This Thursday, November 29th is Shark Pride Day and Hot Chocolate Night. On this day all groups will be swimming together from 5:00-6:30pm.  Everyone will be warming up together working on skills together and doing relays together.  Show off your Shark spirit!  Wear your turquoise team shirt to school, around town and to practice on this day. We want to encourage team unity by having the entire swim team practice together.  This will be a team building day with a great opportunity to get to know swimmers in other groups.  See you there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our swimmers had such a great experience helping to Feed to Hungry earlier this month that we have decided to do it again next month.  On Sunday, December 30th from 4-6:30pm come help VJO give back to the community.  We need15-20 VJO swimmers to help out with the "Sparrow Project" and feeding the hungry and homeless.  This will take place at the 1st Baptist Church in Vallejo. Our swimmers will help set up, help serve food, and help clean up.  This is a great way for our swimmers to get involved in their community. Swimmers can also count this toward their community service requirements for school.  Swimmers under the age of 11 need to have a parent helping them.

SIGN UPS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE SOON

 

 

 

 

 

If you missed our last Team Suit Fitting Day don't worry, you can order team suits, parka's and other VJO team gear at any time. Just take an order form down to Making Waves Swim Shop in Walnut Creek and you can place an order at any time. Make sure you try on a team suit first. Order forms for team suits, team parka's and team gear are attached below. Order Forms can also be found on our team website and at the pool.  

2018 TEAM SUIT ORDER FORM 

2018 TEAM EQUIPMENT ORDER FORM             

2018 TEAM PARKA ORDER FORM   

 

 

 

 

 

The 2018 Winter 14 & Under Junior Olympic Championships is NOW OPEN for entries. The meet will be held on Nov 30th-Dec 2nd at the Soda Aquatics Center at Campolindo High School.  Entries will closed as soon as the time line has been reached.  Sign-up ASAP as the meet couple fill prior to the entry deadline. This is a qualifying meet.  The meet is only open to swimmers who have achieved the Winter JO qualifying time standards.

CLICK HERE FOR MEET SHEET

ENTER ONLINE: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/dcd20181208

TIME: Saturday and Sunday are split into sessions “A” and “B”

Session A -  All 13 & Over Athletes and 11-12 Girls. Arrive at 6:45am. Warm-ups from 7:00-8:15 AM. Meet begins at 8:30AM. ***CLOSED***

Session B -  All 10 & Under Athletes and 11-12 Boys. Session B will begin approximately one hour after Session A finishes, but not before 12:30PM. Arrive at  11am. Warm-up begins immediately after Session A finishes. ***OPEN STILL***

LOCATION: Giammona Pool, Westmoor High School, 131 Westmoor Avenue, Daly City, CA 94015

DIRECTIONS:  From central San Francisco: Take 280S. EXIT 48 / Sullivan Avenue towards Eastmoor Avenue. Keep LEFT to take ramp exit towards Eastmoor Avenue. LEFT onto Sullivan Avenue. Take 1st RIGHT onto Eastmoor Avenue. Eastmoor Avenue becomes Westmoor Avenue. Continue straight up Westmoor Avenue. At the 4th stop sign, LEFT turn onto Edgemont Drive. Giammona Pool is on your left. Park on the street. 2nd parking option: At the 3rd stop sign, turn left into the main Westmoor High School parking lot. Free Additional PARKING: Westmoor High School Main Parking Lot. Entrance off Eastmoor Avenue. Look for the green and yellow lighted Westmoor HS marquee/sign.

EVENTS: Please speak with your coach if you have questions about what events to enter.  Swimmers may enter 3-4 events per day.

***IMPORTANT MEET CHANGES***

The Zone 3 Winter Championships Meet on January 19-20 will be a trials and finals meet this year.  The meet is not open yet for entries. It will be run similar to REAL Championships where the top 8 swimmers will come back and swim in the evening for points.  The meet will be held at the indoor Santa Rosa Junior College Pool. This is our team Championship Meet for the Winter season. It is also a team scored meet, so we need ALL qualified VJO swimmers attending.  All swimmers must meet the Zone 3 Champs qualifying times.  We will send out the qualifying times soon.

LOCATION:  Quinn Swim Center, Santa Rosa Junior College (1501 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA )

RELAYS: There will be relays at this meet. All swimmers will be entered in realys unless coaches are notified otherwise.

TRIALS / FINALS: This year the Zone 3 Winter Championships will be run as a Trials/Finals Meet. This means that the top 8 swimmers will come back in the evening to swim again for points in finals. All 9 and over events are trials and finals. All 8 & Under event will be timed finals and will only swim in the morning.

HOTEL ROOMS: We will be booking a block of hotel rooms in Santa Rosa as the meet is trials and finals this year and will be running later into the evening.

TEAM DINNER:  We will be going out to dinner as a team on Saturday night.