This Week (Revised)

Travel info for Brazosport Invite will be ready mid-week.

Monday

Dry-land
Entries for Brazosport Invite
No swim (chemical issues)

Tuesday

Primary Kick Test Set
Swim/Dive until 5:15

Wednesday

Dry-land
Shoot Video
Swim/Dive until 5:15

Thursday

8th period in classroom (view video)
Bus to pool leaves after faculty meeting
Swim/Dive until 5:15

Friday

Dry-land
Swim/Dive until 5:15

Saturday

Brazosport Invite (Swim)

NCAA 400 Medley Relays

2013 Women's Final:



2016 Men's Final:

Quote of the Week

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery

of fear - not absence of fear.

via Wilton Bulletin

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain

Rio Men's 3m Final

Quote of the Week

A single feat of daring can alter the

whole conception of what is possible.

via Literary Festivals

Henry Graham Greene

Swimming/Diving TBW

New Drag Suits!

Round 3

Great Start

We had a great start to the week today!

Dry-land was brutal, but we survived.

Backstroke set was tough, but we survived that, too.

It's important that we train consistently, kiddos.

Make it a point to be at every practice every day.

You will see big-time improvement if you'll train day in and day out.

Today's swim group:

Sarah A.
Matthew B.
Luke L.
Aubrey M.
Jordan P.
Brooke R.
Hannah S.
Glory V.
Jordan W.

This Week (and Next)

Monday (14th)

1. New dry-land circuit
2. Swim/Dive until 5:15

Tuesday (15th)

1. Primary Swim Test Set
2. Swim/Dive until 5:15

Wednesday (16th)

1. Dry-land circuit
2. Gadget Day
3. Swim/Dive until 5:15

Thursday (17th)

Meet vs. Terry

Friday (18th)

TBA

Monday (21st)

Dry-land & Swim (8-10:30)

Tuesday (22nd)

Dry-land & Swim (8-10:30)

Quote of the Week

The strongest of all warriors are these two:

Time and Patience

via History

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Freestyle Swim Test Set

Yesterday's results:

Faith V.
Glory V.
Aubrey M.

Swimming/Diving #TBW

Our swimmers and divers did a nice job of this at our meet in Rosenberg.  Y'all interacted well with one another and our opponents.

Exhibit outstanding sportsmanship:  Win or lose, congratulate opponents and teammates on their efforts every time.

FloSwimming is Back!

FloSwimming was a very popular swim site a few years ago.  The site went dark for a few years and is back in business.

Watch an interview with my buddy Eddie after a tough dual meet loss to North Carolina State here

Here's a link to an old video they just put back up.  See what a Friday afternoon "fun" workout at UT looked like here

This Week

First, check out this week's quote.

We're going to find a way to get better this week - with or without a pool.  Get to practice and do your best.  Overcome any barriers you've put in front of yourselves.

We got to see Aussie distance swimming legend Kieren Perkins swim in the '99 US Open in San Antonio.  Perkins finished a close second in the "mile" (1500 meter freestyle) to the next outstanding distance swimmer, fellow countryman Grant Hackett.  We witnessed "the changing of the guard" in men's distance swimming.

Perkins had won gold in '92 & '96 and Hackett went on to win in both '00 & '04.

Every year, Texas college and club programs host high-level meets that draw big-time swimmers.  With a little planning, you can see current and future superstars in person.

Okay, back to this week.  For at least a day or two, we'll be doing strength and flexibility training only.  As soon as the pool's available, we'll get back to swimming/diving.

Monday

Dry-land until 4:15

Tuesday

1. Brazosport dual postponed
2. Dry-land
3. Swim until 5:00*

Wednesday

1. Dry-land
2. Freestyle Swim Test Set*
3. Swim until 5:00*

Thursday

1. Dry-land
2. Swim until 5:00*

Friday

1. 8th period in classroom
2. Attend home playoff game (wear your swim shirt)




*If pool repairs are completed and water chemistry/temperature permits.  Otherwise, same as Monday.

Quote of the Week

Being your best is not so much about overcoming
the barriers other people place in front of you
as it is about overcoming the barriers
we place in front of ourselves.

Kieren Perkins

Dry-Land Test Sets

Today's test sets were just emailed.

Girls' Jump Rope

Hannah S.
Sarah A.
Aubrey M.

Girls' Pull-Overs

Hannah S.
Sarah A.
Aubrey M.

Free Kicking Test Set

Test set results were just emailed.  Here are rankings from yesterday:

Girls

Faith V.
Glory V.
Hannah S.
Sarah A.
Brooke R.
Aubrey M.

Boys

Jordan W.
Zane H.

Yesterday

Best apple bobbers yesterday were Aubrey M. and Zane H.