
Weekly Mailer
January 16, 2019 |
GOOD LUCK at ZONE 3
CHAMPS!


We would like to wish a special GOOD LUCK
to all our Zone 3 Championship swimmers. This weekend we have
44 VJO swimmers qualified and attending Zone 3 Championships
at the Santa Rosa Junior College. We have almost 15 more swimmers
attending the meet this year. Go SHARKS!
Good luck to Frankie Arenas,
Marguerette Bui, Ysabelle Carranza, Gabriel Cueva, Raffy
Cueva, Mikaela de Vaera Gomez, Juliana
Deguzman, Ethan Delange, Andrick Espinosa, Ava
Feldman, Alexandra Grant, Erin Grimaldo, Nixie Gulinao, Kali
Hall, Nathan Jellison, Kainoa Kalama,
Sunny Kanzan, Mackenzie Kawashiri, Ally
Luna, Amanda Luna, Juan Madrigal, Isabella Marsden, Beyah
Matteo, Eliana Matteo, Joy McDowell, Louisa McQuilling,
Selene Pangelinan, Keona Perseveranda, Olivia Pettit, Angel
Putong, Jericho Putong, Nia Ramos, Zak Raymond, Anna Frances
Reyes, Trinity Rivera, Vanessa Sandoval, Abby Sapida, Alyssa
Sapida, Angel Sapida, Kareesha
Singh, Luvpreet Singh, Keona Stratton, and
Katherine Torres-Garfield.
Go SHARKS & Swim Fast!
WHAT A GREAT HOLIDAY
PARTY!
Thank you everyone for such a great
Holiday Party! We saw many new faces at the party and shared
lots of good food. Our swimmers had a fantastic time with the
Gingerbread House Making Contest. Congratulations to our
Gingerbread House winners! We have some amazing Gingerbread
House artists in the making on our team.


WHITE ELEPHANT
AUCTION - We
raised $300 for the Paradise Piranha's Swim
Team. Nearly all the swim team families on this
team lost their homes last fall in the Camp fire. The
money we raised at the White Elephant Auction this year will
be going to help those swim team families in need in Paradise.
In the next week all our swimmers will be signing a card to
mail with the check. Thank you to all the families that
donated and bid on items for this great cause. We will be able
to make their Holiday Season a little brighter. Go
SHARKS!
VJO SWIMMERS DO SOME GREAT WINTER
TRAINING!
Congratulations to all our VJO swimmers that attempted the New
Years Challenge of 10 x 1,000's on January 2nd. You are all so
amazing and dedicated! We know you all could have been at home
sleeping like most of your classmates, but instead you decided to
take the bull by the horns and tackle the biggest and longest set
you'll do all year. The 15 swimmers that completed this set,
swam 10,000 yards, which is 400 lengths and equal to 6 miles! We
are so proud of all of you! Bring it on 2019, we are ready for
you.
Go SHARKS!

