I don't think there's ever a time where I
step back and say I wish I was something
different. I'm doing what I love to do.



Sidney Patrick Crosby

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds
seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying;
I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.



Arnold Daniel Palmer

Longhorn Dax Hill

As far as practice goes - when Eddie's droppin' the hammer on us - sometimes I definitely wish I was playing basketball.

Notes, Notes, & More Notes

First, the Thank You notes:

Thanks to our team for the gifts at the banquet. If you didn't get a chance to do so, please plan to sign the framed team pics one morning next week.

Thanks to our outstanding parent volunteers - Bill Brown, Valerie Mullaney, Don Shaft, and Janet Sheppard. We're losing a couple of them, but I know we have parents who will step in and help us out next year.

Thanks to Coach Huckabay for the kind words. I have been fortunate over the years. I've just been in the right places at the right times, I guess.

Thanks to Coach Salazar for being the unofficial THS assistant coach. He's always there when we need him, right?

Next, the Award Winners:

Girls

Newcomer - S. Christensen
Fighting Wolf - A. Lee
Outstanding - K. Brown

Boys

Newcomer - J. Pappas
Fighting Wolf - S. Colpaert
Outstanding - P. Sheppard

See our updated Awards History page here.

Finally, a few announcements:

Ian, your plaque is in the office.

We'll start putting awards back in trophy case next week.

We still have a handful of swimmers I need to meet with. We'll try to line those up next week.

Summer training is just around the corner. Watch the MAC site for info on summer training groups.

Don't forget to email me for a summer weight program.

Life is often compared to a marathon, but
I think it is more like being a sprinter;
long stretches of hard work puncuated by
brief moments in which we are given the
opportunity to perform at our best.



Michael Duane Johnson

All-Time Top Ten

A draft of the all-time THS Top Ten in each individual event is posted here.

It is far from complete.

Please send corrections via email.

Include meet/date along with name/event/time so I can go back through results to verify/update.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak.
Strong convictions precede great actions.



Louisa May Alcott

Fine/Fee List

Thanks to everyone who's turned in bags.

If you've not yet turned in your bag, please take care of this right away.

Coach Huckabay just sent me the replacement costs for lost items:

Backpack = $55
Warm-Up Top = $45
Warm-Up Bottom = $30

Checks should be made out to Timberview Swimming.

Accept the challenges so that you
may feel the exhilaration of victory.



General George Smith Patton, Jr.

More Nutrition Vids

If you missed I & II, catch up here.





All four videos, along with comments (100+) from viewers and Garrett are here.

via SwimOutlet

It is thus with farming: if you do one thing
late, you will be late in all your work.



Marcus Porcius Cato, a.k.a. Cato The Elder

Anyone who has never made a mistake
has never tried anything new.



Albert Einstein

Nutrition Vids (Parts I & II)

Parts III & IV due out next week.

Thank You Cards

I've started three (3) thank you cards for the Texas swimmers that signed shirts for our MISD Invite fund-raiser. Please add to the notes tomorrow and Friday so we can send them this weekend.

Matt Lowe went :53.84 in the 100 breast last weekend.

Sprinter Garrett Weber-Gale went 4:20.02 in the 500 free last weekend.

Scott Spann is prepping for the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships later this month.

Matt Lowe



Scott Spann



Garrett Weber-Gale

What are your goals for next year?

Brian Goodell and TPI from Roberto on Vimeo.

400 meter free gold medalist in world record time of 3:51.93

1500 meter free gold medalist in world record time of 15:02.40

You're born an original - don't die a copy.



John Mason

Luck is the residue of design.



Wesley Branch Rickey

Nitro Video

Region Recap

Complete region results are here.

The girls were 11th in team scoring and the boys finished 7th.

Top sixteen finishers:

B 200 Medley Relay - 7th - Jamie P., Kyle S., Henry I., Pedro S.
G 200 Individual Medley - 5th - Kirsten B.
B 200 Individual Medley - 10th - Stephan C.
B 50 Free - 16th - Pedro S.
B 100 Butterfly - 12th - Parker S., 13th - Jamie P.
B 500 Free - 7th - Parker S.
G 200 Free Relay - 8th - Kirsten B., Melyssa T., Alyssa L., Sierra M.
G 100 Backstroke - 7th - Kirsten B.
B 100 Backstroke - 9th - Stephan C., 12th - Jamie P.
B 100 Breaststroke - 16th - Kyle S.
G 400 Free Relay - 8th - Kirsten B., Alyssa L., Melyssa T., Sierra M.
B 400 Free Relay - 7th - Parker S., Jamie P., Pedro S., Stephan C.

Offer Still Good

This may not be the last of the cold weather. If you happen to be over across the lake this weekend, feel free to grab some wood. It's stacked in front and is easy to get to.

Pic was taken last week:


Info (w/address) is here.