Mustang Monthly- Internet Edition
January 2007
MEET RECAPS
COR
Classic (Dec 1-3)
This
“A” level meet was held at the friendly confines of Loos
Pool in
Here
is a list of those who competed in the meet.
Those whose names are bolded won at least one event. Way to go Mustangs!
Kendel
Ahnell (14), Christopher Alkire
(13), Allison
Arnold (14),
Megan Arnold (16), Ellyn Baker (15), John Bannon
(17), Caroline Barnett (18), Cassidy Beckwitt (14),
Jack Beckwitt (15), Kelsey Craggett
(16), Jack Dwyer (16), Emily Elson (9), Brenna Farren (16), Hannah Ferrin (15),
Erin Florence (12), Eric Futscher (11), Melanie Futscher (16), Paul Gerard (15), Des Godfrey (14), Audrey Gruber
(10), Emma
Gruber (11), Bolton Harris (16), Tanner Harris (12), Jacey
Hodan (13), Greg Hoffman (15), Alex Jennings (18),
Katherine Jones (16), Leah Jones (15), John Kalivas
(18), Ann-Claire Karalyos (12), Catherine Ken (12), Jack Ken (14), Malin Kenny (14), Avery Kesterson
(9), Grace Kittle (17), Fernando Lara (15), Pia Lara
(17), Miyo Malouf (13), Stephanie Martin (16),
Kristin Masters (17), Conner Mullen (10), Sam Murphy (12), Lauren Murski
(11), Jordan Newman (14), Courtney Nichols (10), Steven Nichols (14), Alicia Nicoud (17), Blake Osborn (13), Laura Rathjen
(10), Natalie Rathjen (10), Delaney Rolfe (15), Nicholas Saliba (16),
Kyle Savage (17), Chelbi Smith (15), Erin Smith (16),
Maddie Steiner (17), Jessica Temple (16), Bailey
Thompson (18), Andrew Tran (15), Harrison Tran (11), Hadley Trautmann
(15), Caleb Veazey (16), Liam Veazey
(13), Jake Watters (11), Keegan Watters (14), Meaghan
Watters (16), Ann Weeks (12), Lamar Weeks (17), Scott Weeks (15), Burke Wiggins
(16), Kendall Williams (13), Trayce Womack (17), Max Zotos (10)
LAC BB/B/C (Dec 8-10)
Around
seventy of our Mustangs ventured up to
Below
is a list of all who competed in the meet.
Those names that are bolded represent those who took home the gold in at
least one event of either the BB/B/or C levels.
You go Mustangs!
Clare Allshop-Shiner (11), Davis Benn (10), Parker Benn (7), Laney Blake
(9), Caroline
Blaylock (9), Luke Blaylock (11), Caroline Boyd (10), Parker Capron (9), Claire Coker
(10), Eliza
Cope (10), Steven Cornish (12), Julia Corsi (11), Kaitlin Dorey (12), Emily Elson (9),
Nicole Ewer
(10), Caroline
Florence (9), Erin Florence (12), Alex Fraley (13), Amanda Fugate (9), Sara Granger
(12), Laura
Gray (11), Stephanie Grote (15), Kaylan Hardin (10), Andrew Harvey
(17), Hailey
Heiner (12), Grant Hemingway (8), Katie Holt (15),
Jacob Hum (7), Berkley
Johnson (11), Mikaela Johnson (8), Sarah Jones (11), Siobhan Kelly (11), Avery Kesterson (9), Caitlin Klemme
(11), Alex Knitch (13), Caitlin Koranda (13), Morgan Koranda (11), Briana Kuhn (7), Pablo Lara (13),
Sofia Lara (6), Mika Malouf (9), Will McNamara
(13), Conner
Mullen (10), Kenzie Murphy (9), Jeffrey Nichols (12), Sydney Patterson (12), Adam Rathjen (9), Hannah Reifsnyder
(10), Kelsey Robuck (8), Charlotte Rolfe
(9), Yui Sato (12), Mary-Carolyn Sloan (8), Olivia Sone
(11), Emily Sonnier (10), Sarah Startz
(11), Kassi Steger (11), Clay Taylor (15), Carolyn Thomas (11), Halle Thornton (11), Virginia Tiernan
(7), Dion Tjahjono (11), Leon Tjahjono
(13), Annelyse Tullier (9),
Dana Valelly (8), Jake Varela (6), Catherine Ward (13), Casey Watters
(13), Daniel Withers (14), Michael Withers (17), Jono
Womack (12), Trayce Womack (17), Fiona Young (7), Jaclyn Zhou
(11), Alexa Zotos (7), Annalyse Zotos (9), Max Zotos (10)
MARS A Invitational (Jan 12-14)
Only thirty-two of our original forty-five Mustangs
that were entered braved the semi-long drive through both rain and icy weather
to make it to this early January “A” meet.
