Quote of the Week

There are no secrets to success.  It is the result of

preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Colin Luther Powell

Region Week

First, congratulations to all our JH athletes on a great meet Thursday in Rosenberg.  I will send those results, as well as our HS district results to the local media tomorrow.

Our HS kids put on a great show Friday in Victoria.  Not only did we see dozens of lifetime bests, but we saw time drops that were stunning.

Here is a list of our automatic region qualifiers (top six finishes), followed by our alternates (7th place finishes).  Let me know if you spot errors/omissions!

Automatic Region Qualifiers

Girls 200 medley relay & 200 free relay
Boys 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, & 400 free relay

M Brooks - 200 free & 500 free
D Dye - 50 free & 100 free
L Gilbert - 100 breast
G Kolojaco - 500 free & 100 breast
A Miller - 100 back
B Oros - 200 i.m. & 100 breast
A Salazar - 500 free
G Vargas - 200 i.m. & 500 free
M Vargas - 50 free & 100 free
A Wallace - 1 meter diving
J Wright - 200 i.m. & 100 fly

Alternates

M Austin - 200 free
A Curtis - 100 back
R Miller - 500 free


Athletes listed above should plan to practice in hose this week.  Optional practice for all others.

Athletic period will continue to meet in B228 this week.

End of season turn-in procedure will be announced next week.

Monday

Swim/Dive 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Region Travel Info
Region Relay Orders

Tuesday

Swim/Dive 3:30-4:30

Wednesday

Swim/Dive 3:30-4:30

Thursday

Senior Athlete Pictures
Swim/Dive 3:30-4:15
Re-Shave

Friday

Region Diving
Region Swimming Prelims

Saturday

Region Swimming Finals

HS & JH News

Travel info sheets for Middle School Champs (Thursday, Rosenberg) and High School District 27-5A Champs (Friday, Victoria) are ready!

There are important reminders on each, so please pick up a copy!

Our hosts at the middle school meet have assigned us timing duties in Lane 2.  If we do not provide a timer for Lane 2, they will call for us to send a timer and will hold the meet until we are in place.

Link to sign-up is here

Thanks in advance for helping out!

Latest high school attendance figures will be posted on the bulletin board tomorrow.  Take a look!

Nearly all our HS & JH athletes are in "Taper Mode" this week and REST is the name of the game.

Quote of the Week

You never want to put a limit on what you can

do - or say you can only go so far. We keep

on telling them not to put a ceiling

on expectations or be satisfied.

Steven R. Lochte

The Week Ahead

Special thanks to Coach Hagg for shooting our team pictures.  Email me request & I'll send.

Monday

Open Workout (JH, HS, & ShAC)
Sharks & Sloths 8:00-9:00 a.m.
All others 8:00-10:00 a.m.
JH & HS Travel Info

Tuesday

HS Swim/Dive 3:30-5:00 p.m. (Sloths 3:30-4:30 p.m.)

Wednesday

JH/HS Swim/Dive 3:30-4:30 p.m.
JH Team Dinner?

Thursday

HS Swim/Dive 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Middle School Champs in Rosenberg
HS Team Dinner?

Friday

District 27-5A Championships in Victoria



Current Attendance Leaders:

1. A Curtis
2. G Vargas
3T. M Brooks
3T. M Vargas
5. M Austin


We only have eight (8) more practices before the Region VII-5A Championships!  Be there, or be regular quadrilateral!!

Anxious to hear how we made out on the Baywash fundraiser.  Expect to hear from them next week.

Sooooo Much Info!

Attendance leaders going into this week were:

1. A Curtis
2T. G Vargas
2T. M Vargas
4. M Brooks
5. M Austin

Shave/Taper info:

Remainder of the week looks like this:

Wednesday

Team Pictures (HS wear team shirt & warm-ups, JH wear team shirt*)
High School Swim/Dive until 5:00
Junior High Swim until 4:30

Thursday

Baywash Fundraiser

High School Swim/Dive until 5:00

Friday

High School Swim/Dive until 5:00
Junior High Swim until 4:30
Saturday

Parade (details soon**)



*loaner shirts available
**trailer wanted, plan to throw candy

Information Overload?

Please send me your best pictures from the Coastal Bend meet via school email

Fourteen teams attended the meet.  Our girls finished 9th, the boys were 6th, and we placed 8th in combined team scoring.

Monday, I'll post Coastal Bend event results, workout attendance numbers, and we'll put together Alvin Classic entries.

We'll also discuss our district/region taper schedules.

Monday

Open Workout (JH, HS, Club, College) 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Open Workout (JH, HS, Club, College) 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Alvin Classic Entries

Tuesday

BCHS swim/dive 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Wednesday

BCJH swim 3:30-4:30 p.m.
BCHS swim/dive 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Alvin Classic Travel Info

Thursday

BCHS swim/dive 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Friday

BCJH swim 3:30-4:30 p.m.
BCHS swim/dive 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Alvin Classic (diving)

Saturday

Alvin Classic (swimming)

Quote of the Week

Don't succumb to excuses.  Go back to the job

of making the corrections and forming the

habits that will make your goal possible.

Vincent Thomas Lombardi