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