February-March 2009 Shark Attack Newsletter

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Vallejo Aquatic ClubP.O. Box 5846

Vallejo, CA 94591(707) 553-swimwww.vallejoaquatics.org

February - March2009

2008 - 2009 VJO Board

Debbie Rodinsky, President

Angelynne Yee, Vice President

Dove Butler, Treasurer

Jennifer Unger, Secretary

Diane Powell, Membership

Debbi Tucker, Officials

Debbie Rodinsky, Interim Meet

Director

Debbie Cameron, Newsletter

CoachesCoach Tuffy Williams

Coach Aaron Jon Toch

Coach Lesley Toch

Shark Attackhe Official Newsletter of the Vallejo Aquatic Club

Presidential Proclamation

Thank you to all of the families that worked the February Meet. LongCourse season is approaching which means summer is too. We have

lots of activities planned for the summer so watch forannouncements.

Go SharksDebbie Rodinsky

5 VJO Swimmers Make Far Western Cut 2 Compete at Championships in Morgan Hill

Swim-A-ThonJuly 21, 2009

2 hours!2 hundred laps!

2 much fun!

Start Collecting Now!

Two members of the Vallejo Aquatic Club competed April 2-5 at the Short Course Far WesternsChampionships in Morgan Hill. This meet draws the fastest Age Group swimmers from across the UniStates.

10 year-old Alyssa Powell competed in 7 events and posted lifetime bests in 6 of them, making finalsthe 50 Back and 50 Fly. She notched three new PRT times (Pacific Reportable Times) in the 50 Back(34.09), 50 Fly (31.70), and 100 Fly (1:14.47). Alyssas other events included the 50 Breast (38.74), Breast (1:25.22), 100 I.M. (1:14.02), and 200 I.M. (2:44.98).

Team Captain Max Tiuseco swam in 4 events, making 3 finals and narrowly missing a Sectional cut inthe 100 Free. He got second swims in the 100 Free (49.43), 200 Free (1:50.30), and 200 Back(2:09.99), and also competed in the 500 Free (5:04.95).

The two received their medals from Olympians Tara Kirk and Matt Grevers!!

Ashley Sotelo, Ares Elmore, and Andrew Butler also qualified for the meet but were unable to attend.


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Coach Tuffy

How do you define success in your li As a swimmer, son or daugstudent, etc.? Id like to ask our teaboth swimmers and parents,

contribute their definition of succewhether is self-created or borrowfrom another source. Anyone (yparents too!) who provides one wreceive a treat from me!

Reflections from the Deck

meet that featured a flooded pool onSundayit certainly was an epic stretchfor us.

Ive recently been thinking about

success. A big part of any competitivesport is the measurement ofachievement. Swimming, however, isone of a few sports in which wins and losses do not play the central role.We, as participants in this fineendeavor, are left to decide which rubricwe use to determine success.

Theres phenomenal video of coachinggreat John Wooden discussing histhoughts on his career (to view:http://bit.ly/Jaba4), during which he

defines success as peace of mindattained only through self-satisfaction inknowing you made the effort to do thebest of which you are capable. SirWinston Churchill describes success as the ability to go from one failure toanother with no loss of enthusiasm.These are but two of the manyinterpretations of success.

Coach Aaron Jon

What a fabulous February andMarch we had! We hosted a

swim meet, had a team MovieNight, swam at a Napa meetwith terrible rain, hosted a FishFry, had a Spaghetti Feed andTalent Show (along with aDessert Contest that Impersonally hoping becomes anew tradition), and finallycompeted at a Junior Olmpics

NOTES FROM THE TUFFGUY

Now is the time for

you to start preparing for summerswim meets. There are not manychances for you to swim this

summer so prepare NOW! Come topractice as often as possible; everyday if you can. Get as muchswimming experience as you canbefore the REAL Championships.Remind your parents that there arestill rooms available at the DiscoveryInn in Ukiah (we have about 12rooms still reserved under

Vallejo/Tuffy). During the summerthere are many team activities so

stay active and read the teamcalendar. If you are going onvacation, please tell your coach

when you are leaving and when yowill return.

The coaches have set up

team dual meet with WCAN (WinCountry Aquatic of Napa) for Jun6th. Everyone swims. ShoCourse. See your coach.

OUR NEXT HOME C/B/MEET WILL BE NOV 14-15 '0MAKE PLANS NOW TO BE ITOWN AND AT THE MEET. WNEED EVERYONE TO SWIM ANPARENTS TO WORK!!!!


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SHARK PROFILESFebruary - March 2009

Favorite Strokes: Breaststroke

Favorite Meet Events: 200m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke, 100mFreestyle

Role Model: His Dad

Future Goal(s): To get at the very least a 4.5 or above average. Maybego to a foreign university

Hobbies: Piano, video games

Favorite Song: Remember by Flow

Favorite Movie: Enter the Dragon

Favorite Book: The Titans Curse (Percy Jackson Series)

When Marshall grows up, he wants to be a judge.

Interestin g Fact(s) Marshall would like to share: It gets kind ofirritating to be the only one not born in the States. I mean its cool and all,but you know

Roland Joby Miniano Age: 13

Marshall Marshmallow Zia Age: 13

Favorite Strokes: Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke

Favorite Meets: VJO Swim Meets

Role Models: His Parents

Future Goal: To go to college and finish his studies

Hobbies: Basketball & playing video games

Favorite Songs: Frontline by Pillar

Favorite Movie: Stepbrothers

Favorite Book: Bible

When Joby grow s up, he wants to be a nurse or an ER nurse

If Joby could change one thing, it would bebeing annoyingto others

Interestin g Fact(s) about Joby: He is easy to be with andvery friendly.


