Del Prado Stingrays

Stingray Grads of 2011

Complete Championship Results 2011

Nice swims today swimmers!!

Del Prado Pool Records were broken today in both the relays and the individuals. See our records page.

Cheers,
Sammy Stingray

Here is the Volunteer List for the Championship meet

Hi Swimmers,’

Wow! What an exciting day. You all swam so well. Here are the results of the 2010 Tri-Valley Swim League Championship. –> 2010 Champs Results

Place Team Points

• 1 Club Sport Pleasanton Club Sport Pleasanton 2,338 . 50
• 2 Del Prado Stingrays Del Prado Stingrays 2,264
• 3 Dbac Swim Team Dbac Swim Team 2,228
• 4 Dublin Green Gators Dublin Green Gators 1,796
• 5 Pleasanton Meadows Pleasanton Meadows 1,554
• 6 Ruby Hill Swim Team Ruby Hill Swim Team 1,483 . 50
• 7 Briarhill Swim Team Briarhill Swim Team 1,477
• 8 Fast Dolphins Fast Dolphins 961

See at the awards dinner tomorrow night at the pool.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

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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

Final Team Standings

Del Prado 2,579.5

Club Sport Pleasanton 2,148

DBAC 2,035

Briarhill 1,808

Dublin 1,797

Ruby Hill 1,547

Pleasanton Meadows 1,337.5

FAST 826

Congratulations Stingrays!

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Complete Tri-Valley Championship Swim Meet Results

Tomorrow is our big day. I’m very excited for this meet. The weather looks favorable to swimming and hanging out all day with friends. Now is our time to show up pumped-up and ready to swim–the fastest! Parents, it’s our job to keep our swimmers excited and encouraged. If everyone tries their best, we’ll win in so many ways. I truly believe, no matter what the outcome of the meet is, that we are the best team in the league. I enjoy so much being a part of it. I’m going to miss seeing you all at practice and Saturday mornings may be boring for a while…

Everyone must be checked-in with their coach tomorrow morning by 6:45. The scratch meeting will be at 7:00, and the meet should begin at 8:00. If you need directions to this pool in Livermore, please contact me.

Our team’s warm-up time is 7:20-7:35. Throughout the day lanes will be available to warm-up and cool-down. These lanes will open on the hour for 15 minutes. These lanes are only for practicing. No goofing around allowed.

A great league snack bar has been planned. You can look forward to these items for sale: Starbuck’s coffee, bagels, donuts, pizza, Subway sandwiches, Dennis’ famous pulled-pork sandwiches, Jamba Juice, potato salad, cole slaw, fruit salad, water, nachos (regular and deluxe), candy, caesar salad, hotdogs (chili cheese as well), and Mr. Softee ice cream cones. Whew, I’m hungry already.

Lastly, our party is Sunday. Please bring a side, salad, or dessert to share. It looks like we’ll begin serving around 4:30-ish instead of 5:00. Once everyone has eaten, the dessert bar will be opened and then we’ll begin our awards program.

Good luck, Stingrays.

Go Del Prado!!

Joan

Hi Swimmers,

Here are our “Pool Records” and the League Records.

Individual records 2009
Relay Records 2009
2008 Tri-Valley League Records

Kids don’t get too caught up with the times on the paper. If the US. Men’s relay team believed more in the times on paper than what was in their hearts then French relay team would have won the gold at the 2008 Olympics.

Here are some inspirational swimming quotes:

The water is your friend.  You don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move.  ~Aleksandr Popov

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim.  ~Russian Proverb

Oxygen is overrated.  ~Author Unknown

Chlorine is my perfume.  ~Author Unknown

What goes around comes around, just like a flip turn.  ~Author Unknown

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?  ~Steven Wright

If you have a lane, you have a chance.  ~Author Unknown

Seven days of no swimming makes one weak.  ~Author Unknown

It’s a good idea to begin at the bottom in everything except in learning to swim.  ~Author Unknown

Sometimes God calms the storm.  At other times, he calms the sailor.  And sometimes he makes us swim.  ~Author Unknown

Seventy-five percent of our planet is water – can you swim?  ~Author Unknown

When the earth floods from global warming, the swimmers will rule the world.  ~Author Unknown

Chlorine:  the breakfast of champions!  ~Author Unknown

I simply can’t understand
Why swimsuits are in such demand
They’re soggy and damp,
Bind like a clamp,
And hold about three pounds of sand!
~D.R. Benson

I can’t fly, but swimming is the next best thing…. The water is my sky.  ~Author Unknown

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement – and we will make the goal.  ~Jerome Fleishman

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray