Awards Banquet – August 1st

July 28, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

Hi. Here’s a little information regarding our awards banquet on Sunday.

The banquet is our last swim team activity for the season.

Your swim team will provide burgers and hot dogs and drinks, and we ask that each family bring either a side dish/salad/dessert to share. This is a team potluck.

Please remember that no ceramic or glass is allowed at the pool. We will begin serving dinner at 4:30 p.m.

Starting at 6:00, we will honor all our swimmers with recognition and awards, followed by a slide show.

For those new to our team, you might want to bring chairs to sit in and blankets for your swimmers to lie on.

Thank you to Cindi Sabatini and Hillary Bessiere for organizing this event for us and thank you to “the staff” of regular BBQ-ers who always help us with this fun event.

Go Stingrays!

Joan

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Champs Info 2010

July 28, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

1) Ruby Hill-H
2) Pleasanton Meadows-G
3) DBAC-A
4) Briarhill-E
5) Dublin-C
6) CSP-D
7) FAST-B
8) Del Prado-F

Tri-Valley Swim Championships 2010

Mapquest Directions to DBAC

Hi. I finally have all the pieces of information ready to share with you for champs on Saturday. Attached is a map of the DBAC lawn area. This year all teams have been assigned a spot. We will rotate each year to the next letter in the alphabet. Our spot for this season is area “F.” This is the only allowed area for Del Prado. I need to tell you that the city of Pleasanton asks that no plastic tarps of any kind be laid on the grass. Blankets, towels, or any breathable material is fine, just not plastic. Also, there is no alcohol of any kind allowed on these premises.

All swimmers must be checked-in with their coach by 7:00 a.m. Please do not be late. Plan for more time to park and unload and look for your coach ASAP. The scratch meeting will be at 7:15 sharp. We plan to start the meet at 8:00. Our warm-up time is 7:30-7:50 a.m., and we have lanes 11-15.

This is an all-day meet. If I had to guess, I would say the meet should be over sometime around 4 p.m. Bring lots of towels, activities to keep you busy/entertained, drinks, sunscreen–just like a regular meet…but it just goes a lot longer. There will be a league snack bar available. Those of you who missed the pre-order of the championship t-shirts, you will be able to purchase one the day of the meet for $12. Look for a booth selling them. You can park anywhere around the aquatic center that is a legal parking place.

Look tomorrow on our league website, www.trivalleyswim.us, for the meet program. I would suggest each family print out one of these. Those of you working line-ups will receive a print-out on Saturday morning, specific to your age group.

This is our biggest meet of the year. Swimmers, please get lots of rest between now and then. There still seems to be a lot of germs hanging around our pool, and we need a full, healthy squad to do our best.

I think that’s it for now. If you have any questions/suggestions/concerns, please let me know. Thanks again to all of you who are helping with this meet. We couldn’t do it without you. :)

Good luck, Stingrays!

Joan

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Pancake Breakfast – July 30th

July 26, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

Hi Swimmers,

Don’t forget after your morning swim practice on Friday, July 30th there will be a pancake breakfast served.

Regards,

Sammy Stingray

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Champs Volunteer List

July 26, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

Beth Borchers has kindly gathered all the required volunteers for the Championships this coming weekend.

Here is the list —-> Champs Volunteers 2010

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Meet 7: DP vs PM

July 24, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

Del Prado vs Pleasanton Meadows

Complete Meets Results —–> DP vs PM 2010

Final score:
Del Prado – 601.5
Pleasanton Meadows – 392.5

Well, we ended out our dual meet season today. This has been the fastest swim season ever. I think we ended it on a high note. This is always one of my most favorite meets.
Thank you to all of the swimmers who showed up on time and again ready to swim and cheer on our team. We only had one scratch today and that was due to an illness. That makes your coaches’ job and my job so much easier. Thank you. Special congratulations to Hannah Loeffler who bettered her own record in the 6&under butterfly to a 22.24 and Jack Payan who bettered his record in the 15-18 free to a 22.35. Here are the new records
I also want to wish all our senior swimmers the best of luck in their future. Know that you’re always welcome at DP, and we hope you’ll be back to visit in the future.
Thank you, parent volunteers, for running another great swim meet. You’re all pros and veterans now! Can’t say it enough…thank you to Kevin Suto and Rusty Hicks for providing us the best snack bar in the league for all six of our home meets this season. You both have gone way above and beyond, and I think I speak for the entire team when I say, Thank You So Much. We are lucky to have two other helpers–Hiroshi Doi and Randy Vandiver–who do whatever we ask and whatever we haven’t thought to ask yet. Your help is greatly appreciated as well.
Coaches, thank you for teaching our swimmers how to swim and race. Your constant efforts and time spent at the pool are recognized and we thank you for that. You now have one last BIG meet to seed for us. Good luck
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Our next swim meet will be the final meet of the season, Championships, and is schedule for Saturday, July 31 at DBAC. (new location this year) The meet will begin at 8:00 a.m. More championship info to follow within the next day or so. This looks to be a very close and exciting meet. We all need to rest up, sleep well, eat well, and get pumped up! Can’t wait. Your coaches are seeding the meet as this is being typed. If your swimmer isn’t planning to swim at champs and you haven’t let your coach know, call me ASAP. 462-5932.
This is the list of swimmers out: for champs
Jennifer Jo
Joshua Cole
Ethan Bennett
Theo Hrycewicz
Michael Howard
Christina Bahls
Eric Crispell
Geremy Blandino
Christopher Nally
Victoria Naylor
Jessica Hungerford
Jaclyn Vandiver

That’s it for now. Take good care. Enjoy the luau tonight.
Go Stingrays!
Joan
Photos will be later this week.