UPCOMING
EVENTS:
NO PRACTICE - Monday
January 21st
There will be no practice on Monday January 21st due to the
MLK Holiday. We hope everyone has a great day off. See you all back
at the pool on Tuesday Jan 22nd.
VJO HELPS FEED THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS
Sunday, February
10th
4-6:30pm
WE ARE DOING IT
AGAIN! VJO will be helping to feed the hungry
and homeless again on February 10th. If you missed helping this
month don't worry you can get involded next month. Our swimmers and
parents have been having a great time getting involved with
our community and helping out. It is so amazing to see our
young swimmers helping out people in need.
Click on the link below to sign up.
On Sunday, February 10th from 4-6:30pm come help
VJO give back to the community. We need 15-20 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. If you wish to leave while your child is
volunteering, please make sure to leave your child with another
parent. This is NOT a VJO practice and children are NOT under
the supervision of VJO coaches. Thank you!
Date: January 13th 2019
Location: 1st Baptist Church, Vallejo ( 2025 Sonoma Blvd, Vallejo, CA)Number of Volunteers: 15-20 people (swimmer under 11 yrs need parent to help)
Time: 4-6:30pm
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP
PERSONALIZED CAP ORDERS HAVE
ARRIVED
Personalized cap orders from November have arrived. Please see
Miriam Rivera or Coach Jennifer to get your cap order.
Many personalized caps have already been handed out.
UPCOMING
MEETS:
2019 ZONE 3 WINTER
CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 19-20th
2019
The Zone 3 Winter Championships Meet on January 19-20 is
CLOSED. The meet will be a trials and finals meet this year
and will be held at the indoor Santa Rosa Junior College
Pool. It will be run similar to REAL Championships where the
top 16 swimmers will come back and swim in the
afternoon for points. 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. Click on the
link below to view qualifying times.
LOCATION:
Quinn Swim Center, Santa Rosa Junior College (1501 Mendocino
Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA )
TRIALS /
FINALS: This year the Zone 3 Winter Championships
will be run as a Trials/Finals Meet. This means that the top
16 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.
TIME: Arrive at 7:15am each day.
Warm-ups will start at 7:30am and the meet will start at 9am each
day
RELAYS: There
will be relays at this meet. All swimmers will be entered in relays
unless coaches are notified otherwise.
HOTEL ROOMS:
Our Coaches and many of our families will be staying at the Best
Western Plus off Hopper Ave. in Santa Rosa on Saturday night.
Because the finals session of the meet will end around 7:00pm, we
recommend staying the night in Santa Rosa. Below is a 10%
coupon code to give when you reserve your room. To reserve
your room call the number below. Room rates will change daily
(todays room rate is $152.09/night).
Best Western Plus
870 Hopper Ave. Santa Rosa CA
(707)545-9000
Coupon Code: GP10 (for 10%
off)
COST: ~$152/night (rates change
daily)
TEAM DINNER:
We will be going out to dinner as a team on Saturday night.
SASO DISTANCE
MEET
(SASO & VJO)
Friday, January
25th 2019
ENTRY
DEADLINE: Tuesday, Jan 22nd
The SASO Distance Meet on Friday,
January 25 th has now been added to
our schedule. This meet is only open to Senior, Junior 2,
Junior, Mako and Leopard Shark Groups. This meet is not open to
Hammerhead swimmers. There will be two distance events
offered; the 500 free and 1,650 free. Swimmers may only swim one
event. The 1,650 free is only open to 11 & overs in the
JR/JR2/SR Group. This is a paper entry meet. Please turn all paper
consolidated entry forms into the manila folder hanging on the team
bulletin board at the pool. Entries are due by Tuesday, Jan
22nd
LEOPARD AND MAKO
GROUPS
This distance Meet is open to all
Mako and Leopard Shark swimmers. This meet is not required.
Swimmers in both Leopard and Mako have the option to swim the 500
free. The 1,650 free is not open to the Leopard and Mako
swimmers. There will be regular practice at Cunningham Pool on this
day for all Hammerhead, Leopard and Mako Groupers not
attending this distance meet.
REQUIRED FOR SENIOR / JUNIOR
2 / JUNIORS:
This meet is required for all
Senior, Junior 2, and Junior Group swimmers. We will be
attending this Friday meet instead of practice this day. Swimmers
in the SR & JR2 group are required to swim the 1,650 free.
Swimmers in the JR group may swim either the 500 free or 1,650
free. There will be regular practice at Cunningham Pool held for
all other groups on this day.
VJO
“February Frost” C/B/A
MEET
February 22-24th
2019
***OPEN for
ENTRIES***
The VJO “February
Frost” CBA Meet is NOW OPEN ONLINE for ENTRIES. This is
a home meet and while be held at the Cunningham Pool on February
22-24th. This is our team meet for the month of February and
is recommended for ALL VJO swimmers. Please sign up ASAP as meets
fill quickly.
ENTER
ONLINE: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/vjo20190222
ENTRY
DEADLINE: Monday, February 11th (meet will fill
prior to deadline date)
LOCATION: Cunningham
Pool
TIME: Friday -
arrive at 3:15pm
Saturday – arrive
at 7:15am
Sunday - arrive
at 7:15am
Warm-ups will
start at 7:30am on
Saturday and Sunday and the meet will start at 9:00
am each day. Remember parking is easier the earlier you
arrive.
EVENTS: Please
speak with your coach if you have questions about what events to
enter. Leopard, Mako, JR’s & SR please enter 3 events a
day (one challenging event, one favorite event and one to keep you
well rounded).
Senior &
Junior 2 Groups - Swimmers in the Senior and Junior
2 Groups will all be swimming the 400
IM on Friday night. You must all enter this event. If
you need an entry time, contact Coach Jennifer.
10
Volunteer Hours Required - Families don't forget
you are required to work a minimum of 10 hours at each home meet.
The job sign ups will be emailed out and online
soon.
2019 WINTER / SPRING
SCHEDULE ***UPDATED***
JANUARY
Jan 19-20 - Winter Zone 3 Champs (Qualifiers,
SRJC)
Jan 21 - NO PRACTICE (MLK
Holiday)
Jan 25 - SASO Distance
Meet (SR/JR2/JR/LS&MS Grps, Solano College) ***OPEN***
Jan 31 -
Shark Pride Day (All Groups, 5-6:30pm)
FEBRUARY
Feb 10 - Help VJO Feed the Hungry and
Homeless (4-6:30pm, 1st Baptist Church)
Feb 18 - NO PRACTICE (Presidents
Day Holiday)
Feb22-24 - VJO February Frost C/B/A+ Meet (
All Groups, Cunningham Pool) ***OPEN***
Feb 25 - NO PRACTICE (Meet
Recovery Day)
Feb 28 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups, 5-6:30pm)
MARCH
Mar
2-3 -
Zone All Star Meet (Qualifying Meet, Sunnyvale CA)
Mar 9-10 -
Napa C/B/A Meet
Mar 15-17 - Junior
Olympic Champs (Qualifying Meet, Walnut Creek)
Mar
23
- VJO Spaghetti Feed (5-9pm, ACHS Cafeteria)
Mar 28
-
Shark Pride Day (All Groups 5-6:30pm)
Mar
28
- Last Hot Chocolate Night
APRIL
April 4-7 - Far Western
Champs (Qualifying Meet, Santa Clara)
April 6 -
Saturday Long Course Practice (All Groups, 7-9am)
April 12-14 - Westside Long Course
C/B/A Meet (All Groups, Petaluma)
April
20 - 10 &
Under Championships (Sunnyvale, CA)
April 20 - Saturday
Long Course Practice (All Groups, 7-9:30am)
April 25 - Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
April 26-27 - VVAL High School
League Championships
April 27-28 - NAPA Long Course C/B/A
Meet (All Groups, Napa Valley College)
TBA
- Mandatory General Membership Meeting (8-9:30am,
Portables)
MAY
May 3-4
- North Coast Section High School Championships
(Qualifying HS)
May
5
- SR Walk On Meet (location TBA)
May 10-11 - High School State
Championships (Qualifying HS, Clovis)
May 11 - Long Course
Morning Practice (All Groups, 7-9am)
May 17-19 - VJO Long Course C/B/A
Meet (All Groups, Cunningham Pool)
May 20 - NO PRACTICE
(Meet Recovery day)
May
25 -
Long Course Morning Practice (All Groups, 7-9am)
May 27 - NO PRACTICE
(Memorial Day)
May 30 - Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5-7pm)