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Weekly Mailer
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July 16, 2018 |
***PARENTS NEEDED TO HELP TRANSPORT
TEAM EZ-UPS TO UKIAH MEET***
Hey VJO Parents! Our
coaches need your help. We need a couple families help
out with transporting our team Ez-ups (5 total) to the
Ukiah Meet this weekend. It will be hot at the meet this
weekend, so we need as much shade as we can get. Please contact
Coach Jennifer ([email protected] or 707-292-6473)
if you are able to help out. Thank you parents for all of your help
and support. We couldn't do it without you!
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
LAST MORNING PRACTICE - Wed July
18th
Hey Senior, Junior 2 and Junior Groups! The
last summer long course morning practice will be this Wednesday
July 18th. It was fun while it lasted...
NO PRACTICE - Friday July
20th
There will be NO PRACTICE for any
groups this Friday July 20th. Our coaches and swimmers will be
attending the Ukiah Meet and Sectionals Meet on this day. Good
luck swimmers!
SHARK
PRIDE DAY
Thursday,
July 26th (All Groups, 5-7pm)
Next Thursday,
July 26th is Shark Pride Day. On
this day all groups will be swimming together
from 5:00-7:00pm. We want to encourage
team unity by having the entire swim team practice
together. Everyone will be warming up together working on
skills together and playing games together. We will do fun
games and relays at the end. Show off
your Shark spirit! Wear your turquoise team shirt
to school and around town on this day. We will give all
swimmers a team tattoo that are wearing their team shirt on this
day. This will be a team building day with a great
opportunity to get to know swimmers in other
groups.
REAL Hawaiian Luau
SPIRIT WEEK (July 30-Aug 2)
Combined Practice Times for July
30st - Aug 2nd :
4:30-6:30pm – 11
& Overs
6:00-7:30pm – 10
& Unders
It’s time to start getting ready for REAL Summer
Championships! The theme for REAL Championships this year is
Hawaiian Luau. Start getting your Hawaiian Luau costumes ready for
the REAL costume parade. We are dividing the practice times
during Spirt Week by ages. Swimmers 11 years and older will
practice from 4:30-6:30pm and swimmers 10 years of age and younger
will practice from 6:00-7:30pm. This will enable our swimmers
to be able to work together on their REAL Relays (8&Under,
9-10, 11-12 & 13 & Over) and team cheers. This will
also give our older swimmers a chance to help work with some of our
younger swimmers.
REAL’s
HAWAIIAN LUAU SPIRIT WEEK SCHEDULE
Monday July
30st – Team Cheer
Day
On this day we will be working on
our team cheers. From 6:00-6:30pm we will be doing team cheers
together as a team. Make sure to bring your loud voice and team
spirit.
Tuesday July
31st – Poster Making
Day
From 6:00-6:30pm on this day All
Groups will create “Good Luck” posters to hang up at
REAL Championships.
Wednesday Aug
1st – Relay
Day
On this day we will be focusing on
and running through all our relays for REAL’s. Make sure you
are here this day so you can work on your relays with ALL your
relay mates.
Thursday Aug
2nd – Carbo Load
Day
On this day we will be having a
carbo filled potluck after practice. More info on the Carbo Load
Potluck to follow soon.
SWIM-A-THON
UPDATE
Great job everyone at the Shark-A-Thon.
We really appreciate everyone who helped out. Our
current fundraising is $6,037 we are a little over halfway to our
goal with a month to go to turn in money. Sarah
Melanephy will keep updating the fundraising lane line
online.
Top Fundraising
Efforts:
The current top fundraiser so far
is Nathan
Cheng with $525.
In 2nd place is Katie
Marsden with $516
in donations. Mackenzie Kawashiri is in 3rd
with $465 in donations
Great job and keep it up!
LAST DAY TO TURN IN DONATIONS:
Friday July 27th
LET’S GO
CAMPING
Ukiah
Dolphins C/B/A SCY Meet
July
20-22 2018
Get your
sleeping bags and marshmallows ready! On July 20-22 VJO will
be attending the Ukiah Dolphins C/B/A+ SCY Meet and will be camping
at the Bushay Recreation Area Campgrounds at Lake
Mendocino. The price is $25-$30 per night with a maximum of 8
people plus 2 vehicles per campsite. Total of $50-$60 per
campsite for 2 nights stay (Friday July 20th &
Saturday July 21th).Campsites could accommodate 2
families. If we have 2 families per campsite we can split
the cost. Bathrooms and showers are close by. Campsites
were mostly shade, however the October Wildfires could have change
the amount of shade we have this year. This is the only Campgrounds
open this year at Lake Mendocino, due to the October Wildfires.
