CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK

WEEK AHEAD:   I Know that all of you are glad to see the snow and maybe even get these two days off from school, but be careful about what you wish for.   Nothing is free and winter does not even start for another week or so, which means too many days like this and you will be in school longer in June when the weather is nice and the days are long.  As a coach I dislike the inconvenience of upsetting an athletes schedule, but also like I tell you all we have to adjust and move on.
Tuesday- George Mason has closed so there is no practice
Wednesday-  normal practice ( Any senior Prep going to Pa. this weekend PLEASE try and come in with the JUNIOR GOLD group 5:30-6:4
Thursday thru Saturday there will be no practice due to the Championship Meet being held at George Mason.

WEEKEND  AHEAD:  A group of about 60 Mako swimmers will board a bus early Thursday afternoon and head north to Lancaster Pa. for a championship meet.  While we want you to have a good time it is important to understand that we have a job to do on this trip and that is to swim fast!

• This is a team trip so there are some rules so be prepared for them.  The first thing is that you are representing the entire club so act accordingly.
• When traveling to and from the meet you are to be wearing Mako attire!
• While at the pool you are also to wear only Mako attire!
• No scratching events unless you and I agree! 
• Warm-up and Warm down correctly ( this includes wearing clothes when not swimming to keep muscles warm.
• You have a problem come to me!  Do NOT GOSSIP AMONG YOURSELVES.  WE ARE A TEAM!  ACT LIKE IT!
• CHEER FOR ALL YOUR TEAMMATES!  

WARM -UP TIMES (They could change once we are up there but not by much)

                             FRIDAY           SATURDAY            SUNDAY
13&OVER           6:30 AM              6:30AM                 6:30 AM
12 & UNDERS    1:00PM               1:00PM                  12:30 PM
ALL FINALS WARM UPS  5:00- 5:55 PM

This is a Trial and Finals meet with the top 16 swimmers in both the 13-14 and the 11-12 age group returning in the evening.

FRIDAY RELAYS:
11-12 YEAR OLDS 200 FREE LAUREN YOUNG,EMILY DRAKOPOULOS, THERESA BOYD, ALEXIA CUOMO, ALLISON HICKEY, FAITH ALSTON, JULIA YOUNG, NATALIE PAVCO 
(4:19PM)
11-12 YEAR OLDS 200 FREE ANTHONY GRIMM, ALEX AUNG, PETER MAKIN, IAN VOLLMER (4:24PM)

SATURDAY RELAYS:

13-14 YEAR OLDS 400 MEDLEY  KATIE KARLINCHEK, MAGGIE DEPPE WALKER, HELEN GEDDES, ELENA SUMMERS, AUDREY HUNTER, KATHERINE PONZER, GILLIAN GOODIEL, GABRIELLA KUEHHAS  (12:03)
13-14 YEAR OLDS 400 MEDLEY:  JET PHAM-TON, KYYLE CASSIDY, FLETCHER MADSEN, MARCELO CORAY (11:40AM)
11-12 200 MEDLEY:  JULIA YOUNG, LAUREN YOUNG,  ALEXIA CUOMO, EMILY DRAKOPOULOS, THERESA BOYD, FAITH ALSTON, ALLISON HICKEY, NATALIE PAVCO. (4:13PM)
11-12 200 MEDLEY:  ALEX AUNG, PETER MAKIN, ANTHONY GRIMM, IAN VOLLMER.  (4:19PM)
9-10  200 MEDLEY:  GIRLS-  AVA JONES, KATELYN SHAFER, KAIA GOODIEL, KATHERINE HELMS (4:22 PM)
BOYS- KEVIN CARCHIA, GIANLUCA BYRNES, JUSTIN SINGLETARY, MICHAEL ZHANG.  (4:25PM)

SUNDAY RELAYS:

13-14 YEAR OLDS:  400 FREE  GABBY, MAGGIE, KATIE K., ELENA ( 10:30 AM)
11-12 YEAR OLDS 400 FREE - ALEXA, EMILY, JULIA LAUREN, THERESA, FAITH, ALLISON, NATALIA  JOSLYN (4:41 PM)
9-10 YEAR OLDS 400 FREE  GIRLS- AVA, SIDONI, KALA, KATHERINE  (4:30PM)
BOYS- KEVIN, LUCA, MICHAEL, JUSTIN  (4:36PM)

WEEKLY TOPIC:  MOTHER GOOSE AND SWIMMING

"Good, Better, best never rest till Good is Better and Better is Best." When we ourselves as swimmers, or we as a group or a team are "GOOD" we tend to become complacent and we stop taking chances.  Examples of this may be at practice where we know that a hard set is lurking around the corner so we pull back on our effort at that time instead of pushing through the set, and accepting the next challenge to see what might happen (the safe choice).  In a race we may hold back or even be afraid to try a new strategy because we are happy with our current place.  We tend to stop taking chances, or trying new ideas because we are afraid of making a mistake, or the pain.  On the other hand new swimmers or less talented swimmers make that big leap because they have nothing to lose.  The challenge for US as a group and YOU as a part of this group is to change on the fly and take a chance to move from being GOOD to being GREAT.  We get that chance this weekend as we embark on our first championship meet of our season.  Let's not let "being good" get in the way of being "GREAT" this week end.  

"DARE TO SWIM GREAT"

SWIMMER SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK:

                                         LAST BOOK            SUPER HERO      FAVORITE FOOD

Nicholas Thliveris          The power of six            Batman               Chicken Sandwich

((Junior blue)

Kenta Deegan                  The Great Gatsby             ????                             Sushi

(Junior Gold)

Katie Krouse                 A Walk to Remember       Superman                    Spaghetti

(Senior Prep)  Favorite Set   5-4-3-2-1/ 10 minute kick/  Reverse order 200 ims/ 200's  (100 free/100 back)