The weather was so questionable that the entire Sunday session was
cancelled due to what the meet directors thought was an impending ice
storm. A few of our more unfortunate and
dedicated parents actually made it all the way to Mansfield pool only to find a
locked gate and rumors about a cancelled session. The meet was actually cancelled at 6:30 am,
not quite early enough for those that had to tough out an hour-plus drive
through icy conditions just to make it to warm-up on time.
Those that made the first two days of the meet were
rewarded with some great swims in a really nice, new facility in
Allison Arnold (14), Cassidy
Beckwitt (14), Jack Beckwitt
(15), Luke Blaylock (11), Erin Florence (12), Des Godfrey (14), Bolton Harris
(16), Jacey Hodan (13),
Alex Jennings (18), Katherine Jones (16), Ann-Claire Karalyos (12), Caitlin Koranda (13), Miyo Malouf (13),
Conner Mullen (10), Sam Murphy (12), Lauren
Murski (11), Jordan Newman
(14), Courtney Nichols (10), Laura Rathjen
(10), Natalie Rathjen (10), Delaney
Rolfe (15), Lauren Roth
(17), Nicholas Saliba (16),
Kyle Savage (17), Erin Smith (16), Casey Watters (13), Jake Watters (11),
Keegan Watters (14), Alex Weber (16), Ann Weeks (12), Kendall Williams (13)
GCAT BB/B/C (Jan
19-21)
The threat of more bad weather didn’t dampen the
spirits of our Mustangs this weekend. We
finished a commanding first place out of ten North Texas Division I teams with
about seventy swimmers participating in the meet. Coaches Chris, Kameron,
and Karen all were pleased not only with the levels of performance and effort
but also the trademark Mustang enthusiasm which was apparent to all those
attending the meet.
Several swimmers got their all important A times
and a few got those precious BB times necessary to make the move up to the next
group so there were more than a few happy campers splashing their way around the
ten-laned GCAT pool on this
weekend. Only four kids that swam in the
meet did not get at least one best time.
They’ll get them next time if our success rate stays even close to the
same! Those swimmers who participated in
the meet are listed below. The ones with
their names bolded finished first in either the BB, B, or C levels at the
meet. Mustangs Rock!
