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 Ahhh! The Art of Taper

The Art of Taper What the heck is taper anyway?!  Well, to taper means to ?dial back? or take a break or rest right before your big meet.  It works best if you?ve been training hard, especially during...

 Patriot Meet Warm Up Times

Morning Session 8:00 am Warm up, 9:00 am Meet begins   Afternooon Session Roughly 11:00 am Warm up, 12:00 Meet begins

 Thursday Nov 5 is 'Bring-a-Friend' Day!

Thursday the 5th, is "Bring-a-Friend" day!   For all those friends out there that think swimming is easy or that it isn't a sport, invite them to practice and let's show them!  We will have a little f...

 Swimmer of the month!

Congratulations to our swimmers of the month! Silver- Dena A. Bronze - Elena F. Flippers - Hope M. You will each get a cap saying "Swimmer Of The Month" Way to go!!

 Gator Times for December-Adjusted!

  The 2009 Gator Holiday Classic ORDER OF EVENTS  Last chance to get these times is the PATRIOT MEET!     Friday Morning Session 8:30 am Finals   @ 5:30 pm                 Female Event # Qualifying Ti...

 Patriot invite Nov 14-15

All groups Nov 14-15 event list is now posted Nov 14 ~ 15, 2009 - Patriot Invite All groups  

 FALL Meet Calendar---Plan on it!

The FALL meet calendar is set.   Please plan accordingly with trips, vacations, days off, etc.  The young athletes have been training very hard and need to hit these great opportunities on all cylin...

 Curby takes top honors at the annual convention

  Mathew Curby received the 2009 15-16 LC swimmer of the year that past weekend at the Florida Swimming Annual Convention. The senior Swimmer of the year was Ryan Lochte. Way to go Matt!!

 Parents Need Guidance in Swimming?

The Big 3 (from my point of view) Posted in  Tips  with tags  coaching ,  consistency ,  parents role ,  pressure , swimming ,  training  on September 18, 2009 by swimmerjoe The pressure is huge in sw...

 Matt Curby in the only Real Suit!!!!!!

 Here is Matt Curby at Junior Nationals with the 2010 Real Suit!   The man, the myth, the legend!  

 Coach Joe's Twitter Page Change

Hello Guys---I have changed my twitter page to http://twitter.com/swimmerjoe  .   Please make a note of it and follow my noise.  I will be talking about practice, tips, general swimming info and som...

 Katie Davidson is at the Naval Academy

  Parents and Swimmers, Just wanted to share some photos sent by Katie Davidson. She has just arrived at the Naval academy. We are very proud of you! Best of luck! The Blue Dolfins..

 Practice World Records Set in June

  Practice World Records Set in June   (Oviedo Aquatic Center) June ? New Practice World Records were set this month in the Silver Group.   The training is starting to take effect and the young athle...

 Rachel Patterson & Gabrielle Spangenberg Enjoy Success at Open Water JO's

Rachel Patterson and Gabrielle Spangenberg enjoyed succes at the Open water JO?s in Ft. Myers last week.   Rachel achieved 11th place with a strong first half and Gabrielle came in strong with a 27th...

 Lucky's Lake Swim Videos

Orlando - (June 13) It was a great day for a lake swim at Dr. "Lucky" Meisenheimer's home and lake in Orlando.  Below are  3 videos of the arrival, the lake swim and the wall signing.  Pictures will...

 Lucky's Lake Swim photos

  Pictures from Lucky's

 New Practice World Records!

Three Silver Group practice World Records fall this week so far this week in training.  Two in the 500 yard freestyle and one in the 25 yard Breaststroke for the women.    Rachel Patterson and Ri...

 Stormed out

Stormed out?.. The morning started off very well with solid swims from many swimmers. 145 swimmers in all, the timeline was planned to finish up at 12:10 but unfortunately, the meet was cancelled due ...

 New officials clinic

We will offer a new officials clinic on June 20th. Any interested parents please attend. Start is 8:00 AM at OAC..

 Ocala Trip

  Congratulations to the daring souls who attempted the 3.4 mile swim against all odds. The fridged 84 degree water was infested with gators, cotton mouths, boogy boarders, and tubers. ok, mabey the g...

 Jason Coombs swims to gold in North Carolina

Special Congratulations to Jason Coombs for his performances this past weekend at the 7th annual Black Heritage National Championships in North Carolina! Jason competed in 6 events. Day one was the 50...

 World Running Record Set in 1 Lapper!

Natsuko Worrell broke the Gold group?s 1 lap World Running Record today in middle of a rain storm at the Oviedo Pool!   Her time of :37 seconds surpassed an eariler time of :38 set earlier in the d...

 Best Times in Horrible Conditions!

Today was a crazy weather day but we still came up with some great swims!  Rachel Patterson equaled her best time in the 500 freestyle from a push (5:46.00) and Ricardo Nuszkowski went a best tim...

 Dolfins Bring Home the Hardware this Weekend

This weekend was a big success for the Blue Dolfins at two different swim meets across Central Florida.   The Trinity Meet for 12 & Unders was almost a Blue Dolfin sweep of high point trophies while t...

 Great Day!

  We had a great workout today!   Everyone should feel pretty good about their efforts today.    10 year-old Reilly Maguire went his best time in the 100 back...during a set!   Crazy!   Looking forwar...

 Good Week of Work.....Finally!

It took a few days to get over the long weekend of Sebastian, but the athletes are beginning to come around in practice and get back into working hard and getting better.   The only Practice World Rec...

 Sebastian - Great Meet!

  Blue Dolfins had a great weekend in the tropical town of Sebastian.   Jason Coombs, Ryan Wright , and  Zach Poti all captured the most points in their respective age group and were awarded a bobble...

 Practice World Records Fall!

           Wow! What a crazy day!  The sprinters enjoyed much success today at the Oviedo Swim Complex! The Gold and Senior Groups also joined the fun and all set many Practice World Records in the ...

 Sprint Day Brings Best Times & a Practice World Record!

Silver Group World Record Sprint Day at the Oviedo Swim Complex was a great success today!  There were many best times in the 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke events as well as a carry over 1000 Silve...

 New Practice World Records Updated

Hello swimmers.   We want to keep some practice World Records times up-to-date.    If you remember your times from yesterday, let us know.   Go check out the records!

 Winter Haven "Rowdy Cup" Update

  Winter Haven (4/19/09) - The Winter Haven "Rowdy Cup" was this past weekend and the Blue Dolfins made a strong showing, coming up with the  3rd place team award . This meet, which was our first lo...

 New Blue Dolfins website to be launched in April.

  The Blue Dolfins will have a new website launched in April. The website will bring up to date team information, meet registration and personal account information to all team members.