Seahawk Talk February 4, 2013

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  • Schedule Changes and Announcements: Championship time is here!!! The Mary Lou Mini Meet for our Hawks, A-1 & A-2 groups and the H.S. Championship Tournaments (Sectional, Districts and State) start this week!! Good luck to all of our Seahawks!
  • Practice Announcements for Sr/Nat Groups:
  • Friday AM Practice Schedule:

Friday, February 8th 5:10-6:30 am off pm H.S. Sectionals (Boys-optional Loosen up)

Friday, February 15th 5:30-6:30 am off pmH.S. Districts (Boys-optional Loosen up)

**Note: No UC PM practice on these days due to H.S. Sect. & Dist. meets.

  • Sunday Loosen Up: Sunday, Feb 10th from 3:00-4:45. All Sr/ Nat group swimmers should attend.
  • UC Flex Time Starts Later: Flex at UC will begin at 4:50 pm (15 min. later) on all Monday and Wednesday practices. This is due to the reduction in dryland training as we approach taper time.
  • Individual Taper Plans: An email outlining individual taper plans went out Sunday, February 3rd. Please pay close attention to your ending times, as well as your weight training status.
  • Practice Announcements for T2/T1 Groups: We will run a maintenance/technique practicethis Sunday, Feb 10TH from 1:00-3:15 with a very special guest!
  • When is My Season Over?: All CAC swimmers are finished practicing after completion of their last Championship meet(i.e. Mary Lou, Regionals, JO, Seniors, etc.). The coaches congratulate you on your outstanding progress this Short Course season and look forward to seeing you all after the break for Long Course. Go Seahawks!!!
  • Spring/Summer Long Course Sign-ups: We are delighted to hear that several of our A-1 and A-2 swimmers who signed up for the winter-only (Short Course) season have asked what they need to do to continue in the Spring/Summer season. It is only $100.00 to continue through the summer….what a great deal!! Please contact our Registration Coordinator Karen McGoff at if you are interested in joining us for the summer season.We would love to see our A-1 and A-2 groups continue to grow and progress!!

**A Note for our Hawk Swimmers: Coach Kim will be sending out information on the Spring/Summer Hawk’s programming in the next few weeks.

  • Ohio Senior Championship Team: Information on the highly anticipated Ohio Senior Championship (just 4 weeks away!!!), held this year at Miami University from March 1-3, will be coming out this week. This is our last chance to swim short course yards and is a full-effort Championship meet with all of our 15 And Over swimmers competing in this 3-day event. The coaching staff will be talking with each of these athletes about their event line-up this week. This meet is a requiredChampionship meet. Go Hawks!!!
  • Regional Pasta Party: This annual event is tentatively schedule for Wednesday, February 13th in the CCDS cafeteria from 5:45-7:00 PM. All swimmers who are attending Regionals should attend. The adjusted practice schedule is as follows:

T-1 & T-2:Practice ---4:15- 5:30 pm

A-2, A-3 (A-1’s attending Regional Meet):Practice---7:00-8:15 pm

**Transition JO Swimmers NOT going to Regionals will have dryland 4:15-5:30 &

swim 5:30-7:00 pm.

  • Championship Pasta Parties for Remaining Groups—Tentative Dates: Details TBD.

Tuesday, February 26th Ohio Senior Championship Team

Wednesday, March 6th J.O. Championship Team

Tuesday, March 26th USA Sectional Championship Team

  • Fee Update—New Swimmer Referral Credits:A Message from our Fees Coordinator Emily Seger for those of you due referral credits: Because I did not receive the list of families who have earned New Swimmer Referral Credits for the 2012-13 swim season, I was unable to apply these credits to the February invoices. I anticipate receiving this list in February and will apply these credits to the March invoices. Apologies for the inconvenience and many thanks for your patience. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Emily at
  • Swim-A-Thon Wrap Up, Raffle and Prizes: Congratulations to Andrew Devine for being this year’s top fundraiser! Andrew will receive an Olympic t-shirt autographed by Olympian and former CAC swimmer, Nick Thoman! For Seahawk swimmers who raised at least $200, check family folders or with Erin Starkey for Seahawk sportswear prizes.The drawing for Raffle Baskets will be held Saturday, February 9 at 12:15 pm.Instructions for the Raffle are as follows:
  • Raffle Tickets are in family folders at CCDS. The number of tickets you have received is based on the number of dollars each swimmer/family raised.
  • Tickets have 2 halves with the same number at the top. Write your name / phone # on 1 half of each ticket and use the other half to make your choice of baskets.
  • A poster with a paper bag for each basket is on the pool deck. Place ticket halves with your name / phone # in the bags that correspond to the baskets you want chances to win. Keep the other half of each ticket.
  • The poster will be at the pool all week. You may put your tickets in ANY of the bags any time before the drawing.
  • The actual gift baskets will be at the pool on Fri-Sat Feb 8-9 if you would like to see them again before choosing which ones you would like to try and win.
  • You need not be present to win, but you can take any basket you win if you are here
  • Questions? Contact Erin Starkey at
  • CAC “Big and Little” Team Building Weekly Pairs: As you can see below, both dates this week are open for Senior volunteers to serve as Hawk Helpers. Please email Coach Benson ASAP if you are available to volunteer.

Tuesday TBA

ThursdayTBA

6:00-7:15 pm @ CCDS POOL

  • Meet & Event Count Downs: (Actual Dates are Available on our Website)

Mary Lou Mini (Silverlake KY)This Week

Ohio A-G Regional Champs (Keating)2 Weeks

Red vs. Black (CCDS) T2/T1 Groups3 Weeks

Ohio Senior Champs Miami University 4 Weeks Ohio JO Champs BGSU (Bowling Green, OH) 5 Weeks

USA Sectionals Spire Institute (Cleveland OH)7 Weeks

  1. Coaches’ Corner:

Swimmers of the Week:

A-1 Brette Foutch & Moira Seger

A-2Bart Cooper

A-3 Sarah Forbes

T-1Andrew Devine

T-2Gordon Wheeler

Sr. / Nat.Rachel McGoff & Zach Fisher

  • Gearing up for Championships:The coaching staff is very excited about our upcoming Championship meets! It is important that we keep practice a priority during this important time. The next several weeks will be used to put the finishing touches on our technique and race plans. It is up to all of us as we gear up for our championship run. Go Hawks!!!
  • Please clean out your folders at CCDS: Please make sure that everything is out of your folders as we wrap up our Short Course season. Some of the folders have not been checked for a while. Thank you!
  • “Championship” Quotes of the Week:Here are four quotes that go well together. Let your mind be free to let your body achieve great results. Go Hawks!!!

I was so surprised. Then again, I was so relaxed in the water, it felt amazing.
Pieter van den Hoogenband, SwimmingChampion
The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.
Timothy Gallwey - Sports Author

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win....Channel your energy. Focus.
Carl Lewis- Track and FieldChampionAthlete
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
Michael Phelps, SwimmingChampion