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his thigh and the
ability to develop
those that were left.
As he has grown, the disability
has proven it more difficult to
chase the ever illusive time
standards of USA swimming.
Today, the camp selection has
provided a new boost of enthu-
siasm and confidence in his
ability to compete. He sees this
opportunity as a chance to
swim against peers of compa-
rable disability in a pool where
everyone is equally challenged.
He will face competitors across
the United States and if he can
reach the top he will eventually
compete against others from
around the world.
We know Mitch and Coach
Chris will represent FLEET well
in San Antonio and give the
club exposure to the realm of
Paralympic swimming.
Go Mitch, Go FLEET, Go Team
FLEET has a tradition of being
the home of many successful
swimmers; Olympic competi-
tors, Olympic Trial hopefuls,
State Champions, Sectional
and TAGS swimmers. All are
great individuals in their own
right. Today we have another
FLEET first and potential future
Paralympic Swimmer.
The U.S. Paralympic Swim Com-
mittee has selected Mitch Mar-
tin from our Junior team under
Alex Rayner for participation in
a camp next month in San An-
tonio. The USOC is looking for
new athletes to compete in the
U.S. Paralympic Swimming
realm and they want to see if
Mitch has the right stuff to
compete against the best in the
United States and the World
during International competi-
tion.
Many of you know Mitch as he
has competed in the Texas Gulf
LSC for eight years. You’ve
seen him at practice with one
fin or around the pool at swim
meets, but few of you know
what motivates him. Mitch
found early success in the
swimming pool as a means of
recovering from a bout with
Cancer in 2001. As a result of
the Cancer treatment, Mitch
developed bone growth issues
on his lower right side, lost a
significant amount of muscle in
Cy Fair Swim Club “Home of the Fleet”
Upcoming Events:
• Open Meet (hosted by TWST)
April 19—21
• Aggie Swim Meet
April 20—21
• Fireside Chat
April 24
• Swim-a-thon
April 27
• Awards Banquet
April 28
• Open Meet (hosted by CFSC)
May 3—5
• Senior Circuit (hosted by TWST)
May 18—20
• Shreveport
June 7—9
Fleet Swimming and Fleet FIRST Swim School March/April 2013 Cy Fair Swim Club
Inside this issue:
Senior Season
Conclusion
2
Senior Season
Highlights
2
Coach Jack 3
Coach Matt 4
FLEET FIRST 4
Coach Alex 5
Coach Dustin 5
Coach Maryanne 6
Awards Banquet 6
Coach Andy 7
Ge�ng M.A.D 9
Swim-a-thon
update
8
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Fleet would like to give a big congratulations to Mitch Martin for being select-
ed to participate in the US Paralympics Swimming Community Camp. Mitch
will represent Fleet in San Antonio the weekend of April 12-13th. Mitch will be
attending the camp with Coach Chris Woolsey.
Congratulations to Mitch Martin!
Fleet Coaches
Coach Chris
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“The most “The most “The most “The most
important thing important thing important thing important thing
for all of these for all of these for all of these for all of these
athletes is to athletes is to athletes is to athletes is to
have a purpose have a purpose have a purpose have a purpose
when they when they when they when they
arrive at arrive at arrive at arrive at
practice practice practice practice
everyday. “everyday. “everyday. “everyday. “
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The short course season has
come to a conclusion for our
senior swimmers as they left
the deck on Sunday night in
College Station. Fleet had a
strong showing as they had
numerous second swims and
established many new time
standards. Having this meet a
travel trip for these athletes
also created a great team at-
mosphere on deck. Fleet was
led by Stuart Sharp who won
the 200 Free and led the
charge by scoring over 60 indi-
vidual points for CFSC. The
Boys squad tied for 6th with
Alamo Area Aquatic Association
and Fleet finished 12th place as
a team. Ashley Johnson led the
girls by scoring in the 100 Free
and setting two new team rec-
ords for the 15-16 girls age
group. Ashley broke Camille
Adams record in the 100 Fly
with a time 55.32 and broke
Ashley Richter’s 100 Free rec-
ord with a time of 51.38.
As a season comes to an end,
athletes start mapping out their
goals for the upcoming long
course season. Some athletes
start to dream bigger, while
others have a cathartic mo-
ment and reevaluate how they
might produce a different out-
come in July.
We will sit down as a group and
talk about these goals individu-
ally and collectively. The most
important thing for all of these
athletes is to have a purpose
when they arrive at practice
everyday. This comes in the
form of setting goals, which are
realistic and attainable, based
on the work each athlete is
willing to do. The bottom line is
that goals are not attainable if
the proper action is not taken
to achieve them.
