Well our quest to become provincial small team champs once again may soon be over as we continue to grow at a rampant rate at all levels.
We are expecting a number of swimmers to move up from our pre competitive program and I would like to welcome all that come to give it a shot. If you see any of them please make them feel at home. We have already had 2 swimmers make the move after our first session. We have had a couple of new swimmers join us in the Fitness Development program which is great, Andrew is new to swimming and Roxanne comes to us from another team. And just recently James Janzen has joined the Senior Development group and his sister Jolene has joined the senior group. All are welcome additions!! There is also news that a couple more swimmers are coming to try out the program. Please make them feel welcome. We definitely have something special building here, lets keep it going and growing!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Blue Bear
Wow, I am almost getting tired of writing about all the success we are having. Can't someone just make a mistake already!
We had a fantastic time at Blue Bear this past weekend with 1 new Age Group National qualifier, 3 new Age Group Championship qualifiers and 1 new Age Group Trials qualifier. It started Friday night with Sarah Laplante getting her A time in the 1500 with a very aggressive swim. and Jasmin Hillman came back to achieve her QT in the first 400 meters of her 800 free after a heartbreaking DQ at PCS. Then on Saturday she came back and went even faster. Saturday Rebecca Schamber followed suit with a fantastic 100 fly for her first A time and not to mention another club record and then on Sunday Brayden McCaul stepped up with a great 50 freestyle to achieve his first A time of the season. Also on Sunday Nathan Weatherby had a fantastic 100 back to qualify for Age Group Nationals this summer. Of note we also had 2 very near miss by only a blink of an eye as Caylee missed her A in the 100 fly by only 0.09 seconds. But we have another shot next week so we will keep our fingers crossed. And Sarah Peddie missed her 100 fly A time by only half a second. I am sure that both will be achieved very soon.
Along with these qualifiers we also broke a few more club records just for good measure. As I mentioned, Rebecca broke the 8 and under 100 fly for the second time in as many weeks with a time of 1:40.76, we also found that our 8 and under 100 breast record was actually a backstroke time and Olivia Anderson broke the actual 100 breast with a time of 1:54.58. Nadine also broke the 13-14 and Open 400 free club records with a time of 4:30 (exact time has not been posted yet). On the relay end of things we also set a pair of club records. The 11-12 year old team of Kevin, Conor, Brendan and Liam broke the club record in the 400 MR with a time of 5:29.34 and the 13-14 year old team of Kam, Brayden, Max and Calvin broke their own club record from JP with a time of 4:57.34.
This brings our seasonal total up to 25 records. Way to go STSC!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR NEW QUALIFIERS!!!
The rest of the weekend brought many other great successes with tones of best times and many finals swims. The swimmers really showed their true character this weekend as almost every final swim was faster than their morning swim to get them there. This is a great quality that you all have that will help you continue to see success throughout your swimming careers.
With all these achievements we are continuing to hear the praise of other clubs from around the province. The latest has come from the host of the weekend the Keyano swim club who's coaches had nothing but praise for our performances and the way we went about achieving them along with our great team presence all weekend. Keep up the great work and just remember your greatest challenges are still ahead of you.
We had a fantastic time at Blue Bear this past weekend with 1 new Age Group National qualifier, 3 new Age Group Championship qualifiers and 1 new Age Group Trials qualifier. It started Friday night with Sarah Laplante getting her A time in the 1500 with a very aggressive swim. and Jasmin Hillman came back to achieve her QT in the first 400 meters of her 800 free after a heartbreaking DQ at PCS. Then on Saturday she came back and went even faster. Saturday Rebecca Schamber followed suit with a fantastic 100 fly for her first A time and not to mention another club record and then on Sunday Brayden McCaul stepped up with a great 50 freestyle to achieve his first A time of the season. Also on Sunday Nathan Weatherby had a fantastic 100 back to qualify for Age Group Nationals this summer. Of note we also had 2 very near miss by only a blink of an eye as Caylee missed her A in the 100 fly by only 0.09 seconds. But we have another shot next week so we will keep our fingers crossed. And Sarah Peddie missed her 100 fly A time by only half a second. I am sure that both will be achieved very soon.
Along with these qualifiers we also broke a few more club records just for good measure. As I mentioned, Rebecca broke the 8 and under 100 fly for the second time in as many weeks with a time of 1:40.76, we also found that our 8 and under 100 breast record was actually a backstroke time and Olivia Anderson broke the actual 100 breast with a time of 1:54.58. Nadine also broke the 13-14 and Open 400 free club records with a time of 4:30 (exact time has not been posted yet). On the relay end of things we also set a pair of club records. The 11-12 year old team of Kevin, Conor, Brendan and Liam broke the club record in the 400 MR with a time of 5:29.34 and the 13-14 year old team of Kam, Brayden, Max and Calvin broke their own club record from JP with a time of 4:57.34.
This brings our seasonal total up to 25 records. Way to go STSC!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR NEW QUALIFIERS!!!
The rest of the weekend brought many other great successes with tones of best times and many finals swims. The swimmers really showed their true character this weekend as almost every final swim was faster than their morning swim to get them there. This is a great quality that you all have that will help you continue to see success throughout your swimming careers.
With all these achievements we are continuing to hear the praise of other clubs from around the province. The latest has come from the host of the weekend the Keyano swim club who's coaches had nothing but praise for our performances and the way we went about achieving them along with our great team presence all weekend. Keep up the great work and just remember your greatest challenges are still ahead of you.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Just another day at the office
Another swim meet and 3 more club records! Great Job Rebecca for your 2 individual club records in the 200 back and 100 fly. Then she joined forces with Olivia, Madison and Megan for another amazing relay club record.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Camp Mascot
Like a swimmer, the squirrel does the same thing over and over with the same enthusiasm every time! 
The Senior Group is Back at it
Well, we are back to Millennium, swimmers are back to school, and everyone is sleeping in a real bed once again. Everything is back to normal. We have a busy couple of months coming up. With Mayflower this weekend and Blue Bear next weekend before we gear down into GP, Westerns and provincials. It will be very interesting to see how well everyone races after another very good cycle of training. This will be the last month of Tuesday mornings for quite some time as we will be in a reduced training load after January right through till April. There will also be some changes to dryland as you can see above along with other slight changes. Flexibility and coordination will again be brought to the forefront. This is an area where you can see huge improvements over a small period of time and I would encourage all of you to do a bit on your own after each practice. It only takes 10 minutes a day and if you stick to it you will amaze yourself.
With it being January, time management becomes a huge skill. High school kids are getting into finals and Junior High is getting into mid terms. So you really need to manage your time well so that you can continue to succeed in the pool and the classroom like you have all done so well this season and in the past. Do your best not to let one get in the way of the other and best of luck in all of your exams!
With it being January, time management becomes a huge skill. High school kids are getting into finals and Junior High is getting into mid terms. So you really need to manage your time well so that you can continue to succeed in the pool and the classroom like you have all done so well this season and in the past. Do your best not to let one get in the way of the other and best of luck in all of your exams!
Jasper Training Camp
It was a great 9 days in the beautiful rockies. We all got to breathe some wonderful mountain air (and maybe a little too much chlorine too). The swimmers all worked hard and did an amazing job. For the first time all year everyone was a little worn down which bodes very well as we head into our championship competitions.
The swimmers all learnt a lot about taking care of themselves. Maybe the accomodations weren't 5 star but as a package it was a great setting for a camp. The kids were all fed wonderfully by the lovely Shirley (some may have over indulged a little on the deserts though). No swimmer could go home and say they were not fed well or that they were not given enough to fuel their body. With the pool being right next door some swimmers were getting close to 10 hours sleep some nights and then napping during the day to boot. We had some high intensity days like the practice where we went 8 x 100 on 8:00, we had a long practice of 100 x 100 plus 8 x 25 and everything in between.
On our off time the swimmers got to do some other activities: we went curling one day which could have been a big mistake after seeing all the spills everyone was taking but we all walked away relatively unscathed. For New Years we spent the day at the amazing Jasper Park Lodge and everyone tried skating (some with more success than others) and drank some hot chocolate. Went for a walk and just got to relax away from our dungeon.
The swimmers all learnt some valuable life lessons and the coaches all learnt a lot more about the swimmers and they just continued to impress us with how mature and motivated they all are. Congratulations to everyone at camp and a special thank you to our 2 chaperones Shawna and Laurie.
Keep up the great work everyone!
The swimmers all learnt a lot about taking care of themselves. Maybe the accomodations weren't 5 star but as a package it was a great setting for a camp. The kids were all fed wonderfully by the lovely Shirley (some may have over indulged a little on the deserts though). No swimmer could go home and say they were not fed well or that they were not given enough to fuel their body. With the pool being right next door some swimmers were getting close to 10 hours sleep some nights and then napping during the day to boot. We had some high intensity days like the practice where we went 8 x 100 on 8:00, we had a long practice of 100 x 100 plus 8 x 25 and everything in between.
On our off time the swimmers got to do some other activities: we went curling one day which could have been a big mistake after seeing all the spills everyone was taking but we all walked away relatively unscathed. For New Years we spent the day at the amazing Jasper Park Lodge and everyone tried skating (some with more success than others) and drank some hot chocolate. Went for a walk and just got to relax away from our dungeon.
The swimmers all learnt some valuable life lessons and the coaches all learnt a lot more about the swimmers and they just continued to impress us with how mature and motivated they all are. Congratulations to everyone at camp and a special thank you to our 2 chaperones Shawna and Laurie.
Keep up the great work everyone!
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