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Piranha Pipeline
April 2009

• Practice Schedule
• Calendar
• Meet/Event Schedule
• Items of Interest

A Word from Our Head Coach

Hello Piranha Families,

As I write this, it is an absolutely beautiful day. I can’t believe it is getting so close to the end of the school year.

Our short course season has passed and we begin our long course season and our summer championship time of year.

Our annual pasta feed was a very fun event. The cakes were the best I’ve ever seen. I could see some time and effort were put into those cakes and it showed by the high bids for each one. Many many thanks to all of the Piranha parents for planning and running a great event. And thanks to all the swimmers who helped serve and bus tables. It definitely was a team effort.

There are many things happening at once right now. Many of our swimmers will be competing in the 2 nd meet of our series of stroke meets. The Freestyle and Backstroke meet will be held at H pool on May 31.

Our high school swimmers are nearing the end of their season with the league championships May 8 and 9 and North Coast Sections the following weekend.

We have our first long course meet of the year in Vallejo May 1-3.

Qualifying Piranhas will be traveling to San Jose for a LC JR+ meet in June. June is also the month for our team meet in Reno! I hope as many Piranhas as possible will make the trip to Reno. It is such a fun, great meet with lots of team building.

Our fireworks sales will be on again this year in front of Wal-Mart. We will be needing all Piranhas 18 years and older to work in our booth. Watch for details which will be coming soon.

July Gets crazy. The last team long course meet will be held in Petaluma, followed very quickly by JO’s, RSEL and Far Western. Can you believe that the end of the season is that close?

OK, Swimmers! How are you progressing towards your goals? Are you where you wanted to be by this time of the year? Keep working hard; keep striving to reach the next level in everything you do at practice. Each day try to pick one skill that you can improve that day. Don’t be ordinary – be extraordinary.

Believe, Strive and you will Achieve!

Go Piranhas!

See you on deck

Annette

Practice Schedule

Please note changes

• Pre-team   4:00 - 4:45
• Group 1    4:00 - 4:45
• Group 2    4:00 - 5:00
• Group 3     4:00-  5:15
• Juniors    4:00 – 4:45 land Mon & Wed
  • 5:00 - 6:30
• Seniors    4:00 – 4:45 land Mon & Wed
  • 5:00 - 7:00

Land Training

Juniors and Seniors are continuing their land training on Monday and Wednesday with Amy Davis. Land training will be from 4:00 to 4:45. There will be a 15 minute break and then the swimmers will start their regular swim practice. Remember to bring your water!

 

Upcoming Dates:

May

• 2-3 Vallejo Meet- all swimmers
• May 31 H-Pool Back/Free Meet All Swimmers

June

• 6-7 Jr + San Jose Meet for Qualified swimmers
• 20-21 Reno Meet All Swimmers
• 28- July 4 Fireworks Sales

July

• 11-12 Westside (Petaluma) All Swimmers
• 16-19 Junior Olympics @ TERR for Qualified Swimmers
• 24-26 RESL All Swimmers
• 29- Aug 2 Far Westerns @ WEST

August

• 3 - 16 Group 2 – Sr Team Break

September

• 26-27 Sebastopol

October

• 3-4 Jr + @ BEAR
• 10-11 SRN
• 16 Lap-A-Thon
• 24-25 Marin

November

• 6-7 QUIK distance @ H-Pool

December

• 4-6 Junior Olympics
• 5-6 Humboldt
• 12-13 Sr Champs @ WCAB

January 2010

• 16-17 Zone III Champs @ USF

Items of Interest :

New Families:

If you will be attending your first swim meet, it is best to find a buddy to help you through the weekend. If you do not know someone from the team to pair up with, please come talk to a board member on Tuesdays who can pair you up with a Piranha family or call Sheri Lang at 584-7176. We have all been in your shoes.

Backstroke/Freestyle Quad Meet

Part Two in the Piranha Progressive Series of Meets

We have our backstroke/freestyle H-pool meet scheduled for Sunday, May 31. It is a fun meet for our experienced swimmers. It will be a perfect meet for our newer swimmers!

The meet warm ups will begin at 8:30am. The meet is scheduled to end at 1pm. We will need parents to volunteer at this meet!

See the meet sheet at the back of this newsletter. Speak with your coach about which events you should swim. Coaches will sign swimmers up for any relays.

