JACOB DICKENS,DYLAN
BRIESE, SEAN CULLEITON
SUNDAY 11-12 200 FREE (START OF MEET)
RACHEL ROGERS, MAGGIE SHAW, JOHN KIM, MITCH
MAHONEY, DON TUCKER, WILLIAM ZIRZOW
11-12 400 MEDLEY (END OF MEET)
CLAIRE EDWARDS, RACHEL ROGERS, DON
TUCKER, JOHN KIM, WILLIAM ZIRZOW, MITCH
MAHOONEY
9-10 200 FREE RELAY (START OF MEET) MEGAN HICKEY, AMY BERGLUND, ZOE HEMMER,
RACHEL WARD, MEG ROBERTSON, RACHEL
ANDERSON, MARK MAHOONEY, LUKE JONES,
JAMES CHUNG, JAMES MURPHY, SEAN CULLEITON
JACOB DICKENS, ROMAN LOWERY
WARM UP TIMES FOR TOM DOLAN:
THURSDAY- DISTANCE EVENTS MAGGIE, JOHN, KATIE, I WILL
TALK TO YOU.
FRIDAY,SATURDAY, SUNDAY: 12 AND UNDERS PRELIMS 1:00
FINALS 11-12 CHECK WITH ME
BEFORE LEAVING.
BLIZZARD MEET WRAP-UP: Thank you to all the parents who helped out over this past weekend so that this meet could run as smooth as it did. From all the swimmers from the village 
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. As for the swimmers all of you were awesome
! Looking over the results our little village was over 85% personal bests, with a lot of JO cuts achieved! A
Was turned in by Kyle Cumo who won High Point in the 9-10 girls. Swimmers who made it back to finals were Maggie S.
, Sarah G., Katie Y., Lauren Y., Katie S., Emily D., Myles O., William Z.
, Gillian C., Claire E., Melissa C., Winning their events were William Z., and Sarah G. winning the fly all the way from lane 8!!
! Looking over the results our little village was over 85% personal bests, with a lot of JO cuts achieved! A Was turned in by Kyle Cumo who won High Point in the 9-10 girls. Swimmers who made it back to finals were Maggie S., Sarah G., Katie Y., Lauren Y., Katie S., Emily D., Myles O., William Z., Gillian C., Claire E., Melissa C., Winning their events were William Z., and Sarah G. winning the fly all the way from lane 8!!Some notes I wrote down that we will get back to after this week; air is essential for life not a 50 free. We work on 2 down three back or 2/2. Someone needs to explain to me how you swim a 50 free under 30 seconds and still have time to take 11 breaths
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.That was a big one. The next big one is that we still look at the walls as an obstacle instead of a way to gain speed. Don't forget the walls are a positive not a negative, and in a close race the swimmer with the better turn usually wins. A few of us showed up to swim and not race and there is a big difference. Head position in breaststroke and we need to find our corners! Starts were better but lets see if we can get more
off the blocks. Very nice to see that we are being more patient off the walls, and WHY? Because we travel faster under the H2O!!! Overall it was a nice way to finish off the first part of the season, BUT we have work to be done!
off the blocks. Very nice to see that we are being more patient off the walls, and WHY? Because we travel faster under the H2O!!! Overall it was a nice way to finish off the first part of the season, BUT we have work to be done!TOPIC FOR THE WEEK: "DO YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF"
Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it will achieve. Dream great dreams and make them come true. DO IT NOW! In all the history of the world there was never anyone exactly like you, and in all the infinity to come there will never be another you. Never affirm self limitations. What you believe yourself to be, you are! To accomplish great things, you must not only act but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, put foundations under them. Yes, you can! Believing is magic. You can always better your best. You don't know what you can do until you try. Nothing will come of nothing. If you don't go out on a limb, you're going to get the fruit. There is no failure except in no longer trying, Clearly define your goals, Write them down, make a plan for achieving them, set a deadline, visualize the results and go after them. Just don't look back unless you want to go that way. Defeat may test you,
it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. The greatest mistake is giving up. There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract all the necessary in ingredients. Success is an attitude!! It's amazing how little time it takes for great things to happen. Now...show me the colors of your rainbow 
and let your light shine!!!
Have a great week and GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR FRIENDS swimming this weekend!! MIKE
