Hi Swimmers,

Well it’s time to hang up the lane lines for another season. Sammy Stingray has posted a set of photo pages from the 2008 Championships (see the links on the right hand side).  

It was a great 2008 swim season and all you Stingrays big and small did a great job at the swim meets throughout the entire 2008 swim season. You made some new friends, improved your strokes, and dropped your swim times.

So when you are back in the classroom this fall and some asks you what you did this summer tell’em “I was a Del Prado Stingray “.

Cheers Your Friend,

Sammy Stingray

I just received great news that our 6&u boys’ medley relay team broke a team record yesterday at champs. I’m sorry that I didn’t notice this yesterday and that it wasn’t included in my message from last night. Congratulations to Jack Bell, Max Jorgenson, Jasen Soares, and Michael McMasters. They broke a 4-year-old record with a time of 2:02.91. Great job, boys!!

I also wanted to let you know that we had 145 personal best individual times from yesterday’s meet. great job, Stingrays. I’ll bring the report with me tonight so you can view all that swam so well yesterday.

Relay and Individual Records for 2008

See you soon.
Joan

What a wonderful championship meet today. I cannot thank everyone enough for everything each of you did today to make the day so special. I really don’t care what the score says, Del Prado is #1 and the best team in the league. I may sound biased, but I’m not. All of us should be so proud of our team.

Swimmers, what great races today. Del Prado didn’t have one single scratch or change in the meet. Very impressive. You all showed up on time (and it was sooo early) and ready to swim. We watched great races. It was so exciting to see some of you swim your very best ever today. We had so many new swimmers to our team who dropped so much time today in their races. You’ve come so far since your first practice back in may. I love to see that growth and success. Congratulations. We also had one pool record broken today–the 13-14 girls’ free relay team of Lindsey DeWilde, Elaine gates, Laura Klein, and Stephanie Doi broke a two-year-old record with a time of 1:51.67. Great race, girls.

Parents, I know I say it all the time, but thank you so much for helping run a great meet today. Did you see Del Prado’s representation?– Terry Beatty, Jay Strom, Ralph Costa, Martin Gates–just to name a few–held key positions in today’s meet. Thank you to the dawn patrol ( you know who you are) who came early (4:00 a.m.) to set up pop-ups for the team so we’d have shade and a nice spot to call home for the day. Thank you to Beth Borchers and her crew of parent helpers who did above-and-beyond in helping get the swimmers in the right places and all those other volunteer positions. What an amazing group of people you are.

Coaches, you make us proud. You seeded us a great meet and provided instruction and encouragement to help us reach our goals. Thank you for putting your heart and soul into our team these last 8 weeks or so. You are the very best. Just in case you were wondering split times on their relay, it went something like this: Jamie 31. something; Julianne 39.something; John 29.something; and Tom 27.something. Very good indeed!

Tomorrow is our team awards party and potluck BBQ. We will start serving dinner at 5:00 p.m. please bring something to share and your swim team board will provide the burgers, dogs, and drinks. The awards part of the evening will begin about 6:00 p.m. unfortunately, Coach Jamie will not be able to attend our party. She has a “real job”- related conference that she must attend before she begins her new job at Foothill. She will be on her way to Vancouver in the morning. Jamie, be safe, learn lots, and we’ll miss you.

Well, it’s been quite a week–from practice to pancakes, swim buddies to new friendships, chalk fairy visits to fantastic races–it’s been a pleasure to be part of this team all season. Thank you.

Go Del Prado!
Joan

Hi Swimmers,

Sammy here. Wow you all swam so well. Whew! What a long day. Get some rest all you little swimmers.

Complete Results for Championships 2008 ( Thank you John Goard!)

Final Standings

• 1 Club Sport Pleasanton CSP-CC 2,993
• 2 Del Prado Stingrays DP-CC 2,382
• 3 Dbac Swim Team DBAC 1,952
• 4 Dublin Green Gators DUB-CC 1,744
• 5 Briarhill Swim Team BH 1,476 .50
• 6 Ruby Hill Swim Team RHST-CC 1,423
• 7 Pleasanton Meadows PMST-US 1,287 .50
• 8 Fast Dolphins FAST-PC 694

More pictures are coming later.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Don't forget swim team awards night this Sunday.

 

 

Hi Parents and Swimmers,

Don’t forget we have our annual awards dinner at the pool Sunday August 3rd. Dinner starts at 5:00pm and awards start at around 6:00pm. Burgers, Hot Dogs, and Drink are provided. Please bring sides or desserts to share.

See you all there.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

10,420 Views for July 2008

 Hey Swimmers,

Sammy here. Thanks for all your support we had 10,420 views to our Del Prado Swim Team Stingray website this July.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Swimmers and Parents,

• Check in with coach        by 6:40 a.m.
• Warm-ups                        6:50-7:10 a.m.
• Scratch meeting               7:00 a.m.
• Meet begins                     8:00 a.m.

P.S. Remember all you little Stingrays - Go to bed early Friday night, as Saturday will be a long day.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Hi Swimmers,

Sammy here. Learning this new video uploading technology has been fun. Here is another video of a freestyle relay and a little entertainment from Mr. Bean that I found on YouTube.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

9-10 Freestyle Relay

Mr. Bean goes to the Pool

Hi Swimmers,

Sammy Stingray here. Great swimming today by all you Stingrays - big and small!

You are certainly ready for the Championship Swim Meet next weekend.

Here are the links to the photo pages for today’s meet.

• July 26 Photo Page
• July 26 Photo Page 2

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray