Newsletter - March 21st

Hi all, below and attached are the latest copies of the newupdate.  There

will probably be on more newupdate before the bannquet on April 13.

Sharks Newsupdate

March 21, 2011 (The 1st Full Day of Spring)

Practice Schedule (next 2 weeks)

Senior & Qualifiers M-F 2:45 - 4:15pm

Green & Gold M/W/F 4:15 - 5:30pm

Gold T/Th 5:30 - 7:00pm

Sat Sat 8:00 - 9:30am

AM M-Th 5:45 - 7:45am

Awards Banquet

The 2011 Sharks Swim Team Awards Banquet will be held on Wednesday evening,

April 13 at 6:00pm at the MDI HS Café.  All swimmers, family members, and

any other interested people are invited to attend.  We will have the usual

pasta, bread, salad, ice cream sandwiches, and many other types of deserts.

It is a great season ending celebration for all members of the team.  We

will give out all of the Aquathon awards and prizes, awards from the season

ending championship meets, and end of season awards for the Shark team

members.

Season End

We will still have two more weeks of swim practice.  The last swim practice

is scheduled for April 1.  Spring Swim Team will begin on May 9 and Summer

Swim Team will begin on June 20.  More information will be available at the

Swim Team Banquet.

Private Lessons

The Shark Coaches will be available for private lessons for present and

future swim team members.  Each lesson will be used to improve/sharpen

skills to prepare for the summer and winter swim seasons.  Beginning after

April vacation on Monday and Wednesday afternoons we will time at 3:30 or

3:45pm for private lessons.  The lessons are available for one, two, or

three swimmers for $30/30 minutes.  Prior arrangements must be made with the

Head Swim Coach and other times may be scheduled as well.

Swim Camps

The Lenny DeMuro Swim Camp is scheduled for July 11 - 15 and the Water

Sports Camp will be from August 1 - 5.  The Lenny DeMuro camp will

concentrate on one stroke each day, in the mornings we will work on stroke

drills and the afternoons will spent on improving starts, turns, and

endurance.  We will conclude on Friday working on the IM with the

traditional mini-meet in the afternoon.  The Water Sports Camp will focus on

a stroke each morning and in the afternoons the swimmers will spend time

diving, log rolling, playing water games, and having fun at the pool.  We do

plan to take a day trip to Sand Beach sometime during the week.  For each

camp the mid-day hours will be spent outside playing games, eating lunch,

and having a good time.

Aquathon Prizes

Swimmers/parents will be contacted this week on Aquathon prizes.  You may

send me an email if you wish on the prizes/sizes that the swimmers want to

receive.  Please remembers the following awards

$125 T-shirt (will use same size from state meet shirts unless notified)

$200 Towel

$300 Choice of either Sweatshirt/Fleece/$20 credit to D&J Sports Wear

$450 Choice of either Backpack/Duffel Bag/$30 credit to D&J Sports Wear

JO’s (Winter Champs)

The Sharks had a great meet at the JO’s held at Bowdoin College from March

10 - 13.  The Sharks placed 4th overall behind the local teams of LRSC (Bath

Y), CMA (Cape Elizabeth/Scarborough), and the Seals (Westbrook).  It was an

impressive showing by all who swam at the meet.  The Sharks were dominant in

both the 10 & under and 11 - 12 age groups.  Again we did not have a lot of

numbers in the older age groups but our swimmers performed great against the

toughest competition that I have ever seen at the JO meet.  The new format

led to some exciting racing and much shorter sessions for the swimmers.

Next year’s meet will be a similar format but will probably be at U Maine.

New England Swimmers

Ten swimmers will be heading to Harvard University this weekend to swim at

the Y New England Championships.  Madison Luck will swim on Friday evening;

Avalon & Billy Kerley, Aubrie Boyce, Tom Gallup, Pierce DiMauro, & Zach

Genrich will swim on Saturday morning; Quinlan Hinerfeld & Amos Price will

swim on Saturday afternoon; and Liam Sullivan will swim on Sunday morning.

You may follow the results online at melroseymca.org.

Zone All-Star Qualifiers

Six Shark Swimmers will be headed to the Eastern Zone All-Star Meet to

represent the Maine All-Star Team.  The meet will be held March 31 - April

2.  Madison Luck, Avalon Kerley, Tom Gallup, Joy Zhang, Oliver Johnston, and

Liam Sullivan will be making the long trip to compete in the fastest age

group meet in the world.  You may follow those results online at

maineswimming.org.

YMCA Nationals

Leila Johnston qualified for the YMCA Nationals at the Maine Winter Champs

in the 50 Free and the 100 Fly.   She will be swimming at the Swimming Hall

of Fame pool in Fort Lauderdale FL, the week of April 5 - 8.  You should be

able to follow her on the ymcaswimminganddiving.org website.

Concessions

Thanks to all that helped out at the Sharks Concession Stand during the

Harbor House Shootout.  Even though times were slow at some points during

the tournament that Sharks still raised over $700.  This money will go right

into the Sharks account and help to pay for the Banquet on April 13.  The

next fundraiser for the Sharks will be the Cup Cake sale on July 4, which

was a hit last year and should be even better this year.

Volunteer

We could use some help at the Awards Banquet on April 13th.  We will need

some help in the kitchen w/Tony and also could use some help getting all of

the awards ready for the swimmers at 6:00pm.  We could use some help at the

end w/cleaning as well, we are always out of the building by 8:00pm every

year.

Thank You

I just want to Thank everyone that helped out with the Sharks during the

course of this season.  We have had a lot of great help from all of the

parents this year.  It has made this season a tremendous success not just in

the pool but creating the Sharks Team feeling again.  I would also like to

thank the swimmers; this has been an awesome year in the pool because of all

the swimmers have worked together as a group to make this one of the best

teams in the State.

Thanks, JIM