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At this point, all swimmers should be registered with USA Swimming. This is our national governing body and all swimmers must be registered. Swimmers registered last year need to reregister by December 31. Click here for the registration form (a PDF file) to download...
WSST ABC meet, Oct. 25 & 26 -- Thanks everyone! Our meet was a splashing success! Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make it happen. See meet results below for more details...
Upcoming dates to be aware of... Tuesday, November 18 – No Practice (CIF Water Polo Championships)
Team Stats Online – Important notice! The service we to to track out team stats, Team Stats Online, has changed their programming format which no longer works on the Safari or Opera web browsers. Other browsers do work however, so if you have Firefox or Explorer use those instead. Sorry for any inconvenience.
MEET RESULTS HSA C All Ages Nov 15–16 It was a hot one this weekend! Our swimmers and coaches dealt with record heat in El Cajon and swam well! Hytek Power Point Champions
RSD Meet Results (Nov 7–9) This last weekend… Hytek Power Point Champions Take a look at the results attached as well as on our Team Stats website.
WSST Home Meet (Oct 25–26) Sometimes I lose how good of a job our swimmers do at a meet that we host. Once again, they were outstanding! Not only did they swim well but they helped out when we needed them. Thank you everyone! Hytek Power Point Champions
Freestyle Festival Our first meet of the season was great! The rain passed through the night before so our swimmers only got wet when they swam! Our morning swimmers did a great job of not letting meet delays affect their performances. What a great way to start the year! - 3 Team Records were set (Mckenna -1, Michael – 2)
FUN PHOTOS Mark & Zachary Wallace fishing!
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Tryouts are 3:30 pm on the first Wednesday of every month. Upcoming tryouts are:Dec 3; Jan 7; Feb 4 Practice is held at the Coggan Family Aquatic Complex (click for directions) |
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| PRACTICE TIMES
NOVICE WHITE RED BLUE BLACK |
| MEET ENTRIES DUE
Nov 24 for the 12&U A Pentathlon, Dec 6; CAST / Joan Croc Center Nov 24 for the 1 Day Senior Meet, Dec 7; CAST / Joan Croc Center Dec 1 for the B/C All Ages, Dec 13–14; SBA / Loma Verde PoolPaton has a paper copy with him for these and most of the meets throughout the upcoming season. |
| SUMMER MEET SCHEDULE 2008 Get meet entries to Paton by the date in yellow For meet results, check the team manager online Oct 5; Freestyle Festival - South; CAST / Joan Kroc Center / Sept 22 Oct 25-26; A/B/C All Ages - South; WSST / La Jolla HS / Oct 13 Nov 7-9; A/B All Ages; RSD / Pardee Aquatics Center / Oct 27 Nov 15-16; C All Ages; HSA / El Cajon Valley HS / Nov 3 Nov 21–24; 2008 TYR Turkey Classic; MVN / Mission Viejo / Nov 6 Dec 6; 12&Under A Pentathlon; CAST / Joan Kroc Center / Nov 24 Dec 7; 1 Day Senior Meet; CAST / Joan Kroc Center / Nov 24 Dec 13-14; B/C All Ages; SBA / Loma Verde Pool / Dec 1 Jan 3-4; C Meet; ICAC / Palomar College / Dec 22 ? Jan 10-11; B/C All Ages - South; CAST / Joan Kroc Center / Dec 29 Jan 16-18; 12 & Over No Time Standard; HSA / El Cajon Valley HS / Jan 5 Feb 6-8; A/B/C 12&Under - South; SBA / Loma Verde Pool / Jan 26 Feb 13-16; Senior Classic; LSC / TBA / Feb 2 Feb 20-22; Junior Olympics; LSC / TBA / Feb 9 Mar 6-8; JO Max - South; HSA / El Cajon Valley HS / Feb 23 For more info on meets, visit the SI-Swimming website at http://si-swimming.com/meets.htm |
POOL CLOSINGS & PRACTICE CHANGES
November
12 – NO PRACTICE
18 – NO PRACTICE
19 – NO PRACTICE
26 – NO PRACTICE
27 – Thanksgiving NO PRACTICE
28 – Thanksgiving NO PRACTICE
December
22–Jan 2 – WINTER BREAK
22–24 & 26 9:50–11:50 a.m. for Blue & Black groups
25 – Christmas NO PRACTICE
27 – 10:40–1:00 for Blue & Black groups
29–31 9:50–11:50 a.m. for Blue & Black groups
January
1 – New Years NO PRACTICE
2 – 7:40–9:40 a.m. for Blue & Black groups
19 – MLK Day, NO PRACTICE
26 – NO PRACTICE
Back Into The Water
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. -- Other than the helicopters and the lifeguards and the coroner, he had eight miles of beach to himself that morning. The posted signs said, "Get Back!" and "Enter At Your Own Risk!" and "Shark Warning!" but he rushed past all of them to his father's reef.
As he knelt in the sand, the ocean spoke to him. He could hear his father's low, soothing voice, which made him break down and weep, and he spoke back: I'm coming in. I'm coming in the water to see you. The shark's not going to win.
So that's how it happened. That's how a man decided to surf and swim at a reef that was off-limits, at a reef where his father, only 24 hours earlier, had lost his legs and his life.
They still talk about it in the quaint San Diego suburb of Solana Beach. They talk about how a grieving 41-year-old man inspired an entire town to get back in the water. But what they don't know, to this day, is what it all meant to the woman who was swimming next to the man's father. The woman who saw the shark. The woman who, in the aftermath, could not stop crying and shaking and heaving. Click here to read more...