Mustang Monthly - Internet Edition

February 2002

We made it through the holidays and the Championship season is right around the corner. Make sure you’re at the Championship Fire-up Party on Monday, February 25th from 6:00 – 7:30 at Loos. This year we will recognize the swimmers who participated in the A Championship meet and the swimmers signed up to compete at the BB/B/C Championship meet along with all of the swimmers who have qualified for TAGS and Sectionals. This will be a great party. More details below!

Spring Break Scheduling Note

This year’s spring break will be March 11-17. There will be no practices for any groups offered during that week. Regular practices will resume on Monday, March 18, 2002.

Social News

Thanks to everyone who helped out at the December Holiday Party.  Our swimmers had a great time and a great turnout.  A very special thank you goes to the Chick Fil-A restaurant on Beltline Road, just East of Marsh Lane, for sponsoring this party. Please reciprocate for their generosity by patronizing this restaurant. Chick Fil-A has been a great partner for our team and we are very pleased to be associated with such a quality organization!

Our Championship Fire-Up party will be held on Monday, February 25th, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm at Loos.  This year we will recognize the swimmers who participated in the A Championship meet and the swimmers signed up to compete at the BB/B/C Championship meet.  We'll have pizza and drinks after the presentation of our Spring 2002 Championship T-shirts to those swimmers who qualified for Sectionals and/or TAGS.  Please bring a dessert to share and $3.00 per swimmer to cover the cost of refreshments. THERE WILL BE NO WORKOUTS AT HIGHLAND PARK OR AT CFB ON FEBRUARY 25TH.  Any Mustang swimmers who want to work out at Loos before the party should show up at 5:00 pm.

Our annual Swimmer Recognition and Awards Banquet will be held at SMU, in the Umphrey Lee Ballroom, on Sunday, April 28th, 2002. The banquet will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will probably be over by about 9:00 - 9:30 p.m.  Reservation forms will be distributed soon, but please be sure to mark your calendars now!  As many of you know, one of the banquet highlights is a slide and sound show featuring our swimmers and coaches over the past year.  We need your help to take photos of our swimmers at meets, practices, having fun beside the pool, etc.  All photos need to be turned in to Mook or Wendy Begg by April 5th.  Remember, if you have the option, digital photos are preferred.

We also need a few volunteers to help run the banquet.  The jobs are simple and take no special skills.  Please call Stuart Roth at 972-939-1451, or email Stuart at social@dmswim.com, if you have questions about volunteering!

Big Kicker: Little Kicker

The Big Kicker-Little Kicker program is off and running. There were a lot of goodies passed around during the holidays. Remember, if you haven’t done this, send each person on your buddy list a note with your name, your favorite stroke, your favorite food, your favorite sport (other than swimming), where you go to school, what grade you’re in, etc. Let them know all about you. Please remember the swimmers are to contact ALL the swimmers on their list. Any questions or lost lists, please call Cindy Woods 972-781-1217.

Short-course TAGS Championship Meet

The Short-course TAGS Championship meet is scheduled for March 7-10 at Loos. The North Texas LSC is hosting this meet and the Dallas Mustangs will be in charge of awards this year. We will put together a schedule of available volunteer time-slots, so keep an eye out at the pools for the sign up sheets. If you are interested in getting a jump on the competition, call Adele Wherry at (972) 418-1544 and reserve your volunteer spot now. They will fill up fast; so don’t miss out on your opportunity!!

Tyler Swim Meet Hotel Information

The Tyler A/BB Swim Meet is coming up and hotel rooms get pretty scarce in Tyler. The dates of the meet are June 1 & 2 in Tyler. The following is hotel information that Cindy Woods has secured:

Hampton Inn

3131 Troup Highway

Tyler, TX. 75701

903-596-7752

Room Rate - $72.00 per night

Ask for Rosalyn Nolen in group sales for reservations

Check-in May 31- Check-out June 2

DID YOU KNOW?

*Sleep can help you grow. Some experts believe that getting an appropriate amount of sleep during the 11-14 age bracket is critical in full development in growing. And that too little sleep may have an adverse effect on growth. Some of the experts believe in excess of ten hours.

*The sooner you can get nutrients into the body after a workout, the faster your body will recover. So not only what you eat is important, but when you eat.

