Miami Dade Meet

I first want to thank all of the parents and swimmers remained patient during the delays in the meet. We are currently making a push to have some meets in the Keys! We will most certainly be more organized.

Despite the long delays, blistering heat, and overwhelming anticipation the swimmers did great. It is always expected that after a long course season that short corse times will be faster but these were really huge drops. Anywhere from :30 to :1 sec time drops. The JO team continues to grow as there were several cuts posted and all swimmers got best times in all thier events.

Most of all I saw great sportmanship. I saw key fish swimmers congradulating other swimemrs, giving each other high fives, spreading the word of a fast swim like wildfire, and cheering for each others races. I had to tell kids to go sit down and relax! It was great. Work from the summer is paying off and we are more ready for this upcoming short course season than ever.

Parents came up and congratdulated me. I will tell you, however, that the best thing that I do is let them get themselves ready and prepared for the meet. For the most part they are all stretching and warming up on thier own with minimal instruction from me. I did my work at practice so I am confident the work will pay off to those who also did thier work.

Keep checking for updates. Looks like a storm is comming. Stay posted for announcements.

Phelps Under H2O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax77_hHq9Dc&feature=related

Phelps at several angels. Watch the connection!

JO's

The goal was not only to send more kids to JO's, but I also wanted to get a few top 6 finishers. Both goals were accomplished. Last year at this time I brought 3 kids to Jo's. This year I brought 9. I was so excited to finally bring a team to this meet.
Of those nine I had two finalists and those two finished in the top 5 in at least one final. I can truly say our goals as a team were met.Also, These accolades do not include the best times that were being recorded by all the swimmers. I saw great race preparation and mentality. These swimmers are truly becoming self sufficient athletes.

Now we move back to aerobic training to prep for High School and short course season. Let's keep on rolling into the future! Keep checking for updates.