Terrapins of Month

12/1/2008 was our first week to reward Turtles of the week. This is a reward given to an outstanding swimmer bi-weekly, one girl and one boy. This award is given to swimmers there during practice and/or meets have shown outstanding attitude and performance.
 

Week 14
Becca Taylor	Sergio Cortina
Our turtles of the week this week are Becca Taylor and Sergio Cortina-Sanchez. Becca is a very hard worker who is very motivated. She is always focused on what her coaches are asking her to do and is always ready for the next set. In this extreme heat that we have been getting lately Becca is one of the few people who continue to show up with working hard still on her mind. It is her attitude and work ethics that help her fellow swimmers continue to push forward. Sergio is in the same mind set as Becca. He shows up to practice knowing that he is there for one reason and one reason only. His goal is to improve as a swimmer and the way he practices he has done nothing but accomplish this goal time and time again. I am very proud of both of our turtles this week and look forward to watching them grow into adult swimmers.

Week 13
Makenna Meyers	Graham Hovorka
Our turtle of the weeks are Graham Hovorka and Makenna Meyers. Graham is a swimmer that shows up to practice ready to swim and ready to learn. He has started to understand how to walk that fine line of when to play and when to be serious a lot better as of late. Graham is always trying his best to make the corrections that are given to him on any stroke. Makenna has always done a great job of working hard at practice. Recently she has started to remember what her name is and no longer stops when other people’s names are being called out. Her times in summer league are a direct reflection of how hard she is working at practice. We hope that both of our turtles continue to work hard!!!!

Week 12
Kaitlin Keys	Garve Hays
Our turtles of the week this week are Garve Hays and Kaitlin Keys.  Garve is one of our newer turtles and has shown a great deal of effort at practice. Whether it be finishing a set or correcting something he has been told Garve puts forth 110% effort the whole time.  As long as Garve continues to push forward I am certain he will have a great summer this year! Kaitlin is one of our more quiet swimmers who sneak by at practice. She has recently started to realize her true talent in swimming and is starting to finish her works early.  I am not sure what lit the fire in her eyes to work so hard but I am glad that it happened. I always knew that one day she would realize how good of a swimmer she truly is.

Week 11
Paige Fery	Tyler Wiesepape
Our turtles of the week this week are Paige Fery and Tyler Wiesepape. Paige has really started to show us how serious she is with her swimming.  She is the type of swimmer that when you look into her eyes you see nothing but determination and fuel. Her practice habits have done nothing but improve all year long and are now at the point where her fuel is about to be lit on fire. I am looking forward to seeing what she does once the fire is burning inside her. Tyler is one of our newer swimmers that we have picked up this season. He is a very strong swimmer and when his mind gets set to something you can tell that there is no giving up until it is completed. He is also one of the few boy swimmers we have that does not spend a lot of his time talking during practice. He shows up for one thing and one thing only and that is to improve upon himself as a swimmer.

Week 10
Erica Strautman	Jackson Kaye
Before I let you know about our turtles of the week I wanted to mention that going into Long Course season we will be doing turtles of the week bi-weekly This also allows our Turtles to be able to enjoy the stuffed Turtles a little longer.  Our "Turtles of the week are Erica Strautman and Jackson Kaye.  Erica is a pleasure to have at practice because she has a very positive attitude. She is always ready to pay attention and wait for instruction without all the jumping and splashing around. When corrected she tries her best to continue on her strokes with the correction. Jackson is a Teal level swimmer who is in Coach Meagan’s group. From what I have seen and heard, Jackson has some of the best manners towards his Coaches at practice. He does not argue with his coaches at all and is always willing to give his 110% at practice. We are very proud of our turtles this week and are looking forward to other turtles working hard!

Week 9

Christina Walker

Our only Turtle of the week this week is Christina Walker. Christina is a joy to have on our team. She is always at practice with a positive attitude and never complains about anything. She sets a great example for our other swimmers and will continue to excel at swimming with her awesome work habits.