*Martina Moravcova, SMU, DM Team Member and Hall of Fame member, recently won over $50,000 while competing for Slovakia in the FINA World Cup Series.

SWIM MEET RESULTS

We’ve had a lot of meets since our last newsletter and we’ve had some great performances. Here are the meet updates:

The Mustangs had some great performances over the past couple of months. Some of the highlights during the holiday season included:

*The Mustangs were represented well at the US OPEN in New York in early December. Candace Blackman, Jennifer Blackman, Codie Hansen, and Kenley Woods combined their efforts to finish third in the women’s club division. This is the second year in a row that our women have finished in third place in this prestigious event.

*This past year’s Kerr McGee Pro-Am meet in Oklahoma City was another showcase for the Mustangs. Our women finished second overall and we finished third in the combined men’s and women’s team score. But more impressive was our 15-16 girls setting 4 out of 5 of the existing national relay records. Those girls were – Candace Blackman, Jennifer Blackman, Kaileen Gersper, Kate Gunning, Codie Hansen, and Kenley Woods.

*The following swimmers made the North Texas All Star team. The North team narrowly lost to the Gulf All Stars at the meet at Northlake College in January.

Caroline Barnett, Spin Beck, Candace Blackman, Jennifer Blackman, Kelly Cobourn, Kathleen Gallagher, Kaileen Gersper, Meredith Grubb, Em Gunning, Kate Gunning, Codie Hansen, Caroline Jennings, Meredith Monroe, Lauren Roth, Erika Saito, Kenley Woods, John Bannon, Dennis Bowsher, Byron Carlisle, Eric Gusa, Clint Hallum.

*Congratulations to all of the following swimmers who scored individual points in meets (points are scored by finishing in the top eight in an event, and in some cases, through sixteenth place).

Nov 9-11 “A” Meet - Loos

Spin Beck, Hannah Ferrin, Keegan Watters, Caroline Barnett, Em Gunning, Lauren Roth, Alexandra Jennings, Rachel Borden, Meredith Grubb, Caroline Jennings, Meredith Monroe, Maggie Marshall, Molly Bollen, Brittany Harvey-Lemons, Candace Blackman, Jennifer Blackman, Kate Gunning, Codie Hansen, Kaileen Gersper, Kenley Woods, John Bannon, Clint Hallum, Caleb Veazey, Byron Carlisle, Brooks Haller, Joe Santaularia, Eric Gusa, Andrew Hansen, and Griffin Marshall.

US Open – New York

Candace Blackman, Codie Hansen

Top ten women’s teams: Aquazot (CA), Bolles (FL), Dallas Mustangs, Victoria (Australia), Trojan (CA), Pine Crest (FL), Swim Atlanta, Lake Erie, Mt Hood, and Lake Forest (Ill)

Dec 7-9 COR Winter Classic “A” Meet - Loos

Hannah Ferrin, Em Gunning, Spin Beck, Lauren Roth, Maddie Steiner, Diana Larson, Meredith Grubb, Caroline Barnett, Meredith Monroe, Maggie Marshall, Rachel Borden, Caroline Jennings, Molly Bollen, Brittany Harvey-Lemons, Kate Gunning, Julia Tucker-Huth, Candace Blackman, Jennifer Blackman, Kaileen Gersper, Erika Saito, Kenley Woods, John Bannon, Clint Hallum, Byron Carlisle, Brooks Haller, Eric Gusa, Andrew Hansen, Dennis Bowsher, and Griffin Marshall.

Kerr McGee Pro-Am – Oklahoma City

Candace Blackman, Codie Hansen, Jennifer Blackman, Kate Gunning, Kelly Cobourn, Kaileen Gersper, Eric Gusa, Andrew Hansen, Fabian Toth, Griffin Marshall, and Dennis Bowsher.

LAC “A” – Lewisville High School

Hannah Ferrin, Keegan Watters, Em Gunning, Lauren Roth, Spin Beck, Maddie Steiner, Kristen Masters, Diana Larson, Ashley Rape, Molly Bollen, Meredith Monroe, Rachel Borden, Meredith Grubb, Alex Jennings, Bri Barfield, Maggie Marshall, Brittany Harvey-Lemons, Erin Morrison, Jennifer Penley, Beth Geis, Kate Gunning, Brooke Louisell, Nicole Keller, Sara Haney, Amy Geis, Jessie Rowe, John Bannon, Clint Hallum, Caleb Veazey, Andrew Hansen, Dennis Bowsher, Griffin Marshall, and Nick Bredehoft.

