Hello, Spring Conditioning Swimmers and Families!

Thanks for a great week of practices!!!

Week in Review:

We started with some backstroke for all the groups this week, then moved into some freestyle speed work, and some kick/IM work. It was a lot of fun-- especially the freestyle speed sets! The coaches really enjoyed seeing this swimmers get amped up about swimming fast. :) Here are the the quotes of the day from this past week!:

“We May Encounter Many Defeats But We Must Not Be Defeated.” – Maya Angelou

“Do What You Can With All You Have, Wherever You Are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it." – H.E. Luccock

Parent Reminders:

Parents, please remember that registration for the summer Marlins swim team should be opening in the next few days! Keep an eye out for an email with more information about that. :)

Swimmer of the Week:

Name: Ulysse Vogl

Age: 10

Favorite Stroke: breaststroke

Favorite thing about swimming: “That I get to get into the water everyday.”

Favorite vacation: to Hawaii

Favorite food: “Raviolis!”

“It has been awesome getting to know Ulysse these past few weeks! From his very first practice I have been so impressed by how serious, engaged, and communicative he is. Sometimes I’ll finish explaining a long, complicated, difficult set and ask the group, “Are you ready to go?” and the only person who will answer me is Ulysse, with a resounding: “Yes!”. Then I’ll ask again, trying to get more people to respond, and Ulysse will answer again for his group, with an even louder: “YES!” He works hard, tries his best to change his stroke to implement technique corrections, and is just super fun to be around. Great work, Ulysse! Coach Malia and I are so proud of you!” -Coach Tjasa

Lane Assignments:

Here is an updated version of the lane assignments for this season.

Contacts:

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any of the coaches:

Coach Tjasa Kmetec [email protected]

Coach Caleb Fenner [email protected]

Coach Malia Jefferson [email protected]

Thank you, everyone!

Coaches Tjasa Kmetec, Caleb Fenner, Malia Jefferson