Farewell

Everyone,

I’ve submitted my resignation from my teacher/coach position at THS, effective today.

This year was a very special one for me and I am grateful to all the athletes and parents who worked so hard to make it so.

Our level of commitment was outstanding this season.

We got things moving in the right direction, didn’t we?  Please keep that momentum going throughout the summer and into next year.

txbutton@yahoo.com

If you’re ever near Bay City or El Campo, look us up!

Take care,

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Record Board Updated

The Best Make it Look Easy

Where have y'all heard that before?

Check out the women's 400 free results at yesterday's Longhorn Long Course Kickoff meet in Austin.

Scroll way down to find Kathleen Hersey's 4:40.91.

That would convert to around a 5:12 for a 500 yard freestyle.

Not impressed?

Her splits were 1:05.69-1:11.57-1:11.92-1:11.73.

Still not such a big deal?

Oh yeah, forgot to mention she swam it butterfly...

Latest GWG Nutrition Vids

New nutrition vids from our buddy GWG are now out. Check out Parts 1 & 2 (of 4) in the newest series at SwimOutlet here. If you never caught Series 1, they're all there, too!


Whether in practice, before a meet, or cooling down after, I never let my drink get far from me. Make sure you don't either.

More from our buddy...

...GWG - watch new video here.

Shaving Rule

A Maryland high school team lost a championship after it was discovered that one of their swimmers had shaved at the meet. Read more here.

Remember this reminder?

Aren't you glad you took care of business before you got to the natatorium?

Club Swimming

After y'all take a little break, please consider training this spring/summer with a local club program.

I'll list a few that are pretty close.

Find one that suits your needs (cost, schedule, location, coaching style, etc.) and get to work!!!

Mansfield Aquatic Club (MAC)

Mid-Cities Arlington Swimmers (MARS)

Fort Worth Area Swim Team (FAST)

Sigma Performance Swimming (SGMA)

Southwest Aquatics of Texas (SWAT)

200 i.m. time trial:

2:14.90 - Henry I
2:15.77 - Jamie p
2:16.27 - Pedro S
2:20.72 - Devin S
2:28.59 - Jerome D
2:43.67 - Chandler R
2:46.81 - Dallis D
2:55.98 - Naa B
2:59.23 - Sammy R
2:59.97 - Cameron N
3:02.39 - Katlin S

50 free time trial:

:24.82 - Jamie P
:25.57 - Devin S
:25.75 - Henry I
:27.11 - Randy V
:28.00 - Chandler R
:28.65 - Dallis D
:29.25 - Cameron N
:30.67 - Sammy R
:34.36 - Katlin S

200 free time trial:

1:59.23 - Pedro S
2:04.82 - Henry I
2:07.41 - Jerome D
2:07.98 - Zabdiel E
2:09.21 - Forres M
2:16.23 - Kirsten B
2:17.45 - Randy V
2:22.17 - Cameron N
2:28.59 - Chandler R
2:31.41 - Naa B
2:41.43 - Katlin S

Friday - 200 I.M. & 50 Free

100 fly time trial results:

:58.36 - Jamie P
1:01.59 - Pedro S
1:07.36 - Jerome D
1:08.01 - Taylor W
1:08.83 - Randy v
1:10.88 - Chandler R
1:17.12 - Naa B
1:22.87 - Dallis D
1:28.37 - Sammy R

100 free time trial results:

:54.95 - Zabdiel E
:55.55 - Henry I
:58.19 - Taylor W
1:00.38 - Jerome D
1:04.41 - Chandler R
1:04.62 - Randy V
1:05.25 - Dallis D
1:05.58 - Cameron N
1:10.76 - Sammy R
1:13.26 - Katlin S

Thursday - 200 free

100 back time trial results:

1:05.63 - Henry I
1:06.05 - Pedro S
1:06.39 - Zabdiel E
1:07.33 - Forres M
1:08.87 - Taylor W
1:10.23 - Randy V
1:15.05 - Dallis D
1:20.83 - Chandler R
1:21.93 - Naa B
1:27.78 - Cameron N
1:28.77 - Katlin S
1:33.94 - Sammy R

100 breast time trial results:

1:09.73 - Pedro S
1:14.05 - Devin S
1:14.06 - Jamie P
1:16.19 - Zabdiel E
1:17.37 - Jerome D
1:23.27 - Kirsten B
1:24.29 - Forres M
1:26.22 - Sammy R
1:31.57 - Chandler R
1:38.23 - Cameron N
1:41.29 - Katlin S

Wednesday - 100 fly & 100 free (if you didn't swim them at district/region)

Announcement & Time Trials

Click here to see what was sent for today's announcement.

