Author: greenmountainswimteam

Holy blog update, batman!
Shield your eyes. This blog just got so pretty, it’s no longer approved for swimmers with certain kinds of heart problems or children under the age of 5. Consult your doctor if you notice that you’ve been staring at the screen haplessly for 4 or more hours without interruption.

The update is the product of some sweet collaboration between myself and Mr. Peter Schick, our resident design guru. Mr. Schick created the logo, painstakingly selected the photo, masterfully blended the 2, boldly explored new fonts, and applied top secret, art guy knowledge to create a wonderful header. I clicked a button or 2 (yeah, I was working on it all afternoon). So pretty much 50/50. Hope you like it!

KEN CARYL UPDATE (See last blog for KC Invite details)
It has been discovered that Ken Caryl entries are due on Sunday at noon! No sweat, but it means we’ll have to get those in on Saturday afternoon. That said, we’re going to be asking swimmers to commit to the meet a little earlier than we had hoped. Don’t worry–you still have Saturday (and, in theory, Sunday to our C/D swimmers!) to qualify, but we need your help being extra vigilant if you newly qualify for the meet and aren’t on our list! Although I have nothing better to do on Saturday afternoon than repeatedly hit redial trying to reach you to ask you about the meet, we’d really like to make sure we get an official “yes” or a “no” from everyone by the end of Saturday’s meet, at the VERY LATEST!

Yeah, that’s right. You have to un-sign up for this one if you can’t make it. Don’t forget it!

*Extra — we may be seeking some extra swimmers to help us fill out relays! If you don’t qualify and would still like to participate, let us know and we’ll try to find a slot!!

Marco…
…polo tonight! 7:50. Upper Division. If your last name is “Cotten,” please trim your nails to suit your aggressive playing style. That is all.

Coach Luke

Update #1: Ken Caryl
Ken Caryl-eligible swimmers have been uploaded to the increasingly cluttered “IMPORTANT LINKS” bar off to the right. Once I run out of things to upload, perhaps I’ll consider organizing something. But that sounds improbable.

Either way, we have 44 SWIMMERS CURRENTLY QUALIFIED! Holy cow! This could easily make us one of the biggest teams at the meet where we have traditionally done quite well. Please let us know if you can make it ASAP if you are on our list. I’ll have a sign-up sheet posted at the pool tomorrow where you’ll be asked to indicate whether or not you’re swimming so that we can get on top of Relays ASAP.

KEN CARYL INVITE SCHEDULE–June 26 and June 27:
Friday (UPPER DIVISION ONLY!)
400’s – 12:30-3:00p
Rest of meet: 3:00-??? (usually around 9pm)
Saturday (LOWER DIVISION ONLY!)
9-10 BOYS, 11-12s (ALL) – 6:00a-11:00a
9-10 GIRLS, 8-unders (ALL) – 11:00a-??? (usually around 4pm)

Update #2: Gator Guide/Schedule
Both are now posted in the same cluttered tab.

Update #3: New Foothills League Web Site
A great, new resource that has results posted from every meet in the league so far! So in case you, say, only had one job and spent most of your day at home with little to do (not like anyone I know…) you can certainly while away some time there…http://www.fsacolorado.com/

In addition, a blog from Lakewood coach Betty Woods has been promised! So far, all that she’s written is more coming soon, but I’m sure some great stuff will be there soon!

See y’all in the morning!

Coach Luke

Hello all –

Ms. Alzamora very kindly spent her time during the intrasquad meet a few weeks back taking photos of our swimmers on her camera! Coach Josh just had an opportunity to get the album online, and you can find it at http://picasaweb.google.com/greenmountaingators! There are some old photos up as well, the one marked “intrasquad” is this year’s album. Please make sure you take a second to thank Ms. Alzamora when you get a chance, she does a lot for the club in addition to this! And if you have other photos you’d like to add, either talk to Coach Josh about access (the do-it-yourself method) or give him a CD with your clearly labeled photos so he can put those up for you (the what-else-does-Josh-have-to-do,-anyway-? method)

Finally, please note that we need to have entries done for Saturday’s meet, so please sign up at practice ASAP! Most of the lower division has done that, but only a few upper division swimmers are currently signed up. Please, make sure you’re signed up by tomorrow! If you miss practice or forget to sign up for some other reason, please e-mail me at lukemorin@gmail.com. I’ll be inputting those electronically, so if I don’t know, I can’t help and the only swimming you’ll be doing this Saturday will involve whatever giant puddles are left over from the now inevitable afternoon downpour!

Coach Luke

Hello all!

I wanted to make a quick note to say that the results from this weekend’s meet were VERY impressive. Even though I was busy dancing with bridesmaids wishing my newlywed cousin well, Rich and Josh indicated that everyone showed a lot of heart and spirit at the meet. 10 out of 16 gator relays posted season best times, and GM found themselves with 6 new league qualifiers and countless other season best times! Congrats to everyone who swam!

Full results are posted in the “Important Links” tab on the right.

Best times have also been updated, and I’ve fixed the bug that was requiring me to perform complex, Hollywood Hacker-esque techniques to bring you these reports, so expect them to get posted sooner in the future!

Finally, (incomplete) meet information is up for this Saturday’s meet against COLUMBINE KNOLLS and APPLEWOOD KNOLLS! These are 2 EXTREMELY talented teams with some very, very good swimmers. For those of you who were around last year, AK was a Division I team at state and CKST won state by a large margin at the Division II level. Even though we’ll face some tough competition later this season (see Golden, AAC…we weren’t messing around with the schedule!) these could very well be some of the quickest swimmers we’ll see all year. So bring your game face, and let’s see some extra focus this week in practice! This is a great opportunity to show the league what you’ve got!

Coach Luke

Hello All –

I hope you’re all enjoying this beautiful SUMMER SUNSHINE as much as I am. I had become convinced that while I was away someone had tied down a permanent, wet cloud with the sole purpose of making me miserable and freezing 8-unders…but I’m glad the little guy escaped. Hopefully he settles down somewhere already nasty, like Nebraska or West Texas.

Please remember that you need to be at the pool 10 minutes before your warm-up begins tomorrow! This will give you time to stretch with the coaches, get your goggles on, ect… Warm-up, as usual, is quite short, so don’t waste it!

Finally, please note that there are only 2 meets left to qualify for both Ken Caryl AND the Pentathalon! Those meets are both at the end of June. Ken Caryl, a cool little mid-season invitational meet, has listed it’s qual times HERE. We’ll run a report after this Saturday’s meet listing swimmers who are eligible.

Pentathalon is another meet, hosted by Applewood Athletic Club, that swimmers must qualify for. To get into this meet, you must have a “B” time or better in 4 of the 5 main events – Fly, Back, Breast, Free (25 for 8-unders, 50 for 9-12’s, 100 for upper division), and IM. You swim all 5 events at the meet and your cumulative time is calculated at the end. It’s a lot of fun. That said (cough, cough UPPER DIVISION) if you haven’t swam all of these events yet, you need to make sure you get them under your belt so that you can qualify! It’s a really fun meet. Remember, tomorrow you can exhibition AS MANY EVENTS AS YOU WANT, so get that extra race in where you can. It’s never too late to add something.

Thanks, and best of luck tomorrow! I won’t be at the meet but coaches Rich and Josh will be ready to pep talk you until your cap-tucked ears fall right off.

And remember, if you’re not a gator, YOU’RE GATOR BAIT!

Coach Luke