COPS BB Invitational (December 14-16, 2001)

In the last meet of 2001 our swimmers went out and again had an awesome meet. This meet was held at the Oak Point Pool in Plano. Out of twenty-five swimmers, twenty-two had at least one best time. Special congratulations go to Bri Barfield, Erin Morrison, Meredith Higgins, and Meaghan Watters. Each now has three or more “A” times and are now fully qualified “A” swimmers in their respective age groups. In addition to those new “A” swimmers, watch out for Liam Veazey and Casey Watters. Liam and Casey are now fully qualified “BB” swimmers at age eight!

Swimmers who are listed in italics finished first in at least one of the events they competed in. Their age at the time of the meet is listed immediately after their names in parenthesis. Mustangs Rock!!!

A Times

Bri Barfield (14), Tammy Carrell (17), Zak Dominguez (16), Brenna Farren (11), Meredith Higgins (12), Erin Morrison (14), Meaghan Watters (11), Kristofer Womack (17)

BB Times

Michael Bortnyck (10), Kelsey Craggett (11), Melissa Dominguez (15), Lindsey Mackintosh (13), Hannah Penley (12), Audrey Rogers (15), Casey Watters (8)

B Times

Nick Bredehoft (17), Rozmin Daya (17), Jun Hirota (13), Clark Markham (12), Samantha Ringmacher (14), Preston Yetts (13)

C Times

Jeff Wherry (14)

North Lake Invitational “BB” (November 17-18, 2001)

The meet was held at the North Lake College in Irving, Texas. We did not send a large contingent to this meet but those that did attend were very successful. All twenty-one swimmers who attended achieved at least one best time. Many had all best times. Each swimmer had to either have a minimum of one “BB” time standard or be thirteen years old to compete in the meet.

Those swimmers listed in italics type finished first in at least one of their events. Their age at the time of the meet is listed immediately after their names in parenthesis. Way to go Mustangs!!!

A Times

Zak Dominguez (16), Brenna Farren (11), Nicholas Low (12), Annalisa McCormick (14), Erin Morrison (14), Joe Santaularia (14), Amy Shyr (13), Alexis Vigier (11), Meaghan Watters (11)

BB Times

Bri Barfield (14), Jonathan Borden (10), Michael Bortnyck (10), Michael Carpenter (12), Melissa Dominguez (15), Timothy French (14), Kate McNeil (16), Hannah Penley (12), Casey Watters (8)

B Times

Jun Hirota (13)

C Times

Jeff Wherry (14)

Little Splashers (October 27-28, 2001)

The 19^th addition of Little Splashers was held at Loos Natatorium in North Dallas. The meet is for kids ages ten and under. Thirty-Five Mustangs showed up to compete and thirty-two of them walked away with at least one best time. We finished a strong second in the team battle out of a total of fourteen teams.

Below is a listing of the national motivational times achieved by our “Mustang Little Splashers.” They are listed under the highest time standard that they were able to obtain. The national motivational times begin with the age group 10 & under, so it is not easy for someone as young as 8-years old gets a “B” time or better. For many of the swimmers this is one of the first meets they have ever competed in. All swimmers are assumed to be a “C” swimmer in an event until they are able to post a time and prove otherwise. In some of the more difficult events (like butterfly) completing the event without being disqualified is sometimes a victory in itself for the younger and inexperienced swimmers.

Those listed in italics type finished first in at least one of their age group events. Their age at the time of the meet is listed immediately after their names in parenthesis. Way to go Mustangs!!!

AAAA Times

Spindrift Beck (10)

AAA Times

Hannah Ferrin (10)

A Times

Keegan Watters (9)

BB Times

Elliot Blackmon (10), Nina Bolka (10), Jonathan Borden (10), Michael Bortnyck (10), Shuya Lou (8), Casey Watters (8), Blake Woods (10)

B Times

Alethea Atkins (9), Jonathan Beckwitt (10), Mark Chesler (10), Jeremy Chiang (8), Cat Courtwright (10), Stephanie Grote (10), Shelbi Hendricks (7), Michelle McCloskey (9), Timothy Moore (10), Megan Reardon (10), Rocio Rios (10), Liam Veazey (8), Stephanie Villalobos (10)

