
Weekly Mailer
February 27, 2013 |
Dear VJO Swimmers and Parents,
Good Luck All Star Swimmers!
We would like to wish a special good luck to Abigail
Argueta, Maya Hunter, andSam Man!
Abigail, Maya, and Sam will be traveling to Carson City Nevada this
weekend to competein the Pacific Swimming Zone All Star Meet. These
three VJO swimmers were amongst the top eight selected from their
age group to represent our Zone (Zone 3) at the meet this
weekend. They will be competing against our 4 other Zones in
Pacific Swimming (Zone 1 North, Zone 1 South, Zone 2, and Zone
4). Good Luck Ladies, Swim Fast! Thank you for
representing Vallejo Aquatics Club and our Zone 3.
VJO Meet Re-Cap
Great job at our meet this weekend! We had over 95 VJO
swimmers entered and swimming in our VJO C/B/A Feb 22-24
meet. The coaches would like to give a special thank you to
the Senior Groupers for helping out and buddying up with our
beginner and younger swimmers. Seniors you did a terrific job
helping out the younger ones and we thank you for all your
help. We had 21 new “B” time standards achieved,
18 new “A” time standards achieved, 2 new
“JO” (Junior Olympic) time standards achieved, 1 new
“FW” (Far Western) time standard achieved, and 1 new
“PRT” (Pacific Recognizable Time) standard
achieved. Sota Kanzan (14) achieved two
first time ever JO time standards this weekend, one in the 100 fly
(1:02.09) and one 200 fly (2:16.30). Sota also achieved a new
Far Western time standard in his 200 fly (2:16.30) and will now be
joining us at JO Champs and Far Western Champs in the Spring.
Evan Augst (18) achieved a new PRT (Pacific
Recognizable Time) in his 1000 Free on Friday night with a
10:12.74. Great job gentlemen!
Parents, thank you for all your help and support putting on
the meet this weekend. We could still use more volunteers on
the pool deck to allow the meet to run even smoother, but it was
great to see more faces on the pool deck. Unfortunately we
were a little shorthanded on Runners/Computer Room for the Sunday
portion of the meet. Although we did end up getting plenty of
volunteers for our Snack Bar on Sunday and can report a nice
profit. Thank you again to all the parent volunteers
that made our meet possible. We would like to also give a
special thank you to John Yee our Meet Director
for organizing such a great meet. John and his family spent
many long hours organizing and running the entire meet for
us. Thank you Yee family!
Upcoming
Events:
Shark Pride Day -
Thurs Feb 28th 5-6:30pm
This Thursday Feb 28th is Shark Pride Day!
All groups will be swimming together from 5-6:30pm. Show off
your Shark spirit! The last Thursday of every month is Shark
Pride Day. On this day, all VJO swimmers are encouraged to wear
their team shirts to school and around town. We want to
encourage team unity by having the entire swim team practice
together from 5-6:30pm. The team will warm-up together, work
on skills together, and play games/ relays together. This
will be a team building day with a great opportunity to get to know
swimmers in other groups.
Personalized Swim Caps
Last two days to
order your Personalized Swim Caps.
Don’t miss your
chance! You have the opportunity to
order Personalized Swim Caps for your child or yourself, we only do
this three times a year! These will be standard black caps
with white VJO and your name under the logo. You can choose to put
your first initial and last name, last name only, or other name on
your cap. If you would like to order personalized swim caps
please fill out the personalized swim cap order form and place in
the “Henderson” file with your check
payable to VJO and notation to “caps”. Personalized Cap Order Forms are due this
Thurs February
28th.
Personalized Swim Cap Cost:
Latex $12.00/2 caps
Silicone $25.00/2 caps
Spaghetti Feed – Sat March
23rd
The Spaghetti Feed is back on! Join us Saturday
March 23rd at St Pats/ St Vincent’s for our annual
Spaghetti Feed, Talent Show, and Dessert Contest. Swimmers make
sure to start perfecting your talents and desert. Top
contestants will receive prizes. More detail will be
available soon.
Date:Saturday
March 23rd
Location:St Pats
/St. Vincent’s Cafeteria (1500 Benicia Rd. Vallejo, CA
94591)
Time:Start 5:00pm,
Dinner 5:45pm, Talent Show and Desert Contest to follow
Upcoming
Meets:
QUIK C/B/A Meet (Rohnert Park, Honey
Bee Pool)
The QUIK C/B/A Meet on March 9-10 is closed for
entries. This meet will be located at the Honey Bee
Pool in Rohnert Park, CA.
Meet
Details:
Saturday - Part One (Freestyle) of
the Piranha Progressive Meet Series (PC-C/B/A+).
Sunday – Pentathlon (Age
Group)
Swimmers may compete in a total of
5 events each day
Junior Olympic Championships(San Ramon,
CA)
The 2013SpringJunior Olympic Championshipson March 15-17has
opened online for entries! The meet will be held at the San
Ramon Olympic Pool & Aquatic Park(9900 Broadmoor Dr., San
Ramon, CA 94583).To enter this meet, swimmers must have achieved
the JO time standard. Enter
Onlineat: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/SRVL20130315.
Deadline to enter: 11:59pm on Wednesday,
March 6, 2013.
Far Western Championships(Morgan Hill,
CA)
The 2013SpringFar Westerm Championships on April 4-7has opened
online for entries! The meet will be held at the Morgan Hill
Aquatic Center (16200 ConditRoad,Morgan Hill,CA).To enter this
meet, swimmers must have achieved the FWtime standard.
Enter online at:
http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/qss_fw20130404.
Online Meet Entry
deadline:Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at
11:59PM
Save the
Date:
· Feb
28 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups 5-6:30pm)
· Mar
3 - Zone All Star
Development Meet (Carson City, Nevada)
·
Mar 9-10 - QUIK C/B/A Meet (Rohnert Park,
CA)
·
Mar 15-17 - Junior Olympic Championships (San Ramon,
CA)
· Mar
23 - Spaghetti Feed/
Talent Show (St Pats HS Cafeteria)
· Mar
28 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups 5-6:30pm)
·
April 4-7 - Far Western
Championships (Morgan Hill, CA)
· April
13 - Team Bowling (Stars Bowling,
Vacaville)
·
April 19-21 - VJO C/B/A Meet (Cunningham
Pool)
· April
22 - No Practice (Day After
Home Meet)
· April
25 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups 5-7pm)
· April
27-28 - 10 & Under Championships (Sunnyvale, CA)
·
May 18-19 - QUIK C/B/A Meet (Rohnert Park,
CA)