Christopher Alkire (13), Clare Allshop-Shiner
(11), Laura
Ambrose (11), Davis Benn (10), Parker Benn (7), Caroline Blaylock (9), Luke Blaylock (11), Caroline Boyd (10), Haley Bybee
(14), Carolina Campbell (7), Parker Capron (9), Shirley Cheng (10), Claire Coker (10), Eliza Cope (10), Julia Corsi
(11), Anna Crowling (8), Elizabeth Crowling (11),
Patrick Crowling (13), Karim De Vol (12), Alex Diduck (12), Haley Ditzenberger
(13), Emily Elson (10), Nicole Ewer (10), Caroline Florence (9), Erin Florence (12), Alex
Fraley (13), Natalie
Frieze (8), Amanda Fugate (9), Eric Futscher (12), Tiffany Futscher (9), Seth Gerstenfeld (7), Sara Granger (13), Joe
Gray (9), Laura
Gray (11), Stephanie Grote (15), Ann Beth Gruber (13), Emma Gruber (11), Kaylan Hardin (10), Jon Hoffman (13), Jacob Hum (7), Gabi Jackson (10), Amelia Jaska (13), Berkley Johnson (11), Mikaela Johnson (8), Sarah Jones (11), Molly Kamuyu (14),
Siobhan Kelly (10), Avery Kesterson (9), Caitlin Klemme (11), Alex Knitch (13), Briana
Kuhn (7), Mika Malouf (9), Will McNamara (14), Boni McVey (9), Gordon Montgomery (7), Conner
Mullen (10), Walker Mullen (7), Kenzie Murphy (9), Cortney
Nichols (10), Jeffrey Nichols (13), Steven Nichols (15), Sydney Patterson (12), Adam Rathjen (9), Hannah Reifsnyder
(10), Hannah Ridley (12), Kelsey Robuck (9), Mead Robuck (11), Charlotte Rolfe (10), Timothy Simenc
(10), Mary-Carolyn Sloan (8), Annie Smith (14), Emily Sonnier
(10), Sarah Startz (11), Clay Taylor (15), Carolyn
Thomas (11), Virginia Tiernan (8), Dion Tjahjono (11), Leon Tjahjono
(13), Annalyse Tullier (10), Dana Valelly
(8), Jake Varela
(6), Jo Jo Veazey (10),
Catherine Ward (13), Casey Watters (13), Jake Watters (11), Jono Womack (12),
Jaclyn Zhou (11), Annalyse Zotos
(9), Max Zotos (10)
Kerr-McGee
Elite Meet (Dec 14-17)
This highly competitive meet is
held annually in
One of the highlights of the
meet is the one-on-one duels in the 50 free which produces extremely fast
times. This year was no exception as the
entire meet witnessed more than one sub-20 second 50 free in the men’s
races. Those swimmers who participated
in this meet have to make some pretty tough time standards to make the
meet. Those that participated are listed
below. Special kudos to Spin Beck for
winning both the 200 and 400 IM’s!
Allison Arnold (14), Megan
Arnold (16), John Bannon (17), Spin Beck (16), Jack Beckwitt (15), Kannon Betzen (17), Kelsey Craggett
(16), Jack Dwyer (16), Hannah Ferrin (15), Des
Godfrey (14), Clint Hallum (17), Jacey
Hodan (13), Greg Hoffman (15), Alex Jennings (18),
Katherine Jones (16), Leah Jones (15), John Kalivas
(18), Nick Kalivas (18), Grace Kittle (18), Fernado Lara (15), Stephanie Martin (16), Meredith Monroe
(18), Max Murphy (16), Sam Murphy (12), Jordan Newman (14), Lauren Roth (17),
Erin Smith (16), Maddie Steiner (17), Taylor Temple
(13), Matt Thompson (16), Caleb Veazey (16), Keegan
Watters (14), Meaghan Watters (16), Lamar Weeks (17),
Scott Weeks (15), Burke Wiggins (16), Kendall Williams (13)
Social News
The annual championship fire up
party will be Tuesday, February 20, at Loos from 6:30
– 7:30. Practices for that day are at Loos for all
groups from 5:30 – 6:30 EXCEPT
Nationals which will be from 5:00 – 6:30.
ALL OTHER PRACTICES ARE CANCELLED.
Each swimmer should bring $3 for
pizza and a dessert to share.
Also, please mark your calendars
now with two more important dates:
1.
April 4 for our
swim-a-thon.
2.
April 22 for our
annual team banquet.
More details will follow at a
later date for both of these fun events.
Questions? Contact Maryann Martin at social@dmswim.com
E-Mail Address Change
Please note the new e-mail
address for Doug Moyse, head age group, effective
immediately. It is dougm@dmswim.com
Hotel information for
TAGS/Sectionals
TAGS Short Course
Championships will be held at the
Marriott Courtyard
5660
512-458-2340
The rate is $119/night
This does not include
breakfast. The buffet is $9.95 per
person.
Sectionals will be
held at Texas A & M from February 22 – 25.
The Mustangs have reserved 15 rooms at the following hotel:
979-260-8500
Team Trip
This year’s annual team trip has
been tentatively scheduled for sunny
Volunteers Needed
As noted in December’s
newsletter and in several e-mails, we are hosting both the ‘A’ and the ‘BB’
short course championship meets at Loos pool on
February 16- 18, 2007. We are requesting that all families that have a
swimmer participating in either meet volunteer.
