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Weekly Mailer
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May 28, 2014 |
Dear Swimmers and Parents,
Piranha Meet Recap
Over
May 17-18 weekend we had 15 VJO swimmers at the Piranha Meet.
We had lots of great first time swims with even some new time
standards achieved. Sunny Kanzan (8)
achieved a new “B” time in the 50 fly (59.22),
Alexandra Grant (7) achieved a new “A”
time in the 100 Free with a 1:31.85, and Gabriel
Cueva (9) achieved a new short course “JO” in
the 100 breast with a 1:33.29. Great job VJO swimmers!
Thank you for attending the Piranha Meet.
SASO Meet Info and Reminders
DATE: Fri May 30th & Sat May
31st
START TIMES: Friday – 4:45 p.m. warm-up, meet starts
at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday
– 8:45 a.m. warm-up, meet starts at 10:00 a.m.
CHECK-IN: The meet will be pre-seeded. As a courtesy,
please notify your coach of absences or scratches prior to the
start of each session.
LOCATION: Solano Community College Pool, 4000 Suisun
Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 94534
DIRECTIONS: Off I-80 take Suisun Valley Road, from either
direction, and head North on Suisun Valley Road to second
stoplight. Turn right onto Solano College Drive. The pool is around
the back of the buildings. A campus map can be found at www.SASOswimming.org on the
“Contact Us” page.
PARKING: Friday: Day-use parking permit is $1.00 --
valid only in designated student lots.
Saturday: Free weekend parking in all designated student
lots.
SPECIAL PARKING INSTRUCTIONS: Parking and traffic
regulations will be enforced in all faculty lots, red zones,
handicapped spots, etc. 24 hours a day. PARKING, STOPPING,
DROP-OFF, AND PICK-UP ARE NOT PERMITTED IN RED ZONES,
FACULTY/STAFF, OR COSMETOLOGY LOTS. NO STOPPING IN RED ZONE
TURNABOUT. NO VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED ON THE SERVICE ROAD AROUND THE
POOL – SERVICE ROADS MUST BE CLEAR AT ALL TIMES FOR FIRE AND
EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Unfortunately, the parking lots located nearest
to the pool are faculty and cosmetology lots and may not be
used.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Shark Pride Day – Thursday May 29th
5-7pm
This
Thursday, May 29th is Shark Pride
Day! All groups will be swimming together from
5:00-7:00pm. 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.
VJO SWIM-A-THON - June 24th
It’s
time to start getting pledges! The VJO Swim-A-Thon will be
held on Tuesday June 24th. This year we will be
dividing into two groups to swim. Senior and Age Group will swim
from 3:30-5:30pm and Hammerheads 1 & 2,
Leopard Sharks and Makos will swim from
5:30-7:30pm. We will be having a potluck
afterward. Information and pledge sheets are in your file
folders at the pool. Extra pledge sheets and info can be
found in Cyndee Bogards file folder. Remember our
team goal is to raise $20,000. There are
also some great prizes offered for those swimmers raising over
$200.
Vallejo Aquatic Club Masters
It is
official! Vallejo Aquatic Club is now a registered USA
Masters Swim Team. Help spread the word. Workouts are Monday and
Wednesdays from 7:30-8:30pm at the Cunningham Pool. Our 1st
workout begins this Monday May 19th. Monica Linn
will be our coach. Come one, come all!
Vallejo
Aquatic Club Masters welcomes swimmers of all abilities. Whether
you want to improve your overall fitness, swim just for fun,
develop better technique, or train for triathlons, open water
swims, or pool swimming competitions, our workouts are designed to
challenge people of all abilities.
Workouts:
Monday & Wednesdays 7:30-8:30pm
Location: Cunningham Pool
Ages: 18 and over
Fees: $30/month or $5 drop in
Pacific
Masters Swimming Registration Required $50/year (http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/application.shtml
)
How to register: Email Jennifer Thiem at jenniferthiem@vallejoaquatics.org or stop by the
pool during our Masters workout times.
UPOMING MEETS:
SASO Long Course Dual Meet - May 30/31
The
SASO Long Course Dual Meet will be held at the Solano Junior
College on Friday May 30th and Saturday May
31st. See above for more detail.
Napa C/B/A+ Long Course Meet - June 7-8
The
meet will be held at the Napa Valley Junior College on June
7-8. This will be one of our team designated meets for the
month of June. This meet is closed for
entries.
TIME:
Sessions will begin at 9:00am each day, with warm ups from 7:30am
to 8:45 am.
LOCATION: Napa
Valley College. 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA
Westside Aquaducks Long Course C/B/A Meet - June
27-29
The
Westside Meet is CLOSED! The meet will be held at the
Petaluma Swim Center, 900 E. Washington Street,
Petaluma.
TIME: Friday’s session will begin at 5:00pm, with
warm-ups from 3:30-4:45pm. Saturday and Sunday sessions will begin
at 9:00am
each
day, with warm-ups from 7:30-8:45am.
MAY SWIMMERS OF THE MONTH
The
following swimmers did an outstanding job last month and have been
awarded swimmer of the month for April. These swimmers are
also awarded with a Swimmer of the Month cap.
Hammerheads
1 (Monica Group): Teresa Barba-
Finocchi
Hammerheads
2 (Sam’s 6:30 Group): Emily
Rodriguez
Leopard
Sharks (Sam’s 5:30 Group): Trinity
Rivera
Mako
Sharks (Hillary’s Group): Elena
Duenas
Age
Group: Zoe Crowder
Senior
Group: Esther Hurst
2014 SPRING MEET DATES:
May
May
29 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups 5:00-7:00pm)
May 30-31 - SASO Long Course Dual Meet (Solano
College)
June
June 7-8 - Napa Valley C/B/A+ Long Course Meet
(Napa Valley JC)
June
11 - Weekday Long Course
Morning Practice (M/W/F Senior & Age Group)
June
14 - Saturday Long Course
Practice (7-9am)
June
21 - Annual Pool Party
& Alumni Reunion (12-4pm)
June
24 - Swim-A-Thon
(Senior/Age Group 3:30-5:30, Everyone Else
5:30-7:30pm)
June
26 - Shark Pride Day
Intersquad Meet (All Groups 5-7pm)
June 27-29 - Westside Aquaducks Long Course C/B/A+
Meet
July
July
4
- 4th of
July Parade (No Practice)
July 11-13 - Junior Olympic Championships
(JO Qualifiers, San Jose, CA)
July
15
- Picture Day (Individuals @ 3:30, Team Picture @
5:30)
July
24
- Shark Pride Day 6-7pm
July 26-27 - Zone 3 Long Course
Championships (Team Meet, Vallejo, CA)
July 30-Aug 3 - Senior Western Zone Champs (Senior Group
Qualifiers, Clovis CA)
July 30- Aug 3 - Long Course Far Western Championships (FW
Qualifiers, Concord, CA)
August
Aug
6-9 - Western Zone Age
Group Championships (WZ Qualifiers, Federal Way, WA)
Aug 9-10 - REAL Short Course Championships (Team Meet,
Trial /Final –Vintage HS, Napa)
Aug
11-24 - Team Break (No Practice for 2
weeks)
Aug
25 - First Day of
Fall Practice
Aug
28 - Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
Aug
30 - Team Water
Park Trip – Water World
September
Sept
1 - No Practice
(Labor Day)
Sept
13 - Ukiah Dual Meet /
Camping
Sept
19 - 2014 VJO Awards Banquet
(SPSV Cafetiria, 5-9pm)
Sept
25 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups 5-7pm)
Sept 26-28 - Marin Pirates Senior Meet (Indian Valley
College)