Week 8
Matt Braswell	Claire Bradley
Our turtles of the week this week are Matt Braswell and Claire Bradley. Matt is a teal swimmer who has greatly improved his practice habits recently. He has been working hard to be the first swimmer done with his set and is setting a good example for the other swimmers. Matt is always courteous at practice and often helps his teammates out when needed. Claire is one of those swimmers that will continue swimming no matter what kind of distractions are going on in and around her lane. She is a very hard worker that pushes to finish her work outs every time. Claire is a very strong swimmer who continues to push herself and those around her to become better at swimming.

Week 7
Mike Garcia	Tayler Galvan
Our turtles of the week are Mike Garcia and Tayler Galvan. Mike is in the Teal group and is one of those swimmers that always shows up early for practice. Meagan tells me that he is a very good listener and always does what she asks him to. I can tell you from my experience that he is a very fun and bright swimmer to have around. Tayler is very highly self motivated and wants more than anything to improve upon her skills as a swimmer.  She shows up to practice, gets in the pool right away, and starts knocking down sets like it’s her job. She takes all the corrections we have for her to heart and we really see her try to improve and fix anything we give her.

Week 6

Komay and Komie Nguyen

Our turtles of the week this week are 2 girls, sisters to be more accurate, Komay and Komie Nguyen. As I do not always get to watch these 2 girls during practice Coach Meagan tells me that they are 2 of the most respectful swimmers that she has. They do all of the work when asked to and do not ever stop to play around in the middle of a set. I was also told that these 2 girls have started doing intervals using the clock and not messing it up!! I know Coach Meagan is proud of them as well as I am and look forward to seeing these girls progress their swimming even further.

Week 5
Byron Keller	Sarah Orr
Our turtles of the week this week are Sarah Orr for the girls and Byron Keller for the boys. Sarah was just recently moved up to the aqua group for her hard work at practice. She is one of the swimmers we have that come to practice and do their work without having to be told to go. She is always working hard to better herself in her strokes. Her attitude at swim meets is always positive and is always ready to soak up any info about her swimming that she can get. Byron is the only 6 year old I have ever met that WANTS to be in the 500 free. He is a very hard worker and wants nothing more than to do his best to make himself and his coaches proud of him. This past weekend at LSU he showed us what true sportsmanship is and was congratulating his competition any time he lost a race as well as cheering on his team mates as they swam their hearts out. We are very proud of both of our turtles this week and are looking forward to seeing who will be our next turtles.

Week 4
Kevin Johnson	Katelynn Grein
Our turtles of the week this week are Katelynn Grein and Kevin Johnson. Katelynn was just moved up to the Aqua group recently and has been tearing through our workout boards. She is one of the swimmers that we hardly ever have to ask to keep on swimming as she is always moving through her sets on her own. She listens very well to instruction and we can tell that she really focuses on any corrections that we give her on her strokes. Kevin is one of our Junior group swimmers that constantly finishes his work out (close to 8000 meters on some days). No matter who is in the same lane as him he will always push hard to finish his sets so that he can improve as a swimmer. Kevin has great work ethics and really listens to us during his time that he swims with us. When we tell him what we are seeing him swim he will not argue with us at all and will do his best to fix what we have told him to. Thanks to our turtles of the week this week, keep up the good work. To all our swimmers keep on working hard for us, but mostly for you, and your name will be in this weekly update one day.

                              Week 3

Max Harbour		Abbie Jones

Our Turtles of the week this week are Max Harbour for the boys and Abbie Jones for the girls. Max is one of our most improved swimmers that we have at practice right now. He comes to practice on a regular basis and it was not long ago that he was doing doggy paddles to breath. He has worked his little tail off and been listening to coach Meagan very well and has been dropping lots of time off his events at meets because of his improvements. Abbie is a very strong swimmer who knows when its time to have fun and when it is time to be serious. She comes to practice ready to work hard and is there even when its snowing outside!!! We are very proud of our turtles this week and look forward to watching their improvements.

 

                            Week 2

Hal McNeese		Vivian Evans

                            Week 1  

Collin Stewart		Kelsey Johnson