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Weekly Mailer
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February 11, 2020 |
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL VJO
MEET!
We
had another successful meet! Thank you to everyone who helped out
this past weekend. This was the first meet we had away from
our VJO pool and everyone stepped up to face the challenge and the
strong winds. We had great reviews on how smooth the meet ran and
it's all because of all of you. We truly have an amazing team!
We appreciate all the help. Go Sharks!
- Joe & Gigi
Sapida
*Meet
results for the VJO February Frost Meet are not out
yet. Results will be posted to the pacswim.org and swimconnect.com
website within the next couple days*
CHIPOTLE
FUNDRAISER HUGE SUCCESS!
Last week's Chipotle
Dine Out Fundraiser was a huge success! We had a huge
crowd at Chipotle and your hungry swimmers and families raised
our club over $600 dollars. Thanks
you so much for all of your support!
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
VJO GIES ICE SKATING & ICE
CREAM AT FENTONS
Saturday
February 15th
12-2:30pm
NO PRACTICE - Monday February
17th
There
will be NO PRACTICE on Monday, February 17th. This is
President's Day Holiday. We will see everyone back on the pool deck
on Tuesday, February 18th. Have a great Holiday!
SHARK PRIDE DAY ***DATE
CHANGE***
Thursday, February
20th
5:00-6:30pm (All Groups)
Shark
Pride Day has CHANGED to Thursday, February 20th. This day
has changed due to our facility move the last week of
February. 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!
***SENIOR
GROUP: This practice is Mandatory***
SHARETEA
FUNDRAISER
Wednesday March 11th
2020
12pm-9pm
POLAR BEAR CLUB
In an
effort to encourage VJO swimmers to keep their attendance up during
the Winter Months, we are bringing back the Polar Bear Club. The Polar Bear Club will start December 1st and run through
the end of February. The VJO coaching staff will track
daily practice attendance and award participation based on swimmers
attendance to practice and events. VJO will provide prizes for
those meeting qualifying levels.
Although
we encourage all team members to attend as many practices as
possible, each practice group will have attendance prize
requirements on a sliding scale to reflect the monthly expectations
of each group. Prizes will be given out to swimmers monthly.
Prize levels are as follows:
PRIZE
LEVELS:
-
Prize Level 1 – Polar Bear Club Pin
- Attendance prize requirements for each group for Dec, Jan & Feb:
- Senior -80%
- Leopard, Junior & Junior 2 Group – 70%
- Mako Sharks - 60%
- Hammerheads 2 - 50%
- Hammerheads 1 - 40%
- Prize Level
2 – Polar Bear Club Pin & Bumper Sticker
- Attendance prize requirements for each group for Dec, Jan & Feb:
- Senior -90%
- Leopard, Junior & Junior 2 Group – 80%
- Mako Sharks - 70%
- Hammerheads 2 - 60%
- Hammerheads 1 - 50%
*Meets,
Social Events and Saturday Practices will be given as extra credit
attendance days.*
LASY HOT CHOCOLATE NIGHT -
Thursday February20th
We
only have TWO Hot Chocolate Nights left! Unfortunately we
will have to end Hot Chocolate Night early this year. The last day
of HCN will be Thursday February 20th. This change is due to our
facility move up to Solano College. Unfortunately, we do not have
the storage at Solano College to keep all our HCN supplies up
there. Please make sure to bring in snack item to make these
last two HCN's GREAT! Please drop off snack items on
the table next to the Shark Tank. Thank you everyone for all
the snack donations.
Thank
you!
ITEMS NEEDED:
ALL FOOD
items still needed at this time
8oz
cups & 8oz Lids Needed
IMPORTANT INFO &
UPDATES:
***TEAM SUITS & TEAM CAPS
REQUIRED AT MEETS***
This
is a reminder that VJO Team Suits and Team Caps are required at ALL
team meets. Please make sure you have your team suit. You can order
a team suit through Making Waves Swim Shop at any time. Make sure
that you are wearing your team suit for warm-ups and all
events.
HOW TO ORDER A TEAM SUIT OR TEAM
PARKA?
