Dear VJO Swimmers and Parents,
Good Luck at Far
Western Championships!
We would like to wish our Far Western swimmers good luck this
week at the 2013 Speedo Far Western Championships in San Jose,
CA. Our swimmers will be competing against some of the top teams in
the Nation. This year we will also be treated with competing
against multiple teams from Canada and Mexico.Good luck
to,Evan Augst (18), Mirelle Augst (15), Ares
Elmore (18), Kelley Henderson (18), Maya Hunter (10), Sota Kanzan
(14), Milton Lau (18), Brandon Miguel (17), Alyssa Powell (14),
Dylan Powell (18), Elina Rosario (13), Mary Welton (17)
and Marshall Zia
(18). Swim Fast!
Swim-A-Thon…We did
it!
The final count is not quite in, but we have raised over
$15,800 for our 2013 Swim-A-Thon. Great
job everyone! We were able to reach our team goal of $15,000.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible.
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
Spirit Week –
Aug 5th -8th
Next
week we will be having a special practice schedule to help get our
swimmers ready for Zone 3 Championships. On both Wednesday 8/7 and
Thursday 8/8 we will have an All Team Practice from 5-7pm. These
two days will be a great chance for swimmers to work together on
relay start, team cheers and team posters for the meet. Go
Sharks!
Monday
Aug 5th
-
Regular Practice
Tuesday Aug 6th
- Regular
Practice
Wednesday Aug
7th - All Team Practice
5-7pm – Team Cheer Day
Thursday Aug
8th -
All Team Practice 5-7pm – Poster Making
Day
Friday
Aug 9th -
No Practice - Zone 3 Championships
Job Sign-Ups for Zone 3 Champs
Our team is only in charge of
Set-up, Take-down/ Clean-up, and Snack Bar at Zone
3 Championships. Your participation in these three areas for this
meet is critical. The following link will directly connect you to
the available jobs for this upcoming event. Remember it is a first
come, first serve event, so don't delay. Access to the Job Sign-Up
System will require you to login into your team account. Don't
worry, if you have forgotten your password, you can click the
"Here" link on the login page and you will be re-directed to submit
your account email address. Your password will immediately be
emailed to you.
https://www.teamunify.com/Login.jsp?team=vjo&id=
50a309006
UPCOMING
MEETS:
Zone 3 Championships (Aug 9-11)
Entries for the meet are
CLOSED. This will be our last meet of
the summer season. Championships will be held at our Vallejo
Pool this year, so no commuting necessary. This will be a
trials/finals meet. Relays will be swum on both Saturday and
Sunday. All VJO swimmers should plan on being in relays unless
informed otherwise by your coach.
SAVE THE
DATE:
·
July 31-Aug 4– Long Course Far Western
Championships (San Jose, CA)
· Aug
5-8 - Spirit Week
Aug 5th – Monday
– Regular Practice Schedule
Aug 6th – Tuesday
– Regular Practice Schedule
Aug 7th –
Wednesday 5-7pm (All Team Practice – Team Cheer Day)
Aug 8th -
Thursday 5-7pm (All Team Practice – Poster Making
Day)
· Aug
7-10 - Western Zones (Roseville,
CA)
· Aug
8-10 - North American Challenge Cup
(Federal Way, WA)
·
Aug 9-11
- Zone 3 Championships (Vallejo, CA)
· Aug
12-25 - Team Break (No Practice - 2 weeks)
· Aug
26 - First
Day of Fall Practice
· Aug
29 - Shark
Pride Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
· Sept
2 - No
Practice (Labor Day)
· Sept
14 - 2013 VJO Awards
Banquet
· Sept
26 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups 5-7pm)
·
Sept 27-29 - VJO Short Course C/B/A
Meet
· Sept
30 - No Practice (Meet
Recovery Day)