Annual Pasta Feed

Well the 2009 Pasta Feed Fund Raiser is now over. This year’s event went very smooth thanks to some very hardworking and creative volunteers. These people gave up a great deal of their time over the last 3 months to help the swim team and I would personally like to thank each and every one for a job well done. The creativity and innovative thinking of these people absolutely amazed me.

Below is a list of the 2009 Pasta Feed team. When you see them, please join me and extend them a very big THANK YOU for a great job!!

Piranha Wear

Piranha wear is available to be purchased year round. We have t-shirts, sweatshirts, hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants. If you are interested in purchasing any Piranha wear, just put a note in the Godoy folder. Amy will get in touch with you about filling your request.

Family Commitment Hours

Did you know that you can now turn in your family commitment hours on-line at www.PiranhaSwimming.com?

Go to the links page.

There is a tab for family commitment hours that will bring to the family commitment page.

Click on the link to submit your hours and this will bring up an e-mail draft.

Complete the e-mail with:

• The job description
• When the job was done
• How long the job took

Please try to fill in your family commitment hours each month. Any job that you do for the team counts towards your hours. This includes any jobs that you perform at swim meets.

www.PiranhaSwimming.com

Besides just submitting your family hours on the website, there are many other new features these include:

• 2009 Calendar of Meet and Events
• Current and Past Newsletters and latest meet results
• Links to sites like Swim Connection, Pacific Swimming, USA Swimming and Norcal Swim Shop.
• Photos

(If you have any great swimming photos from practice or meets, e-mail them to the team e-mail address. We are always looking for great new pictures to post.

Help Wanted

Are you looking for a job to help with those family commitment hours. Here are some great jobs that need filling.

Sponsorship

We are in desperate need of one or two parents to take on team sponsorship. This job could be as simple and contacting past sponsors about renewing their sponsorship. If could also include contacting other local businesses about starting a new sponsorship. This is a critical job that has been left open for too long.

Reno Meet Coordinator

This job really isn’t as intimidating as it sounds. Our team, all groups, will be attending the Reno meet in June. The team typically stays at the same hotel and eats together.

Fireworks Chair

We need a parent to take of scheduling and coordinating the volunteers for our fireworks booth.

Fireworks Bake Sale

We need a parent to coordinate and plan the team bake sale that will take place at our fireworks booth.

Trailer Transport

We need a parent with a trailer hitch to help transport the team trailer with fireworks to the fireworks booth each morning and to move it to storage each night.

May Meet Jobs:

Marshall Coordinator

This person will coordinate the volunteers for the job of Marshalling. There is no training required for marshalling. They stand on the pool deck with vests and makes sure that swimmers are not running, goofing off or acting foolishly around the pool.

Set Up/Clean Up

We are in need of a parent who will take the lead on the set up and clean up of the meet. Sheri Lang will have all of the information about what needs to be done. There will be volunteers to help you. She just needs someone to take the lead on the date of the meet and make sure it gets done.

Congrats!

Curtis Shinn and Taylor Decker qualified to swim at the Far Westerns meet. Both swimmers represented our team well.

Jeffrey Tang and Kenneth Shinn both qualified to swim at the 10 and Under Championship Meet. Great job!

Moving Up

Several Piranha swimmers moved into new groups. Their advancement reflects the dedication and effort they brought to swimming over the past months. Congratulations to you all.

Age Group Development to Group 1

• Hanat Samatar

Group 1 to Group 2

• Melissa Adams

Group 2 to Group 3

• Hope Nichols
• Jesse Burnett

Group 3 to Junior Development

• Ryan Cinnamon

March and April Birthdays

We would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to our March and April birthdays!

• Aric Lang (JD)
• Jordan Bates (AG2)
• Aleksandra Ivanova (AG1)
• Dustan Dang (AG2)
• Jeffrey Tang (AG3)
• Josie Thurman (AG2)
• Brooke Wilson (AG3)

Welcome New Swimmers

Piranha Swimming welcomes Zenah Halawah (AG2) to the team. We welcome Dana Harrison (AG2) back to the team.

Please take the time to welcome Zenah, Dana and their families to the Piranhas when you see them on deck.

Who’s that Swimmer?

Who was the swimmer last month?

Ryan Cinnamon (AG3)