Don't
worry if you missed our team suit fitting day this fall. You
can place team suit, team warm-ups, and team parka orders
in person or online at any time. Make sure to try on the team suit
before you place your order as our team suit brand has changed this
year to Nike.
To Order Team
Suits
1. Place an order
online at https://makingwavesusa.com/team/vallejo-aquatics/
Password: Vallejo
2. Drive down to
"Making Waves Swim Shop" in Walnut Creek and order a team suit in
person. Please make sure to bring in a completed order form to the
store.
2019 Order Forms and the link to order
online.
Order Online
at: https://makingwavesusa.com/team/vallejo-aquatics/
Password: Vallejo
MAKING WAVES SWIM SHOP HAS
MOVED
****
New Address****
| Making Waves USA | |
| p: | (925) 933-7946 |
| a: | 1540 Newell Ave. |
| Walnut Creek, CA 94596 | |
| w: | www.makingwavesusa.com
e: cmu |
| |
UPCOMING
MEET S:
HILLS HURRICANE C/B/BB+ MEET
***NOW
OPEN***
MARCH
21-22th 2020
SIGN UP BY - Sunday,
February 29th
The HILLS Hurricane C/B/BB+ Meet on
March 21-22 is NOW OPEN for
ENTRIES online. This meet will be held at
the Soda Aquatics Center at Campolindo High School.
Please enter
ASAP! This meet will fill quickly and close
early. This meet is estimated to fill by next weekend.
Don’t miss this great racing opportunity.
This meet is recommended for all VJO swimmers. This will
be our team meet for the month of March. Go
SHARKS!
ENTER
ONLINE: http://www.fastswims.com
TIME: Arrive
at 7:15am. Warm-ups will start at
7:30am. Meet will start at 9:00am
SIGN UP BY: Sunday
February 29th
LOCATION: SODA
AQUATIC CENTER at CAMPOLINDO HIGH SCHOOL: 300 Moraga Road, Moraga,
CA
EVENTS: Please
speak with your coach if you have questions about what events to
enter.
Hammerhead 1
& 2 Groups: Please speak with your coach to make
sure you enter events that you are ready to swim. Do not
enter breaststroke or butterfly events without prior approval from
your coach.
Leopard &
Mako: Please enter at least 3 events a day (one
challenging event, one favorite event and one to keep you well
rounded). Do not enter 100’s or 200’s of
stroke (fly, back and breast) without prior approval of your
coach.
JR, JR2 &
SR: Please enter at least 3 events a day (one
challenging event, one favorite event and one to keep you well
rounded). Swimmers do have the option to enter 4 events per day if
they are interested.
LIVE
RESULTS: Live meet result will be available online
at http://results.teamunify.com/pchhs/index.html
JUNIOR OLYMPIC
CHAMPIONSHIPS
***NOW
OPEN***
March
13th-15th 2020
The
2020 Spring Junior Olympic Championships (14 & Under)
is OPEN for entries. The meet will be held on March
13-15 at the George Haines International Swim Center
in Santa Clara. All swimmers must have achieved a Junior
Olympic time standard to enter this meet.
LOCATION: George
Haines International Swim Center, 2625 Patricia Drive, Santa Clara,
CA 95051
ENTER
ONLINE: https://app.fastswims.com/pc/scscjo20200313
ENTRY
DEADLINE: Wednesday, March 4th 2020 @
11:59pm
TIME: Prelims
will begin at 9:00 a.m. each day with warm-ups from 7:30 to 8:45
a.m. each day. Finals will tentatively begin at 4:00 PM each day.
Finals warm-ups will being 1 hour before the start of
finals.