Signup sheets are now posted at both Loos and
HP pools.
Spring Break
The Mustangs will take their
annual spring break this year from March 12 – 16, resuming Monday, March 19, at
regularly scheduled practice times.
Scheduling
Updates
Please remember to check your
email frequently or the team line at 972.530.SWAM (7926), for last minute changes to our
schedule. If you are not receiving team
e-mails, please contact Donna Watters at vp@dmswim.com
OFFICIALS NEEDED
Dallas Mustangs is the 2nd
largest team in
In order for the Dallas Mustangs
to host future meets, we are required to have more officials. In addition, we
are required to provide officials at meets hosted by other teams in which the
Mustangs are swimming at. We especially need parents whose children are
in the ‘B/C’ or ‘BB’ level, but we welcome anybody. No experience
required—we provide all the training. If you are interested in
participating, please contact
As an added incentive the
Mustangs are offering $100 in Mustang Bucks for each meet worked. This $100 goes directly toward your
tuition. (This will apply during the
training period when you attend meets before you are certified).
DM Tuition Policy Reminder
The Dallas
Mustangs is a competitive year round age-group swimming program. As such we strive to provide consistent
quality coaching and workout facilities.
To achieve this goal we establish pool rental contracts and salary commitments
with our coaching staff for a full 12-month period. Tuition amounts are
established based on the 12-month budget and divided into monthly or quarterly
amounts to provide reasonable payment options for our Dallas Mustang families. The Dallas Mustangs Swim Team is not, and was
not designed to be a swim program where swimmers drop in one month and out the
next. Flexibility has always been
important to us. We try to work with
each family on the team and we will continue to do so.
Tuition may be paid
quarterly: September, December, March, and June, or monthly. Tuition paid monthly includes a $5.00 per
month processing fee. (If tuition for
the quarter is not paid by the due date, monthly payment has automatically been
selected.)
·
Tuition
is due from September through August.
(If you swim in July, you are responsible for August tuition.)
·
Tuition
is due on the 1st of each month/quarter.
·
Leave of Absence (LOA) is available only
for injury and medical reasons.
·
There
will be a $10.00 per month tuition discount for the second and subsequent
swimmers in the same family. The fourth
swimmer is free, but all swimmers must pay the annual registration fee.
·
A
swimmer transferring from another team must be in good standing with their old
team.
·
Statements
are only mailed quarterly. If you have chosen to pay monthly, it is your
responsibility to remember to mail or drop off tuition by the first of each
month that we do not send statements.
·
There
will be a $5.00 per family late fee after the 10th of the month for non-zero
balance accounts.
·
The swimmer(s) may be barred from
swimming if there is an aged account balance is excess of 60 days.
·
Please
indicate in the memo portion of all checks what the payment is for (i.e. Dues –
swimmer’s name, meet account, supplies, etc.).
·
If
there is a problem with your billing, please contact the treasurer.
·
Should
circumstances prevent full payment of your tuition, please contact the
president. Scholarships and alternate
payment plans will be addressed on a case by case basis. (Please Note: Lack of communication is not an
option!)
·
Should
you choose to leave the team – it is your responsibility to contact the
treasurer or registration chairman.
(Informing the coach does not fulfill this responsibility!)
·
If you choose to leave the team for the
summer, you must go through the tryout process in the fall. You may not return
to workouts until you have attended the tryout, completed paperwork and paid
your fees. You are not automatically
guaranteed a spot on the team. If your group is full, your name will be placed
on the waiting list. Any tuition/fee
balances that were not paid when you left the team must be paid prior to
re-joining the team.
·
If
you choose to leave the team at any point during the year, you MAY NOT
represent the Dallas Mustangs at any swim meet or event that occurs after the
date you have left the team. Should you choose to participate in a swim meet
after you have left the team, you must register for the meet and swim as
unattached (Team = UN).
·
Tuition
may be sent with the swimmer to the pool, or mailed to the Treasurer:
DM
Treasurer – Shannon Rusch
.
