Back to School

Just wanted to drop everyone a quick note and wish you all a safe and healthy back to school this fall!

I started back last week with band camp, and I know that Jon and Alayna are either back, or on their way shortly.

While not entirely swimming related, I will be student teaching in Henrico County this spring (as an elementary and high school music teacher).  I might even have some of you in my classes.  To commemorate this journey, I have started a new blog that I will be using to post daily photos and video from my student teaching, both as a personal diary of my experiences, but also as a way for others to follow along.  

Each day will feature a special tie or outfit, so it should be fun!

I am thinking Straight Tie Tuesday and No Tie Friday, but those are just a couple ideas.  Just expect lots of bow ties.

The site is mrticklesties.blogspot.com.

Have a great school year!

Thank You!

The Tigersharks finished the 2012 regular season with a winning record of 4-2.  This record is due to the incredible drive and determination of our swimmers.  Collectively, the Tigersharks dropped more than 720 seconds of time!  With most races lasting less than a minute, this is an astonishing amount of time to drop. 

At the Championship meet, TVW took 5^th in our division.  This was a great trip for our qualifying swimmers.  Times were dropped even further than the regular season, and many of our swimmers took home some very impressive Champs medallions.  The Tigersharks scored 340 points at this meet, placing us 20^th overall, between four divisions.  This was five places and 89 points better than last year.  A great finish to the 2012 season!

A huge thank you goes out to the Tigershark parents who helped make this season possible.  Swim team not be nearly as successful without the support and dedication of our team parents.

Also, thank you to our swimmers.  Goals were set, times were dropped, records were beaten, and smiles were had.  It was a pleasure to coach you all this season and you really made this summer fun for your coaches!  GO TIGERSHARKS!

Sincerely,

Coach Philip, Coach Jon & Coach Alayna

Champs Warm-ups

Saturday:

• 8:45-9:00 a.m.

Sunday:

• 8:15-8:25 a.m.

It is important that you arrive on time so that your swimmer can warm-up.  For Saturday, there will be NO warm-up and cool-down lanes, therefore swimmers will have very precious time in the water.  For Sunday, warm-ups are only ten minutes, and so arriving on time ensures that the team can get in an effective warm-up.

Monday:  

• Morning Champs Practice 9:30-10:30 a.m.
• Afternoon Champs Practice 5:00-6:00 p.m. & 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Tuesday:

• Kings Dominion Trip- Meet at @TVW at 10:00 a.m.
• Any swimmer planning to ride with a coach will need to confirm with Coach Philip in advance.  All 10 & Unders should have rides with other parents who will be their driver/chaperone for the day.
• Please purchase tickets in advance.
• Lunch will be in the park or at your car, depending on your group.  The coaches will have meeting spots and times for lunch for those interested in "Lunch with a Coach".
• NO MORNING CHAMPS PRACTICE!
• Afternoon Champs Practice- Coach Philip is leaving Kings Dominion at 5:30 p.m. and will coach practice for an hour for any interested swimmers.  Please confirm in advance!

Wednesday:

• Morning Champs Practice 9:30-10:30 a.m.
• Swim Team Banquet 6:00-10:00 p.m.

Thursday:

• Morning Champs Practice 9:30-10:30 a.m.
• NO AFTERNOON PRACTICE!

Friday:

• NO PRACTICES!

End of Season Banquet RSVPs

Please check your email and respond to the End of Season Banquet ASAP.  Allison Unowitz is trying to plan for numbers and will be ordering food Sunday.  She needs your RSVPs so we can ensure that everyone has enough to eat.  Thanks!

Congratulations Tigersharks!

Last night was an incredible showing of how tough you all are.  You continued to drop even more time and that shows how much you all want to be the best!

The final score for the meet was 960.5 (TVW) to 820.50 (Wembly).  That is an AWESOME 120 point victory for us!  

Finishing the season with a 4-2 record is great!  Jon, Alayna, and Philip are so proud of your hard work in the pool.  

Champs qualifiers practices start this afternoon at 5:00 p.m.  Mites and Midgets at 5:00 p.m.; Juniors, Intermediates, & Seniors at 6:00 p.m.  See you all at the pool!

For the rest of you, enjoy some well earned time off.  We will post more details in the coming days about Kings Dominion and the End-of-Season Banquet.

Tigersharks Time Drops (2012)

Just FYI...

As a team, we have dropped 660.27 seconds of time from Week 1 to Week 5... that is SUPER impressive!  That is 11 minutes!  

Think about that... that is 1/6 of an hour...

Let this be your inspiration to swim EVEN FASTER for the last meet!  Many of you are on the very edge of a Champs qualifying time (at least JV or faster).  Many still are very fast novice times who could easily skip over the Advanced division and straight into a JV time!

Swim fast Tigersharks!