Sorry it wasn't read that way.

Today's 500 free time trial results:

5:19.97 - Jamie P
5:28.83 - Pedro S
5:42.27 - Taylor W
5:42.77 - Devin S
5:43.66 - Zabdiel E
5:45.88 - Henry I
6:00.21 - Forres M
6:07.19 - Randy V
6:07.55 - Chandler R
6:18.34 - Jerome D
6:28.41 - Dallis D
6:40.67 - Naa B
7:12.49 - Sammy R
7:18.30 - Katlin S

Tuesday - 100 back & 100 breast (if you didn't swim them at district/region)

Official District & Region Results

2012 District 9-5A (Girls 4th, Boys 3rd)

2012 Region III-5A (Girls 12th, Boys 8th)

Six (6) new school records at region:

Boys' 200 Medley Relay - 1:45.60 (Devin S, Parker S, Henry I, Jamie P)

Boys' 200 Individual Medley - 2:03.04 (Parker S)

Boys' 100 Butterfly - :56.90 (Henry I)

Boys' 200 Freestyle Relay - 1:34.02 (Forres M, Zabdiel E, Jerome D, Pedro S)

Girls' 100 Backstroke - 1:02.83 (Kirsten B)

Boys' 100 Backstroke - :56.98 (Devin S)

Girls

1. Mansfield High School 403
2. A&M Consolidated HS 393
3. Robert E. Lee High School 230
4. Mansfield Legacy 179
5. Richardson High School 152
6. Belton High School 142
7. Bryan High School 127
8. Duncanville High School 102
9. Richardson Lake Highlands 94
10. Harker Heights High School 83
11. Temple High School 74
12. Timberview 73
13. Richardson Berkner 47
14. Cedar Hill High School 41
15. Copperas Cove High School 38
16. South Grand Prairie 29
17. Dallas White 28
18. Ellison High School 22
19. John Horn High School 2

Boys

1. Dallas Jesuit 385.5
2. A&M Consolidated HS 246
3. Mansfield High School 234
4. Robert E. Lee High School 220
5. Mansfield Legacy 188
6. Belton High School 183
7. Harker Heights High School 166.5
8. Timberview 132
9. Temple High School 129
10. Bryan High School 97
11. John Horn High School 70
12. Shoemaker High School 59
13. South Grand Prairie 54
14. Richardson Berkner 47
15. Richardson Lake Highlands 29
16. Duncanville High School 20
17. Richardson High School 17
18. Dallas White 16
19. Cedar Hill High School 13
20. Copperas Cove High School 10
21. DeSoto High School 4

All-District & All-Region

Forms for ordering your patches from the TISCA site:



All-District




All-Region

Region Meet

Outstanding job, everyone! I'll do my best to get the website School Records and Top Ten lists updated Monday, along with an announcement.

It was truly a thrill to see the way y'all swam this season as a TEAM!!

You and your parents should be very proud of the way everyone pulled together to make this such a successful season.

p.s. Boys were 8th, Girls were 12th, and we were 9th in combined team scoring!

Duncanville Non-Region

The small group we took to Duncanville Saturday swim great!

200 free - 2nd - Cameron N
200 i.m. - 2nd - Randy V
50 free - 1st - Taylor W, 4th - Dallis D
100 free - 2nd - Dallis D, 3rd - Cameron N
200 free relay - 1st - Cameron N, Randy V, Dallis D, Taylor W
100 breast - 1st - Taylor W, 4th - Randy V
400 free relay - 2nd - Taylor W, Cameron N, Randy V, Dallis D

District Results

Team scoring:

Girls

Mansfield - 218
Legacy - 114
Duncanville - 66
Timberview - 49
Cedar Hill - 32
South Grand Prairie - 29
Grand Prairie - 4

Boys

Legacy - 160
Mansfield - 150
Timberview - 110
South Grand Prairie - 61
Duncanville - 32
Cedar Hill - 23

Top eight finishers in each event scored team points. Top six finishers in each event advanced to region.