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SHARK PROFILESFebruary March 2009

Kim Goyena Age: 14

Favorite Stroke(s): Back, breast & free

Favorite Meet Event: 50 meter events

Role Model: Her Mom

Future Goal: To go to college, play tennis & swim in the Olympics

Hobbies: Reading, eating & sleeping

Favorite Song: Mario Kart Love Song

Favorite Movie: Ice Princess & Ratatouille

Favorite Book: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban

When Kim grows up, she wants to do something in the medicalfield.

If Kim could end one thing, she would end suffering.

Interestin g fact(s) about Kim: She has four step-brothers andtwo half-siblings

Jacqueline Kelia Vega Age: 6

Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke

Role Model: Nick Jonas

Future goals: To finish college

Hobbies: Playing DS and listening to music

Favorite Song: In Love with the Pizza Girl

Favorite Movie: Monsters vs Aliens

Favorite Book: My Big Dog

When Jacqueline grows up, she wants to be the Presidentof the US.

If Jacqueline could change one thing, it would be to havemore pets.


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Favorite Stroke: Backstroke

Role Model: Ms. Lesley Toch

Future Goal: Go to college

Hobbies: Reading, listening to music

Favorite Song: Youre Beautiful

Favorite Movie: 17 Again

Favorite Book: Judy Bloome

When Carmen grows up, she would like to become adoctor.

If Carmen could change one thing, she would like to stoppollution.

Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke

Role Models: Michael Phelps, the best swimmer ever

Future goals: To stay in school

Hobbies: Playing volleyball & listening to music

Favorite Song: Its a Hard Knock Life

Favorite Movie: 17 Again

Favorite Book: Coraline

When Jessica grows up, she wants to be a veterinarian.

If Jessica could change one thing, it would be to havemore pets in her life.

Jessica Lauren Vega Age: 8

SHARK PROFILESFebruary March 2009

Carmen Nicole Vega Age: 10


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Welcome (Back) to the Deck

New Swimmers

Jessica Vega

Carmen Vega

Returning Swimmers

Arnold Imperial

Carlos Escudero

idbits from USA Swimming

What To Take To The Meet

1. Most important: Swim Suit, Team Cap--and goggles (if your swimmer uses them).2. Baby or talcum powder--To "dust" the inside of swim cap. This helps preserve the cap and makes it easier to

put on.

3. Towels-Realize your swimmer will be there awhile, so pack at least two.4. Something to sit on. Oftentimes the swimmer area may be located in a gym or cafeteria. Example: sleeping

bag, old blanket, or anything that will be comfortable to sit on. The swimmers will be spending a lot of time onit.

5. Sweat suits: bring one. Each swimmer may want to bring two because they can get wet and soggy.6. Team T-shirts: Two or three. Same reason as above.7. Games: travel games, coloring books, books, anything to pass the time.8. Food: Each swimmer is usually allowed to bring a small cooler. It is better to bring snacks. They usually have

snack bars at the meet, but the lines are long and most of the time they only sell junk food. Suggestions foritems to bring:

1. Drinks: Hi-C, Fruit juice, Gatorade2. Snacks: Granola bars, Fun fruits, yogurt, cereal, jello cubes, sandwiches

Once you have attended one or two meets this will all become very routine. Please do not hesitate to ask any otherparent for help or information!

These meets are a lot of fun for the swimmers! He/she gets to visit with his/her friends, play games, and meet kidsfrom other teams. He/she also gets to "race" and see how much he/she has improved from all the hard work he/shehas put in at practice.

Special Parent's Note:The pool area is usually very warm. Therefore, you need to make sure you dress appropriately. Nothing is worse thanbeing hot at a swim meet. It makes the time pass very slowly! At some of the meets, the parents are allowed to sitwith the swimmers at the blanket area. If you don't think that a gym floor is comfortable, feel free to bring foldingchairs to sit on. Better yet, become an official and get involved! You get to be close to the action and take the focus

off of your own child!

Sharks Attack City HallPlead with City Council to continue funding pool.


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Donation Station & Volunteer CentralSome great big THANK YOUs to organizations & people who have contriubuted so generously to & in behalf of VJO!

THE A TEAM:

Napa February Meet:John Butler: 100 FreeChris Rodinsky: 200 Back

Life in the Fast LaneThe following swimmers achieved new time standards at the following meets:

THANK YOU to Carol Quigley for putting the baskets together for the Fish Fry.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

At away meets, please make sure to sign up to do some timing. We typically need 3timers at a time and try to get enough parent volunteers to sign up so that no one has totime for more than 2 hours at any meet. Look for a sign up sheet in the VJO Village.

At home meets, consider being a Marshal. No certification necessary just a lot ofcommon sense and a few rules to enforce like mak ing sure that the swimmers use a 3-

point entry to enter the pool and keeping them moving in the warmup lanes. You alsoget some of the best unobstructed view s of the meet and (this is the best part) you get

to WEAR AN ORAN GE VEST! Just imagine, spending some quality time helping out theteam and being able to make a fashion statement all in the same day it doesnt getany better than that!

JOOOOOOOOO Times:

Napa February Meet:Ares Elmore: 200 IMKelley Henderson: 200 BackTomas Horder: 200 Breast

Far Out Western Times

Spring JOs:Alyssa Powell: 50 Back

Ashley Sotelo: 50 Back

B Times:

Vallejo February Meet:(A, JO and FW times reportedlast issue)Mirelle Augst: 50 FlySarina Chang: 50 FreeRegina Horder: 50 FlyAmalia Keilholtz: 25 FreeTim Man: 100 Free, 50 Back

Napa February Meet:Mirelle Augst: 100 FlyChris Rodinsky: 200 FreeColin VanDervoort: 50 FreeSabrina Yee: 50 Free

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