Volume 34, Issue 8
July 15, 2008

Upcoming Events

7/25: California Tortilla Night 5pm-8pm (code word DUCKS)
7/25: Breakfast 8:00 under the pavilion
7/26: White Divisionals vs Braemar and Victory Lakes @ Victory Lakes
7/27: Team Picnic & Pool Party

Coaches Corner

Swim meet results for 7/12-
BLST 2481 points
Dale City Frogs 2567 points

Way to swim DUCKS! Oh, so close, but an exciting meet anyway. Team congrats go out to Nick Hoffman for breaking the boys backstroke record—it was a fast swim but his teammates cooled him off afterwards in celebration! Whoo-hoo!!

Ducks of the Week

Congratulations to the following swimmers and their outstanding accomplishments last week:

Group One: Hope Mills
Group Two: Timothy Park
Group Three: Andrea Holland
Group Four: Zoie Rowley and Aaron Romanowski
Group Five: Tasha Pietri

Highlights from 7/12 (Dale City)

Ben Lomond Team Record-

Boys: Nicholas Hoffman, 13-14, 50 Back (30.44)

Ben Lomond Triple winners -

Boys: Nihar Bhat,100 IM, 50 Breast, 25 Fly; Nicholas Hoffman, 13-14 50 Free, 100 IM, 50 Back; James Crabb, 15-18 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Fly

Girls: Amy Layne, 11-12 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Breast

Ben Lomond double winners -

Boys: Nathan Moya, 8&U 25 Back, 25 Fly

Girls: Ariadna Sanchez, 8&U 25 Breast, 25 Fly

Ben Lomond 'A' time standard achievers-

Boys:
(8 & U) Evan Thies, 25 Free; Nathan Moya, 25 Back

Ben Lomond other top place finishers -

Boys:
(8 & under) Brendan Colligan, 3. 25 Breast; Austin Corbett, 1. 25 Breast; Evan Thies, 3. 25 Back, 1. 25 Free; Collin Bowman,4. 25 Breast, 2. 25 Fly; Jonathan Peters,4. 25 Free, 4. 25 Fly; JB Rowley,2. 25 Back, 2. 25 Breast

(9-10) Kieran Garvey, 4. 50 Back; Nate Romanowski, 4. 25 Fly, 4. 50 Back; Cameron Stoll, 2. 50 Free, 2. 50 Back; Spencer Sutherland, 4. 50 Free, 4. 50 Breast, 3. 25 Fly; (10&U) Animesh Tripathy, 3. 100 IM; (9-10) Daniel Anwanwan, 2. 50 Breast, 1. 50 Free; Razi Rais, 4. 100 IM; (9-10) Jason Thies, 3. 50 Back

(11-12) Aaron Romanowski, 3. 50 Breast; Ryan Thies, 2. 100 IM, 1. 50 Breast; Andrew Franklin, 4.50 free, 2. 50 Back, 1. 100 IM; LJ Nadal, 4. 100 IM, 2. 50 Free

(13-14) Joseph Gimbre, 4. 50 Breast; Zachary Goulet, 4. 100 IM, 3. 50 Free, 1. 50 Breast; Alexander Hoffman, 3. 100 IM, 3. 50 Fly, 2. 50 Back; James McGrath, 4. 50 Free; Daniel Utt, 2. 50 Free, 2. 100 IM, 1. 50 Fly

(15-18) Dieter Seltzer, 4. 100 IM; David Harris, 4. 50 Back; Luke Persian, 1. 50 Breast; Joshua Turner, 4. 50 Breast

More News

Parents & Swimmers BEWARE OF THE HEAT
It is getting into the very hot part of the summer and your coaches are working you harder than ever…you get out of the pool feeling drained, exhausted and just really glad that practice is over. What’s happening is you are beginning to become overcome by the heat. You aren’t drinking enough before you come to practice, then you’re not drinking enough during practice, then you’re not drinking enough after practice. You haven’t eaten supper or at least a snack before coming to practice and YOUR BODY WANTS TO QUIT.

