So these afternoon practices are often affected by the weather and today looks like thunderstorms are likely. So if it is lightning we will most likely not be getting in but if you have any questions about the status of practice please feel free to call me at 303-921-1767.
Dear Gators,
I wanted to be the first to welcome everyone back. I hope you had a great school year and are ready to hit the pool. I have heard that the pool is being filled this week and should be ready for swimming this next week. I figured I would post next weeks afternoon practice schedule because are first intra-squad is June 3rd and I want all of you to be ready.
Monday-Friday May 24th – June 2nd
5:00 – 6:00p.m. 9 year olds and 8 and under swimmers
6:00 – 7:00p.m. Lower Division (10, 11, & 12 year old swimmers)
7:00 – 8:00p.m. Upper Division (13-18 year old swimmers)
If you or you child is 9 but has swam on the team in previous years they would be welcome to come to the 6:00-7:00 practice if you would like.
Please keep in mind this schedule might change due to weather or water temp I will post info if a change is made.
If you have any questions feel free to call me at 303-921-1767, or email at richcleeds@gmail.com
Looking forward to a great summer.
> The team finished 6th in our division!
> We set 3 more new team records on Sunday (Inez Moore, Cody Spencer, Elise Chevalier)
> WE WON THE TEAM SPIRIT AWARD!!!
Now, if you’ve ever seen how well-behaved your coaches and teammates are compared to some of those other teams, that last bullet might come as a shock, but I guess it really happened! But a huge congratulations to EVERYONE involved with this season and this meet, and I promise that as soon as someone sends me something here (cough cough COACH RICH cough) I’ll get those results up.
Thanks for an AWESOME season and congratulations on all of your accomplishments! Nothing would have been possible without all of your hard work!
Coach Luke
While I’m comfortably tucked away back in my New Orleans home, some major happenings have taken place in Golden at the 2009 State meet! Although I certainly don’t know all, I do know that we have had 4 wins (Boys 9-10, 50 Breast (Tristan G), 50 Free (Dylan J), 100 IM (Dylan J); Boys 11-12, 50 Fly (Ethan S)) and have set (more like, reset) 5 team records in the process (Dylan broke the 200 free record again en route to an awesome 2nd place finish!)
Congrats to those swimmers and everyone else who competed today! We’re in 13th OVERALL (!!) and 4th in Division II. Top 4 get a trophy! Cheer on your fellow swimmers and check back for final results!
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW, GATORS!
Coach Luke
…COME TO TONIGHT’S BANQUET! 6pm @ the club!
We’re fully prepared to host the banquet in anything sort of hurricane-gale winds, and still encourage everyone to show up, even if this afternoon’s currently indecisive weather turns a little wet. We would hate to miss a single person after such an incredible season.
In addition, the link to the team photos is now available and online!
http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/BernardPhotography/GMST
The password to access the photos is Green246. You MUST capitalize “Green,” or you can’t get in.
#11, #41 and #59, I’d have to say, are particularly adorable…
See you all tonight!!
Coach Luke
To start, the meet was incredible and a real testament to how hard the team has worked this year. Every time a Gator swimmer jumped in the pool, you knew something crazy was about to go down. We moved up to a 5th place finish OVERALL, including a 2nd place finish in our trophy. We beat one D1 team (Mt. Vernon) and were a mere 20 points from Columbine Knolls…a finish that would have moved our team up to D1 for the 2010 season. This was truly a break-out meet for the team and something everyone should be incredibly proud of! The coaches couldn’t be feeling more confident going into state!
That said, time for some individual shout-outs, because we had some TRULY incredible performances. Overall, we had 9 individual champions (Dylan Jacob (3), Tristan Gess, Elise Chevalier (2), Emily Cotten, Josh Duffy, Kenzie Oreskovich, Anna Granquist, Kelsey Bollig, Cody Spencer) that earned 12 first place finishes.
This is obviously an abbreviated list (I could write something about everyone…) but these were simply the most incredible performances of the meet. So a big, fat “well-done” and a gold sticker to…
…Elise Chevalier for no-freaking-way moment of the year. I’m still not sure there weren’t illegal propulsive devices in use during the 4th 25 of her breaststroke race.
…Josh Duffy for being a silent assassin. He recorded 1 win and 2 top three finishes in only his second year of swimming and without so much as a peep about his accomplishments. Who does he think he is??
…Daria Romero for her coming out party. In her first ever league performance, she recorded 1 top 10 and 1 top 5 finish and cut loads of time in the process! Did I mention she didn’t lose to any other 13 year olds? 2010, look out!
…Ianna Debrunner for being Ms. Big Shot. After an incredible finish to her season last year (state champion!) she once again stepped up at the big meet in one of the hardest years of swimming, moving up from 25s to 50s! She placed top 3 in ALL of her events and continued to shine when it counts!
…Inez Moore for her go-go gadget arms. Outtouching a 6’2″ opponent by 9/100ths of a second in a 3 minute race is the definition of clutch.
…Kenzie Oreskovich and Anna Granquist for nearly causing the first simultaneous quadruple heart attacks in history. They swam in two of the most exciting heats of the entire meet (200 and 100 free) and threw thier coaches and teammates into wild frenzies. Both girls swam WELL above and beyond expectations and both took home a blue ribbon to show for it!
…Dylan Jacob, Tristan Gess and Ethan Schick for putting thier names amongst the Gator all-time greats. They set a combined FOUR team records at the meet!
As I said, I could go on and on, but please congratulate these swimmers when you see them next!
And check out the banquet information in the right sidebar. Don’t forget to bring your side dish! We’ll see you at practice…tomorrow is my last day!
Coach Luke
Green Mountain Swim Team 