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March 26, 2019 |
SPAGHETTI DINNER - HUGE SUCESS!!!
Swim Families, last Sunday night we had our Annual Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser at American Canyon High School. WHAT A HUGH SUCCESS!!!!! A Big Shout out to the Marlene, MJ, Beth, Heidi, Ed, Andrea & the Cheng family for all the food preparation. A special thanks to Jennifer Matteo, Beth Raymond & Gigi Sapida for setting the entire event up, making the reservations and getting the donations for prizes. Thank you to Dom & Phil our music and B I N G O hosts. A "sweet" thank you to all our bakers who took the time to create tasty and beautiful desserts - super yummy! Last, but certainly not least, a JOB WELL DONE to all our 12 and over swimmers who took orders and served food last night.
On behalf of the entire VJO Board and our Coaches we thank you for reaching deep into your pockets last Sunday to play BINGO. I am excited to share with you that the entire evening raised over $1,500.
Thank you to everyone for making our Spaghetti Feed a success! It takes a village ....and we certainly have a great village!
Tamara Kawashiri, VJO President
LAST HOT CHOCOLATE
NIGHT!
This
Thursday is our last Hot Chocolate Night for the season!
Please make sure to bring a snacks or item to share
for Hot Chocolate Night this week. Our parents will be
grilling and putting together a Nacho Bar for our swimmers this
week. If you would like to help bring something for the Nacho Bar
please contact our HCN Coordinator, Marlene Clement
at [email protected]
NEEDED HCN ITEMS:
Cups & Lids 8 oz (smart & final ) *** STILL
LOW***
Boats & Bowels (of all sizes)
Gallon Ziploc Bags
Gloves
Napkins
SATURDAY LONG COURSE
PRACTICES
On the following Saturdays we will be having long course
practices. Most Saturday Long Course practice will be open to all
groups This Saturday March 30th is ONLY open to the Senior, Junior
2 and Junior Groupers. This practice is a meet prep practice
geared toward our qualified Far Western swimmers.
Saturday March
30th 7:30-9:30am (Senior, Junior 2 & Junior Grps
ONLY)
Saturday April
6th (All Groups)
H1/H2 7-8am
LS/MS 7-8:30am
SR/JR2/JR 7-9am
Saturday April
20th 7-9am
(All Groups)
H1/H2 7-8am
LS/MS 7-8:30am
SR/JR2/JR 7-9am
Saturday May 11th
7-9am
(All Groups
)
H1/H2 7-8am
LS/MS 7-8:30am
SR/JR2/JR 7-9am
Saturday May 25th 7-9am (All Groups)
H1/H2 7-8am
LS/MS 7-8:30am
SR/JR2/JR 7-9am
Saturday June 15th
7-9am (SR, JR2, JR Grps ONLY)
**Dual Meet for H1/H2/LS/MS Groups
9am-1pm**
UPCOMING
MEETS:
WESTSIDE AQUADUCKS LONG COURSE
C/B/A MEET ***OPEN***
APRIL 12-14TH 2019
DEADLINE :
Wednesay, April 3rd 2019
The Westside Aquaducks Long Course C/B/A+ Meet on April
12-14 is NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES. This
will be our first long course meet of the season, so the meet
will fill up fast. Please get signed up ASAP. This meet is
recommended for all VJO swimmers.
ENTER
ONLINE: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/WA20190412
LOCATION: Petaluma
Swim Center, 900 East Washington Street, Petaluma, CA 94952
TIME: Friday
- Arrive at 3:30 for warm-ups. Meet starts
at 5pm
Saturday - Arrive at 7:15am. Warm-ups at 7:30am. Meet starts
at 9am
Sunday
- Arrive at 7:15am. Warm-ups at 7:30am. Meet starts
at 9am
Hammerheads 1 &
2: Please talk to your coach before entering this
meet. Your coach will advise you as to which events your child
is ready to swim. Please do not enter events that your child
is not ready to swim. This is a long course meet, so events are 50m
and 100 m long (there are no 25’s offered).
Senior /Junior 2
Groupers: All Senior and Junior 2 Groupers are
swimming the 200 back at this meet. make
sure you get signed up for this event.
2019 FAR WESTERN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 4-7th 2019
Santa Clara International Swim Center
The
2019 Spring Far Western Championships will be held April 4-7 at the
Santa Clara International Swim Center. This is a qualifying meet.
All swimmers must meet Far Western time standard to
enter. This is a Prelims/Finals meet, so the top 20 swimmers will
come back again in the afternoon to compete again for points.
ENTRIES: This is a team entry meet. Coach
Jennifer will be entring all our swimmers
LOCATION: George Haines International Swim
Center, 2625 Patricia Drive, Santa Clara CA, 95051
TIME: Arrive at 7:00am each day. We will get
in as a team to warm-up at 7:30am. The meet will begin at 9:00
AM each day. Warm-ups for Finals shall start one hour prior
to the start of Finals. Championship and Consolation Finals shall
start no sooner than 1 hour after the finish of the preliminary
session including distance timed finals.
10 & UNDER
CHAMPIONSHIPS ***NOW
OPEN***
The 10 & Under Championships Meet is NOW
OPEN ONLINE for ENTRIES. The meet will be held on Saturday, April
20th in Sunnyvale CA. This is a qualifying meet.
