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Congratulations to Brittany, Maddie, and Trent There were three winners for Week 2 Swim-A-Thon: Brittany Archer had the highest number of pledges for week two with 9 different pledges/donations. Maddie Dean had 8 different pledges/donations. Trent Hartman had 5 different pledges/donations. Thank you for getting out there and collecting pledges for AAAA!! With only three weeks remaining, we are getting close to Oct 20th for our 3rd Annual Swim-A-Thon. Go AAAA! Check out Week 3 Challenge- It's a Team Challenge this week.
Quote of the Week: “Your future depends on many things, but mostly yourself.” ~Frank Tyger, Philosopher
Week 3 Swim-A-Thon Challenge: TEAM CHALLENGE Can WE reach a team total of $2500 of flat donations by Friday? We will combine the total amount of swimmer's flat donation pledges. If we reach $2500 we will have a Pizza Party at practice for all of those signed up for the Swim-A-Thon. (Please Email Coach Katie with the total amount for your swimmer by Friday) Deadline: Friday October 5th- Email Katie – kjprice6@yahoo.com LETS GO AAAA!!!! The Pizza Party will be the following week.
I believe too many athletes, parents, and coaches feel that in order to be successful, you have to have a strong, like-minded group with which to train -- or at least one or two solid "training partners". The reasoning behind this thinking has to do with "workout intensity". It's common to believe that a strong group helps raise the workout intensity, to the benefit of an individual in that group. Certainly it is extremely valuable as a growing athlete to have those who are more experienced to watch, learn from,...
This past weekend, our LSC had our Coaches and House of Delegates Meeting. These meetings take place in the Fall and Spring. For those of you who do not know, I sit on the Executive Board for Missouri Valley as the Age Group Chair. Jolisa does as well, as the LSC Treasurer. The evening before this meeting, I met with our Senior Chair and Coach Representative to talk about the state of our LSC. We had some great discussion about how we are making improvements in conducting better Championship Meets...
Remember......to get FAST: You HAVE to work on your STROKE TECHNIQUE everyday! and You HAVE to TRAIN HARD everyday! and You Have to GET STRONGER in & out of the pool, multiple times per week! and You Have to FUEL YOURSELF and GET ENOUGH REST, as a way of life! _______ By accomplishing ONE of these things, we may create mediocre athletes within ourselves & our teams. By accomplishing TWO of these things, we may create REGIONAL level success for ourselves & our teams. By accomplishing THREE...
Week 2 Swim-A-Thon Challenge: This week’s challenge is the highest number of pledges and donations thus far (Not dependent on amount of money- just number of pledges and donations). Deadline: Friday September 28th Email Coach Katie your total number of pledges/donations collected over the past 2 weeks.
Congrats to the following swimmers that collected the largest flat donations for Week 1: $105 - Janet Stefanov and Nicholas Stefanov $100- Iris Sherron, Payton Krug, Lauren Amrein, and J.T. Amrein $65- David Christie $60- Maleena Hatfield $50- Chris Berry and Emily Venters WAY TO GO!!! And thank you for helping support AAAA!
