
Weekly Mailer
September 29, 2020 |
2020 VJO AWARDS
CEREMONY
Thank you to everyone that was able attended our
2020 VJO Awards Ceremony on Saturday September 26th. We
had such a wonderful outdoor ceremony. It was great to see so many
new and seasoned VJO families attending. We are so proud of all our
VJO swimmers and all their accomplishments over the 2019/2020 swim
season. We have such a hardworking and dedicated group of swimmers.
Our coaches can't wait to see what they accomplish this
upcoming year. Go SHARKS! If you were unable to make it to
the Awards Ceremony, you will be able to pick up your awards at the
pool this week.
We would like to give a special "Thank you"
to Gigi Sapida and Jennifer
Matteo for putting together and organizing this
year's Awards Ceremony. They did a beautiful job. We
appreciate all the time you spent to make this
years Awards Ceremony such an amazing experience for our
swimmers. Thank you!
AWARDS
PICK-UP
If you were unable to attend our Awards Ceremony, you can pick up
your awards at the pool. The coaches will be handing the
awards out during each groups practice time. Please see your
coach.
Thank You for Attending the General Membership
Meeting!
Thank you to everyone that
attended our Mandatory General Membership Zoom Meeting (Parent
Meeting) on Sunday, September 20th. We had an
amazing turnout! Below is a current list of our
board and coaches contact information. We would like
to welcome David McQuilling and
Jennifer Pettit to our
board of directors. David will be taking over the position
of Vice President and Jennifer will be taking over the
position of Secretary on October 1st. We would also like
to welcome our two new Athlete Reps to our Board. Thank you to Zak
Raymond and Olivia Pettit for becoming our 2020/2021 Athlete
Reps.
2020/2021 Board Members
& Team Chairpersons (starting October 1st)
VJO President -
Heidi Scharffenberg [email protected]
VJO Vice President - David
McQuilling [email protected]
VJO Secretary - Jennifer
Pettit [email protected]
VJO Treasurer - Madelyn
Cueva [email protected]
VJO Membership Chair - Blanca
Prado [email protected]
VJO Official’s Chair - Kia
Kalama [email protected]
VJO Meet Director's - Joe
& Gigi Sapida [email protected]
Communications Chair
- [email protected]
VJO Athlete Reps - Zakary
Raymond [email protected]
Olivia Pettit
[email protected]
Volunteer Coordinator - Melody
Cannon, [email protected]
Swim-A-thon Coordinator - Sarah
Melanephy [email protected]
Event Coordinator - Jennifer
Matteo [email protected]
Team Attire - Madelyn
Cueva, [email protected] &
MJ Caballero [email protected]
Zone 3 Athlete Rep
- Gabriel Cueva - [email protected]
VJO Coaching
Staff
Jennifer Thiem (Head Coach;
Leopard, SR, Pre-Senior): [email protected]
Maureen Orr (Junior & Mako
Coach) [email protected]
Brendan
Kearney (Pre-Senior & Masters Coach) [email protected]
Daniel
Chavez (Hammerheads Coach) [email protected]
Angel Sapida
(Hammerheads Coach) [email protected]
Alyssa Powell (Leopard & Mako
Coach) [email protected]
If you were unable
to attend the General Membership Meeting please contact Phil
Grant at
[email protected] or
[email protected] and he can send you the recorded Zoom
Meeting.
VJO
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
FUNDRAISER
October is Breast
Cancer Awareness Month. To help raise awareness VJO is selling Pink
VJO Team T-Shirts and Pink Team Caps. The proceeds will be donated
to a Breast Cancer Foundation. Last year we donated $100 to
the Pink Fund. Let's meet or exceed that this year! The
Coaches will be wearing these pink team shirts at practice and we
invite you to do the same. In the next couple of days an
online rrder form will be emailed out. Below are the item and
price breakdown:
Breast Cancer Team T-Shirt -
$20
Silicone Breast Cancer Cap -
$20
Latex Breast Cancer Cap - $15
Online Orders Due
By: ***While Supplies
Last***
QUESTIONS: Contact Jennifer Thiem at [email protected]

VJO FALL PRACTICE SCHEDULE
(started Monday, Aug 31st)
H1 M/W/F
3:15-4:15pm
H2 T/Th
3:15-4:15pm
Sat
8:45-9:45am ***Updated
Time***
H3 T/W/Th
4:45-5:45pm
Leopard T/W/Th 3:30-5:00pm
(dryland 3:30-4:15pm)
Sat
9:00-10:00am
Mako T/W/Th
5:00-6:30pm (dryland 5:00-5:45pm)
Sat
9:45-10:45am
Junior M/F
5:30-7:45pm (dryland
5:30-6:30pm)
T/Th
6:15-7:45pm
Sat
7:30-9:00am ***Updated
Time***
Pre-Senior (JR2) & Senior Group
M/F
4:00-6:15 (dryland 5:30-6:15pm)
T/Th
5:45-7:30am
W
5:30-7:45pm (dryland 5:30-6:30pm)
Sat
7:30-9:15am ***Updated
Time***
Masters (18 & Over Adults)
M/F 5:30-6:25pm
Sat 8:00-8:55am
*Swimmers in the Hammerhead Groups will swim one
per lane. Swimmers in the Leopard, Mako, Junior,
Pre-Senior, Senior and Masters Groups will swim two
per lane.
*All groups’ practice times include a 15
minute line up time at the beginning for symptom
checks, temp checks and lane assignments. Groups will
line up along the side gate of the pool and then be escorted by
their coach to the Main entrance. Please remember there is no
shared equipment allowed. Swimmers must come to practice in their
suits and with their own equipment
PRACTICE PROTOCOL PROCEDURES-
CUNNINGHAM POOL
All VJO swimmers and families attending practice at the
Cunningham Pool must read through our "Practice Protocol
Procedures" PDF for Cunningham Pool. We need all swimmers to
know what to expect when they arrive for practice at the Cunningham
Pool. The PDF will teach our swimmers the new protocol and
procedures that we will be following at the Cunningham Pool.
These procedures are similar to both the American Canyon and
Benicia Pool.