So enjoy the break, and let’s
get ready to climb the next
mountain.
GO FLEET!
Senior Short Season Conclusion
New Team RecordsNew Team RecordsNew Team RecordsNew Team Records
Ashley Johnson broke the 15-
16 Girls 100 Fly and 100 Free
Team Record!
New NCSA Junior CutsNew NCSA Junior CutsNew NCSA Junior CutsNew NCSA Junior Cuts
Kieren Tuff-1000/1650 Free
Andrew Ellison-1000/1650
Free
Ashley Johnson-100 Back
Stuart Sharp-100 Back
Ben Hardisty-200 Breast
Hunter Gildart-500 Free
Drew Riebel-50/100 Free and
200IM
Alex Layne-100 Fly
Austin Van Overdam-100 Fly
New Summer Junior National New Summer Junior National New Summer Junior National New Summer Junior National
CutsCutsCutsCuts
Austin Van Overdam-200 Back
Stuart Sharp-50/200 Free
Individual Athlete Top 32 Individual Athlete Top 32 Individual Athlete Top 32 Individual Athlete Top 32
finishesfinishesfinishesfinishes
Stuart Sharp- 1st-200 Free, 3rd-
50/100 Free, 6th-500 Free
Ashley Johsnson-11th Place-
100 Free, 20th-50 Free 25th-
100 Fly, 27th-100 Back
Austin VanOverdam-9th-400
IM,11th-200IM, 15th-100 Back
and 17th-200 Back
Kieren Tuff-20th-1650 Free and
22nd-1000 Free
Andrew Ellison-21st-1650 Free
and 25th-1000 Free
Tori Karker-=30th-1000 Free
Hunter Gildart-500 Free
Evan Schmitzberger-15th-100
Breast
Ben Hardisty-25th-100 Breast
Drew Riebel-15th-100 Free,
22nd-50 Free and 26th-100
Breast
Scoring RelaysScoring RelaysScoring RelaysScoring Relays
Girls
400 Free Relay-15th-Karoline
Eckhart, Courtney Connelly,
Ashley Johnson and Tori Karker
Boys
400 Free Relay-7th-Stuart
Sharp, Drew Riebel, Alex Layne
and Austin Van Overdam
800 Free Relay-5th-Stuart
Sharp, Drew Riebel, Hunter
Gildart and Austin Van
Overdam
400 Medley Relay-5th-Austin
Van Overdam, Evan Schmitz-
berger, Alex Layne and Stuart
Sharp
Senior Season Highlights
My reflection from this short course season is one of opti-mism for the future. As I ex-plained at the parent meeting, it’s an exciting time to be a part of Cypress Fair-banks Swim Club. The coaching staff has brought forth a lot of new ideas that will be imple-mented over the next six months. With a club over 450 swimmers, sometimes that can be a precari-
ous situation.
It’s our goal as a staff to communi-cate our vision weekly in our announcements, monthly in our newsletter, three times a year in our swimmer evaluations, and Bi-annually with our parent meetings. We will be 100 per-cent transparent with our pro-cess, but as coaches we are driving the bus with this vision and we need you to be our sup-
port mechanisms.
Everything we do is based on what is best for each athlete and how it works in the con-fines of being the best team possible. The reason I came to Fleet was not to have a couple great individual performances, but to create a new legacy of
comprehensive greatness.
There is one area, especially at the senior level part of our pro-gram, where we can improve greatly. I believe that we can be tougher mentally at champi-
onship meets when it came to second swim opportunities. This was even more ap-parent when it came to people being on relays at Gulf Champs, 13-Over Champs and Section-
als.
When we go to a championship meet it is the expectation of the Fleet staff that every swimmer will
be available to swim finals and be on relays at night. It is a privilege to swim at a champi-onship meet; and it is an honor to get a second swim and op-portunity to be picked for a relay. Remember when it’s a championship meet; we are here to win and every swim counts and RELAYS ARE DOU-
BLE THE POINTS!
When you have this opportunity it’s imperative that you take care of yourself so that you can come back at night and swim faster, whether it’s for an indi-vidual event or a relay. Taking care of yourself means warming down properly after your last event (this should take 10-15 minutes of straight swimming),
getting a good healthy meal at lunch and lying down to take a
nap.
As you get prepared to head to the pool for finals make sure you wake-up two hours before warm-up so you are physically and mentally ready to get in the
water when you get to the pool.