C Times

Cassidy Beckwitt (9), James Carson (7), Elizabeth Crowling (6), Patrick Crowling (8), Kendall Ernst (5), Claire McStravick (8), Meghan O’Keefe (8), Mady Rhodenbaugh (4), Melanie Tull (10), Meaghan Viveros (6), Jake Watters (6), Vicky Wu (8)

Mustangs Midwinter Invitational (January 18-20, 2002)

This BB/B/C Invitational for Divisions A & C was held at Loos Pool. Many thanks to all the parents and swimmers who volunteered their time to help make this meet a success. Meet Director Jeff Veazey and club president Adele Wherry had a tough job of recruiting volunteers and officials with the All Star Meet and several high school meets being held all about the same time. Some parents and swimmers even came on Friday night despite the fact that they were to be involved in a different meet the next two days. Thanks to all of you who went the extra yard and also to those of you who contributed effort and $$$ to our hospitality efforts!

We finished a close second in our division. Special congrats to Jonathan Beckwitt, Timothy Moore, and Christie Kimm who are all now fully qualified “BB” swimmers. Listed below are the time standards achieved by those swimmers who competed in the meet. Those who are listed in italics type finished first in at least one of the divisional events they competed in (BB/B or C). Their age at the time of the meet is listed immediately after their names in parenthesis. Mustangs Rule the Pool!!!

A Times

Brenna Farren (11), Kristin Masters (12), Lindsey Larson (12), Erin Morrison (14)

BB Times

Ellyn Baker (10), Bri Barfield (14), Jonathan Beckwitt (10), Jonathan Borden (10), Nick Bredehoft (17), Rachel Briscoe (12), Michael Carpenter (12), Kelsey Craggett (11), Rozmin Daya (17), Melissa Dominguez (15), Zak Dominguez (16), Jun Hirota (13), Kent Irvin (12), Jack Kenn (9), Malin Kenny (9), Christie Kimm (11), Nicholas Low (12), Annalisa McCormick (14), Will McNamara (9), Megan Mendoza (9), Madison Nieberlein (10), Hannah Penley (12), Delaney Rolfe (10), Jessica Rowe (17), Caleb Veazey (11), Liam Veazey (8), Casey Watters (8), Catia Weickgenant (11), Kristofer Womack (17), Blake Woods (10, Joyce Yee (11)

B Times

Kendel Ahness (9), Alethea Atkins (9), Terez Barbaro (10), Alexandra Barinka (11), Taylor Barinka (9), Erin Baroni (11), Tori Beckman (11), Michael Bortnyck (11), Derrick Brown (12), Jeremy Chiang (8), Katelyn Clemens (8), Sameer Deshpande (10), Stephanie Grote (10), Ben Hart (11), Kaho Hirota (10), Katie Ische (11), Lindsay MacIntosh (13), Michelle McCloskey (9), Alicia Nicoud (12), Alex Pappas (11), Katie Radford (9), Nicholas Saliba (11), Ward Weber (8), Andrew Wong (12), Preston Yetts (13)

C Times

Cally Alvarado (12), Joseph Bickham (13), Luke Blaylock (6), Amanda Campbell (9), Toni Campbell (9), James Carson (7), Elyse Chevallier (9), Rachel Clement (8), Jason Corral (12), Austin Crepeau (9), Elizabeth Crowling (6), Patrick Crowling (8), Kathleen Curtis (12), Bradley Gommesen (6), Ashton Gregory (12), Lauren Hill (11), Rachel Hunt (9), Brooke Jensen (6), Ryan Jones (7), William Keys (9), Nicholas Kirk (7), Catherine Kurzner (8), Kristine Larsen (8), Nason McKnight (7), Ryan Mehl, (7), Morgan Nieberlein (10), Meghan O’Keefe (8), Megan Reardon (11), Matney Rolfe (12), Melanie Tull (10), Taylor Vaughn (8), Meaghan Viveros (6), Jake Watters (6), Jeff Wherry (14), Trayce Womack (13), Vicky Wu (8)

SWAT Fall Fun Swim Meet (November 3-4, 2001)

The Fall Fun Swim Meet is held at the SWAT pool in Duncanville. Thirty Mustangs made the trip and were happy they did. The meet ran well and all but four swimmers had at least one best time. Thanks to all the Mustang parents who helped out with timing and carpooling responsibilities. Will McNamara had four swims and got four victories!

