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Weekly Mailer
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January 13, 2014 |
Dear Swimmers and Parents,
Good Luck Zone 3 Champ Swimmers!
We would like to wish our 2014 Winter Zone 3 Championship
swimmers good luck this weekend in Santa Rosa. VJO has 34 qualified
and attending swimmers. This is a trials and finals meet, so
the top eight swimmers in all 9 and over age groups come back and
compete again at night in finals. Please remember the meet is
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so there will be no swim practice on
Monday January 18th. GO
SHARKS!
VJO Zone 3 Championship Swimmers (34 swimmers
total)
8 & Under
Girls: Alexandra Grant & Sunny
Kanzan
8 & Under
Boys: AJ Caberto & Gabriel Cueva
9-10 Girls: Maya
Hunter & Anna Frances Reyes
9-10
Boys: Ethan Rosario
11-12 Girls: Abby
Argueta & Eliana Matteo
13-14 Girls:
Alyssa Powell, Elina Rosario, Esther Hurst, Sam Man, & Zoe
Crowder (Relays)
13-14 Boys: Nick
Bennett, Daniel Chavez, & Darren Chavez
15 & Over
Girls: Mirelle Augst, Mary Welton, Sam Lanoue, Talia
Peterson, Tess Schoonhoven, Amanda Radtke, Justeen Singley, &
Kaela Peterson (Relays)
15 & Over
Boys: Jake Everett, Izzy Fouad, Sota Kanzan, Brandon
Miguel, Xavier Quintana, Daniel Sanderson, Alexander Viray, Tim
Man, Justin Yee
UPCOMING EVENTS:
No Swim Practice: Monday January 20th
(Zone 3 Champs)
VJO Goes Ice Skating
Make sure to mark your calendars! Come join us on
Saturday, January 25th from 2-4pm for
Ice Skating at Vacaville Ice Sports Center. Please RSVP with
payment by Friday Jan 17th (place RSVP’s in the
Miguel Folder). Make sure to arrive 30 minutes early to get
your tickets and skates. Flyers have been placed in file
folders.
Date: Saturday
January 25th
Time: 2-4pm
(Please arrive @ 1:30 to get tickets and skates)
Cost: $8 per
skater
Deadline: Friday
January 17th (Please RSVP along with payment and return
to the Miguel Folder)
Any questions please
email or text only to Marylou at
[email protected] or (707)373-8771
Fentons Creamery &
Restaurant
After skating you are welcome to
join us at Fentons Creamery & Restaurant at
the Nut Tree – 1669 East Monte Vista Ave. Vacaville –
(707)469-7200 (10% discount to swimmers wearing VJO attire).
Girls VJO Team Suit for Purchase
The Villagomez Family ordered a team suit that is too small
and would like to sell it. The VJO Team suit for sale is a
brand new (never worn) size 26 girls “Q Suit” with the
Shark on the front. If you are interested in purchasing this
team suit please contact Jennifer Thiem at [email protected]
.
2014 Pacific Swimming Renewal
Registration
If you have not already turned in your 2014 Pacific Swimming
Registration check of $65, you will now need to re-fill out the
Pacific Swimming Registration form for each swimmer. Please
see Diane Powell for registration forms. Swimmers will not
be eligible to swim in 2014 if their Pac Swim registration checks
are not received. If you have any questions please
call Diane Powell at 707-342-1199.
UPOMING MEETS:
Zone 3 Winter Championships (Santa Rosa,
January 18-20, 2014)
Zone 3 Winter Championships will be held at the Santa Rosa
Junior College (Indoor Pool) on Sat Jan 18th- Mon
20th (MLK Holiday Weekend). Swimmers must have
achieved the qualifying time standards listed in the meet sheet to
swim in the meet. Meet is closed for entries.
Meet Information:
http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/ZONE320140118
LOCATION: Quinn Swim Center, Santa Rosa Junior
College, 1501 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA.
TIME: Prelims
Session “A” (13 & Overs, and 11-12 Distance Events)
for all days will begin at 8:30 AM with warm ups
between 7:00 AM and 8:15 AM. Prelims Session “B (12 &
Unders)” will begin no sooner than 11:00 AM
on Saturday and Sunday, and no sooner than 11:30AM on Monday.
Finals: Finals each day
will begin no sooner than 3:30PM or one hour after the
completion of Prelims Session “B (12 & Unders)”,
whichever is later. There will be warm-up available in the indoor
pool before the beginning of Session “B” and before the
beginning of Finals
All 8 & Under events are timed
finals and will only be swam in the morning session. 8 &
Under and 9-10 relays will be swam in the morning at the conclusion
of prelims. All 11 and Over relays will be swum in
finals.
Hotel Rooms at Zone 3
Winter Championships
VJO has 20 non-smoking rooms
reserved with two queen beds for the nights of 1/18 & 1/19. The
code name for our group is: JTA. The rooms are
$85/per night plus tax.
*Reserve your room before 1/3/14
individually guaranteed by credit card.*
Hotel: Sandman
Santa Rosa
Address: 3421
Cleveland Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Reservations: (707)
293-2100
Questions: Contact
Jennifer Thiem at [email protected]
or (707)292-6473
VJO C/B/A+ Meet - Feb 7-9
MEET IS ALMOST FILLED, Sign up
ASAP! Our VJO C/B/A+ Meet on February 7-9 is open for
entries online. All VJO swimmers are requested to attend this
meet. We will also need all our parent volunteer support to
help run this meet smoothly. The volunteer sign-up is
online
To Enter Online go
to: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/vjo20140207
Entry Deadline: ***MEET IS ALMOST FULL*** Sign up ASAP!!!
JANUARY SWIMMERS OF THE MONTH
The following swimmers did an outstanding job last month and
have been awarded swimmer of the month for January. These
swimmers are also awarded with a Swimmer of the Month cap.
Monica/Will’s Group:
Alexis Gentry
Sam’s Group: Sunny
Kanzan
Hillary’s Group:
Bryce Yee & Amalia Keilholtz
Age Group: Esther
Hurst
Senior Group: Zoey
Fredette
2014 FALL MEET
DATES:
January
Jan
18-20 - Zone 3 Winter
Championships (Zone 3 Qualifiers, Santa Rosa JC)
Jan
20 - No
Swim Practice (Zone 3 Champs)
Jan
25
- Ice Skating at (Vacaville Ice Sports Center
1:45-4:00pm)
Jan
30
- Shark Pride Day (All Groups 5:00-6:30pm)
February
Feb
7-9 - VJO
C/B/A+ Meet (Team Meet, Cunningham Pool)
Feb
10 - No
Practice (Meet Recovery Day )
Feb 13-17
- Lost Dutchman Meet (Senior /Age Group,
Chandler, Arizona)
March
Mar
1-2 - Zone 3 All
Star Meet (All Star Qualifiers, Burlingame HS)
Mar
8-9 - Piranha
Swimming C/B/A+ Meet (Team Meet, Rohnert Park)
Mar
14-16 - Junior Olympic
Championships (JO Qualifiers, Location TBA)
April
April
3-6 - Far Western
Championships (Far Western Qualifiers, Morgan Hill,
CA)
April 25-27 -
VJO Long Course C/B/A+ Meet (Team Meet, Cunningham
Pool)
May
May 15-17
- Sac-Joaquin Section Championships (Tokay HS, Lodi)
May 16-17 -
North Coast Section HS Championships (Location TBA)
May 18-19 -
Piranha Swimming C/B/A+ Meet (Team Meet, Rohnert
Park)
