January 25, 2013
From Mike Blondal:
Hello UCSC,
Welcome to 2013 and the Championship Season.
Please be aware of the following dates above and beyond the swim meets
1. UCSC and the U of C will host the CIS interuniversity National Swimming Championships Feb 21-23 here at our
pool. This is the craziest and most exciting meet of the year and it is only the second time in the past 40 years that we
have had the opportunity to host it. For the BEST seat in the house, the pool was packed and standing room only!!
please contact Jim at [email protected] . We are still looking for major sponsors so those that feel they can
help out in this area please contact Sureen ([email protected])
2. The Calgary Foundation for Swimming Excellence, which raises money for swimming scholarships in Calgary, is
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hosting its 6 annual “ Making Waves “ Gala dinner at the Westin on February 26 . This fundraising dinner will
feature Olympians Mark Tewksbury, Mike Meldrum, Andrea Nugent, Mike Brown, Erica Morningstar, and Amanda
Reason. As well joining us as a special guest, will be Shea Smith who represented Canada’ Track Team this summer
so well on the Men’s 4 x 100 meter relay. If you are interested in getting a ticket to the dinner, or have any items that
we could auction off either live or silent please contact Sureen ( [email protected] )
From the Development Pools:
Photos Chris Chardon & Craig Amos
Shouldice and Churchill are back from the break and into the swing of things! The hour groups are quickly learning
their underwater pull outs and their whip kick and breaststroke. The half an hour groups are practicing their dives and
stroke counts as they get ready for their very first swim meet on February 10th!
GO LITTLE DINOS, GO ROAR!!!!
From the Age Group Program:
Photos Christine Blanke
A Quick Review of the 1st Cycle:
Being new to the club most everything seemed fairly new this past fall. After a good 3+ months in the program I can
now say that I have a fairly firm handle on the day-to-day activities of the program. I probably know 200 swimmers by
site and perhaps half of them by name (working on it guys!).
What I see from our program to date through competition and training environment is very exciting. I feel we are
reaching a point where we can start to aim our goals beyond the confines of the provincial program again.
UCSC in recent years has built a rich tradition of being an age group powerhouse at the provincial level. I believe
with the coaches we have on staff, the willingness of the parent group and our tremendous athletes, we can take that
next step into the National Arena again.
We have several swimmers who finished the first cycle of swimming inside the top 10 in their age groups for a diverse
number of events, strokes and distances. You can check these rankings online after every competition
at https://www.swimming.ca/PowerRankings.aspx. I encourage you to follow your team along as we move more and
more swimmers to the ‘top of the heap’.
Another little tip for all you swimmers out there looking to step to the next level is to know what the qualifying times
are at the next level. If you have an MQT start to look at the B and A Times. Know what the times are and put your
mind to getting there. Our brains, when properly directed, can be incredibly powerful tools to achieving our goals.
The key is to give your brain something specific to focus on and long enough to really make a difference.
As we get closer and closer to the ‘championship’ season (meets below) check back to those standards again. What
is the Westerns time for your event? What is that “A” time again? Even ask your coach what the splits of that race
might look like. Find out what you can work on daily in practice to get to your goals. The number of days to each
meet is getting smaller and smaller. Make every practice count!
As of January 25, 2013:
Senior Provincial – February 1-3 (Lethbridge) 43 swimmers
Western Canadian Champs- February 14-17 (Saskatoon) 18 swimmers
Age Group Trials – February 22-24 (Calgary) 60 swimmers
Age Group Provincials – March 1-3 (Calgary) 68 swimmers
I wish you all the very best of the holiday season and hope that 2013 will be a big step up for each and everyone of
you.
I would also like to send an early reminder to all UCSC swimmers and parents. WE have a very special opportunity
upcoming February 21-23 with the CIS Championships coming to our own UofC Pool. If you are not totally busy with
Age Group Trials please find some time to come and watch the best of Canadian University swimmers in our own
back yard!
Best of Luck to All Dinos in our Championship Season!
Coach Carl
GO DINOS GO!
Bio: Sam Jobin - Nutritionist
My name is Sam Jobin and I am a recent graduate from Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, with a
Bachelor of Science majoring in Human Nutrition. I was a competitive swimmer for 13 years with the Cascade Swim
Club and continued to coach with them for several years after I myself had stopped competing.
I will be working with the University of Calgary Swim Club this season and my passion for swimming, nutrition and
overall health will help me to educate you and your families on the importance of healthy eating and a balanced diet
for training, competition and an overall improved quality of life. The focus of this nutrition program will be to provide
swimmers with basic nutrition information specific to swimming and show them how consuming a nutrient dense;
balanced diet is not only fun and easy but can help to greatly improve performance.
From the National Program:
Photos Rick Pelletier
The work, the work, and the work of the Senior Christmas Camp has been done and the finishing touches of training
and looking for that easy speed is in process. As we approach our swim meets ( and there are many) , as a group of
individual swimmers, we must be fearless in our final prep and our racing. If each swimmer can figure out how to cut
out all the noise about swimming fast that goes on in our heads and around us in speech, and just focus on the basic
needs of a good performance, than that performance will appear. This takes practice and a focus on process.
The goal is to swim fast on demand when it really counts
It Feels like fast swimming month!
The Varsity Team and the National centre race the following meets in the next few months:
Jan 25-27 Canada West Conference Championships, Victoria, Varsity U of C
Feb 1- 3
Alberta Seniors, Lethbridge, UCSC
Feb 14-17 Western Canadian Swimming Championships, Saskatoon, UCSC
Feb 21-23 CIS National Swimming Championships, Calgary, Varsity U of C
April 3-6
Canadian World Championship/FISU Trials, Victoria
GO DINOS GO
Photos Rick Pelletier & Christine Blanke
Congratulations to the following varsity swimmers who achieved well in their academics last term.
Over 3.5 GPA :
Mike Siarkowski, Julian Brown, Erica Morningstar, Fiona Doyle, Lindsay Delmar
4.0 GPA
Bodan Knezevic, Tianna Rissling
Photos Rick Pelletier
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and videos, or upload your own while you’re there! We are also on Twitter, find us with our
twitter name @CalgarySwimming
Until next time,
GO DINOS GO!
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