MOR IN MAY - PRE-SUMMER SWIM CLINIC

The MOR in MAY Pre-Summer Swim Clinic provides instruction from the Marlins of Raleigh professional swim staff to swimmers age 6 and older looking to brush up on their competitive swimming skills in time for the summer season ahead.  The 3-week MOR in MAY Program is planned for April 24 through May 13, 2017.  Our clinic coaches focus on stroke technique, starts, turns and drills to help everyone with basic FUN-damentals.  The cost for MOR in MAY is just $99 per swimmer.  You can sign-up now on our website, www.marlinsofraleigh.com, under the Seasonal Program link and following the instructions for registration.  REGISTER SOON as sessions usually fill quickly.  The sites and times offered are shown below:

Raleigh Site - St. Mary's School Indoor Pool - School Chapel Drive, Raleigh

     Tuesdays and Thursdays - 5:00-6:00pm AND Saturdays - 12:30-1:30pm

     For more information contact Coach Lizzy Ring - coachlizzy07@gmail.com

North Raleigh Site - Ravenscroft School Indoor Pool - 7409 Falls of Neuse Rd., Raleigh

     Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - 7:00-8:00pm, OR

     Tuesdays and Thursdays - 7:00-8:00pm AND Saturdays - 10:30-11:30am

     For more information contact Coach Cara Cameron - coachcara45@aol.com

Clayton Site - Smithfield Recreation & Aquatic Center - Booker Farm Rd., Clayton

     Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - 6:30-7:30pm

     For more information contact Coach John Fischetti - jfischetti@aol.com

 

Summer Swim Coach Opening: Hawthorne Stingrays

The Hawthorne Stingray swim team is looking to hire a swim coach for the 2017 summer swim season. Our team is located off of Leesville/Norwood Road near 540 in North Raleigh.

Candidates for the Coach position should have...

- An enthusiastic, gregarious, welcoming personality

- Knowledge and technical experience in teaching proper competitive strokes.

- Strong ability to motivate swimmers in a positive manner between the ages of 4-18.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with coaches,parents, and swimmers.

- Previous coaching and/or competitive swimming experience is not

Duties include, but are not limited to the supervision and development of swimmers at afternoon swim practices weekdays and Saturday mornings from mid-May through July, management and preparation of swimmers for 6 swim meets on Tuesday evenings and one weekend invitational meet.  We also plan various team building activities throughout the season.

Please send your resume and/or questions you may have to our TSA Rep Derek Speerschneider.

Cecil L. Williamson TSA Educational Grant winners announced

Prior to the start of the afternoon session on Sunday (7/24/16) of the 2016 TSA Championship, TSA President Jim Moran, assisted by TSA Secretary Cathy Traugot and TSA Treasurer Jenny Smith, drew 25 names from the final list of eligible TSA graduating seniors.

The list of winners drawn is below. 

Each winner will receive an Educational Grant in the amount of $400.  These checks will be mailed out to the address of record for each swimmer when they entered their application. 

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Name	Team
Sabrina Cera	Bedford at Falls River
Cassidy Winkler	Bedford at Falls River
Federico Loncan	Cary Swim Club
Gregory Hall	Devereaux
Karl Boynton	Durant Trails
Alex Bonilla	Garner
Will Countie	Harrington Grove
Jon Suits	Lake Park
Emma Edwardson	Lochmere
Grace Edwardson	Lochmere
Jacalyn Shoening	Manchester
Sarah Crouse	North Hills
Britt Warner	North Hills
J.T. Berkowitz	Oxxford Hunt
Callie Hall	Oxxford Hunt
Collier Cobb	Quail Hollow
Brian Legarth	Scotts Mill
Tyler Silver	Shepherd's Vineyard
Caleb Totten	Shepherd's Vineyard
Kylee Davidson	Silverton
Shane Jeffries	Stonebridge
Emma Verdi	Sunset Ridge
Sierra Wombacher	Walden Creek
Sean Sinnott-Nadasky	Weldon Ridge
Carter Page	Wood Valley

 

Swim Across America Olympian Clinic is this Sunday!

Good morning TSA reps,

On behalf of the Meredith Townes Mudpuppies, I just wanted to extend another invitation to our third annual Swim Across America cancer fundraiser honoring our first head coach, Brian Goldman. This year's event will be held this Sunday, July 10^th, from 2:00-6:00 at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary. For your swimmers there are some fantastic activities planned! As always, we will have technique clinics led by some of the greatest names in swimming, where students will meet in small groups for instruction in each of the four swimming strokes, as well as water polo, and this year, open water swimming! Sue Walsh (UNC grad, Olympian 1980 backstroke)), Elaine (Breeden) Penrose (Stanford grad and still NCAA record-holder in the 200 fly, Beijing silver medalist in butterfly), and Tim Payne (5 time gold medalist in the Invictus Games) are just a few of the many headliners that will offer their time for this great cause. See the previous post on Tuesday Night Lights for additional clinic leaders.

