Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Cary Rapids Swim Meet - Open to the public!

Novice, experienced novices, year round, summer league, masters..... ALL swimmers welcome.

On Saturday August 16, 2008 while the Olympic swimming events are taking place in Beijing ** you can become a champion at the Triangle Aquatics Center in Cary. Swimmers of all ages and skill levels can compete by age group from 5 to 95 years old. Younger more experienced swimmer can age up. PLUS family relays will bring the meet to a close allowing siblings, parents and grandparents to team up for the FASTEST Family award.

MEET: Cary Rapids Swim Meet - Open to the public!

Date: Saturday August 16

Location: Triangle Aquatics Center next to the Cary Towne Center

Time: All day - see schedule of events

Fee: $5 per event (discounts available for advance registrations)

For more information and entry forms please contact fitandable@nc.rr.com .

** The Triangle Aquatics Center event viewing area is equipped with five large screen TVs and free wireless internet so you can keep up with the swim competition taking place on the other side of the world.


Get moving & keep moving!
Alisa
Wright Colopy

Fit & Able Productions, Inc.
www.fitandable.net
fitandable@nc.rr.com
(919)673-4685

Fit & Able is a nonprofit company that promotes fitness to all age groups.

Thank you to Fit & Able Friends & Sponsors
The Blackwell Family Foundation
Carolina RailHawks - www.carolinarailhawks.com
Cary Family YMCA - www.ymcatriangle.org/Cary_Family.aspx
Forever Memories - www.ForeverMemoriesDVD.com
Gold's Gym in Cary - www.goldsgym.com/carykildairenc
Make An Impressions, Inc. - www.makeanimpressioninc.com
Releve Dancewear - www.relevedancewear.com
Triangle Aquatics Center - www.triangleaquatics.org

Paralympian will Visit your Swim Team

Tucker Dupree amazes and inspires adults and children, swimmers and non-swimmers - EVERYONE. Tucker is a young swimmer from Garner who has lost his sight due to a genetic disease and he is going to the Paralympics! If you would like Tucker to visit your swim team, youth group, business meeting or church please contact fitandable@nc.rr.com

Alisa Wright Colopy
Fit & Able Productions, Inc.
www.fitandable.net
fitandable@nc.rr.com
(919)673-4685
Fit & Able is a nonprofit company that promotes fitness to all age groups.

Stroke Clinic Benefitting Blind Paralympian


MEET: Swim Technique Stroke Clinics and Swim Trials Viewing Party - Open to the public!
Date: June 30 & July 2, 2008
Location: Triangle Aquatics Center next to the Cary Towne Center
Time: 7:00 to 9 PM
Fee: $5 per Clinic
To Benefit: Paralympic team member Tucker Dupree and his family to offset the
cost of their trip to Beijing for the Paralympic games. Tucker is a young
swimmer from Garner who has lost his sight due to a genetic disease.
For information: Contact fitandable@nc.rr.com

USA Olympic Swimming Trials

Swim Technique Stroke Clinics and Viewing Party

June 30 & July 2, 2008

Triangle Aquatics Center, Cary NC

You are invited to watch the best swimmers in the USA vying for a slot on the USA Olympic Team during the week of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials broadcast on USA Network. Participants will have the opportunity to sharpen their competitive edge at clinics provided by the best coaches in the Triangle from four area USA Swim Teams (WAVE, RSA, YOTA & MOR) followed by a Trials Viewing party. Participants who register in advance for Both clinics will receive a discount. Walk in registrations are welcome too!

Proceeds go to support Paralympic team member Tucker Dupree and his family to offset the cost of their trip to Beijing for the Paralympic games.

Tucker is a young swimmer from Garner who has lost his sight due to a genetic disease.

Going blind was only a bump in the road for Tucker as he continued to pursue his dream of competing in the international arena.

No Swim Team Experience Required to Participate. Novice Swimmers Welcome!