This campground will fill very very quickly. Get your campsite
today.
How to
Reserve your Campsite:
Families interested
in camping during the Ukiah Swim Meet, please make your own
reservations. All the team reserved campsites have been taken by
our families (B72, B74, B77,
B78, B79, B80, B81, B82, B83,
B84). To make your own reservation call 1-877
444-6777 or go to http://www.recreation.gov/. Choose Bushay
Recreation Area Campground. We would like to keep our families
close together, so kids are not walking through other
people’s campsites.
Questions: Contact
Miriam Rivera at [email protected] or call /
text after 4:30pm (707) 315-2672. We have VJO families staying in
the following campsites: B72,
B74, B77, B78, B79,
B80, B81, B82, B83, B84. These campsites are closer to the
grassy play area and lake access.
SUMMER PRE-TEAM SWIM PROGRAM 2018 (May
1st –Oct
30th 2018)
Vallejo Aquatics
is excited to offer the Summer Pre-Team Swim Program; designed for
beginner level swimmers wanting to join and be part of the swim
team. Our Pre-Team Program will start May 1st. This program is the
perfect way to learn to swim and get swim team ready. Our
professional coach staff will teach you to:
- Swim a length of the pool (25 yards) freestyle using side breathing
- Swim and length of the pool (25 yards) backstroke without stopping
- Learn the basics of breaststroke
- Learn the basics of butterfly
- Learn a front somersault
- Learn a head first dive
Requirements: Must
be able to swim a length of the pool (25 yards) and be comfortable
in the deep end.
Schedule: 6:00-6:45pm
Monday-Thursday
Fees: $80
per month & $45 Pacific Swimming Summer Registration Fee
(onetime fee, good for entire summer)
PARENTS – COME JOIN OUR VJO
MASTERS SWIM GROUP
Interested in
getting in a good swim workout in or learning how to swim more
effectively? Come join our VJO Masters Swim Group on Monday and
Wednesday evenings from 6:00-7:00pm. Met our amazing new Masters
Coach Brendan Kerney.
WORKOUT
TIME: Monday and Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm
COST: $30/
month
$10
drop-in fee
USMS
REG: Adults must be registered with US Masters
Swimming to participate
COACH: Your new
Masters coach is Brendan Kerney. He has
been coaching for over 15 year, is a past VJO swimmer and VJO swim
coach and is currently the Vallejo HS Head Swim Coach. Welcome
Brendan!
UPCOMING
MEETS:
UKIAH
DOLPHINS SHORT COURSE C/B/A MEET – July
20-22
The Ukiah Short
Course C/B/A+ Meet on July 20-22 is CLOSED. We
will be camping as a team at the Bushay Recreational Area
Campgrounds (different campgrounds from last year). This will be a
very fun meet with lots of fun events (25 Free for all ages),
fun relays and a fun time camping together.
Meet Location: Ukiah High
School Pool (1000 Low Gap Road Ukiah, CA 95482)
Time: On
Friday please arrive by 3:45pm, warm-ups are from 4:00 to
4:45pm and the meet will begin at 5:00PM. On
Saturday and Sunday please arrive at 7:15am, warm-ups will start at
7:30am and the meet will begin at 9:00am.
Camping: Get
your sleeping bags and marshmallows ready! On July 20-22 VJO
will be attending the Ukiah Dolphins C/B/A+ SCY Meet and will be
camping at the Bushay Recreation Area Campgrounds at Lake
Mendocino. The price is $25-$30 per night with a maximum of 8
people plus 2 vehicles per campsite. Total of $50-$60 per
campsite for 2 nights stay (Friday July 20th &
Saturday July 21th).Campsites could accommodate 2
families. If we have 2 families per campsite we can split
the cost. Bathrooms and showers are close by. Campsites
were mostly shade, however the October Wildfires could have change
the amount of shade we have this year. This is the only Campgrounds
open this year at Lake Mendocino, due to the October Wildfires.
