Millersville Sea Lions Swim Team
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Coaches
Wendy Blake - Head Coach
Liz Frey and Devon Blake - Assistant Coaches
2009 Newsletters
JUNE 21,2009
SUNDAY JUNE 28
ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT Coach Wendy's 5pm - WHENEVER
COACH'S COMMENTS
GREAT JOB SWIMMER'S ON THURSDAYS MEET. THIS WEEK WILL BE ANOTHER HARD ONE. SO ON THAT NOTE, I NEED ALLLLLLLLL THE SWIMMER'S TO BE AT PRACTICE MONDAY AND TUESDAY UNLESS YOU ALREADY SPOKE TO ME ABOUT BEING ABSENT. WE NEED TO WORK ON TURNS AND STARTS AND OF COURSE FINISHES. I CANNOT ENTER A SWIMMER IN MEET IF THEY ARE NOT ATTENDING PRACTICES . IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE SWIMMER'S WHO ARE DEDICATED AND ATTEND REGULARLY. WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON STROKES AND TURNS , STARTS AND FINISHES MON AND TUE. ALSO, I MAY NEED TO HAVE SWIM OFFS ON TUESDAY, SO IT'S CRUCIAL YOU'RE THERE.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING AT THE MEETS . YOU ARE INVALUABLE TO ME AND THE OTHER COACHES . WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT IT WOULD NOT COME TOGETHER. IF YOU HAVE NOT VOLUNTEERED YET, YOU SHOULD IT'S FUN AND YOU GET TO MEET SOME AWESOME MILLERSVILLE PARENTS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME IT REALLY MAKES MY JOB OF COACHING YOUR CHILDREN ALL THAT MUCH BETTER, THE KIDS ARE GREAT AND I ENJOY SEEING THEM IMPROVE AND LEARN NEW THINGS. HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK.
June 14, 2009
IMPORTANT DATES
MONDAY JUNE 15 CLINIC FOR 8'S AND FIRST YEAR 10'S
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 CLINIC FOR ALL 12'S AND UP. WORKING ON TURNS, STARTS AND RELAY STARTS.
THURSDAY DUAL MEET AGAINST ADAMSTOWN
PLEASE IS AT MILLERSVILLE POOL BY 5:15- THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY MOVED DOWN FROM DIV. ONE. WE NEED TO SWIM OUR BEST.
LITITZ SPRINGS ENTRIES WILL BE POSTED ON THE SWIM TEAM BOARD TUESDAY, PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE AND CHECK IT TO SEE IF YOUR SWIMMER IS ENTERED. THE DATE OF LITITZ SPRINGS IS SATURDAY JUNE 27TH.
COACHES COMMENTS
WOW, DID OUR SWIMMERS DO WELL AT WOODRIDGE AND CVI. A LOT OF BEST TIMES AND SOME LEAGUE QUALIFYING TIMES WERE MADE. THE FOLLOWING SWIMMERS HAVE QUALIFIED FOR ALL LEAGUE INDIVIDUALS UP TO THIS DATE THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS
8'S
LISA SCHAEFER, MATT SCHAEFER
10'S
MEGAN SHULTZ, AARON SKELLY, JUSTIN SCHAEFER, BRANDON SHEAFFER
12'S
KRISTEN ALLEN, CAROLYN WEBER, NICHOLAS KIRK
14'S
ABBY BARLEY, STEFANY BERTZ AND TIMOTHY FREEMAN
OPENS
KATY MORGAN, SAM HERSHEY, BILLY HOFFER AND RYAN O'DAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. I MUST SAY, THIS LIST WILL DOUBLE AFTER OUR DUAL MEET THURSDAY.
TO ALL SWIMMERS
PLEASE KNOW WHAT THE QUALIFYING TIMES ARE IN YOUR AGE GROUP FOR ALL LEAGUES SO YOU CAN SET A GOAL FOR YOURSELF. THERE ARE SEVERAL SWIMMERS WHO ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CLOSE. GOOD LUCK
A HUGE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO HELPED STAGE THE SWIMMERS FOR THE TWO INVITATIONALS ON SATURDAY. WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU. OH YEAH, THANKS TO STEFANY BERTZ AND HAYLEY CAUFEILD-JAMES TOO FOR HELPING AT WOODRIDGE.