For all of your swimmers who are looking to squeeze more out of their swims, meet with some of the worlds best swimmers and water polo players, and come away feeling like they've made a difference, please join us on Sunday, it is an event not to be missed! In fact, I've learned that the president of the national Swim-Across-America foundation has taken notice of our event, and will be joining us as well! There will be prizes for top fundraisers (including an autographed water polo ball from the captain (Tony Acevedo) of the US Water Polo team!) Here's the address for anyone looking for more information:

http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/TR?fr_id=4162&pg=entry

Note that you can swim as a team (join ours or create your own), or as an individual. Get your whole club out there!

Kind regards,
Steve Ross
Meredith Townes Mudpuppies

Third Annual Swim Across America Swim, Water Polo, and Open-water challenge is open for registration!

Good morning TSA! I'm writing to you this morning to let you know that our third annual Swim Across America fundraiser to beat cancer is less than three weeks away! We do this in honor of our first coach, Dr. Brian Goldman. A physician, longtime swimmer, and yes, the very first "Mudpuppy", he founded and led our team for the first seven seasons before losing his battle with cancer in 2015. 

This year's event will be action packed – as in past years, we will have workshops in swim and water polo technique led by the best and brightest swimmers and coaches in the world! We also add our first open water challenge this year, with a one mile simulated open water swim! 

Come join us at the Triange Aquatic Center, July 10th, from 1:00-6:00 (or any part of that time). All teams (summer league, club teams, etc) are welcome!

Reserve your spots today by heading here to register, or to make a donation:

http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/TR?fr_id=4162&pg=entry

Do it Today! You can swim as part of 'team Mudpuppy' or form your own 'club team'!

Check out this partial list of confirmed swimmer and coach bios:

Elaine Breeden – 3 time NCAA champion in Butterfly while at Stanford, still holds NCAA 200 fly record. All American 24 times! Beijing silver medalist.

Erika Braun – Master's swimmer (sprinter!), Olympic trials qualifier in 2012 at age 40 (50 free), attempting to do it again this year at 44!

Todd Dudley – 1987 Pan Am games gold medalist (200 free); US Master's champion in 200 medley relay; Sanderson HS and Wolfpack alum!

Matt Patton – While at U. Michigan, 2007 gold medalist, 2011 silver medalist (400 free) in Pan Am games; 2008 short course National Championships (1^st place in 500, 1650 free, 2^nd in 200 free)

Todd Torres – 14 time All-American and LSU, Breaststroke and Freestyle Olympian in '92 and '96, currently holds many Masters Nationals records in Breaststroke.

Sue Walsh – standout swimmer at UNC, Olympian for 1980 Games (Backstroke). Double medalist at 1982 World Aquatics Championships; 2003 inductee into NC Sports Hall of Fame. In 2007, she set 6 world records in the US Master's Swimming Championships.

We will also have Rich DeSelm, UNC head coach since 2007, and coach to dozens of Olympic Trial Qualifiers and Olympians!

We are adding clinic leaders weekly, so this list will continue to grow. Join us for the clinics, photos with Olympians, and great fellowship in support of a great cause. 

Please don't hesitate to call(919 417 0105) or email (raleighrossfamily@gmail.com) with questions!

Thanks!

Steve Ross

Meredith Townes Mudpuppies

Sorry, but due to lack of interest Relay Meet Canceled

While there are a few people that think the relay championships is an exciting idea, only 7 teams expressed an interest in participating in the event.  That means that we will not host the Relay Championships this summer.   I do feel like it is fun and exciting concept.   If there are people interested in seeing how we might do this better and gain interest, please email me at waveswim@nc.rr.com.   John Roy

Save 10% NOW - Fitter and Faster Swim Tour is Coming to Cary

[posting on behalf of the Fitter and Faster Tour]

Hello Swimmers and Parents!

The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour clinics are coming to Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, N.C. . on June 11th.

Olympians Klete Keller and Elaine Breeden will teach the swimmers how to execute faster and more powerful starts, turns, breakouts and finishes.

This is the perfect opportunity to work on some of the little things that will help you get faster for the summer season!

And please take advantage of a 10% discount for TSA swimmers!

SPECIAL DISCOUNT: Use promo code SWIM-TSA through June 5th to save an additional 10% off the current online price!

June 11: 11 and Under

FAST STARTS, TURNS, BREAKOUTS AND FINISHES

June 11: 12 and Over

FAST STARTS, TURNS, BREAKOUTS AND FINISHES

See you at the pool!