Hi Swimmers,
Sammy Stingray here. Thought you might enjoy seeing a post about some of the best swimmers in the world and how they are doing getting ready for the Olympics in Beijing in August.
4.05.25 New World Record June 29 2008
Here is the link to watch the race from NBC –> 400 IM World Record
World Championships 2007 400 IM
PhotosHere are the links to the Photo Pages for the June 28th swim meet.
How wonderful it was to be back at our own pool and watching our great swimmers perform.
Thank you, swimmers, for doing your best today. Times keep dropping. I saw lots of tattooed bodies around the pool today which signified a time lower than the previous meet. Way to swim fast, Stingrays.
Thank you, parents and families, for helping us run this meet and for supporting our team. I always say it, but we couldn’t do what we did today without all your help. It was also great seeing former Del Prado swimmers cheering on their team.
Coaches, you are an amazing bunch. You seeded us a great meet and give the best feedback to our swimmers on how to keep improving. I love your spirit.
A couple things for the week ahead:
Monday, June 30th - Morning and Evening Practices
We will have double practices this Monday, June 30. The morning practice is optional. Coaches Jamie, Julianne, and Taylor will be heading this practice. We will hold regular evening practice as well.
Wednesday, July 2nd - Morning Practice
We will have regular morning practice on wednesday, the day of the meet.
Wednesday, July 2nd - Del Prado vs. Briarhill at our Pool
We have a home swim meet on Wednesday, July 2nd against Briarhill. that meet will begin at 6:00 p.m. all swimmers need to be checked in with their coach by 5:00pm. The scratch meeting will be at 5:15. Bud and Kevin and their snack bar crew should be cookin’ up some good food for this meet. If your swimmer will not be swimming on Wednesday, their coach needs to know ASAP.
The deadline for this was yesterday.
July 3 and July 4th
There will be no practice on Thursday, July 3 nor Friday, July 4. Have a happy and safe long weekend. there will be optional monday morning practice on monday, july 7.
That’s it for now. Take good care and happy 4th.
Go Stingrays,
Joan
Hi Swimmers,
Sammy Stingray here. Amazing swimming yesterday. It was really fun to watch you all doing your best.
Here are the results from yesterday’s swim meet —> del prado vs dbac results
Del Prado 532
DBAC 438
PhotosHere is the link to the June 28 Photo Page —> june-28-photo-page
Cheers,
Sammy Stingray
Hi Swimmers,
Sammy has posted more photos taken by Paul on the
June 21 Photo page here —-> go to June 21 photos
Are you ready for the big meet at our pool tomorrow?
Remember go to sleep early tonight, so you’re ready to go get those DBAC Piranha’s tomorrow!
Bye for now,
Sammy Stingray
Hi Swimmers,
It’s Sammy here. Wow! Thank you all for checking your Stingray Website this week because we had so much traffic (over 1400 views) to our site we’re a WordPress Featured Blog.
Sammy Stingray
Hi Swimmers,
Sammy Stingray here. I have finished posting all the great photos of your fantastic swimming. Look at these bigs guys they look like they can fly! For more photos go —–> Here
Til next time,
Sammy
Well, what a hot way to begin our swim season.
Del Prado Stingrays 693
FAST Dolphins 287
Results and Times —> dp-vsfast-june-21-2008
Today’s meet ran a bit longer than usual. Thank you for being so patient and thank you all for showing up on time and ready to swim. And, did we have great swims!! Thank you, swimmers, for swimming your best today. What a joy it is to watch the young ones swim their first meet and to watch even older ones who’ve never swam before, do so well. You really entertained your coaches, coordinator, and families alike.
Our staff of volunteers is the BEST! We could never run a meet without all of your help. Thank you to the veteran volunteers who helped our “rookie” staff. A big thank you to Lori Doi, who not only was our volunteer meet coordinator, but also did line-ups, set-up, and clean-up. (Hiroshi helped with that. )
Thank you, coaches, for all your help today and for seeding us a good meet.
Our next meet will be at home against DBAC (City of Pleasanton Aquatic Center) on Saturday, June 28. That meet will begin at 9:00 a.m. Deadline to let your coach know if you can’t swim is Monday.
That’s it for now. Take good care and enjoy the weekend.
GO STINGRAYS!
Joan
PS. Stay Tuned Swimmers. Sammy Stingray is working hard on getting the swim meet photo page ready!
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Our first dual meet of the season is this Saturday, June 21 against the FAST Dolphins. FAST swims at Foothill High School’s pool. This meet will begin later than all other meets–9:30. They have noise restrictions from the surrounding neighborhood that prohibits a meet beginning before 9:30 a.m.
Directions to FAST Pool –> Map
4375 Foothill Rd
Pleasanton, CA 94588-9720
Once you pull into the main lot, make an immediate right into another gate (which hopefully, will be open), and follow down until the end. You’ll see tennis courts and behind the tennis courts is the pool. All swimmers need to be checked in with their coach by 8:30 a.m. a scratch meeting will take place at 8:45, and if your swimmer has not checked in with their coach, they will be scratched from the meet. We do not ever want this to happen. New swimmers, I will have a Del Prado Swim Team cap for you which I’ll give to you that morning. You should also plan to bring warm clothes (it may be chilly in the early morning), team suit, goggles, towels, blanket, chairs, sunscreen, drinks, and snacks. most teams do provide a snack bar. FAST will be running 8 lanes so this meet should end around 12:30.
If you know now that your swimmer won’t be able to swim at a future meet, please let their coach know now. It’s good to have an idea ahead of time of what swimmers we’ll have and not have for particular meets. Please do this in writing.
Whew. okay, i think that’s it for now.
go stingrays,
Joan