G200MR - 4th - Kirsten B, Naa B, Katlin S, Lauren H
B200MR - 3rd - Devin S, Parker S, Henry I, Pedro S

G200Free - 8th - Melissa T
B200Free - 5th - Jamie P, 9th - Taylor W, 13th - Dallis D

G200IM - 5th - Kirsten B
B200IM - 2nd - Parker S, 8th - Randy V

G50Free - 10th - Lauren H
B50Free - 4th - Forres M, 5th - Pedro S, 7th - Jerome D, 8th - Zabdiel E

G100Fly - 8th - Katlin S
B100Fly - 2nd - Henry I, 6th - Zabdiel E, 12th - Cameron N

G100Free - 12th - Melissa T
B100Free - 5th - Devin S, 6th - Forres M, 8th - Pedro S

G500Free - 7th - Lauren H
B500Free - 2nd - Parker S, 11th - Cameron N

G200FR - 6th - Naa B, Lauren H, Katlin S, Meliss T
G200FR - 2nd - Zabdiel E, Henry I, Taylor W, Jamie P

G100Back - 2nd - Kirsten B
B100Back - 1st - Devin S, 2nd - Jamie P

G100Breast - 3rd - Naa B
B100Breast - 6th - Henry I, 7th - Taylor W, 10th - Randy V, 13th - Dallis D

G400FR - 3rd - Naa B, Kirsten B, Katlin S, Melissa T
B400FR - 2nd - Pedro S, Devin S, Jamie P, Parker S

Notes & Schedule

District meet went very well for us. We had a couple of new school records and nineteen (19) new top ten times. Our shaved/tapered kids swam over 90% lifetime bests. More on that later.

Congratulations to the Legacy boys and Mansfield girls for their district team championships.

Timberview did a great job of providing timers for the 4A meet last night. Congratulations to the Summit boys for their boys' district team championship.

I'll get together with each swimmer this week to discuss our region relays (we will have a few changes) and the new taper schedule.






This week's general workout schedule (individual taper schedules will vary):

Mon. - swim 6:00-8:00 a.m., dry-land 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Tue. - swim 6:00-8:00 a.m.
Wed. - swim 6:00-8:00 a.m., dry-land 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Thu. - swim 6:00-8:00 a.m.
Fri. - swim 6:00-8:00 a.m.

Even if you were 7th or 8th at the district meet, plan to train on the above schedule.

Region entries aren't due until Sunday, February 5th. We won't know until then if any of the top six finishers in our district are giving up their region spots.

Check out last year's region results here.

If you weren't in the top eight at district, you will splash at 7:00 a.m. each morning this week. We may add another meet to our schedule for y'all.

Duncanville plans to host a non-region qualifier meet on Saturday, February 4th. If we can arrange transportation, we may send a few to that meet.

Once again we had great fan support for our athletes:

Thankyou Timberview Fans!!!!

2011 District/Region Results

Take a look back at last year's district and region meets:

2011 District 9-5A Results

2011 Region III-5A Results

Tapering Guidelines

• Cut back on the caloric intake (you will be burning fewer calories than you were during heavy training)
• Cut back on outside activities (we'll rest at the pool - you rest while away from it)
• Pay more attention to the "little things" (training intervals will be easier and you'll have a chance to "sharpen" while getting more rest)
• Conserve energy (you'll have excess energy that you've not had for months - don't waste it)
• Stay positive (both about your upcoming races and your teammates')
• Visualize races (take yourself through your races from before the start to after the finish)

Shaving Guidelines

• Allow plenty of time and take breaks while shaving for your championship meet
• Electric shavers and Nair are not used in this process
• Have plenty of new razors/blades available before you begin
• Start by using clippers on exposed body hair
• Carefully shave exposed body hair
• Be especially careful around shins, wrists, elbows, knees, forearms, and ankles
• Change blades/razors often