Whether you are in an individu-al event or on a relay, when you put on the red Fleet cap at night, you are swimming for something bigger than yourself. You are swimming for a tradi-tion that goes back nearly 40 years. We need to embrace that tradition, and have it really mean something in the Gulf, the Southeast and the rest of
USA Swimming.
We recently finished 13th at Senior Sectionals and 16th at TAGS; those are respectable finishes if you have never fin-ished in the top 10 before at those meets before. For a club of 450 swimmers and with our facilities, we need to have big-ger goals for our program. Mov-ing forward, we need to make excellence the norm, and that norm should be that we are competiting for the podium on the last day of every champion-ship meet. It’s when we take this step forward that we will embrace the greatness of the past, set a dynasty for the fu-
ture.
GO FLEET!
Coach Jack
Cy Fair Swim Club “Home of the Fleet”
““““The reason I The reason I The reason I The reason I
came to Fleet came to Fleet came to Fleet came to Fleet
was not to have was not to have was not to have was not to have
a couple great a couple great a couple great a couple great
individual individual individual individual
performances, performances, performances, performances,
but to create a but to create a but to create a but to create a
new legacy of new legacy of new legacy of new legacy of
comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive
greatness.”greatness.”greatness.”greatness.”
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One of my biggest goals for our program is for us to communicate our philosophy and
vision as much as possible. So on Wednesday, April 24th I will host my first Fireside
Chat with the families of Fleet in the conference room.
This Fireside Chat will run from 6:30-7:30pm.
The focus of this chat will be long term development of the age group athlete, why we
do what we do as a program.
I will be there to answer any questions, or just have some healthy dialogue about the
future of Fleet. I hope to see you there.
Families of Fleet:
Coach Jack
As I reflect on this past season,
the most common word that
comes to mind is change. With
all of the changes that have
happened over the course of
the year, our team has been
challenged probably more than
ever in its entire history, at
least in the past decade. Being
the coach on staff who’s been
here the longest, I can certainly
attest to the fact that things are
different around here.
But change isn’t necessarily a
negative thing. In fact, I can
honestly say that this is the
most motivated, reliable, and
organized coaching staff that I
have ever worked with. Don’t
get me wrong, some of the
great coaches that have come
and gone over the years have
been absolutely instrumental in
the amount of success that
Fleet has had and helped us
become one of the best teams
in the United States, as well as
helped me become the coach
that I am today. But the current
staff that we have in place is
exactly what we need to contin-
ue on to even high-
er successes.
As coaches, we are
constantly trying to
get swimmers to
make changes
that will ultimately
make them better
swimmers. For
some swimmers,
this is difficult
because they’ve been doing the
same thing for such a long time
and have difficulty trusting in
the new way of doing things.
But those who commit to mak-
ing those changes and adjust-
ments will soon see positive
results. Those who refuse to
make these changes will make
much slower progress, if any.
Looking back on our season of
changes, it is very clear to see
those who embraced the
changes on our team and those
who refused to go along with
them. Those who were
willing to move forward
were VERY successful
this season. All of
those who have been
slow to accept our
newly renovated pro-
gram have suffered for
the most part.
Fortunately, I feel that
the majority of us have
stuck together and are ready to
take on new paths and achieve
greater success. I’m very excit-
ed about the future of our pro-
gram that has definitely be-
come my second family over
the years. Let’s continue press-
ing forward achieving new
heights, and have some fun
along the way!
much of the operating expens-
es, maintenance and improve-
ments are made through the
revenue generated by FLEET
FIRST. In short, without FLEET
FIRST, the swim team would
look very different. We can’t
take them for granted.
Every member at FLEET is valu-
able and important, but our
FLEET FIRST Members are
unique and our actions need to
reflect it. Remember that the
parents, who are arriving at
FLEET to take their small chil-
dren to swim lessons, need to
be given easy access. Please
leave all of the parking spaces
on the asphalt, especially along
the fence line facing the pool,
open for FLEET FIRST. This is
especially important in the
Many of you may not even be
aware that located in the build-
ing right behind the office is our
FLEET FIRST swim school. This
school is by far the most im-
portant part of the Cypress
Fairbanks Swim Club. CFSC is
actually composed of three
distinct businesses. FLEET FLEET FLEET FLEET
FIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRST---- the swim school, FLEETFLEETFLEETFLEET-
the swim team and often re-
ferred to as the “competitive”
portion of the business and the
MastersMastersMastersMasters ProgramProgramProgramProgram. What is most
important to understand is that
the revenue generated from
FLEET FIRST is critical to the
overall success of our club and
in fact makes it possible for us
to have a competitive swim
club. While we do generate
revenue from swim meets, the
swim-a-thon and monthly dues,
evening! Often these parents
are struggling with several chil-
dren as they make their way
back to the school. We should
keep the walkways as clear as
possible. It can be overwhelm-
ing for a small child to walk
through a bunch of energetic
teenagers waiting to start prac-
tice. Swimmers should use the
new expanded walkway to
leave bags or stand and chat
before practice. We want FLEET
FIRST customers to tell their
friends that they had a good
experience with us, so encour-
age your friends to give our
swim school a try. Your swim-
mer will directly benefit as more
customers utilize FLEET FIRST.