#1 Breast & Fly Clinic

Starts & Turns will be covered give available time

#2 Free & Back Clinic

Starts & Turns will be covered give available time

Monday, June 30

7:00 – 7:50 PM Clinic

Wednesday, July 2

7:00 – 7:50 PM Clinic

8:00 – 9:00 PM Viewing Party

8:00 – 9:00 PM Viewing Party

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Get moving & keep moving!
Alisa
Alisa Wright Colopy
Fit & Able Productions, Inc.
www.fitandable.net
fitandable@nc.rr.com
(919)673-4685
Fit & Able is a nonprofit company that promotes fitness to all age groups.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Newspaper deadline CORRECTION

I misspoke when I asked everyone to try to post their meet results by 10:00 PM each Wednesday. The News & Observer has changed their deadline to 8:00, so we need you to post your scores by 7:45 at the latest. Note that we need only the score that early, not the rest of the meet results (new records and triple- and double-winners), so you can split the task into two pieces if you want. So please perform step 2 from the result-entry screen (shown below) as soon as possible after the meet so that we can hit the newspaper deadline. You can then log back out and return at any later time to complete the remaining steps – but remember that you must complete them all by no later than 24 hours after the end of the meet.

Steps To Enter Result From A Dual Meet

1. Select the meet to enter the data for.

2. Enter the SCORES and STATUS for selected meet.

3. Enter the DOUBLE WINNERS (Six and Under only).

4. Enter the TRIPLE WINNERS (Seven and Up only).

5. Enter the POOL and/or TEAM RECORDS for the selected meet.

Monday, June 16, 2008

The 2008 season begins!

I hope everyone is ready for the first TSA dual meets coming up Tuesday! I have a few miscellaneous reminders on that topic…

  • The list of officially TSA-certified Stroke & Turn Judges is available here. Thanks to Tony McCullough and his Clinics Committee for holding all the training clinics, and to Vice-President Ira Planer for keeping track of judges certified by USA Swimming and other authorities. If a team finds itself lacking a properly-qualified judge at a meet, the rules for determining the next-best alternatives can be found here.
  • Remember that the home team’s TSA Rep is responsible for logging in to the TSA web site and posting meet results within 24 hours after the conclusion of the meet. Meet scores entered on the site by 10:00 PM Wednesday will be printed in the “Scoreboard” page of the Sports section of Thursday’s News & Observer every week, so don’t delay! All of you should have logged in to your TSA web site accounts by now to look around at the “results” entry page, so please do this ASAP if you haven’t gotten to it yet.
  • Both teams’ TSA Reps should be familiar with the duties enumerated in the TSA Rep Meet Checklist. Remember to bring hard copies of your team roster and your team records (as well as pool records for home meets) to every meet.

Tuesday’s weather forecast is looking good so far (cross fingers!), but every Rep should be familiar with section 102.7 of the TSA rulebook in case inclement weather rears its head again. Remember that our minimum postponement in cases of thunder or lightning has increased to 30 minutes this year (but if the host pool has an even stronger policy, that interval applies instead.)

May all your swimmers have exciting and fulfilling seasons!

Bob

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Stroke and Turn Clinic and breaststroke question

Thanks to Marcia Dettloff for instructing at the Stroke and Turn Clinic in Cary June 3! And thanks to Oxxford Hunt for hosting the standing room only clinic for TSA judges.

Marcia has the Clinic handout, swimming videos and notes for USAS Officials on her web site(Scroll down for TSA information):
www.caryopto.com/officials.html

Clinic Handout:
www.caryopto.com/Officials/Documents/TSA/TSA%20Clinic%20Notes.doc

Here is the information requested concerning Breaststroke:
At www.tsanc.org in the “About” section you can find Official 2008 Tarheel Swimming Association rules under “TSA Forms.” See Article 101.1.2 on Breaststroke (page 7) which states “the hands shall not be brought beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start and each turn.”

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

KIT/ATP TRIATHLON SERIES

TSA, you asked and we listened...
NEW FOR 2008
Age Group Awards . Relay Teams . Team Challenge . Series Awards
  • Swim teams can now challenge each other
  • Training sessions included in the registration

Cary Park . Meadowmont . Eagle Ridge . Brier Creek

Details on the race pages at www.kidsintraining.com
(919)372-7032
Note - Tri at Cary Park late fee deadline has been extended to June 6