Hello Redfish Families!

Congratulations on another fabulous swim meet and for the 3rd win of the season! It was a challenging meet with an interesting pool set up, an earlier start time, and lots of changes for sure. But, our team is awesome and everyone rolled with it, and we had tons of time drops, great swims and SO many firsts! It is always so great to see everything we worked on at practice show up at the meet (TURNS were so much better!!) and to see the swimmers smiling and so proud of their accomplishments. :-)

This week we will be prepping for our meet against the Fast Frogs. They were the 2021 NAAL champs and are always competitive! We will be putting everything we have been working on all together and focusing on great technique and fast swims this week. Each practice we will have a stroke focus so we can get ready. We will go in IM order and start with butterfly on Tuesday. :-) (This does not mean we will swim just that stroke for the whole practice, we will just be teaching/working on drills and skills.)

We also start morning practice this week!! Please note the new schedule below:

(We DO NOT have practice this MONDAY, MAY 30th due to Memorial Day. This schedule will start, Tuesday, May 31st.)

Please make sure your swimmer has sunscreen on and brings water!! It gets HOT in the mornings and the sun is nice and bright!

We will still have PM practices available with Coach approval only. Please visit THIS LINK for information!

Finally, here are your AMAZING Swimmers of the Week:

6 & Under:

Riaann Ware - Riaann swam his 25 free and 25 back so beautifully! He was 20 seconds faster in his free and 10 seconds faster in his back. He has come such a long way since the first day of Redfish!

Avery Sze- Avery improves every single week! She has so much more confidence, is super coachable, and always works hard in practice.

7-8:

Sarah Tong - Sarah is another swimmer that improves each week and has been a much more confident swimmer at meets! She dropped lots of time in her swims this weekend and the coaches are so proud of her!

Tejas Karthik - Dropped 10 seconds off his 25 free and 12 seconds off his 25 back!! His technique and hard work in practice these last 4 weeks has really paid off!!

9-10:

Jules Nowell- Jules always works super hard in practice, is always smiling, and is a great teammate!

Mathew Carmichael - Matthew has an AWESOME swim meet!! The coaches could really tell he was focused this week and his hard work paid off because his races were awesome!

11-12:

Brynnan Bigon - Brynnan is a multi-sport athlete who is always working hard in practice. Even when the coaches can see she is tired, she never stops and never complains! She is also alway asking how she can improve and tries her absolute best. Her meet yesterday proves that you get out what you put in!

Neil Vermuri - The coaches are so proud of Neil!! He had best times in everything he swam and even tackled the 100 IM for the first time and ROCKED it!! He has come such a long way since starting with the Redfish!

13-14:

Heidi Menchaca - The coaches have so many great things to say about Heidi!! She has been an AMAZING helper, she has a great attitude, she works super hard, and has just been all around awesome this season!!! We are so proud of you Heidi!

Jacob Foyt- Jacob has had TONS of improvement in the last few weeks! He is extremely coachable, always looking to do better, and his technique and speed improve literally every day!

15&up:

Ashleigh DeVore - Ashleigh is the first to help out when needed, so great with the other swimmers, and a hard working swimmer herself! The coaches really appreciate you Ashleigh! 

Ty Mastrian - Ty is always willing to help, always at practice, super dependable and just all around awesome! His work ethic at practice is the same and he is always impressive to watch during meets too! 

That's all for now!! Enjoy the long weekend and we will see you on the pool deck in the mornings now!!! :-) 

Thanks and GoooOOOO Redfish!!! 

Coach Katy