Author: greenmountainswimteam

Swimmers,

This week we officially started morning practice. Just a few things I wanted to inform you about.

First, all swimmers need to sign up for the meet this Saturday against Golden by Thursday’s practice.

Second, Upper division will be have night practice on Monday and Wednesday from 8-9 pm which is different then what the gator guide says.

See you all in the pool
Coach Rich

No Practice!!!

So our pool is empty, meaning we can’t swim as is scheduled. If everyone would like to show up and do laps in the bottom of the deep end (in tennis shoes,) be our guest, but it looks like we’ll be getting started on Tuesday, May 27 instead.

So, first practice:

Tuesday, May 27
5-6 – 8-Unders, 9-10’s
6-7 – 9-10’s, 11-12’s
7-8 – Upper Division

So 9-10’s can pick their practice, but we won’t go any easier on you from 5-6…

Thanks!

Ex-Coach Luke, on behalf of Coach Rich

the news.

It’s official: I’m New Orleans bound!

I received my official D.C. rejection letter today (it was pretty uplifting, considering its content) meaning I will be in NO/Phoenix for the majority of the summer. It’s an incredible opportunity and even though I know I’m missing out back home, I’ve never been this excited.

That, of course, means I won’t be back for this season. I haven’t yet spoken with Sandy or Dave (I reward my loyal readers…) but I know they’ve been actively looking for a few weeks now and should have someone new named in the very near future.

So that doesn’t mean I won’t see anyone again, I’m still around until June 10 and will close out the winter clinics on Sundays.

And I’ll keep blogging. Probably not on this site (it will be up to the new coach if they want to continue this or not) and probably not on GMST…but somewhere you can still stay up with me and what I’m doing, should you choose!

That’s all, I’ll see many of you tomorrow at clinics!

happy news, updates, but not all the answers…

Hello!

So first thing first…CU 3-peated at nationals!

You can find full results here! We scored more than the next 4 teams combined and more than tripled the points of second place, so you might say it was a pretty dominant effort…

Also, everyone should note that our own Josh Peterson went a blistering 58.80 in his hundred fly, a new PR! Everyone should be sure to congratulate him (try not to make fun of him too much though for losing to ex-Gator and AAC coach Katie Klane…she went a ridiculous, record setting time of 58.49)

Rich also got PRs in his 50, 100 and 200 breastsroke races, so check those out! He had an awesome meet.

On the coaching front, there’s still a lot up in the air. I’ll walk you through it, scavenger-hunt style.

So first thing, I did get accepted into Teach For America! They want to send me here for 2 years, teaching secondary (middle/high school) English.

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Of course, that entails 6 weeks of teacher boot camp, from early June all the way through mid-July here:

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But on Friday (or next monday..) I find out if I get into a program that, in August, would take me here:

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Which would in turn allow me to defer TFA for a year and free up my summer, to be here:

So we’ll keep waiting, and you’ll hear back again, hopefully sometime this week!

Have a great week!

Luke