If we work together, we can all
reap the benefit.
Coach Matt: Changes
FLEET FIRST – Why It’s So Important
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“The current “The current “The current “The current
staff that we staff that we staff that we staff that we
have in place is have in place is have in place is have in place is
exactly what we exactly what we exactly what we exactly what we
need to need to need to need to
continue on to continue on to continue on to continue on to
even higher even higher even higher even higher
successes.”successes.”successes.”successes.”
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The short course season can be
one of the most hectic periods
of time in a swimmers
already busy schedule,
and this past short
course season was no
different. Representing
Fleet in over 10 meets
within the last 4
months has taken its
toll on the swimmers,
parents, and coaches
alike, and as a team we
have all enjoyed a well
deserved break. Now that we
have had a week off to unwind
and relax, there are several key
points that I as a coach would
like to reflect upon. One of
those points is being able to
understand the relationship
between attendance and work
ethic as they per-
tain to success at
meets. It’s easy
to motivate your-
self to come to
practice as a
season winds
down. The
workouts get
easier, the mood
lightens, and it’s
during this time
that you get to experience the
fun side of the sport. However,
as we enter what promises to
be a demanding long course
season, it is important to re-
member that your meet suc-
cess largely depends on what
you as an athlete are willing to
put into the workouts each and
every day. This is a sport with a
multitude of variables and an-
gles, but across the board, over
the short course championship
season, we saw a correlation
between high attendance and
work ethic with end of season
success. Set yourself up for
success! There are no easy
routes in this sport, and nothing
will come easy. If you are will-
ing to bring your best, however,
you will reap what you sow at
the end of the long course sea-
son. Congrats on a great short
course, Fleet! Let’s get ready
for what’s ahead!
Coach Alex: End of Season Success
Coach Dustin: Reflection of 2012-2013 Short Course Season
things that needed to be done,
but you didn’t do a good job at?
How can you make those posi-
tive changes next season?
These are all
questions that as
coaches, we ask
ourselves, and it
should be ques-
tions that as
swimmers you
ask yourself as
well. Don’t be
afraid to talk to
your primary
coach about how
your season
went. They can help guide you
through the reflection process,
and set goals leading into the
next season.
Looking back at this short
course season, a quote comes
to mind: “Adversity does not
build character, it reveals it.” I
think it’s safe to say that for
many people on Fleet, this sea-
son has been a roller coaster of
sorts, full of changes, surprises,
and more changes. Most swim-
mers – and coaches too – like
and need consistency with
training, so with all the changes
that happened, it definitely
wasn’t easy to stay focused and
motivated. But, like the quote
above says, it is when we are
faced with adversity that we are
able to show what we are really
made of. Despite everything
that Fleet has gone through
over the past six months, I be-
lieve we persevered, and came
out on top. We had a ton of
great swims at our champion-
ship meets this short course
season. Going through what
we’ve gone through, and still
swimming the way we did,
shows a lot about who we are
and what we’re made of. The
coaches are proud of everyone
for that, and you should be
proud of yourselves.
At the conclusion of a season,
you always look back and re-
flect on how it went. Did you
achieve what you set out to do?
If you did, what were
some of the important
things you did, that got
you where you wanted
to go? How can you
improve upon that to
ensure you have suc-
cess again next sea-
son? If you didn’t
reach your goals this
season, did you still
make improvements?
Not reaching your goal
doesn’t mean you didn’t have
success, as long as you made
positive steps in the right direc-
tion. And failing to reach your
goal isn’t always a bad thing. A
lot of times it intensifies our
hunger, and makes us “want it”
even more. But if you didn’t
achieve what you set out to do,
why not? What were some
Cy Fair Swim Club “Home of the Fleet”
“We saw a “We saw a “We saw a “We saw a
correlation correlation correlation correlation
between high between high between high between high
attendance and attendance and attendance and attendance and
work ethic with work ethic with work ethic with work ethic with
end of season end of season end of season end of season
success.” success.” success.” success.”