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Adult Luau – July 24th

July 22, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

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Records for 2010

July 19, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

Hi Swimmers,

There have been a few individual and relay records broken this year at our pool.

Check out the Records page to see the updated pool records for 2010.

Cheers, Sammy Stingray

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Meet 6: DP vs. Ruby Hill

July 19, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

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Final Score

  • Del Prado Stingrays 511.50
  • Ruby Hill Swim Team 457.50

Complete Swim Meet Results —> Ruby Hill vs Del Prado 2010

More photos coming soon.

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Meet 5: DP vs Dublin

July 13, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

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Final score:

Dublin – 514.83

Del Prado – 473.17

Complete Swim Meet Results —> DP vs DUB 2010

(We had one race that was a 3-way tie. I’ve never known that to have happened before. There was also a race with a tie.)

Congratulations to the City of Dublin. That may have been the first time they’ve ever beaten Del Prado.

Thank you to all our wonderful parent volunteers who worked at today’s meet. Today was another example of a well-run meet. Good job. Randy, thank you for bringing the pop-up tent so the coaches and I had shade to sit under.

Thank you to all our swimmers for showing up on time and ready to swim. We only had scratches due to some swimmers who are under the weather. Christina Bahls and David Reimer, we hope you’ll feel better soon. This has been an interesting season illness-wise. I can’t remember so many swimmers getting sick during our swim season. We had some very close races that were exciting to watch. I know Dublin’s pool was tough on some of you due to a slippery pool deck. Next week you’ll be back at home and have blocks again to dive off of.

Thank you, coaches, for seeding us a great meet. You all are working so hard for our team. Keep up the great work. Coach Niki, good luck with orientation at Seattle University on Monday and Tuesday. We’ll see you at practice on Wednesday.

I want to mention, again and again, that swim team is not a swim lesson. Your coaching staff feels every swimmer aged 11 and younger, can benefit from a swim lesson. If interested, check into lessons at Del Prado with any lifeguard that’s on duty. The third session begins this Monday. Also, coaches Eric and Niki give privates lessons if that works better for your swimmer. If there is enough interest, the cabana club may offer a stroke improvement class for one week only–the week that leads us up to champs.

A new member of the DP family was born last night–Jackson George Shackelford.

Special congratulation to Brian, Jamie, and big brother Joey. We look forward to meeting him.

Our next meet is Saturday, July 17, at our pool against Ruby Hill. All swimmers need to arrive and be checked-in with their coach by 7:45 a.m. The scratch meeting will be at 8:15, and we hope to start the meet at 9:00. Monday is the last day to notify your coach in writing if your swimmer will be missing this meet.

That’s it for now. Enjoy the rest of the beautiful weekend.

Go Del Prado,

Joan

PS. More photos are coming soon check the mail and the website. – Cheers Sammy.

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Swim Meet 4: DP vs ClubSport

July 8, 2010 by Sammy Stingray

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Final score:

Del Prado – 511.50

Club Sport Pleasanton – 475.50

Complete Meet Results —-> CSP vs DP 2010

What a wonderful meet tonight. It started by entering our pool area. I absolutely LOVED seeing all our wonderful DP posters. I was so excited, I almost wanted to jump in the pool and be a Stingray. (Don’t worry. That’ll never happen.) Everyone was on time and we had no scratches. Yippie!! Another wonderful thing about tonight’s meet.  Then that cheer. Gives me chills every time I hear and see it, and it always makes me laugh. And then those races. Stingrays, you were pumped-up and ready and you showed it in the pool.

Thank you to all our wonderful parent volunteers. Tonight’s meet seemed to go so smoothly. It was a fast, efficient, and well-run meet. Thanks.

Thank you, swimmers, for showing up on time and ready to race. I asked you all last night at the pasta feed if you were going to swim fast. You answered, “yes,” and you did. Special congratulations to the 15-18 medley relay team of Stephanie Doi, Niki Doi, Jaclyn Strom, and Elaina Gates for bettering their own record tonight to a 1:59.36. Congrats also to Jack Payan for bettering his own 50 free record to 22.50, and Stephanie Doi broke a two-year-old record in the 50 free to a 25.46. Ryan Hogue, you were a trooper tonight. We hope you feel better soon, and Vincent McMasters, we hope your knee heals quickly as well.

Coaches, I loved the outfits, the cheer, everything. Keep up your hard work and thank you for being a big part of our team.

Our next meet is Saturday, July 10, against the City of Dublin at their pool. This will be our first and only away meet this season. It will take some time to drive there so plan accordingly. The address of the pool is 8157 Village Parkway, Dublin. Directions can be found on this Map. All swimmers should arrive and be checked-in with their coach by 7:45 a.m. The scratch meeting will be at 8:15 and the meet should begin at 9:00.

That’s it for now. I keep saying it, our championship meet this year is going to be very interesting….

Go Del Prado,

Joan

PS. Sammy will be sending out photos soon.

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