All 10 & Unders most have achieved the qualifying
time standard to enter.
ENTER ONLINE: https://www.fastswims.com/
ENTRY DEADLINE: Wednesday, April 10th at
11:59pm
LOCATION: Sunnyvale Swim Complex @ Fremont
High School, 1279 Sunnyvale Saratoga Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
TIME: Arrive at 7:00am, Warm-up with team
at 7:15am. Meet will start at 8:30am.
TIME STANDARDS: (time standard sheets are
also attached)
6&Unders: must have achieved a
Pacific Swimming 8-UN “B” Time (
http://www.pacswim.org/userfiles/cms/documents/823/8under-time-standards.pdf)
7-8 Year Olds: must have achieved a Pacific
Swimming 8-UN “A” Time (
http://www.pacswim.org/userfiles/cms/documents/823/8under-time-standards.pdf)
9-10 Year Olds: must have achieved the
“BB” time in the event per the 2017-2020 USA Swimming
Motivational Time Standards (
http://www.pacswim.org/userfiles/cms/documents/801/2017-2020-motivationaltimes-top16.pdf)
RELAYS: There will be relays at this meet.
Our coaches will enter as many relays as possible. Relays depend on
the number of VJO swimmers entered.
EVENTS: Swimmers may compete in 4 individual
events and up to two relays total.
Please talk to your coach if you have questions about
the 10 & Under Champs
NAPA VALLEY
LONG
COURSE C/B/A+ MEET
April
27th-28th 2019
The Napa Valley Swim
Team Long Course Meet is NOW OPEN ONLINE
for ENTRIES. The Napa Long Course Meet will be
held on April 27-28th at the Napa Valley College
Pool.
THIS MEET IS
OPTIONAL - This is
an optional meet for our all
swimmers. We understand that many of our swimmers are already
attending Far Westerns, Westside LC Meet or 10&Under
Champs. However, the long course season is short and we only
have 4 long course meets total. We are opening up this meet to our
swimmers as another meet option if you are unable to attend one of
our other Long Course meets. It is NOT a requirement to
attend this meet. Please DO NOT attend this meet if you child
is planning to attend 10& Under Champs the weekend
before.
ENTER
ONLINE: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/NVST20190427
DEADLINE:
Wednesday, April17th 2019
TIME: Please
arrive at 7:15am each day. Warm-ups will start at
7:30am and the meet will start at
9:00am each day.
LOCATION: Napa
Valley College. 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa,
CA
EVENTS: Please
speak with your coach if you have questions about what events to
enter.
Hammerheads 1
& 2: Talk to your coach before entering
events. Only enter events your swimmer is ready for.
Hammerheads MAY NOT enter any breaststoke or butterfly events
without prior approval from your coach.
JR2 & SR
Group: The event of the meet is 200 fly. All JR2 and
SR swimmers should be entering the 200 fly at this
meet.
MARCH 2019
CALENDAR
2019 VJO SPRING /
SUMMER SCHEDULE
MARCH
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) ***OPEN***
April 17 - TCAL High
School League Championships (HS swimmers)
April
20 - 10 &
Under Championships (Sunnyvale, CA) ***OPEN***
April 20 - Saturday
Long Course Practice (All Groups, 7-9:30am)
April 25 - Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
April 26-27 - VVAL & DAL High School
League Championships (HS swimmers)
April 27-28 - NAPA Long Course C/B/A
Meet (All Groups, Napa Valley College) ***OPEN***
MAY
May 3-4 -
North Coast Section High School Championships (Qualifying HS)
May
5
- SR Walk On Meet (SR Grp ONLY, location
TBA)
May 7 -
Mandatory General Membership/Parent Meeting
(6:00-7:30pm, Portables)***ADDED***
JR / JR2 /
SR Practice 4-6pm
H1 / H2 / LS
/ MS Practice 6-7:30pm
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)
JUNE
June 6-9 - Summer
Sanders LC Senior Meet (Qualifying SR Group,
Roseville)
June 12 - First Day of
LC Morning Practice (M/W/F 6:45-9am)
June 15 - Short
Course Dual Meet ( H1,H2, LS, MK Grps, TBA)
June 15 - JR & SR
Group Long Course Practice (7-9am)
June 22-23 - NAPA Long Course
C/B/A Meet (All Groups, Napa Valley College)
June 27 - Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
June 29 - VJO Annual
Pool Party & Alumni Reunion (12-5pm, Cunningham Pool)
JULY
July
4th
- Vallejo 4th of July Parade
July
10 -
Team Picture Day ([email protected]:30pm, Team [email protected])
July 12-14 - Junior Olympic
Championships 14&Un (Qualifying Meet, Concord)
July 19-21 - Ukiah Dolphins
Short Course Meet & Camping (All Groups, Ukiah)
July 19-22 - Speedo CA/NV
Sectional Championships (Qualifying SR, Santa
Clarita)
July 26 - Shark
Pride Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
July 25-28 - Far Western
Championships (Qualifying, Moraga)
July 29- Aug 1 - REAL SPIRIT WEEK (combined practice
times)
AUGUST
Aug 2-4 - REAL
Summer Championships (All Groups, Petaluma)
Aug 5-18 - Team Break (two
weeks)
Aug 19 - First Day of
Fall Practice