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I am so proud of the success
that the Bronze 2 and Silver 1
group had this season. I was
able to get the kids out of their
comfort zone and swim new
events, we had first time TAGS
qualifiers, an incredible amount
of new “A” times and we had
fun doing it all!
I set a goal at the beginning of
the season for every swimmer
to have a time in every event.
We didn’t quite make that goal,
but we came very close! My
favorite way of accomplishing
this goal was swimming an
event as a group. We train
together, so why not race to-
gether as well? As we move
forward into the next season I
would like to encourage every-
one to continue pushing their
kids to swim new and different
events. Don’t confine them to
only being good at one stroke!
Promote the other strokes and
praise the swimmer when they
try new things.
Another area that the Arnold
group was amazingly success-
ful in was attendance. The
perfect attendance award was
a much anticipated presenta-
tion each
month and the
swimmers really
responded to
the challenge of
making at least
one month of
perfect attend-
ance. I even
had two Bronze
2 swimmers
achieve 6
months straight
of perfect attendance! That’s
an entire season without miss-
ing one practice! Congratula-
tions Andrew Meadows and
Andrew Wang!!
High attendance comes with
benefits. Those that came to
practice every day for an entire
month were able to see the
results at their next meet. Time
drops are always the best posi-
tive reinforcement for working
hard and attending practice.
But it did go the other way, too.
I was able to teach those that
missed often that they cannot
expect to swim fast without
practicing. It is important to
keep expectations in
line with commitment
in anything that you
do, and this is a great
way to learn such an
important life lesson.
I have had an amaz-
ing time coaching
this year and I have
learned so much
from my swimmers. I
want to say a huge
THANK YOU to my
swim parents that bring their
children to my pool every day
and trust me with their child’s
swimming. You are the most
important cheerleader in their
swimming career and without
you they could not accomplish
the things they have this sea-
son. And I think next year I will
start handing out an award to
the parents of a perfect attend-
ance swimmer as well.
See you at the pool!!
All swimmers that have partici-All swimmers that have partici-All swimmers that have partici-All swimmers that have partici-
pated in either Long Course pated in either Long Course pated in either Long Course pated in either Long Course
2012 or Short Course 20122012 or Short Course 20122012 or Short Course 20122012 or Short Course 2012----
2013 Championship meets will 2013 Championship meets will 2013 Championship meets will 2013 Championship meets will
be awarded and recognized.be awarded and recognized.be awarded and recognized.be awarded and recognized. All All All All
Fleet or Gulf Age groupFleet or Gulf Age groupFleet or Gulf Age groupFleet or Gulf Age group record record record record
breakers will also be recog-breakers will also be recog-breakers will also be recog-breakers will also be recog-
nized. Special recognitionnized. Special recognitionnized. Special recognitionnized. Special recognition will will will will
be given to thebe given to thebe given to thebe given to the graduating class graduating class graduating class graduating class
for their many years of service
to the sport. Their individual
memory posters will be on dis-
play and these are always in-
spiring and fun to view. This is
a wonderful time for our coach-
es to reflect over the season
Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club
will host its annual Awards Ban-
quet on April 28th, at the Ster-
ling Country Club located at
16500 Houston National Blvd,
Houston, Texas 77095. Our
annual Awards Banquet has
been a tradition at FLEET for
over 15 years. It’s a day on
which we can stop to
acknowledge our athletes and
our graduating High School
seniors to give recognition for
the hard work and dedication
that they have put into their
sport.
and congratulate the swimmers
for their accomplishments.
A lunch will be served at the
banquet and there will be a
silent auction of baskets pre-
pared by the Swim-a-thon Com-
mittee available for bidding.
We hope that you can attend
this event and take a moment
to give back and reflect on the
athletes that give so much to
be the best they can be in their
sport. We look forward to see-
ing you there. Watch your
email and our website for sig-
nup information!
Coach Maryanne: High Attendance comes with Benefits
Awards Banquet – Save the Date!
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“Continue “Continue “Continue “Continue
pushing your pushing your pushing your pushing your
kids to swim kids to swim kids to swim kids to swim
new and new and new and new and
different different different different
events.”events.”events.”events.”
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Now that the short course sea-
son in over and I have had a
chance to sit back and reflect,
I’m most drawn to the end of
the season and how well we did
in such a short time. Okay, okay
I know the season is long, but
we have to remember I started
mid season. At that point, we
were short staffed and I was
stretched thin trying to help
meet the needs of as many
groups as I could. Finally, in
December, our new staff was in
place, and I could really get
focused. As I said before, we
had a short season together,
mid-December – early March.
