
Weekly Mailer
January 27, 2014 |
Dear Swimmers and Parents,
VJO Get 5th at Zone 3
Champs!
Last weekend Vallejo Aquatic Club
competed at the 2014 Winter Zone 3 Championships in Santa
Rosa. VJO placed 5th overall and with only 32
swimmers attending. We had many stand out performances and
lots of finals swims. Our Girls 15&Over 400 Medley Relay
set a new VJO team Record with a 4:31.34.
Congratulations Mirelle Augst, Sam
Lanoue, Alyssa Powell, and Mary
Welton. Alexandra Grant (7) achieved a
new “A” time in the 50 Breast with a 55.82,
Maya Hunter (10) achieved a new Far Western time
in the 100 Fly with a 1:16.04, Anna Frances Reyes
(9) achieved a new “A” time in the 50 Breast with a
44.68, Ethan Rosario (10) achieved a new
“A” time in the 50 Breast (45.12) and a new
“A” time in the 100 Breast (1:36.00), and Abby
Argueta (11) achieved a new JO time in the 50 Breast with
a 37.16. Hopefully next year we will have even more swimmers
attending. Results have been emailed out and posted on both
the Pacific Swimming (www.pacswim.org) and Swim Connection
(www.swimconnection.com )
website. Great Job VJO!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Shark Pride Day – Thurs Jan 30th
5-6:30pm
This Thursday January 30th is Shark Pride
Day! All groups will be swimming together from
5:00-6:30pm. The last Thursday of every month is Shark Pride
Day. On this day, all VJO swimmers are encouraged to wear their
turquoise team shirts to school and around town. Show off
your Shark spirit! We want to encourage team unity by having
the entire swim team practice together. The team will be
warming up, work on skills together, and playing games
together. This will be a team building day with a great
opportunity to get to know swimmers in other groups.
Starts Clinic - Saturday Feb
1st 9-11am
Do you need help on your starts before or next VJO Meet?
Then come out and join the VJO coaches for a Starts Clinic on
Saturday February 1st from 9-11am. We will start
with a video in the portable building and then work on our starts
in the pool. See you there!
Hot Chocolate Food Needed!
We are in need of many food items for Hot Chocolate Night.
Last Thursday the food was looking very scares. Please bring
in anything you can. Thank you to Coach Sam, the Welton
Family, and the Miguel Family for bring in the hot soup the last
couple weeks… it was a big hit!
Food Items we need
donated:
Oreo’s
Boxes of cookies
Goldfish
Bags of chips
Pretzels
Pastries
Granola bars
Homemade cookies or brownies (or
anything)
Parent Volunteers Still Needed for VJO
Meet
Our meet is quickly approaching, and we still have quite a few
holes in our job signup sheets. The biggest needs are
Colorado, Hospitality, and
Marshals. Signing up is easy, either online (www.vallejoaquatics.org
) sign in to your team account, click on events, scroll down
to the Feb. meet hit job signup and sign up for the job and shift
of your choice. We also have paper sign-up sheets at the
pool.
UPOMING MEETS:
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
2013 FALL MEET
DATES:
January
Jan
30
- Shark Pride Day (All Groups 5:00-6:30pm)
February
Feb
1
- Starts Clinic (9-11am)
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)
Feb
22 -
VJO Goes to the Movies
Feb 27
- Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5:00-6:30pm)
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)
March 27
- Shark Pride Day (All Groups
5:00-6:30pm)
April
April
3-6 - Far Western
Championships (Far Western Qualifiers, Morgan Hill,
CA)
April 24
- Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5:00-7:00pm)
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)
May 29
- Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5:00-7:00pm)