
Weekly Mailer
May 10, 2018 |
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
LONG COURSE MORNING
PRACTICE – SAT MAY 12th
There will be long course morning practice offered this
Saturday May 12th for ALL groups. This will be our last
chance long course practice before our home long course meet next
weekend. We will
PRACTICE TIMES:
6:45-8:30am
Senior / Junior 2 / Junior Groups
7:00-8:30am
Leopard & Mako Groups (Game time at end)
7:00-8:30am
Hammerhead 1 & 2 Groups (30 min of game time at end)
JOB SIGN-UPS – WE
STILL NEED YOUR HELP!
May Long Course Meet
: Parents please click on the link below to sign-up for
your volunteer job. We need everyone's help to make our home meets
successful. We still need help in many areas. Please remember each
family is required to work at least 10 hours and all our home
meets. Sign-up sheets can also be found at the pool.
June Senior Open
Meet: Parents please click on the link below to sign-up
for your volunteer job. We need everyone's help to make our home
meets successful. Sign-up sheets can also be found at the
pool.
PARENT EDUCATION –
GUEST SPEAKER – MAY 22nd
Hey VJO Parents! We have a great learning opportunity for you
this month. We know you want to be the best swim parent you can be
to support your child, so we have brought an expert to help you be
the best. On Tuesday, May 22nd from
6:00-6:45pm we will be having guest speaker Scott
Shea coming out from USA Swimming to talk to all of our
VJO parents. Scott Shea will be talking to all of
our VJO parents new and veteran about “swimming long
term” and how to be the best swim parent you can be. He will
also have lots of time to answer all your questions.
MORE ABOUT SCOTT SHEA: Prior to USA
Swimming, Shea served as a coach for 23-plus years
and most recently served as the head coach for the Sierra Marlins
Swim Team in Folsom, California. Other career highlights include
serving as a USA Swimming National Junior Team Coach in three
separate years throughout his career, as well as being named the
2004 Senior Coach of the Year by Pacific Swimming.
UPCOMING
MEETS:
VJO MAY LONG COURSE MEET
- May 18-20th
Our VJO May Long Course C/B/A Meet on May 18-20th
is CLOSED. We are very excited to
announce there will be RELAYS offered in our
May Meet! These relays will be very fun for our swimmers. Please
note the VJO coaches will enter swimmers in relays.
TIME:
Friday: Arrive at 3:30 for warm-ups. Meet starts at 5pm.
Saturday & Sunday: Arrive
at 7:15am. Warm-ups will start at 7:30am and
the meet will start at 9:00am. Remember parking is
easier the earlier you arrive.
LOCATION: Cunningham Pool
JOB
SIGN-UPS: Parents please click on the link below to
sign-up for your volunteer job. We need everyone's help to make our
home meets successful. Please remember each family is required to
work at least 10 hours and all our home meets. Sign-up sheets can
also be found at the pool.
MONTCLAIR SWIM TEAM
PENTATHLON (14 & Under) – JUNE 2nd ***OPENS MAY 14th***
The Montclair Swim Team Pentathlon Meet will open to VJO
swimmers for entries on Monday, May
14th. When this meet opens everyone needs
to get signed up IMMEDIATELY. The meet has already been open to
other teams for over two weeks, so VJO swimmers need to get signed
up the same day it opens to our Zone. His meet is open to all VJO
swimmers ages 14 and under.
SIGN UP OPEN:
MAY 14th
ENTER ONLINE:
https://ome.swimconnection.com/PC/mont20180602
LOCATION:
Acalanes High School, Lafayette
SASO TRI/QUAD LONG
COURSE MEET – JUNE 16th
The SASO Tri/Quad Long Course Meet on June 16th
will be opening in the next week for entries. This meet will be
open to ALL VJO swimmers. This meet will be a paper entry meet, so
entries will be emailed out to the team as soon as they become
available.
UPCOMING
DATES:
MAY
May 10-12 - High School Swimming Section
Championships (Qualifying HS, Lodi)
May 12 - Long Course
Morning Practice (ALL Groups 7:00-8:30am)
May 18-20 - VJO Long Course C/B/A
Meet (All Groups, Cunningham Pool)
May 21 - NO PRACTICE
(Meet Recovery Day)
May 28 - NO PRACTICE
(Memorial Day Holiday)
May 31 - Shark Pride
Day (5-7pm, All Groups)
JUNE
June
2
- Montclair Swim Team Pentathlon (14& Under – Acalanes
HS, Lafayette) ***OPENS MAY
14th***
June 11 - First Day of
LC Morning Practice (JR & SR Group M/W/F 6:45-9am)
June 16 - SASO
Long Course Tri/Quad Meet (All Groups, Solano College
)
June 23-24 - VJO Senior
Open Meet (Qualifying Seniors, Cunningham Pool) *** OPEN***
June 26
- Shark-A-Thon (All Groups
5-7pm)
June 28 - Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
June 30 - VJO Annual
Pool Party & Alumni Reunion (12-4pm, Cunningham Pool)
JULY
July 6-8 -
Junior Olympic Championships (Qualifying Meet, Location
TBA)
July
10
- Team Pictures (Individual @ 5pm & Team Picture @
5:45pm)
July
14
- Applebee's Fundraiser (Vallejo Applebee's 8-10am)
July 20-22 - Ukiah Dolphins
Short Course Meet & Camping (All Groups, Ukiah) ***UPDATED DATE
***
July 19-22 - Speedo CA/NV
Sectional Championships (Qualifying SR, Santa
Clarita)
July 26 - Shark
Pride Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
July 26-29 - Far Western
Championships (Qualifying, Moraga)
AUGUST
Aug 3-5
- REAL Summer Championships (All
Groups, Petaluma)
Aug 6-19 - Team Break
Aug 20 - First Day of
Fall Practice