The swimmers listed below achieved at least one of the time standards under which they are listed. Those who are listed in italics type finished first in at least one of the divisional events they competed in (B or C). Their age at the time of the meet is listed immediately after their names in parenthesis. Good Job Mustangs!!!

BB Times

Emily Andrews (9), Sameer Deshpande (10), Blake Woods (10)

B Times

Terez Barbaro (10), Erin Baroni (11), Jonathan Beckwitt (10), Alex Carpentier (10), Stephanie Grote (10), Shelbi Hendricks (7), Kent Irvin (11), Shuya Lou (9), Megan Reardon (10), Nicholas Saliba (11), Kyle Savage (12)

C Times

Cally Alvarado (12), Alethea Atkins (9), Cassidy Beckwitt (9), Elyse Chevallier (9), Katelyn Clemens (8), Jason Corral (12), Elizabeth Crowling (6), Patrick Crowling (8), Kathleen Curtis (12), Megan Ernst (8), Ryan Jones (7), Will McNamara (8), Meg Roberson (9), Taylor Vaughn (8)

SWAT Christmas Classic (December 1-2, 2001)

The SWAT Christmas Classic is a B/C meet held at their pool in Duncanville. All but one of our sixty-five entered swimmers had a best time. Mustangs swam a best time in almost 80% of the events we entered. Congratulations to Rachel Briscoe, Kelsey Craggett, Malin Kenny, and Stephanie Martin for becoming fully qualified “BB” swimmers in their respective age groups.

The swimmers listed below achieved at least one of the time standards under which they are listed. Those who are listed in italics type finished first in at least one of the divisional events they competed in (B or C). Their age at the time of the meet is listed immediately after their names in parenthesis. Great going Mustangs!!!

A Times

Stephanie Martin (11)

BB Times

Jonathan Beckwitt (10),Rachel Briscoe (12), Kelsey Craggett (11), Malin Kenny (9), Lindsay Larson (12), Timothy Moore (10), Alicia Nicoud (12), Liam Veazey (8)

B Times

Alethea Atkins (9), Terez Barbaro (10), Nina Bolka (10), Derrick Brown (12), Alex Carpentier (10), Jeremy Chiang (8), Katelyn Clemens (8), Cat Courtwright (10), Sameer Deshpande (10), Stephanie Grote (10), Bolton Harris (11), Ben Hart (11), Shelbi Hendricks (7), Kent Irvin (11), Christie Kimm (11), Alex King (10), Clark Markham (12), Michelle McCloskey (9), Will McNamara (9), Alicia Nicoud (12), Katie Radford (9), Nicholas Saliba (11), Kyle Savage (12), Sophie Shepherd (10), Stephanie Villalobos (10), Casey Watters (8), John White (10), Trayce Womack (12), Joyce Yee (11)

C Times

Kendel Ahnell (9), Tori Beckman (11), Cassidy Beckwitt (9), Amanda Campbell (9), Elyse Chevallier (9), Jason Corral (12), Elizabeth Crowling (6), Patrick Crowling (8), Kathleen Curtis (12), Glynnis Garry (12), Lauren Hill (11), Brooke Jensen (6), Michael Masters (12), Claire McStravick (8), Neelum Meghani (12), Meghan O’Keefe (8), Megan Reardon (11), Samir Saidi (8), Taylor Vaughn (8), Meaghan Viveros (6), Jake Watters (6)

Private Lessons

Any swimmers interested in getting a little extra stoke work and attention before the championship season can sign up for private lessons with Mook (214-768-1641), Doug (214-887-6961), or Meredith (972-530-2352), or any of the other coaches.

Reminder

Do you have questions concerning meets in our area? Both meet information and meet results can be viewed on the North Texas Swimming website – www.ntswim.org Please keep in mind that meet entries should be turned in to our club by the date we specify so that we can consolidate them and send them off to the meet hosts.

SPOTLIGHT ON MUSTANGS

ALETHEA ATKINS

Congratulations to Alethea Atkins. Alethea was an award recipient at the intermediate level, for C-FBISD PTA Reflections 2001-02 contest. Alethea was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Music category and her submission is one of a few that is going to be sent on to be judged at the district level. Way to go Alethea! A true Mustang.