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Coach JJ and Coach John will be attending the American Swim Coaches Association World Clinic the rest of this week in Indianapolis and in order to make this happen, we will have some unique practice coverage happening on Tuesday and Thursday. All practices will begin at their regularly scheduled times with the following notes/adjustments:
| Tuesday and Thursday |
| Senior/National will end at 3:45pm |
| Tuesday-Friday |
| AAG will get right in the pool at 3:45pm |
| Labor Day: Monday, Sept 6th |
| All Age Group, Senior & National Practices Cancelled/Office Closed |
All other days this week will start/finish as regularly scheduled.
The Santa Barbara Swim Club will be converting it's web site into a much more comprehensive and user friendly one-stop-shopping site over the next 2 month period. In a redesign that goes way beyond just the layout, SBSC members are going to be able to pay online with either a credit, debit, or EFT. In addition, the new site will take on meet volunteer sign-ups, fundraising, email communication, and eventually meet event sign-ups. Stay tuned for a more thorough description of the changes. Once launched, all you will have to do is create, then login to your member account for your family to get started.
2010 US Masters Registration: CLICK HERE
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SBSC partners with Active.com to enable your Swim-A-Thon sponsors to make their contributions online. Also, at the top of the contribution home page, you can invite your sponsors to contribute. To go directly to the SBSC online contribution page: CLICK HERE
Several new programs are in the works to help families reach their annual fundraising obligation. The latest is a new advertising and sponsorship program.
For the Details: CLICK HERE
For the second consecutive year, SBSC achieves Gold Medal Status in the USA Swimming Club Excellence program. Along with the status, SBSC is now eligible to apply for another grant from the program at its highest level. Last year, SBSC was awarded just under $10,000 that is currently being used to purchase strength training equipment for the team. The criteria for being awarded Gold Medal status included a number of areas including team administrative responsibilities, participation in USA Swimming governance, and athlete performance in the 2008-2009 swim years. A bonus to the award will be received this year for achieving level 3 in the USA Swimming club recognition program.
28 male and 28 female athletes have been invited by USA Swimming to take part in the 2010 Western Zone Select Camp being held in May. The Zone Camp, the second level of USA Swimming’s camp program behind the National Select Camp, seeks to identify emerging young athletes in each Zone and offer them a unique motivational and educational experience. One male and one female from the western zone are selected from each event. The remainder of the roster is based on IMX scores. SBSC's Emily Swindle was selected for this years camp based on her 200 meter butterfly performance. Congratulations Emily!!
The gold medal grant awarded to SBSC will be used in it's entirety to purchase equipment for our new strength training program. Many of our swimmers have felt the need to seek outside strength training guidance due to the lack of up to date equipment offered by the team. The process has begun to secure the needed equipment for our Senior and National practice groups. The grant will give us a great start in obtaining the equipment we need for a comprehensive strength training program specifically geared toward swimming power and core strength. The $10,000.00 from USA swimming provides about 2/3 of the equipment the team will need for a full scale program. Additional equipment will consist of a full array of medicine balls, jump ropes, balance equipment, light hand weights and kettle bells. Providing this program to our athletes will bring the cost of swimming down for our families as they won't have to seek outside sources of training. If anyone wishes to contribute to this equipment only fund, please contact Coach John to discuss how you can help.
New suits are going away!! Check out the new blocks!!
FINA began allowing the new Omega branded starting block in competition this summer at the World Championships in Rome. Not to be left behind, the new blocks were used at the US Open and US Junior Championships in Federal Way this summer. The block has been modified with an adjustable "track" type of triangle that the swimmer can use to gain extra power at the start from their back foot. The triangle has 5 different distance settings that it can be locked into depending on the desire of the swimmer. The swimmers(as they always do) adapted quickly to the new platform. The block was ready to go for last summer in Beijing, but it was not introduced in time for every federation to be able to have one to learn on prior to the games. FINA decided to stall its implementation until this summers World Championships.
The full version is still available for purchase in limited quantities. Get your copy by contacting the swim office directly. CLICK HERE to see video.
North American Challenge Cup
Apply by Clicking here: NACC
Congratulations go to Coach JJ as he has been selected to be the 13-14 boys coach for this years NAAC meet. Coach JJ has extensive experience coaching Southern California All-Star
Teams and has always come back with his group leading the team.
This years meet will be held Right here in Socal. Southern California Swimming has secured the new LaMirada Splash Aquatics Center as the venue for this event due to scheduling conflicts with the facilities in Mexico.
SBSC historically places 3-5 swimmers on this All-Star Team and we hope to continue that tradition.
Selection to the team will be based on long course times achieved from the end of February Junior Olympics through June Age Group Invitationals. Selection Criteria
To check out the level of competition, check out last years' results: RESULTS 08Exciting Times for SBSC
SBSC has joined the ranks of the top 21 USA Swimming teams being granted Gold Medal Status through 2012.
The 2009 USA Swimming CLub Excellence program results are based on performances in the 2008 Olympic year. Clubs have been selected as Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal clubs according to the following parameters:
Gold Level: The top 16 point-scoring clubs, plus up to eight clubs who placed athletes on the 2008 Olympic Team and met all additional criteria. A total of 21 clubs earned Gold Medal recognition this year. This group includes 8 clubs that have achieved Gold medal status for the first time with the Santa Barbara Swim Club being one of them.
It's "Official" SBSC's MaryJo Swalley Makes History!!
Among all of the American and NCAA records set at the women's NCAA Division 1 Championships; MaryJo Swalley, SBSC's number one Meet Referee and member of our CHAR Committee, has also made history in the NCAA. Among all of the firsts in her personal and professional life, MaryJo can now add to the list that she is the first female to be the Head Referee for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. The meet was held last week at Texas A&M in College Station. In an interview with Swimming World Magazine, the Veteran official down played her role as referee and spoke instead of seeing to it that the athletes came first.3/21/09
To see the interview: CLICK HERE
SBSC College Swimming News!
Student/Athlete Page
Official SBSC TEAM Apparel Available Online!!!
SBSC TEAM GEAR
SBSC's Team Supplier, CAS(Competitive Aquatics Supply) has launched our official Team gear on their secure team sales site. Check it out by clicking on the above link!!
Officially announced June 4th: SBSC Head Coach John Dussliere has been appointed to the the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Team USA Coaching Staff. He will serve as a men's assistant coach to the potentially 27 member(26 Pool, 1 Open Water)Men's Olympic Team under USA Head Coach Eddie Reese from the University of Texas. Once the pool swimming ends in Beijing, Coach John will also serve as the 1st USA Men's Open Water Swimming Coach in history.
In a continued effort to reduce time/cost to the Swim Office, we can now offer the option to send your invoice directly to your email address. In order to take advantage of this service, please send an email to the swim office. All you need to do is say you want to receive your invoice by email and include your full name and the proper email address to which it should be sent. email my invoice
Jeff Farrell Breaks World Record!!!!!
50 freestyle record falls in Farrell's Home Meet/Home Pool!! Jeff had no plans to break this one; it was just the right swim at the right time. Farrell, the veteran Olympic Gold medallist from the 1960 Rome Olympics has been on record pace lately. He just set three records at the recent Masters short course Nationals in Federal Way this spring. More on Farrell
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