Ours swimmers should be high-
ly praised for being strong and
staying the course with FLEET
through all the changes. In a
very short time, most swimmers
adjusted to my coaching style/
system and got focused on
working on their strokes and
making positive adjustments.
The end reward was great re-
sults for many swimmers.
Again, they did all this in a short
amount of time.
The “Champs Season” was a lot
of fun to coach. Our Fleet host-
ed Spring Champs meet was
crazy good! Most heats had
several Fleet swimmers in
them. Our Fleet swimmers
stepped up to the plate and
crushed a home run. We won
the meet and had several swim-
mers achieved new TAGS times.
A few swimmers also made the
time standards to swim at the
13 and Over Spring Champs.
Here are some stats:
Coach Andy: A Season In Review
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Entry InformationEntry InformationEntry InformationEntry Information New Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards Achieved
Number of Swimmers: 157 B: 60
Number of swims: 940 BB: 73
Number of best times: 715 A: 47
Percent of best times: 76% AA: 43
Number of DQs: 24 AAA: 7
Number of No Shows: 10 AAAA: 0
TAGS: 9
Sectionals Bonus: 0
Sectionals: 0
Entry InformationEntry InformationEntry InformationEntry Information New Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards Achieved
Number of Swimmers: 33 B:
Number of swims: 193 BB:
Number of best times: 154 A: 47
Percent of best times: 80% AA: 47
Number of DQs: 2 AAA: 18
Number of No Shows: 6 AAAA: 0
TAGS: 3 relays qualified
Sectionals Bonus: 0
Sectionals: 0
Entry InformationEntry InformationEntry InformationEntry Information New Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards AchievedNew Time Standards Achieved
Number of Swimmers: 33 B:
Number of swims: 193 BB:
Number of best times: 154 A: 47
Percent of best times: 80% AA: 47
Number of DQs: 2 AAA: 18
Number of No Shows: 6 AAAA: 0
TAGS: 3 relays qualified
Sectionals Bonus: 0
Sectionals: 0
At the 13 and Over Prelim/
Finals Spring Champs Meet,
Fleet swimmers once again did
an awesome job and finished in
5th place. Our swimmers did a
great job of getting up on the
blocks and racing their way into
finals and then showing up in
finals and finding a way to go
faster.
Here are some stats:
Finally, we had TAGS. Fleet
swimmers did a great job deal-
ing with the pressure of being
at a big meet and found ways to
out swim their competitors and
made it into finals. Our relays
were outstanding and scored a
lot of points carrying Fleet into
16th place.
Here are some stats:
I can’t wait to have a full season of training with our team. I know we did well, but I also know we can get better and score more point
at the big meets. We will do this by working hard at practice every day, improving technique and racing hard at meets. I am very proud
of our Fleet swimmers! Good job everyone and lets do even better next season. There are great rewards for those who stay the
course…GO FLEET!!!
April 2014. Lane sponsorship
forms are available on the
FLEET website under the Swim-
a-Thon tab. NOTE: Lane spon-
sorships count towards the
family fundraising requirement,
but do NOT count towards
Swim-a-Thon prizes.
* Mark your calendar for Swim
-a-Thon day on Saturday, April
27th and come enjoy the festiv-
ities while the kids swim laps,
eat with their teammates and
win some great raffle prizes. A
few volunteers will be needed
to help with Swim-a-Thon day
and the job sign-up will be post-
ed mid-April.
Congratulations to Coach Congratulations to Coach Congratulations to Coach Congratulations to Coach
Dustin Dustin Dustin Dustin of the Silver II group for
having the most percent of his
group at the Letter Writing Par-
ty. He wins a $50 AMEX gift
card. Way to Go and thanks for
encouraging your swimmers to
attend!
The waves are getting closer to
shore and the water is warming
up. We still need YOUR HELP.
Every Drop Counts!Every Drop Counts!Every Drop Counts!Every Drop Counts!
Come catch a wave! Our 2013
Swim-a-Thon is getting closer to
shore and the waves are get-
ting bigger. We have raised
over $19,000 of our goal since
the letter writing party (this
includes online and offline to-
tals). Don't be left out to sea!
There are many ways YOU can
participate.
* Bring in donations when you
have them to count towards
your swim group's total for the
March 31st group incentive
date - the group that brings in
the most donations by these
dates will receive a cupcake
party, donuts or ice cream
sandwiches. YUM! The Swim-a
-Thon donations box is on the
table in the main office.