2020 VJO SCHEDULE
: ***UPDATED***
FEBRUARY
Feb 10 - NO
PRACTICE (Meet Recovery Day)
Feb 14 - Regular
Practice
Feb 15
- SR/JR2/JR Saturday Morning Practice
(8-10am)
Feb 15 - VJO Goes Ice
Skating (12-2:30pm, Vacaville Ice Sports, Fenton's
afterwards)
Feb 17 -
President's Day (NO PRACTICE)
Feb 20 - Shark Pride Day
(5-6:30pm, All groups) ***DATE
CHANGE***
Feb 20 - LAST
HOT CHOCOLATE NIGHT ***DATE
CHANGE***
Feb 22 - SATURDAY
PRACTICE ALL GROUPS ***LAST PRACTICE AT
CUNNINGHAM***
H1&H2 9-10am
LS & MS 9-10am
JR/JR2/SR 8-10am
Feb 24 - First Day of
Practice at Solano College ***NEW PRACTICE
TIMES***
Senior Group W/F
5:30-7:00am
M-F
5:30-7:30pm
*7:30-7:45pm covering
pool*
Junior 2 Group M-F
5:30-7:30pm
*7:30-7:45pm covering
pool*
Junior Group M/W/F
5:30-7:30pm
T/TH
6:00-7:30pm
*7:30-7:45pm covering
pool*
Mako & Leopard Sharks M/W/F
6:30-7:30pm
T/TH 6-7:30pm
*7:30-7:45pm covering
pool*
Hammerhead 2 M-F
6:30-7:30pm
*7:30-7:45pm covering
pool*
Hammerhead 1 M-F
6:30-7:15pm
Masters 6:30-7:30pm
(M/W/F)
*7:30-7:45pm covering
pool*
Feb 29
- JR/JR2/SR Saturday Morning Practice
(TBA)
MARCH
March 1
- Zone All Star Meet (Qualifying, Santa Clara)
March 7
- Saturday Morning Practice
(JR/JR2/SR, 8-10am)
March 13-15 - Spring Junior
Olympic Champs (14&under Qualifying Meet, Santa
Clara)
March 17th - St
Patrick's Day (Regular Practice)
March 21-22 - Hills
Hurricane C/B/BB+ Meet (All Groups,
Moraga)
March 23 - NO
PRACTICE (Meet Recovery Day)
March 26 - Shark
Pride Day (All Groups, TBA)
March 28
- Saturday Morning Practice LC (JR/JR2/SR,
7:45 -10am)
March 29 - VJO
Spaghetti Feed (2-5pm, ACHS Cafeteria) ***DATE
CHANGE***
APRIL
April 2-5 -
Far Western Championships (Qualifying Meet,
Pleasanton)
April 10
- Combined Practice Day
JR/JR2/SR 4-6pm
H1/H2/LS/MS 6-7pm
April 11
- Long Course Morning Practice (All
Groups)
JR/JR2/SR 7:45-10am
H1/H2/LS/MS 9-10am
April 17-19 -
Westside LC Meet (All Groups,
Petaluma)
April 20
- NO PARCTICE (Meet Recovery Day)
April 26
- 10 & Under Champs Meet (Qualifying,
Sunnyvale) ***DATE
CHANGE***
***The 10&Under Champs
meet will no longer be held on Saturday, March 25th. The meet will
now be held on Sunday March
26th.***
April 30
- Shark Pride Day (TBA)
MAY
May 2 -
LC Morning Practice (7:45-10am) *Tentative*
May 9 -
LC Morning Practice
(7:45-10am) *Tentative*
May 16 -
LC Morning Practice
(7:45-10am) *Tentative*
May 23 - LC
Morning Practice (7:45-10am)
May 25 -
Memorial Day (NO PRACTICE)
May 28 - Shark
Pride Day (TBA)
May 29-31 - VJO LC
C/B/A+ Meet (All Groups, Cunningham
Pool)
JUNE
June 1
- NO PRACTICE (Meet Recovery Day)
June 12-14 - San Diego "Splash and
Dash" (Qualifying, Southwestern College, Chula
Vista)
June 21-28 - Olympic Trials
(Omaha, NE)
June 30 - Swim-A-Thon
(Tentative)
JULY
July 4th -
Vallejo 4th of July Parade
July 10-12 - 14 & Under
Junior Olympic Champs (Qualifying, San
Jose)
July 17-19 - Ukiah Dolphins
Meet (All Team, Camping)
July 23-26 - Far Western
Championships (Qualifying, Concord)
July 27-30 - REAL Spirit Week
(Combined Practice Sched)
4:30-6:30pm – 13 &
Overs
6:00-7:30pm – 12 &
Unders
July 30-Aug 2 -
Futures Championships (SR Qualifying,
Irvine)
July 31-Aug 2 - REAL
Championships (All Team, Napa)