This campground will fill very very quickly. Get your campsite
today.
How to
Reserve your Campsite:
Families interested
in camping during the Ukiah Swim Meet, please make your own
reservations. All the team reserved campsites have been taken by
our families To make your own reservation, call 1-877 444-6777 or
go to http://www.recreation.gov/. Choose Bushay
Recreation Area Campground. We would like to keep our families
close together, so kids are not walking through other
people’s campsites.
Questions: Contact
Miriam Rivera at [email protected] or call /
text after 4:30pm (707) 315-2672. We have VJO families staying in
the following campsites: B72,
B74, B77, B78, B79,
B80, B81, B82, B83, B84. These campsites are closer to the
grassy play area and lake access.
FAR
WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2018 Summer
Long Course Far Western Championships Meet on July
26-29th is CLOSED for entries. The meet
will be held at Campolindo High School in Moraga. This is a
qualifying meet, all swimmers must have achieved the FW time
standard to enter this meet.
SUMMER REAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ***OPEN FOR
ENTRIES***
August 3-5th 2018
LOCATION: Petaluma Swim Center, 900 E.
Washington Street, Petaluma CA
ENTRY DEADLINE: Tuesday, July
24th by 7:30pm
ENTRIES: Swimmers may compete
in one individual event Friday night and
up to 3 individual events, plus relays on
Saturday and Sunday. Team entries
will be done by Hy-Tek Team Manager so all paper consolidated entry
forms must be turned in by Tuesday, July
24th by 7:30pm to the manila folder
at the pool. The manila folder can be found hanging on the
team bulletin board next to the Shark Tank.
- Swim your best events! This is
a Championship Meet and we are going for points. Talk to your coach
if you have any questions on what events to swim.
- All swimmers entered in
meet will be ENTERED IN RELAYS unless
coaches are otherwise informed. Count on being in a relay.
RELAYS: Coaches will enter the relays.
We will put ALL entered VJO swimmers in relays, so please notify
the coaches if you are not able to be in a relay. VJO
will cover the cost of relays.
START
TIME: Swimmer are expected to arrive by
3:45pm to warm-up on Friday and arrive on
Saturday and Sunday morning by 7:30am to
warm-up. The meet will start at 5:00pm on Friday and
9:00am on Saturday and Sunday. The start time of finals (~4pm) will
be announced each morning.
FINALS: The
top 16 swimmers in each event will move on to swim in finals. All 8
& Under events and 9-10 relays will be swum as timed finals (in
the morning session). Longer events will also be swum as timed
finals. Please check the meet sheet for the list of timed
final events.
SPIRIT AWARD & COSTUME
PARADE : The REAL theme this year is
Hawaiian Luau. We will all be dressing up in
the Hawaiian Luau fashion. Breakout your Hawaiian shirts and
hula skirts. We are trying to win the SPIRT AWARD this year! There
will be a Costume Parade held Saturday before finals, make sure you
have your costumes ready. Lots of items you already have at home
could be used for a costume. All VJO swimmers please show your
team spirit and dress with the Hawaiian Luau theme for the
parade. Let’s get that SPIRIT AWARD!
SATURDAY TEAM
LUNCH: On Saturday afternoon, between trials and finals we
will be having a team lunch together at the pool. More info
on the team lunch will be sent out after we get a head count.
UPCOMING
DATES:
JULY
July
20th - NO PRACTICE (Meet
day)
July
20-22 - Ukiah Dolphins Short Course Meet
& Camping (All Groups, Ukiah)
**NO Friday Afternoon
Practice**
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)
July 31-Aug
3 - REAL HAWAIIAN LUAUSPIRIT WEEK
(Combined Practice Times
Mon-Thurs)
4:30-6:30pm – 11
& Overs
6:00-7:30pm – 10
& Unders
AUGUST
Aug
3-5 - REAL SUMMER
CHAMPIONSHIPS (All Groups, Petaluma Swim Center) ***OPEN***
"Hawaiian Luau" Theme
Aug 6-19
- Team Break (No Practice)
Aug 20
- First Day of Fall
Practice