ON A KIND OF DOWN NOTE, I HONESTLY FEEL THE SWIMMERS ARE NOT SWIMMING TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR THE DUAL MEET SEASON. THE COACHES CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AS FAR AS HELPING THEM AND BANGING IT INTO THEIR HEADS ABOUT THEIR TURNS AND STARTS AND FINISHES, BUT IN THE END IT'S THEIR RACE AND IT ALL NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER FOR THEM. THIS WEEK I WILL BE CONCENTRATING HEAVILY ON THOSE AREAS. I KNOW THEY CAN DO IT THE CONCENTRATION JUST HASN'T BEEN THERE. OK. ON POSITIVE NOTE THEIR STROKES LOOK PRETTY GOOD AND WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF KID'S. IN ALL SINCERITY THIS IS THE BEST GROUP I'VE HAD AT MILLERSVILLE SO FAR. THANKS SWIMMERS
DOUGHNUT DAY
DOUGHNUT DAY WILL BE FOR THE 8'S AND 10'S FRIDAY
HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK EVERYONE- BE READY TO WORK HARD. IT WILL PAY OFF IN THE END.
GO SEALIONS,
WENDY
June 6, 2009
THURSDAY JUNE 11 OVERLOOK RELAY
BE AT OVERLOOK POOL BY 4:45 MEET BEGINS AT 6
SATURDAY JUNE 13 WOODRIDGE CLASSIC
WARM UP TIMES TO FOLLOW MEET STARTS AT 9:00
SATURDAY JUNE 13 CONESTOGA VALLEY INVITATIONAL
ARRIVE BY 6:45, WARM UPS START AT 7:00 MEET STARTS AT 8;00
MONDAY JUNE 8 AND WEDNESDAY JUNE 10
I WILL BE HOLDING CLINICS FROM 10;15 to 11;00 . THIS IS OPEN FOR ALL SWIMMERS. I WILL BE CONCENTRATING ON STROKE MECHANICS , STARTS, TURNS AND FINISHES.
ALL AGE GROUPS ARE WELCOME.
OUR A.M. PRACTICE TIMES BEGIN MONDAY JUNE 8
12, 14, AND OPENS 8:00 TO 9:15
8'S AND 10'S 9:15 TO 10;15
PUP TEAM BEGINS MONDAY JUNE 8 AND JUNE 10
9:30 TO 10:15
I REALLY AM IMPRESSED WITH THE SWIMMERS WHO ATTENDED PRACTICE LAST WEEK. I KNOW HOW COLD IT WAS AND YOU PERSEVERED. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY IN FACT IT WAS MISERABLE, IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER. THE SWIMMERS ARE LOOKING GREAT. OF COURSE THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE ON TURNS AND STARTS WHICH ARE SO CRUCIAL TO THE SWIMMERS RACE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR MEETS THIS WEEK TO GET SWIMMERS TIMES. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AND I KNOW THEY ARE READY TO RACE.
DOUGHNUT DAY
FRIDAY JUNE 12 FOR ALL AGE GROUPS
PLEASE CHECK THE SWIM TEAM BOARD FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION. I WILL BE READING THE MILLERSVILLE RELAY LINE-UP MONDAY AND THE OVERLOOK RELAY LINE-UP WED. CV AND WOODRIDGE ARE POSTED ALSO. PLEASE BE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILD IS SWIMMING. IT'S POSTED ON THE SWIM TEAM BOARD AND WILL BE POSTED ON A BOARD AT THE MEET SO SWIMMERS PLEASE MAKE IT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW YOUR EVENTS AND NOT ASK THE COACHES. THANKS GUYS.
May 26, 2009
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE SEASON TO BEGIN. VERY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE NEW FAMILIES AND ALL RETUNING FAMILIES. IT WILL BE A TOUGH DUAL MEET SEASON BECAUSE WE MOVED UP TO DIVISION TWO BUT I AM CONFIDENT THE SWIMMERS WILL STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND THE HARDER COMPETITON WILL MAKE THE SWIMMERS STRONGER AND FASTER AND PROBABLY DO SOME THINGS THEY NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. PLEASE ALWAYS STAY POSITIVE WITH YOUR SWIMMER. SEE EVERYONE ON TUESDAY RAIN OR SHINE. HERE WE GO SEALIONS, LET'S SHOW EM WHO WE ARE.