* Follow up on outstanding
donation request letters or
emails. If you have not yet
tried out the super easy online
donation module through TU
Money, give it a try and setup
your swimmer's donation page
today. Just click on the green
Please Help button by the Swim
-a-Thon logo and then import
your email addresses through
the Promote tab. It is that
easy!
* Donate an item or gift card
for the silent auction. Gift
cards still needed are: $25
Barnes and Noble, $20 Sil-
verado or Cinemark Movie The-
ater, $25 Charming Charlies,
$25 manicure/pedicure, $25
massage service, $25 PF
Changs, $25 Cheesecake Fac-
tory, $25 Best Buy, $25 Olive
Garden, $15 Orange Leaf, $15
Smoothie King, $25 Panera
Bread and $25 Texas Road-
house. YOUR donation is great-
ly appreciated. Email Gretta
Karker at [email protected]
if you are able to donate a gift
card towards our auction.
THANKS to all who have al-
ready donated. :o) If you have
an item to donate towards our
auction, please email Gretta
Karker to coordinate delivery of
the item. Thank you to Patrick
Leung and Jill Bennett for their
auction donations. :o)
* Be or find a lane sponsor.
Lane sponsorships are availa-
ble for $250 and entitle the
lane sponsor with signage un-
der one of the blocks on Swim-
a-Thon Day, inclusion on the
Thank You banner to all our
lane sponsors that hangs at the
FAC all year, and inclusion on
the Thank You page to all our
lane sponsors in the heat
sheets of all FLEET-sponsored
meets from May 2013 through
Swim-a-Thon Update - The Water is Heating up!
NOTE: Current top donors listed on the online donation page ONLY include
online donations. We have been trying to get this deleted to no avail. All
checks and cash donations dropped off at the FLEET pool have been count-
ed through Feb. 24th and recorded. We have all donations accounted for
so please be patient as we work through this new system, too. :o) We WILL
start posting an updated donation list by swimmer and group on the 15th
Cy Fair Swim Club “Home of the Fleet”
“We have “We have “We have “We have
raised over raised over raised over raised over
$18,000 of our $18,000 of our $18,000 of our $18,000 of our
goal since the goal since the goal since the goal since the
letter writing letter writing letter writing letter writing
party“party“party“party“
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By Dr. Aimee Kimball
I read a research article once
that suggested when people
diet, if they set a goal like “I
want to lose 10 pounds in 3
months,” that today’s choices
don’t matter as much to them.
That is, when dessert comes
they tend to think, “I still have
three months to work off this
cake,” as opposed to, “this
cake isn’t part of my weight loss
plan.”
What does this have to do with
swimming, you ask? A lot.
What you do today does matter,
because every day gets you one
step closer to your ultimate
goal, keeps you in the same
place, or knocks you back a
step.
Daily decisions like attending
practice, food choices, or even
your diet, add up to create the
competitor you will become.
Looking ahead to the end of the
season, to next season, or even
to four years from now, you
have to know where you want
to be and what it’s going to take
each day to get there.
Athletes don’t just train for the
short-term. They don’t train just
to be their fastest this week-
end. They train to reach their
potential and to develop them-
selves for the future. Training
for the future is just as much
about your mental toughness
as it is your physical training.
Athletes who are in it for the
long-term need to set goals and
to pursue effectively those
goals they need to get M.A.D.
(motivation, attitude, dedica-
tion) day in and day out.
MOTIVATIONMOTIVATIONMOTIVATIONMOTIVATION
This season you may be moti-
vated by state championships,
pool records or personal bests.
However, when you’re looking
at succeeding in your sport long
-term, you need a different type
of motivation. You need to do it
because you love it. You need
to work hard simply because
you want to see how good you
can be. You should want to
compete and train because it’s
a part of who you are. Medals
and records can be one source
of motivation but ultimately you
have to enjoy the pursuit of
excellence. If you don’t love
competition, you won’t last.
ATTITUDEATTITUDEATTITUDEATTITUDE
Those who last longest in their
sport and who see the most
success also have a winning
attitude. “Lazy” has never been
used to describe them.
“Competitive” and “driven” are
words you will often hear in
conjunction with swimmers who
have long-term success. To be
competitive and driven means
you approach each day as an
opportunity to get better, faster,
stronger, and look forward to
working to become your best,
no matter how hard that work
is.
DEDICATIONDEDICATIONDEDICATIONDEDICATION
Long term success comes from
saying to yourself, “I have what
it takes to be successful, and I
am going to do what it takes to
achieve my goals.” You don’t
cut corners. You live a lifestyle
that helps you succeed rather
than holds you back. You get up
at 5:30 a.m. You see soreness
as a signal of hard work. It’ s
like playing poker. When you
make the commitment to go
“all in,” there’s some risk in-
volved, but you know the re-
ward is going to be pretty fan-
tastic. You give your sport all
you have because, in the end,
you want to see what you’re
made of.
MENTAL TOUGHNESS FOR THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS FOR THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS FOR THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS FOR THE
LONG TERMLONG TERMLONG TERMLONG TERM
Mentally, it’s often easier to
train for short-term because it’s
a limited amount of time and
effort required for success.
When you’re looking ahead to
the end of the season or to four
years from now, thoughts like,
“Am I going through all this for
nothing?” or “What if I fail?”
may run through your head. If
Olympic athletes stood on the
blocks thinking, “I better not
screw this up. I’ve trained for
years for this moment,” they
are bound to have more anxiety
than swimmers who mentally
and physically trained. Whatev-
er your goals for the future,
make sure you are also training
your mind to deal with the pres-
sure that comes from having
expectations. Challenge your-
self each meet by focusing on
swimming specific times, and
train to focus on your own race.
This helps to prevent over-
whelming anxiety. Work on re-
laxation techniques. Use visuali-
zation on a daily basis. Master
the art of positive self-talk.
When you combine proper men-
tal and physical training with
the right Motivation, Attitude
and Dedication, the path to
long-term success is easier to
find.
Getting M.A.D.
Cy Fair Swim Club “Home of the Fleet”
“You need to
work hard
simply
because you
want to see
how good you
can be.”
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Aimee C. Kimball, PhD, CC-AASP
is the Director of Mental Train-
ing for the UPMC Center for
Sports Medicine. She is an
Associate of Applied Sport Psy-
chology Certified Consultant,
and is a member of the Ameri-
can Psychological Association,
the United States Olympic Com-
mittee’s Sport Psychology Regis-
try, the USA Swimming Sports
Medicine Network, and the
NCAA Speakers Bureau. She
works with athletes, coaches,
and parents to help them
achieve success in sport and
life. For more information con-
tact: [email protected], 412-
432-3777, tinyurl.com/
UPMCMentalTraining
This article was reprinted from
the January/February 2013
issue of USA Swimming’s Splash
magazine.
Street Address 14654 Spring Cypress Rd.
Cypress, TX 77429
Mailing Address 11659 Jones Rd., PMB #351
Phone: 281-376-2372 Fax: 281-251-6160
Cy Fair Swim Club
“Home of the Fleet”
Mission Statement
To provide members and residents of the NW Houston area with the best quality swim
programs that develop the physical, athle c and personal poten al for all ages and levels.
This is accomplished through the following principles:
•••• Provide an environment where swimmers of all ages can reach their desired poten al
based on a philosophy of “longer range development”.
•••• To teach all of our members the value, rewards and poten al that aqua c a vi es provide.
•••• To provide a safe aqua c environment for members of the team and the community.
•••• Provide coaches who are good role models for the purpose of goal se&ng, mo va on,
a&tude, enthusiasm, morals and maturity.
•••• Provide an environment where coaches and athletes may establish realis c goals and ob-
jec ves and measure their progress against established standards as benchmarks for im-
provement.
•••• Provide a link to the local community that improves the value of both to their members.
•••• Con nued growth of the membership and as well as facili es for training and develop-
ment.
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Submit ar cles and photos by the 25th of the month to
Fleet Communica ons Coordinator [email protected]
for considera on in the next month’s newsle0er.
Jack Maddan, Head Coach & Elite Team Coach [email protected] Andrew Korda, Head Age Group, Senior & Gold Coach [email protected] Matt Hone, Lead Developmental Coach [email protected] Dustin Myers, Elite Team Asst. Coach, Silver II Coach [email protected] Maryanne Svoboda, Bronze II and Silver Teams Coach [email protected] Camilo Orellana, Bronze I & Competitive Prep Coach [email protected] Alex Rayner, Junior Team & Competitive Prep Team [email protected] Ambar Fernandez, Bronze Team Coach [email protected] Jeff Carder, Copper Team & Pre-Competitive Team [email protected] Chris Woolsey, High School Prep Coach [email protected]
Coaching Staff
The sectionals meet group had a carb load pasta party ca-
tered by Olive Garden on Monday, Feb. 25th in the dry land
facility to get pumped up before leaving on the team travel
meet to the Senior Sectionals meet at Texas A&M Thurs-
day, Feb. 28 through
Sunday, March 2nd.
Good luck to all of the
swimmers and here's
to fast swimming and
best times! Go FLEET
Go!!!
Send Off to Sectionals