It is vital to your performance, whether in a practice or a meet, to be fully hydrated. The increased heat and humidity of summer can lead to increased sweating (even when you are in the water!) resulting in more water loss. To compensate, you should increase your fluid intake daily, keep a water bottle by your lane during workouts, and sip water or a sports drink continuously during a meet. If your workout will last over 60 minutes, most experts recommend a sports drink over plain water.

Parents it is VERY IMPORTANT that your children are well hydrated before they come to swim practice and have plenty to drink while they are here. Water is the best fluid to use for hydration and for a two (2) hour swim practice sports drinks are the next best. Sports drinks replace necessary electrolytes as well as just the fluid that your child’s body needs from the physical activity related to practice.

Saturday’s Meet vs. Victory Lakes @ HOME
Be at the pool by 6:00am to be ready for warm-ups at 6:10am. Check in with your coach right away so they know you are there. If you haven’t signed up yet in a volunteer position, please see Sara (the lady with the clipboard) or email her at sarajane521@comcast.net. We especially need help with positions off the deck such as clerks of course, ribbons, concessions, and runners. We can easily and quickly train you for any of these spots and you’d really be helping out the team!
HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?

Team Breakfast 7/25 @ 8:00am
Bring your favorite breakfast food and drinks and join us for our annual end of season breakfast!

Divisionals July 26th
I know we say this every year, but can you believe Divisionals is just around the corner? It’s always a busy, hectic, frantic, extremely exciting and high energy meet, so make sure you come! It is also a long morning so come prepared with sunscreen, snacks, activities, and extra drinks for your swimmers. Bring anything DUCK related to help decorate our area—fresh posters are always welcome, too! The volunteer sheet has already started circulating and the “hot” spots are nearly filled so find Sara and secure your favorite spot before it’s gone. The special Divisional t-shirts will be available at the meet so don’t forget to pick yours up when we get there. The very cool swim caps are in as well and they look AWESOME!!

Home meet concessions
You can start bringing your donations to practices anytime for our home meet on Saturday. We always need Gatorade, canned coke and pepsi products, pasta salad and fruit salads. We are also looking to have a few extra people on hand during the meet to help out with concessions. If it gets really busy down there (which is always does!) and people have to wait in long lines they get frustrated and leave and we lose money. Even if you can just help for a quick 30-45 minutes they can use all the help you can give! See Amber or Leonard if you have any questions.

Board Positions Open
Each year at our end of season picnic we elect new board members to replace current members who are vacating positions. If you would like to be considered for a board position please let a current member know ASAP! We are also in need of committee members to help with things such as fundraising, recruiting, equipment, and computer support. We would love to have some new people step forward to ensure the continued success and strength of our team. If you have any questions or would like more information about a certain position, please talk to Jay or another board member.

End of Year Picnic on July 27th
Watch for a special announcement from Leonard and Amber regarding our annual picnic. As we get a bit closer we will have the times confirmed and you will know what you have to contribute in the way of food and drinks. We hand out awards, give gifts, have a raffle, elect new board members, eat, and then head to Splashdown to finish off the season goofing off on the slides or floating in the lazy river. It’s a great time so be sure to put it on your calendar!

Concessions Donations

We will be in need of concession donations during the season for our home meets  We are asking each family to donate Canned Sodas (Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Sprite or Dr. Pepper), 20 oz Gatorade (Fruit Punch, Cool Blue or Lemon-lime) or Bottled water (no sports tops please). 

We will also need donations of Pasta Salad (we found that noodles, a small amount of veggies, cheese, and dressing works great, or just noodles and dressing is good too).  Fruit Salad is also a big seller.   We’ll need these brought to Concessions on the morning of the meet.  Please let Leonard or Amber know what you plan to bring, so we know what to expect.