Del Prado Stingrays

Final score:
Del Prado 686
Fast 288

Complete Results —-> Fast vs DP 2009 Results

Whew, what a long, weird meet. If something could go wrong tonight, it seems it did. Fast had many scratches and changes to their entries tonight which delayed things from starting and then our computer decided to seed the meet as if we had 8 lanes–we only have 6. We told it 6 but it kept seeding as 8. Very frustrating. Therese Crispell and Jim Bahls had to manually seed the meet which took a lot of time. Thank you both for doing this. This isn’t easy–especially when many are hovering around them–trying to get things to speed up. Our old microphone stopped working so we bought a new one and it worked fine for the last meet, but tonight decided to cut in and out. Again, frustrating. A big thank you to John Goard for stepping in in Jay’s absence tonight and doing a great job at announcing the meet. It’s harder than it looks.

Thank you to all of our swimmers who swam so well tonight. You did great. Anna Borchers, that was a lot of pressure to swim that IM alone. Good job.

Parents, thank you for helping us run our meet tonight. It takes so much work to set-up the pool, run the meet, feed us, time, judge, and clean-up after–especially when it’s so late. I really appreciate all your hard work for our team. I know many of you do multiple jobs to help. Thank you so much. By the way, that stingray cafe keeps getting better. I loved my Italian sausage sandwich. Delicious. Thank you to all for supporting the snack bar. It looks like we made a good amount of money for our team tonight.

Coaches, we couldn’t have these good meets without all your help, knowledge, and guidance. Thank you. You make our team succeed.

Our next meet (should be interesting…DBAC lost tonight to Ruby Hill) is Saturday, July 11, against DBAC at their pool. The meet will begin at 9:00 a.m. all swimmers must arrive and be checked in with their coach by 8:00. The scratch meeting will be at 8:15. We are missing many swimmers and quite a few have to leave early from this meet. We’ll see how we do. Coach Julianne will also be missing this meet. 7-8 swimmers should check in with the junior coaches.

Championship t-shirt pre-orders are due to me by Saturday at the end of the meet.

Please consider joining us for our pasta feed fundraiser next Thursday. $5 per person. I’ve only heard from a few of you. I need a RSVP if you’re attending by Saturday as well as your payment.

Okay, I think that’s it for now. I’m beat. Take good care.
Goodnight,
Joan

Hi Swimmers and Parents,

Sammy here. The results of last night’s meet can be downloaded —-> Here

Final score:

Del Prado 556

Dublin 419

Fellow Stingrays you all swam so well. Make sure you go to practice tomorrow morning as we all want to be in shape next Wednesday’s meet against FAST.

Get Mom or Dad to check the email as the guest pass for Flickr photos from last night’s meet should be there soon.

Happy Fourth of July.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Hi Swimmers and Parents,

Sammy Stingray here. The photos from last night’s swim meet against the Dublin Green Gators are ready. Sammy will be sending out an email with a guest pass to Flickr to your parents later this evening after Sammy gets home from work.

You all swam very well and no one needed night goggles to swim in the dark.

Have a fun and safe 4th of July.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Hi Swimmers and Parents,

Sammy Stingray here. Wow! What a great swim meet yesterday!

You all swam so marvelously. Especially when it was so very warm. I worked hard last night to upload and edit the pictures from the swim meeting. Check your parents email for the special link to see the lastest set of photos from your meet at ClubSport.

Swimmers, get some rest as we have our first night meet this Wednesday.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Well, this was hands-down, just the most perfect day in every way. That meet today was unbelievable. We had so many good swims in every age group. There was a data input error in one of the medley relays that has now been fixed. The final score is DP 564, Club Sport 416. Gee, my fingers love typing that.

Complete Swim Meet Results —> Download here

I think we all shared this wonderful thing that happened today. I know we beat Club Sport at the championship meet in 2003. I think that was the last time we had beat them in either a dual or champ meet. ( I could be wrong. My memory isn’t as good as it used to be.) In any event, we were due.

I thank each and every swimmer for working so hard at practice and then coming prepared to swim their best today…and they did. We saw some very amazing races from so many of you. That’s what was really so great. Our entire team was dominant. It stared with those medley relays. How exciting was that??!!! Very special congratulations go to Stephanie Doi who broke the 13-14 girls’ freestyle record with a 26.69, and she also broke the 13-14 fly record with a 29.55. Both of those were 5-year-old records. Her sister Niki broke the 15-18 girls’ breaststroke record with a time of 33.47. That was a 4-year-old team record. Way to swim fast. I believe they were swimming for a very special person in their lives…and I know that he’s very proud.

Coaches, you seeded us a winning meet. Thank you so much. I loved our pre-meet cheer, our mid-meet cheer, and our group hug/cheer at the end. You make our kids happy to work hard for our team. You inspire them. You really care and it shows. Thank you.

Parents, thank you for helping us run a great meet on such a hot day. I know that working in some of those jobs with no shade was hard and tiring. Thank you for sticking it out for the whole day….

and what fun tonight at the pool. I think just about every family was there. The pool was crowded with Stingrays. What a great sight. I loved visiting with everyone, swimming in the pool, and eating those Sha-Boo-Ya cupcakes.

Next Swim Meet

Our next meet is Wednesday, July 1, against the City of Dublin. This meet will begin at 6:00 p.m. All swimmers should arrive and be checked in with their coach by 5:00. The scratch meeting will be at 5:15. Our snack bar will be up and running so plan to eat out that night and support our team. We are still over for the number of allowed swimmers for that meet. If you’ll be gone and haven’t notified your coach yet, please do so ASAP! Thank you to Russ Bell for sharing his microphone with us so we can have a good PA system for that meet.

A side note….two bikes belonging to two swimmers were stolen from the front of the pool yesterday. Please remember to lock up any and all belongings so this won’t happen again.

Okay, that’s it for now. I think we’ll all sleep well tonight. Take good care and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

DEL PRADO, YOU KNOW!!

Joan

Hi Swimmers and Parents,

Sammy Stingray here. I have sent your parents an email with a special guess pass to view over 200 photos of the swim meet at Flickr, so check the mail to see great photos of the swim meet. Flickr lets you view all the photos as a slideshow too, so make sure you check that feature out.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Hi Swimmer and Parents,

Sammy Stingray here. I am busy uploading photos right now. Check back later today for more photos and results. You all swam so well for the beginning of the swim season – Wow!! Keep working hard this week as our next meet is against Clubsport.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray