Del Prado Stingrays

Hi Swimmers and Parents,

Get Mom or Dad to check your email for a guest pass to photos of our Pleasanton Meadows meet.

Swimmers make sure you get plenty of sleep this week as we want to be ready to swim big at Champs on Saturday.

Congratulations on going undefeated in the regular swim season.

PS. We have a new page on our website Stingrays of Past and Present which has swim team photos all the way back to 1992. You can click on any photo to view a larger version of the team photo.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Final Score:

Del Prado 647.5

Pleasanton Meadows 344.5

This means we finished our dual meet season undefeated! Congratulations to all Stingrays. You are super!!

What a wonderful day by the side of the pool to finish our dual meet season. I love this meet every year. I’m sad to see 8 swimmers graduate and to lose 5 long-time DP families…but to me, you’ll always be Stingrays. I know I speak for the entire team and coaching staff in wishing you all the best that the future holds for you.

It was great seeing former Coach Jeff Manson here today along with past Stingrays Kimi Kurotori, Evan Jackson, Andy Halseth, Taylor Peterson, Johnny Strom, Ryan Jackson–there may have been others that I just didn’t see. It’s always special to see former coaches and swimmers at our meets.

Swimmers, great job again today. Times continue to improve. Thank you to Niki Doi for again decorating our pool area so beautifully.

Coaches, thank you for again seeding us a winning meet and for helping our swimmers to keep improving.

Parents, thank you for getting all our swimmers to the pool on-time and ready to swim. Once again we didn’t have a single scratch. Thank you to all that volunteered today as well. We run a great meet. By the way, our snack bar guys and gals did a fantastic job this season and made our team lots of $$. Thank you to all that worked it and/or supported it.

All this leads us to our next and final meet of the year, Championships!! Rest up, eat well, and put everything you know into swimming your fastest for the meet next Saturday, August 1, at the Livermore Aquatic Center. All swimmers need to arrive and be checked in with their coach by 6:45 a.m. (Sorry!) The scratch meeting will be at 7:00, and we’ll hope for the meet to start at 8:00. This pool is a distance for most of us so please plan accordingly. Our team will warm-up from 7:20-7:35. This is an all-day meet. Plan to bring plenty of towels, pop-up tents are recommended, chairs, sunscreen, games/activities to keep you and your swimmer busy during the wait for races. There is to be no setting-up on the lawn area the night before the meet. If this happens, it may jeopardize our use of this facility for the future. There will be a league-wide snack bar available. There will be fresh food available along with special vendors to supplement the menu as well. Please plan to support our team and league by “eating out.” We still have volunteer positions that for this meet that need to be filled. Please contact Beth Borchers ASAP if you have not yet volunteered.

Following the championship meet on Sunday, August 2, is our year-end BBQ and awards ceremony at 5:00 p.m. Your swim team board will provide burgers, hotdogs, drinks, and the fixin’s. Please plan to bring a side, salad, or dessert to share. We’ll plan to start the awards part on the evening by 6:00. If any can help with the set-up or clean-up, please contact Cindi Sabatini.

If your swimmer is interested in swimming for the Seahawks in their Fall Swim Program, I have a flier with all the needed information. Just let me know, and I’ll pass that info along to you.

Whew, I think that’s it for now. We have a big week ahead. Your coach should know by now if your swimmer is not swimming at champs. Enjoy Swim Buddy Week. Take good care. Hope to see some of you tonight at the Adult Luau Pool Party.

ShaBooYa Del Prado!

Joan

Hi Swimmers and Parents,

Great swims today. You are all looking like you are in great shape for champs.

Final Score

Del Prado 647

Pleasanton Meadows 344

Here are today’s results —–> PM vs DP 2009

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Final score:

Del Prado 595

Ruby Hill 393

Complete Meet Results —–> RH vs DP 2009

Whew! Another hot day by the side of the pool and another great meet. It was so nice to see former Coaches Erin Cooper (Munoz) and Mark Hudson at the pool today…and how about those cool “big kid” t-shirts?! Thank you Colleen Mayes, Emily Klein, and Zoe Fowler-Kimsey for making those for all the 15-18s and for our coaches. We do have the best team spirit. I think Chris Cousens wins for the most unique display of our new Stingray tattoo!! We sold LOTS. Thank you for supporting the team. We also “copied” DBAC with the raffle and it was a success as well. All the proceeds from those two things will help support our junior coaching program.

Thank you to all the parents who helped run another great Del Prado meet–especially in this warm weather. Once again, by the time I show up the pool is ready to go. That’s such a nice thing. Thank you also for getting your swimmers to the pool on time and ready to swim. We didn’t have a single scratch today–again. As I always say, the envy of every other team.

Thank you, swimmers, for continuing to practice hard, swim hard, and cheer for your team. You all are a great group of kids. I personally think you are the best. Special congratulations to Stephanie Doi for bettering her own record time today to a 26.58 in the girl’s 13-14 free. Way to swim fast!

Coaches, thank you for seeding us a winning meet today. You continue to give good advice and help to our swimmers and the improvement shows.

Our next meet, and final dual meet of the season (time sure flies when you’re having fun) is next Saturday, July 25, against Pleasanton Meadows at our pool. All swimmers must arrive and be checked in with their coach by 8:00 a.m. The scratch meeting will be at 8:15, and we hope to start the meet at 9:00. We will be honoring our 8 graduating seniors prior to the start of the meet. Please notify your coach by this Monday if your swimming will be unable to swim in this meet and if you know your swimmer won’t be swimming at champs, please let them know now as well. They are already starting to plan for that important meet.

That’s it for now. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Take good care.

Go Stingrays,

Joan