SUNDAY JUNE 28
ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT Coach Wendy's 5pm - WHENEVER
COACH'S COMMENTS
GREAT JOB SWIMMER'S ON THURSDAYS MEET. THIS WEEK WILL BE ANOTHER HARD ONE. SO ON THAT NOTE, I NEED ALLLLLLLLL THE SWIMMER'S TO BE AT PRACTICE MONDAY AND TUESDAY UNLESS YOU ALREADY SPOKE TO ME ABOUT BEING ABSENT. WE NEED TO WORK ON TURNS AND STARTS AND OF COURSE FINISHES. I CANNOT ENTER A SWIMMER IN MEET IF THEY ARE NOT ATTENDING PRACTICES . IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE SWIMMER'S WHO ARE DEDICATED AND ATTEND REGULARLY. WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON STROKES AND TURNS , STARTS AND FINISHES MON AND TUE. ALSO, I MAY NEED TO HAVE SWIM OFFS ON TUESDAY, SO IT'S CRUCIAL YOU'RE THERE.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING AT THE MEETS . YOU ARE INVALUABLE TO ME AND THE OTHER COACHES . WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT IT WOULD NOT COME TOGETHER. IF YOU HAVE NOT VOLUNTEERED YET, YOU SHOULD IT'S FUN AND YOU GET TO MEET SOME AWESOME MILLERSVILLE PARENTS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME IT REALLY MAKES MY JOB OF COACHING YOUR CHILDREN ALL THAT MUCH BETTER, THE KIDS ARE GREAT AND I ENJOY SEEING THEM IMPROVE AND LEARN NEW THINGS. HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK.
June 14, 2009
IMPORTANT DATES
MONDAY JUNE 15 CLINIC FOR 8'S AND FIRST YEAR 10'S
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 CLINIC FOR ALL 12'S AND UP. WORKING ON TURNS, STARTS AND RELAY STARTS.
THURSDAY DUAL MEET AGAINST ADAMSTOWN
PLEASE IS AT MILLERSVILLE POOL BY 5:15- THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY MOVED DOWN FROM DIV. ONE. WE NEED TO SWIM OUR BEST.
LITITZ SPRINGS ENTRIES WILL BE POSTED ON THE SWIM TEAM BOARD TUESDAY, PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE AND CHECK IT TO SEE IF YOUR SWIMMER IS ENTERED. THE DATE OF LITITZ SPRINGS IS SATURDAY JUNE 27TH.
COACHES COMMENTS
WOW, DID OUR SWIMMERS DO WELL AT WOODRIDGE AND CVI. A LOT OF BEST TIMES AND SOME LEAGUE QUALIFYING TIMES WERE MADE. THE FOLLOWING SWIMMERS HAVE QUALIFIED FOR ALL LEAGUE INDIVIDUALS UP TO THIS DATE THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS
8'S
LISA SCHAEFER, MATT SCHAEFER
10'S
MEGAN SHULTZ, AARON SKELLY, JUSTIN SCHAEFER, BRANDON SHEAFFER
12'S
KRISTEN ALLEN, CAROLYN WEBER, NICHOLAS KIRK
14'S
ABBY BARLEY, STEFANY BERTZ AND TIMOTHY FREEMAN
OPENS
KATY MORGAN, SAM HERSHEY, BILLY HOFFER AND RYAN O'DAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. I MUST SAY, THIS LIST WILL DOUBLE AFTER OUR DUAL MEET THURSDAY.
TO ALL SWIMMERS
PLEASE KNOW WHAT THE QUALIFYING TIMES ARE IN YOUR AGE GROUP FOR ALL LEAGUES SO YOU CAN SET A GOAL FOR YOURSELF. THERE ARE SEVERAL SWIMMERS WHO ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CLOSE. GOOD LUCK
A HUGE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO HELPED STAGE THE SWIMMERS FOR THE TWO INVITATIONALS ON SATURDAY. WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU. OH YEAH, THANKS TO STEFANY BERTZ AND HAYLEY CAUFEILD-JAMES TOO FOR HELPING AT WOODRIDGE.
ON A KIND OF DOWN NOTE, I HONESTLY FEEL THE SWIMMERS ARE NOT SWIMMING TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR THE DUAL MEET SEASON. THE COACHES CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AS FAR AS HELPING THEM AND BANGING IT INTO THEIR HEADS ABOUT THEIR TURNS AND STARTS AND FINISHES, BUT IN THE END IT'S THEIR RACE AND IT ALL NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER FOR THEM. THIS WEEK I WILL BE CONCENTRATING HEAVILY ON THOSE AREAS. I KNOW THEY CAN DO IT THE CONCENTRATION JUST HASN'T BEEN THERE. OK. ON POSITIVE NOTE THEIR STROKES LOOK PRETTY GOOD AND WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF KID'S. IN ALL SINCERITY THIS IS THE BEST GROUP I'VE HAD AT MILLERSVILLE SO FAR. THANKS SWIMMERS
DOUGHNUT DAY
DOUGHNUT DAY WILL BE FOR THE 8'S AND 10'S FRIDAY
HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK EVERYONE- BE READY TO WORK HARD. IT WILL PAY OFF IN THE END.
GO SEALIONS,
WENDY
June 6, 2009
THURSDAY JUNE 11 OVERLOOK RELAY
BE AT OVERLOOK POOL BY 4:45 MEET BEGINS AT 6
SATURDAY JUNE 13 WOODRIDGE CLASSIC
WARM UP TIMES TO FOLLOW MEET STARTS AT 9:00
SATURDAY JUNE 13 CONESTOGA VALLEY INVITATIONAL
ARRIVE BY 6:45, WARM UPS START AT 7:00 MEET STARTS AT 8;00
MONDAY JUNE 8 AND WEDNESDAY JUNE 10
I WILL BE HOLDING CLINICS FROM 10;15 to 11;00 . THIS IS OPEN FOR ALL SWIMMERS. I WILL BE CONCENTRATING ON STROKE MECHANICS , STARTS, TURNS AND FINISHES.
ALL AGE GROUPS ARE WELCOME.
OUR A.M. PRACTICE TIMES BEGIN MONDAY JUNE 8
12, 14, AND OPENS 8:00 TO 9:15
8'S AND 10'S 9:15 TO 10;15
PUP TEAM BEGINS MONDAY JUNE 8 AND JUNE 10
9:30 TO 10:15
I REALLY AM IMPRESSED WITH THE SWIMMERS WHO ATTENDED PRACTICE LAST WEEK. I KNOW HOW COLD IT WAS AND YOU PERSEVERED. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY IN FACT IT WAS MISERABLE, IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER. THE SWIMMERS ARE LOOKING GREAT. OF COURSE THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE ON TURNS AND STARTS WHICH ARE SO CRUCIAL TO THE SWIMMERS RACE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR MEETS THIS WEEK TO GET SWIMMERS TIMES. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AND I KNOW THEY ARE READY TO RACE.
DOUGHNUT DAY
FRIDAY JUNE 12 FOR ALL AGE GROUPS
PLEASE CHECK THE SWIM TEAM BOARD FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION. I WILL BE READING THE MILLERSVILLE RELAY LINE-UP MONDAY AND THE OVERLOOK RELAY LINE-UP WED. CV AND WOODRIDGE ARE POSTED ALSO. PLEASE BE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILD IS SWIMMING. IT'S POSTED ON THE SWIM TEAM BOARD AND WILL BE POSTED ON A BOARD AT THE MEET SO SWIMMERS PLEASE MAKE IT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW YOUR EVENTS AND NOT ASK THE COACHES. THANKS GUYS.
May 26, 2009
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE SEASON TO BEGIN. VERY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE NEW FAMILIES AND ALL RETUNING FAMILIES. IT WILL BE A TOUGH DUAL MEET SEASON BECAUSE WE MOVED UP TO DIVISION TWO BUT I AM CONFIDENT THE SWIMMERS WILL STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND THE HARDER COMPETITON WILL MAKE THE SWIMMERS STRONGER AND FASTER AND PROBABLY DO SOME THINGS THEY NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. PLEASE ALWAYS STAY POSITIVE WITH YOUR SWIMMER. SEE EVERYONE ON TUESDAY RAIN OR SHINE. HERE WE GO SEALIONS, LET'S SHOW EM WHO WE ARE.
